New Galleries: Combiner Wars Quickslinger and Brake-Neck
Thursday, April 30th, 2015 12:30PM CDT
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For those fans and collectors holding out for a G1 accurate Aerialbot and Stunticon team, the time is now, and your Superion and Menasor can join the battle against each other, leaving Alpha Bravo and Offroad as the new additions fighting from the sidelines - click on any image below to check out the full, new, high-definition, Seibertron,com galleries for the latest additions to the line!
Generations Combiner Wars Quickslinger
Generations Combiner Wars Brake-neck
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Posted by Shockwave7 on April 30th, 2015 @ 12:47pm CDT
Posted by RiddlerJ on April 30th, 2015 @ 12:50pm CDT
Even though I'm happy with Alpha Bravo and Offroad, I'll probably get these guys too.
Posted by Seibertron on April 30th, 2015 @ 12:52pm CDT
RiddlerJ wrote:So are these guys out yet?
Even though I'm happy with Alpha Bravo and Offroad, I'll probably get these guys too.
According to Hasbro, these will be available around May 22nd.
May 22 – AERIALBOT QUICKSLINGER and STUNTICON BRAKE-NECK will be available exclusively through participating online retailers, such as Amazon.com, Walmart.com, Target.com, ToysRUs.com, Entertainment Earth, BigBadToyStore, Diamond Comics and Hasbro Toy Shop. With these two new figures, fans are finally able to complete their G1-accurate SUPERION and MENAOR figures! In addition to these all-new toys, several vendors will be running special promotions on TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS: COMBINER WARS figures, providing fans with an ideal way to complete their collections.
Posted by necr0blivion on April 30th, 2015 @ 12:56pm CDT
Posted by Seibertron on April 30th, 2015 @ 1:01pm CDT
necr0blivion wrote:Are those the Japan exclusive CW stickers on some of these figures (mostly noticable on combined Menasor)?
Those are the Asian exclusive CW stickers (not Japan). Not sure what I think of them yet. They're OK but a lot of similar tech detail that uses a lot of unimaginative circles and rectangle shapes.
Posted by necr0blivion on April 30th, 2015 @ 1:23pm CDT
Seibertron wrote:Those are the Asian exclusive CW stickers (not Japan). Not sure what I think of them yet. They're OK but a lot of similar tech detail that uses a lot of unimaginative circles and rectangle shapes.
Thanks for the clarification. I think what I like most about the stickers is that they provider more "pop" to the figures, at least color-wise. The shapes don't really bother me.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 30th, 2015 @ 1:29pm CDT
Sling?
Wild rider?
Well played, Hasbro.
Also:
You're replacing the wrong guy there!
Posted by Seibertron on April 30th, 2015 @ 1:30pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Sling?
Wild rider?
Well played, Hasbro.
Quickslinger's tosses in the word "shot" in the same sentence with "sling".
Posted by Diem on April 30th, 2015 @ 1:58pm CDT
Posted by megatronus on April 30th, 2015 @ 2:09pm CDT
Just wish Wave 2 (or the comic pack-in Wave 1) would appear in any way, shape, or form in my area...
Posted by Rodimus Prime on April 30th, 2015 @ 2:16pm CDT
Just rubbing it in for us old-timers. I'm still picking him up, to complete the team, I just wish they sold him alone.Seibertron wrote:Quickslinger's tosses in the word "shot" in the same sentence with "sling".
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 30th, 2015 @ 2:54pm CDT
Posted by Emerje on April 30th, 2015 @ 2:58pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Also:
You're replacing the wrong guy there!
Yeah, and the Superion diagram is a mess. They've been swapping names in the diagram for Firefly and Skydive from the start so now he has two Skydives for legs, one named Quickslinger and one named Firefly.
If anyone is curious about the comics, Brake-Neck comes with Combiner Wars #8 just like Dead End. Quickslinger comes with CW #3, likely the comic that Firefly will come with when those wave 1 comic packs are released. I think it would have been smarter to include Alpha Bravo and Offroad's respective comics instead.
Emerje
Posted by Seibertron on April 30th, 2015 @ 2:58pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:By the way Ryan, does having two of the exact mold (head aside) for the two teams feel a bit... jarring, or would you prefer having four totally unique molds, even if it means "sacrificing" an old character?
I would prefer to have 4 unique limbs but will take Slingshot and Wildrider over Alpha Bravo and Offroad regardless of this. It doesn't seem as obvious on Menasor because Dead End should be an arm and Wildrider should be a leg. On Superion where Fireflight and Slingshot are both arms, it's a little more glaring that you've got two of the same vehicle mold. I think I'll make one of them a leg for Superion so that it doesn't seem so obvious in future galleries.
Posted by Emerje on April 30th, 2015 @ 3:10pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:By the way Ryan, does having two of the exact mold (head aside) for the two teams feel a bit... jarring, or would you prefer having four totally unique molds, even if it means "sacrificing" an old character?
For me personally I found that I didn't care since these molds were clearly made with Slingshot and Wildrider in mind no matter what they're called. Firefly's jet mode is much closer to Slingshot's than Fireflight's G1 figure and to be entirely honest I think Quickslinger turned to be better than Firefly because of it. The Dead End figure doesn't have a rear window molded in, a fake one is painted in while the original G1 Wildrider didn't have a rear window either so they definitely had that in mind even if it does look funny.
What I find jarring is that the Aerialbots are painstakingly G1 in all of their modes (except for being backwards as legs) while the Stunticons are all entirely unique designs we've never seen before. It's a strange design choice and I think the Aerialbots turned out better for sticking to their roots.
Emerje
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 30th, 2015 @ 3:15pm CDT
Seibertron wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:By the way Ryan, does having two of the exact mold (head aside) for the two teams feel a bit... jarring, or would you prefer having four totally unique molds, even if it means "sacrificing" an old character?
I would prefer to have 4 unique limbs but will take Slingshot and Wildrider over Alpha Bravo and Offroad regardless of this. It doesn't seem as obvious on Menasor because Dead End should be an arm and Wildrider should be a leg. On Superion where Fireflight and Slingshot are both arms, it's a little more glaring that you've got two of the same vehicle mold. I think I'll make one of them a leg for Superion so that it doesn't seem so obvious in future galleries.
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Emerje wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Also:
You're replacing the wrong guy there!
Yeah, and the Superion diagram is a mess. They've been swapping names in the diagram for Firefly and Skydive from the start so now he has two Skydives for legs, one named Quickslinger and one named Firefly.
If anyone is curious about the comics, Brake-Neck comes with Combiner Wars #8 just like Dead End. Quickslinger comes with CW #3, likely the comic that Firefly will come with when those wave 1 comic packs are released. I think it would have been smarter to include Alpha Bravo and Offroad's respective comics instead.
Emerje
I've checked Air Raid's and Skydive's card backs and wouldn't you know it, the schematic has Firefly as an arm too. Odd.
Given that Firefly and Dead End were the "parent molds" so to speak, it would make sense for Quicksling and Brake-Neck to include their comics. I agree though that Alpha Bravo's and Offroad's comics would be better, as to avoid collecting double issues.
Posted by Diem on April 30th, 2015 @ 3:18pm CDT
Emerje wrote:
What I find jarring is that the Aerialbots are painstakingly G1 in all of their modes (except for being backwards as legs) while the Stunticons are all entirely unique designs we've never seen before. It's a strange design choice and I think the Aerialbots turned out better for sticking to their roots.
Emerje
I feel like Aerialbots are "easier" engineering-wise, since the wings, nosecone and tail become kibble, so really they just need to turn a long box into a tall boxy robot. Also I'd argue that with jets it's easier to get away with trademark dodging. The Stunticons however suffer from having wildly edited G1 character models and actual proper car modes (albeit trademark-dodging ones) so choices had to be made.
Posted by steve2275 on May 1st, 2015 @ 12:23pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on May 13th, 2015 @ 2:22pm CDT
Generations Combiner Wars Cyclonus
Generations Combiner Wars Galvatronus
Posted by shajaki on May 13th, 2015 @ 2:29pm CDT
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on May 13th, 2015 @ 2:33pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on May 13th, 2015 @ 2:35pm CDT
Take a cue from the Club and use Ferak?JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I can't help but wonder how TakaraTomy will repurpose this figure... No doubt they'll use the Galvatron II persona, but what of poor Cyclonus?
Since Galvatron II uses the toy's pale deco, they could make Ferak the same pale color.
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on May 13th, 2015 @ 2:56pm CDT
Posted by Seibertron on May 13th, 2015 @ 3:31pm CDT
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on May 13th, 2015 @ 3:45pm CDT
No doubt any TakaraTomy release of this figure will be an exclusive redeco like Grand Scourge.
Posted by shockblast2 on May 13th, 2015 @ 3:55pm CDT
LAME.
I am actually glad because I need a break from Hasbro sucking my wallet clean with the first three real combiners. Just two to go, Bruticus and Devastator, and they can put this line in the can for all I care. If I thought we would get Computron or Predaking, then I would be interested. But, instead we get two LAME combiners. Once of which was created for political purposes rather than to make the fans happy. And they claim the fans "created" it. The sad thing is some of you believe it.....
Posted by shajaki on May 13th, 2015 @ 3:56pm CDT
Posted by Deadput on May 13th, 2015 @ 4:49pm CDT
shockblast2 wrote:Victorion? LOL...........
LAME.
I am actually glad because I need a break from Hasbro sucking my wallet clean with the first three real combiners. Just two to go, Bruticus and Devastator, and they can put this line in the can for all I care. If I thought we would get Computron or Predaking, then I would be interested. But, instead we get two LAME combiners. Once of which was created for political purposes rather than to make the fans happy. And they claim the fans "created" it. The sad thing is some of you believe it.....
That's not Victorion this is Galvatronus.
Computron's components are kinda dead in the comics except for Scattorshot and Strafe so I think their waiting plus Rook looks to be a nosecone remold and Hasbro probably does not want to confuse kids with the Predacons right now since it hasn't been too long since Beast Hunters ended.
What is sad though is you actually believing that the voting was rigged that and insulting the rest of us.
Seriously all your posts seem to be about complaining or call bullcrap on something.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on May 13th, 2015 @ 4:52pm CDT
mirageandjazz1197 wrote:shockblast2 wrote:Victorion? LOL...........
LAME.
I am actually glad because I need a break from Hasbro sucking my wallet clean with the first three real combiners. Just two to go, Bruticus and Devastator, and they can put this line in the can for all I care. If I thought we would get Computron or Predaking, then I would be interested. But, instead we get two LAME combiners. Once of which was created for political purposes rather than to make the fans happy. And they claim the fans "created" it. The sad thing is some of you believe it.....
That's not Victorion this is Galvatronus.
Victorion will be Galvatronus' rival.
Posted by Deadput on May 13th, 2015 @ 4:57pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Victorion will be Galvatronus' rival.
Yes I know that was the case.
I voted for that option
Posted by welcometothedarksyde on May 14th, 2015 @ 12:26pm CDT
Posted by MaverickPrime on May 14th, 2015 @ 2:39pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on May 14th, 2015 @ 2:42pm CDT
Not naturally, though. Tailgate's just shoved in there.MaverickPrime wrote:HOLY CRAP HE CAN USE TAILGATE AS A CHEST?!?!
Posted by Seibertron on May 14th, 2015 @ 2:43pm CDT
MaverickPrime wrote:HOLY CRAP HE CAN USE TAILGATE AS A CHEST?!?!
Sort of ... I never thought to try the Legends Class figures in the chest on Silverbolt. There isn't a peg for them to attach to, but the chest panels on Silverbolt/Cyclonus hold the figures in pretty darn well. It stayed in position when I posed "Galvatronus" without any problems at all. In my twisted reality for "G1" Cyclonus, who I'm considering a separate incarnation from the honorable and watchful "Lost Light" Cyclonus, he enslave Tailgate as armor through his mind control abilities. Sorry Tailgate ... you have no friend with G1 Cyclonus.
There is an episode of G1 where Cyclonus' face is drawn in a very similar style to the Combiner Wars Cyclonus. I thought it was a brief scene in Starscream's Ghost, but I can't seem to find it. Can anyone else think of where his face was drawn like this? It certainly takes reference to some scene with Cyclonus where his face was drawn differently than normal. No, I'm not thinking of the "lips" version of Cyclonus either.
Posted by Va'al on May 17th, 2015 @ 4:36am CDT
At the same time, they are simple repaints, much like two figures in yesterday's galleries, of the Optimus Prime, Starscream and Bumblebee that were re-released with Age of Extinction. Just to make it clearer for everyone. In any case, click on any of the images below to view their full galleries (as Ultra Magnus' latest Leader update is just around the corner...)!
Generations Combiner Wars Cliffjumper
Generations Combiner Wars Ultra Magnus
Generations Combiner Wars Skywarp
Posted by BlueBefore on May 17th, 2015 @ 8:28am CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on May 17th, 2015 @ 8:35am CDT
Also never liked that Bumblebee mold. Cliffjumper's original 1984 toy still looks better in a few ways (the head and face design in particularly, and I dislike the arms on that newer one)
Skywarp's colour scheme always looks cool.
Posted by AutobotAlvaron on May 17th, 2015 @ 8:45am CDT
Posted by welcometothedarksyde on May 17th, 2015 @ 9:20am CDT
Posted by prjkt on May 17th, 2015 @ 10:08am CDT
Except for Magnus. Don't know where that came from.
Posted by Va'al on May 17th, 2015 @ 10:13am CDT
AutobotAlvaron wrote:Va'al, great find! Would you tell us where you found these? Aren't they supposed to be sold at discount chains like Dollar General?
You should ask Seibertron himself, these are his figures and photos.
Posted by BlueBefore on May 17th, 2015 @ 10:27am CDT
Carnivius_Prime wrote:'Magnus' figure
Magnus is a white truck and has been for over 28 years. Get over it.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on May 17th, 2015 @ 10:34am CDT
BlueBefore wrote:Carnivius_Prime wrote:'Magnus' figure
Magnus is a white truck and has been for over 28 years. Get over it.
"Magnus" is the nickname for the smaller cab robot which was hardly ever seen in-fiction. The official name for the figure is still "Ultra Magnus" however, no matter the form.
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on May 17th, 2015 @ 11:04am CDT
BlueBefore wrote:Carnivius_Prime wrote:'Magnus' figure
Magnus is a white truck and has been for over 28 years. Get over it.
Get over what? I was pointing out the misleading artwork that shows Ultra Magnus's proper robot form but in the cab's colours when that form should be red and blue and also not on this packaging at all since it doesn't resemble the toy inside in anything but colour. Good thing it's packaged in robot mode so you can see what you're getting as the character portrait fails there. A recoloured image of Prime would be seem cheap (like this repaint) but more fitting to the figure people are buying here. When has his main and most common robot form ever been white?
Posted by AutobotAlvaron on May 17th, 2015 @ 11:12am CDT
Va'al wrote:AutobotAlvaron wrote:Va'al, great find! Would you tell us where you found these? Aren't they supposed to be sold at discount chains like Dollar General?
You should ask Seibertron himself, these are his figures and photos.
I saw that it was posted by you, so I thought you'd know. Nevermind.
Posted by Gearslide on May 17th, 2015 @ 11:34am CDT
Posted by BlueBefore on May 17th, 2015 @ 11:40am CDT
Carnivius_Prime wrote:BlueBefore wrote:Carnivius_Prime wrote:'Magnus' figure
Magnus is a white truck and has been for over 28 years. Get over it.
Get over what? I was pointing out the misleading artwork that shows Ultra Magnus's proper robot form but in the cab's colours when that form should be red and blue and also not on this packaging at all since it doesn't resemble the toy inside in anything but colour. Good thing it's packaged in robot mode so you can see what you're getting as the character portrait fails there. A recoloured image of Prime would be seem cheap (like this repaint) but more fitting to the figure people are buying here. When has his main and most common robot form ever been white?
Do you suffer from schizophrenia?
Posted by BlueBefore on May 17th, 2015 @ 11:41am CDT
Gearslide wrote:It would have been funny if the Legends Ultra Magnus had worked out to be small enough to fit in the new Leader Class toy, so you could actually have a tiny white Optimus sit inside if you didn't particularly care for Minimus or Alpha Trion.
That would be pretty neat.
Posted by Va'al on May 17th, 2015 @ 11:56am CDT
BlueBefore wrote:Carnivius_Prime wrote:BlueBefore wrote:Carnivius_Prime wrote:'Magnus' figure
Magnus is a white truck and has been for over 28 years. Get over it.
Get over what? I was pointing out the misleading artwork that shows Ultra Magnus's proper robot form but in the cab's colours when that form should be red and blue and also not on this packaging at all since it doesn't resemble the toy inside in anything but colour. Good thing it's packaged in robot mode so you can see what you're getting as the character portrait fails there. A recoloured image of Prime would be seem cheap (like this repaint) but more fitting to the figure people are buying here. When has his main and most common robot form ever been white?
Do you suffer from schizophrenia?
Unnecessary.
Please refrain from this kind of comment on the boards, thank you.