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News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Sun May 23, 2010 1:06 pm

The Power Core Combiners craze continues as griffin over at Ozformers post pictures of each Commander powered up with Drone Limbs. The original commanders including in the 5-Packs are Bombshock and Skyburst, however they can be replaced by any other 2-Pack scout-sized commander, such as the three from the first wave, Huffer, Searchlight or Smolder. Each Drone can be arranged as different limbs, offering endless combinations. Each commander's Mini-con acts as their chest armor. Feel free to check out the images below, while the rest can be seen over at Ozformers.

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News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Sun May 23, 2010 1:12 pm

Wow Smolder looks way retarded in combined mode.

News Credits: 125 · by **Counterpunch** » Sun May 23, 2010 1:15 pm

Dead Metal wrote:Wow Smolder looks way retarded in combined mode.

Too true.

by **Tirade** » Sun May 23, 2010 1:22 pm

Man, those just look awkward. I do, however, like the 2-packs (Smolder, Huffer and Searchlight). I will probably pick those guys up, but I doubt I will ever mess with the combining aspect. What a mess. The lack of defined hands kills the concept for me. I don't mind the non-transforming drones, but I like to see true hands. This idea probably looked better on paper. The execution here is certainly not that great.

On the brightside, I love all three of the minicons. The fact that they are transulent makes them more of a want for my collection. I have a thing for translucent plastic figs.

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Sun May 23, 2010 1:31 pm

Really awesome, but, even though I want 'em all, I'm more concerned about Huffer, whose pictures we're barely seen. Again, can't wait to see the first custom of this guy into Motormaster! I do wish the 5-pack Combiners came with Mini-Cons. :lol:

News Credits: 1 · by **Galvatron X** » Sun May 23, 2010 1:36 pm

Dead Metal wrote:Wow Smolder looks way retarded in combined mode.

Great comment!

Yeah, they look pretty bad in combined mode. Look how bad Smolder's left arm/helicopter looks! WTF?

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Sun May 23, 2010 1:56 pm

Counterpunch wrote:
Dead Metal wrote:Wow Smolder looks way retarded in combined mode.

Too true.

You know, to me, Smolder looks pretty good in his combined mode. When they come up with the Rallybots, he'd make a good Defensor. Just saying, all you need to do is color him red, light blue, and black, and BAM custom Defensor. Am I right? Tell me I'm right! :lol:

by **Rated X** » Sun May 23, 2010 2:27 pm

They look like they are all about to fall apart. Why the goofy hanging left arms ???

by **Evil_the_Nub** » Sun May 23, 2010 2:53 pm

I wonder if each drone has an arm mode and leg mode, or does each one only form one limb.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sun May 23, 2010 3:00 pm

Evil_the_Nub wrote:I wonder if each drone has an arm mode and leg mode, or does each one only form one limb.

Nope, the drones are limb specific. Meaning they only form either an arm or a leg. And to those complaining about the hands: YOU try integrating a working hand into the design.

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Sun May 23, 2010 3:05 pm

Rated X wrote:They look like they are all about to fall apart. Why the goofy hanging left arms ???

Have you seen other combiners before? Essentially Combiners always have a fatal flaw, they aren't always easy on the eyes. But it's more than just apperances, it's a figure's playability, it's how the owner enjoys them.

by **Tirade** » Sun May 23, 2010 3:19 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Evil_the_Nub wrote:I wonder if each drone has an arm mode and leg mode, or does each one only form one limb.

Nope, the drones are limb specific. Meaning they only form either an arm or a leg. And to those complaining about the hands: YOU try integrating a working hand into the design.

Pretty darn simple: just include add-on/attach-on accessories. That's one thing I like about the old G1 combiners. Just leave a small hole or such to attach a hand. Voila. Those current claws just don't do it for me.

News Credits: 125 · by **Counterpunch** » Sun May 23, 2010 3:22 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Nope, the drones are limb specific. Meaning they only form either an arm or a leg. And to those complaining about the hands: YOU try integrating a working hand into the design.

Coming from you, that's a really lame argument.

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Sun May 23, 2010 3:27 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Evil_the_Nub wrote:I wonder if each drone has an arm mode and leg mode, or does each one only form one limb.

Nope, the drones are limb specific. Meaning they only form either an arm or a leg. And to those complaining about the hands: YOU try integrating a working hand into the design.

Simple, just mold an open hand akin to Protoform Prime instead of a claw, take up just as much space and engineering.

by **The Legend** » Sun May 23, 2010 3:29 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Evil_the_Nub wrote:I wonder if each drone has an arm mode and leg mode, or does each one only form one limb.

Nope, the drones are limb specific. Meaning they only form either an arm or a leg. And to those complaining about the hands: YOU try integrating a working hand into the design.

Even the GoBots managed a combiner with integrated hands and those limbs transformed too. These look like they've been engineered to look crap.

by **starboykb** » Sun May 23, 2010 3:31 pm

Luckily I didnt put down my money early on this, after seeing the picture. It really change my mind buying them. But I'm sure the fix are on the way next year.

by **Ultra Markus** » Sun May 23, 2010 3:53 pm

wow 7in tall not very big for a combiner
there more like the size of the micromaster
6 build, 6 wing, 6 turbo combiners
they should be bigger at leat 10 to 15 in tall

by **ausbot** » Sun May 23, 2010 5:21 pm

These are great fun toy's, i just hope we get extras packs with just new limbs and mini cons, I don't want to buy extra bombshock packs so I can have all my guys in power up modes!

News Credits: 1 · by **Gauntlet101010** » Sun May 23, 2010 5:49 pm

Working hands would be easy to integrate if they didn't insist on a spring loaded mechanism. If they did that then you could have working elbows and wrists too, as well as a way to wield the Mini-con as a weapon in combined mode.

Smoulder looks terrible in the official transformation there. He looked FAR cooler in the previous pictures.

by **Evil_the_Nub** » Sun May 23, 2010 5:53 pm

The more I see of these the less I like them. They're too small, asymmetrical, and flimsy looking.

by **ultra_magus** » Sun May 23, 2010 6:03 pm

The thing that buggs me about the PCCs is that the drone limbs, having no robot ault. mode, could have been design as perfect, articulated limbs, with recognisable hands and functional elbows. Instead they are clawed, immobile and seem to just hang from the shoulders. *sigh* This was ALMOST a good idea... :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 5 · by **Doctor McGrath** » Sun May 23, 2010 6:08 pm

The combaticon drones are far more superior than the arielbots. Huffer looks pretty good, probably the most stable. And Smolder looks pretty bad standing upright with the ariel bots but I think he looks pretty cool with the combaticons. Might just stick with the two-packs..

News Credits: 70 · by **Sideshow Sideswipe** » Sun May 23, 2010 6:56 pm

i want to hate these guys, but if they are small enough they would look pretty cool IMHO - I have a thing for the WSTs and miniaturized type transformers.

by **Skullcrunchberries** » Sun May 23, 2010 7:21 pm

Wow, a line finally more fugly than G2! XD

I'd imagine Searchlight wouldn't look as bad with the Aerialbots instead of Combaticons (these are what they're calling the collective drones, right?) and Hugger doesn't look as bad as his giant head would have originally led me to believe.

Also yes, I know I made a typo, but I kept it. FOR SCIENCE.

ALSO AGAIN! I just realized that Bruticus could make a really crappy, gangly pseudo-IDW Grindcore. Perfect for the upcoming Darkmount/Straxus =o

News Credits: 2 · by **partholon** » Mon May 24, 2010 1:09 pm

apalling.

absoultely **** appalling. seriously WTF were they thinking about with the asymetrical limbs?

no chance of me parting cash over these. hard to think its coming from the same company that gave us predaking 25 YEARS ago