Shouldn't Hauler be orange? 
Pure windows would be nice. They're blue on the back of the box.Now Road Hauler. Cool looking figure. I kinda wanna see a Energon (or was it Cybertron) Mudflap from that mold.
Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection Road Hauler First Look
Continuing with the ongoing Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection news, we now have our first look at Road Hauler, a redeco of Earthrise Voyager Grapple with an alternate "screaming" face! Similar to the Override image from earlier, these photos likewise show the figure in its packaging, though this...news.tfw2005.com
Exactly. You hear stories like Universe 2.0 Galvatron getting scaled down to a Deluxe because Animated Shockwave was on the shelves and they didn't want two Voyager grey walking tanks on market in such quick succession and you realize that a lot of choices we may scratch our heads at usually get made by people who aren't on the creative end but the marketing/business end.
And these peeps don't care enough about your fandom to orchestrate giant deco-based conspiracies around it.
Shouldn't Hauler be orange?
Other then the one not-grapple appearance, he's always been Green: https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Road_Hauler
Because nothing says SPEED like a bucket truck.Now Road Hauler. Cool looking figure. I kinda wanna see a Energon (or was it Cybertron) Mudflap from that mold.
Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection Road Hauler First Look
Continuing with the ongoing Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection news, we now have our first look at Road Hauler, a redeco of Earthrise Voyager Grapple with an alternate "screaming" face! Similar to the Override image from earlier, these photos likewise show the figure in its packaging, though this...
Do we know what the "500" refers to?
It's meant to go with the Speedia, as in Speedia 500 (like the Indy 500 race), but the graphic design was not laid out very well.
Isn't Cosmos supposed to be a deluxe? You don't suppose they are going to remold the origin Bumblebee mold for him, would they?
Isn't Cosmos supposed to be a deluxe? You don't suppose they are going to remold the origin Bumblebee mold for him, would they?
That Speedia packaging is going to get me to buy the figures I was initially going to pass on isn't it?
Damn you Hasbro....
Damn you Hasbro....
actually it's because they're going to release 500 figures in the velocitron speedia 500 collection
source? just trust me y'all
source? just trust me y'all
Accept from his first named appearance in alt mode, where CJ yells for him to haul up Hound, I was referening that as a joke.
Honestly, I hope not. I’d want him to be a little bigger than that mold is. I like the small deluxes for minibots. I love Origin Bumblebee, but I wish he had been a little bigger like ER Cliffjumper.
Cosmos would probably be similar to Huffer in bulk But instead of all the mass going to the truck hood, it’s all in his feet
Yeah, if Cosmos is another new-mold, he's likely to be very geewun and all. I'm just a little skeptical that we are going to get that many new molds in a retailer-exclusive subset. So far, we've seen one new mold and one recolor, and some of the rest of the rumors are more or less known Diaclone redecos. I think Cosmos and Blurr are the wild cards; and the common theory is that its Armada Blurr and will be retooled into Pointblank. That leaves Cosmos, and I'm struggling to think of any natural redecos or retool options, besides Scrounge and Guardian Pathfinder, neither of which have been mentioned in the rumor mills. So then, I'm left wondering who Cosmos could be retooled from...
Whatever happens, I am excited to see more of the Speedia 500 collection!
Whatever happens, I am excited to see more of the Speedia 500 collection!
He knows. That's the "not-Grapple appearance" he was talking about, I assume also to point out that an Orange Hauler is just Grapple, who we've already gotten.
Wasn't it leaked that Cosmos is a heavy Warpath retool?
Pretty much. I wouldn't be surprised if 'Hauler' was a pre-production name for Grapple. I recall reading years ago, from Jim Shooter's blog that he'd have multiple names for characters, and one example he gave was Sideswipe, iirc, originally being 'High Beam' but Hasbro rejected that name due to 'High Beams' being slang for women's breasts.
Love the box design, some strong retro vibes in the overall structure of it, I hope the Deluxe class carries that general style.
Cosmos needs to be bigger, so Blaster can fit inside.