SDCC 2015 Preview Night: Transformers Combiner Wars
Wednesday, July 8th, 2015 11:57PM CDT
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Posted by Seibertron on July 9th, 2015 @ 12:07am CDT
Posted by Hellscream9999 on July 9th, 2015 @ 12:15am CDT
Oh, yeah, so do most of the rest of the cw line, alas, my poor, poor wallet, I knew you well, well sorta
Posted by steve2275 on July 9th, 2015 @ 12:22am CDT
Posted by Shuttershock on July 9th, 2015 @ 1:32am CDT
"It's all over, I'm standing pretty, in this dust that was a city."
Posted by MGrotusque on July 9th, 2015 @ 1:34am CDT
Bruticus who?? Beat it.
Posted by Sabrblade on July 9th, 2015 @ 1:43am CDT
Posted by Mkall on July 9th, 2015 @ 2:17am CDT
Posted by fenrir72 on July 9th, 2015 @ 2:59am CDT
Mkall wrote:Blast Off seems to have a different head this time 'round
Still the same. With a mouth not a faceplate.
Posted by fenrir72 on July 9th, 2015 @ 3:06am CDT
Posted by Va'al on July 9th, 2015 @ 4:27am CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on July 9th, 2015 @ 4:43am CDT
Posted by Bumblebee21 on July 9th, 2015 @ 9:30am CDT
i hope this isn't the final product because on Bruticus there is a white wheel on him .
Posted by Bumblebee21 on July 9th, 2015 @ 9:30am CDT
Posted by ScottyP on July 9th, 2015 @ 9:38am CDT
Legends Shockwave looks like a must-get. Shame that's not a deluxe.
Pipes doesn't look like Pipes, but somehow, that blue on the Legends OP + Huffer head is really neat. Call that any other random name except Pipes and it'd probably be more of a hit. I'll call him Pepsi Convoy. Or maybe just Cola Convoy since there's no logo.
Posted by GuyIncognito on July 9th, 2015 @ 9:49am CDT
Posted by Gearslide on July 9th, 2015 @ 10:09am CDT
Posted by Grahf_ on July 9th, 2015 @ 10:28am CDT
GuyIncognito wrote:So what's the deal with Buzzsaw? Is this the first of some sort of "Real Gear"-style subline? And is the 3rd mode supposed to be some sort of truck? (It appears to have wheels.)
It kinda looks like the Battlebot Vlad the Impaler to me...just with two of those forked flippers.
Posted by Shuttershock on July 9th, 2015 @ 10:32am CDT
Alpha Weltall wrote:GuyIncognito wrote:So what's the deal with Buzzsaw? Is this the first of some sort of "Real Gear"-style subline? And is the 3rd mode supposed to be some sort of truck? (It appears to have wheels.)
It kinda looks like the Battlebot Vlad the Impaler to me...just with two of those forked flippers.
That's how Buzzsaw quells his murderlust on the weekends.
Posted by Sabrblade on July 9th, 2015 @ 11:17am CDT
That's the same hand-painted sample as was seen at BotCon. Far from being final.Bumblebee21 wrote:http://www.seibertron.com/images/events/423/r_transformers-049.jpg
i hope this isn't the final product because on Bruticus there is a white wheel on him .
Legends class triple changer. Changes from bird to media device to "tank":GuyIncognito wrote:So what's the deal with Buzzsaw? Is this the first of some sort of "Real Gear"-style subline? And is the 3rd mode supposed to be some sort of truck? (It appears to have wheels.)
Posted by Va'al on July 9th, 2015 @ 11:23am CDT
Posted by Metroplex79 on July 9th, 2015 @ 11:43am CDT
But wait....should I be worried about Slingshot?
Posted by Sabrblade on July 9th, 2015 @ 11:47am CDT
He looks more brown than gold this time around.Metroplex79 wrote:But wait....should I be worried about Slingshot?
Posted by Easy Tiger on July 9th, 2015 @ 12:13pm CDT
Posted by megatronus on July 9th, 2015 @ 12:14pm CDT
Posted by thedistinctroom on July 9th, 2015 @ 12:22pm CDT
Posted by MaverickPrime on July 9th, 2015 @ 12:33pm CDT
Also...guys, look at the mold flash on Slingshot's shoulder...that looks like GPS
I think I know what is going on, Hasbro made him like that so that he'll inevitably crumble and they'll soon announce an exclusive G2 Alpha Bravo to replace him
I admit the bag of gold dust was funny, but this would be downright cruel
Posted by Grahf_ on July 9th, 2015 @ 12:35pm CDT
Now I want a Giant Purple Griffin retool of Skylynx. I'd settle for just a repaint. Either way I want one and I want one now. We need a toy of the Giant Purple Griffin and Skylynx would work pretty damn well as one.
Posted by Optimum Supreme on July 9th, 2015 @ 12:58pm CDT
ScottyP wrote:Legends Shockwave looks like a must-get. Shame that's not a deluxe.
Shame that's not a leader.
Although, it's neat that his gun mode is the size where most toys will be able to utilize him, which is probably why he got the shrinky dink treatment in the first place.
I'm not too crazy about all the apparent clear plastic on him. I realize the original had some, but not that much and it was mainly there to serve as part of his electronics gimmick.
Posted by Shuttershock on July 9th, 2015 @ 1:07pm CDT
Alpha Weltall wrote:So I was on the wiki trying to see just how similar in colors G1 and G2 Fireflight are and they had a link to the Giant Purple Griffin page.
Now I want a Giant Purple Griffin retool of Skylynx. I'd settle for just a repaint. Either way I want one and I want one now. We need a toy of the Giant Purple Griffin and Skylynx would work pretty damn well as one.
Oooh, then his combined form would be "Purple Reign!"
Posted by Va'al on July 9th, 2015 @ 1:08pm CDT
In slightly more up to date news, we also have a full new gallery of Transformers Robots in Disguise products on display at the Hasbro booth, featuring the usual suspects... and Megatronus in his new Legion class incarnation, Optimus Prime and Bumblebee in their powered up modes, and a couple more interesting tidbots - check them out below, and click on any image for the full gallery!
Posted by RAcast on July 9th, 2015 @ 1:34pm CDT
Also, digging Victorion, looks good.
Posted by no-one on July 9th, 2015 @ 1:37pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on July 9th, 2015 @ 2:04pm CDT
Transformers Combiner Wars
Hasbro showed a general Combiner Wars trailer that used clips from Devastation game and IDW motion comics.
Combiner Wars idea originated with FOC Bruticus.
Devastator being released in DeNA Battle Tactics
Transformers Devastation to be released on October 6th, 2015.
Something starts to "cyberform" parts of Earth, humans don't like that, Autobots head to city to investigate cyberforming, points to Megatron. Hasbro stressed the importance of having character arc, Optimus Prime has emotional struggle in game, lots of easter eggs for fans!
Peter Cullen as Optimus, Frank Welker as Megatron, Greg Berger as Grimlock. Greg showed up on panel and did some Grimlock voices, too.
Combiner Wars Products
One pack sets .... COMBINER WARS SERIES PACK
G2 SUPERION - As we have already seen earlier.
G2 MENASOR
Victorion - Also seen earlier, right here.
Also revealed was Scattershot, who forms torso for Betatron - another name change from Hasbro, unfortunately.
Exclusives
Platinum Blaster and Perceptor set - Exclusive to Target
Platinum Trypticon - Exclusive to Target
Masterpiece Bluestreak - Exclusive to TRU
Masterpiece Starscream - Exclusive to TRU, available 10/1
No plans for Beast combiners yet, nor are there any for Dinobots.
And what about Deluxe Groove, you might ask? A clear, non-committal 'we'll see'.
Stay tuned to Seibertron.com for presentation images arriving shortly, too!
Posted by Sabrblade on July 9th, 2015 @ 2:06pm CDT
Posted by Doubledealer93 on July 9th, 2015 @ 2:10pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on July 9th, 2015 @ 2:15pm CDT
Posted by ScottyP on July 9th, 2015 @ 2:15pm CDT
Presumably vaporware at this point. Speculation: perhaps a licensing issue?Sabrblade wrote:Whatever happened to Hasbro's MP Sideswipe that was announced two BotCons ago?
I think a lot of this news is cool, but not mind blowing. Scattershot is bad, I'm not ok with a low effort retool on that one.
Excellent news about the G1 reissue availability though. Would love more detail on MP Starscream's deco.
Finally, after this panel, I really do now think the "Titan Wars" backdrop seen at Botcon was a massive screw up on someone's part, and it wasn't supposed to be seen yet, or even worse, was leftover from a canceled concept.
Posted by Munkky on July 9th, 2015 @ 2:18pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on July 9th, 2015 @ 2:19pm CDT
There may be more, better images of products coming soon!
Posted by Mindmaster on July 9th, 2015 @ 2:20pm CDT
Computron's happening! Just... not the way I envisioned it. With the overall theme of the line is massive retoolings, kinda expected Scattorshot to be a Silverbolt retool, but... did they not retool Superion's head to better match Computron's? Really? Also, I totally get not having the name to a character anymore and having to give them a different name, but surely they could've done better than "Betatron"?
Also, no Technobot limbs? Surely they're being made as well? If not... incredibly massive missed opportunity.
Masterpiece Starscream, yay! I'd be more excited for this had I not already gotten the Hasbro Asia release exactly a year ago. Is there any confirmation about him coming with coronation gear?
As I said in Victorion's thread, I'm kinda into her, but not really. I'm going to get her, but it's going to be for that kickass sword for this custom idea I have, and as a display buddy for Windblade.
And with that said... what ever happened to Titan Wars?
Sabrblade wrote:Whatever happened to Hasbro's MP Sideswipe that was announced two BotCons ago?
That's what I want to know!
Posted by hinomars19 on July 9th, 2015 @ 2:23pm CDT
Where are the other technobots? And why is every combiner re-tools? I get they need to get mileage out of these molds, but they took it too far fast! Blast-Off and Scattershot deserve new molds-and they have to have made enough money to achieve this by now. Something really awesome has gone bad fast, I feel...
Posted by Grahf_ on July 9th, 2015 @ 2:39pm CDT
I think we just need to wait a bit before we all start going too crazy about the rest of the Technobots not being shown yet. Hasbro has a habit of showing what the toys can do rather than be 100% accurate as to what it's "supposed" to look like. Remember how Superion had Dragstrip in the early photo's and how Ultra Prime did as well. Oh no! Betatron is being shown with what we know of as Optimus Maximus' team. So what? They still have time to make the rest. Maybe they'll be in wave three of next year and they don't have anything to show for that far in advance. Since they didn't want to have just one voyager per wave, maybe they're releasing Scattorshot earlier than the rest of the Technobots. Wave two of the voyagers and deluxes should be the Combaticons with either Sky Lynx or Scattorshot as the other voyager or maybe even both versions of Onslaught packed together. Wave 3 is really only starting to show up in stores now so we have almost a full year before they reveal what the third wave of deluxes will be for next year.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on July 9th, 2015 @ 2:40pm CDT
hinomars19 wrote:I'm genuinely confused-why is 'Betatron' Scattershot and the 4 autobots that make Optimus Maximus??
Where are the other technobots? And why is every combiner re-tools? I get they need to get mileage out of these molds, but they took it too far fast! Blast-Off and Scattershot deserve new molds-and they have to have made enough money to achieve this by now. Something really awesome has gone bad fast, I feel...
Guys, don't forget: with Victorion confirmed as a set, we possibly still have two waves after the Sky Reign bots. No way will Hasbro cheap out on this, especially with TakaraTomy wanting to release its own version!
Alpha Weltall wrote:Ok, I finally have something bad to say about Victorion. Those individual bot names are pretty bad and very awkward to say. Luckily I don't care about things like that and will call them whatever I want when I get them. I wonder though, do they have a group name yet? Are they the Victoribots or the Toribots or perhaps the Vicibots maybe even the Fandobots?
Funny thing, in Combiner War the Team Names are never mentioned and are probably trivial at this point, when everyone can possibly combine.
Posted by Emerje on July 9th, 2015 @ 2:40pm CDT
What's more disappointing is what they aren't doing. No beasts, no mention of Titan Wars, no new MPs (will try to get Starscream, though), and no Groove.
At least we had a good showing at BotCon.
Emerje
Posted by Genericon #378 on July 9th, 2015 @ 2:49pm CDT
Posted by Genericon #378 on July 9th, 2015 @ 3:00pm CDT
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on July 9th, 2015 @ 3:01pm CDT
Genericon #378 wrote:But does Scattorshot still have the ability to be mistransformed hilariously? If you don't know what I'm talking about, use google.
No, the nosecone flips upwards for Scattershot, but since the Silverbolt mold makes a 180 when in torso mode...
O grow up
Posted by Flashwave on July 9th, 2015 @ 3:29pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Genericon #378 wrote:But does Scattorshot still have the ability to be mistransformed hilariously? If you don't know what I'm talking about, use google.
No, the nosecone flips upwards for Scattershot, but since the Silverbolt mold makes a 180 when in torso mode...
O grow up
It probably deends on how the gun attaches to the nosecone. My guess is tht it uses the molded in wheel on the shield anx not an attached kickstand for thevfron landing gear, and without that, you cant attach the gun to the landing gear to "position". You might be able to do it by partially folding the nosedown, but then he's as long out the back as he is the out the front... yeah I'm gonna leave it at that.
Could someone pst the Victorion names? I'm on a phone and flipping through the gallery is not easy.
And I really want a G2 Defensor now for that dark blue Blades.
Posted by MrGameAndToy on July 9th, 2015 @ 3:33pm CDT
Posted by Hellscream9999 on July 9th, 2015 @ 3:37pm CDT
Flashwave wrote:Could someone pst the Victorion names? I'm on a phone and flipping through the gallery is not easy.
leader hotspot retool = pyra magma
helicopter sisters = storm clash and skyburst
breakdown retool = jumpstream
dead end retool = dust-up
groove retool = rust dust
Hope this helps