Masterforce Darkwings (Buster and Hydra) galleries now online!
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007 11:54AM CDT
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One of the toys available as part of the Botcon 2007 "Games of Deception" package was Dreadwind, a repaint/remold of Classics Jetfire. In anticipation of the upcoming gallery of this figure, our very own Seibertron has posted over 350 images of Takara version of their Generation One progenitors: the Destron Godmasters from Masterforce ... Buster (Buster's Transector) and Hydra (Hydra's Transector). The Transectors of the Destron Godmaster brothers, Buster and Hydra, merge into the Destron Superjet known as Darkwings.
Hasbro released these figures in 1988 as Powermasters known as Dreadwind and Darkwing whose Nebulan partners, Hi-Test and Throttle, respectively transformed into their Powermaster engines. The combined form of Darkwing and Dreadwind was called Dreadwing, who would later be rebuilt as a stealth bomber under Megatron's rule in Marvel Comics' Transformers: Generation 2 series. Galleries of the Hasbro versions of these figures will be released later this week right here on Seibertron.com.
Once you are done checking out these galleries, do not forget to check out the rest of the galleries in the Seibertron.com's Toy Galleries in the Seibertron.com Toy Section.
Hasbro released these figures in 1988 as Powermasters known as Dreadwind and Darkwing whose Nebulan partners, Hi-Test and Throttle, respectively transformed into their Powermaster engines. The combined form of Darkwing and Dreadwind was called Dreadwing, who would later be rebuilt as a stealth bomber under Megatron's rule in Marvel Comics' Transformers: Generation 2 series. Galleries of the Hasbro versions of these figures will be released later this week right here on Seibertron.com.
Once you are done checking out these galleries, do not forget to check out the rest of the galleries in the Seibertron.com's Toy Galleries in the Seibertron.com Toy Section.
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Re: Masterforce Darkwings (Buster and Hydra) galleries now online! (226785)
Posted by Flashwave on July 17th, 2007 @ 12:03pm CDT
Posted by Flashwave on July 17th, 2007 @ 12:03pm CDT
SOmeone needs to do a KB Darkwing for Classics.
Re: Masterforce Darkwings (Buster and Hydra) galleries now online! (226816)
Posted by Seibertron on July 17th, 2007 @ 12:23pm CDT
Posted by Seibertron on July 17th, 2007 @ 12:23pm CDT
Hey Darth Bombshell,
I updated your story to be about the Japanese versions of these figures instead of the U.S. versions. I saved your story so that I can use it for when I launch the U.S. versions later this week. There's a lot of differences between the two sets from Takara and Hasbro.
Thanks for posting this though. I'll give you credit when I post the news story for the Hasbro Dreadwing set.
Ryan
I updated your story to be about the Japanese versions of these figures instead of the U.S. versions. I saved your story so that I can use it for when I launch the U.S. versions later this week. There's a lot of differences between the two sets from Takara and Hasbro.
Thanks for posting this though. I'll give you credit when I post the news story for the Hasbro Dreadwing set.
Ryan
Re: Masterforce Darkwings (Buster and Hydra) galleries now online! (226842)
Posted by Darth Bombshell on July 17th, 2007 @ 12:35pm CDT
Whoops. Sorry 'bout that, Ryan. Thanks.
Posted by Darth Bombshell on July 17th, 2007 @ 12:35pm CDT
Seibertron wrote:Hey Darth Bombshell,
I updated your story to be about the Japanese versions of these figures instead of the U.S. versions. I saved your story so that I can use it for when I launch the U.S. versions later this week. There's a lot of differences between the two sets from Takara and Hasbro.
Thanks for posting this though. I'll give you credit when I post the news story for the Hasbro Dreadwing set.
Ryan
Whoops. Sorry 'bout that, Ryan. Thanks.
Re: Masterforce Darkwings (Buster and Hydra) galleries now online! (226989)
Posted by Hotrod on July 17th, 2007 @ 1:51pm CDT
Posted by Hotrod on July 17th, 2007 @ 1:51pm CDT
Fabulous galleries as usual Ryan 
Re: Masterforce Darkwings (Buster and Hydra) galleries now online! (227131)
Posted by Seibertron on July 17th, 2007 @ 3:06pm CDT
Posted by Seibertron on July 17th, 2007 @ 3:06pm CDT
I hope that I rewrote the above stuff about the Godmasters correctly. Even though I have watched, read and absorbed a ton of stuff about Masterforce over the past decade, I still do not think I fully understand the whole Transector thing. Basically, I get the impression that we truly do not know the names of the Transectors. If the human's name is Ginrai, then obviously the robot's name isn't truly Ginrai, is it? We simply don't know what the robot names are since they're just "Transectors" which aren't sentient in the series without their Headmaster Junior or Godmaster partners until the end of the series where they do gain sentience.
If I wrote the above correctly, then I guess I do understand it. If I wrote something above incorrectly, please correct me and let us know how the above text for this news story should be written.
If I wrote the above correctly, then I guess I do understand it. If I wrote something above incorrectly, please correct me and let us know how the above text for this news story should be written.
Re: Masterforce Darkwings (Buster and Hydra) galleries now online! (227206)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on July 17th, 2007 @ 3:47pm CDT
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on July 17th, 2007 @ 3:47pm CDT
Here's how I can help out. Headmasters toy line still had seperate names for the robot and its partner, which was ignored in the cartoon in favor of the simpler "larger lifeless" body. The name of the larger TF is the name of the smaller robot in that case. The next series Masterforce had that both in toy line and cartoon.
An exception is Doubleclouder (Doubledealer): his actual name is Clouder, for both engines, since in the cartoon he has two suits instead of one.
An exception is Doubleclouder (Doubledealer): his actual name is Clouder, for both engines, since in the cartoon he has two suits instead of one.
Re: Masterforce Darkwings (Buster and Hydra) galleries now online! (227237)
Posted by Scaleface on July 17th, 2007 @ 3:59pm CDT
Posted by Scaleface on July 17th, 2007 @ 3:59pm CDT
I do like the galleries. Great to see some rare G1 characters added. Points for you.
Maybe Buster and Hydra should have their own entries in the VSD, since they are completely different characters from Dreadwind and Darkwing and are different colors - they have nothing more to go with each other than Bumblebee and Glyph. I can get you translated writeups.
Maybe Buster and Hydra should have their own entries in the VSD, since they are completely different characters from Dreadwind and Darkwing and are different colors - they have nothing more to go with each other than Bumblebee and Glyph. I can get you translated writeups.
Re: Masterforce Darkwings (Buster and Hydra) galleries now online! (227245)
Posted by soundwave13c on July 17th, 2007 @ 4:04pm CDT
Posted by soundwave13c on July 17th, 2007 @ 4:04pm CDT
very cool
Re: Masterforce Darkwings (Buster and Hydra) galleries now online! (227261)
Posted by Seibertron on July 17th, 2007 @ 4:13pm CDT
There are some major changes coming down the pipes regarding VSD that will accommodate situations like the Dreadwing Powermasters and the Darkwings Godmasters.
Posted by Seibertron on July 17th, 2007 @ 4:13pm CDT
Scaleface wrote:I do like the galleries. Great to see some rare G1 characters added. Points for you.
Maybe Buster and Hydra should have their own entries in the VSD, since they are completely different characters from Dreadwind and Darkwing and are different colors - they have nothing more to go with each other than Bumblebee and Glyph. I can get you translated writeups.
There are some major changes coming down the pipes regarding VSD that will accommodate situations like the Dreadwing Powermasters and the Darkwings Godmasters.
Re: Masterforce Darkwings (Buster and Hydra) galleries now online! (227326)
Posted by Bugbite on July 17th, 2007 @ 4:50pm CDT
Posted by Bugbite on July 17th, 2007 @ 4:50pm CDT
Great job as always Ryan. Can't wait for the G.O.D. pics.
Re: Masterforce Darkwings (Buster and Hydra) galleries now online! (227390)
Posted by Danish-Liokaiser on July 17th, 2007 @ 5:22pm CDT
Posted by Danish-Liokaiser on July 17th, 2007 @ 5:22pm CDT
Gattai, Darkwings!
Re: Masterforce Darkwings (Buster and Hydra) galleries now online! (227674)
Posted by UltraPrimal on July 17th, 2007 @ 8:04pm CDT
There are? The only difference I know is toy-wise, the Japanese versions are red where the US versions are teal. Character-wise, I guess they're very different as I've never heard on this Transector thing. All I know is Dreadwind is a gloomy goth and Darkwing is the kind of psycho that likes to hurt kittens.
Posted by UltraPrimal on July 17th, 2007 @ 8:04pm CDT
Seibertron wrote:There's a lot of differences between the two sets from Takara and Hasbro.
There are? The only difference I know is toy-wise, the Japanese versions are red where the US versions are teal. Character-wise, I guess they're very different as I've never heard on this Transector thing. All I know is Dreadwind is a gloomy goth and Darkwing is the kind of psycho that likes to hurt kittens.
Re: Masterforce Darkwings (Buster and Hydra) galleries now online! (227694)
Posted by waaaaghlord on July 17th, 2007 @ 8:14pm CDT
How does that work with Overlord? He's the only other Godmaster that had two engines and I'd assume that the same sort of back story wouldn't fit. I really need to get around to picking up the Headmasters, Masterforce and Victory box sets.
Posted by waaaaghlord on July 17th, 2007 @ 8:14pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Here's how I can help out. Headmasters toy line still had seperate names for the robot and its partner, which was ignored in the cartoon in favor of the simpler "larger lifeless" body. The name of the larger TF is the name of the smaller robot in that case. The next series Masterforce had that both in toy line and cartoon.
An exception is Doubleclouder (Doubledealer): his actual name is Clouder, for both engines, since in the cartoon he has two suits instead of one.
How does that work with Overlord? He's the only other Godmaster that had two engines and I'd assume that the same sort of back story wouldn't fit. I really need to get around to picking up the Headmasters, Masterforce and Victory box sets.
Re: Masterforce Darkwings (Buster and Hydra) galleries now online! (228265)
Posted by Seibertron on July 18th, 2007 @ 12:44am CDT
Well, I guess "a lot" is probably not the proper phrase. There are "several" differences, probably is. The teal is swapped with red on both figures and the engines are different colors as well as sporting chrome similar to Hi-Q/Ginrai.
Posted by Seibertron on July 18th, 2007 @ 12:44am CDT
UltraPrimal wrote:Seibertron wrote:There's a lot of differences between the two sets from Takara and Hasbro.
There are? The only difference I know is toy-wise, the Japanese versions are red where the US versions are teal. Character-wise, I guess they're very different as I've never heard on this Transector thing. All I know is Dreadwind is a gloomy goth and Darkwing is the kind of psycho that likes to hurt kittens.
Well, I guess "a lot" is probably not the proper phrase. There are "several" differences, probably is. The teal is swapped with red on both figures and the engines are different colors as well as sporting chrome similar to Hi-Q/Ginrai.
Re: Masterforce Darkwings (Buster and Hydra) galleries now online! (228563)
Posted by Scaleface on July 18th, 2007 @ 5:02am CDT
Posted by Scaleface on July 18th, 2007 @ 5:02am CDT
I think as far as the VSD is concerned, they have different tech specs. so they should have 2 entries. They have different colors, different names, and different stories. They are no more the same character than Minerva and Nightbeat.
Re: Masterforce Darkwings (Buster and Hydra) galleries now online! (228852)
Posted by Seibertron on July 18th, 2007 @ 9:11am CDT
As I mentioned above, there are some major changes in the works with VSD that will accommodate this scenario for figures like the Godmasters and Headmaster Juniors.
Posted by Seibertron on July 18th, 2007 @ 9:11am CDT
Scaleface wrote:I think as far as the VSD is concerned, they have different tech specs. so they should have 2 entries. They have different colors, different names, and different stories. They are no more the same character than Minerva and Nightbeat.
As I mentioned above, there are some major changes in the works with VSD that will accommodate this scenario for figures like the Godmasters and Headmaster Juniors.
Re: Masterforce Darkwings (Buster and Hydra) galleries now online! (228869)
Posted by Khaotika on July 18th, 2007 @ 9:21am CDT
Posted by Khaotika on July 18th, 2007 @ 9:21am CDT
WING CROSS!!
Re: Masterforce Darkwings (Buster and Hydra) galleries now online! (229696)
Posted by Scaleface on July 18th, 2007 @ 3:51pm CDT
Cool, sounds great.
Posted by Scaleface on July 18th, 2007 @ 3:51pm CDT
Seibertron wrote:Scaleface wrote:I think as far as the VSD is concerned, they have different tech specs. so they should have 2 entries. They have different colors, different names, and different stories. They are no more the same character than Minerva and Nightbeat.
As I mentioned above, there are some major changes in the works with VSD that will accommodate this scenario for figures like the Godmasters and Headmaster Juniors.
Cool, sounds great.
Re: Masterforce Darkwings (Buster and Hydra) galleries now online! (229790)
Posted by Seibertron on July 18th, 2007 @ 4:44pm CDT
Posted by Seibertron on July 18th, 2007 @ 4:44pm CDT
Ratchet and Ironhide galleries tonight. I'm still tying up the loose ends to the BotCon exclusive figures. I still have to take pictures of Springer, Alpha Trion, Dreadwind and Weirdwolf in robot mode yet and then comparison pics and group shots of all of the BotCon 2007 exclusives and Classics together. Once I'm done with that, I'll be work on posting the BotCon 2007 galleries on the site. Hopefully no later than this weekend but we'll see.
In the meantime, Ratchet and Ironhide tonight and possibly G1 Ramjet, Dirge and Thrust tomorrow night or Friday morning.
In the meantime, Ratchet and Ironhide tonight and possibly G1 Ramjet, Dirge and Thrust tomorrow night or Friday morning.
Re: Masterforce Darkwings (Buster and Hydra) galleries now online! (241165)
Posted by Six Two One on July 24th, 2007 @ 5:07pm CDT
Posted by Six Two One on July 24th, 2007 @ 5:07pm CDT
The Godmaster colors look awesome.
Re: Masterforce Darkwings (Buster and Hydra) galleries now online! (440593)
Posted by Liege Evilmus on November 4th, 2007 @ 12:23pm CST
Posted by Liege Evilmus on November 4th, 2007 @ 12:23pm CST
These guys are on my must get in 2008 list too!
