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News Credits: 8 · by **Flashwave** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 3:35 pm

Cobotron wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Flashwave wrote:So, my question, why couldn't Hasbro have just given Arcee 5mm hand holes to begin with?

Just a silly thought, since Arcee was a complete TakaraTomy design (I forget who exactly did it) it may not have had to adhere to the 5mm standard. On the flipside, the retooling may mean the original weapons will be dropped from this release.
It is a good question, but important to note how involved her hands and gun are in her transformation. I think they may have made them flat so the gave ground clearance when holding the gun in alt mode.
But ya Jelz, you would think Tak would use 5mm pegs. They invented the things!
Do we know her hands have been retooled? Maybe the weapon was retooled.
How will she hold together in alt mode?

Disclaimer: I've now had Arcee for a whopping 17hrs, so I'm new to the mold. What do you mean by "Holding the weapon in alt mode?" I thought tyhey just kinda shoved up outta the way? Going to go peruse the galleries

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 3:54 pm

Flashwave wrote:
Cobotron wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Flashwave wrote:So, my question, why couldn't Hasbro have just given Arcee 5mm hand holes to begin with?

Just a silly thought, since Arcee was a complete TakaraTomy design (I forget who exactly did it) it may not have had to adhere to the 5mm standard. On the flipside, the retooling may mean the original weapons will be dropped from this release.
It is a good question, but important to note how involved her hands and gun are in her transformation. I think they may have made them flat so the gave ground clearance when holding the gun in alt mode.
But ya Jelz, you would think Tak would use 5mm pegs. They invented the things!
Do we know her hands have been retooled? Maybe the weapon was retooled.
How will she hold together in alt mode?

Disclaimer: I've now had Arcee for a whopping 17hrs, so I'm new to the mold. What do you mean by "Holding the weapon in alt mode?" I thought tyhey just kinda shoved up outta the way? Going to go peruse the galleries

Optibotimus shows her weapon storage in his video.

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 3:57 pm

Flashwave wrote:
Cobotron wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Flashwave wrote:So, my question, why couldn't Hasbro have just given Arcee 5mm hand holes to begin with?

Just a silly thought, since Arcee was a complete TakaraTomy design (I forget who exactly did it) it may not have had to adhere to the 5mm standard. On the flipside, the retooling may mean the original weapons will be dropped from this release.
It is a good question, but important to note how involved her hands and gun are in her transformation. I think they may have made them flat so the gave ground clearance when holding the gun in alt mode.
But ya Jelz, you would think Tak would use 5mm pegs. They invented the things!
Do we know her hands have been retooled? Maybe the weapon was retooled.
How will she hold together in alt mode?

Disclaimer: I've now had Arcee for a whopping 17hrs, so I'm new to the mold. What do you mean by "Holding the weapon in alt mode?" I thought tyhey just kinda shoved up outta the way? Going to go peruse the galleries

Instructions did a "GREAT" job of illustrating this.

I think it was Jelze who pointed this out to me actually.(or it might have been Sabrblade. either way they're both real smart.

)

News Credits: 4525 · by **william-james88** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 4:10 pm

Cobotron wrote:I think it was Jelze who pointed this out to me actually.(or it might have been Sabrblade. either way they're both real smart. )

It was someone else, I remember.

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 4:22 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Cobotron wrote:I think it was Jelze who pointed this out to me actually.(or it might have been Sabrblade. either way they're both real smart. )

It was someone else, I remember.

Oh yeah Will, you're right! It was Shockblast.

News Credits: 4525 · by **william-james88** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 4:24 pm

Cobotron wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Cobotron wrote:I think it was Jelze who pointed this out to me actually.(or it might have been Sabrblade. either way they're both real smart. )

It was someone else, I remember.
Oh yeah Will, you're right! It was Shockblast.

News Credits: 3 · by **prjkt** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 5:34 pm

I'm looking forward to this set. I'm surprised that we haven't seen much of Windblade in the wild though...

News Credits: 8 · by **Flashwave** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 8:53 pm

Cobotron wrote:
Flashwave wrote:
Cobotron wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Flashwave wrote:So, my question, why couldn't Hasbro have just given Arcee 5mm hand holes to begin with?

Just a silly thought, since Arcee was a complete TakaraTomy design (I forget who exactly did it) it may not have had to adhere to the 5mm standard. On the flipside, the retooling may mean the original weapons will be dropped from this release.
It is a good question, but important to note how involved her hands and gun are in her transformation. I think they may have made them flat so the gave ground clearance when holding the gun in alt mode.
But ya Jelz, you would think Tak would use 5mm pegs. They invented the things!
Do we know her hands have been retooled? Maybe the weapon was retooled.
How will she hold together in alt mode?

Disclaimer: I've now had Arcee for a whopping 17hrs, so I'm new to the mold. What do you mean by "Holding the weapon in alt mode?" I thought tyhey just kinda shoved up outta the way? Going to go peruse the galleries

Instructions did a "GREAT" job of illustrating this.

I think it was Jelze who pointed this out to me actually.(or it might have been Sabrblade. either way they're both real smart. )

well that explains it, I never pulled the Instructions out of the box.

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 9:25 pm

Flashwave wrote:
Cobotron wrote:
Flashwave wrote:
Cobotron wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Flashwave wrote:So, my question, why couldn't Hasbro have just given Arcee 5mm hand holes to begin with?

Just a silly thought, since Arcee was a complete TakaraTomy design (I forget who exactly did it) it may not have had to adhere to the 5mm standard. On the flipside, the retooling may mean the original weapons will be dropped from this release.
It is a good question, but important to note how involved her hands and gun are in her transformation. I think they may have made them flat so the gave ground clearance when holding the gun in alt mode.
But ya Jelz, you would think Tak would use 5mm pegs. They invented the things!
Do we know her hands have been retooled? Maybe the weapon was retooled.
How will she hold together in alt mode?

Disclaimer: I've now had Arcee for a whopping 17hrs, so I'm new to the mold. What do you mean by "Holding the weapon in alt mode?" I thought tyhey just kinda shoved up outta the way? Going to go peruse the galleries

Instructions did a "GREAT" job of illustrating this.

I think it was Jelze who pointed this out to me actually.(or it might have been Sabrblade. either way they're both real smart. )

well that explains it, I never pulled the Instructions out of the box.

Flash, I was totally being sarcastic when I said "GREAT". I hope you knew that.

I didn't pull them out either until I noticed how weird and dangly her arms were in alt mode, and then, of course they were of no help. :lol:

Website · by **MartianSpyGirl1996** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 9:56 pm

Cobotron wrote:
MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:
Cobotron wrote:Do we know her hands have been retooled? Maybe the weapon was retooled.
How will she hold together in alt mode?

Yup, pictures are a few pages back.

Thanks MSG!
But I see flat hand pegs...

This could very well be a prototype or color mock-up. I dunno?

http://tformers.com/ig.php?mode=view&album=26666&pic=04.jpg&dispsize=600&start=0&sl=more-shots-of-arcee-recolor-possible-sdcc-exclusive-now-showing-remolded-parts

News Credits: 8 · by **Flashwave** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 9:59 pm

Cobotron wrote:
Flashwave wrote:
Cobotron wrote:
Flashwave wrote:
Cobotron wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Flashwave wrote:So, my question, why couldn't Hasbro have just given Arcee 5mm hand holes to begin with?

Just a silly thought, since Arcee was a complete TakaraTomy design (I forget who exactly did it) it may not have had to adhere to the 5mm standard. On the flipside, the retooling may mean the original weapons will be dropped from this release.
It is a good question, but important to note how involved her hands and gun are in her transformation. I think they may have made them flat so the gave ground clearance when holding the gun in alt mode.
But ya Jelz, you would think Tak would use 5mm pegs. They invented the things!
Do we know her hands have been retooled? Maybe the weapon was retooled.
How will she hold together in alt mode?

Disclaimer: I've now had Arcee for a whopping 17hrs, so I'm new to the mold. What do you mean by "Holding the weapon in alt mode?" I thought tyhey just kinda shoved up outta the way? Going to go peruse the galleries

Instructions did a "GREAT" job of illustrating this.

I think it was Jelze who pointed this out to me actually.(or it might have been Sabrblade. either way they're both real smart. )

well that explains it, I never pulled the Instructions out of the box.
Flash, I was totally being sarcastic when I said "GREAT". I hope you knew that.
I didn't pull them out either until I noticed how weird and dangly her arms were in alt mode, and then, of course they were of no help.

Yeah, I got it. I've always liked doing it without instructions anyway, but it seems like when I get stuck the instructions don't help either.

And getting more to topic, I tried shoving the pistol through her bellybutton... and then it ecided to not wanrt to come back out. Forcible removal ended up launching the thing across the room, and after retrivial, I don't think I'm gonna try that again...

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 10:12 pm

MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:http://tformers.com/ig.php?mode=view&album=26666&pic=04.jpg&dispsize=600&start=0&sl=more-shots-of-arcee-recolor-possible-sdcc-exclusive-now-showing-remolded-parts

Ahhhhhh. Very cool.
She looks great!
tnx ;)^

News Credits: 439 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 11:11 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Dang, Arcee's weapon will be ginormous!

Not unless it's the smaller version that came with Beast Tracker Optimus Prime (as opposed to the giant one that came with Beast Hunter Optimus Prime).

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 7:07 am

Sabrblade wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Dang, Arcee's weapon will be ginormous!
Not unless it's the smaller version that came with Beast Tracker Optimus Prime (as opposed to the giant one that came with Beast Hunter Optimus Prime).

Still, it's gonna be big! :shock:

Trivia: Yes, there are two versions of Beast Hunters Beast Hunter Optimus Prime's sword. An easy way to tell them apart is by looking at the guard where the blade connects to the hilt:

The smaller one that comes with Beast Tracker Optimus Prime has an additional peg on the side:

The one coming with Grand Scourge is the larger of the two.

News Credits: 461 · by **mooncake623** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 9:33 am

Thanks to TFND on Facebook we get some new images of the 2015 SDCC exclusive Transformer Combiner Hunters! With a close up look at their headsculpts paint apps! What is interesting here is that we get a first look at the never before seen redeco of Windblade! we all know she was coming but now we get to see how she looks in toy form! Check out the images we've embedded below and remember keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates, plus the best galleries around!

Website · by **MartianSpyGirl1996** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 9:39 am

Loving Windblade and Arcee's face tattoo, and am grateful for the photos... but christ. He has the finished product in box in hand. It'd be nice if he took more than a few photos every few days

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 9:39 am

Windblade looks aawwweeesome! Get ready wallet!

News Credits: 13 · by **OptimalOptimus2** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 9:42 am

Just steal my wallet Windblade!

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 9:52 am

I'm digging that retooled chestplate- it really looks like samurai armour.

News Credits: 1 · by **Gauntlet101010** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 9:55 am

None of these redecos are for me, except, maybe, Arcee. But the faction tattoo is so weird. It's a face on her face.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 9:56 am

Delta Magnus wrote:I'm digging that retooled chestplate- it really looks like samurai armour.

It's not retooled, just really well painted:

The only retooling done is on Arcee's hands.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 10:17 am

Adding to the recent photos of the Transformers Combiner Hunters redecos of Arcee, Windblade and Chromia, entertainment and media website IGN has confirmed the status of both this trio and the Titan Devastator as this year's Hasbro offering at San Diego Comic Con 2015.

The IGN article also shows four alternate covers for the previously thought IDW Combiner Hunters one-shot comic issue, all in the hands of regular cover artist Sara Pitre-Durocher - revealing its status as the new monicker for the post-Combiner Wars stories in the three ongoing series (Windblade, The Transformers, More Than Meets the Eye). Check it all out below!

When it comes to Transformers toys, Hasbro is placing a lot of emphasis on the new Combiner Wars line this year. That trend will continue at San Diego Comic-Con, as Hasbro offers an exclusive box set of Combiner Hunter figures.

The Combiner Hunters collection will include three Deluxe Scale figures - Windblade, Arcee and Chromia. All three figures feature unique paint schemes and exclusive Combiner Hunter accessories. The set is based on the Combiner Hunters comic book storyline, which sees these three female Transformers team up to take down the original Combiner, Devastator.

Check out this set below, along with the standard Devastator set that will also be sold at the show:

News Credits: 6 · by **Jones** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 10:18 am

These decos are....interesting.

Chromia apparently rushed right over from her last fight as a Luchador. |:|

News Credits: 19 · by **Carnivius_Prime** » Fri Jun 05, 2015 10:29 am

I don't like Windblade at all. Far too busy with all those colours close together.

Arcee's the only one I'd consider buying but I wish she had a new face sculpt cos that expression is beyond bland. I'd probably paint over the tattoo too. Just for symmetry if nothing else.