Transformers Robots in Disguise Combiner Force, Activators Update

Bumblebee, Strongarm and Sideswipe now appear to share a very similar body shape; something similar to CW Skydive and Firefly. Also note the massive kibble Bumblebee has on his legs, that implies a gimmick to me.

Kurona wrote:Bumblebee, Strongarm and Sideswipe now appear to share a very similar body shape; something similar to CW Skydive and Firefly. Also note the massive kibble Bumblebee has on his legs, that implies a gimmick to me.

Yeah, now that I look closer, they literally share the skeleton. And I'm thinking the energon route

Neat, I always liked Energon's combination. Just needed to be done a bit better...hopefully these don't disappoint.

Okay, I like the look of Skyhammer, and I want a recipe of Greatbyte into Skybyte.

Fascinating stuff, I am very interested in seeing how this all pans out. Gonna need some awesome 's, the same, lame 's aren't gonna cut it with me

First of all Autobot shark plane.

Secondly I'm looking forward to seeing Skyhammer in the show outside of a few minicons everyone who has shown up in this game playable wise has or will have some role in the show even Scatterspike and Paralon who I thought would just be redecos have shown up in the season 3 trailer.

We honestly need more new main characters in shows like Strongarm and Bulkhead (not their characters or traits specifically but I mean mostly show original characters)

Skyhammer at least is probably going to be a recurring character like Wheeljack in Prime or he could be one of the characters on Cybertron since Optimus, Ratchet and Windblade were going there to face the council at the end of Season 2.

"Primestrong"? "Beeside"? One thing comes to mind:

FUSION... HAH!

Looking at them more closely, I have a feeling the Crash Combiners are non-transforming figures, but can swap body parts like the current Hero Mashers. And the Combiners proper should be akin to the Energon Powerlinx Autobots aka Victory Multiforce.

And speaking of Multiforce, does anybody think Skyhammer is based on WingWaver?

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:"Primestrong"? "Beeside"? One thing comes to mind:

FUSION... HAH!

Looking at them more closely, I have a feeling the Crash Combiners are non-transforming figures, but can swap body parts like the current Hero Mashers. And the Combiners proper should be akin to the Energon Powerlinx Autobots aka Victory Multiforce.

And speaking of Multiforce, does anybody think Skyhammer is based on WingWaver?

Fusion is seriously one of my favorite words.

I figured the crash combiners would be the new hero mashers of sorts. But I really look forward to the possibility of powerlinxers. I want that very badly if done right.

And I was thinking technobot Strafe when I saw Skyhammer

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:And I was thinking technobot Strafe when I saw Skyhammer

I'll give you that However, the characters in the Crash Combiner category seem all to be combined forms, and I was simply thinking Skyhammer followed suit. We got plenty of names with "sky" and "hammer" anyway

Technically the original Skyhammer combined with a lot of stuff.



Ultra Pretenders were friggin' weird

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:And I was thinking technobot Strafe when I saw Skyhammer

I'll give you that However, the characters in the Crash Combiner category seem all to be combined forms, and I was simply thinking Skyhammer followed suit. We got plenty of names with "sky" and "hammer" anyway

I want to see what all this is going to come to. I'm kinda stoked!

Kurona wrote:Technically the original Skyhammer combined with a lot of stuff.



Ultra Pretenders were friggin' weird

Oh my.....

Kurona wrote:Technically the original Skyhammer combined with a lot of stuff.



Ultra Pretenders were friggin' weird

Yeah, Ultra Pretenders were nothing more than Transformer Matryoshka dolls. Shame both Skyhammer and Roadblock suffer from GPS...

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:And I was thinking technobot Strafe when I saw Skyhammer

I'll give you that However, the characters in the Crash Combiner category seem all to be combined forms, and I was simply thinking Skyhammer followed suit. We got plenty of names with "sky" and "hammer" anyway

I want to see what all this is going to come to. I'm kinda stoked!

Kurona wrote:Technically the original Skyhammer combined with a lot of stuff.



Ultra Pretenders were friggin' weird

Oh my.....

It was oodles of fun

Primestrong? Beeside?

If they utilize these piss poor shipping titles in the show, I swear to f**king God.....

PrymeStriker wrote:Primestrong? Beeside?

If they utilize these piss poor shipping titles in the show, I swear to f**king God.....

Very well. Their names shall instead be Armoptimus and Swipebumble!

Yeah, I'm definitely getting an Energon vibe from these guys. I'm thinking the ones that simply say "Combiner" are Warrior class figures that can combine while the ones that say "Crash Combiner" are like Acivators in that you get two vehicles that you smash together to auto combine.

Based on the colors I REALLY hope half of Skyhammer is Skyfire.

Emerje

Skyhammer? erm....wasn't he a helicopter
+ the size of him in the game....he looks more like he should be Jetfire

Stuartmaximus wrote:+ the size of him in the game....he looks more like he should be Jetfire

That's because he's two mystery characters smooshed together making him huge.

Emerje

Crash Combiners look like Mash-ups a bit to me.
Perhaps the licensing show will reveal a bit more.

D-Maximus_Primal also spotted another Australian TV ad - via the official Transformers YouTube channel - for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Power Surge Optimus Prime, also featuring Starscream, in a very moody, thunderstormy setting. Check it out embedded below!

Stuartmaximus wrote:Skyhammer? erm....wasn't he a helicopter
+ the size of him in the game....he looks more like he should be Jetfire

This is the same series whose main villain is Steeljaw, a Decepticon carformer with a wolf motif as opposed to the original (... and FoC toyline) Autobot Lion Cassetteformer. They're just re-using the names if they find them fitting of the characters.

Anyone found a way to get a fanmode base out of Paralon?
I've tried.....but the results are far from best, although the tail does kinda form a tower in much the same way that Pandinus's does

Dr Va'al wrote:D-Maximus_Primal also spotted another Australian TV ad - via the official Transformers YouTube channel - for Transformers: Robots in Disguise Power Surge Optimus Prime, also featuring Starscream, in a very moody, thunderstormy setting. Check it out embedded below!

Now, that's a live action show I'd watch!

I'm definitely getting a Duocons style combining gimmick vibe from the name Crash Combiners.

Cobotron wrote:I'm definitely getting a Duocons style combining gimmick vibe from the name Crash Combiners.

I wish that were the case. Duocon combining would be really sweet

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

Cobotron wrote:I'm definitely getting a Duocons style combining gimmick vibe from the name Crash Combiners.

I wish that were the case. Duocon combining would be really sweet

If they're compatible with each other, you could probably make a Battletrap.

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

Cobotron wrote:I'm definitely getting a Duocons style combining gimmick vibe from the name Crash Combiners.

I wish that were the case. Duocon combining would be really sweet

Hm.

Dr Va'al wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

Cobotron wrote:I'm definitely getting a Duocons style combining gimmick vibe from the name Crash Combiners.

I wish that were the case. Duocon combining would be really sweet

Hm.

I feel like I mentioned this exact thing somewhere else (maybe the TR thread or something). I want to continue with combining of a sort, such as the duocon style and such. Hopefully this RiD version comes out well, cause I'm kinda excited to have energon styled combiners

We have now become aware of a new Transformers: Robots in Disguise product that may catch several people off guard. That's right folks, Robots in Disguise is going to invade 2017 thanks to this new Calendar found for next year! The calendar appears to feature all the primary characters from season one such as Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Strongarm, Sideswipe, and Grimlock. Check out the images found below, noting the $14.99 price as you go, and let us know what you think in the comments section below!

That's cool, but I want that Zelda calendar.

Some of that artwork looks new, or at least of a different art style.

Waldo is staring into our souls.

Looks nice. So, what store was this calendar found at?

Smokescreen85 wrote:Looks nice. So, what store was this calendar found at?

We don't know, we were never told. Though I would imagine it's one of those generic calendar places you find in malls

I was wondering now the normal White (large) Power Surge Optimus is out in the UK (and possibly other places in Europe) has he had his sounds neutered or is he still as chatty as the American one Emgo316 reviewed ?

I thought it best to ask - as I never did get some previous talking toys as I was so put off by the heavily edited speech on the European releases.

The Japanese one seems to say much less that Emgo's does and it doesn't make jetpack noises either. He's a great colour though - and much more suitable for an Optimus Collection being the usual red & blue colouring.

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If you buy one of those large Optimus' and the arm keeps falling off at the elbow there seems to be a very easy fix - just undo the screw rotate the inner joint cuff 180 degrees and then redo the screw and for some reason the arm no longer falls off now - even though the part seems symmetrical there is a tiny difference from one side to the other that is enough to prevent the arm falling off.

(see emgo's video on the white version for an example of this)

From the same Transformers YouTube channel as the Australian promotional clips, we have a new German TV spot for the Robots in Disguise line, and more specifically the Power Heroes (Power Surge) Bumblebee and Sideswipe, the simplified figures with electronics and power-up minicons - as seen here. Check out the Thunderhoof starring clip below!

These live action commercials make me wanna see a TF show done in that "Ace Lightning" sort of style (live action background with cartoony-looking CG robots).

We finally have a sighting of the latest Robots in Disguise Warrior Wave in the US. This one comes to us from Scotty P who found wave 7, which features Windblade, Powersurge Prime and Scorponok at Toys R Us in Cary, NC. This wave also includes Thunderhoof and Quillfire in the Weaponizers refresh packaging, meaning those who have not seen these two yet will have another chance at seeing them in stores. For those wondering, wave 8 features no new toys while wave 9 will have Ratchet, Scatterspike and Bisk.

I've also found these guys at a Walmart in Houston, Texas. specifically the one on el dorado and hwy 45

Man, gotta be on the look out now

Got Skorp and Windblade yesterday, TRU in LFT. Both are great. RiD15 Windblade > Generations Windblade though i don't think Gen Windblade is a bad toy like a lot of others do. I wish there was some way to put her scabbard on her back, though. Where's my single carded Mini Cons, though!?

A thought occurs, i don't think there's a side by side comparison between Windblades, let me fix that

Wait,, this is NEWSS??

Then let me add my sighting as well, the Greenwood, IN Toys R Us. I will go put it in the database

hurricane567 wrote:A thought occurs, i don't think there's a side by side comparison between Windblades, let me fix that

Woaaaaaah she's tiny

Flashwave wrote:Wait,, this is NEWSS??

Then let me add my sighting as well, the Greenwood, IN Toys R Us. I will go put it in the database

If you see something new in the store that you havent seen before, why wouldnt you let us know? The worst that will happen is people in your area will know where they can get these new toys.

We even asked on the front page last time that if anyone finds this wave it would be great to tell us:

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... jer/36228/

Have you seen the solo weapon minicons? Those have also not been reported yet.

william-james88 wrote:

Flashwave wrote:Wait,, this is NEWSS??

Then let me add my sighting as well, the Greenwood, IN Toys R Us. I will go put it in the database

If you see something new in the store that you havent seen before, why wouldnt you let us know? The worst that will happen is people in your area will know where they can get these new toys.

We even asked on the front page last time that if anyone finds this wave it would be great to tell us:

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... jer/36228/

Have you seen the solo weapon minicons? Those have also not been reported yet.

Because I havent ever seen anything first. Hell, Yesterday was the first time I saw Thunderhoof in the flesh at all, and only thr second time I saw Quillfire, both times this month. I figured it was more of Indiana finally catching up on stock 2 months later.

Flashwave wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Flashwave wrote:Wait,, this is NEWSS??

Then let me add my sighting as well, the Greenwood, IN Toys R Us. I will go put it in the database

If you see something new in the store that you havent seen before, why wouldnt you let us know? The worst that will happen is people in your area will know where they can get these new toys.

We even asked on the front page last time that if anyone finds this wave it would be great to tell us:

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... jer/36228/

Have you seen the solo weapon minicons? Those have also not been reported yet.

Because I havent ever seen anything first. Hell, Yesterday was the first time I saw Thunderhoof in the flesh at all, and only thr second time I saw Quillfire, both times this month. I figured it was more of Indiana finally catching up on stock 2 months later.

With another line that would be the case but not with RID because their waves always consist of rereleasing older figures. It gives a chance for stores who did not stock a lot on a certain wave to still get a toy later as part of another one.

I'm prepping the Paralon review even now...

Sooo....with the latest episode....it looks like we could be getting even more repaints(as we've already got Scorponok/Paralon)

so there's bound to be a repaint of Underbite as those two other Chompazoids, Quillfire as Scatterspike, Clampdown as Clawtrap & if there ever was a Filch toy, it would probably be repainted as Aerobolt

Stuartmaximus wrote:Sooo....with the latest episode....it looks like we could be getting even more repaints(as we've already got Scorponok/Paralon)

so there's bound to be a repaint of Underbite as those two other Chompazoids, Quillfire as Scatterspike, Clampdown as Clawtrap & if there ever was a Filch toy, it would probably be repainted as Aerobolt

Aerobolt is a Mini-Con who's already getting a toy, which is what his cartoon model is based on.

Also, just because they use recolours in the show doesn't mean they'll become toys. While at first it seems an obvious indicator, CGI shows use recolours for the same reason toys do - to save money. It takes money to make entirely new models so for extra characters it makes sense to use recolours. It's why, for instance, Beast Wars decided to have Tigatron and why the Tripredacus Councils' heads are just a mismash of other characters' heads.

But yeah, we could be getting those recolours as toys but don't count on it.