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[D-Maximal_Primal]

Sabr battles are just so awesome though, can't help but love them!

And the triple barreled shotgun is honestly my favorite accessory besides the gun/sword the breakdown mold comes with. they are so cool.

Yeah that triple barrel pew pew is pretty dope. I took a silver sharpie to Prowl's stark white version. It turned out real nice and purdy too (except for where I couldn't get to). A bit brighter than Streetwise's.

Pretty neat sounding! Got a pic you could share? I have a silver sharpie so I may consider it

[no-one]

Sabr battles are just so awesome though, can't help but love them!

And the triple barreled shotgun is honestly my favorite accessory besides the gun/sword the breakdown mold comes with. they are so cool.

Yeah that triple barrel pew pew is pretty dope. I took a silver sharpie to Prowl's stark white version. It turned out real nice and purdy too (except for where I couldn't get to). A bit brighter than Streetwise's.

Pretty neat sounding! Got a pic you could share? I have a silver sharpie so I may consider it

Sorta, its not the best but it's all I got right now. I can do better later in the week. If you like.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

That works out very well. Really cool looking!

[no-one]

That works out very well. Really cool looking!

I'm happy with the results, but that angle hides all the recessed spots that are still white. I'm thinking about getting a fine tip paint marker and hitting those spots.

[Rodimus Prime]

So besides Smokescreen and Trailbreaker, are we getting any other repaints?

[D-Maximal_Primal]

So besides Smokescreen and Trailbreaker, are we getting any other repaints?

Smokescreen is a straight repaint, Trailbreaker has a new head and arms, Hound has a new head and paint job, and Wheeljack has remolded car and chest parts with the head and paint

[william-james88]

So besides Smokescreen and Trailbreaker, are we getting any other repaints?

Smokescreen is a straight repaint, Trailbreaker has a new head and arms, Hound has a new head and paint job, and Wheeljack has remolded car and chest parts with the head and paint

Yeah all those guys are retools or repaints. If you count trail cutter, then count wheeljack and especially hound who is a repaint of Swindle. And there is also this thing coming that is all repaints (and maybe retools): http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... nus/34314/

And then there is all the G2 stuff + Victorion. So the short answer is yes, we are getting plenty of upcoming repaints and retools (granted, some are obviously warranted).

[Hellscream9999]

So besides Smokescreen and Trailbreaker, are we getting any other repaints?

Smokescreen is a straight repaint, Trailbreaker has a new head and arms, Hound has a new head and paint job, and Wheeljack has remolded car and chest parts with the head and paint

Yeah all those guys are retools or repaints. If you count trail cutter, then count wheeljack and especially hound who is a repaint of Swindle. And there is also this thing coming that is all repaints (and maybe retools): http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... nus/34314/

And then there is all the G2 stuff + Victorion. So the short answer is yes, we are getting plenty of upcoming repaints and retools (granted, some are obviously warranted).

Hound and Swindle don't count because they're awesome

(and not only warranted, but we would never hear the end of it if the G2 stuff was never released; people were begging for them before the cw figs were even released...)

[william-james88]

As with previous releases, every combiner limb for the Combaticon / Bruticus wave comes with a full bio with their comic book. Below you will find the comic book covers as well as the bios. These are only available with the US release of these toys since the international releases have cards instead.

Enjoy the full bios below!

[Mindmaster]

I like the in-universe-explanation-and-is-therefore-canon schtick of Blast Off's bio. Just makes it feel like all is balanced and as it should be in the cosmos...

On an unrelated note: I suddenly want to see Vortex in his Fall of Cybertron colors in all his modes and his combined mode, just to see what it looks like.

Paging Madeus Prime, digibasher extraordinaire...

[Ironhidensh]

The Blast off bio just straight pisses me off. It's like Hasbro giving us a virtual middle finger.

[Zeedust]

The Blast off bio just straight pisses me off. It's like Hasbro giving us a virtual middle finger.

Would you have whined less about getting a new guy instead?

[william-james88]

The Blast off bio just straight pisses me off. It's like Hasbro giving us a virtual middle finger.

Would you have whined less about getting a new guy instead?

I know I would have whined much less if it wasnt just a straight up repaint. I am finding no silver linings here

[Seibertron]

My thoughts on Blast Off: I would have been fine with his bio and everything if he just had his actual head. Combiner Wars is so close to exactly what I wanted, but Blast Off is just lazy unfortunately, which is a bummer because he's the weakest link of this group.

On that note, had they just made Blast Off been a new guy named Air Stryker or something like that, I would have been fine with that. Then Cyclonus could have taken four of these new guys to make Galvatronus (Rook, Alpha Bravo, Offroad, and Air Stryke). Hasbro could've followed suit with Slingshot and Wildrider by releasing proper versions of Groove and Blast Off. Considering the popularity of the former, I'm really surprised they didn't do this with the latter.

[fenrir72]

My thoughts on Blast Off: I would have been fine with his bio and everything if he just had his actual head. Combiner Wars is so close to exactly what I wanted, but Blast Off is just lazy unfortunately, which is a bummer because he's the weakest link of this group.

On that note, had they just made Blast Off been a new guy named Air Stryker or something like that, I would have been fine with that. Then Cyclonus could have taken four of these new guys to make Galvatronus (Rook, Alpha Bravo, Offroad, and Air Stryke). Hasbro could've followed suit with Slingshot and Wildrider by releasing proper versions of Groove and Blast Off. Considering the popularity of the former, I'm really surprised they didn't do this with the latter.

Lazy lazy lazy! Exactly Ryan!

[Rated X]

All slings**t really needs to pass off as blast off is a damn face plate. The hasbro guy who decided not to use the fireflight head was a complete moron. Hopefully somebody will do a proper blast off head until Takara blesses us with a proper space shuttle. And that blast off bio is a disgrace.

[Noideaforaname]

Well, at least they had fun with the bios.

Combiner Wars has been really odd with how it almost gets the homages right. PCCs and Energon and the like just did whatever they wanted, but CW is very specifically going for G1, seemingly for our sakes... but then they go and mess up the lineups for whatever nonsensical reason. The very *idea* of Alpha Bravo and Jet-Blast Off have gotten as much, if not more, hate than genuinely awful molds like Airachnid. Then they spin around and give all those bots that were never part of a combiner new heads and parts and even new molds, which just makes things even more perplexing.



On an unrelated note, looks like the artist accidentally moved a layer intended for Vortex's thighs onto his knees.

[Hellscream9999]

My thoughts on Blast Off: I would have been fine with his bio and everything if he just had his actual head. Combiner Wars is so close to exactly what I wanted, but Blast Off is just lazy unfortunately, which is a bummer because he's the weakest link of this group.

And here I was thinking that brawl was the weakest link because he literally has no link in his abdomen

[Burn]

All slings**t really needs to pass off as blast off is a damn face plate.

Please do not attempt to bypass the swear filter with your own self censoring. I'm sure you're more than capable of conveying your message without resorting to profanity.

[william-james88]

My thoughts on Blast Off: I would have been fine with his bio and everything if he just had his actual head. Combiner Wars is so close to exactly what I wanted, but Blast Off is just lazy unfortunately, which is a bummer because he's the weakest link of this group.

And here I was thinking that brawl was the weakest link because he literally has no link in his abdomen

I felt like writing that but waited for you to have your say first

[Hellscream9999]

My thoughts on Blast Off: I would have been fine with his bio and everything if he just had his actual head. Combiner Wars is so close to exactly what I wanted, but Blast Off is just lazy unfortunately, which is a bummer because he's the weakest link of this group.

And here I was thinking that brawl was the weakest link because he literally has no link in his abdomen

I felt like writing that but waited for you to have your say first

Awww, thanks I don't wanna come off as predictable, but it was a deeply cutting insult to us, especially with as many repaints as they could/are making out of it

(assuming it isn't misassembled - as it easily could be, but it doesn't mean it will be fixed, so my point remains)

[RiddlerJ]

I wonder what would happen if you switched Vortex and Blast Off's heads. Blast Off would look a little more accurate and Vortex would still have a pretty accurate body. Plus it would seem like they're both not straight up repaints.

Just trying to think of the simplest solution.

[Starsaber468]

My thoughts on Blast Off: I would have been fine with his bio and everything if he just had his actual head. Combiner Wars is so close to exactly what I wanted, but Blast Off is just lazy unfortunately, which is a bummer because he's the weakest link of this group.

And here I was thinking that brawl was the weakest link because he literally has no link in his abdomen

I felt like writing that but waited for you to have your say first

Awww, thanks I don't wanna come off as predictable, but it was a deeply cutting insult to us, especially with as many repaints as they could/are making out of it

(assuming it isn't misassembled - as it easily could be, but it doesn't mean it will be fixed, so my point remains)

I could see the fandom finding a fix for it though

[Rated X]

All slings**t really needs to pass off as blast off is a damn face plate.

Please do not attempt to bypass the swear filter with your own self censoring. I'm sure you're more than capable of conveying your message without resorting to profanity.

That name I used was a humorus play on words. I personally think its funny that if you remove the "O" in "Slingshot" and replace it with an "I" you now have the perfect name for a brown repaint. Your "swear filter" would have omitted the entire word rendering my joke non-understanable. I will kindly stop censoring my own comments at your request. If I may make a request of my own it would be for humor to be embraced rather than villianified. We are human beings discussing robots, not the other way around.

[ScottyP]

Well, at least they had fun with the bios.

Boom. I loved 'em. Vortex as an interrogator using his blades to Jack Bauer someone into giving away information is quite fun. I could see Vortex and Swindle doing some good cop/bad cop kinda stuff.

Another nice touch in this wave is that the deluxes' instruction manuals now have both the arm and leg transformation steps in the same manual. I thought that was pretty cool.