Yeah, I guess it IS what he looks like in the cartoon, but if you had asked me a while back, I would have sworn he was purple/black/yellow. It's definitely a Mandela Effect sort of situation.
Transformers Retro series (Walmart TFTM Reissues)
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He was and he wasn't. That part of his body changed colors whenever he transformed. In bug mode, it was purple. In robot mode, it was gray.
Guess this means they have to bring back the old Color Changers gimmick from Generation 2 in order to give us a completely accurate Bombshell.
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I feel they should have prioritized bug mode show-accuracy over robot mode show-accuracy tbh.
I think their thinking was that there were already a lot of purple Bombshells out there, so they wanted to do at least one version of the original toy that used the grey colouration.
If this line lasts long enough, you know they'll sell us another one that prioritizes bug mode.
it'll be dead by this time next year and we'll be gearing up for hasbro's next g1 reissue line
now featuring even higher prices
I feel like the Retro Generations line is set to be this line's replacement for next year, based on how Walmart's recent reissue sublines have alternated with 1980s-themed sublines of modern figures.
2018-2020: Vintage G1
2020: Retro Headmasters
2021-2023: Vintage Beast Wars
2023-2024: Transformers Retro
2025?: Retro Generations
2018-2020: Vintage G1
2020: Retro Headmasters
2021-2023: Vintage Beast Wars
2023-2024: Transformers Retro
2025?: Retro Generations
I'm getting the bug and rhino set for the rhino ... Miss having a Ramhorn
I have both of these, so I will pass unless I stumble upon it on clearance or something.
I would hope we’d at least get toon versions of the remaining molds we know they have. Which are
-Jazz
-Prowl
-Skids
-Tracks
-Smokescreen
-Sideswipe
-Inferno
-Grapple
-Astrotrain
-Blitzwing
-Kup
-Ultra Magnus (definitely want in toon colors)
-Ironhide
-Ratchet
-Red Alert (definitely want in toon colors)
-Sky Lynx
-Metroplex
-Omega Supreme
-Trailbreaker
-Hoist
-Dirge
-Ramjet
-Thrust
...It's a subline. Walmart's not gonna carry all of those and treat it like a main line.
2018: 7 releases for Vintage G1
2019: 7 more releases for Vintage G1 (plus 1 release exclusive to Hasbro Pulse)
2020: 1 release for Vintage G1, 7 releases for Retro Headmasters
2021: 4 releases for Vintage Beast Wars
2022: 7 more releases for Vintage Beast Wars
2023: 1 more release for Vintage Beast Wars, 8 releases for Transformers Retro
2024: 4 releases for Transformers Retro
And the majority of these Retro releases never even made it to stores.
2018: 7 releases for Vintage G1
2019: 7 more releases for Vintage G1 (plus 1 release exclusive to Hasbro Pulse)
2020: 1 release for Vintage G1, 7 releases for Retro Headmasters
2021: 4 releases for Vintage Beast Wars
2022: 7 more releases for Vintage Beast Wars
2023: 1 more release for Vintage Beast Wars, 8 releases for Transformers Retro
2024: 4 releases for Transformers Retro
And the majority of these Retro releases never even made it to stores.
Kup , Astrotrain , Red alert and Devastator being on the top of my list . But sadly it feels like this line might be over with . Hope I’m wrong
I'd love for them to do Sideswipe just so I could add him to my army of Gens Sideswipes... but I'm weird like that
My top pick of what I would want from this line.