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The first set comes to us from ACToys, and shows the team off individually in both modes plus another combined image with Cyberverse Commander Predaking

Me thoughts they formed Abominus?

shockwave13 wrote:

The first set comes to us from ACToys, and shows the team off individually in both modes plus another combined image with Cyberverse Commander Predaking

Me thoughts they formed Abominus?

The brightly colored ones make the sinfully ugly Abominus... thing.

The dark one with orange on him is Predaking. Though, not the G1 Predaking who was also a combiner. He's not part of their set, just there for the hell of it in the pic.

Nyancatron wrote:The brightly colored ones make the sinfully ugly Abominus... thing.

"sinfully ugly" is a rather appropriate description for any guy named "Abominus" (except the SG guy, since his name's meant to be ironic).

It's also probably intentional given how he and his components are supposed to be, you know, abominable.

Nyancatron wrote:The brightly colored ones make the sinfully ugly Abominus... thing.

So you love it? How glad I am to hear that! That's a compliment of the highest caliber!

RAcast wrote:

Nyancatron wrote:The brightly colored ones make the sinfully ugly Abominus... thing.

So you love it? How glad I am to hear that! That's a compliment of the highest caliber!

Indeed. If any of these toys looked as friendly and inviting as the G1 Terrorcon toys did, it would be a tremendous shame.

Sabrblade wrote:

RAcast wrote:

Nyancatron wrote:The brightly colored ones make the sinfully ugly Abominus... thing.

So you love it? How glad I am to hear that! That's a compliment of the highest caliber!

Indeed. If any of these toys looked as friendly and inviting as the G1 Terrorcon toys did, it would be a tremendous shame.

More organic, less boxy! Like a monster should be!

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

RAcast wrote:

Nyancatron wrote:The brightly colored ones make the sinfully ugly Abominus... thing.

So you love it? How glad I am to hear that! That's a compliment of the highest caliber!

Indeed. If any of these toys looked as friendly and inviting as the G1 Terrorcon toys did, it would be a tremendous shame.

More organic, less boxy! Like a monster should be!

They look pretty organic to me, certainly moreso than the G1 Terrorcons, while still looking like them. And of course they're going to be a -little- angular, they're robots!

You be troooollin'? (I kid!)

RAcast wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

RAcast wrote:

Nyancatron wrote:The brightly colored ones make the sinfully ugly Abominus... thing.

So you love it? How glad I am to hear that! That's a compliment of the highest caliber!

Indeed. If any of these toys looked as friendly and inviting as the G1 Terrorcon toys did, it would be a tremendous shame.

More organic, less boxy! Like a monster should be!

They look pretty organic to me, certainly moreso than the G1 Terrorcons, while still looking like them. And of course they're going to be a -little- angular, they're robots!

You be troooollin'? (I kid!)

What I meant was that they ARE more organic and less boxy compared to their G1 counterparts, and that this pleases me greatly. I suppose I could have been clearer about that.

Nemesis Primal wrote:

RAcast wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

RAcast wrote:

Nyancatron wrote:The brightly colored ones make the sinfully ugly Abominus... thing.

So you love it? How glad I am to hear that! That's a compliment of the highest caliber!

Indeed. If any of these toys looked as friendly and inviting as the G1 Terrorcon toys did, it would be a tremendous shame.

More organic, less boxy! Like a monster should be!

They look pretty organic to me, certainly moreso than the G1 Terrorcons, while still looking like them. And of course they're going to be a -little- angular, they're robots!

You be troooollin'? (I kid!)

What I meant was that they ARE more organic and less boxy compared to their G1 counterparts, and that this pleases me greatly. I suppose I could have been clearer about that.

Ahh, gotcha gotcha. Ya just can't express inflection over the internet.

I really like it. The redesign makes sense for the characters as well as being cheaper to produce. I've a soft spot for the Terrorcons being the the only G1 team I ever completed. Made a couple of other Scrambled combiners but that's not the same.

The new animal modes look awesome for all of them. Cutthroat's maybe a bit skinny, but he looks like a pirate bird now, and that's cool. The robots of all of them seem to have a little more character this time around. It's a wonder what proper limbs can do. I even mostly like the changes to Hun-Grr. Shame he's not the level of quality compared to the original, which at the time was one of the best toys around, but this guy seems very good for his size-class.

Since the retail release is pretty much G1 accurate colour-wise, I'd love a very different, unified look for the gift-set. Dark Energon versions or something? Terrorcon Predacons in the style of translucent purple Cliffjumper.

Dear God, this thing looks terribe! Hasbro was doing so good....
Oh well, another reason why I hate Cyberverse
Always have, alway's will

craggy wrote:Since the retail release is pretty much G1 accurate colour-wise, I'd love a very different, unified look for the gift-set. Dark Energon versions or something? Terrorcon Predacons in the style of translucent purple Cliffjumper.

That's what I've been thinking myself, though they could certainly surprise us! Another possibility I've mentioned before would be a redeco as Monstructor? I'd very much welcome that!

RAcast wrote:Ahh, gotcha gotcha. Ya just can't express inflection over the internet.

No, you really can't.

Anyhow, I am loving these things. Their bast modes look great: Windrazor is a pterodactyl from hell, Rippersnapper looks like some sort of kaiju, and whatever Blight is, it's delightfully brutish. (As for Twinstrike and Hun-Gurr, I don't think I need to say anything about these tiny two-headed terrors, since Twinstrike's been out for a bit and Hun-Gurr is starting to spread as well, but they're nice and fierce-looking.)

The robot modes are also very nice, and combining is the icing on the cake for me. I want these guys.

Abominus somehow looks a bit off... must be the color scheme.

Utter fail. You would think that Hasbro would have remembered wisdom from back in 1986 that you make the torso larger for a reason on a 5 bot combiner.

By making Hun-Grr a cyberverse commander sized figure instead of a deluxe, what could have been a great combiner falls flat on its face. The problem is that Hun-Grr is way too small for the other 4 - to the point where not only does his body look tiny in comparison, but Abominus literally looks like Hun-Grr standing on stilts and (as well as because of, him) holding up the other two limbs with his arms up in the air. Even giving Hun-Grr retractible fists would have gone a long way to improving the look of Abominus.

In short, great limbs, but let down by trying to shoehorn a figure which should have been a Deluxe, into a Cyberverse Commander.

Bowspearer wrote:Utter fail. You would think that Hasbro would have remembered wisdom from back in 1986 that you make the torso larger for a reason on a 5 bot combiner.

By making Hun-Grr a cyberverse commander sized figure instead of a deluxe, what could have been a great combiner falls flat on its face. The problem is that Hun-Grr is way too small for the other 4 - to the point where not only does his body look tiny in comparison, but Abominus literally looks like Hun-Grr standing on stilts and (as well as because of, him) holding up the other two limbs with his arms up in the air. Even giving Hun-Grr retractible fists would have gone a long way to improving the look of Abominus.

In short, great limbs, but let down by trying to shoehorn a figure which should have been a Deluxe, into a Cyberverse Commander.

Actually, they're all Legion class. Making Hun-Gurr a Deluxe would make him out of scale with the rest of the team. Making Hun-Gurr a Commander class figure would make him more logically scaled.

Bowspearer wrote:Utter fail. You would think that Hasbro would have remembered wisdom from back in 1986 that you make the torso larger for a reason on a 5 bot combiner.

By making Hun-Grr a cyberverse commander sized figure instead of a deluxe, what could have been a great combiner falls flat on its face. The problem is that Hun-Grr is way too small for the other 4 - to the point where not only does his body look tiny in comparison, but Abominus literally looks like Hun-Grr standing on stilts and (as well as because of, him) holding up the other two limbs with his arms up in the air. Even giving Hun-Grr retractible fists would have gone a long way to improving the look of Abominus.

In short, great limbs, but let down by trying to shoehorn a figure which should have been a Deluxe, into a Cyberverse Commander.

I almost agree, but i don't. I hate this figure up, down, sideways and backwards... but I do also think it's possible to have a torso not as giant as G1. If they'd done something in between those two sizes, it could have been pulled off.

As it is now... well i mean really people... picture him trying to lift his arms up in the air!
The upper arms are ridiculous for the BODY GLOBS that are hanging off the forearms.

There's a difference between a scary abomination, and something that's more or less screwed and can't chase you or swing it's claws at you.

Mindmaster wrote:

Bowspearer wrote:Utter fail. You would think that Hasbro would have remembered wisdom from back in 1986 that you make the torso larger for a reason on a 5 bot combiner.

By making Hun-Grr a cyberverse commander sized figure instead of a deluxe, what could have been a great combiner falls flat on its face. The problem is that Hun-Grr is way too small for the other 4 - to the point where not only does his body look tiny in comparison, but Abominus literally looks like Hun-Grr standing on stilts and (as well as because of, him) holding up the other two limbs with his arms up in the air. Even giving Hun-Grr retractible fists would have gone a long way to improving the look of Abominus.

In short, great limbs, but let down by trying to shoehorn a figure which should have been a Deluxe, into a Cyberverse Commander.

Actually, they're all Legion class. Making Hun-Gurr a Deluxe would make him out of scale with the rest of the team. Making Hun-Gurr a Commander class figure would make him more logically scaled.

Either way, my argument for making Hun-Grr one size class larger than the other 4 still stands.

Nyancatron wrote:I almost agree, but i don't. I hate this figure up, down, sideways and backwards... but I do also think it's possible to have a torso not as giant as G1. If they'd done something in between those two sizes, it could have been pulled off.

As it is now... well i mean really people... picture him trying to lift his arms up in the air!
The upper arms are ridiculous for the BODY GLOBS that are hanging off the forearms.

There's a difference between a scary abomination, and something that's more or less screwed and can't chase you or swing it's claws at you.

Again though, a larger Hun-Grr would have fixed all those problems.

These are plastic toys that cost as much as a Happy Meal. If you think Hasbro was going to put in a lot of time and money engineering these things to satisfy adult collectors, you don't understand their business. This is like complaining about the lack of character development in Spongebob Squarepants cartoons.

There are a few issues with this, sure, but honestly I'm pretty happy with it for what it is. A combiner of monsters looks better gangly and disproportionate; if these sell well, maybe Hasbro will take the chance and give us a more full-sized Terrorcon set in the future.

As it stands now, I'd say they did a pretty good job for the size class they're in. Just think of it as a modern-day Monstructor!

Hoitytoity wrote:There are a few issues with this, sure, but honestly I'm pretty happy with it for what it is. A combiner of monsters looks better gangly and disproportionate; if these sell well, maybe Hasbro will take the chance and give us a more full-sized Terrorcon set in the future.

As it stands now, I'd say they did a pretty good job for the size class they're in. Just think of it as a modern-day Monstructor!

I could work with that.

Hoitytoity wrote:There are a few issues with this, sure, but honestly I'm pretty happy with it for what it is. A combiner of monsters looks better gangly and disproportionate; if these sell well, maybe Hasbro will take the chance and give us a more full-sized Terrorcon set in the future.

As it stands now, I'd say they did a pretty good job for the size class they're in. Just think of it as a modern-day Monstructor!

Yeah, like a weird Monstructor/Abominus dual homage.

For me, they're just more Predacons. Now that we have most of the show Decepticons in Cyberverse, this gives Predaking enough teammates to form a viable third faction.

But, reluctantly, I think I'll wait for the gift set.

Will all 5 be released individually? Or do I need to buy the Gift Set for that?

Any word on when the remaining few will hit shelves?

gbm wrote:Will all 5 be released individually? Or do I need to buy the Gift Set for that?

Any word on when the remaining few will hit shelves?

They will be released individually, but from what I know, their instructions make no mention of the combining gimmick, while the gift set does.

Hell if I knew, I'm just as eager.

Mindmaster wrote:

gbm wrote:Will all 5 be released individually? Or do I need to buy the Gift Set for that?

Any word on when the remaining few will hit shelves?

They will be released individually, but from what I know, their instructions make no mention of the combining gimmick, while the gift set does.

Hell if I knew, I'm just as eager.

Ah, ok thank ya.

Funny, I had ZERO intention on getting these guys...then I picked up Sinnertwin yesterday; kinda an impulse purchase...

....AND NOW I WANT ALL OF THEM!