Unboxing Video and Teaser Gallery of Combiner Wars Victorion and the Rust Renegades

Mr Skram wrote:I'm still passing on this set, but I do like that foot storage on the Voyager. Is there similar storage for the hands?

Seibertron wrote:

Mr Skram wrote:I'm still passing on this set, but I do like that foot storage on the Voyager. Is there similar storage for the hands?

I wasn't quite sure where they should go. If someone wants to point me in the proper direction, please let me know ASAP before I work on the gallery in the morning.

Mr Skram wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Mr Skram wrote:I'm still passing on this set, but I do like that foot storage on the Voyager. Is there similar storage for the hands?

I wasn't quite sure where they should go. If someone wants to point me in the proper direction, please let me know ASAP before I work on the gallery in the morning.

Could always give one each to the two poor sword-less car bots for slappin' cons!

Dr Va'al wrote:

Mr Skram wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Mr Skram wrote:I'm still passing on this set, but I do like that foot storage on the Voyager. Is there similar storage for the hands?

I wasn't quite sure where they should go. If someone wants to point me in the proper direction, please let me know ASAP before I work on the gallery in the morning.

Could always give one each to the two poor sword-less car bots for slappin' cons!

That's a great positioning!

I really like how the hands fit in the feet, and the latter fit on Pyra Magna's ladder. Nice feature.


They so purrrdy.

Seibertron wrote:

Dr Va'al wrote:

Mr Skram wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Mr Skram wrote:I'm still passing on this set, but I do like that foot storage on the Voyager. Is there similar storage for the hands?

I wasn't quite sure where they should go. If someone wants to point me in the proper direction, please let me know ASAP before I work on the gallery in the morning.

Could always give one each to the two poor sword-less car bots for slappin' cons!

That's a great positioning!

I really like how the hands fit in the feet, and the latter fit on Pyra Magna's ladder. Nice feature.


They so purrrdy.

How do the hands fit in the feet? I couldn't figure it out (though I didn't spend a lot of time on it either).

Dr Va'al wrote:I do wonder why they changed Torchbearers to Rust Renegades though, that was not something I had been expecting.

Seibertron wrote:

Dr Va'al wrote:I do wonder why they changed Torchbearers to Rust Renegades though, that was not something I had been expecting.

If I recall correctly, Counterpunch or ScottyP mentioned on the podcast at some point that the term "torchbearers" wasn't an appropriate term, but I can't remember exactly why they said it was inappropriate.

Seibertron wrote:

Dr Va'al wrote:I do wonder why they changed Torchbearers to Rust Renegades though, that was not something I had been expecting.

If I recall correctly, Counterpunch or ScottyP mentioned on the podcast at some point that the term "torchbearers" wasn't an appropriate term, but I can't remember exactly why they said it was inappropriate.

Mr Skram wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Dr Va'al wrote:I do wonder why they changed Torchbearers to Rust Renegades though, that was not something I had been expecting.

If I recall correctly, Counterpunch or ScottyP mentioned on the podcast at some point that the term "torchbearers" wasn't an appropriate term, but I can't remember exactly why they said it was inappropriate.

Torchbearer is essentially a position in the Caminus heirarchy, and they either quit or were cast out in the comics. I can't recall which. There's a group of Torchbearers who took their place.

Dr Va'al wrote:

Mr Skram wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Dr Va'al wrote:I do wonder why they changed Torchbearers to Rust Renegades though, that was not something I had been expecting.

If I recall correctly, Counterpunch or ScottyP mentioned on the podcast at some point that the term "torchbearers" wasn't an appropriate term, but I can't remember exactly why they said it was inappropriate.

Torchbearer is essentially a position in the Caminus heirarchy, and they either quit or were cast out in the comics. I can't recall which. There's a group of Torchbearers who took their place.

Oh I'm aware of that part - though Pyra Magna still uses the term when we encounter them once or twice - it's the marketing of the set that puzzles me. I do think it's something about international brand, rather than IDW loyalty, given Hasbro's precedents.

megatronus wrote:Ryan, I'm not sure why you're not a fan of the Nightbird head in this set. I think it's nice they'd pull a Japanese head sculpt to this side of the Pacific (although it was almost certainly to save on costs). I get that you'd prefer all new everything, but I think that's a tad unrealistic. For a quasi-exclusive box set, they pulled out plenty of stops.

[BW] Rainmaker wrote:Who are the rust renegades?

[BW] Rainmaker wrote:Who are the rust renegades?

[BW] Rainmaker wrote:I thought they were called the Torchbearers...

megatronus wrote:Definitely using spare HFGs for her hands... her stock hands are extremely underwhelming. The feet are great though.

It's also nice to see that the final product toned down the bright teals of the prototypes revealed at NYCC/Toy Fair. A marked improvement.

Ryan, I'm not sure why you're not a fan of the Nightbird head in this set. I think it's nice they'd pull a Japanese head sculpt to this side of the Pacific (although it was almost certainly to save on costs). I get that you'd prefer all new everything, but I think that's a tad unrealistic. For a quasi-exclusive box set, they pulled out plenty of stops.

philswitch engage wrote:i've seen ugly but that's like circus ugly

Deadput wrote:

philswitch engage wrote:i've seen ugly but that's like circus ugly

Nothing like the gorgeous color scheme of Devastator, Computron, Piranacon and those G2 combiners amirite?

Seibertron wrote:So I just noticed this morning that the top of Victorion's forehead crest was broken and missing in the package. You'll notice in the picture below that the top of the crest is angled, where it must have sheared off at the factory. Urgh.



Here's what it is supposed to look like (and what it looks like on my 2nd Victorion that I'm about to photograph) ...



Fortunately, I've got a spare Victorion for the time being where this is not broken.

Agamemnon wrote:

Seibertron wrote:So I just noticed this morning that the top of Victorion's forehead crest was broken and missing in the package. You'll notice in the picture below that the top of the crest is angled, where it must have sheared off at the factory. Urgh.



Here's what it is supposed to look like (and what it looks like on my 2nd Victorion that I'm about to photograph) ...



Fortunately, I've got a spare Victorion for the time being where this is not broken.

Can you confirm it is not broken on other Victorion figures? I'm wondering if this is another case of clipping something long and sharpish for toy safety guidelines, like they did for a movie figure, I think. I don't remember which one it was....

Seibertron wrote:Here's what it is supposed to look like (and what it looks like on my 2nd Victorion that I'm about to photograph) ...



Fortunately, I've got a spare Victorion for the time being where this is not broken.

philswitch engage wrote:Devastator is iconic in his neon green and purple scheme.

william-james88 wrote:

megatronus wrote:Definitely using spare HFGs for her hands... her stock hands are extremely underwhelming. The feet are great though.

It's also nice to see that the final product toned down the bright teals of the prototypes revealed at NYCC/Toy Fair. A marked improvement.

Ryan, I'm not sure why you're not a fan of the Nightbird head in this set. I think it's nice they'd pull a Japanese head sculpt to this side of the Pacific (although it was almost certainly to save on costs). I get that you'd prefer all new everything, but I think that's a tad unrealistic. For a quasi-exclusive box set, they pulled out plenty of stops.

I dont get it, arent they different heads? They sure look different to me:



Of course if I am looking at the wrong head, let me know.

And I totally agree Megatronus, those hands are really not great. They look so off compared to the giant forearms.

So Ryan, do you recomend this set overall?

Oh and dumb question guys but seriously where did all the white from the colourchoice (option c) go?

RNSrobot wrote:I bet the fists will look much better on the copters.

Seibertron wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:

Seibertron wrote:So I just noticed this morning that the top of Victorion's forehead crest was broken and missing in the package. You'll notice in the picture below that the top of the crest is angled, where it must have sheared off at the factory. Urgh.



Here's what it is supposed to look like (and what it looks like on my 2nd Victorion that I'm about to photograph) ...



Fortunately, I've got a spare Victorion for the time being where this is not broken.

Can you confirm it is not broken on other Victorion figures? I'm wondering if this is another case of clipping something long and sharpish for toy safety guidelines, like they did for a movie figure, I think. I don't remember which one it was....

Per my quote that you quoted

Seibertron wrote:Here's what it is supposed to look like (and what it looks like on my 2nd Victorion that I'm about to photograph) ...



Fortunately, I've got a spare Victorion for the time being where this is not broken.

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D-Maximus_Primal wrote:She came out really nice. I can't wait to get her!

Deadput wrote:

philswitch engage wrote:Devastator is iconic in his neon green and purple scheme.

Iconic doesn't mean pretty the Constructicons have always had an ugly color scheme no matter how you spin it.


I bet that if Victorion was from the original G1 toyline no one would care and they would call her colors iconic cause nostalgia is a blinding thing.

Deadput wrote:

philswitch engage wrote:Devastator is iconic in his neon green and purple scheme.

Iconic doesn't mean pretty the Constructicons have always had an ugly color scheme no matter how you spin it.

Deadput wrote:I bet that if Victorion was from the original G1 toyline no one would care and they would call her colors iconic cause nostalgia is a blinding thing.

philswitch engage wrote:
It's not just the color scheme, but some of the individual bots have horrible head sculpts as well. I really enjoy the head for the combined figure, but the 2 cars heads' are very off putting to me.