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Everyones favourite hit squad The Wreckers seem to be getting a lot of love recently, so what better time for the ultimate line up!

I would like to put together a classics team which covers all our wrecking buddies but I need a few suggestions from my fellow alien robot lovers as who would make it to the final few..?

Lets keep articulation and posability on a par with the current classics engineering or as close as possible, also keeping in mind availability too (that rare Botcon exclusive will possibly be out of reach for most)!

Lists or an actual group photo would be great to see! If you want to suggest the odd head swap, lets see the love!

I still have to read the Marvel UK run, so the Wreckers I know the best are the IDW formation.

With that in mind, I did try putting a squad together:


But they are now in Italy, with some misfits from the other shelves:

I'm running an old school Wreckers grouping with City Commander as Magnus, Defender as Springer, TRU MoM Whirl with Head Robots upgrade as Whirl and Target comic pack Roadbuster as Roadbuster, sadly without any augmentation as yet but I'm fully intending to give him the make over treatment at some point now that the upgrade parts are easily available through Shapeways. Broadside will be Assaulter and I'm thinking the HA basics Sandstorm may fit the bill for that one. I don't want to sacrifice my RiD Bludgeon but if I ever pick up a second one he'll likely end up as an Impactor custom. Topspin, Twintwist and Rack'n'Ruin still elude me as to who or what would make suitable stand ins.

I have an eclectic Wreckers group on my shelf:
FP Defender is Springer
RotF Whirl with the Headmasters Upgrade kit
Universe Roadbuster + NATObot upgrade kit
Botcon Thunderclash
Botcon Landshark
Botcon Flak
TFCon Powered Commander (I call him Powershift)
Custom Rack 'n' Ruin
Custom Rotorstorm
Botcon '05 Ricochet
RobotMasters Reverse Convoy
Grindcore

Upcoming Wreckers:
Assaulter will be Broadside (duh)
Topspin
Twin Twist

My rule is that when I get a canon Wrecker, such as Topspin or TwinTwist, then I have to remove a non-cannon one.

What? No love for cyberverse Guzzle? Shame on you!

RhA wrote:What? No love for cyberverse Guzzle? Shame on you!

GAH! I knew I'd forgotten one! He's in there too. It's tricky pulling a specific shelf from memory as my collection is over 700 KMs away right now.

Very good lists so far folk!
Feel free to throw in your own customs or homages (hello 3rd party players)!

The Wreckers often changed line up offer us a wealth of characters to play with (pardon the pun) which makes for an awesome team in my opinion!

If there hasnt been a character represented in recent years, how do you fill that gap?

Mkall wrote:My rule is that when I get a canon Wrecker, such as Topspin or TwinTwist, then I have to remove a non-cannon one.

Does that old Cybertron figure with the similiar paint scheme make a good stand-in? Will that Machine Wars figure really fit in with current stylings? Lets hear ya folks!!

Mkall wrote:I have an eclectic Wreckers group on my shelf:
Custom Rack 'n' Ruin
Custom Rotorstorm

Rack & Ruin are a bit of an odd character(s) to represent in a classics line up?
Can you post pictures of your customs please?

Okay folks... lets open up the options a little more?

Would anyone consider using any of the Marvel Crossovers, Star Wars Crossovers, Fansproject Causality, TF Prime/Cybertron/Energon as a Wrecker stand-in?

With the many repaints Hasbro put out and the possibility of swapping compatible sized heads without too many problems, what has been your most creative achievement when it came to that killer Wreckers line up?

For Roadbuster, I'm using that crappy CD Hot Shot redeco from the Universe line a few years back. Without the old 3rd-party upgrade for him... still kicking myself for missing out on that.

waaaaghlord wrote:I'm running an old school Wreckers grouping with City Commander as Magnus, Defender as Springer, TRU MoM Whirl with Head Robots upgrade as Whirl and Target comic pack Roadbuster as Roadbuster, sadly without any augmentation as yet but I'm fully intending to give him the make over treatment at some point now that the upgrade parts are easily available through Shapeways. Broadside will be Assaulter and I'm thinking the HA basics Sandstorm may fit the bill for that one. I don't want to sacrifice my RiD Bludgeon but if I ever pick up a second one he'll likely end up as an Impactor custom. Topspin, Twintwist and Rack'n'Ruin still elude me as to who or what would make suitable stand ins.

Pretty much my set up too, except I don't have the Whirl upgrade and I DO have the NATO-bot kit for Roadbuster.