Target exclusive Universe Superion and Bruticus Maximus (Energon redecos) - now in "Revenge of the Fallen" packaging?!?

ganon578 · Post by **ganon578** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 6:41 pm

Seeing the Combaticons gives further support to that short-lived photo of a Universe Superion as well. I hope some more info comes out soon on these two combiners...

Brimstone · Post by **Brimstone** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:07 pm

Too bad they couldn't have at least done some new molds for hands for Bruticus. The art has hands...why can't the toy.

RID Scourge · Post by **RID Scourge** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:18 pm

Yeah. It really is weird that the artist would draw hands on the figure when he doesn't actually have propper hands.

secretcode · Post by **secretcode** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:30 pm

And yet poor Predaking remains empty-handed this time around.

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 9:00 pm

RID Scourge wrote:Yeah. It really is weird that the artist would draw hands on the figure when he doesn't actually have propper hands.

Almost like the way the entire cache of original figures' art implied they had limbs.

Notabot · Post by **Notabot** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 9:14 pm

And articulation.

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 9:35 pm

And robot modes that looked like robots.

Springer007 · Post by **Springer007** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:19 pm

I said this way earlier about the hands lol. I know you kitbashers out there will go to ebay or whatnot to just get Unicron or Primus' hands lol.

Jaynz · Post by **Jaynz** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 10:54 pm

Detective Barricade wrote:Hopefully these won't be exclusives not available in Canada, as I'd like to get those if they come out as a set.

I'm willing to lay odds that both he and Superion are soon-to-be-released exclusives to somewhere domestically (the US), but I'm not exactly sure where they would be. Considering that they're combiners, though, I would almost expect Wal*Mart to be the one to snag them... as they love those combiner exclusives.

RID Scourge · Post by **RID Scourge** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 2:01 am

Cliffjumper wrote:Almost like the way the entire cache of original figures' art implied they had limbs.

True. Never thought about it. That is pretty weird when you think about it.

ganon578 · Post by **ganon578** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 2:22 am

TFVanguard wrote:I'm willing to lay odds that both he and Superion are soon-to-be-released exclusives to somewhere domestically (the US), but I'm not exactly sure where they would be. Considering that they're combiners, though, I would almost expect Wal*Mart to be the one to snag them... as they love those combiner exclusives.

Yeah, I wouldn't doubt it to be Wal-Mart. They love their exclusives. Plus, they had Devastator in the Classics line, maybe it sold well so they think they'll reproduce that with other combiners...

Either way I'll be excited to see them when they come out. I hope the price point is right too, I got Devastator for $30 when it was out. It would be nice to get Superion for that much...

Jaynz · Post by **Jaynz** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 2:35 am

ganon578 wrote:Yeah, I wouldn't doubt it to be Wal-Mart. They love their exclusives. Plus, they had Devastator in the Classics line, maybe it sold well so they think they'll reproduce that with other combiners...

Either way I'll be excited to see them when they come out. I hope the price point is right too, I got Devastator for $30 when it was out. It would be nice to get Superion for that much...

Not just that. They're the only store that hasn't announced any 'Universe' exclusives yet! They also had ALL of the non-micro store exclusive combiner gift-packs up until this point. (Tirger Ruination, Urban Ruination, Landfill, and Devastator)

Granted, Target had RID Devastator, but it was sold as two two-packs...

Nevermore · Post by **Nevermore** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 8:39 am

TFVanguard wrote: Granted, Target had RID Devastator, but it was sold as two two-packs...

Universe 1.0, actually.

And that was originally planned as a mass release before Wal*Mart decided to axe the Universe 1.0 Ultra assortment. The Constructicons (plus Overbite and Repugnus) were already produced, so Hasbro desperately searched for a store willing to carry those unreleased two-packs.

So this is not really comparable to "multi-pack produced with an exclusive in mind".

Post by **Blackjack** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 10:53 am

Makes sense....

But these are pass for me.

Catalyst Dragon · Post by **Catalyst Dragon** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 8:52 pm

Yeah now that I think and look harder this my be a pass for me too, it just reminds me of Classics Devastator. I'll have to see this before I know for sure.

ganon578 · Post by **ganon578** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 9:46 pm

I really hope that these turn out to be repaints though, to fit in better with the G1/Classics feel. I don't want to see them put back out with the same paint apps they had before, since that makes them just look like a mish-mash of extra paints in the Hasbro labs.

Brimstone · Post by **Brimstone** » Fri Oct 17, 2008 9:51 pm

Did you look at the links? Already at least Vortex and Swindle match (sort of) their G1 counterpart's color scheme.

Catalyst Dragon · Post by **Catalyst Dragon** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 2:10 am

It annoys me. I feel like Hasbro put no effort or care into this... just my feeling/opinion.

Why can't they put forth the effort to make the limbs four different vehicles, instead of two? Lazy? Or just don't care?

ganon578 · Post by **ganon578** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 3:02 am

Brimstone wrote:Did you look at the links? Already at least Vortex and Swindle match (sort of) their G1 counterpart's color scheme.

Yeah I did, but that doesn't account for the other two limbs, Onslaught, or the five combiners in Superion. I just hope they don't get lazy. Not that repaints are hard to do, but you never know.

Nevermore · Post by **Nevermore** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 8:54 am

New pics:
http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.ph ... opic=51839