#Botcon2016 Combiner Wars Computron Gallery -- updated with robot mode pics!

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I figured it out!!!!! Scrounge keeps the target master because the targetmaster is his special arm!!!!!!!! THERE IS NO OTHER ONE LIKE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Except it's the wrong arm...

Sabrblade wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I figured it out!!!!! Scrounge keeps the target master because the targetmaster is his special arm!!!!!!!! THERE IS NO OTHER ONE LIKE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Except it's the wrong arm...

At the Hasbro display, I asked John Warden about the little Payload redeco that comes with Scrounge, asking if it's supposed to be his Special Arm or if it's a new character. He chuckled at the idea of it being Scrounge's arm, saying that one could think of it as such, but then stated that it isn't a new character and is basically still just Payload.

I'm still saying it is his special arm....

Sabrblade wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I figured it out!!!!! Scrounge keeps the target master because the targetmaster is his special arm!!!!!!!! THERE IS NO OTHER ONE LIKE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Except it's the wrong arm...

At the Hasbro display, I asked John Warden about the little Payload redeco that comes with Scrounge, asking if it's supposed to be his Special Arm or if it's a new character. He chuckled at the idea of it being Scrounge's arm, saying that one could think of it as such, but then stated that it isn't a new character and is basically still just Payload.

I'm still saying it is his special arm....

One could reconcile both together into saying that Payload transforms into the Special Arm.

Special arm. The Primal has spoken.

The real life reason is probably that the Micromaster is gangmolded with Cosmos, and Hasbro isn't too keen on "throwing away perfectly usable parts" but where's the fun in accepting that?

For some reason I'm drawn more and more to Hasbro's Nosecone. Probably because I consider him to be a "stand-in" member of some sort, along the likes of Alpha Bravo and Hasbro's Blast Off, being a straight redeco (with a switched out part). Look at him and tell me you don't agree:



A similar case can be made for Lightsteed/Lightstorm/Lightspeed, except it's from Autobot to Autobot, not switching factions:



... or maybe it's because I remember playing with a friend's G1 Nosecone at his house.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:oi Hasbro let me buy Scrounge separate from Computron! grr...

THIS

I also wouldn't mind if they released the hands and feet in various colors...

I just noticed this in the Fort Max display. It has me in tears

william-james88 wrote:

Gearslide wrote:Just in case anyone wanted some nice comparison of the fresh Hasbro and Takara stock photos:

1st... will-j88 & gearslide... thank you so frakkin much. smart, real smart.

2nd... aside from Afterburner's colors...
TAK IS THE OBVIOUS CHOICE!

I preordered mine already, but feel the need to share.

Z3ROhour wrote:

[BW] Rainmaker wrote:Did anyone bother to buy Armada Megatron or is it just a shelfwarmer?

I did.
don't know why
I like it

I dont see what's not to like. It's a green tank, just like what Armada is supposed to be, and with working treads. It has minicon ports which make more sense to be on this version than the G1 deco. And you can position the back kibble to look just like the shoulder towers. He is an amazing homage to Armada Megs and I cant understand why nobody cares about him. This feels to me more that G1 simply sells more, thats all. Because objectively, this mold is a more loyal interpratation to Armada Megs than it is to G1 Megs.

I find it interesting that the stock photos of Afterburner show him with Groove's head, but the actual toy in the display has Takara's Afterburner head. Also, is this coming to U.S and, possibly, Canadian retail?

1984forever wrote:Is Scrounge being released seperately this fall? Or will I be buying him off ebay for $50 or more?

Scrounge only comes with Computron.

Hasbro only did him cuz their Computron needed a Legends figure like most of their other CW combiners.