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The newest on site galleries cover Masterpiece, Kre-O, Hero Mashers and Rescue Bots, Age Of Extinction, Generations, Angry Birds Transformers and last, but not least, Masters Of The Universe Classics from Mattel. Without further ado, here we go!
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Posted by Tigertrack on July 24th, 2014 @ 6:49am CDT
Posted by Sideshow Sideswipe on July 24th, 2014 @ 9:16am CDT
Tigertrack wrote:I wish I had been the Angry Birds designer/creator. Holy jeepers that just went bonkers!
Such language!
Posted by robotmel on July 24th, 2014 @ 10:46am CDT
A War is coming in 2015... Combiner Wars!
As previously rumoured/reported Hasbro will be rolling out new versions of Superion and Menasor and both teams will come with a sixth member providing extra armor or weaponry!
Check out the latest photos from this years SDCC 2014 below.
Images c/o ToyArk/TFW2005/Joe Moore.
More pics here...
http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/san-diego-comic-con-33/transformers-from-hasbro-breakfast-event-at-sdcc-2013-180787/
Posted by robotmel on July 24th, 2014 @ 10:52am CDT
Thanks to eagle eyed General Tekno over on the TFW2005 boards, the previously shown Generations Voyager Optimus Prime could be just a cheeky repaint of 2015 Combiner main man Motormaster!
I will let the General explain...
General Tekno wrote:So that core robot on the Menasor is DEFINITELY the new Voyager Prime mold we got teased back at Botcon. The back view of the combined mode makes it pretty obvious.
Also, I'm gonna guess that the Legends addon dudes for the combiners (Menasor's chest car, Superion's powergun) will come with the hands/feet, on account of the hands/feet being completely different colors than the limbs. (And no way they'd paint those given the moving parts)
Interesting!
Posted by welcometothedarksyde on July 24th, 2014 @ 11:17am CDT
These look like really early prototypes though, so I hope that's not finalized
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on July 24th, 2014 @ 11:42am CDT
Posted by Mindmaster on July 24th, 2014 @ 12:01pm CDT
As many have guessed, Menasor's central figure is indeed a Motormaster redeco of the Generations Voyager Optimus Prime (also first revealed at BotCon) figure! Also worth noting is that Superion and Menasor are joined by additional characters which are not actually a part of the traditional Aerialbot and Stunticon teams... Superion wields Legends Powerglide as a weapon, and Menasor uses an as-of-yet revealed Legends buddy to form Menasor's traditional car-torso-shield!
Check out the images below, which have been mirrored from our full gallery of the Breakfast Event, which can be viewed here!
Posted by HiddenElephant on July 24th, 2014 @ 12:06pm CDT
Posted by Cobalt Prime on July 24th, 2014 @ 12:12pm CDT
Posted by Mkall on July 24th, 2014 @ 12:14pm CDT
I do not like Menasor. I will keep FP's.
I'm curious to see the rest of the reveals... under an hour to go.
Posted by Noideaforaname on July 24th, 2014 @ 12:14pm CDT
I quite like the idea of Legends figures lending some support.
Posted by Marcdachamp on July 24th, 2014 @ 12:18pm CDT
Posted by hinomars19 on July 24th, 2014 @ 12:19pm CDT
Time to put my negative nancy hat on-I'm super miffed Motormaster is a prime re-paint! MM should be his own bot. Proper miffed and cheesed off now
.....
Wait...does that mean Prime can combine with things? Does that mean if I make a Thunderclash from Prime...he could combine with things....?
Miffed status alleviating slightly...
Posted by Super Megatron on July 24th, 2014 @ 12:19pm CDT
Menasor's blue chest gun looks a lot like G1 Skyhammer's gun, though...
Posted by mooncake623 on July 24th, 2014 @ 12:19pm CDT
Posted by Twitchythe3rd on July 24th, 2014 @ 12:21pm CDT
(Also secretly hoping this leads to a Predaking down the line. I'll buy the crap out of an affordable Predaking.)
Posted by Dr. Caelus on July 24th, 2014 @ 12:21pm CDT
... that raises some questions in my mind about Generations Chromia...
Posted by Mindmaster on July 24th, 2014 @ 12:22pm CDT
Super Megatron wrote:It doesn't look like Motormaster is a redeco of the Generations Voyager Optimus Prime - the hinges and configurations are all wrong.
Had to borrow from the competition to prove this. It pains me to do this act.
Here it is, proof from General Tekno via TFW2005.
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on July 24th, 2014 @ 12:27pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on July 24th, 2014 @ 12:31pm CDT
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on July 24th, 2014 @ 12:33pm CDT
SW's SilverHammer wrote:You know I think primes a pretool, and motormaster actually came first in the design process.
Makes sense and it only reinforces the fact that Optimus will be forever tied to his rival.
I'm not that miffed about as I have Henkei Convoy already and thus have a separate entity from Motorbreath. Remember, AoE Evoution 2-pack for those that don't
And I'm predicting 4 teams, given that Hasbro has said there will be 16 Deluxes in all.
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on July 24th, 2014 @ 12:42pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote: And I'm predicting 4 teams, given that Hasbro has said there will be 16 Deluxes in all.
As unlikely as it is, Ima roll a hard six, and bet on monstructor.
Posted by Cyber Bishop on July 24th, 2014 @ 12:47pm CDT
Posted by Convoy on July 24th, 2014 @ 12:58pm CDT
We are not worthy!
Posted by kirbenvost on July 24th, 2014 @ 1:02pm CDT
Posted by Twitchythe3rd on July 24th, 2014 @ 1:10pm CDT
SW's SilverHammer wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote: And I'm predicting 4 teams, given that Hasbro has said there will be 16 Deluxes in all.
As unlikely as it is, Ima roll a hard six, and bet on monstructor.
I'd say Superion, Menasor, Defensor, and a Bruticus that doesn't suck are most likely. Still gonna hope for Predaking.
Posted by megatronus on July 24th, 2014 @ 1:12pm CDT
I seriously see myself using that Superion, and expect it to not look at all out of place amongst my 3rd Party combiners. Finally - an Autobot combiner for my collection (I've been lukewarm on the 3rd Party ones). I think I'll hold onto my FP M3/Intimidator for now. Honestly, my biggest nitpick with Hasbro's version are the horns. They're a bit off. I'll still pick up the Menasor set for their bot modes, though.
I definitely think "Combiner Wars" is a tongue-in-cheek reference to Hasbro taking it to the 3rd Parties. This is awesome.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on July 24th, 2014 @ 1:19pm CDT
Twitchythe3rd wrote:SW's SilverHammer wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote: And I'm predicting 4 teams, given that Hasbro has said there will be 16 Deluxes in all.
As unlikely as it is, Ima roll a hard six, and bet on monstructor.
I'd say Superion, Menasor, Defensor, and a Bruticus that doesn't suck are most likely. Still gonna hope for Predaking.
I don't think we'll be getting the Protectobots as there's a set of them already in the works. The Combaticons... too soon after FoC?
Posted by Va'al on July 24th, 2014 @ 1:20pm CDT
NOTE: Please come back and refresh this post, as it will be steadily updated throughout the whole panel.
The panel has Hasbro's Sarah Carroll, designer Sean Carmine Isabella, IDW's John Barber, and Global Marketing Director Jerry Jivoin.
New Kre-o Transformers
Build it and can transform it without taking it apart! Showed Bumblebee and Optimus Prime
Movie Generations
Platinum Edition Grimlock Prime 2 pack is coming out to Kmart
Masterpiece Grimlock might be coming back to TRU!
G1 deco Slog will be an Amazon exclusive to go with the SDCC set
Generations 2015
(Make sure to check out the sneak peek galleries posted earlier!)
Combiner Wars is the theme for 2015, artwork by Livio Ramondelli.
Video by Seibertron!
Combiner limbs are triple changers: robot, vehicle, limb.
Barber: Deluxes will have in-pack comics - origin of Superion, then later waves.
Scramble city style interchangeable system!
Voyager Optimus Prime shown at BotCon combines with Combiners
Legends Wave 1: Powerglide, Thundercracker, Windcharger, Bombshell
Deluxe Wave 1: Firefly, Skydive, Alpha Bravo, Dragstrip
Deluxe Wave 2: Air Raid, Dead End, Breakdown, Offroad
Voyager Wave 1: Silverbolt, Optimus
Voyager Wave 2: Motormaster
Mike Vogle & Jeff Kline join the panel to talk about Rescue Bots Season 3
Transformers: Robots in Disguise
Same core creative team as Transformers: Prime, including Polygon Studios
Video by Seibertron!
Toys
One-Step Changers Wave 1: Sideswipe, Underbite (Con)
Legion Wave 1: Strongarm (Elite Guard female bot), Optimus Prime
Warriors Wave 1: Bee
Posted by Evil Eye on July 24th, 2014 @ 1:20pm CDT
*Prepares for inevitable GEEWUN rage*
Superion looks good, although I think he actually looks a bit TOO G1-accurate. He looks hugely blocky and he's got the birthing hips of the G1 toy- which is not good (especially as IIRC those hips broke all the damn time). Also liking how the extra Aerialbot forms the gun, a la Seacons.
(Also, HasTak/3P take note: We need Seacons!)
What I'm not happy about is the hands and feet being separate pieces. Now granted they do seem to transform into weapons for the individual robots, but myself I'd rather the individual bots had good weapons and the combined form had claws/guns for hands like the Energon combiners than giving the combined form hugely hand-like hands (and oversized ones by the looks of things) resulting in unconvincing separate weapons.
Still, I'll wait for the in-hand images to decide on whether to get these or save up for Uranos and Intimidator. Alternatively I might just get the remaining figures I need for my Energon Superion (with a bit of finagling you can make the Windrazor into an arm with an elbow and a 4-fingered claw if you leave out the weird plank-thing). Because I love cannon hands.
Posted by megatronus on July 24th, 2014 @ 1:22pm CDT
Twitchythe3rd wrote:SW's SilverHammer wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote: And I'm predicting 4 teams, given that Hasbro has said there will be 16 Deluxes in all.
As unlikely as it is, Ima roll a hard six, and bet on monstructor.
I'd say Superion, Menasor, Defensor, and a Bruticus that doesn't suck are most likely. Still gonna hope for Predaking.
They just did Bruticus as part of the FOC line. Do you really think they'd do another one so soon?
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on July 24th, 2014 @ 1:25pm CDT
megatronus wrote:Twitchythe3rd wrote:SW's SilverHammer wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote: And I'm predicting 4 teams, given that Hasbro has said there will be 16 Deluxes in all.
As unlikely as it is, Ima roll a hard six, and bet on monstructor.
I'd say Superion, Menasor, Defensor, and a Bruticus that doesn't suck are most likely. Still gonna hope for Predaking.
They just did Bruticus as part of the FOC line. Do you really think they'd do another one so soon?
got something from a friend at the panel,
Combiners are scramble, and they're using a different system from the foc combiners
Posted by megatronus on July 24th, 2014 @ 1:27pm CDT
SW's SilverHammer wrote:megatronus wrote:Twitchythe3rd wrote:SW's SilverHammer wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote: And I'm predicting 4 teams, given that Hasbro has said there will be 16 Deluxes in all.
As unlikely as it is, Ima roll a hard six, and bet on monstructor.
I'd say Superion, Menasor, Defensor, and a Bruticus that doesn't suck are most likely. Still gonna hope for Predaking.
They just did Bruticus as part of the FOC line. Do you really think they'd do another one so soon?
got something from a friend at the panel,
Combiners are scramble, and they're using a different system from the foc combiners
The point is they did the character fairly recently, not that these combiners use the same "system".
Posted by grimdragon2001 on July 24th, 2014 @ 1:28pm CDT
but one thing bothers me, why does Superion have a helicopter leg?
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on July 24th, 2014 @ 1:30pm CDT
megatronus wrote:SW's SilverHammer wrote:megatronus wrote:Twitchythe3rd wrote:SW's SilverHammer wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote: And I'm predicting 4 teams, given that Hasbro has said there will be 16 Deluxes in all.
As unlikely as it is, Ima roll a hard six, and bet on monstructor.
I'd say Superion, Menasor, Defensor, and a Bruticus that doesn't suck are most likely. Still gonna hope for Predaking.
They just did Bruticus as part of the FOC line. Do you really think they'd do another one so soon?
got something from a friend at the panel,
Combiners are scramble, and they're using a different system from the foc combiners
The point is they did the character fairly recently, not that these combiners use the same "system".
I was just sharing something, wasn't about bruticus, just combiner wars
Posted by Trikeboy on July 24th, 2014 @ 1:32pm CDT
Posted by MGrotusque on July 24th, 2014 @ 1:35pm CDT
Those feet on both combiners are pretty teeny weeny though. I'd like to NOT have to buy a 3rd party upgrade to fix that. That's my only gripe really.
It's Hasbro. It is what is. They FINALLY sorted out their combiners to become "reasonable" but too little too late if you ask me. I've seen WAAAY better combiner figs for years now with 3rd party stuff. It's like watching the slow kid in class finally figure out how to do long division after getting it wrong time after time ,failing, while everyone else blasts past him to the next grade.
Oh.....and why are those shoulder cannons pointing back at Superions head?
I also noticed how bad the hands are. No articulation and look how the weapons peg in!! They peg in to some silly little hole between his thumb and wrist. Look at that tiny wee axe in menasors hand ....or should i say hatchet. Yeesh. Keeep trying Hasbro. Please.
Posted by Evil Eye on July 24th, 2014 @ 1:41pm CDT
MGrotusque wrote:It's Hasbro. It is what is. They FINALLY sorted out their combiners to become "reasonable" but too little too late if you ask me. I've seen WAAAY better combiner figs for years now with 3rd party stuff. It's like watching the slow kid in class finally figure out how to do long division after getting it wrong time after time ,failing, while everyone else blasts past him to the next grade.
Because of course budget restrictions or the fact these need to be sold to kids (and thus be safety-tested and be relatively simple) has absolutely nothing to do with it. Nope. Must be that Hasblow can't do combiners and that Transformers should be given to iGear so we can have a masterful recreation of every animation blunder-induced variation in Optimus Prime's model.
Oh.....and why are those shoulder cannons pointing back at Superions head?
It's a hastily-readied prototype. It's not finished and it was awkwardly posed/transformed.
Posted by bwDEPTHcharge on July 24th, 2014 @ 1:47pm CDT
Posted by Trikeboy on July 24th, 2014 @ 1:48pm CDT
Posted by MGrotusque on July 24th, 2014 @ 1:52pm CDT
Delta Magnus wrote:MGrotusque wrote:It's Hasbro. It is what is. They FINALLY sorted out their combiners to become "reasonable" but too little too late if you ask me. I've seen WAAAY better combiner figs for years now with 3rd party stuff. It's like watching the slow kid in class finally figure out how to do long division after getting it wrong time after time ,failing, while everyone else blasts past him to the next grade.
Because of course budget restrictions or the fact these need to be sold to kids (and thus be safety-tested and be relatively simple) has absolutely nothing to do with it. Nope. Must be that Hasblow can't do combiners and that Transformers should be given to iGear so we can have a masterful recreation of every animation blunder-induced variation in Optimus Prime's model.Oh.....and why are those shoulder cannons pointing back at Superions head?
It's a hastily-readied prototype. It's not finished and it was awkwardly posed/transformed.
I know you think your being witty and super smart and i'm also a fan of sarcasm. But i think you've completely forgotten how pretty much every new combiner Hasbro has ever done in the past decade was almost a complete abomination of nonsense. Yes i understand about child safety laws and budget restrictions but that has nothing to do with properly proportioned and aesthetically pleasing combiners. The combiner formula was established in the 80's and they seemed to have completely forgotten how to do it till just now.
Posted by kirbenvost on July 24th, 2014 @ 1:55pm CDT
One thing I am really glad for is that they're kicking AoE to the curb instead of dragging it to death for 2+ years like the last few movie lines. Thank Primus.
I wonder if anyone got pics of the RiD2015 toys? Curious to see how they turn out. I may skip the line if it's mostly kid-focused, but I might pick up a few gems if there are any.
Posted by Counterpunch on July 24th, 2014 @ 2:00pm CDT
kirbenvost wrote:Combiners are looking good, even the Stunticons, now that I've seen pics of the individual figures. Still, I don't really collect Stunticons so I'll likely skip. The Aerialbots are looking very kibble-heavy, but what can you do. Something's gotta give, I'd rather have awesome bot & combiner modes and sacrifice a bit of vehicle mode realism. So far these are must-buys for me. I just hope Hasbro doesn't screw it up by making them neon colors or something like Fruiticus.
One thing I am really glad for is that they're kicking AoE to the curb instead of dragging it to death for 2+ years like the last few movie lines. Thank Primus.
I wonder if anyone got pics of the RiD2015 toys? Curious to see how they turn out. I may skip the line if it's mostly kid-focused, but I might pick up a few gems if there are any.
Great point.
Posted by OptimalOptimus2 on July 24th, 2014 @ 2:01pm CDT
Mindmaster wrote:
Nice for pointing that out!
Posted by K2vox on July 24th, 2014 @ 2:02pm CDT
Posted by Peridot on July 24th, 2014 @ 2:11pm CDT
Posted by dreadwing95 on July 24th, 2014 @ 2:12pm CDT
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on July 24th, 2014 @ 2:12pm CDT
Kinda bummed that the assortments will be breaking up the teams, would've like one wave to be one team. Yes I am a bit worried that certain limbs will be hard to find.
Nice to hear we're getting Transforming Kreos, just as long as they're not built to rule.
Is that Platinum Prime/Grimlock set the leader set we saw at Bot Con? Word of advice, DON'T ORDER OFF KMART.COM trust me.
Posted by ZeroWolf on July 24th, 2014 @ 2:15pm CDT
Also to whoever brought up Lego and their adult collector products, your forgetting one simple thing, those adult items are still made of Lego, which have gone through the safety tests etc. Hasbro can't just package what they normally make every day as an adult thing. Although having said that isn't he mmasterpiece line for? Hasbro seem to be doing fine the way they doing .thing