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WiseMan wrote:I can't understand why everyone is raving about Silverbolt. He has the most disgusting jet mode I can remember seeing, with kibble sticking out past his wings on nearly every side!

Not to mention he's based on a jet that was decommissioned years ago, though I can give them that one on nostalgia.

Counterpunch wrote:Thunderclash redeco of Prime please.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:Thunderclash redeco of Prime please.

I second that. With Turbomaster repaints to boot

Counterpunch wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:Thunderclash redeco of Prime please.

I second that. With Turbomaster repaints to boot

That would be like...double good.

I don't have proper words for the kind of goodness that would be.

In my blackened heart though...I fear Botcon will do it.

Remember when we could get cool stuff like that from Target or Walmart as a Black Friday special?

Seibertron wrote:My expectation out of the Combiner Wars toys? Dinobots as a combiner finally. It's not something I want at all, but I think there's oddly a lot of fan demand for it. If we get a Predaking to battle "Dinoking" (or whatever they end up calling the combined Dinobots), I guess that'd be pretty cool.

Anyone else hoping they can take the Combiners Wars concept in a different direction and give us an updated Skylynx (he's a combiner of sorts) or Omega Supreme (parts combiner).

Rodimus Prime wrote:However, just thinking about it, how menacing would a combiner made of Dinobots be?

Rated X wrote:Superion looks ok if you bend his knees and elbows. But standing straight he looks like crap. Uranus is a much better superion.

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:However, just thinking about it, how menacing would a combiner made of Dinobots be?

"Menacing" is putting it mildly:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:However, just thinking about it, how menacing would a combiner made of Dinobots be?

"Menacing" is putting it mildly:

Is it some sort of expectation that once a team combines, the gestalt becomes a much less intelligent being?

Seibertron wrote:

Rated X wrote:Superion looks ok if you bend his knees and elbows. But standing straight he looks like crap. Uranus is a much better superion.

I should certainly hope so for a toy that costs 5.5 times as much ($85 versus $450)! A Lamborghini is a much nicer car than a Corvette as well, but the Corvette is still pretty damn nice.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:However, just thinking about it, how menacing would a combiner made of Dinobots be?

"Menacing" is putting it mildly:

Is it some sort of expectation that once a team combines, the gestalt becomes a much less intelligent being?

Rated X wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Rated X wrote:Superion looks ok if you bend his knees and elbows. But standing straight he looks like crap. Uranus is a much better superion.

I should certainly hope so for a toy that costs 5.5 times as much ($85 versus $450)! A Lamborghini is a much nicer car than a Corvette as well, but the Corvette is still pretty damn nice.

At the original prices plus the upgrades Uranus cost me close to $600. Hasbro is improving with each combiner but they really need to work on the monkey arms. And that flop coptor was an insult to fans. You cant tell me the coptor wasn't done on purpose as a "marketing decision". Do you support the coptor decision ? I know you wont buy it but how do you feel about the upcoming 3rd party slingshot ? Would you agree that sometimes hasbro can be their own worst enemy in that regards ?

noctorro wrote:

Rated X wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Rated X wrote:Superion looks ok if you bend his knees and elbows. But standing straight he looks like crap. Uranus is a much better superion.

I should certainly hope so for a toy that costs 5.5 times as much ($85 versus $450)! A Lamborghini is a much nicer car than a Corvette as well, but the Corvette is still pretty damn nice.

At the original prices plus the upgrades Uranus cost me close to $600. Hasbro is improving with each combiner but they really need to work on the monkey arms. And that flop coptor was an insult to fans. You cant tell me the coptor wasn't done on purpose as a "marketing decision". Do you support the coptor decision ? I know you wont buy it but how do you feel about the upcoming 3rd party slingshot ? Would you agree that sometimes hasbro can be their own worst enemy in that regards ?

I disagree.
Obviously.

I think the Alpha Bravo dude wasn't a bad choice. If it was a jet and called Slingshot I'd be just as happy. And four jets who kind of look the same, I understand Hasbro's point of view.

I'm not bothered by monkey arms, but I can understand some people are.

I'll look for some comparison shots with Superion next to Uranus in combiner form.
But I always am in favor of Hasbro/Takara (a.k.a. real Transformers) bots than third party stuff.

But I do own Hercules, because they look good, great scale and solid bots.
Don't know if I'll keep him, have to wait for the Combiner Wars Devastator.
I have way to many robots for a small appartment and keep op buying -_-

noctorro wrote:I always am in favor of Hasbro/Takara (a.k.a. real Transformers) bots than third party stuff.

Mr_Autobot411 wrote:Hasbro, then u wonder why i give my money to 3rd parties. esp the combiners.

these are massive fails for me, wtf is up with superions hands?

well ill be saving a lot of money in 2015. I wont start on the laughable RID line either, save that for another thread.

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:I think the Transformers brand is starting to reach its final stages.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:I think the Transformers brand is starting to reach its final stages.

I bet people thought that back in '95 as well, as G2 concluded. Yet here we are.

Rated X wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:I think the Transformers brand is starting to reach its final stages.

I bet people thought that back in '95 as well, as G2 concluded. Yet here we are.

I dont know about gone for good, but I can see it going dormant in a few years and then making a comeback a decade later. We saw the same thing with ninja turtles and GI Joe.

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:

Rated X wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:I think the Transformers brand is starting to reach its final stages.

I bet people thought that back in '95 as well, as G2 concluded. Yet here we are.

I dont know about gone for good, but I can see it going dormant in a few years and then making a comeback a decade later. We saw the same thing with ninja turtles and GI Joe.

I was thinking about this too, but Hasbro, most likely, would not own the brand anymore.

Autobot032 wrote:Meh... I hate to admit it, but Alpha Bravo is actually growing on me. I'm still going to buy the Beezleboss Slingshot that's coming out because I want it accurate and G1 as possible, but AB is definitely growing on me.

More money out the window.

Rated X wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Rated X wrote:Superion looks ok if you bend his knees and elbows. But standing straight he looks like crap. Uranus is a much better superion.

I should certainly hope so for a toy that costs 5.5 times as much ($85 versus $450)! A Lamborghini is a much nicer car than a Corvette as well, but the Corvette is still pretty damn nice.

At the original prices plus the upgrades Uranus cost me close to $600. Hasbro is improving with each combiner but they really need to work on the monkey arms. And that flop coptor was an insult to fans. You cant tell me the coptor wasn't done on purpose as a "marketing decision". Do you support the coptor decision ? I know you wont buy it but how do you feel about the upcoming 3rd party slingshot ? Would you agree that sometimes hasbro can be their own worst enemy in that regards ?