You'll get one, but it's going to have RotB's Wheeljack's head.
Buzzworthy Bumblebee - the "everything goes" toyline
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You'll get one, but it's going to have RotB's Wheeljack's head.
I've been lamenting the non-inclusion of Jacky's Cybertronian mode since SIEGE ended. Seemed like a huge missed opportunity at the time. It's great knowing he's still in the cards; I have a feeling Hasbro was doing the "easier" ones first. Box-Jack may end up being a Voyager.
You monster!
I doubt that, because we got earth-mode Wheeljack the next year.
I'm positive all 6 fan vote options...
So it's doubtful they would've been developing 2 different Wheeljacks simultaneously.
All of the above were destined to get toys anyway, hence my disappointment that they couldn't get get Cybertronian Wheeljack in AT ALL before concluding the trilogy (let alone not having him and 'Bee transform AT ALL).
Hasbro touted their story and toys as being representative of "the last days of the war on Cybertron," and they actively retread elements of MTMTE including alt-modes, you gotta wonder what happened.
I'm positive all 6 fan vote options...
- Saboteur vs Scientist: #SpinisterVsWheeljack
- Brother vs Brother: #NeedlenoseVsTracks
- Mirage vs The Mercenary: #ImpactorVsMirage
So it's doubtful they would've been developing 2 different Wheeljacks simultaneously.
All of the above were destined to get toys anyway, hence my disappointment that they couldn't get get Cybertronian Wheeljack in AT ALL before concluding the trilogy (let alone not having him and 'Bee transform AT ALL).
Hasbro touted their story and toys as being representative of "the last days of the war on Cybertron," and they actively retread elements of MTMTE including alt-modes, you gotta wonder what happened.
Managed to preorder Pre-Earth Jazz at Pulse too. Yay!
"We are telling our own story with the characters we choose not slavishly serving up the exact pieces of a really old cartoon?"
-ZacWilliam, I mean they're semi-doing that now, but slowly, as sort of a limited side course apart from the main line.
Except they kept touting Siege as being directly inspired by the first few scenes of that old episode.
Heck, that's why the entire line used the design philosophy of "The robot modes must look faithful enough to the G1 cartoon models (from the front) no matter what nonsense altmode they turn into."
And they're still using that design philosophy for these two Buzzworthy Bumblebee "Origin" figures.
Not to forget we had attempts at the pyramid jet modes of the Seekers from those scenes, AND Soundwave had 'Steetlamp mode' as an intentional easter egg, as well as Lasterbeak having his cockpit face rather then his bird face.
Siege was "inspired by". Inspired doesn't mean exact replica. The Buzzworthy molds are definitely doing something different.
The only thing they're doing differently is not covering Bee and Jazz in gratuitous greeble and battle damage. The design philosophy is still the same.
It's not.
Seige was just loosely inspired by the idea of alien vehicles.
Buzzworthy is exactly the cartoon designs in the cartoon style as closely as physically possible.
-ZacWilliam, they are very different design philosophies/approaches to a similar goal.
Seige was just loosely inspired by the idea of alien vehicles.
Buzzworthy is exactly the cartoon designs in the cartoon style as closely as physically possible.
-ZacWilliam, they are very different design philosophies/approaches to a similar goal.
Acquired Jazz earlier today.
Ready for Wheeljack now Hasbro.
Ready for Wheeljack now Hasbro.
What? Did Hasbro ever say they were attempting to "directly replicate" the cartoon Tetrajets? If so they did a terrible job.
Where did they ever tell a "Siege" story that didn't have Bumblebee in it?
While I don't like they do this either, Hasbro actually uses the words "inspired by" to mean "exactly accurate to" so often I'm not sure they know that isn't what it means.
Siege definitely wasn't even inspired by "G1 cartoon Cybertronian vehicle" on a stylistic level, though. It's greebly and dirty instead of sleek and clean, and blocky instead of curvy, and the car/truck modes don't even look alien at all; they're just Earth-style cars with the windshields and hubcaps being weird.
They're influenced by it, but an attempt to directly replicate the Tetrajet design would have been much more similar in shape.
And the wings are actually straighter than an F-15's wings, when the Tetrajet's wings should be more angled. In other words, they actually deviated from Tetrajet-accuracy even in the wrong direction for robot mode accuracy. (Just compare the robot mode to that of any F-15 Starscream if you don't see what I mean.)
This really only makes sense if they had another design goal for the vehicle mode.
I suspect the initial plan was thoroughly MTMTE Part 1, but then someone fell in love with the budget trilogy idea, so character choice became dictated by how easy it would be to get Cybertron and Earth versions with the same base. They didn't figure out how to make a Cybertron Wheeljack that they could easily turn into an Earth Wheeljack, so Cybertron Wheeljack just didn't happen.
The Seekers would be an anomaly in this scenario, because the Earthrise design doesn't use Siege as a base at all. However, I find it interesting that Siege Starscream's alt mode is attached by one hinge, and it's possible to remove it in one chunk. I want to believe that at one point they were planning on Earthrise Starscream just being Siege Starscream with a new backpack, before plans changed again and they found the budget to do a proper new one.
The Seekers would be an anomaly in this scenario, because the Earthrise design doesn't use Siege as a base at all. However, I find it interesting that Siege Starscream's alt mode is attached by one hinge, and it's possible to remove it in one chunk. I want to believe that at one point they were planning on Earthrise Starscream just being Siege Starscream with a new backpack, before plans changed again and they found the budget to do a proper new one.
I'd think the Seeker mold would be a great way to recoup costs. It can be used for how many characters now?