New Galleries: Combiner Wars Dragstrip, Skydive, Firefly, and Alpha Bravo
Saturday, February 7th, 2015 8:54PM CST
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In the galleries below you'll be able to take in the Aerialbot might of jets Skydive in his black and red deco with golden highlights, and of Firefly in red and white and teal, of the omnipresent Alpha Bravo, helicopter in orange, white, teal and black (potentially a Defensor limb, too) and the devious speed of yellow and purple Stunticon Dragstrip. Each with their own weapon, gestalt hand/foot and compatible with any Voyager torso. Click on any image to view the full works!
Generations Combiner Wars Dragstrip
Generations Combiner Wars Skydive
Generations Combiner Wars Firefly
Generations Combiner Wars Alpha Bravo
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Posted by Rated X on February 7th, 2015 @ 9:30pm CST
Posted by padfoo on February 7th, 2015 @ 9:39pm CST
welcometothedarksyde wrote:
I love that Face.
Posted by Sabrblade on February 7th, 2015 @ 9:42pm CST
Are you sure? Skydive had lightning bolts on his wings in the cartoon, which the Takara figure has while the Hasbro figure doesn't. Though the G1 toy had them too, this just makes Takara's version both show- and toy-accurate while Hasbro is accurate to neither.Rated X wrote:I notice the Hasbro jet limbs sport more G1 cartoon accurate decos on their wings.
And Fireflight's cartoon model used its toy's blue and yellow wing stripes, but made them thinner. Hasbro's Firefly uses the toy-accurate thick stripes while Takara's Firebolt uses the show-accurate thin stripes.
And though they're not shown in these galleries, Hasbro's Air Raid uses the G1 toy's silver/red/yellow wing stripes while Takara's Air Rider uses the show model's simiplified solid white stripes.
Takara's are definitely the more show-accurate in regards to wing decos.
Posted by UltraPrimal on February 7th, 2015 @ 10:56pm CST
Posted by Rated X on February 7th, 2015 @ 11:27pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:Are you sure? Skydive had lightning bolts on his wings in the cartoon, which the Takara figure has while the Hasbro figure doesn't. Though the G1 toy had them too, this just makes Takara's version both show- and toy-accurate while Hasbro is accurate to neither.Rated X wrote:I notice the Hasbro jet limbs sport more G1 cartoon accurate decos on their wings.
And Fireflight's cartoon model used its toy's blue and yellow wing stripes, but made them thinner. Hasbro's Firefly uses the toy-accurate thick stripes while Takara's Firebolt uses the show-accurate thin stripes.
And though they're not shown in these galleries, Hasbro's Air Raid uses the G1 toy's silver/red/yellow wing stripes while Takara's Air Rider uses the show model's simiplified solid white stripes.
Takara's are definitely the more show-accurate in regards to wing decos.
Im kinda going off memory of the G1 cartoon. Its not easy to find images of the alt mode cartoon images online. I dont think skydive had any blue on his tail in the cartoon like the takara version has. But the toy had some blue on the tail. That was the biggest eye grabber that made me think the takara limbs were more toy accurate. Not sure about fireflight. Were still awaiting the hasbro slingshot images.
Posted by fenrir72 on February 8th, 2015 @ 7:14am CST
Rated X wrote:Well this version of the mold looks a lot better than fake windows Prime. But why is the truck grey instead of black ? Is there no way to give it a G1 accurate truck paintjob without sacrificing G1 accuracy in robot mode ?
Also how are you getting these in hand so super early ? Are you paying crazy ebay prices from factory insiders ? Or are these promotional figures directly from Hasbro ?
Maybe the Tomy/Takara version will be anime accurate?
Posted by Autobot032 on February 8th, 2015 @ 7:17am CST
fenrir72 wrote:Rated X wrote:Well this version of the mold looks a lot better than fake windows Prime. But why is the truck grey instead of black ? Is there no way to give it a G1 accurate truck paintjob without sacrificing G1 accuracy in robot mode ?
Also how are you getting these in hand so super early ? Are you paying crazy ebay prices from factory insiders ? Or are these promotional figures directly from Hasbro ?
Maybe the Tomy/Takara version will be anime accurate?
Oooh. That's a good point. It would be nice to see an anime accurate set of the Stunticons like they're doing with the Aerialbots. Oooh.
Posted by fenrir72 on February 8th, 2015 @ 7:23am CST
Autobot032 wrote:fenrir72 wrote:Rated X wrote:Well this version of the mold looks a lot better than fake windows Prime. But why is the truck grey instead of black ? Is there no way to give it a G1 accurate truck paintjob without sacrificing G1 accuracy in robot mode ?
Also how are you getting these in hand so super early ? Are you paying crazy ebay prices from factory insiders ? Or are these promotional figures directly from Hasbro ?
Maybe the Tomy/Takara version will be anime accurate?
Oooh. That's a good point. It would be nice to see an anime accurate set of the Stunticons like they're doing with the Aerialbots. Oooh.
One more thing, is it okay to speculate that there will be a Wildrider version for the Tomy version instead of the pickup truck? Tomy remolded a face for Slingshot, but Wildrider, an entirely new mold?
I might be getting too far ahead of myself but since the issue of "anime" accuracy has been raised.............
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on February 8th, 2015 @ 8:02am CST
fenrir72 wrote:One more thing, is it okay to speculate that there will be a Wildrider version for the Tomy version instead of the pickup truck? Tomy remolded a face for Slingshot, but Wildrider, an entirely new mold?
Nope, if Slingshot is any indication:
1) We have a TRU listing for him
2) He's a retool of an existing non-retooled mold (Skydive and Air Raid share parts)
... we may see Wildrider as a retool of either Breakdown or Dead End.
Posted by grimdragon2001 on February 8th, 2015 @ 10:20am CST
Posted by robotmel on February 8th, 2015 @ 12:10pm CST
grimdragon2001 wrote:nice, I am surprised there were no shots of Menasor without Blackjack. I am interested in the "closed chest" detail
Posted by shajaki on February 8th, 2015 @ 12:41pm CST
just a thought....JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:fenrir72 wrote:One more thing, is it okay to speculate that there will be a Wildrider version for the Tomy version instead of the pickup truck? Tomy remolded a face for Slingshot, but Wildrider, an entirely new mold?
Nope, if Slingshot is any indication:
1) We have a TRU listing for him
2) He's a retool of an existing non-retooled mold (Skydive and Air Raid share parts)
... we may see Wildrider as a retool of either Breakdown or Dead End.
CW streetwise was "confirmed" as a new mold. the takara wildrider could be a retool of him, thus giving four completely different car limbs.
Posted by grimdragon2001 on February 8th, 2015 @ 12:47pm CST
robotmel wrote:grimdragon2001 wrote:nice, I am surprised there were no shots of Menasor without Blackjack. I am interested in the "closed chest" detail
nice, that looks pretty good, thanks
Posted by Seibertron on February 8th, 2015 @ 12:51pm CST
- Powerglide now includes images with the other Aerialbots
- Blackjack includes images with Dragstrip and Motormaster as well as images of his card.
- Huffer now includes images of his card.
- Silverbolt now includes images with the other Aerialbots
Posted by jogunwarrior on February 9th, 2015 @ 8:51am CST
Posted by Syn_13 on February 9th, 2015 @ 9:52am CST
robotmel wrote:grimdragon2001 wrote:nice, I am surprised there were no shots of Menasor without Blackjack. I am interested in the "closed chest" detail
That settles it for me. Blackjack can take a running jump, he looks so much better with a closed chest. Downward horns look good too!
Posted by Seibertron on February 9th, 2015 @ 8:06pm CST
Posted by hurricane567 on February 9th, 2015 @ 10:45pm CST
Posted by Va'al on March 5th, 2015 @ 1:25am CST
Though not a combiner itself, it still falls under the 2015 toyline, and much like deluxe Armada Starscream, homages the Unicron trilogy cartoon of the same name. The toy shares the mold with the more G1esque tank Megatron (stay tuned for more on that!), features a new antlered headsculpt and orange/green/purple deco, plus a firing missile, telescopic arm cannon and a big purple rifle gun. Check it out below!
Generations Combiner Wars Armada Megatron
Posted by RhA on March 5th, 2015 @ 2:02am CST
Posted by griftimus prime on March 5th, 2015 @ 6:52am CST
Posted by RiddlerJ on March 5th, 2015 @ 7:16am CST
I'm getting both of these. I like the G1 Megatron better, but it'd be nice to have the Armada one to keep Armada Starscream and Hot Shot company. I do wish they remolded him a little more so that, for example, he could have his capture claws at the front of the tank.
Posted by BeastProwl on March 5th, 2015 @ 8:53am CST
RiddlerJ wrote:. I do wish they remolded him a little more so that, for example, he could have his capture claws at the front of the tank.
They are, but they are dangling out from under the front. Pretty cool.
I just wish his legs were thicker and the turret came out under his arm, etc.
Posted by Seibertron on March 5th, 2015 @ 9:13am CST
RiddlerJ wrote:Do the Megatrons each have different handguns? It's looks like they do in the pics.
They have the same combining gun. It's two smaller pieces that combine to make a larger two handled gun.
Posted by Seibertron on March 5th, 2015 @ 9:16am CST
Posted by Seibertron on March 5th, 2015 @ 9:23am CST
I also wish the giant cannon was detachable so that it could be on his hip, or on its right should for a G2 Megatron.
Posted by RiddlerJ on March 5th, 2015 @ 9:30am CST
Seibertron wrote:I actually really like Combiner Wars Armada Megatron. My biggest gripe is that he has the same gun as "G1" Megatron as well as the same chest plate. I wish they had done something to remold that part to differentiate it more from the other Megatron.
I also wish the giant cannon was detachable so that it could be on his hip, or on its right should for a G2 Megatron.
Seibertron wrote:RiddlerJ wrote:Do the Megatrons each have different handguns? It's looks like they do in the pics.
They have the same combining gun. It's two smaller pieces that combine to make a larger two handled gun.
Oh yeah. Now I see it. Would've been cool if he had the blade the original had.
And I do see that the head (and claws) are under the tank front/chestplate. I'm trying to see if there's some way to leave the chest flipped up in tank mode but I don't think so since it looks like the arms have to swing there to form the turret. If the chestplate was removable altogether...
Posted by pie-man on March 5th, 2015 @ 9:57am CST
Seibertron wrote:If I did an Autobot group shot with "Autobot" Megatron, which 1/2 dozen figures from the past few years would you like to see with Megatron? I was thinking Tailgate, Brainstorm, Cloud Rodimus ... not sure who else though.
Now that's a gallery I'd love to see!
-Generations/RTS Perceptor
-Generations Whirl
-Generations Swerve
-Generations Skids
-Generations Drift
-Universe/Generations Cyclonus
-Beast Hunters Weaponizer Ultra Magnus (because that's be in the same size class as Megs, if MP Ultra Magnus is unavailable)
-Fall of Cybertron data disc Rewind
-TFCC(?) Chromedome (the TF Prime Wheeljack re-tool)
Posted by Madeus Prime on March 5th, 2015 @ 10:10am CST
Seibertron wrote:If I did an Autobot group shot with "Autobot" Megatron, which 1/2 dozen figures from the past few years would you like to see with Megatron? I was thinking Tailgate, Brainstorm, Cloud Rodimus ... not sure who else though.
Cloud Rodimus
Generations Whirl
Generations Tailgate
Generations Trailbreaker
Beast Hunters Ultra Magnus, since the good one isn't ready yet
RTS Perceptor
Posted by YRQRM0 on March 5th, 2015 @ 10:49am CST
Posted by Hero Alpha on March 5th, 2015 @ 10:58am CST
pie-man wrote:Seibertron wrote:If I did an Autobot group shot with "Autobot" Megatron, which 1/2 dozen figures from the past few years would you like to see with Megatron? I was thinking Tailgate, Brainstorm, Cloud Rodimus ... not sure who else though.
Now that's a gallery I'd love to see!
-Generations/RTS Perceptor
-Generations Whirl
-Generations Swerve
-Generations Skids
-Generations Drift
-Universe/Generations Cyclonus
-Beast Hunters Weaponizer Ultra Magnus (because that's be in the same size class as Megs, if MP Ultra Magnus is unavailable)
-Fall of Cybertron data disc Rewind
-TFCC(?) Chromedome (the TF Prime Wheeljack re-tool)
This post has most I was going to add along with the 3 Seibertron listed. But I would do TFCC Chromedome and Rewind. Nightbeat, Hoist, Trailbreaker and Sunstreaker too maybe.
Posted by Sabrblade on March 5th, 2015 @ 11:18am CST
Trying to recreate this pic in toy form as best as you could would be awesome:Seibertron wrote:If I did an Autobot group shot with "Autobot" Megatron, which 1/2 dozen figures from the past few years would you like to see with Megatron? I was thinking Tailgate, Brainstorm, Cloud Rodimus ... not sure who else though.
Posted by xRotorstormx on March 5th, 2015 @ 12:20pm CST
Posted by Seibertron on March 5th, 2015 @ 2:52pm CST
Posted by Tyrannacon on March 5th, 2015 @ 2:54pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on March 5th, 2015 @ 3:00pm CST
At least Megs looks forlorn and remorseful for what just transpired.Seibertron wrote:Betrayal and aftermath on the Lost Light!
Posted by Seibertron on March 5th, 2015 @ 5:48pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:Trying to recreate this pic in toy form as best as you could would be awesome:Seibertron wrote:If I did an Autobot group shot with "Autobot" Megatron, which 1/2 dozen figures from the past few years would you like to see with Megatron? I was thinking Tailgate, Brainstorm, Cloud Rodimus ... not sure who else though.
Due to scale, that shot is not possible with the toys. Here's what I came up with instead ... it's got all of the characters in the right spot in relation to Megatron plus I left the other toys from the Lost Light in the shot as well.
And the group shot ...
Posted by Gallifreyan Autobot on March 5th, 2015 @ 6:37pm CST
Seibertron wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Trying to recreate this pic in toy form as best as you could would be awesome:Seibertron wrote:If I did an Autobot group shot with "Autobot" Megatron, which 1/2 dozen figures from the past few years would you like to see with Megatron? I was thinking Tailgate, Brainstorm, Cloud Rodimus ... not sure who else though.
Due to scale, that shot is not possible with the toys. Here's what I came up with instead ... it's got all of the characters in the right spot in relation to Megatron plus I left the other toys from the Lost Light in the shot as well.
And the group shot ...
that is a really nice collection of the lost light crew now i have to wait for the Armada 2.0 figures to come
we already have CW armada Megs , thrilling 30 Armada Starscream , Universe Hot shot
who's ready for a new mold ?
(glares at Prime, Red Alert, Smoke-screen, Tidal wave, demolisher, Cyclonus , RID sideways, squid-head ( ) , Jet-fire , Jet convoy/ Magna Jet convoy, scavenger, horsemen )
Posted by Tyrannacon on March 5th, 2015 @ 6:47pm CST
Posted by LOST Cybertronian on March 5th, 2015 @ 6:49pm CST
Generations Combiner Wars Megatron
Posted by Mr_Autobot411 on March 5th, 2015 @ 6:59pm CST
Posted by Alpha Dominus on March 5th, 2015 @ 7:16pm CST
Posted by RiddlerJ on March 5th, 2015 @ 8:55pm CST
Posted by Noideaforaname on March 5th, 2015 @ 10:41pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on March 5th, 2015 @ 11:07pm CST
Where the tampo'd symbol is is where G1 Megatron's chest symbol has always been. They just shaped the torso on this toy awkwardly to warp the proportions of the G1 chest design into making the main part of the chest smaller and the typically insignificant part directly above it much bigger.Noideaforaname wrote:The insignia thing is weird and annoying, not because I'm against Autobot Megatron, but because they included a sticker for even though they painted that on, and they painted that right below where I'd prefer the insignia and on top of silver paint so I can't just wipe it off.
It really is a weird design choice considering that even the comics don't have the chest drawn like that.
Posted by BERSEKAEL on March 5th, 2015 @ 11:24pm CST
Posted by Noideaforaname on March 5th, 2015 @ 11:48pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:Where the tampo'd symbol is is where G1 Megatron's chest symbol has always been. They just shaped the torso on this toy awkwardly to warp the proportions of the G1 chest design into making the main part of the chest smaller and the typically insignificant part directly above it much bigger.
It really is a weird design choice considering that even the comics don't have the chest drawn like that.
Ah, I see it now. It IS pretty bizarre, especially compared to the screencap BERSEKAEL posted.
Posted by Seibertron on March 5th, 2015 @ 11:53pm CST
Posted by Noideaforaname on March 6th, 2015 @ 12:11am CST
It's still odd.
Posted by kirbenvost on March 6th, 2015 @ 1:20am CST
I sure hope that's not spoilers for MTMTE.