New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight!

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With a brand new toy line set for release this year, the pictures keep on rolling in! The latest figures we can feast our eyes on are the 5 Pack Combaticons, as well as Smolder with Chopster, and Searchlight with Backwind. Courtesy of TFW2005 member Terrorcon_King, we get more in-depth images compared to the shots at Toy Fair 2010.

The 5 Pack Combaticons, much like other 5 Pack combiners in this toyline, have a central figure which is the only one that has a robot mode. The rest merely have alternate modes and act as limbs in the combined mode. We've previously seen images of the two 2-packs, however these are also more up close. Check out the pictures below!

5-Pack Combaticons

Smolder with Chopster

Searchlight with Backwind

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Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056649)
Posted by Amelie on March 21st, 2010 @ 10:58pm CDT

I like these. I like them a lot. :shock:

All we need is a deluxe sized Arcee so we can insert Hotrod into her. :-$

I'd have pee'd myself at these as a kid - I was mad about Gestalts (I had all of them). It begs the question of why they didn't do this sooner for a Transformers line?

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056652)
Posted by Ultra Markus on March 21st, 2010 @ 11:06pm CDT

speaking as someone who grew up with the first generation these look really nice although the five team combiner does make sense with one central robot controlling the add-on counter parts it still would be nice to have them all as separate robots like in the first generation. with that said I really want to see all this line has to offer i bet it will be great some how it takes me back to the head/target/power masters of the fist generation

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056653)
Posted by Amelie on March 21st, 2010 @ 11:09pm CDT

Ultra Markus wrote:it still would be nice to have them all as separate robots like in the first generation.

I wouldn't give up on that hope, my friend! They could still release upgrade packs that had mini robos!

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056656)
Posted by Sid Delicious on March 21st, 2010 @ 11:21pm CDT

What are those light neon blue sections all the main bots have? Is that just a connection point for the smaller bots a la minicons? Or could it possibly be (glee!) a combine-with-other-main-robots feature? or is it just to let them take the place of one of the "core" bots from the 5-bot sets?

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056657)
Posted by Blurrz on March 21st, 2010 @ 11:24pm CDT

I'm going to need a new pair of pants

Sid Delicious wrote:What are those light neon blue sections all the main bots have? Is that just a connection point for the smaller bots a la minicons? Or could it possibly be (glee!) a combine-with-other-main-robots feature? or is it just to let them take the place of one of the "core" bots from the 5-bot sets?

All larger figures, Smolder, and Searchlight for example, can be the 'central' piece of a Combiner. So to answer your question, yeah.

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056658)
Posted by Sid Delicious on March 21st, 2010 @ 11:32pm CDT

Ah... cheers!

That's still mighty awesome.

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056659)
Posted by Gauntlet101010 on March 21st, 2010 @ 11:33pm CDT

I like Smolder ...

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056661)
Posted by kirbenvost on March 21st, 2010 @ 11:35pm CDT

Aw, crap. These are starting to look interesting...

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056662)
Posted by Mkall on March 21st, 2010 @ 11:36pm CDT

I'll probably get them. I do not like the connector pegs being allspark-blue though...

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056663)
Posted by Dread_Wing on March 21st, 2010 @ 11:37pm CDT

I am in two minds about this series. I do like the concept of a range of scout class figures that can be the central robot of a combiner, I like the targetmaster/minicon partners returning...
Onslaught's transformation to form the centre of Bruticus there is quite neat, I wonder if the rest are that nice.

But...

I hate the minicons being made from translucent plastic, just brings back bad memories of Energon, and worse, also dredging up the worst of energon, the hand-less combiner limbs. The drones do not have to pull off a robot mode as well, there is no excuse for not having proper hands! If they had given them hands, they could hold the targetmaster guns.

I will be getting Huffer for my classics set definitely, I guess I will evaluate the others when I can see them up close, and get some video reviews.

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056666)
Posted by Abraxsis on March 22nd, 2010 @ 12:05am CDT

These are still a definite pass for me. The fact that the combiner limbs have no robot mode completely kills it for me. And the fact that the other figures minicons are clear colored plastic easily makes those an easy pass as well. If they were solid colored with painted details, maybe, but clear = no way.

Dunno if it makes sense to anyone else, but when I see a clear bot, ala ghost starscream, that means, to me, that the bots aren't real made-o-metal robots, just something like energy constructs or something. So partnering the "real" bots with these clear things just makes me not even care.

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056668)
Posted by Barrelass on March 22nd, 2010 @ 12:23am CDT

Im sorry, but the more I see of this line, the more I think that Hasbro has taken two steps back with it. IMO they look pretty weak all around and lack detail. There is enough stuff coming out to keep me broke enough to not need any of this line.

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056671)
Posted by zodconvoy on March 22nd, 2010 @ 12:53am CDT

Combaticons for me, thanks. Another Swindle to the slaughter.

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056673)
Posted by Name_Violation on March 22nd, 2010 @ 1:00am CDT

Gauntlet101010 wrote:I like Smolder ...

me too

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056674)
Posted by Megatron Wolf on March 22nd, 2010 @ 1:06am CDT

The more i see the more i like. Bring em on already im sick of ROTF.

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056682)
Posted by Rockdown on March 22nd, 2010 @ 2:27am CDT

These power core transformers are a step backwards. Gestalt limbs without robot modes?! You might as well call them micro-machines & a transformer.

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056689)
Posted by Flux Convoy on March 22nd, 2010 @ 3:30am CDT

I like em fine. I want those Mini-Cons! I don't even LIKE Mini-Cons! Mostly.

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056690)
Posted by Constantine on March 22nd, 2010 @ 3:34am CDT

The gestalt head looks way tiny. Needs a helmet. Just one more reason to pass on these.

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056698)
Posted by Relic Dinobot on March 22nd, 2010 @ 5:22am CDT

Wasn't as sure about getting the combiners as the individual core-bots, but man that Bombshock & Co. are looking better and better. =P~

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056701)
Posted by No One on March 22nd, 2010 @ 6:17am CDT

Searchlight is a WIN. Smolder is just a ripoff Ratchet. Combaticons, FAIL, not even any real vehicle molds, dismal after Legends Devastator.

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056707)
Posted by Razorclaw0000 on March 22nd, 2010 @ 6:53am CDT

Very nice! Although, I do agree with Mkall that the Allspark Blue connection points are annoying.

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056712)
Posted by heltskelt on March 22nd, 2010 @ 7:10am CDT

It's clearer now that all minicons look way out of proportion when attached to the alt modes. I wouldn't mind the lack of robot modes in the combiner limbs if Hasbro hadn't shortchanged articulation and aesthetic. No robot mode in exchange for awkward-not-even-elbow-articulated-clawed-arm? Man, these could've been awesome. Instead, these are worse that G1 combiners, and by 2010, shouldn't we have better? :-?

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056714)
Posted by Diem on March 22nd, 2010 @ 7:12am CDT

Wow, Transformers Alt Modes have been catching up well with Go-Bots lately...a dump truck, a fork lift, a Chinnook...I'm hoping we get a Limo and a Cessna soon.

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056715)
Posted by Dead Metal on March 22nd, 2010 @ 7:13am CDT

While I like these I do have two complaints:

1 The bloody translucent plastic the minicons are made off.
2 Why remove the robot-mode of the limbs if they still fail at giving them decent looking hands? Claws and stuff, WTF?!

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056716)
Posted by HighPrime on March 22nd, 2010 @ 7:26am CDT

I'll be picking these up.

I'm not concerned with the fact the limbs have no robot modes. How often do the limbs ever become robots, anyway? Maybe once, just to see what the robot looks like? After that, for me, they become permanent appendages.

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056718)
Posted by SLUGSLINGER81 on March 22nd, 2010 @ 7:36am CDT

DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT!!! WTF Hasbro, at first this was a pass for me, was not going to even purchase these guys but the simple fact that you guys made SMOLDER a decepticon as an ambulance is just SICK!, I love it, the true meaning of a decepticon, I like this concept of making rescue vehicles decepticons, just like barricade that false sense of security...I can see him as a repaint of G1 protectobot First Aid...he is a WIN for me...SEARCHLIGHT, I would have renamed this guy HIGHBROW ( I know he's not a Headmaster...YET) but he has a similar updated style to him..unless Hasbro lost the rights to his name, like octane...oh well...he will be my HIGHBROW!

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056720)
Posted by Blackstreak on March 22nd, 2010 @ 7:48am CDT

Those transformers are really cool looking! The Combaticons are pretty awesome too. But no robot modes for the limbs :???:

What a let down. :sad:

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056721)
Posted by Diem on March 22nd, 2010 @ 7:50am CDT

SLUGSLINGER81 wrote:DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT!!! WTF Hasbro, at first this was a pass for me, was not going to even purchase these guys but the simple fact that you guys made SMOLDER a decepticon as an ambulance is just SICK!, I love it, the true meaning of a decepticon, I like this concept of making rescue vehicles decepticons, just like barricade that false sense of security...I can see him as a repaint of G1 protectobot First Aid...he is a WIN for me...SEARCHLIGHT, I would have renamed this guy HIGHBROW ( I know he's not a Headmaster...YET) but he has a similar updated style to him..unless Hasbro lost the rights to his name, like octane...oh well...he will be my HIGHBROW!

Smoulder's a firetruck...

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056724)
Posted by Kryptikore on March 22nd, 2010 @ 8:09am CDT

I think these will be a great addition to the Transformers world. I will admit that the all-spark cyan color attachment points are quite loud! I do like the Auto-transform ability on the limbs. It's not a bad take on this line. I don't want to see it be the standard for figures to come, but will have to pick up a couple.

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056726)
Posted by Iron Prime on March 22nd, 2010 @ 8:15am CDT

I'm disappointed in the lack of robot-modes for the limbs. I could live with it if they were *great* limbs, but they look lack-luster. I'm going to wait for better pics though....

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056738)
Posted by SJ21 on March 22nd, 2010 @ 9:24am CDT

No no no no no.

Just...

no.

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056744)
Posted by Solrac333 on March 22nd, 2010 @ 9:37am CDT

EASY passes for me.

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056747)
Posted by Doctor McGrath on March 22nd, 2010 @ 9:45am CDT

i don't know how i feel about these things. The connector ports on the deluxe figures look horrible and the clear plastic makes follows suit. I'll probably just pick up the ones that ca fit into my classics line and easily pass on the rest.

And i can live with the Combaticon limbs not having robot modes, but what did we gain by not getting them? Claw hands and horrible articulation?..

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056772)
Posted by First-Aid on March 22nd, 2010 @ 10:48am CDT

Lots of promise there...

Liking the Combaticons...

Show me more, but it's looking like these are buys for me.

And one other thing: collectors are the only ones who give a rats ass about the individual robot modes. The kids- to whom these toys are TARGETED- could care less.

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056781)
Posted by DMSL on March 22nd, 2010 @ 11:10am CDT

The Targetmasters are cool but i would prefer non-clear plastic, it just looks cheap.

I'd also like to see some classic series Targetmasters, i.e. Kup, Blurr, Arcee and Scourge.

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056788)
Posted by Swiftpaw on March 22nd, 2010 @ 11:29am CDT

Despite being smaller sized figures, that combiner looks nice and fierce. It would be nice if the little guys have robot modes too, but I'm amused with the useful drones controlled by a main robot idea, too.

Just need a blue Autobot version of the fire truck with a set of rescue vehicles and we'd have mini Protectobots vs mini Combaticons.

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056799)
Posted by Overcracker on March 22nd, 2010 @ 12:07pm CDT

They look fairly nice, but as somebody already said: what's with the claw limbs.

I mean you already removed the robot modes, the least you could do was give us decent looking arms and feet. Call me crazy, but I like human looking hands/fists, like the G1 gestalts had.

Not usually one to praise Bandai's Power Rangers/Super Sentai, but at least their fists look like fists most of the time for their not transforming limb components, not some bizarre claw thing.

Would it have been to difficult to give them fists, and retain the articulation?

Anyway, they look interesting enough, and having the stand alone larger bots be able to combine with any of the smaller limb units is a good idea.

I might pick up a few.

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056823)
Posted by Dread_Wing on March 22nd, 2010 @ 1:29pm CDT

A new concern, fragility. Look how little plastic is supporting that shoulder joint!

from http://item.taobao.com/auction/item_detail-db2-7f2c831def1b37f5022113fffe84b575.jhtml

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056827)
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on March 22nd, 2010 @ 1:38pm CDT

These... do nothing for me. Not a thing. Cheap-looking, translucent and combiners without hands. Pass go, save 200 bucks.

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056831)
Posted by Iron Prime on March 22nd, 2010 @ 1:43pm CDT

Dread_Wing wrote:A new concern, fragility. Look how little plastic is supporting that shoulder joint!

from http://item.taobao.com/auction/item_detail-db2-7f2c831def1b37f5022113fffe84b575.jhtml

That is disappointing. I might have to move these from 'maybe' to 'probably not'... :-(

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056836)
Posted by ang3l3s on March 22nd, 2010 @ 1:53pm CDT

I said it b4 and i'll say it again, this is a regression of transformer technology,non transforming so so looking limbs, if your gonna get rid of 1 attribute you better make the other one wwwaayyyyy better IMO. nO CHANCE IN HELL THIS IS COMING HOME,

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056837)
Posted by Blurrz on March 22nd, 2010 @ 1:54pm CDT

Iron Prime wrote:
Dread_Wing wrote:A new concern, fragility. Look how little plastic is supporting that shoulder joint!

from http://item.taobao.com/auction/item_detail-db2-7f2c831def1b37f5022113fffe84b575.jhtml

That is disappointing. I might have to move these from 'maybe' to 'probably not'...

Pictures don't mean a thing when it comes to judging support. I'm sure these limbs aren't too heavy because all they have are alternate modes. This means more poseability, which is great news for Combiners.

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056866)
Posted by Technically weird on March 22nd, 2010 @ 2:54pm CDT

These things look like crap... I sense Armada all over again.

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056966)
Posted by Vicalliose on March 22nd, 2010 @ 6:20pm CDT

Technically weird wrote:These things look like crap... I sense Armada all over again.

Just what I was thinking.
This thing has sideways knees, no rotating elbows, and no evidence has actually been shown of those arms rotating at the shoulder which probably means that the shoulder joint can't even hold the arm up.
You'd think that because they don't turn into robots as well that they could accomplish something better than this junk.

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056971)
Posted by ang3l3s on March 22nd, 2010 @ 6:44pm CDT

Vicalliose wrote:
Technically weird wrote:These things look like crap... I sense Armada all over again.

Just what I was thinking.
This thing has sideways knees, no rotating elbows, and no evidence has actually been shown of those arms rotating at the shoulder which probably means that the shoulder joint can't even hold the arm up.
You'd think that because they don't turn into robots as well that they could accomplish something better than this junk.

So in aggreeance with you, i keep saying this!!!

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056974)
Posted by mechabooks on March 22nd, 2010 @ 6:51pm CDT

I think the Combaticons look great. It reminds me on Onslaught. I can't imagine that the articulation could possibly be any worse than the Bruticus Maximus figure.

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1056996)
Posted by First-Aid on March 22nd, 2010 @ 7:33pm CDT

mechabooks wrote:I think the Combaticons look great. It reminds me on Onslaught. I can't imagine that the articulation could possibly be any worse than the Bruticus Maximus figure.

...or the original G1 combiners. At least the Energon combiners had KNEES. :KREMZEEK:

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1057011)
Posted by Noideaforaname on March 22nd, 2010 @ 8:24pm CDT

No robot modes for the limbs is a bummer, but there aren't any doubles of the limbs, nor are there loose bits. And universal connectors are very interesting.

Any clue on pricing?

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1057024)
Posted by Blurrz on March 22nd, 2010 @ 8:47pm CDT

Noideaforaname wrote:No robot modes for the limbs is a bummer, but there aren't any doubles of the limbs, nor are there loose bits. And universal connectors are very interesting.

Any clue on pricing?

$19.99 US, so around Voyager Pricing.

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... ase/17907/

Re: New Looks at Power Core Combiners - Combaticons, Smolder and Searchlight! (1057100)
Posted by Enygma177 on March 23rd, 2010 @ 12:37am CDT

Well, so far this line is a pass for me. I liked the idea of new combiners but these are just lacking. Being a fan of individual robot modes for the limbs is a big reason why I can't see myself picking up any of them. (That and I would hope that the articulation would be decent to good with the removal of robot modes, but that seems unlikely from the pics.) Though the two-packs seem interesting, will have to judge them on a bot by bot basis.

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