New Galleries: Combiner Wars Ultra Magnus with Minimus Ambus

Va'al wrote:

Sweet Primus I love this Magnus. I cannot say it enough! And as a comic reader, I love the Minimus Ambus figure. Great job Hasbro!

Cyberpath wrote:

Va'al wrote:

YUUUUPPP That is pretty frickin boss. Nicely done!

So what was used to support the figures? Fishing line?

Very well done. Trying to get Unicron that level would have driven me to drink... more

Cyberpath wrote:

Va'al wrote:

If one image could sum up my childhood...

That picture takes the cake, really. This is a really cool gallery, although I'm surprised there's no comparisons with the old classics "white Prime" mould in terms of scale and such.

I wonder if this version can b e made to have the old Powered Convoy configurations if you detach the cab from the trailer. Sure, it's a mod, but not much of one and it looks like it could be possible.

shajaki wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:

Va'al wrote:

If one image could sum up my childhood...

oh man. I love this. gotta be my new favorite pic.

Wait, we need to see if Legends Magnus can fit in there somewhere.

RiddlerJ wrote:Wait, we need to see if Legends Magnus can fit in there somewhere.

Minimus is MUCH smaller than Legends class. Did you see him next to Legends Wheelie?

Another BEAUTIFUL gallery! The '86 Movie crew is really shaping up!

This CW Magnus looks very nice, and I do want one very much. However, seeing him with his CHUG compatriots, his blatant hollowness, non-painted wheels, and plastic, do look inferior. That makes me a bit sad...

Overall I like him, but some of these Combiner Wars figs have had too many cut-backs to them for their own good, and it leaves me feeling conflicted about them. ,

Gauntlet101010 wrote:

RiddlerJ wrote:Wait, we need to see if Legends Magnus can fit in there somewhere.

Minimus is MUCH smaller than Legends class. Did you see him next to Legends Wheelie?

No! He can fit! You just gotta BELIEVE!

Optimizzy wrote:

shajaki wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:

Va'al wrote:

If one image could sum up my childhood...

oh man. I love this. gotta be my new favorite pic.

Should be the new background for Seibertron.

Cyberpath wrote:

Va'al wrote:

Thanks everyone! It was a ton of work to set up this shot. Unicron fell on the poor Autobots several times, though it doesn't seem like anyone was damaged fortunately. Maybe I'll notice a paint scratch or something later but nothing glaring at the moment thankfully. I took more photos from this shot but it was way too much work to remove the fishing line from the picture that I used to hold Unicron and the Decepticons up above the Autobots. Here's a before pic of the same shot in a rare "behind the scenes of Seibertron.com's galleries" that I thought you guys might enjoy seeing.

Seibertron wrote:

Cyberpath wrote:

Va'al wrote:

Thanks everyone! It was a ton of work to set up this shot. Unicron fell on the poor Autobots several times, though it doesn't seem like anyone was damaged fortunately. Maybe I'll notice a paint scratch or something later but nothing glaring at the moment thankfully. I took more photos from this shot but it was way too much work to remove the fishing line from the picture that I used to hold Unicron and the Decepticons up above the Autobots. Here's a before pic of the same shot in a rare "behind the scenes of Seibertron.com's galleries" that I thought you guys might enjoy seeing.

And this, folks, is the dedication of someone who loves his job

Pretty amazing shot, I must say. Great work Seibertron!

Definitely the worst Warpath tank mode of all. The original is still the best. This one looks like an afterthought from a beginner designer. It's disrespectful to G1 Warpath and Transformer designers alike. Awful, just awful. Try harder Hasbro.

He is easily my favourite CW figure.

Transtopias Rodimus Prime wrote:Definitely the worst Warpath tank mode of all. The original is still the best. This one looks like an afterthought from a beginner designer. It's disrespectful to G1 Warpath and Transformer designers alike. Awful, just awful. Try harder Hasbro.

It's just a fun little repaint of legends Megatron no need to get all worked up about it.

This is it, the gallery you've been waiting for...

New Gallery: SDCC 2015 Combiner Wars Devastator

Still unsure about Devastator? Still unsure about the bling the SDCC version is rockin'? Well check out our newest gallery to help you decide! (I have the retail version in hand and I must say it's worth the money, so while I can't say much about the chrome, I'd imagine if you're an SDCC junkie, this guy is perfect for you!)

Our galleries of the individual bots will be released over the weekend, so you'll have something to enjoy when you come home from your 4th of July celebrations, something that'll make you paw the screen and drool. (And probably open your wallets...c'mon, we only live once!)

Before we head onto the gallery, make note of the special edition packaging, chrome accents and G1 toy accurate paint apps used to match those of the sticker sheet that came with the original many moons ago. (You can see the original in our galleries by clicking right here.)

Without further ado, we proudly present 2015 San Diego Comic Con exclusive Combiner Wars Titan Class Devastator!

Comic-Con Exclusives Devastator























Keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates, plus the best galleries around!

*slow clap*

That toy is glorious...

If Devastator's chest piece and some of the other Constructicon parts are a different hue of purple, why not replace the rest of the old purple to the attention drawing purple? It would make more sense.

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:If Devastator's chest piece and some of the other Constructicon parts are a different hue of purple, why not replace the rest of the old purple to the attention drawing purple? It would make more sense.

Chrome paint is expensive yo. Maybe they blew most of the budget on giving Devs stereoscopic vision. Maybe they got halfway through chroming up the purple bits and ran out of budget.

In all honesty I don't understand the Chrome paint on this. If all the Purple was chrome, it might look great. But the mixed types of paint is kind of distracting.

Gearslide wrote:

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:If Devastator's chest piece and some of the other Constructicon parts are a different hue of purple, why not replace the rest of the old purple to the attention drawing purple? It would make more sense.

Chrome paint is expensive yo. Maybe they blew most of the budget on giving Devs stereoscopic vision. Maybe they got halfway through chroming up the purple bits and ran out of budget.

In all honesty I don't understand the Chrome paint on this. If all the Purple was chrome, it might look great. But the mixed types of paint is kind of distracting.

Purple is a really hard color to get right, especially in photography. A single shift to either red or blue can change the appearance on the image dramatically, while in person it looks totally different.

Meh. Looks okay, but I'll just wait for the Takara release with proper elbows and guns for the individual bots and more detailed paint apps. I'm not liking the chrome at all. I appreciate that they seem to be trying to give us what we want, but it's like they just don't quite understand how we want it. The purple areas are the last thing I would want chromed. I would prefer chrome where chrome makes realistic sense on the vehicles and maybe just mirror the chrome on the old G1 toys on the bots. I figure the Takara version plus the various third-party upgrades with make a fine MP Devy.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Gearslide wrote:

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:If Devastator's chest piece and some of the other Constructicon parts are a different hue of purple, why not replace the rest of the old purple to the attention drawing purple? It would make more sense.

Chrome paint is expensive yo. Maybe they blew most of the budget on giving Devs stereoscopic vision. Maybe they got halfway through chroming up the purple bits and ran out of budget.

In all honesty I don't understand the Chrome paint on this. If all the Purple was chrome, it might look great. But the mixed types of paint is kind of distracting.

Purple is a really hard color to get right, especially in photography. A single shift to either red or blue can change the appearance on the image dramatically, while in person it looks totally different.

Oh yeah, I know. I took plenty of Color Theory and Study classes getting my art degree. Even the shade of Green on Devs affects how the Purple looks.

This has probably already been discussed (I'm too lazy to read the previous 14 pages of comments). So this set was designed by Shogo, who's been hitting home runs in the MP line. Seems to me the Takara version is how this set was originally designed, with the elbows and whatnot, and the Hasbro version is the remold. I can't imagine Shogo not have individual bot modes with no elbows in his original design. I assume Hasbro cut them as a cost saving measure?

El Duque wrote:This has probably already been discussed (I'm too lazy to read the previous 14 pages of comments). So this set was designed by Shogo, who's been hitting home runs in the MP line. Seems to me the Takara version is how this set was originally designed, with the elbows and whatnot, and the Hasbro version is the remold. I can't imagine Shogo not have individual bot modes with no elbows in his original design. I assume Hasbro cut them as a cost saving measure?

The extra engineering on the Takara version was done afterward by Takara. Hasbro's was engineered first.

Sabrblade wrote:

El Duque wrote:This has probably already been discussed (I'm too lazy to read the previous 14 pages of comments). So this set was designed by Shogo, who's been hitting home runs in the MP line. Seems to me the Takara version is how this set was originally designed, with the elbows and whatnot, and the Hasbro version is the remold. I can't imagine Shogo not have individual bot modes with no elbows in his original design. I assume Hasbro cut them as a cost saving measure?

The extra engineering on the Takara version was done afterward by Takara. Hasbro's was engineered first.

Source?

It Is Him wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

El Duque wrote:This has probably already been discussed (I'm too lazy to read the previous 14 pages of comments). So this set was designed by Shogo, who's been hitting home runs in the MP line. Seems to me the Takara version is how this set was originally designed, with the elbows and whatnot, and the Hasbro version is the remold. I can't imagine Shogo not have individual bot modes with no elbows in his original design. I assume Hasbro cut them as a cost saving measure?

The extra engineering on the Takara version was done afterward by Takara. Hasbro's was engineered first.

Source?

The latest issue of Figure King shows the parts altered for Takara's version in the grey prototype stage while the rest of the (unpainted) figure is unchanged from the finalized Hasbro version, showing that the changes were made after the Hasbro version was made:

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Additionally, the changes made to Hook's and Mixmaster's arms to give them better elbows by adding new elbow joints did not replace the joints that were already made for the Hasbro version, instead keeping the Hasbro elbow joints intact, making their arms now have double-jointed elbows while the other Constructicons only have single-jointed elbows, further showing that these changes were made after Hasbro's version was done.

Well at least I know I do not need the sdcc version even though it's shiny.

Takara for sure, but I think I'll grab a regular HASBRO for me and my boys to mess with.

By now you have undoubtedly checked out our SDCC 2015 Devastator gallery (If you haven't then by all means get to clicking). Now its time to break down Devy into his component Constructicons featuring Scrapper, Hook, Long Haul, Bonecrusher, Scavenger and Mixmaster. This sextet features more paint apps than the standard retail edition and as you can see the chrome purple also extends into the robot modes of Scrapper, Hook and Mixmaster as well. What else more is there to say about these guys? Click on the images below to see the full galleries.

Comic-Con Exclusives Scrapper






Comic-Con Exclusives Long Haul






Comic-Con Exclusives Hook






Comic-Con Exclusives Bonecrusher






Comic-Con Exclusives Scavenger






Comic-Con Exclusives Mixmaster








Comic-Con Exclusives Devastator

Anybody else notice that the front section of Devy's rifle looks like Galavatron's arm cannon?

Devy's left foot is so weird. Like, Mixmaster is designed to have an ankle-tilt in combined mode, like Scrapper, but you can't actually tilt without bending his arms out of the way and having them hang off the back of the leg.

Holy crap, you're right slap that onto a/b elbow hole and bam, glavy with a cannon

I'm curious if anyone really likes the metallic purple on this figure. It seems out of place and I find it distracting... and kind of ugly.

I like the chrome. I only transforms my figures once in a while, so not afraid the chrome will rub off. I love to display my transformers under the blue/white lighting. Any color chrome and white plastic shines under the light. It's beautiful. The only gripe I have about the devastator is the left mixer facing up. It's weird. The bigger part of the mixer should face up. But oh, well.

GuyIncognito wrote:I'm curious if anyone really likes the metallic purple on this figure. It seems out of place and I find it distracting... and kind of ugly.

I know I'm definitely a minority on this one but I like the metallic purple. The color doesn't bother me at all and I love the way it pops. I Will say that I'm glad they didn't use it on all the purple because it should be more of an accent than a base color.

Every time I look at the SDCC Devastator, his green starts to fade into yellow. Stupid light purple chrome!

Is there any news as to whether US big box retailers like Costco or SAMs Club will have the CW Devastator box set in their stores?

Costco sold Metroplex in stores in 2013, and before that, SAM's Club had the movie Devastator box set.

This is awesome.

While we had a review and some images to tide us over, Seibertron finally has the galleries up for the latest Combiner Wars deluxes: Mirage, Sunstreaker, Prowl and Ironhide.

These images also feature the fan mode for Mirage which has the front of the vehicle as his chest. Ultra Prime's gallery has also been updated to include new pics with the rest of the Autobots. Enjoy!

Generations Combiner Wars Ultra Prime










Generations Combiner Wars Prowl










Generations Combiner Wars Sunstreaker










Generations Combiner Wars Mirage












Generations Combiner Wars Ironhide

Outside of Mirage I think these combiner war versions are superior to their older versions mostly due to playability reasons as well as looks mostly speaking about Prowl and Ironhide here.



The classics Sunstreaker is a good mold but I prefer the Combiner Wars Head sculpt, engine back and alt mode here.



Even if some characters lose some of their iconic design choices such as Prowl's door wings or Ironhide's window chest (Although this Ironhide's chest is painted in blue to invoke that window chest) I still think these are great updates for them and Combining is a bonus for some people.



And just because their repaints doesn't make them bad I think the repaints here are pretty damn good and the paint choices and new heads make them look different enough from the original molds I mean outside of the pointless repaints such as Nightwatch Optimus when did you guys have problems with repaints as new guys?



The Commandos/Combaticons from Rid were just repaints of the G1 Combaticons and Rid Scourge is just a repaint of an Optimus Prime mold and heck some of the minibots from 1986 were just repaints/remolds of older guys such as Windcharger into Tailgate or Pipes from Huffer.

While I don't hate these, I do wish they would've made a few more cosmetic changes besides the heads. For example, the flip down chests for Prowl and Sunstreaker could've been changed to something new.

RiddlerJ wrote:While I don't hate these, I do wish they would've made a few more cosmetic changes besides the heads. For example, the flip down chests for Prowl and Sunstreaker could've been changed to something new.

I'm with you there, the heads are great, but the bodies could use some more oomph (that is a scientific term). Especially Ironhide and Mirage (Streetwise's chest is at least molded to resemble a car-front), mostly because I think that the Offroad mold looks too slim and young to be Ironhide (pre-war Ironhide, yes) and while the Dragstrip mold rocks the Mirage look, I wish they'd given him new arms to match the style of his boxier 80s era F1 racer and cartoon design.

Another fantastic set of pics. I love the comparison shots between CW and the other Classics molds.

Madeus Prime wrote:

RiddlerJ wrote:While I don't hate these, I do wish they would've made a few more cosmetic changes besides the heads. For example, the flip down chests for Prowl and Sunstreaker could've been changed to something new.

I'm with you there, the heads are great, but the bodies could use some more oomph (that is a scientific term). Especially Ironhide and Mirage (Streetwise's chest is at least molded to resemble a car-front), mostly because I think that the Offroad mold looks too slim and young to be Ironhide (pre-war Ironhide, yes) and while the Dragstrip mold rocks the Mirage look, I wish they'd given him new arms to match the style of his boxier 80s era F1 racer and cartoon design.

I actually thought that prowl was a bigger offender, because he has never had those vent things on his legs has he? They could have at least molded faux bumpers or something onto his legs.

And I think it would have really set him apart from streetwise - and driven home the point that he is a police car - to have painted his light bar two different colors, seriously, no modern (and his alt mode is nothing if not modern) police cars have a single colored light bar

I sense An A certain RID (2002) character could be done with the cw mirage figure when u reverse the front with the back

I am waiting for some customizer to start mixing and matching parts from the Stunticon and Autobot versions of the molds to truly make them look like Autobots masquerading as Stunticons.

Ironhide is boring and Prowl doesn't interest me because I don't like that mold and it's similar to Streetwise, which I already have.

I'm planning on making my own OP-Gestalt, combining OP (the red and blue version) with Mirage, Sunstreaker, Hound, and a 4th to be named later.