Official Product Images of Combiner Wars Reveals from Hasbro Panel Update

Here are the Official Product Images of Robots In Disguise reveals from Hasbro's Transformers Brand Panel at BotCon 2015. Enjoy!

I'm increasingly torn by the Skylynx. I've wanted an updated Skylynx for years, and have even been toying with my own designs for what I envision it able to be at its utmost. Knowing that nothing can compare to my exact ideal, I find that this one while a esthetically pleasing doesn't mean that it meets the basic requirements for a Skylynx to me. The lack of two seperate pieces takes a lot of the play value I want and like about Skylynx away. ReplacING two pieces with one unasked for combiner mode is... interesting.

I'm increasingly torn by the Skylynx. I've wanted an updated Skylynx for years, and have even been toying with my own designs for what I envision it able to be at its utmost. Knowing that nothing can compare to my exact ideal, I find that this one while a esthetically pleasing doesn't mean that it meets the basic requirements for a Skylynx to me. The lack of two seperate pieces takes a lot of the play value I want and like about Skylynx away. ReplacING two pieces with one unasked for combiner mode is... interesting.

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That Skylynx looks absolutely fantastic! It will be mine!

Bruticus looks awesome, though after all I went through to get the FOC version I'll just let my roommate/brother get it. (He intends to make an account eventually, too. He might steal my account sometimes.)

It's certainly a fantastic time to be a TransFormers fan. Devastator, Trypticon, Victorion, Skylynx and all the rest of the combiners make me proud to be a geek!

Skyreign's head gives me a Victory Leo vibe! Nice homage!

Why does vortex have a mouth ? Is that the blades head ? So many CW heads with faceplates that could have been used. And didnt fireflight have a faceplate? They should have used that head.

NuclearConvoy wrote:I'm increasingly torn by the Skylynx. I've wanted an updated Skylynx for years, and have even been toying with my own designs for what I envision it able to be at its utmost. Knowing that nothing can compare to my exact ideal, I find that this one while a esthetically pleasing doesn't mean that it meets the basic requirements for a Skylynx to me. The lack of two seperate pieces takes a lot of the play value I want and like about Skylynx away. ReplacING two pieces with one unasked for combiner mode is... interesting.

Yeah, I was hoping for an unrevealed possibility to pull him apart, but if such a thing was possible, it would probably have been featured in the just released official product shots. (After all, they just showed a third mode for Buzzsaw that I wasn't expecting!)

Every time I look at a photo of that Sky Lynx toy, I just think, "Gah! I want to be able to rip it in half, pull out a head for the lynx, and fold down some legs for the bird!" Also, in vehicle mode, it makes it hard for the shuttle to fly when it is permanently affixed to it's crawler-transporter.

Still, even though I am sad at this loss of functionality, I cannot help but think it is an awesome looking toy that must be mine.

Damn you, Hasbro, for making me want something, yet not making it perfect! (Now if you excuse me, I need to go cue up track 10 on Weird Al's most recent album...)

Very nicely done Hasbro. Nicely done.

Voyage SkyLinx, Bruticus, All 4 of Series 4 Combiner Deluxes, And combined to Skylinx looks like we will get a Trailbreaker, Hound, and Smokescreen as well which will be what Wave 2 for 2016?

I am loving the combiner wars series.

Rated X wrote:Why does vortex have a mouth ? Is that the blades head ? So many CW heads with faceplates that could have been used. And didnt fireflight have a faceplate? They should have used that head.

On figures that are pretty much just straight repaints, they kind of have to go with the head that is part of the mold. To use Fireflight's head, they'd have to make a toy with the Alpha Bravo/Blades mold, a toy with the Fireflight mold, throw out the heads on the first one, and throw out the rest of the figure on the second. It isn't like they can just take the Fireflight mold and say, "Only pour plastic into the part with the head!"

That being said, if a faceplate was that important, maybe they should have gone with the Alpha Bravo head rather than the Blades one?

Is it just me, or do the official combiner wars pics look even more heavily photoshopped than normal? I was looking at these and going "dang, did someone just recolor these guys on the computer or something?"

Yotsuyasan wrote:

Rated X wrote:Why does vortex have a mouth ? Is that the blades head ? So many CW heads with faceplates that could have been used. And didnt fireflight have a faceplate? They should have used that head.

On figures that are pretty much just straight repaints, they kind of have to go with the head that is part of the mold. To use Fireflight's head, they'd have to make a toy with the Alpha Bravo/Blades mold, a toy with the Fireflight mold, throw out the heads on the first one, and throw out the rest of the figure on the second. It isn't like they can just take the Fireflight mold and say, "Only pour plastic into the part with the head!"

That being said, if a faceplate was that important, maybe they should have gone with the Alpha Bravo head rather than the Blades one?

So wait, who should and should not have a mouthplate? Vortex has one (a repaint of a/b) and should, if memory serves correctly; Blast Off does not and should, correct?

Maybe you put the wrong name into your comment X

...Wouldn't it make WAY more sense to use the Firefly version of the mold for Blast Off instead of the Quickslinger??

The issue though is that Blast Off has BOTH a visor AND a mouthplate. Firefly has the mouthplate, while Quickslinger has the visor. But I feel like the mouthplate is more synonymous to Blast Off than the visor.

Then again, I guess they need to use the Quickslinger mold a little more to cover costs for it's original production.

Still, it's an official Bruticus that doesn't look like a Gorilla, so I won't complain that much.

In all honesty I wasn't interested in Skylynx until I saw that combined mode. I'm not getting any complete teams, only buying one of each mold due to money, and he makes a great torso. Plus, since I don't care about G1 accuracy at all, that thing is great as it is, and it is awesome.

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Wolfman Jake wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Wait... Blast Off is a straight redeco of Quickslinger?!

I suspect Takara will come to our rescue...again. I also want them to fix Vortex's colors. I know the yellow and red details are toy accurate, as is Hasbro's usual modus operandi, but they look awful. I'd rather the more subdued pallet of the G1 cartoon model.

Isn't Hasbro giving us BOTH colorations though? G1 cartoon AND G1 toy accurate Combaticons at retail?

I think that's only in reference to Onslaught, specifically if the combiner torso features a brown chest plate like the cartoon or a silver chest plate like the original toy.

ok a lot to react to here, where to start

i guess Bruticus is a good start, looks good, nice to have the true team there, and i think all of them look good. I am dissapointed that Blast off is a Quickslinger repaint, but a jet still fits the esthetic. so it could have gone much worse. Still im interested to see what Takara might do, I'd love to see Bruticus with a cartoon accurate chestplate

did they actually give Legends Shockwave his gun mode? sweet. he will go great with Bruticus.

Chop Shop, nice to get a full sized version. wheres my Kickback?

Buzzsaw, looks good, cant wait for the Laserbeak repaint

Wreck-gar, meh i have an awesome deluxe

Sky-Linx, Wow, that looks awsome, and there actually might be a way to get a linx mode that they arnt showing us. given how the linx combiner head is on the opposite side of the shuttle and how those legs have to have a swivel to get in that combined form, i wouldnt be surprised if the linx form was fan modded somehow.

combiner autobots, ok how many of these were actually needed. they look nice and i like how Trailbreaker has a gun arm, but the only one who really needed a new figure of the bunch was Ironhide, and even thats debatable, oh well, crazy combining updates if you want them. personally i would have preffered new combining characters. also i do hope we get a Slice out of that Wheeljack mold

Leader Seekers, again im a little meh on this. they wont be replacing my deluxe classic seekers since i want them to be smaller than Skyfire not the same size, may get them anyway though

i think that covers my reactions to Generations

Bruticus looks OK... not perfect, but good. And I never liked Sky Lynx, that big red box hanging underneath him. But this doesn't look too bad...

You guys can treat that as G1 Wheeljack. He's gonna be Prime Wheeljack to me with that sword.

...Does anyone have a clue what Buzzsaw's vehicle mode is? It's a thing on wheels but past that I'm stumped.

Sky Reign is GLORIOUSLY random.

grimdragon2001 wrote: Still im interested to see what Takara might do, I'd love to see Bruticus with a cartoon accurate chestplate

Eh, I wouldn't care for it. The only reason they drew his chestplate like that in the cartoon was to simplify it so they could animate it. It would have taken them forever to draw toy-accurate versions of the figures. Better to have animation and shows made accurate to the toys than to have figures dumbed down to be accurate to the shows

Man! Give me a black/purple/gold repaint of Sky-Lynx; really hate when Autobots look soooo much more epic than the Decepticons (not that Bruticus isn't a complete beast)

Also, anyone else notice if you put skydive's tail fins at a 45 degree angle he resembles Blast-Off's fall of cybertron shuttle mode?

Thanks for the official Hasbro stock photos, Seibertron!

Are there any for CW Sunstreaker, though? He seems to be the only one missing.

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You know as it was Buzzsaw that got revealed. Does that mean there will be a Laserbeak later that comes with a yet to be revealed Soundwave figure.

very excited for everything Combiner Wars!! Next year is gonna be as great as this year, probably even better w/ Sky Lynx. Also digging the G1 'bots, keep cranking em out hasbro, I'll buy em.

sky reign looks like a bitch to combine

Wreck-gar looks a lot better than I expected and Shockwave looks fantastic.

dang
no cw sideswipe nor sunstreaker or tracks
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Far too many of these guys are ones that I already have perfectly good Henkei and/or Masterpiece of. Don't really need Wreck Gar or all these 1984 guys. It's interesting to see 1984 guys being repaints of other figures for a change though.

Combaticons, I'm digging it. I like the new sculpts, and Blast-Off's alt mode finally makes sense (though his name doesn't). Onslaught looks great, and is a very smart retool. I still prefer the Universe (or rather USA Edition) version but will be getting this one for combining purposes. I hope Brawl's combiner hand/foot/weapon can go on his back in robot mode.

A new, bafflingly G1-accurate Sky Lynx? And he combines? Sure, why not. Stick him among Legends class and he'll be the right size.

Also there's finally a CHUG G1 Shockwave figure so people can stop whinging about that.

I was hoping to see Victorion or even, dare I say it, Computron.

steve2275 wrote:dang
no cw sideswipe nor sunstreaker or tracks
th3 3 of vanity

Sunstreaker is coming in Combiner Wars Deluxe wave 4 later this year.

Diem wrote:I was hoping to see Victorion or even, dare I say it, Computron.

Hasbro has to save something for San Diego Comic Con later this summer.

steve2275 wrote:no cw sideswipe nor sunstreaker or tracks

Um...



I guess you at least were right on two out of three?

Diem wrote:Also there's finally a CHUG G1 Shockwave figure so people can stop whinging about that.

Good luck with that wish. I am sure plenty of people will still be whinging, "But he doesn't scale in robot mode! He should be at least a Deluxe! Maybe even a Voyager!"

In fact, while I will get and love the Legends Shockwave, please allow me to be the first one to so whinge for you. Where's my Classics style Deluxe Shockwave?

Can't they somehow squeeze in a sold case of Scourge repaints for Cyclonus/Galvatronus? I don't care if they use Airraid, Fireflight/Slingshot or Skydive just so long as we can get four of the same for the combined mode. I mean, Sky Lynx is getting his own team technically (even though it's probably supposed to be Optimus' team as Sky Lynx has no connection to those Autobots) so why the hell isn't Cyclonus? Make it an online exclusive like Slingshot and Wildrider if you have to, just make them please.

I don't really care if Sky Lynx can't split apart. However, it does look like it could be possible as the shuttle is just a backpack and nothing else really. It's just that the lynx head would be coming out the wrong end from the rest of the figure. Assuming it would be using the combined mode's head. Looking at Sky Reign, it looks like the shuttle cockpit is a buttflap. Meaning that the combined mode's head comes out of the backside of Sky Lynx. With the chest of Sky Reign being the thrusters of the shuttle, it also shows that the lynx combiner head comes out of the back of the figure. Oh well. Like I said, I don't care if it can't come apart. Would it be cool? Of course, but it's not necessary.

I also still wish that the Groove mold's feet slid up into the shins. Those legs are long as it is and those feet do nothing to help.

Also wasn't it confirmed that Hasbro is releasing both colors of the Combaticons at retail as a running change? So why are people still worried about the colors either not being toy accurate or show accurate? You can get both, either or mix and match as most of us might have to do.

At first I was amused that Rook was going to be the only one who could do the Hulk-hands thing since the Swindle and Hound versions of the mold don't have the forward-facing holes, but then I noticed that Trailbreaker has one. He doesn't even look like he has a hand, just a tube with a hole in the end. Why? Is that supposed to be how he uses his force field? Or, maybe this is a (miraculously given he had no brain anymore) resurrected Trailbreaker and they lost his hand before they put him back together? He did die in a lot of pieces in MTMTE.

CaptainMagic wrote:At first I was amused that Rook was going to be the only one who could do the Hulk-hands thing since the Swindle and Hound versions of the mold don't have the forward-facing holes, but then I noticed that Trailbreaker has one. He doesn't even look like he has a hand, just a tube with a hole in the end. Why?

I just kind of figured that they were trying to emulate his hand cannon, although it is odd that they put it on the opposite side then that that it is usually depicted on.



And thanks to a little third party help, it is something I'm able to do with the Generations Trailbreakercutter I already have:

To all those concerned about Geewun-ness, I'm pretty sure the Sky Reign head is or is what became of the old Cougar head on Sky Lynx.. is it wrong of me to think it awesome if Sky Lnyx halves could BOTH be combiner Torsos?

Can anyone confirm if that crown on leader Starscream is molded with the head or a removable accessory pls?

Seriously, Buzzsaw's vehicle mode, what the hell is it?

Wow Hasbro makes everything look so good.......

padfoo wrote:Wow Hasbro makes everything look so good.......

Now to wait and see how much of that goodness is photoshop and/or paint apps that get dropped before the figures go to retail.

Yotsuyasan wrote:

CaptainMagic wrote:At first I was amused that Rook was going to be the only one who could do the Hulk-hands thing since the Swindle and Hound versions of the mold don't have the forward-facing holes, but then I noticed that Trailbreaker has one. He doesn't even look like he has a hand, just a tube with a hole in the end. Why?

I just kind of figured that they were trying to emulate his hand cannon, although it is odd that they put it on the opposite side then that that it is usually depicted on.



And thanks to a little third party help, it is something I'm able to do with the Generations Trailbreakercutter I already have:

Aha. I was not aware that he had that. Thanks!

And Nemesis Primal, I'm pretty sure Va'al was right in saying Buzzsaw's main alt mode is an Onyx tablet from the comics, which makes the wheeled alt mode just an Onyx tablet on wheels. Maybe because it would be quicker and more inconspicuous to roll around when he's trying to be stealthy than suddenly turning into a bird and flying away.

CaptainMagic wrote:Aha. I was not aware that he had that. Thanks!

A lot of G1 figures that had fists that needed to be removed for transformation had things like missiles, blasters, drills, cannons, or what have you that could optionally be plugged in in place of the fists. And sometimes, these alternate hand replacements were also featured in the show as something the character could temporarily replace his hand with if he needed to.

The amount of re-treads is amazing and disappointing, but I guess it's cool they're at least coming out with all those CW models.

What's the ETA for their release? Are we waiting until 2016 for all of these even just in vanilla Hasbro versions?

Everything looks AMAZING! Or as Sky Lynx would say it, magnificent! I think out of everything, my favorite is Sky Reign. The only thing that could make him better is if Sky Lynx's wings could fold out in combined mode, giving it a Prime Thunderwing-like look.

jay5 wrote:The amount of re-treads is amazing and disappointing, but I guess it's cool they're at least coming out with all those CW models.

Amazing and disappointing? That seems a bit contradictory.

And what do you mean about re-treads? Are you talking about the many figures that are re-used molds, even if many of them are actually pretty heavily remolded in the process? (Or, at the least, usually have new heads?) If so, then I think they've been doing an awesome job getting their money's worth out of these molds, and in the process getting us a ton more figures then they'd be able to if they were all new molds.

Or by re-tread are you referring to all of the Autobot car characters who are getting Combiner Wars versions even though they already have Classics style figures? If so, then I agree that these new ones aren't 100% necessary. But they are neat, and if you don't want 'em, no one is forcing you to buy 'em.

Yotsuyasan wrote:

jay5 wrote:The amount of re-treads is amazing and disappointing, but I guess it's cool they're at least coming out with all those CW models.

Amazing and disappointing? That seems a bit contradictory.

Nope, I'm amazed how many there are and it disappoints me. And yes, talking about what are essentially different colors of existing CW molds. I know WHY they're doing it, I just wish they didn't have to do it that way.

There are not as many of these I'll actually want since many are just repaints of existing CW bots, where as MP versions of some of these would be instant buys.

When do these arrive in stores? Not 'til 2016? Or will we see these soon?

Sky Lynx's combiner chest form looks more like a Megazord to me.

This is very...very...disappointing. I am lost with no words.

What's with the backpack? Are there extra shin guards inside?

jay5 wrote:I'm amazed how many there are and it disappoints me.

There are not as many of these I'll actually want since many are just repaints of existing CW bots, where as MP versions of some of these would be instant buys.

When do these arrive in stores? Not 'til 2016? Or will we see these soon?

Well, I am amazed that you're disappointed in having too many choices. Well, as I said, it isn't like you have to buy 'em all. Buy the ones you like, enjoy 'em, and leave it at that.

As for release dates... I don't have them all memorized, but the info is floating around this site (or even this very thread) if you were to look for it. The short version, as best as I can remember it, and not counting stuff already seen in retail, is this: The four of the Autobot car based limbs are coming out this year, as well as the white Voyager Prime, Legends Hot Rod and Skywarp, and the Leader Starscream. I think the rest of it you'd have to wait for 2016 on. And if I am mistaken, I am sure someone will be along to correct me.

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:
What's with the backpack? Are there extra shin guards inside?

Pretty sure that's just a typical case of a stock photo being horribly mistransformed. You can see that Breakdown not only has no such backpack, but with the hand/foot thing tabbed into the figure's back, which on Sunstreaker will be silver, it emulate's Sunstreaker's back mounted engine block nicely.



In fact, with how it will be kind of integral to the look of Sunstreaker's individual robot mode, this is the one Combiner Wars gestalt I'm planning to have where I may be reluctant to replace the gestalt's hands and feet with third party ones.

Most of those are nice but the ones i want are combiner wars prowel and sky lynx

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:Sky Lynx's combiner chest form looks more like a Megazord to me.

This is very...very...disappointing. I am lost with no words.

What's with the backpack? Are there extra shin guards inside?

Why would you keep sky lynx combined thats just the add-on not its main person 99% of people aill want to keep him in robot or vehicle mode not combined mode

Seibertron wrote:

Who exactly is supposed to want this one? The Geewunners who'd appreciate the throwback don't want this series to even exist. And fans of the new show probably would prefer the green version. I might have gone for it if it'd had an Animated Grimlock head rather than G1, but that's probably just me.