Title:

Broadside & Blunderbuss (Robot Mode)

Description:
Blunderbuss & Broadside (Voyager Class, 2017)

Accessories: Seated gun, ”Blunderbuss” Titan Master, 5 Aerialbot jets

Released as part of the Titans Return subline, Broadside is an extensive retool of Alpha Trion, transforming into another blatantly out of scale aircraft carrier and another aircraft-carrier-sized and very not-aerodynamic jet fighter (however, the legs can be shrunken down with some fiddling, and there are many fan modes that leave the legs partially untransformed to eliminate the top block.). Broadside also features Titan Master-compatible ports on some of his parts, and he comes with tiny Aerialbot jets (specifically in the alternate modes of their Combiner Wars figures released just two years earlier) molded on a sprue; once cut off this sprue, the jets can be attached to his carrier and robot mode ports, and be painted as desired.Broadside also comes with Blunderbuss, a Titan Master who transforms from a tiny robot based on Safeguard into Broadside’s head compatible with any Deluxe-or-larger Titans Return figure. Blunderbuss can sit in his jet mode cockpit; in boat mode, Broadside’s bridge can flip backwards to form a seat for Blunderbuss to ride in.Like all Titans Return figures, Broadside features a small peghole made to accomodate a stand. Unfortunately, due to the nature of his transformations, the peghole will only work for his jet fighter mode. This can be circumvented for the robot mode however by not keeping his back panel flush to the body.Even though early Hasbro CG renders of Blunderbuss used colors very close to the final product’s light gray plastic, pre-production samples used for stock photos featured a gray face for Broadside’s head and even darker plastic (with a green-ish tint) for Blunderbuss’s arms, legs and head. Early stock photos also depicted paint for Broadside’s Aircraft carrier main deck, which turned out to be stickers on his actual release. Like with the previous wave, the packaging design Broadside was released in was the new ”Decepticon” style standard for Titans Return Voyagers compared to the ”Autobot” style used for figures from the first two waves, regardless of actual allegiance.In many places, this toy became a shelfwarmer.Broadside was further retooled into Tidal Wave.
Theme:
Transformers Titans Return
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Barcode:
630509512065
Year:
2016
Country:
United States
Series:
Prime Wars Trilogy
Asst. Number:
TR3
Date Added:
2020-08-23 14:59:40
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$138.99
Automatic Estimated Date:
2026-01-12
Date Added:
2020-08-23 14:59:40

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