Rated X wrote:I still dont get why this guy wasnt titan class size and predaking normal size.
Because Volcanicus is a new combiner and Predaking is a G1 guy?
Rated X wrote:I still dont get why this guy wasnt titan class size and predaking normal size.
Zeedust wrote:Rated X wrote:I still dont get why this guy wasnt titan class size and predaking normal size.
Because Volcanicus is a new combiner and Predaking is a G1 guy?
TF-fan kev777 wrote:Zeedust wrote:Rated X wrote:I still dont get why this guy wasnt titan class size and predaking normal size.
Because Volcanicus is a new combiner and Predaking is a G1 guy?
Nah, think of what would sell better to kids and/or parents in individual packaging, who only want or only can afford 1 or 2 instead of a complete combiner. Dinos or beasts? Dinos, hands down. That is why they are a regular release and Predaking is a box set.
Zeedust wrote:TF-fan kev777 wrote:Zeedust wrote:Rated X wrote:I still dont get why this guy wasnt titan class size and predaking normal size.
Because Volcanicus is a new combiner and Predaking is a G1 guy?
Nah, think of what would sell better to kids and/or parents in individual packaging, who only want or only can afford 1 or 2 instead of a complete combiner. Dinos or beasts? Dinos, hands down. That is why they are a regular release and Predaking is a box set.
Fair point, but any reason it can't be both?
TF-fan kev777 wrote:Zeedust wrote:Rated X wrote:I still dont get why this guy wasnt titan class size and predaking normal size.
Because Volcanicus is a new combiner and Predaking is a G1 guy?
Nah, think of what would sell better to kids and/or parents in individual packaging, who only want or only can afford 1 or 2 instead of a complete combiner. Dinos or beasts? Dinos, hands down. That is why they are a regular release and Predaking is a box set.
Skritz wrote:TF-fan kev777 wrote:Zeedust wrote:Rated X wrote:I still dont get why this guy wasnt titan class size and predaking normal size.
Because Volcanicus is a new combiner and Predaking is a G1 guy?
Nah, think of what would sell better to kids and/or parents in individual packaging, who only want or only can afford 1 or 2 instead of a complete combiner. Dinos or beasts? Dinos, hands down. That is why they are a regular release and Predaking is a box set.
Well I know my kid self would have wanted both but that's my Beast Era bias showing. No, my theory for why he's a Titan Class is that Predaking is not a Scramble-city type combiner, like Devastator. Hence why these two are Titan-class set and not part of the Deluxe+Voyager lineups.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
RodimusConvoy13 wrote:Everybody checking their local Walmarts? I found Rodimus Prime at mine. They also had Optimus, but I didn't have the money for two leader class figures at the moment. I've seen reports of other Walmarts having the leader class figures as well.
Rodimus is lots of fun. Yes, he's got flaws, but he's fun. And, no surprise, I'm pretty easy on Hot Rod/Rodimus figures.
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:First up, a question: because I was trying to avoid spoiling the figures for myself and watched very very little of reviews, did we know that Jazz's package had the Elita-1 Combiner on the side of it, complete with Jazz as the left leg and Moonracer as the left arm?
I certainly didn't, and I'm notorious for my eye for detail. I just checked Dreadwind's side art and he's got Starscream on his. Even so, he still has Rippersnapper as one of his legs...
Ok, say Jazz is an integral part of the Elita-1 combiner. Who's the final member, after Moonracer and Novastar?
I'm betting we see a lot of recycled limb bots on these rando combiners.D-Maximus_Prime wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:First up, a question: because I was trying to avoid spoiling the figures for myself and watched very very little of reviews, did we know that Jazz's package had the Elita-1 Combiner on the side of it, complete with Jazz as the left leg and Moonracer as the left arm?
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I certainly didn't, and I'm notorious for my eye for detail. I just checked Dreadwind's side art and he's got Starscream on his. Even so, he still has Rippersnapper as one of his legs...
Ok, say Jazz is an integral part of the Elita-1 combiner. Who's the final member, after Moonracer and Novastar?
Who knows, but if this is an official combiner, we may find out when we get elita next wave, as the voyagers show the proper limbs, don't they? It may also be proof that we will get a wave 5, or wave 4 will be bigger than we thought.
But who knows
RodimusConvoy13 wrote:Everybody checking their local Walmarts? I found Rodimus Prime at mine. They also had Optimus, but I didn't have the money for two leader class figures at the moment. I've seen reports of other Walmarts having the leader class figures as well.
Rodimus is lots of fun. Yes, he's got flaws, but he's fun. And, no surprise, I'm pretty easy on Hot Rod/Rodimus figures.
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I think at this point we're going in circles now, or sounding like a stuck record... stuck record.... stuck record. *slams*
TF-fan kev777 wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I think at this point we're going in circles now, or sounding like a stuck record... stuck record.... stuck record. *slams*
You spin me right round baby right round, like a record baby right round round round...
chuckdawg1999 wrote:TF-fan kev777 wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I think at this point we're going in circles now, or sounding like a stuck record... stuck record.... stuck record. *slams*
You spin me right round baby right round, like a record baby right round round round...
I want your LOOOOOOOVVVVVVVEEEEEEE!!!!!
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:First up, a question: because I was trying to avoid spoiling the figures for myself and watched very very little of reviews, did we know that Jazz's package had the Elita-1 Combiner on the side of it, complete with Jazz as the left leg and Moonracer as the left arm?
I certainly didn't, and I'm notorious for my eye for detail. I just checked Dreadwind's side art and he's got Starscream on his. Even so, he still has Rippersnapper as one of his legs...
Ok, say Jazz is an integral part of the Elita-1 combiner. Who's the final member, after Moonracer and Novastar?
Who knows, but if this is an official combiner, we may find out when we get elita next wave, as the voyagers show the proper limbs, don't they? It may also be proof that we will get a wave 5, or wave 4 will be bigger than we thought.
But who knows
Bounti76 wrote:Maybe it's just me? but the Elita One combiner looks like it's using two Jazzes as legs. Her left leg is obviously Jazz, as you can see the stripes, wheels and headlights. Her right leg is a little too straight sided to be a beast, plus, it's the same color and roughly the same shape as Jazz's leg mode, and you can see the headlights of the car in blue at the top of the knee.
Slightly off-topic question: does anyone know why the combiners (save Volcanicus) in POTP don't have their own names?
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Bounti76 wrote:Maybe it's just me? but the Elita One combiner looks like it's using two Jazzes as legs. Her left leg is obviously Jazz, as you can see the stripes, wheels and headlights. Her right leg is a little too straight sided to be a beast, plus, it's the same color and roughly the same shape as Jazz's leg mode, and you can see the headlights of the car in blue at the top of the knee.
A bit simplified, but yeah, it actually looks like a second use of the Jazz mold! We won't know who it is yet until the 5th Wave (Wave 4 is Novastar plus repacks), or at the very least until Elita-1 is released however.Slightly off-topic question: does anyone know why the combiners (save Volcanicus) in POTP don't have their own names?
Don't forget Abominus and Predaking!
Powering up seems to be the central theme in this line, either via the Prime Masters, the Enigma of Combination, the Matrix of Leadership or a combination thereof. So for the most part, combined forms are treated as power-ups for whoever forms the torso (Starscream especially has experience with that, go read Deviations), note how the standard and combiner heads are similar in design (except Inferno, being a retool of Hot Spot and all). Volcanicus, Abominus and Predaking are treated as special cases as the ones that form them share a common theme (Dinosaurs, Monsters, Wild Animals), and thus could be considered...
Best Match
Bounti76 wrote:And though I know he's heavily rumored, I didn't think about Predaking, because he hasn't been officially announced.
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote: Best Match
A dime holding up a dollar, I know that feel. Our area still hasn't started clearancing the older figures yet.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:My local Walmart only has Legends, still. A single Fangry, Kup and a few Octones are keeping the rest from coming in. Shame.
They did get a load of TR Legends in, mainly Bumblebee, Brawn and Chase/Roadburn, plus RiD Warriors with Twinferno and Bludgeon! Look for endcaps!
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