Transformers Combiner Wars G2 Superion Out of Box Comparisons

Makes me want that G2 Superion even more. And the G2 Menasor to go with him. Those 3P feet look oversized.

Also, if (big if) there will be a Combiner Wars Predaking, do you guys think they will be kept in scale with the already released figures, or will they go the G1 route and make the Predacons larger than the current figures? G1 Predaking scales very well with the CW figures, and I'm tempted to pick up a G1 Predaking to go with them, but not if the (possible) updated version will remain the same size.

Nice, he already has the PE feet!

Not a big fan of this set. Firefly is pretty much unchanged, Slingshot looks hideous gold,Skydive looks decent, Silverbolt okay, prefer Air Raid black.

In another comment someone mentioned how big the PE feet are but they really add to the figures. Of my 5 combiners, Galvatronus is the only one without the PE feet, the Hasbro version look so small.

Shit I don't have the Arielbots yet. I like the classic colors better.

I'm getting Combiner Wars G2 Aerialbots because my first ever combiner was the original G2 Aerialbots. I love how they have the colors spot on to their G2 originals.

Is it just me or do Skydive and Air Raid look like Topspin and Twin Twist?

Shuttershock wrote:Is it just me or do Skydive and Air Raid look like Topspin and Twin Twist?

Ha yeah right a bit yes.

Can't wait to have this guy, though I see that Powerglide seems to be a matte grey rather than silver? That's a bummer.

Wait, they can milk another repaint out of those molds:

Movie characters combiner.

Streetwise mold - Barricade
Rook mold - Wreckage
Offroad mold - Dropkick
Alpha Bravo Mold - Blackout
Hotspot mold - Sentinel Prime
or
Optimus Prime mold - Galvatron

TT, I forsee a mass release for Guardcity

I pity Slingshot.......gold plastic again? Goodbye Slingshot.......in 5 years or so

RiddlerJ wrote:Wait, they can milk another repaint out of those molds:

Movie characters combiner.

Streetwise mold - Barricade
Rook mold - Wreckage
Offroad mold - Dropkick
Alpha Bravo Mold - Blackout
Hotspot mold - Sentinel Prime
or
Optimus Prime mold - Galvatron

Or:


Brawl mold-Brawl
Cyclonus mold-Starscream
instead of Sentinel Prime/Galvatron and Dropkick.

has gold plastic technology improved over the years?
a little risky using it, if it still has the same issues

Ultra Markus wrote:has gold plastic technology improved over the years?
a little risky using it, if it still has the same issues

Well, considering this guy was able to pose Slingshot for pictures..................maybe?

Ultra Markus wrote:has gold plastic technology improved over the years?
a little risky using it, if it still has the same issues

Hasbro is aware, they've adjusted the formula to reduce the amount of flake so cases are now sporadic. Besides, CW G2 Quickslinger doesn't seem to have any metallic flake at all, so he should be safe.

Just wondering, anybody here still looking for the Protectobots?

Sowndwave76 wrote:Saw Mirage, Ironhide, and Prowl at a local store yesterday, and after close examination, the head sculpts are not as good as what I initially thought.
For me, best CW head sculpt awards go to the Constructicons.

I found Streetwise to have quite a emarkable headsculpt and that Prowl looked great too. Are the constructicons that much better than Streetwise?

Mkall wrote:Can't wait to have this guy, though I see that Powerglide seems to be a matte grey rather than silver? That's a bummer.

Which pic of powerglide are you referring to?

Ultra Markus wrote:has gold plastic technology improved over the years?
a little risky using it, if it still has the same issues

Its not the same gold plastic. This is more like what they used for voyager movie grimlock.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Just wondering, anybody here still looking for the Protectobots?

Yup, my friend Kanrabat never found all of them at his local toysrus, they were very scarce in Quebec. The only reason I didnt mind was because I had ordered them from tru.ca online when they were available for a day. They never became available online again. Of all the waves so far, this is the one which seems to never have truly reached saturation.

All I see on shelves, while out and about these days are Protectbots. Although I've only seen Hotspot once in the wild.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Just wondering, anybody here still looking for the Protectobots?

No sign of them in West Michigan, or at least the areas where I live in. I remember that my local Target got wave 4 deluxes, but it looks like they completely skipped wave 3. All the other stores I go to are full of RiD stuff.

Ultra Markus wrote:has gold plastic technology improved over the years?
a little risky using it, if it still has the same issues

I haven't heard any issues about Generations Goldfire/Goldbug, so I wouldn't say it's an issue...

John Warden confirmed at SDCC that CW G2 Quickslinger will not suffer from GPS.

Sabrblade wrote:John Warden confirmed at SDCC that CW G2 Quickslinger will not suffer from GPS.

While this is nice to know, I didnt really need a confirmation since I believe they are well aware of the problem. Has there been a recorded case of this stuff even happening in the past 10 years?

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:John Warden confirmed at SDCC that CW G2 Quickslinger will not suffer from GPS.

While this is nice to know, I didnt really need a confirmation since I believe they are well aware of the problem. Has there been a recorded case of this stuff even happening in the past 10 years?

In the past ten years? Well, there's been the Star Wars Transformers Chewbacca from 2006, Cybertron Repugnus also from 2006 (which later got rereleased in 2009 in the second Universe line), and Universe/Cybertron Micromaster Superion from 2007.

Though, the greater significance in John Warden's confirmation besides the confirmation in and of itself is that his confirmation might be the first documented instance of the fan-coined "GPS" term being used by Hasbro in an official capacity.

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:John Warden confirmed at SDCC that CW G2 Quickslinger will not suffer from GPS.

While this is nice to know, I didnt really need a confirmation since I believe they are well aware of the problem. Has there been a recorded case of this stuff even happening in the past 10 years?

In the past ten years? Well, there's been the Star Wars Transformers Chewbacca from 2006, Cybertron Repugnus also from 2006 (which later got rereleased in 2009 in the second Universe line), and Universe/Cybertron Micromaster Superion from 2007.

Though, the greater significance in John Warden's confirmation besides the confirmation in and of itself is that his confirmation might be the first documented instance of the fan-coined "GPS" term being used by Hasbro in an official capacity.

CHEWBACCA! I knew of that one but forgot in the moment of writing. Wasnt aware of the others. And yeah, that is really cool to know that it is a termed also used by Hasbro.

There are other long running issues with toys to do with gold and silver - not plastic but paint - Gold paint can fade and Silver paint can go black. a couple examples would be some MASK toys and also the chest of Beast Wars II Galvatron.

Who also suffered from GPS a bit

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Just wondering, anybody here still looking for the Protectobots?

That question made me realise how true some complaints about bad distributions are. In McKinney TX, the Walmarts are cleaned out of Generations, some odd Rattraps aside, while the Targets are somewhat up to date with Offroad and Breakdown on the pegs, and Wave 3 Cyclonus and Hot Spot with proper Legends to boot.

I'm holding out on the Protectobots in the hope I can easily find UW Guardian somewhere. I do know that once I find Rook, he'll be bought.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Just wondering, anybody here still looking for the Protectobots?

That question made me realise how true some complaints about bad distributions are. In McKinney TX, the Walmarts are cleaned out of Generations, some odd Rattraps aside, while the Targets are somewhat up to date with Offroad and Breakdown on the pegs, and Wave 3 Cyclonus and Hot Spot with proper Legends to boot.

I'm holding out on the Protectobots in the hope I can easily find UW Guardian somewhere. I do know that once I find Rook, he'll be bought.

My Walmart has Rook, Streetwise and about 10 Blades figures. TRU Has Hotspot. No First Aid anywhere in sight.

I don't remember the last time I ordered a case of figures from BBTS, but I did order a case of 8 for the Protectobot deluxes. Those limbs have been particularly difficult to find for some, and things like Force Friday and subsequent waves of Hasbro product have made it unlikely we'll see more...

That sounds terrible. All stores should make a alot of space for Transformers

LegendaryAntiHero wrote:That sounds terrible. All stores should make a alot of space for Transformers

Uhm... they did. They never restock the space.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

LegendaryAntiHero wrote:That sounds terrible. All stores should make a alot of space for Transformers

Uhm... they did. They never restock the space.

Yeah, I concur, the pegs in the tf section at my walmart are now serving for extra pegs to spider-man toys. The good news though is that this shows Walmart, Toysrus and Hasbro that these toys are selling. I know for a fact that the local (canadian) hasbro Distribution centres are all out of wave 1-3 deluxe and voyagers.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Just wondering, anybody here still looking for the Protectobots?

That question made me realise how true some complaints about bad distributions are. In McKinney TX, the Walmarts are cleaned out of Generations, some odd Rattraps aside, while the Targets are somewhat up to date with Offroad and Breakdown on the pegs, and Wave 3 Cyclonus and Hot Spot with proper Legends to boot.

I'm holding out on the Protectobots in the hope I can easily find UW Guardian somewhere. I do know that once I find Rook, he'll be bought.

My Walmart has Rook, Streetwise and about 10 Blades figures. TRU Has Hotspot. No First Aid anywhere in sight.

Pretty sure First Aid is the most popular considering his MTMTE role. I was very happy when they said they were releasing him, and I actually am considering getting a 2nd one to have by himself

william-james88 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

LegendaryAntiHero wrote:That sounds terrible. All stores should make a alot of space for Transformers

Uhm... they did. They never restock the space.

Yeah, I concur, the pegs in the tf section at my walmart are now serving for extra pegs to spider-man toys. The good news though is that this shows Walmart, Toysrus and Hasbro that these toys are selling. I know for a fact that the local (canadian) hasbro Distribution centres are all out of wave 1-3 deluxe and voyagers.

Same here, for the last few weeks most stores either have empty CW pegs or they still have wave 2. I wanna say I've seen maybe two stockings/restockings of wave 3 and only one stocking of wave 4.

I did spot two cases on pegs of wave 4 last week at a Target, but it wasn't in my "home" area.

I have been seeing a lot of restocking of waves 3/4 of the legend figures though. I still haven't been able to find Viper in the wild yet. Dem collectors are quick.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

LegendaryAntiHero wrote:That sounds terrible. All stores should make a alot of space for Transformers

Uhm... they did. They never restock the space.

I know for sure that my local Meijer has not restocked their deluxes since Wave 1 in February-March. Same with Target, although the closest Target got Wave 4 (by skipping waves 2 and 3, and possible even wave 1) TRU here hasn't restocked since Wave 2. As for my local Walmart, I found Rattraps lying around. Decided to pick one up since he's been waiting for a year.

that1guysittingthere wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Just wondering, anybody here still looking for the Protectobots?

No sign of them in West Michigan, or at least the areas where I live in. I remember that my local Target got wave 4 deluxes, but it looks like they completely skipped wave 3. All the other stores I go to are full of RiD stuff.

In my part of the state wave three just hit in the last few weeks. I suspect wave 4 might show up around Christmas, if I'm lucky.

Optimum Supreme wrote:

that1guysittingthere wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Just wondering, anybody here still looking for the Protectobots?

No sign of them in West Michigan, or at least the areas where I live in. I remember that my local Target got wave 4 deluxes, but it looks like they completely skipped wave 3. All the other stores I go to are full of RiD stuff.

In my part of the state wave three just hit in the last few weeks. I suspect wave 4 might show up around Christmas, if I'm lucky.

I got mine, but I have yet to see anything in stores around here past wave 2....

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

LegendaryAntiHero wrote:That sounds terrible. All stores should make a alot of space for Transformers

Uhm... they did. They never restock the space.

Actually at a Target near me the Transformers section got eaten up by the the Star Wars stuff and has yet to show up somewhere else.

Rodimus Prime wrote: My Walmart has Rook, Streetwise and about 10 Blades figures. TRU Has Hotspot. No First Aid anywhere in sight.

I saw a similar situation in a UK Sainsbury's lots of Blades (at least eight ), a couple of Rooks, one Streetwise and not a single First Aid - then to make matters worse they don't even sell Legends and Voyagers.

I'll be relying on grey importers/discount chains The January sales or EBay I guess.

[Edited to remove a Smiley that was causing an error]

Something tells me these protectobots will go for quite a bit on the secondary market in a year or two.

william-james88 wrote:Something tells me these protectobots will go for quite a bit on the secondary market in a year or two.

I blame the AOE and RID one step changers for filling up the pegs. Or the stores for not restocking their shelves/pegs.

that1guysittingthere wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Something tells me these protectobots will go for quite a bit on the secondary market in a year or two.

I blame the AOE and RID one step changers for filling up the pegs. Or the stores for not restocking their shelves/pegs.

I dont blame any of that. It is clear that interest in generations toys are at an all time high this year. This is merely the case of more demand than anticipated. While it is good news, showing Hasbro that more inovative toys are as succesful, which helps them determine the demand for next year, it does suck for those who do want these toys.

The reason I forsee the prices being pretty high is that depending on availability, many kids or fans will get only parts of combiners, so there will be a demand down the line to complete sets. This will raise the prices on the secondary market considerably.

william-james88 wrote:

that1guysittingthere wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Something tells me these protectobots will go for quite a bit on the secondary market in a year or two.

I blame the AOE and RID one step changers for filling up the pegs. Or the stores for not restocking their shelves/pegs.

I dont blame any of that. It is clear that interest in generations toys are at an all time high this year. This is merely the case of more demand than anticipated. While it is good news, showing Hasbro that more inovative toys are as succesful, which helps them determine the demand for next year, it does suck for those who do want these toys.

The reason I forsee the prices being pretty high is that depending on availability, many kids or fans will get only parts of combiners, so there will be a demand down the line to complete sets. This will raise the prices on the secondary market considerably.

I blame the lack of sales (from AOE and beast hunters) in my area causing the stores to order/stock far less transformers.

william-james88 wrote:Something tells me these protectobots will go for quite a bit on the secondary market in a year or two.

Really? Interesting. Now that they've finally hit here, they're actually much easier to find than wave 1/2 were. I really only saw wave 1 once, in a Meijers, then occasionally a random single here and there (one aerialbot in a TRU, one Dragstrip in some toy store in a mall). Wave 2, only time I ever saw at all was once, an those weren't even proper wave 2 but foreign editions (without the comics) somehow got into a local Target. Wave 3 I've already seen more than that.

Must be another instance of Gears last year. Everyone seemed to have a hard time finding that wave of the legends, yet here they were all over the place, and it was the previous waves that were hard to find.

Freakin distribution...

Optimum Supreme wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Something tells me these protectobots will go for quite a bit on the secondary market in a year or two.

Really? Interesting. Now that they've finally hit here, they're actually much easier to find than wave 1/2 were. I really only saw wave 1 once, in a Meijers, then occasionally a random single here and there (one aerialbot in a TRU, one Dragstrip in some toy store in a mall). Wave 2, only time I ever saw at all was once, an those weren't even proper wave 2 but foreign editions (without the comics) somehow got into a local Target. Wave 3 I've already seen more than that.

Must be another instance of Gears last year. Everyone seemed to have a hard time finding that wave of the legends, yet here they were all over the place, and it was the previous waves that were hard to find.

Freakin distribution...

Yeah, its pretty messed up. Although we do know that wave 1 and 2 did hit saturation, but that didnt happen with Wave 3 and now Wave 4 is at our doorstep. Glad you got Gears though, there were certain states that didnt even get him.

I believe Gears was a Meijer exclusive in the States. If Optimum Supreme is in Michigan, it makes sense. Meijer is a Michigan based store, and they only barely reach out into the surrounding states.

Are we talking about this guy?
If so I saw a ark load in Louisiana when that wave hit.

Really? What retailer?

Cobotron wrote:Really? What retailer?

Good ole wally world. A pretty good distribution at that. I would say I saw him at most of the WM's I visited in various southern parts of the state.

Kinda wish I would have nabbed one.

Yeah, Gears was all over the northern Indiana Walmart stores. Meijer, too.

Well I'll be! Never once saw him in the middle Midwest. I had to import him from Canada via ol' Willy-J himself.

Ah Gears, never could find that little guy. sigh...

As for the protectobots: I got the limbs from Entertainment Earth on a discount since they were "store quality" and not mint. Hot Spot and Groove were from amazon, both used, so I ended up getting the lot pretty cheap, which is nice. It is also unique in how on amazon at least the protectobots cannot stay at low prices and they always go up, dip a bit to almost retail price, then rise up and repeat. I blame MTMTE with First Aid