Cybertron Downshift | UPDATE: In packaging
Cybertron Downshift?
http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/defa ... =DOWNSHIFT
Placeholder page, found by TFW2005 member AsswhompSupreme the same way Metroplex, Brimstone etc. were found before. Confirms name usage, could be for Universe Downshift (Energon Downshift repaint), but then, "Snow Cat" didn't work in any combination.
EDIT:
Looks like we found him.
http://photo.xs163.net/uploadPhotos/spx ... 2331_1.jpg
http://photo.xs163.net/uploadPhotos/spx ... 2334_1.jpg
http://photo.xs163.net/uploadPhotos/spx ... 2337_1.jpg
http://photo.xs163.net/uploadPhotos/spx ... 2341_1.jpg
http://photo.xs163.net/uploadPhotos/spx ... 2346_1.jpg
UPDATE: More pics
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/thread82338.html
UPDATE: In packaging.
http://www.tfw2005.com/gallery/Cybertron-Downshift
Placeholder page, found by TFW2005 member AsswhompSupreme the same way Metroplex, Brimstone etc. were found before. Confirms name usage, could be for Universe Downshift (Energon Downshift repaint), but then, "Snow Cat" didn't work in any combination.
EDIT:
Looks like we found him.
http://photo.xs163.net/uploadPhotos/spx ... 2331_1.jpg
http://photo.xs163.net/uploadPhotos/spx ... 2334_1.jpg
http://photo.xs163.net/uploadPhotos/spx ... 2337_1.jpg
http://photo.xs163.net/uploadPhotos/spx ... 2341_1.jpg
http://photo.xs163.net/uploadPhotos/spx ... 2346_1.jpg
UPDATE: More pics
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/thread82338.html
UPDATE: In packaging.
http://www.tfw2005.com/gallery/Cybertron-Downshift
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Originally posted by chimung
I don't think this is really news, this was announced some time ago!
The name "Downshift" possibly being used in Cybertron?
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so 2 Downshifts this year?
meh, I can understand they have to use a name often, but at the same time??
it looks more like they have no inspiration or that ALL other names have already been taken (all other names that could be invented as wel then )
meh, I can understand they have to use a name often, but at the same time??
it looks more like they have no inspiration or that ALL other names have already been taken (all other names that could be invented as wel then )
BTFA, 2 year anniversary
it looks more like they have no inspiration or that ALL other names have already been taken (all other names that could be invented as wel then )
It's not that so much as that any new name that they can come up with takes a lot of research and legal fees to properly protect and secure these days. Makes more sense, financially, to reuse a name 'not currently fielded in the main line' than it does to secure a new one.
That doesn't mean, however, that it's okay to have a combiner team named 'Prowlus Maximus' where all five pieces and their Minicon partners are all named 'Prowl'...
Originally posted by TFVanguard
That doesn't mean, however, that it's okay to have a combiner team named 'Prowlus Maximus' where all five pieces and their Minicon partners are all named 'Prowl'...
LOL, you never know, there are a lot of Prowls out
personnaly, I think the US should make less strict rules about toynames, (not toyline names but individual characters)
just like humans, there are many with the exact same first and last name, what would happen if I decided to register/trademark my name? I'ld sue every other dude with my name (just kidding off course)
BTFA, 2 year anniversary
The rules themselves are actually rather lax. The problem is the 'lawsuit battle', where a company will simply try making the fight itself, legally, just too expensive to maintain, even if they're clearly in the legal (if not ethical) right.personnaly, I think the US should make less strict rules about toynames, (not toyline names but individual characters)
Some would say this is awful sharp Karma, since Hasbro and Parker Brothers engaged in this an awful lot back in the 1970s to other game makers and toylines. Look up the 'Anti-Monopoly' game for more information on the practice, and how we legally got where we are on such matters.
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Originally posted by Darth Shrapnel
Clocker repaint? That`s the first time I`ve rad about that.
I should have been a little more careful with phrasing. We've been told that the line will largely be repainted, and there's no emphasis (other than Galvatron again) this time out on 'repaint = powered up version' as there was in the previous three lines.
Also, we know that the scouts and deluxe figures are 'light' in assortments, though they're the best sellers in the US. Given all that, repaints of them seem inevitable.
But, no, no one should take this to mean, for certain, that Clocker is 100 percent going to be repainted at this point, and that that repaint will be Downshift. It's /likely/, but not definite.
Originally posted by TFVanguard
I should have been a little more careful with phrasing. We've been told that the line will largely be repainted
Really? Where?
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New unknown Cybertron "Wheeljack" proto
http://photo.xs163.net/uploadPhotos/spx ... 2331_1.jpg
http://photo.xs163.net/uploadPhotos/spx ... 2334_1.jpg
http://photo.xs163.net/uploadPhotos/spx ... 2337_1.jpg
http://photo.xs163.net/uploadPhotos/spx ... 2341_1.jpg
http://photo.xs163.net/uploadPhotos/spx ... 2346_1.jpg
Found at a well-known auction site.
http://photo.xs163.net/uploadPhotos/spx ... 2334_1.jpg
http://photo.xs163.net/uploadPhotos/spx ... 2337_1.jpg
http://photo.xs163.net/uploadPhotos/spx ... 2341_1.jpg
http://photo.xs163.net/uploadPhotos/spx ... 2346_1.jpg
Found at a well-known auction site.
Looking for a complete Energon Sky Shadow (from Superion Maximus).
Offering: Binaltech Hound, Swindle, Ravage (Corvette), Skids.
Can buy in stores: Robot Heroes Tigatron/Inferno, Ricochet/Predaking.
Offering: Binaltech Hound, Swindle, Ravage (Corvette), Skids.
Can buy in stores: Robot Heroes Tigatron/Inferno, Ricochet/Predaking.
Originally posted by T.V.
So Cybertron Wheeljack is based on a '70s Chevelle convertible or made up?
Chances are he's not going to be called "Wheeljack".
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Originally posted by T.V.
Ahh. So, we have another "Downshift" on our hands?;)
See the title and the first post of this very thread.
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