Combiner Wars Deluxe Class Wave 1 Sighted At US Retail

Are the bios in multiple languages or just English?

From the image, there are at least three languages on the box, for age indications and card description. That suggests that the bios might also be multilingual.

Why does he say they are 11.99 while the picture shows 9.99$?

william-james88 wrote:Why does he say they are 11.99 while the picture shows 9.99$?

I can just barely make out the label; those appear to be pegs for Hero Mashers.

prjkt wrote:

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prjkt wrote:Well f*ck

Just broke Silverbolt. Right near the hinges of the piece where Superion's head is attached to.

Still holds together for now, but the other side is also seriously showing strain.... Be careful when you transform him!

Would you be willing to post a pic?

Not the sharpest pics (hand-holdings manual focus macro lense is not easy) but it's still clear....

right side (broken)



left side (serious stress marks)



It's obvious from the underside too (the part that becomes Silverbolt's lower chest - but not risking another transformation here.

Between this and the floppy head on Prime, I'm not having the best of luck

Just checked mine, I've got stress marks on the same side yours broke! I've figured out the cause, it's due to 2 very small tabs that hold the piece in place in jet/bot mode, if you shave them off it prevents the part from flexing too much during transformation. There are also another 2 tabs exactly the same that hold the head section into the chest in jet/bot mode, I've shaved these down also making it easier to pull Superion's head out. Neither of this mods compromise any of the modes, don't know why those tabs are there TBH it's a much smoother transformation without them.

leakin' lubricant wrote:
Just checked mine, I've got stress marks on the same side yours broke! I've figured out the cause, it's due to 2 very small tabs that hold the piece in place in jet/bot mode, if you shave them off it prevents the part from flexing too much during transformation. There are also another 2 tabs exactly the same that hold the head section into the chest in jet/bot mode, I've shaved these down also making it easier to pull Superion's head out. Neither of this mods compromise any of the modes, don't know why those tabs are there TBH it's a much smoother transformation without them.

Hey Leaky, could you take some pictures to show us where you shaved off those tabs?

Will! Don't call him Leaky! He'll cut the bridge, and we'll all go down!
It's Leakin'. Mr. Lubricant, if your nasty.
Pics would be nice Sir Lube.

About the CW sighting.
That price has to be a fluke. I hope it's not though.
I just paid $14.99 for Chromia. I don't see Hasbro lowering their prices any time soon.

Cobotron wrote:About the CW sighting.
That price has to be a fluke. I hope it's not though.
I just paid $14.99 for Chromia. I don't see Hasbro lowering their prices any time soon.

It was the Target sale price on Generations Deluxe figures last week. Pretty sure the sale is over now, but I'm going to go in and check today to be sure.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

Cobotron wrote:About the CW sighting.
That price has to be a fluke. I hope it's not though.
I just paid $14.99 for Chromia. I don't see Hasbro lowering their prices any time soon.

It was the Target sale price on Generations Deluxe figures last week. Pretty sure the sale is over now, but I'm going to go in and check today to be sure.

Emerje

Ah-ha. That's awesome that the new merch fell under the sale price. I'd call that a, good fluke.
I was actually just at Target. Shelves were pretty bare. No sale on deluxes, but a lot of clearance on AOE exclusives.

Cobotron wrote:Will! Don't call him Leaky! He'll cut the bridge, and will all go down!
It's Leakin'. Mr. Lubricant, if your nasty.
Pics would be nice Sir Lube.

About the CW sighting.
That price has to be a fluke. I hope it's not though.
I just paid $14.99 for Chromia. I don't see Hasbro lowering their prices any time soon.

Here are the pics, sorry for the crappy quality, but I've circled the relevant areas in red for clarity.

The tabs that appear to cause stress to the neck plate.



The tabs that hold the head section into Silverbolts chest (too tightly in my opinion).



"Sir Lube" I like that one, sounds like a posh sex aid.

leakin' lubricant wrote:"Sir Lube" I like that one, sounds like a posh sex aid.

I thought the same thing. After I hit submit, of course. I just let it roll.

Thanx for the pics. Don't mean much yet, but will be helpful soon. They DO make me anxious to get my hands on him soon though.

This does not bode well for the appearance of Arcee and Chromia in my area.... :/

I stand corrected, the sale price is still on at Target, but no CW figs in sight. Did finally pick up Tankor at that price along with Skrapnel and Reflector.

So I guess Hasbro had a change of heart and won't be doing comic packs just for North America after all. Bummer, not a fan at all of the international packaging.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:I stand corrected, the sale price is still on at Target, but no CW figs in sight. Did finally pick up Tankor at that price along with Skrapnel and Reflector.

So I guess Hasbro had a change of heart and won't be doing comic packs just for North America after all. Bummer, not a fan at all of the international packaging.

Emerje

Just a correction about that statement, the comics are not made for north america outright while the packages without the comics are for international audiences. The comic packages thus far have been the default while the ones without them are for places that have language laws saying that there must be a translation for the material on the language of the region. Now obviously, the main language of the USA and several places in Canada is English, so the packages come with the comics. However, the main language of Quebec in Canada is French, and thus the comic cannot be included in the packages sold in the province. In reverse scenario, some countries outside of North America don't mind English as the main language found in the product. Hong Kong, for instance, has the packages that come with the comics.

Thanks to TWO submissions, we've been alerted to Combiner Wars Wave 1 Voyagers and Deluxes (!) being in stock and shipped from Amazon themselves. One slight wrinkle, one possibly big wrinkle: Slight is an extra 1-2 days to process on the limb bots themselves, while the big one is that they're now priced the highest on the market right now at $18.99 per limb!

If you want them, you better act fast before Amazon sells out, even at those prices.

Alpha Bravo

Dragstrip

Firefly

Optimus Prime

Silverbolt

Skydive



While these have not hit saturation, yet, they will if you're patient. If you want 'em now and you're willing to pay a premium to obtain them, Amazon will be your best bet right now. Not to mention, with distribution issues in certain parts of the country/world, gas spent, and time most likely wasted, this is actually more economical in the long run. All of the figures are Prime eligible and after $35.00 their shipping is free.

Keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates, plus the best galleries around!

I'll play the waiting game. I'm still waiting on Roadbuster and Skybyte... Hopefully we'll still see some 2014 releases on shelves once Combiner Wars breaks loose.

More luck in Maryland. Found an unopened (albeit trashed) box at the Westminster Target store. Figures are the same code as previous Generations deluxe toys and are currently ringing up at the $11.99 sale price until 1/17/2015 according to the sale tag on the peg. Normal is $14.99.

Also found that some stores are doing their resets and the RID toys are hitting the pegs. Warrior at $14.99 and the small Legends size at $5.99, so far. Picked up Grimmy.

Autobot032 wrote:Thanks to TWO submissions, we've been alerted to Combiner Wars Wave 1 Voyagers and Deluxes (!) being in stock and shipped from Amazon themselves. One slight wrinkle, one possibly big wrinkle: Slight is an extra 1-2 days to process on the limb bots themselves, while the big one is that they're now priced the highest on the market right now at $18.99 per limb!

If you want them, you better act fast before Amazon sells out, even at those prices.

Alpha Bravo

Dragstrip

Firefly

Optimus Prime

Silverbolt

Skydive



While these have not hit saturation, yet, they will if you're patient. If you want 'em now and you're willing to pay a premium to obtain them, Amazon will be your best bet right now. Not to mention, with distribution issues in certain parts of the country/world, gas spent, and time most likely wasted, this is actually more economical in the long run. All of the figures are Prime eligible and after $35.00 their shipping is free.

Keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates, plus the best galleries around!

They've also hit the Amazon UK site with Deluxes and Voyagers going for £15.99 and £22.99 respectively.

Awesome. I can cancel my BBTS preorder and nab Prime now.

That's like $100 for a full Combiner. Forget that.

GuyIncognito wrote:That's like $100 for a full Combiner. Forget that.

If they had stuck with the current MSRP, which I believe is...$14.99? It would've been slightly more affordable.

Voyagers still show in most stores at around the $25.00 mark, which with tax brings it to about $26.50 or so, out the door, no shipping required.
If the limbs would stick to the $14.99 price point, (with tax, that's $15.88 or so where I live) that would bring the grand total to $90.06, which isn't much cheaper than what Amazon is asking, but it's enough to throw about 2-3 gallons of gas in your car and still come home with the full set of Aerialbots or the full set of Ultra Prime, etc.

Amazon's known for dropping prices when you least expect it, they might compete with Target which is currently selling these for $11.99 each until the 17th, I believe.

Just got the 4 limbs at Target for 11.99 each.

And they don't take standard paypal. Amazon can suck it.

Cyber Bishop wrote:And they don't take standard paypal. Amazon can suck it.

Yeah, I made that mistake once. Gave up and let them have my card number. =\

Autobot032 wrote:

Cyber Bishop wrote:And they don't take standard paypal. Amazon can suck it.

Yeah, I made that mistake once. Gave up and let them have my card number. =\

While I used my Amazon Prime account to purchase Optimus Prime.

Prime inception!

Counterpunch wrote:

Autobot032 wrote:

Cyber Bishop wrote:And they don't take standard paypal. Amazon can suck it.

Yeah, I made that mistake once. Gave up and let them have my card number. =\

While I used my Amazon Prime account to purchase Optimus Prime.

Prime inception!

Yo dawg, we heard you like to use Prime to buy Prime, so we shipped your Prime using Prime, mo'f*cka!

TCK wrote:Just got the 4 limbs at Target for 11.99 each.

Oh yer killin' me here. At least tell us what state your in.
Please

Counterpunch wrote:

Autobot032 wrote:

Cyber Bishop wrote:And they don't take standard paypal. Amazon can suck it.

Yeah, I made that mistake once. Gave up and let them have my card number. =\

While I used my Amazon Prime account to purchase Optimus Prime.

Prime inception!

Aw man, I took the plunge with prime not to long ago, can't beat free 2 day shipping.

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Aw man, I took the plunge with prime not to long ago, can't beat free 2 day shipping.

I like to work the 30 day free trial, but I'm considering taking the plunge as well.
SW's SH, do you know if their music library is downloadable, or only accessible?

Good job on the podcast BTW.

Counterpunch wrote:

Autobot032 wrote:

Cyber Bishop wrote:And they don't take standard paypal. Amazon can suck it.

Yeah, I made that mistake once. Gave up and let them have my card number. =\

While I used my Amazon Prime account to purchase Optimus Prime.

Prime inception!

I don't use that.

I made reference to it a post ago, but...
Amazon Prime gives you a 30 day free trial. You get access to a bunch of features, but most important, you get FREE 2 DAY SHIPPING on most purchases. Primarily on Amazon stock.

The trick is remembering to cancel it or you get charged $100.

Cobotron wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Aw man, I took the plunge with prime not to long ago, can't beat free 2 day shipping.

I like to work the 30 day free trial, but I'm considering taking the plunge as well.
SW's SH, do you know if their music library is downloadable, or only accessible?

Good job on the podcast BTW.

It's both, but its optimized mostly for mobile, so if you have a smart phone or tablet, your going to have a good time. If you shop and order from amazon allot, the 100 dollars is worth it, seeing as it's the charge of once a year.

Cobotron wrote:I made reference to it a post ago, but...
Amazon Prime gives you a 30 day free trial. You get access to a bunch of features, but most important, you get FREE 2 DAY SHIPPING on most purchases. Primarily on Amazon stock.

The trick is remembering to cancel it or you get charged $100.

I can tell you from experience that Amazon Prime is so worth it. I have made 54 orders this year with them. If you average out $6-$7 shipping per order (I'm taking the high end)...that's $399.00 in shipping charges shaved. Plus if you live in a state that Amazon doesn't collect tax from it's a no brainer . I'll pay the $100 annual fee...I get more out of Amazon than I do my Costco card...how many people reading this have Costco or SAMs memberships? I've purchased a computer, a 30 gallon trashcan, several Transformers, Blu Rays, you name it...all arrived in a timely manner and I could track it all the way. I have saved so much in shipping and sales tax.

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Aw man, I took the plunge with prime not to long ago, can't beat free 2 day shipping.

I like to work the 30 day free trial, but I'm considering taking the plunge as well.
SW's SH, do you know if their music library is downloadable, or only accessible?

Good job on the podcast BTW.

It's both, but its optimized mostly for mobile, so if you have a smart phone or tablet, your going to have a good time. If you shop and order from amazon allot, the 100 dollars is worth it, seeing as it's the charge of once a year.

Thank you much!
I'm now all for it. At $100 per year, it's cheaper than Netflix, and you get so much more.

In Massachusetts, the South Shore mall Target had all the Superion limbs were available for 11.99. Only missing Silverbolt and the other Voyagers. Waiting for Wave 2 with Air Raid so my Superion will pure Aerialbots, not with a random Decepticon forced into a power link.

I just found all four deluxe figures at Target here in Richmond, VA for $11.99 each. No voyager figures though.

Autobot032 wrote:
Yo dawg, we heard you like to use Prime to buy Prime, so we shipped your Prime using Prime, mo'f*cka!

This was hilarious!

GuyIncognito wrote:That's like $100 for a full Combiner. Forget that.

Would you rather pay 429$ instead?

william-james88 wrote:

GuyIncognito wrote:That's like $100 for a full Combiner. Forget that.

Would you rather pay 429$ instead?

whats a full CW set of 5 gonna cost us canadians? im guessing 16ish per deluxe, 29ish per voyager. so 90-100 bucks give or take? being one whos spent big bucks on 3P combiners and who likes hasbros offerings, $100 is an easy pill to swallow.

shajaki wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

GuyIncognito wrote:That's like $100 for a full Combiner. Forget that.

Would you rather pay 429$ instead?

whats a full CW set of 5 gonna cost us canadians? im guessing 16ish per deluxe, 29ish per voyager. so 90-100 bucks give or take? being one whos spent big bucks on 3P combiners and who likes hasbros offerings, $100 is an easy pill to swallow.

And when it comes to Transformers, shajaki is a pill JUNKIE! TUH-DOW!

Cobotron wrote:And when it comes to Transformers, shajaki is a pill JUNKIE! TUH-DOW!

tuh-dow

and yes. this man speaks truthiness.

I'm not in THAT big a rush to get these - they'll be in stores by and by. I can wait...

william-james88 wrote:

GuyIncognito wrote:That's like $100 for a full Combiner. Forget that.

Would you rather pay 429$ instead?

I have Intimidator. I love it. It ain't no $429. TFSource out they damn minds.

Even at regular prices, Intimidator goes for $60.00 per limb, plus $150.00 for Diesel, bringing the grand total to $390.00

Free shipping or no, that price is highway robbery, especially when you can pay shipping and still be well under that and order the full set from BBTS. (I do recommend Intimidator. Wholeheartedly. I love it, did I mention that? DID I?!)

william-james88 wrote:

GuyIncognito wrote:That's like $100 for a full Combiner. Forget that.

Would you rather pay 429$ instead?

I spent less than $15

For those of you who will be getting the limbs in the next few days here are a few tips:

1) It's easier to push Superions head/chest out before folding Silverbolts in.

2) The instructions are vague to say the least on which way is front on the limbs. To have fully functional knees the plane/car parts need to face forward and for double elbows (utilizing the ratcheting knees) make sure the robot feet are facing forwards for the Aerialbots and backwards for Drag Strip.

3) Moving the arms out of a neutral pose on Superion will cause it to lean forward slightly in between two detentes on the ratchet joints. It would've been nice if the hips had a few more clicks but such is life, Superion hasn't fallen over and I doubt it will anytime soon.

4) Properly transformed Ultra Prime's hips are a bit bowed but the weight of the limbs pull them down so the legs appear straight and flush. I'm not sure if that will be a problem down the line.

Now for the good stuff. I heard some rumors that come from a trusted source about the remainder of the year, confirming some speculation we've had and unfortunately causing me at least a bit of disappointment.

1) Devastator will be a 6 Voyager gift set sold at TRU as a Titan class figure. It is all the original Constructicons and looks more like Giant than Hercules. Expect pics and official confirmation either January or February.

2) After Superion, Menasor, and Devastator, the fourth combiner will be... Ultra Prime! Let me explain, those deluxe Autobot cars we heard about? Those are meant to be the true limbs of Ultra Prime and complete that combiner.

3) The last Gestalt will be Defensor. Alpha Bravo will be repainted into Blades while Hot Spot will be a repaint/remold of the Optimus Prime voyager. As we've already heard Groove will not be a limb.

4) Sadly that means we will not get a proper Bruticus. I also don't know about store exclusives or anything like that.

I gotta say, if this is truth, the only thing that kinda bums me out is 3 torsos from the same mold.
Other than that I'm IN!

Cobotron wrote:I gotta say, if this is truth, the only thing that kinda bums me out is 3 torsos from the same mold.
Other than that I'm IN!

That's what worries me too. It's good to remember that all the joints that matter are ratchet joints so they should hold through 3 uses.

One thing I forgot to mention and this might be the most important, Drag Strip has two pegs on the gun sword; one is round to hold like a sword while the one to hold like a blaster is almost T-Shaped, that one LOVES to stress ports, it almost broke the port on Optimus Prime's smaller pistol. I highly recommend never using that peg outside of Drag Strip's hands.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:2) After Superion, Menasor, and Devastator, the fourth combiner will be... Ultra Prime! Let me explain, those deluxe Autobot cars we heard about? Those are meant to be the true limbs of Ultra Prime and complete that combiner.

3) The last Gestalt will be Defensor. Alpha Bravo will be repainted into Blades while Hot Spot will be a repaint/remold of the Optimus Prime voyager. As we've already heard Groove will not be a limb.

We knew about those Ultra Prime limbs, that isn't really new. What we dont know is if those said limbs will all be repaints . Also, I find it odd how this means that in scale, we would have 3 autobot combiners and only one decepticon. I see Devastator as more of a figure on it's own since it's a different scale and sold exclusively.

william-james88 wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:2) After Superion, Menasor, and Devastator, the fourth combiner will be... Ultra Prime! Let me explain, those deluxe Autobot cars we heard about? Those are meant to be the true limbs of Ultra Prime and complete that combiner.

3) The last Gestalt will be Defensor. Alpha Bravo will be repainted into Blades while Hot Spot will be a repaint/remold of the Optimus Prime voyager. As we've already heard Groove will not be a limb.

We knew about those Ultra Prime limbs, that isn't really new. What we dont know is if those said limbs will all be repaints . Also, I find it odd how this means that in scale, we would have 3 autobot combiners and only one decepticon. I see Devastator as more of a figure on it's own since it's a different scale and sold exclusively.

There are always more Autobots than Cons, when it comes to the toys. It's always been that way. I've always figured it's just because Hero's sell better than villains.