Generations Selects Autobots Stand United 5 pack Officially Revealed
Tuesday, February 27th, 2024 1:38PM CST
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This set will be released in the Generations Selects line, meaning that preorders should be available at all the usual online retailers. It consists of five Deluxe figures, all in cartoon decos, and in the case of four of them, no longer including translucent plastic, which should help durability. All five figures are of previously released molds. The five figures are Wheeljack, Sunstreaker, and Trailbreaker, first released in the Earthrise line on 2020; Jazz, released in Studio Series 86 in 2020; and the long rumored and anticipated Hound, in his Earth mode, first released as Detritus in Legacy Evolution in 2023.
This set is scheduled to start shipping in July, with a retail cost around $110 USD, which works out to a cost of $22 USD per figure, less than the current retail cost of a Deluxe. Photos are below.
Let us know what you think of this new set. Did you miss out on Trailbreaker and Sunstreaker when they were first released? Picking it up to finally get a modern Earth-mode Hound in your collection? Sound off in the forums!
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Posted by Bounti76 on February 27th, 2024 @ 1:43pm CST
Posted by Overcracker on February 27th, 2024 @ 2:12pm CST
blackeyedprime wrote:Trailbreaker looks best of the bunch. also looks like they have borrowed yellow matching skills from Takara Tomy Yay!
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Not really, its just that the entire car is now cast in the same yellow plastic, and they don't ned to paint translucent plastic in yellow, which is what causes the mismatched tones of Yellow in the original release.
All in all, the set looks fairly nice.
Wonder if it will be available outside of Hasbro Pulse in any way for those outside the countries served by it.
Posted by Sabrblade on February 27th, 2024 @ 2:19pm CST
It isn't a Pulse exclusive. It's on BBTS, EE, and TFSource right now, too.Overcracker wrote:blackeyedprime wrote:Trailbreaker looks best of the bunch. also looks like they have borrowed yellow matching skills from Takara Tomy Yay!
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Not really, its just that the entire car is now cast in the same yellow plastic, and they don't ned to paint translucent plastic in yellow, which is what causes the mismatched tones of Yellow in the original release.
All in all, the set looks fairly nice.
Wonder if it will be available outside of Hasbro Pulse in any way for those outside the countries served by it.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 27th, 2024 @ 2:23pm CST
Posted by Roadbuster on February 27th, 2024 @ 2:39pm CST
Why these aren’t two-packs, I don’t know. I just can’t justify paying for a set just to get one character mold I don’t have and four I already have.
Posted by Blackstreak on February 27th, 2024 @ 2:44pm CST
Posted by First-Aid on February 27th, 2024 @ 2:45pm CST
Roadbuster wrote:Stuff like this irritates me. We’ve waited for a proper Earthmode Hound for years and at first chance, they waste it on a peg warmer named Detrius. Now we have to rebuy four other characters many of us already have, or by some miracle, wait for a SS86 release in order to get him.
Why these aren’t two-packs, I don’t know. I just can’t justify paying for a set just to get one character mold I don’t have and four I already have.
This.
Posted by Overcracker on February 27th, 2024 @ 3:38pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:It isn't a Pulse exclusive. It's on BBTS, EE, and TFSource right now, too.Overcracker wrote:blackeyedprime wrote:Trailbreaker looks best of the bunch. also looks like they have borrowed yellow matching skills from Takara Tomy Yay!
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Not really, its just that the entire car is now cast in the same yellow plastic, and they don't ned to paint translucent plastic in yellow, which is what causes the mismatched tones of Yellow in the original release.
All in all, the set looks fairly nice.
Wonder if it will be available outside of Hasbro Pulse in any way for those outside the countries served by it.
Ahh, thanks. We'll see if I can pick one up from BBTS.
Posted by DeathReviews on February 27th, 2024 @ 3:52pm CST
First impression of Hound is that his grey plastic looks 'dirty' somehow, like it caught the light wrong and has some green reflected onto it. I hope that's fixed for the final release and that it's normal grey.
And I knew that Trailbreaker wouldn't be the pale grey in the leaked photos, the lighting looked bad in those early shots. Everything else looks good, and I look forward to reviewing the lot, even though they're all essentially re-releases.
Posted by Rodimus Prime on February 27th, 2024 @ 3:56pm CST
Only 1 reason: $$$Roadbuster wrote:Stuff like this irritates me. We’ve waited for a proper Earthmode Hound for years and at first chance, they waste it on a peg warmer named Detrius. Now we have to rebuy four other characters many of us already have, or by some miracle, wait for a SS86 release in order to get him.
Why these aren’t two-packs, I don’t know. I just can’t justify paying for a set just to get one character mold I don’t have and four I already have.
I wonder if this release will cause the original Sunstreaker to go down in price on the 2ndary market.
Posted by Spider5800 on February 27th, 2024 @ 3:58pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on February 27th, 2024 @ 4:09pm CST
It isn't a Pulse exclusive. It's on BBTS, EE, and TFSource right now, too.Spider5800 wrote:It's finally showing the page for me, but already shows as sold out. Did I miss it? Or is the page just still wonky?
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on February 27th, 2024 @ 4:37pm CST
Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 27th, 2024 @ 4:38pm CST
Roadbuster wrote:Stuff like this irritates me. We’ve waited for a proper Earthmode Hound for years and at first chance, they waste it on a peg warmer named Detrius. Now we have to rebuy four other characters many of us already have, or by some miracle, wait for a SS86 release in order to get him.
Why these aren’t two-packs, I don’t know. I just can’t justify paying for a set just to get one character mold I don’t have and four I already have.
The Detritus mold is garbage anyway.
Sooner or later, they will make a proper "SS86" Hound with his own, brand new mold.
Posted by Till-all-R1 on February 27th, 2024 @ 7:00pm CST
Which is a good thing since I'm not tempted to buy just for one figure that I'd probably just be disappointed in anyways. The long wait for Hound only to see it turn out this way really does feel like a gut punch.
Now I guess I'll have to pin my hopes of a new Powerglide to wrap up my collection.
Posted by Sabrblade on February 27th, 2024 @ 7:09pm CST
Posted by Sowndwave76 on February 27th, 2024 @ 7:30pm CST
I actually don't like the extra stripes on Jazz, but oh well. The other three that were previously released do look better imo; and I'm happy that the front lower legs of Sunstreaker are solid pieces of plastic and not waffled. Hound is alright, but I'm assuming this is the best version of that character we'll see for a long, long time. I'm sure some think Wheeljack is too bland, but I really like this look for him. And Trailbreaker is definitely icing. Both Sunstreaker and Trailbreaker were figures I never saw and wasn't willing to spend extra money for on the aftermarket.
Imo, the only downside to this set is Jazz having more deco than I think he needs.
Posted by Till-all-R1 on February 27th, 2024 @ 8:30pm CST
True, but I have become accustomed to Pulse with their more timely ETA's and free shipping.
I may give EE a shot since it's free on order over $79 but they sure do know how to drag preorders out... I'm still waiting on a couple things I preordered a whole year ago.
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on February 27th, 2024 @ 8:50pm CST
Till-all-R1 wrote:
True, but I have become accustomed to Pulse with their more timely ETA's and free shipping.
I may give EE a shot since it's free on order over $79 but they sure do know how to drag preorders out... I'm still waiting on a couple things I preordered a whole year ago.
Gamestop also has them and free shipping.
Posted by durroth on February 27th, 2024 @ 9:15pm CST
Posted by Nemesis Destron on February 27th, 2024 @ 11:11pm CST
It's gonna be interesting when these figures get broken up and sold individually to see which are the most wanted. For me it's SStreaker which looks great and I will be adding the ER version to my POL to part ways with. I really wish would have done right and added that patch of Orange-ish paint like they did before.
And unlike most I'm content with Siege Hound, he's a great modern version in my Neo G1 crew...'nuff said!
Posted by RiddlerJ on February 28th, 2024 @ 6:09am CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 28th, 2024 @ 7:42am CST
Posted by Randomhero on February 28th, 2024 @ 11:59am CST
Nemesis Destron wrote:
It's gonna be interesting when these figures get broken up and sold individually to see which are the most wanted. For me it's SStreaker which looks great and I will be adding the ER version to my POL to part ways with. I really wish would have done right and added that patch of Orange-ish paint like they did before.
And unlike most I'm content with Siege Hound, he's a great modern version in my Neo G1 crew...'nuff said!
Whenever I see anyone say “I’ll wait for this -insert whatever goes through their brain- from hasbro and takara” I’m always reminded of those folks who said “pass! I’ll wait for takaras unite warriors LioKaiser”
…I wonder if anyone has checked on those folks in that corner. It’s only been 8 years…
Posted by SynchroBunny on February 28th, 2024 @ 3:39pm CST
Nemesis Destron wrote:
It's gonna be interesting when these figures get broken up and sold individually to see which are the most wanted. For me it's SStreaker which looks great and I will be adding the ER version to my POL to part ways with. I really wish would have done right and added that patch of Orange-ish paint like they did before.
And unlike most I'm content with Siege Hound, he's a great modern version in my Neo G1 crew...'nuff said!
Mostly same. We're going to be swapping out the original releases for the ones from this set. Specially SS86 Jazz, went to transform him after a few months of not touching him at all and his roof section has a crack line running the entire legnth. When handling Trailbreaker it always felt like we were going to just snap the entire section off.
Gonna keep Siege Hound tho. He'll fit right into an IDW line-up.
Colour-wise, it's nothing a bit of paint [remover] can't fix here.
That said, we're not "anti-clear plastic", they usually look good. We'd just prefer not to have figures snap and crumble from them just existing on a shelf. It's a decision we make figure to figure.
Posted by steve2275 on February 28th, 2024 @ 3:45pm CST
Posted by Brokebot on February 28th, 2024 @ 4:05pm CST
Blackstreak wrote:And Hound is the only one in that set I need.
Same, but as much as I want to want this figure, it just doesn't impress me. It just looks cheap.
Posted by noctorro on March 2nd, 2024 @ 3:06am CST
And I payed 3 times the price for Trailbreaker which isn't too bad. However they are both in this pack.
Now I am perfectly happy with my Siege Hound so no hyperfocus on getting him earthmode.
I do think he will be sold seperately in the future in some subline or whatever. So guys getting their midlife crisis now is a bit unneccesary I think. Just wait or do get the whole pack.
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on April 1st, 2024 @ 9:39am CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 2nd, 2024 @ 12:55pm CDT
She also looks great with Fox Cheetor, giving us Cataclysm as her fellow Herald! Now we really need a new Rampage for a new Shockaract