Video Review Combiner Wars Computron
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Fellow Seibertronians, after so long, through whispers and wondering if it would really happen, Transformers Combiner Wars Computron is making it's way to shelves near you, but for now, we have a video review of the big brainiac combiner, courtesy of fellow user Optibotimus. In it we get a look at the new figures, including the highly anticipated Scrounge retooling of Legends class Cosmos - as well as a look at the technobot retooling of Unite Warriors Deluxe class Groove. So will you be getting this or will you be stalking ebay for Scrounge. Check out the review, and let us know what you think of Hasbro's offering of Scrounge and the Technobots in the comments below.
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Posted by Kurona on August 12th, 2016 @ 5:36pm CDT
Hmmm.
Hmmm.
And somehow while he's stopped doing the "G1 accurate" flipped round legs, he's flipped round the arms to block their elbow articulation
Posted by optibotimus on August 12th, 2016 @ 6:19pm CDT
Kurona wrote:"Scrounge which in the g1 cartoons was sorta paired with the technobots"
Hmmm.
Hmmm.
And somehow while he's stopped doing the "G1 accurate" flipped round legs, he's flipped round the arms to block their elbow articulation
Sorry about that...i misspoke. I didn't mean the cartoon, i meant comic. Accidents happen i guess but i do apologize for the confusion.
As for the elbows....the articulation is still there, just not doubled up. Rotating the arms in Computron mode to have the double elbow sort of thing, makes Strafe have his wings facing forward, i prefer to keep them on the back. Because of that, i rotated the legs around on Afterburner to have it be symmetrical. As for the legs, i didn't slip them around on Computron on the G1 toy either. It's just a personal aesthetic look that i like. You can obviously display your figure how you wish.
Posted by Vic Zanzibar on August 12th, 2016 @ 6:20pm CDT
Posted by Kurona on August 12th, 2016 @ 6:25pm CDT
Vic Zanzibar wrote:With the exception of Nosecone, I like the Hasbro versions of all the individual figures better than the Takara versions. I do not like that Hasbro's uses the same head as Superion, however, the amount of stuff I like in the Hasbro version exceeds the amount I dislike, especially considering the inflated price I'd have to pay for the Takara version that I only really find to be superior in one limb and the combiner head which simply isn't enough to justify the higher price for me.
You could always go for PC-11 + Hasbro Computron in that case
If, that is, third party stuff doesn't bother you. I was gonna go that route until I realised I overall preferred Takara and didn't care much for Scrounge.
Posted by Sabrblade on August 12th, 2016 @ 6:33pm CDT
He wasn't paired with the Technobots in the comics either. He died several issues before the Technobots first appeared.optibotimus wrote:Kurona wrote:"Scrounge which in the g1 cartoons was sorta paired with the technobots"
Hmmm.
Hmmm.
And somehow while he's stopped doing the "G1 accurate" flipped round legs, he's flipped round the arms to block their elbow articulation
Sorry about that...i misspoke. I didn't mean the cartoon, i meant comic. Accidents happen i guess but i do apologize for the confusion.
Posted by optibotimus on August 12th, 2016 @ 6:35pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:He wasn't paired with the Technobots in the comics either. He died several issues before the Technobots first appeared.optibotimus wrote:Kurona wrote:"Scrounge which in the g1 cartoons was sorta paired with the technobots"
Hmmm.
Hmmm.
And somehow while he's stopped doing the "G1 accurate" flipped round legs, he's flipped round the arms to block their elbow articulation
Sorry about that...i misspoke. I didn't mean the cartoon, i meant comic. Accidents happen i guess but i do apologize for the confusion.
Well...he is now lol
Posted by Vic Zanzibar on August 12th, 2016 @ 6:35pm CDT
Kurona wrote:Vic Zanzibar wrote:With the exception of Nosecone, I like the Hasbro versions of all the individual figures better than the Takara versions. I do not like that Hasbro's uses the same head as Superion, however, the amount of stuff I like in the Hasbro version exceeds the amount I dislike, especially considering the inflated price I'd have to pay for the Takara version that I only really find to be superior in one limb and the combiner head which simply isn't enough to justify the higher price for me.
You could always go for PC-11 + Hasbro Computron in that case
If, that is, third party stuff doesn't bother you. I was gonna go that route until I realised I overall preferred Takara and didn't care much for Scrounge.
I appreciate the suggestion, but $35 plus shipping is more than I care to pay for a head for a figure, which is what I'd be paying for since I don't care about the breastplate or gun. (It's not G1 accuracy that bothers me; it's just having two combiners with the same head.)
Posted by Sabrblade on August 12th, 2016 @ 6:38pm CDT
And it is glorious!optibotimus wrote:Sabrblade wrote:He wasn't paired with the Technobots in the comics either. He died several issues before the Technobots first appeared.optibotimus wrote:Kurona wrote:"Scrounge which in the g1 cartoons was sorta paired with the technobots"
Hmmm.
Hmmm.
And somehow while he's stopped doing the "G1 accurate" flipped round legs, he's flipped round the arms to block their elbow articulation
Sorry about that...i misspoke. I didn't mean the cartoon, i meant comic. Accidents happen i guess but i do apologize for the confusion.
Well...he is now lol
Posted by Stuartmaximus on August 12th, 2016 @ 7:22pm CDT
What the...? Beast Combiners? i thought there wasn't to be any Beast ones in this line? + isn't this line nearing it's end now
Posted by RiddlerJ on August 12th, 2016 @ 7:52pm CDT
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on August 12th, 2016 @ 7:57pm CDT
RiddlerJ wrote:Strafe and Nosecone don't have guns?
Nosecone has the removable drill piece, and Strafe's gun can't be removed: those are considered the "weapons" for the figures.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 12th, 2016 @ 9:32pm CDT
Stuartmaximus wrote:http://tfylp.com/announcements-from-cybertron-con-hasbro-panel/
What the...? Beast Combiners? i thought there wasn't to be any Beast ones in this line? + isn't this line nearing it's end now
Hasbro said they would revisit combiners again soon, and it is presumed that we will get the beasts then
Posted by Bounti76 on August 13th, 2016 @ 2:38am CDT
With Nosecone in his usual position as Computron's leg, the rotating pieces of the CW tank mold, and the fact that it's legs don't peg together worth a damn, make it completely impossible to use the ankle tilts in the new feet without the entire lower leg/feet coming apart. They are TIGHT ankle/feet tilts. Same with Lightspeed. Prowl is the only use of that mold that pegs together and stays together really well as either an arm or a leg. Plus, though it's not a huge concern, Scattershot's torso mode is a little wiggly and not as tight as Superion's, which makes posing him a really iffy thing if it's not thought out before hand, and the feet aren't posed before inserting them into the leg bots. It just doesn't seem as sturdy as previous uses of that torso and limbs. Random last though, though I'm appreciating Hasbro Nosecone more and more (he does look fairly G1 toy accurate, save the maroon bits and brown chest), he's crap as a limb, as the Brawl/tank mold is absolutely the weakest of the entire line.
So, though Computron was my favorite G1 combiner, the CW version of him will not be posed or played with much. Too bad. I hope the Takara version (yes, I'm double dipping) will hold up better.
Posted by Sjeng on August 13th, 2016 @ 3:22am CDT
Takara's version has that covered a lot better. A shame Takara doesn't have the feet/hands.
I'm wondering though, now that Hasbro has feet and hand molds, why won't they make feet/hand packs in different colours for all the other Combiners? No more expensive 3rd party "perfect effect" packs nessesary. (€40,- for a few plastic fists and feet? wow, no way)
Posted by Kurona on August 13th, 2016 @ 7:11am CDT
He's the Brawl mold for starters, which is obviously the worst mold; so it's between him, Brawl, Botcon Ramhorn and Liokaiser Drillhorn and "Ironbison". However, all of those have headsculpts that fit the characters wonderfully, the Liokaiser and Botcon ones have beautiful paint jobs, and the use of the mold as a tank is faaaaaar more convincing and effective than using it as a drill... thing. So nosecone ends up with the worst mold in the line, the worst alt mode use of the mold, a recoloured head which doesn't even begin to fit him, looks like a block of cheese, and apparently has some QC issues. Poor guy.
Posted by Sowndwave76 on August 13th, 2016 @ 3:28pm CDT
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Stuartmaximus wrote:http://tfylp.com/announcements-from-cybertron-con-hasbro-panel/
What the...? Beast Combiners? i thought there wasn't to be any Beast ones in this line? + isn't this line nearing it's end now
Hasbro said they would revisit combiners again soon, and it is presumed that we will get the beasts then
The big question is how soon is "soon"??!?
Being that I've been borderline yawning with TR, this is really exciting news!
Watched that Comp review. The combined figure doesn't look awful, still don't like the individual bot modes. That brighter, kinda regular red looks so bizarre on Scattershot... Especially in spaceship mode. Afterburner/breaker looks best imo, but that's not saying much.
"Lightsteed"?? Should've just named him LightWise.
Don't really see how you'd take this set and the UW one and mish-mash them together...
UW is hands-down the better-looking set all the way around.
Not tempted at all to get this Hasbro release.
I'll be saving up some $$$ for these new beast combiners!!
Posted by Kurona on August 13th, 2016 @ 3:38pm CDT
Sowndwave76 wrote:D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Stuartmaximus wrote:http://tfylp.com/announcements-from-cybertron-con-hasbro-panel/
What the...? Beast Combiners? i thought there wasn't to be any Beast ones in this line? + isn't this line nearing it's end now
Hasbro said they would revisit combiners again soon, and it is presumed that we will get the beasts then
The big question is how soon is "soon"??!?
I'd presume that if this is true, most likely the next Generations line. I doubt they'd want to give away details of a line other than the one immediately after the current.
Posted by Sowndwave76 on August 13th, 2016 @ 3:44pm CDT
Kurona wrote:Sowndwave76 wrote:D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Stuartmaximus wrote:http://tfylp.com/announcements-from-cybertron-con-hasbro-panel/
What the...? Beast Combiners? i thought there wasn't to be any Beast ones in this line? + isn't this line nearing it's end now
Hasbro said they would revisit combiners again soon, and it is presumed that we will get the beasts then
The big question is how soon is "soon"??!?
I'd presume that if this is true, most likely the next Generations line. I doubt they'd want to give away details of a line other than the one immediately after the current.
When does the LK line start??
It would be nice if the new Generations line immediately followed that.
Posted by Kurona on August 13th, 2016 @ 3:49pm CDT
Sowndwave76 wrote:Kurona wrote:Sowndwave76 wrote:D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Stuartmaximus wrote:http://tfylp.com/announcements-from-cybertron-con-hasbro-panel/
What the...? Beast Combiners? i thought there wasn't to be any Beast ones in this line? + isn't this line nearing it's end now
Hasbro said they would revisit combiners again soon, and it is presumed that we will get the beasts then
The big question is how soon is "soon"??!?
I'd presume that if this is true, most likely the next Generations line. I doubt they'd want to give away details of a line other than the one immediately after the current.
When does the LK line start??
It would be nice if the new Generations line immediately followed that.
WJ88 knows more about why it's possible than me, but it seems there's no reason why Generations, -insert cartoon toyline- and -insert movie toyline- could not exist at the same time.
Posted by RAR on August 13th, 2016 @ 9:46pm CDT
The might dial back a little on Rescue bots too if Last Knight has it's own little-kid sub brands if it doesn't then that will probably carry on in the same erratic manner too.
I just hope they don't make the HUGE ERROR of dumping all the Generations style Movie toys on TRU and then only distributing terrible toys to other retailers.
But character wise the only thing that looks promising so far would be some car alt modes and the new Bulk-hound vehicle mode. Unless Optimus gets another new body at the end of the Movie that they are keeping quiet about.
Megatron i'll judge depending on what he turns into. Barricade has some toy potential especially if they can make something less finicky than the DOTM mould.
But anyway here isn't the proper place to talk about this so I'll shut up now.
Posted by Kurona on August 13th, 2016 @ 9:58pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on August 13th, 2016 @ 10:35pm CDT
But Rescue Bots is handled by Playskool, a different branch of the Hasbro company from the main Hasbro Transformers branch. The Last Knight or any main line shouldn't interfere Rescue Bots (which is even sold in a completely separate aisle in the stores from the main TF lines... unless any stores have merged the Playskool aisle with the big kid aisle, but that shouldn't be too common).RAR wrote:The might dial back a little on Rescue bots too if Last Knight has it's own little-kid sub brands if it doesn't then that will probably carry on in the same erratic manner too.
Posted by Emerje on August 14th, 2016 @ 12:33am CDT
Emerje
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on August 14th, 2016 @ 1:16am CDT
Emerje wrote:Don't forget that with Liokaiser they pushed the combiners into the Platinum line. Those figures may have been remolds, but they had six new heads and a new Arms Micron. That tells me they're willing to think more creatively which makes beasts a little more possible without worrying about what Generations is up to.
Emerje
I hope you're willing to live with retools, because that's all the Platinum series has been so far, no original molds.
Posted by Kurona on August 14th, 2016 @ 6:17am CDT
Posted by Tyrannacon on August 14th, 2016 @ 10:29am CDT
Posted by Kurona on August 14th, 2016 @ 10:31am CDT
Tyrannacon wrote:The new Dinobots and new Predaking shown look very tempting for me.
The... the new what?
Posted by Tyrannacon on August 14th, 2016 @ 10:36am CDT
Kurona wrote:Tyrannacon wrote:The new Dinobots and new Predaking shown look very tempting for me.
The... the new what?
http://tfylp.com/announcements-from-cyb ... bro-panel/
The link that was posted earlier at the top of the page from the Hasbro panel. If those are indeed Hasbro (which it looks like) they definitely are very tempting to try to pick up for me when available.
Posted by Kurona on August 14th, 2016 @ 10:37am CDT
Tyrannacon wrote:Kurona wrote:Tyrannacon wrote:The new Dinobots and new Predaking shown look very tempting for me.
The... the new what?
http://tfylp.com/announcements-from-cyb ... bro-panel/
The link that was posted earlier at the top of the page from the Hasbro panel. If those are indeed Hasbro (which it looks like) they definitely are very tempting to try to pick up for me when available.
I'm afraid those pictures are of Third Party toys. You got me extremely excited there...
Posted by Tyrannacon on August 14th, 2016 @ 10:40am CDT
I apologize as I was excited too here. Even for 3P they don't look bad though.
Posted by RAR on August 14th, 2016 @ 2:25pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:But Rescue Bots is handled by Playskool, a different branch of the Hasbro company from the main Hasbro Transformers branch. The Last Knight or any main line shouldn't interfere Rescue Bots (which is even sold in a completely separate aisle in the stores from the main TF lines... unless any stores have merged the Playskool aisle with the big kid aisle, but that shouldn't be too common).RAR wrote:
I was thinking they might decide to dial back on Rescue bots and offer something from Hasbro for little kids as a movie item - like the Battlechargers/gobots from DOTM or the Cyberslammers from 2007
They might simply ignore that under 6's segment with the Movie tie ins and carry on with Rescue Bots as they had nothing more kiddy than a Power Attacker for the last Movie that I remember seeing.
If anyone remember the DOTM Gobots & Battlechargers they were kind cute.
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Random question : has anyone found any interesting decorative use for Combiner wars hand/feet/guns when you are not using them (don't say earrings) I mean on toys.
Posted by Sabrblade on August 14th, 2016 @ 2:29pm CDT
But those were still sold as main line toys in the big kid aisle rather than Playskool toys in the preschool aisle.RAR wrote:Sabrblade wrote:But Rescue Bots is handled by Playskool, a different branch of the Hasbro company from the main Hasbro Transformers branch. The Last Knight or any main line shouldn't interfere Rescue Bots (which is even sold in a completely separate aisle in the stores from the main TF lines... unless any stores have merged the Playskool aisle with the big kid aisle, but that shouldn't be too common).RAR wrote:
I was thinking they might decide to dial back on Rescue bots and offer something from Hasbro for little kids as a movie item - like the Battlechargers/gobots from DOTM or the Cyberslammers from 2007
Posted by Emerje on August 14th, 2016 @ 5:10pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Emerje wrote:Don't forget that with Liokaiser they pushed the combiners into the Platinum line. Those figures may have been remolds, but they had six new heads and a new Arms Micron. That tells me they're willing to think more creatively which makes beasts a little more possible without worrying about what Generations is up to.
Emerje
I hope you're willing to live with retools, because that's all the Platinum series has been so far, no original molds.
Heh, I actually meant to say more, but being up for 20 hours and posting that just before going to be left my thoughts unfinished.
Takara Tomy isn't done with Unite Warriors yet and we don't know what they're doing after their version of Victorion. If they choose to continue the line and move into beasts I could see Hasbro taking the molds for Platinum releases.
And really, it wouldn't be that difficult to repurpose Terrorcons into a Seacons with the right tooling. Even Hun-grr and Snaptrap can share molds, just replace the dragon tail with a turtle head and have the bot legs on Snaptrap fold up and over to make a shell similar to how Silverbolt et al form the combiner chest plate with the legs. The same could be left on the dragon necks for when combining. They could even borrow further by flipping the figures upsidedown when combined so the bot arms become the thighs of the combiner.
Other possible mold shares:
Rippersnapper -> Overbite
Blot -> Skalor
Cutthroat -> Seawing and Tentakil
Sinnertwin -> Nautilator
I don't think it's impossible and I doubt we'll see this as part of Titans Return, but in a Platinum box set seems reasonable.
Emerje
Posted by Kurona on August 14th, 2016 @ 5:11pm CDT
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on August 14th, 2016 @ 5:24pm CDT
Posted by Kurona on August 14th, 2016 @ 5:28pm CDT
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on August 14th, 2016 @ 5:35pm CDT
Posted by Emerje on August 14th, 2016 @ 6:25pm CDT
Emerje
Posted by Burn on August 14th, 2016 @ 10:03pm CDT
Scattorshot (a lazy retool), and Afterburner are pretty basic. Nothing overly great about them, they are what they are. Re-uses of molds that have been used a few times in the past.
Lightspeed (a slight retool), is a nice figure, as was Groove. Bit of a far cry from his G1 self unfortunately.
Nosecone ... ugh ... having never owned the Brawl mold before I had no idea what to expect. I had heard of Brawl's hip problems and I wasn't sure if it had been fixed for this release or not, apparently it has ... but that's one hell of a stupid looking hip. So another slight retool. A very "meh" figure.
Strafe ... well now. This is a nice retool! With Air Raid as the base they retooled the jet parts. My one complaint is in the fins, they're a soft rubber rather than hardened plastic. Definitely the best retool of the set.
Scrounge ... ah yes, my entire reason for buying this set. When Optimus Prime died in 1986 it paved the way for the possibility of Transformer death. It also set me on the collecting path of the Marvel UK comics and that's where we met Scrounge. I read that story many times, I remember it well. His appearance was short lived but I never forgot him. His death was quite graphic at the time so that stuck with me as well. And finally, after all these years, he's gotten a figure. Oh sure he's just a repaint of Cosmos with a new head but you know what? It works. It works well.
I haven't combined them yet, the feet and fists were my other incentive for getting this set. It's not a great set, but for the Neo-G1 collector who may not be getting Takara's version (I still am) then it's a set you'll want to pick up.
Posted by fenrir72 on August 14th, 2016 @ 10:53pm CDT
Kurona wrote:Wanting Takara to create five entirely original molds for an entire combiner seems... extremely optimistic. Not saying it's impossible, but it's something I'd file under "probably not going to happen".
Their TF Go combiners were fairly good....especially the shinobi one.
Posted by fenrir72 on August 14th, 2016 @ 10:55pm CDT
Burn wrote:So rather than cluttering up the Toys Haul thread ... let's talk about CW Computron here.
Scattorshot (a lazy retool), and Afterburner are pretty basic. Nothing overly great about them, they are what they are. Re-uses of molds that have been used a few times in the past.
Lightspeed (a slight retool), is a nice figure, as was Groove. Bit of a far cry from his G1 self unfortunately.
Nosecone ... ugh ... having never owned the Brawl mold before I had no idea what to expect. I had heard of Brawl's hip problems and I wasn't sure if it had been fixed for this release or not, apparently it has ... but that's one hell of a stupid looking hip. So another slight retool. A very "meh" figure.
Strafe ... well now. This is a nice retool! With Air Raid as the base they retooled the jet parts. My one complaint is in the fins, they're a soft rubber rather than hardened plastic. Definitely the best retool of the set.
Scrounge ... ah yes, my entire reason for buying this set. When Optimus Prime died in 1986 it paved the way for the possibility of Transformer death. It also set me on the collecting path of the Marvel UK comics and that's where we met Scrounge. I read that story many times, I remember it well. His appearance was short lived but I never forgot him. His death was quite graphic at the time so that stuck with me as well. And finally, after all these years, he's gotten a figure. Oh sure he's just a repaint of Cosmos with a new head but you know what? It works. It works well.
I haven't combined them yet, the feet and fists were my other incentive for getting this set. It's not a great set, but for the Neo-G1 collector who may not be getting Takara's version (I still am) then it's a set you'll want to pick up.
I told you this should be stickied like Burn's thought etc a few months back. Jim Shooter used to do this in Marvel's Bullpen bulletins.
Posted by Burn on August 14th, 2016 @ 11:04pm CDT
fenrir72 wrote:I told you this should be stickied like Burn's thought etc a few months back. Jim Shooter used to do this in Marvel's Bullpen bulletins.
nah, that was terrible and hastily written. I should have been working and was afraid of getting caught.
Posted by Agamemnon on August 15th, 2016 @ 8:11am CDT
For those who may have been waiting, I know Ages 3 and Up already had this in stock, but over the weekend, Computron suddenly came in stock at BBTS for $99.99, no preorder...
Posted by Autobot N on August 15th, 2016 @ 12:09pm CDT
Posted by Bronzewolf on August 15th, 2016 @ 12:46pm CDT
He's available at Big Bad Toy Store
AJ's Toy chest, too
TFSource has him, as well
But The Chosen Prime still lists it as a pre-order
As does Robot Kingdom
So what do you think? Do you like Computron at all? Can you resist the temptation to get the Hasbro version now and wait for Takara's? Do you like Hasbro's version more? Let us know in the comments!
Posted by Va'al on August 15th, 2016 @ 1:43pm CDT
Straight from the battlefields of the Combiner Wars, it’s the bot who always analyzes before he acts—Computron.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 15th, 2016 @ 3:12pm CDT
Posted by Optimizzy on August 15th, 2016 @ 3:15pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 15th, 2016 @ 3:20pm CDT
Optimizzy wrote:Guys I am seriously considering just getting this version instead of the takara. The selling points on the takara version just don't seem as important to me ATM. Like, I can do more with that extra $40. uuuugh. what do!
I'm about in that same boat. It's a hard decision right now. I am really excited for Takaras, but this is so much cheaper and has Scrounge. The heads man, those are the things that are throwing me one way and another
Posted by Kurona on August 15th, 2016 @ 3:22pm CDT