First look at Combiner Wars Quicksligner and Brake-Neck aka Slingshot and Wildrider

awesome. even if just a redeco, Id get. Hey I like Alpha Bravo and Off Road but I still want these guys.

Yotsuyasan wrote:

MrBlack wrote:Because Alpha Bravo has ALWAYS BEEN AN AERIALBOT.

Funny. I just watched The Key to Vector Sigma last night, and I could swear there were five jets, including some guy named Slingshot who was kind of a jerk to Ironhide, and in fact the most prominent member of the team in their introductory episode aside from Silverbolt. And I didn't see any Alpha Bravo anywhere...

So, er, define "always," please. Because the way I understood the word, it was not a subjective word.

Lies. Alpha Bravo has ALWAYS BEEN AN AERIALBOT.

I know it's a Photoshop. I just find some of the venom directed at Alpha Bravo a little ridiculous, and the idea that he has retroactively been made a G1 Aerialbot to destroy the childhood of his naysayers strikes me as funny.

william-james88 wrote:Following yesterday's news that Slingshot and Wildrider are coming soon under the guise of Quicksligner and Brake-Neck, the Official Transformers Facebook page has just released a teaser pic of these upcoming toys.
These appear to be straight redecos of Firefly and Dead End.

While I have no dog in this fight, I'm not sure why Hasbro wouldn't release the actual Slingshot and Wildrider from Unite? If I were getting the Aerialbots I'd be preordering the Takara version...

sol magnus wrote:While I have no dog in this fight, I'm not sure why Hasbro wouldn't release the actual Slingshot and Wildrider from Unite?

How are they not? These two use the same molds and essentially the same colors as the Unite Warriors versions (or what is estimated to be such, in Wildrider's case).

sol magnus wrote:While I have no dog in this fight, I'm not sure why Hasbro wouldn't release the actual Slingshot and Wildrider from Unite?

Um... They are. Takara's versions are repaints. For Slingshot, at least, he also has a new head, and I think that will likely be true here, too. (You can't see the head in vehicle mode, after all.) Pretty sure Wildrider will, too, but unless I missed something somewhere we haven't seen his head, yet.

Here's Takara's Slingshot in robot mode, so you can see his head:



The main difference will probably be Hasbro's will have black hand/foot pieces.

Sabrblade wrote:

sol magnus wrote:While I have no dog in this fight, I'm not sure why Hasbro wouldn't release the actual Slingshot and Wildrider from Unite?

How are they not? These two use the same molds and essentially the same colors as the Unite Warriors versions (or what is estimated to be such, in Wildrider's case).

Exactly: UW Sling and Wildrider are simply Firefly and Dead End respectively, with new heads. Yes, amazingly, TakaraTomy took the cheap route for once.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

sol magnus wrote:While I have no dog in this fight, I'm not sure why Hasbro wouldn't release the actual Slingshot and Wildrider from Unite?

How are they not? These two use the same molds and essentially the same colors as the Unite Warriors versions (or what is estimated to be such, in Wildrider's case).

Exactly: UW Sling and Wildrider are simply Firefly and Dead End respectively, with new heads. Yes, amazingly, TakaraTomy took the cheap route for once.

Guess that's my bad for not paying attention to anything but Masterpiece (and Leader Ultra Magnus).

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

sol magnus wrote:While I have no dog in this fight, I'm not sure why Hasbro wouldn't release the actual Slingshot and Wildrider from Unite?

How are they not? These two use the same molds and essentially the same colors as the Unite Warriors versions (or what is estimated to be such, in Wildrider's case).

Exactly: UW Sling and Wildrider are simply Firefly and Dead End respectively, with new heads. Yes, amazingly, TakaraTomy took the cheap route for once.

Lately when it comes to a line they didn't created (unlike Q or Masterpiece), they always go cheap and just repaint Hasbro's stuff. Most likely the Slingshot and Wildrider heads were already part of the molds and not something Takara Tomy sculpted separately. Lately Takara Tomy doesn't seem interested in remolding figures themselves, let alone make new molds for lines started by Hasbro, except on rare occasions like the AOE Leader Optimus Prime upgrade.

Emerje

I knew that Dead End suited for Wildrider better then Breakdown


Wild rider a lambo...what madness.



You could just simply repaint Breakdown into Oilpan in fact thats what I'm going to do and I'm going to have a Stunticon army of like 20 of them or something.



I'll repaint all the Stunticons multiple times and make as many homages as I can.

MrBlack wrote:

Yotsuyasan wrote:

MrBlack wrote:Because Alpha Bravo has ALWAYS BEEN AN AERIALBOT.

Funny. I just watched The Key to Vector Sigma last night, and I could swear there were five jets, including some guy named Slingshot who was kind of a jerk to Ironhide, and in fact the most prominent member of the team in their introductory episode aside from Silverbolt. And I didn't see any Alpha Bravo anywhere...

So, er, define "always," please. Because the way I understood the word, it was not a subjective word.

Lies. Alpha Bravo has ALWAYS BEEN AN AERIALBOT.

Every time I see that statement in caps, I'm imagining you standing on your computer chair yelling at the screen.

Still doesn't make Alpha Bravo a member of The Aerialbots. He might be an aerialbot, but not a member of the group.

Since Hasbro is making Slingshot I really hope we get s repaint as Barrel Roll the first real 6th Aerialbot.



Alpha Bravo can just be a chair for Barrel Roll


Barrel Roll can be the back and Alpha Bravo can become Sperion's "third leg"

Emerje wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

sol magnus wrote:While I have no dog in this fight, I'm not sure why Hasbro wouldn't release the actual Slingshot and Wildrider from Unite?

How are they not? These two use the same molds and essentially the same colors as the Unite Warriors versions (or what is estimated to be such, in Wildrider's case).

Exactly: UW Sling and Wildrider are simply Firefly and Dead End respectively, with new heads. Yes, amazingly, TakaraTomy took the cheap route for once.

Lately when it comes to a line they didn't created (unlike Q or Masterpiece), they always go cheap and just repaint Hasbro's stuff. Most likely the Slingshot and Wildrider heads were already part of the molds and not something Takara Tomy sculpted separately. Lately Takara Tomy doesn't seem interested in remolding figures themselves, let alone make new molds for lines started by Hasbro, except on rare occasions like the AOE Leader Optimus Prime upgrade.

Emerje

I've actually taken that into consideration: two vehicle shells and three heads per mold. Look at Offroad and now Dead End.

*EDIT* Don't be surprised if Quickslinger and Brake-Neck are turned into new characters, possibly direct copies of their predecessors.

Rodimus Prime wrote:Lies. Alpha Bravo has ALWAYS BEEN AN AERIALBOT.

Every time I see that statement in caps, I'm imagining you standing on your computer chair yelling at the screen.

Still doesn't make Alpha Bravo a member of The Aerialbots. He might be an aerialbot, but not a member of the group.[/quote]


Says who?



You?




Are you a God of Transformers?



What makes you think you can decide who is part of what?




How about you say that to Barrel Roll's face? http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Barrel_Roll

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:Are you a God of Transformers?

Well, his post count is high enough.

Sabrblade wrote:

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:Are you a God of Transformers?

Well, his post count is high enough.

Well there was a reason I said that you know I'm not that oblivious

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Emerje wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

sol magnus wrote:While I have no dog in this fight, I'm not sure why Hasbro wouldn't release the actual Slingshot and Wildrider from Unite?

How are they not? These two use the same molds and essentially the same colors as the Unite Warriors versions (or what is estimated to be such, in Wildrider's case).

Exactly: UW Sling and Wildrider are simply Firefly and Dead End respectively, with new heads. Yes, amazingly, TakaraTomy took the cheap route for once.

Lately when it comes to a line they didn't created (unlike Q or Masterpiece), they always go cheap and just repaint Hasbro's stuff. Most likely the Slingshot and Wildrider heads were already part of the molds and not something Takara Tomy sculpted separately. Lately Takara Tomy doesn't seem interested in remolding figures themselves, let alone make new molds for lines started by Hasbro, except on rare occasions like the AOE Leader Optimus Prime upgrade.

Emerje

I've actually taken that into consideration: two vehicle shells and three heads per mold. Look at Offroad and now Dead End.

*EDIT* Don't be surprised if Quickslinger and Brake-Neck are turned into new characters, possibly direct copies of their predecessors.

That does look to be the case. The main body of Offroad/First Aid and Dead End/Streetwise are the same, but there is next to nothing shared in the shells. In the case of Air Raid/Skydive, the chest is different.

Lord, my joke post is being taken WAY too seriously...

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
*EDIT* Don't be surprised if Quickslinger and Brake-Neck are turned into new characters, possibly direct copies of their predecessors.

Why would they?


Not everything in Combiner Wars is based on IDW in case of point Galvatronus is in the toyline but is confirmed to not be in the comics.



Offroad's packaging says that Wildrider "fell" in battle yet in IDW Wildrider just quit the team after they lost to Bumblebee yet is still alive.

I'm glad we're getting a Slingshot (of sorts). He's the only Aerialbot I had as kid (and still have), so I would get him for nostalgia's sake even if he wasn't part of a combiner team.

Now to decide whether to keep him as a separate figure or as part of Superion. I like Alpha Bravo more as an individual figure, but I do have a soft spot for Slingshot as a character...

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
*EDIT* Don't be surprised if Quickslinger and Brake-Neck are turned into new characters, possibly direct copies of their predecessors.

Why would they?


Not everything in Combiner Wars is based on IDW in case of point Galvatronus is in the toyline but is confirmed to not be in the comics.



Offroad's packaging says that Wildrider "fell" in battle yet in IDW Wildrider just quit the team after they lost to Bumblebee yet is still alive.

With Hasbro fiction you never know... Just preparing mentally for that, that's all.

Disclaimer: Totally not mine! But I came across this on the TFW2005 forums, and thought it was worth sharing:




If I had the Energon Optimus Prime's trailer and drones... and, of course, those 3D printed adapters... this would be a cool option of what to do with Combiner Wars Optimus Prime!

OMG Wildrider is confirmed! That POS Offroad can jump off a cliff!

Yotsuyasan wrote:Disclaimer: Totally not mine! But I came across this on the TFW2005 forums, and thought it was worth sharing:




If I had the Energon Optimus Prime's trailer and drones... and, of course, those 3D printed adapters... this would be a cool option of what to do with Combiner Wars Optimus Prime!

Cheesus Crust!


I need that in my life!

Man, Hasbro has a sense of humor .

EDIT: Has someone tried brightening the picture to see what they look like? People have tried that sort of trick with reveal images for game developer Scott Cawthon's popular series Five Nights at Freddy's, and they have found things that you wouldn't have seen any other way.

Nothing is going to make me cancel my Takara Superion preorder, but I would very much like to see their Menasor and Hasbro's Wildrider so I can make up my mind about that set. I really haven't seen anything in the past several years come out of Hasbro that has not been beaten by the Takara version. It's a shame, I used to support them, but I just don't like the decisions they've made lately.

Burn wrote:

Did you brighten the picture, or did I have incredibly bad timing at suggesting that it should be brightened?

These head sculpts look spot on. Ole Wildrider (sic) even has his little head bolts like in the G1 cartoon.

I'd wager the Takara will lose the red stripe on the side. Not bad for a retool. I'll definitely get these two.

Hmm, those look pretty good. If I find them I will probably get them. Not going to hunt them down though.

BREAK-NECK (WILDRIDER) + QUICKSLINGER (SLINGSHOT) REVEALED

Burn wrote:(Image)

Wow... That was fast. Why'd they even bother with the shadowed, "The Rumors Are True" version if they were going to give us a clear version later the same afternoon?

Burn wrote:

Vs. Takara Sling:

It looks like the recruiting branch of the torch-bearing cloaked secret Transformers Completist Cult needs to make a loop by Crosscheck's house after hours.

AND

Drat. Looks like Taraka wins again.

Burn beat you to it. Sorry...

The paint apps appear more extensive on the Hasbro version than on the Takara version. Overall, Takara's offerings have been less than impressive to me. Not worth the price of admission.

Sabrblade wrote:Vs. Takara Slingshot:

I was just looking at that, myself... Definitely some differences. The faction symbol is in a different location. There is some silver on Hasbro's chest that on Takara is red. And the paint on the kneecaps looks a different color on each. Also, the black on Hasbro's hands looks like it comes up a bit further on the figure's wrists.

You can't see the Hasbro version's lower legs. I wonder if the bit of red there on Takara's is present on Hasbro's?

As far as alt mode, the images we have of each are much lower resolution, but the wings do look slightly different. Takara's has faction logos outside of the stripes:



The Hasbro version looks like it has them on the stripes:

So, yeah, as anticipated, Takara's Sling is the more show-accurate of the two.

It cracks me up how much his head looks like.... Leader 1. He has those big aviator sunglasses on, ready for a cameo in Top Gun.

Or you could swap his head onto a different plane for a nice custom.

Sabrblade wrote:So, yeah, as anticipated, Takara's Sling is the more show-accurate of the two.

That might be true but I think the Hasbro deco looks better especially the face not a fan of Orange visor on a orange face of the same shade.

We've had the teaser from the official Transformers Facebook page, how about actual confirmation for the upcoming Hasbro releases for Generations Combiner Wars Slingshot and Wildrider? Or rather Quickslinger and Brake-Neck, as they will now be named, and featuring the Takara Tomy counterpart headsculpts too with tweaked decos - check them out below!

Ask, and you shall receive. Here are the Generations Combiner Wars Quickslinger and Brake-Neck. They’ll be joining the battle and hitting online retailers in May!

Yotsuyasan wrote:Disclaimer: Totally not mine! But I came across this on the TFW2005 forums, and thought it was worth sharing:



If I had the Energon Optimus Prime's trailer and drones... and, of course, those 3D printed adapters... this would be a cool option of what to do with Combiner Wars Optimus Prime!

That's...horrifying. Separately those figures (CW Prime and Energon Prime) are bad enough, but together?

Definitely going to do my best to get that Wildrider. Offroad is still quite cool he may not be an original G1 character but he does look quite good in my books so I will keep him as part of the team or if I can find a fan mode to combine him with Menasor. Maybe fill out Menasor's back a little.

I was looking at the colors and Wildrider and Offroad have alot of differences which is nice too even the shade of grey looks darker on Wildrider but that could just be the lighting.

Fantastic!
And they didn't do anything screwy like give them green combiner hands.


... although, I now kinda wish Offroad and Alpha Bravo were a bit more distinct, instead of placeholder-these-guys colored. Particularly Offroad since it's easier to add him to the already-varied Stunticons.
Hear that Hasbro? MOAR REPAINTS!

Rodimus Prime wrote:That's...horrifying. Separately those figures (CW Prime and Energon Prime) are bad enough, but together?

Horrifying / awesome... To-may-to / to-mah-to.

I will admit I agree on Energon Optimus being a bad figure... Although I wouldn't be opposed to owning one someday if I had a chance to grab one cheap, it is the one major iteration of Optimus I have never owned a toy of. (I didn't pick up any AOE Optimus Primes, but it is the same character as the first three Bay films, so that counts as one "iteration.")

But I do like the Combiner Wars Prime better than I thought I would! (He'll be even better once I get Reprolabels to cover up the unpainted grey on his alt mode.) And he looks good with those Energon limbs on!

I'm surprised the person who took those photos didn't leave Optimus's chest open. In other cases, I'd think it looks better closed. But since the open chest looks so much like it was paying homage to Energon Optimus anyway, you'd think it would be a perfect time to showcase it.

Great! I like Offroad and Alpha Bravo as aditions to their respective teams, same with Rook. Just didn't want to see the originals completley replaced. But all the original characters and new ones? Right up my alley.

So I guess my Alpha Bravo and my already-paid-for-and-shipping-soon Offroad will be making their way to my customization planning board.

Great news for sticklers of Generation One accuracy. I did like both new additions of the Aerialbots and Stunticons, but to have the full set of guys is really a sigh of relief.

Rodimus Prime wrote: That's...horrifying. Separately those figures (CW Prime and Energon Prime) are bad enough, but together?

Energon Prime by himself is the only thing your right about.



I don't see what your glitch is with CW Prime I have him and he makes a good figure.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Yotsuyasan wrote:Disclaimer: Totally not mine! But I came across this on the TFW2005 forums, and thought it was worth sharing:



If I had the Energon Optimus Prime's trailer and drones... and, of course, those 3D printed adapters... this would be a cool option of what to do with Combiner Wars Optimus Prime!

That's...horrifying. Separately those figures (CW Prime and Energon Prime) are bad enough, but together?

OMG That is one FUGLY toy. Here's hoping this is one Optimus cow Hasbro won't milk!

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote: That's...horrifying. Separately those figures (CW Prime and Energon Prime) are bad enough, but together?

Energon Prime by himself is the only thing your right about.

It's not a matter of "right" or "wrong." It's an opinion.

I don't see what your glitch is with CW Prime I have him and he makes a good figure.

I don't have a "glitch." I don't like the figure. The vehicle mode is repulsive and the robot mode looks like it belongs in the Rescue Bots line. The mold is better represented by the Motormaster variant, but not by much. And when combined? Forget about it. That's why I'm easily passing on CW Menasor. Too bad, I actually like the other 4 Stunticons, even if Menasor and Motormaster are both underwhelming to me. But if you like them, that's fine. It's your opinion. Just because mine is different, doesn't make it "wrong."

Primeultimus wrote:BREAK-NECK (WILDRIDER) + QUICKSLINGER (SLINGSHOT) REVEALED

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc14 ... tiahi7.jpg

Brake-Neck. It's wordplay. And it's also right there in the picture.