In Package Images of Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Wave Two Deluxe Figures

I only just now realized that the Combiner Wars packaging especially the cards, are very 90s. They look a lot like the cards you would get during G2.

Pretty cool. I do like this line, and I'm finding it very hard to resist it.

Has anyone noticed that the pack in issues are slightly smaller than regular retail counterparts

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Hmmmm, English-only? Comics included? Seems like I was right about the first wave's packaging being a mistake

It's also given time to the comics to get to the actual Combiner Wars starting point, this way. But yeah. Hm.

Can't say I'm excited for defensor as it means it's now more or less certain that the combaticons are coming and I had really hoped that we'd get a team like the seacons (or extreme long shot, liokaiser)

But after all is said and done I love combiners so defensor will be mine (then we wait for G2 and Guard City recolours)

I still havent found Fireflight or Skydive in stores, let alone Arcee, Chromia, and Brainstorm. Always wonder how these figures show up in hole in the wall towns first but take forever to make it to Miami.

ZeroWolf wrote:Can't say I'm excited for defensor as it means it's now more or less certain that the combaticons are coming and I had really hoped that we'd get a team like the seacons (or extreme long shot, liokaiser)

I wouldn't loose all hope. Since the Fan Built Combiner is coming out in 2016 it isn't unreasonable to assume we'll continue to get combiners past Hasbro's use of the Combiner Wars label. Now that Hasbro has established a new combining system and they've proven their popularity I wouldn't be surprised if we got at least one new set every year for a while.

Emerje

ZeroWolf wrote:Can't say I'm excited for defensor as it means it's now more or less certain that the combaticons are coming and I had really hoped that we'd get a team like the seacons (or extreme long shot, liokaiser)

Yes, a new Bruticus seems likely, but not in 2015. Hasbro said there would be 16 deluxes in the retail Generations line, and so far, if the listings we've seen over the past several weeks or true, they are ALL accounted for. We've got the Aerialbots, Stunticons, Protectobots, and four Autobots (Sunstreaker, Itronide, Prowl, and Mirage) to form the proper gestalt mode for Ultra Prime.

ZeroWolf wrote:I had really hoped that we'd get a team like the seacons (or extreme long shot, liokaiser)

Anything is possible. we are getting a fan vote combiner after all.

Mmmmmm, Deadend looks like he's gonna be my favorite bot from this wave.

Va'al wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Hmmmm, English-only? Comics included? Seems like I was right about the first wave's packaging being a mistake

It's also given time to the comics to get to the actual Combiner Wars starting point, this way. But yeah. Hm.

Or it's the fact Combiner Wars doesn't start till March for IDW and they didn't want to damage their sales of the comics by releasing the 4 issue tie in series early.

extremely happy they decided to continue having the comics, makes the price a little more bearable. But did they ever give a reason as to why wave 1 had no comics? was it because they had those stupid cards instead?

Megatron Wolf wrote:extremely happy they decided to continue having the comics, makes the price a little more bearable. But did they ever give a reason as to why wave 1 had no comics? was it because they had those stupid cards instead?

I, personally, was thrilled they had the

stupid cards

because since the comics are not in any other language than english, places with language laws could not get them. SO they would just give you nothig more than your toy. And thus, at least with the cards, I felt I was getting a little extra and no one was cheated of anything.

I still haven;t been able to find any from wave 1.....

Too bad we can only see the front of the package, the suspense on who they combine to form is killing me.

Aw, yeah... these new pix have made me do something I never thought would happen - want to BUY the Stunticons...

Diem wrote:Too bad we can only see the front of the package, the suspense on who they combine to form is killing me.

I wonder if the set I preordered from RK has the comics, if not, oh well, but I do enjoy them...

Looking forward to the release anyway.

I just hope those hoods on the Stunticons backs (front of the car modes), can fold down a little farther than I've seen them in pics. They just look plain ugly hanging back there in bot mode.

Robogeek1973 wrote:I just hope those hoods on the Stunticons backs (front of the car modes), can fold down a little farther than I've seen them in pics. They just look plain ugly hanging back there in bot mode.

Yeah, they can: http://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:Generationstoy-Breakdown.jpg

This is just some AoE Crosshairs stuff right here.

Here's my review of the wave 1 Deluxe Combiner Wars Dragstrip. Pretty nice start!

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Has anyone noticed that the pack in issues are slightly smaller than regular retail counterparts

Look at that, indeed they are. I cannot believe I didn't notice that in my collection. Also, the retail ones seem to occasionally have some pages out of order, or in the case of one of the recent ones (Chromia, I think) a duplicated page. Still, I am enjoying the story, though I do not collect the comics at this time.

Good news for those clamoring for the much-anticipated Generations: Combiner Wars figures! HasbroToyShop.com has been updated to include the first wave of the subline. Both Voyagers and all four Deluxes are in-stock, but only Legends Windcharger and Thundercracker are still available, as Powerglide and Bombshell are already sold out. You can start your shopping spree by clicking here!



Still on the fence on participating in the Combiner Wars? Why not make use of our Seibertron.com galleries of the two combiner bosses, their combined forms, and the four Legends figures to make a decision? Click here to be taken to them!

Hey, is this additional step in the leg transformation of Dragstrip common knowledge? I had no idea myself, but was made aware by someone commenting on my photo in another thread!

To get Dragstrip to sit at the same height in leg mode as the Aerialbots, the rear wing of the alt mode actually swings up to reveal another hole to plug the foot piece into! Here's a pic I took of the difference. I'm sure this wasnt in the instruction book lol!!

william-james88 wrote:

Megatron Wolf wrote:extremely happy they decided to continue having the comics, makes the price a little more bearable. But did they ever give a reason as to why wave 1 had no comics? was it because they had those stupid cards instead?

I, personally, was thrilled they had the

stupid cards

because since the comics are not in any other language than english, places with language laws could not get them. SO they would just give you nothig more than your toy. And thus, at least with the cards, I felt I was getting a little extra and no one was cheated of anything.

same here! its my comicy days as a child that also led to collecting cards as well. so i like cards

Rated X wrote:I still havent found Fireflight or Skydive in stores, let alone Arcee, Chromia, and Brainstorm. Always wonder how these figures show up in hole in the wall towns first but take forever to make it to Miami.

If it means anything, I've seen Arcee and Chromia, so at least those two are in our state.

Diem wrote:

Robogeek1973 wrote:I just hope those hoods on the Stunticons backs (front of the car modes), can fold down a little farther than I've seen them in pics. They just look plain ugly hanging back there in bot mode.

Yeah, they can: http://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:Generationstoy-Breakdown.jpg

This is just some AoE Crosshairs stuff right here.

Awesome, thanks man!

These look a LOT better than wave 1.

I am actually excited about Menasor now, although i still think he is a bit too wide.

I hope Hasbro will give us the original members soon though, i don't dig Off-Road or Alpha Bravo.

DMSL wrote:These look a LOT better than wave 1.

I am actually excited about Menasor now, although i still think he is a bit too wide.

I hope Hasbro will give us the original members soon though, i don't dig Off-Road or Alpha Bravo.

I dont know if they are better, but they do seem to offer more variance between the characters. The aerialbots all suffer from being very similar transformers, but that was always the case.

i dont mind AB or OR at all. but im more accepting of OR because he at least is close in colors to the stunitcon he's replacing. the fact that he's a SUV instead of a car aint no thang. and in combined mode, i especially wont notice

Yeah, for $16.99 each. Target has had them on sale for $12, and when every big box store has them by the end of the month, you can get it for the regular price of $15. For an $8 premium, I can wait.

Hell, by the time the "free" shipping gets my package here in about 6-8 days, they will be on the shelves.

koolkollectibleskhai wrote:Hey, is this additional step in the leg transformation of Dragstrip common knowledge? I had no idea myself, but was made aware by someone commenting on my photo in another thread!

To get Dragstrip to sit at the same height in leg mode as the Aerialbots, the rear wing of the alt mode actually swings up to reveal another hole to plug the foot piece into! Here's a pic I took of the difference. I'm sure this wasnt in the instruction book lol!!

It has been mentioned a couple of times now

shockblast2 wrote:Yeah, for $16.99 each. Target has had them on sale for $12, and when every big box store has them by the end of the month, you can get it for the regular price of $15. For an $8 premium, I can wait.

Hell, by the time the "free" shipping gets my package here in about 6-8 days, they will be on the shelves.

No lie there, my order has been preparing to ship for a while.

The alt modes of the Deluxe Combiner Wars Aerialbots look pretty nice, especially the jets!

Emerje wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Can't say I'm excited for defensor as it means it's now more or less certain that the combaticons are coming and I had really hoped that we'd get a team like the seacons (or extreme long shot, liokaiser)

I wouldn't loose all hope. Since the Fan Built Combiner is coming out in 2016 it isn't unreasonable to assume we'll continue to get combiners past Hasbro's use of the Combiner Wars label. Now that Hasbro has established a new combining system and they've proven their popularity I wouldn't be surprised if we got at least one new set every year for a while.

Emerje

How do we know that this new combiner system is popular? Are there any sales figures in yet and does Hasbro share that info? I would say we'd have to wait for the first quarter 2015 stock report for any info.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

that1guysittingthere wrote:Just wondering, has wave 2 trickled onto the shelves yet? Is it true that there have been sightings of Air Raid?

That would be really early, considering online stores only have pre-orders up.

Robot Kingdom had their pre-orders pushed back to February and BBTS has theirs listed for March.

Next up in the Combiner Wars reviews is Skydive. I'm liking the paint app and the alt mode on this one!

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Can't say I'm excited for defensor as it means it's now more or less certain that the combaticons are coming and I had really hoped that we'd get a team like the seacons (or extreme long shot, liokaiser)

I wouldn't loose all hope. Since the Fan Built Combiner is coming out in 2016 it isn't unreasonable to assume we'll continue to get combiners past Hasbro's use of the Combiner Wars label. Now that Hasbro has established a new combining system and they've proven their popularity I wouldn't be surprised if we got at least one new set every year for a while.

Emerje

How do we know that this new combiner system is popular? Are there any sales figures in yet and does Hasbro share that info? I would say we'd have to wait for the first quarter 2015 stock report for any dom had their pre-orders pushed back to February and BBTS has theirs listed for March.

The fact that the "in stocks" sold out over night on Amazon is a good indication.

I completely forgot about the fan made combiner. Unless next year they'll do combiner wars 2: This Time It's Personal. Won't the fan made toys stick out with whatever theme they plan to do?

Hot on the heels of the Hasbro Toy Shop announcement, UK retail store Argos released their new catalogue yesterday which includes some of the new range of Combiner Wars and Robots In Disguise figures.
This makes them the fourth UK retailer to offer the latest Transformers lines after Smyths Toys, Toys 'R' Us and Amazon UK.

Check the links below from their UK website for new listings of...

Combiner Wars Voyager figures @ £22.99 each.
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3231931.htm

Combiner Wars Deluxe figures @ £15.99 each.
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3387926.htm

Robots In Disguise Warrior figures @ £14.99 each.
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3403594.htm

Robots In Disguise Legion figures @ £6.99 each.
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3339314.htm

Robots In Disguise Three Step Changers figures @ £22.99 each.
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3237540.htm
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3278925.htm

No sign of any Combiner Wars Legends figures though..?

Of course, being Argos, we have no idea if wave 2 will ever be added.

ZeroWolf wrote:I completely forgot about the fan made combiner. Unless next year they'll do combiner wars 2: This Time It's Personal. Won't the fan made toys stick out with whatever theme they plan to do?

Well, since Generations Thrilling 30 lasted from 2013 to 2014, maybe Generations Combiner Wars could last from this year into next year as well. The fan combiner could possibly come in its final or second-to-final wave.

koolkollectibleskhai wrote:Next up in the Combiner Wars reviews is Skydive. I'm liking the paint app and the alt mode on this one!

Hi, I am not sure if you know, but there is a specific review forum where people post their review videos. It's here and I recommend you put them there because that is the section fans will go to if they are looking for a specific review posted on this site. This is more of a thread to write about our opinions on news concerning the figures and what we make of it.

Just trying to sniff out the trail.
Has anyone found CW Voyagers at retail yet?
or only online.
East Coast are you wit me?

Cobotron wrote:Just trying to sniff out the trail.
Has anyone found CW Voyagers at retail yet?
or only online.
East Coast are you wit me?

They've hit Texas. Silverbolt is fantastic. He's superior to CW Prime.

LONE STAR STATE! Whoot Whoot!
Thanks Wings.

william-james88 wrote:

DMSL wrote:These look a LOT better than wave 1.

I am actually excited about Menasor now, although i still think he is a bit too wide.

I hope Hasbro will give us the original members soon though, i don't dig Off-Road or Alpha Bravo.

I dont know if they are better, but they do seem to offer more variance between the characters. The aerialbots all suffer from being very similar transformers, but that was always the case.

Plus, we'll have to live with the two for the time being. The names "Slingshot" and "Wildrider" can no longer be trademarked for the toys in the US. The substitute names "Quickslinger" and "Brake-Neck" have been used in other lines, but the latter is... lacking. TakaraTomy still has Slingshot's Japanese name, "Sling" as well as "Stunt Wildrider" so TakaraTomy could pull it off properly.

No worries, sir.

I feel sorry for the folks that have to depend on the Hasbro Toy Shop for their figures. I can pick up all but the Voyager class figures by hitting just a few stores within a 20 mile radius of my home. I've looked at all of the Legend and Deluxe figures in hand and I've been very impressed by what I've seen although Windcharger was underwhelming compared to his Reveal the Shield counterpart. I am, however, enjoying the hell out of my Bombshell figure and looking forward to picking up Thundercracker next. He's going to make a cool chest piece on any of the Combiner leaders in their combined form. This whole line is showing a lot of promise compared to previous lines but I'm still very disappointed that it's also going to be a worse haven for repaints than previous lines have been. That part truly sucks and it's for that aspect alone that I won't be buying a lot of these figures.

CrankyOldTruck wrote:I feel sorry for the folks that have to depend on the Hasbro Toy Shop for their figures.

Meh. HTS is great. The rush of finding a figure in store is nice, but using no gas and getting Brainstorm for $19.99 is nicer.

Are there any discount codes for HTS for 2015?

Looking at those Combiners wars wave One and Two listings. It seems like there will be equal positives and Negatives.

Positives, wave One and Two will have mostly new figures. So it will be easier on wave Two buyers to get wave Two toys. As there won't be any wave One in the cases.

Negatives I see, If stores skip out on wave One or a wave like they sometimes do. Or if buyers are not able to find a earlier wave. It will be harder for them to find previous wave toys in newer wave toys.

Think Wave One of Combiners Wars has the potential not be ordered that much by retailers. As studies show Retailers order less from January to March, Than they do from April to December.

Yeah I noticed CW Wave Two of Legends comes with Wave One Powerglides. Wish it came with Wave one Bombshell instead, As I want that toy more.

Guessing that CW wave One and Wave Two cases don't have duplicates. Because Hasbro might plan to do all those Masquerade and whatever recolors characters much later on.

CrankyOldTruck wrote:I feel sorry for the folks that have to depend on the Hasbro Toy Shop for their figures. I can pick up all but the Voyager class figures by hitting just a few stores within a 20 mile radius of my home. I've looked at all of the Legend and Deluxe figures in hand and I've been very impressed by what I've seen although Windcharger was underwhelming compared to his Reveal the Shield counterpart. I am, however, enjoying the hell out of my Bombshell figure and looking forward to picking up Thundercracker next. He's going to make a cool chest piece on any of the Combiner leaders in their combined form. This whole line is showing a lot of promise compared to previous lines but I'm still very disappointed that it's also going to be a worse haven for repaints than previous lines have been. That part truly sucks and it's for that aspect alone that I won't be buying a lot of these figures.

Newer Transformers toys are harder to find in my area stores. Do a lot of online Transformers toy shopping. Love HTS, fast shipping, nothing damaged, free shipping over $50.

Saw the pics of CW Thundercracker attached as a chest piece on CW Optimus. Does Thundercracker attach easily or is tape, glue or rubber bands needed.

Can CW Thundercracker also attach to silverbolts robot chest when in superion mode?

Am I right in guessing that G-1 Legends starscream's toy that was released years ago. Can also attach to CW optimus chest. As CW Thundercracker had no retooling done and is just a repaint of starscream?

DJ Integral wrote:Are there any discount codes for HTS for 2015?

You may want to check out this thread: steal-of-a-deal-web-store-sales--t99759.php

And welcome!