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News Credits: 4 · by **TRozok21** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 9:54 am

I'm not a big fan of the single bot modes, but I'm loving the Gestalt, so if I got the set I'd keep her in that

Also, that G2 Superion, just brings back bad memories of my G2 Slingshot, and the curse of Brittle Gold Plastic Syndrome

News Credits: 3 · by **Randomhero** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 9:56 am

Mkall wrote:I'm sorry, but that colourscheme looks plain bad.

Can't blame Hasbro, we(the fans) created her. Her name, gender, modes, and color scheme were chosen by us.

And what's you get.

News Credits: 104 · by **Cyber Bishop** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 9:56 am

Mkall wrote:I'm sorry, but that colourscheme looks plain bad.

I agree, I know it is bright and shiny paint on these but ugh.. Nasty..

by **guarayakha** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 9:56 am

You sure her name isn't Merry Christmaximus? :lol:

News Credits: 104 · by **Cyber Bishop** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 9:57 am

Mkall wrote:I'm sorry, but that colourscheme looks plain bad.

I agree, I know it is bright and shiny paint on these but ugh.. Nasty..

News Credits: 194 · by **RodimusConvoy13** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:00 am

The twin helicopters aren't exactly the same. They have different heads and their Autobrands are on opposite sides of their chest.

I think people are too quick to judge. Bad paint job and bad lighting. I want to see the official pics and the actual toys before I decide if it's terrible. That being said, I wish they weren't all the same colors, but I'm curious to know what the fiction will be for these. Are they a special team? Did they all get new paint jobs when they started combining?

Also, if they've showed G2 Superion and Victorion already, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO REVEAL AT THE PANEL!?!?!? :shock:

News Credits: 1 · by **RhA** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:04 am

NEIN.

News Credits: 3 · by **Randomhero** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:06 am

Look at it this way folks, the color scheme is very end of G1/early G2 colors and it is. It's not that bad when you think of the old predators, pretenders and power masters

News Credits: 60 · by **fenrir72** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:08 am

Who's the motorcycle who makes up the breast plate (as in the character?) and, is it just the ligthing? Victorion's colors kind of hurt my eyes.

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:08 am

Ugh. That colourscheme is horrible (although the rough gloss paint isn't helping at all). As for the molds, the torso bot is kinda cool, but the limbs range from OK to GUH.

On the plus side, the sword is really cool, and so are the hands and feet. Though what they're going to do outside of combined mode I do not know.

News Credits: 4683 · by **william-james88** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:14 am

Randomhero wrote:
Mkall wrote:I'm sorry, but that colourscheme looks plain bad.

Can't blame Hasbro, we(the fans) created her. Her name, gender, modes, and color scheme were chosen by us.

And what's you get.

Nobody asked for 2 exact same alpha bravo redecos. We said we would like to of the limbs to be jets or helicopters, it was either that or cars and trucks.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:17 am

After the preliminary images of Hasbro Transformers Combiner Wars Victorion, site owner Seibertron provides us with a better quality gallery of the new combiner and her six different characters that form the gestalt - all of whom are still unnamed, though we may find out later today. Check out a small sample below, and click on any of the images to view the full works!

by **MarcusCole1978** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:19 am

agreed the colour scheme is seriously naff, first combiner I have no interest in...

News Credits: 3 · by **Randomhero** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:23 am

william-james88 wrote:
Randomhero wrote:
Mkall wrote:I'm sorry, but that colourscheme looks plain bad.

Can't blame Hasbro, we(the fans) created her. Her name, gender, modes, and color scheme were chosen by us.

And what's you get.

Nobody asked for 2 exact same alpha bravo redecos. We said we would like to of the limbs to be jets or helicopters, it was either that or cars and trucks.

Well it's what your getting. Treat them like the old school g1 clones or twins or like cassettes or even the prime vehicons. USE YOUR IMAGINATION

by **Grahf_** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:30 am

The twins have asymmetrical paint schemes. They also seem to be mirrors of each other as well. So for those of you who don't like them, maybe you can take them apart and reassemble them so that the asymmetrical, mirrored pieces are all uniformed on the two of them. That way there's a chance they'd look less similar to each other with the reds and teals being in different spots on the two of them instead of being half and half on those areas.

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:34 am

It might be what you're getting, but I sure as hell won't be getting her. Aside from the (honestly kinda neat) torso bot, they look pretty dreadful. Not to mention that this makes, what, 5 uses of the Alpha Bravo mold with bare-bones retooling? And those colours...That horrible mouthwash teal and fresh-period-blood red...

Between Wave 2 getting skipped in the EU and the sheer amount of laziness with mold-recycling (seriously Hasbro, enough with the pointless '84 Autobot limbs and save the budget for more molds or better retooling for the actual combiner teams) I am fast going off Combiner Wars.

by **hinomars19** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:34 am

Something is not right about Victorion's colour mapping.
Overall though, she looks good. The molds and the new heads work well, and the colours-in theory-have their charm, but it's not working as is.

Biggest gripe-a retool of Bravo with new arms exists and it WASN'T used for Vortex??!! :-x

by **Grahf_** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:36 am

hinomars19 wrote:Biggest gripe-a retool of Bravo with new arms exists and it WASN'T used for Vortex??!!

Kind of like how the Wheeljack chest wasn't used for Sunstreaker.

News Credits: 60 · by **fenrir72** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:39 am

Is she wearing lipstick? (the heli-fembot I mean)

by **Uncommon** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:40 am

It's not just that the helicopters have the same color scheme... or that Alpha Bravo never gets anything more than a head swap across 5 different toys now... it's that they don't look remotely feminine. The torso figure isn't much better, really boxy. At least they managed a little something by adding to the Dead End & Breakdown chests.

This is just what I was afraid of. Maybe they should have overridden the poll results and chosen molds that were easier to feminize.

News Credits: 441 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:42 am

The head of the Dead End retool looks an awful lot like Nightbird.

Kunoichi Autobot!

by **arnie001** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:42 am

And aparently, Hasbro can make a dedicated hands and feet if they want to. This should have been the case at the very start of CW line, dedicated hands and feet and combining weapons.

News Credits: 441 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:45 am

arnie001 wrote:And aparently, Hasbro can make a dedicated hands and feet if they want to. This should have been the case at the very start of CW line, dedicated hands and feet and combining weapons.

This is a special set given special treatment. All the other CW toys (sans Devastator) don't warrant as much attention given their ordinariness.

by **Doubledealer93** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:48 am

well i knew i would be disappoined but i had no idea i would be THIS disappointed. man thats bad. and i voted for none of this (so people cant say "hurr its what us fans voted for!

) no. i voted for a decepticon male combiner teamed slammoth.

News Credits: 7 · by **Noideaforaname** » Thu Jul 09, 2015 10:52 am

It's pretty neat one has a visor and another has a faceplate, as lady bots for some reason don't typically get little things like that. But overall this set does absolutely nothing for me.

Randomhero wrote:Can't blame Hasbro, we(the fans) created her. Her name, gender, modes, and color scheme were chosen by us.

And what's you get.

Well no. Hasbro provided us with a tiny handful of options to choose from, and without any clue on how it'd fit together. Did people vote for two helicopters, or did Helicopter coincidentally win twice? We don't know.

Plus the color option seriously underplayed how prominent that red would be: