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New Official Images of PCCs Doubleclutch & Mudslinger Combined
Posted by Down_Shift
May 5, 2010 at 8:11am CDT
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Re: New Official Images of PCCs Doubleclutch & Mudslinger Combined
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Comment by Mkall
May 5, 2010
These two look way better than the previous two.
I'll get 'em
I'll get 'em
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Comment by Ironhide516
May 5, 2010
Rallybots don't look too bad. Need to see official product photos before making my decision to get 'em. 
These photoshoped pics can be deceiving to make any fig. look good.
These photoshoped pics can be deceiving to make any fig. look good.
Re: New Official Images of PCCs Doubleclutch & Mudslinger Combined
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I'm still on the fence. Doubleclutch, when combined looks a lot like Zig Zag. I think it'll be a case of how they look in hand over how they look in an official image which we all know look 100% better then in rear life.
Comment by Down_Shift
May 5, 2010
Mkall wrote:These two look way better than the previous two.
I'll get 'em
I'm still on the fence. Doubleclutch, when combined looks a lot like Zig Zag. I think it'll be a case of how they look in hand over how they look in an official image which we all know look 100% better then in rear life.
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Comment by Fires_Of_Inferno
May 5, 2010
This is looking good, with the exception of the arielbots styled combiner, these are all looking rather awesome and I think I'll have to grab them when I see them. They'll probably be about the same price as a voyager size toy right?
Re: New Official Images of PCCs Doubleclutch & Mudslinger Combined
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$20 is the MSRP for the five packs.
I really like PCC quite a bit.
Comment by Razorclaw0000
May 5, 2010
Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:This is looking good, with the exception of the arielbots styled combiner, these are all looking rather awesome and I think I'll have to grab them when I see them. They'll probably be about the same price as a voyager size toy right?
$20 is the MSRP for the five packs.
I really like PCC quite a bit.
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Comment by Prime Evil
May 5, 2010
Hmmm, I like these a lot better then the aerialbots and combaticon PCC. Definitely looking forward to seeing this non photoshopped, but so far so good.
Re: New Official Images of PCCs Doubleclutch & Mudslinger Combined
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A little more then a deluxe, but less then a voyager.
In Canada I think they'll be around $20.
Comment by Down_Shift
May 5, 2010
Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:This is looking good, with the exception of the arielbots styled combiner, these are all looking rather awesome and I think I'll have to grab them when I see them. They'll probably be about the same price as a voyager size toy right?
A little more then a deluxe, but less then a voyager.
In Canada I think they'll be around $20.
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Comment by Prowl1529
May 5, 2010
Nothing against them but surelly i will not buy any powercore combiners. I will only have the mutch more expensive upgrade for Universe Bruticus them any of this combiners.
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Comment by kirbenvost
May 5, 2010
I dunno, unless they look significantly better in larger pics, I think I can pass on all of these, and maybe the entire line. Need to save money for Generations.
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Comment by Tigertrack
May 5, 2010
It might just be me, but Double Clutch looks Omnibot inspired. Like he has aspects of all three to a degree. Oh well, looks better than the otehrs.
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Comment by --B--
May 5, 2010
The lack of real hands and the goofy faces ruin PCC's for me.
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Comment by Black Bumblebee
May 5, 2010
I'm sorry, I just don't understand how you can have Transformers that don't turn into robots. I don't see how you can have any sort of fiction that would give the non-robot vehicles any personality other than being talking cars... which is pretty lame.
The other way is to have them as "drone" units... but that means you'll have at least 4 drones taking up space on screen... who do nothing and have no personality.
Don't get me wrong--I think the concept is neat toy wise and all... but I don't see any "good" fiction coming out of this. I fear they'll go the whole "human driver" way and we'll have some sort of Power Rangers crud.
Back in the 1980s, combiners were individual robots. Yes, they were bricks, but this is 25 years later. We know about ball sockets and stuff.
Put your vote with your money.
The other way is to have them as "drone" units... but that means you'll have at least 4 drones taking up space on screen... who do nothing and have no personality.
Don't get me wrong--I think the concept is neat toy wise and all... but I don't see any "good" fiction coming out of this. I fear they'll go the whole "human driver" way and we'll have some sort of Power Rangers crud.
Back in the 1980s, combiners were individual robots. Yes, they were bricks, but this is 25 years later. We know about ball sockets and stuff.
Put your vote with your money.
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It's entirely possible that only the scout will be an individual and the other four will be considered armour only...a bit like Menasor's car breastplate. If there is fiction surrounding these characters I strongly suspect the parts will just magically appear from subspace.
Comment by Diem
May 5, 2010
Black Bumblebee wrote:I'm sorry, I just don't understand how you can have Transformers that don't turn into robots. I don't see how you can have any sort of fiction that would give the non-robot vehicles any personality other than being talking cars... which is pretty lame.
The other way is to have them as "drone" units... but that means you'll have at least 4 drones taking up space on screen... who do nothing and have no personality.
Don't get me wrong--I think the concept is neat toy wise and all... but I don't see any "good" fiction coming out of this. I fear they'll go the whole "human driver" way and we'll have some sort of Power Rangers crud.
Back in the 1980s, combiners were individual robots. Yes, they were bricks, but this is 25 years later. We know about ball sockets and stuff.
Put your vote with your money.
It's entirely possible that only the scout will be an individual and the other four will be considered armour only...a bit like Menasor's car breastplate. If there is fiction surrounding these characters I strongly suspect the parts will just magically appear from subspace.
Re: New Official Images of PCCs Doubleclutch & Mudslinger Combined
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I was gonna praise these new toys til you pointed that out...non transformable parts? this aint Voltron.
Comment by SEXFIGHTER
May 5, 2010
Black Bumblebee wrote:I'm sorry, I just don't understand how you can have Transformers that don't turn into robots. I don't see how you can have any sort of fiction that would give the non-robot vehicles any personality other than being talking cars... which is pretty lame.
The other way is to have them as "drone" units... but that means you'll have at least 4 drones taking up space on screen... who do nothing and have no personality.
Don't get me wrong--I think the concept is neat toy wise and all... but I don't see any "good" fiction coming out of this. I fear they'll go the whole "human driver" way and we'll have some sort of Power Rangers crud.
Back in the 1980s, combiners were individual robots. Yes, they were bricks, but this is 25 years later. We know about ball sockets and stuff.
Put your vote with your money.
I was gonna praise these new toys til you pointed that out...non transformable parts? this aint Voltron.
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Comment by Warbreaker
May 5, 2010
Oh yes. Oooooh yes. OOOOOOOOH YES!!!
@Black Bumblebee: They are drone units. Mindless, unthinking, and to be used by their assigned leader (the robot forming the chest) as remote-controlled extensions, extra firepower and combiner limbs (coming from Cloudburst and Bombshock's bios). Toy bios aside, I don't think they're going to expand on PCCs with cartoons. You only need fear 'Transformers: Prime' doing said 'human-driver' thingy IMO.
@Black Bumblebee: They are drone units. Mindless, unthinking, and to be used by their assigned leader (the robot forming the chest) as remote-controlled extensions, extra firepower and combiner limbs (coming from Cloudburst and Bombshock's bios). Toy bios aside, I don't think they're going to expand on PCCs with cartoons. You only need fear 'Transformers: Prime' doing said 'human-driver' thingy IMO.
Re: New Official Images of PCCs Doubleclutch & Mudslinger Combined
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I forget that most of the fandom DOESN'T get the TFclub newsletter.
The story behind PCC is that they precede Gestalt technology and is actually a lost concept only until recently re-discovered via the Matrix and some human ingenuity. So these characters are NOT the same Aerialbot teams/Combaticon teams that we know of. This PCC tech enables the "commander" to control their drones and also download some of their personality into each drone, letting them effectively be in 5 places at one time. I wasn't thrilled with the look of them either, but the story behind them makes sense to me. So yes, gestalt combiners do exist and this is just another type of combiner in the TF lore.
That's the "short-ram-down-your-throat" version.
Comment by Prime Evil
May 5, 2010
Black Bumblebee wrote:I'm sorry, I just don't understand how you can have Transformers that don't turn into robots. I don't see how you can have any sort of fiction that would give the non-robot vehicles any personality other than being talking cars... which is pretty lame.
The other way is to have them as "drone" units... but that means you'll have at least 4 drones taking up space on screen... who do nothing and have no personality.
Don't get me wrong--I think the concept is neat toy wise and all... but I don't see any "good" fiction coming out of this. I fear they'll go the whole "human driver" way and we'll have some sort of Power Rangers crud.
Back in the 1980s, combiners were individual robots. Yes, they were bricks, but this is 25 years later. We know about ball sockets and stuff.
Put your vote with your money.
I forget that most of the fandom DOESN'T get the TFclub newsletter.
The story behind PCC is that they precede Gestalt technology and is actually a lost concept only until recently re-discovered via the Matrix and some human ingenuity. So these characters are NOT the same Aerialbot teams/Combaticon teams that we know of. This PCC tech enables the "commander" to control their drones and also download some of their personality into each drone, letting them effectively be in 5 places at one time. I wasn't thrilled with the look of them either, but the story behind them makes sense to me. So yes, gestalt combiners do exist and this is just another type of combiner in the TF lore.
That's the "short-ram-down-your-throat" version.
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I'm totally OK with drone units.
In fact, I think it makes a lot of sense.
If the Transformers transform into stuff on Cybertron, it stands to reason that they would transform into items that are common. Since there are no people on Cybertron, but the transformers commonly transform into vehicles, I would think that what they would be transforming into would be the guise of lesser "drone" type robots.
If that's not the case, the whole robots in disguise thing doesn't make a lot of sense on their own home world.
Starscream: Look it's Optimus!
Optimus: Oh $#!+ (runs around a corner & transforms)
Starscream: He's gone! Nothing but this big red & blue truck looking thing. Where could he have disappeared to so quickly?
Yea, just not buying that.
Comment by rpetras
May 5, 2010
Black Bumblebee wrote:I'm sorry, I just don't understand how you can have Transformers that don't turn into robots. I don't see how you can have any sort of fiction that would give the non-robot vehicles any personality other than being talking cars... which is pretty lame.
The other way is to have them as "drone" units... but that means you'll have at least 4 drones taking up space on screen... who do nothing and have no personality.
Don't get me wrong--I think the concept is neat toy wise and all... but I don't see any "good" fiction coming out of this. I fear they'll go the whole "human driver" way and we'll have some sort of Power Rangers crud.
Back in the 1980s, combiners were individual robots. Yes, they were bricks, but this is 25 years later. We know about ball sockets and stuff.
Put your vote with your money.
I'm totally OK with drone units.
In fact, I think it makes a lot of sense.
If the Transformers transform into stuff on Cybertron, it stands to reason that they would transform into items that are common. Since there are no people on Cybertron, but the transformers commonly transform into vehicles, I would think that what they would be transforming into would be the guise of lesser "drone" type robots.
If that's not the case, the whole robots in disguise thing doesn't make a lot of sense on their own home world.
Starscream: Look it's Optimus!
Optimus: Oh $#!+ (runs around a corner & transforms)
Starscream: He's gone! Nothing but this big red & blue truck looking thing. Where could he have disappeared to so quickly?
Yea, just not buying that.
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Comment by Warbreaker
May 5, 2010
These PCC drones would be akin to us humans using remote-controlled robotic drones for 1)bomb-defusing, 2)exploring hazardous environments like volcanoes and 3)blowing up terrorists. Factor in the Cybertronian civil war, and the loss of several drones in a scouting mission is more acceptable than, say, the deaths of a team of Autobot/Decepticon fighters.
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Comment by Liftgate
May 5, 2010
What if these drones arn't actually transformers at all, but rather regular vehicles that the core robot can somehow attach to their body? I don't know, via a special Allspark touch or something? We've already seen the Allspark give life to earth technology, and the blue blocks on the combiner cores do look allspark-ish, so....
The tiny bit of fiction they've gave us so far might seem to contradict that a little, but who knows what they'll come up with.
The tiny bit of fiction they've gave us so far might seem to contradict that a little, but who knows what they'll come up with.
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Nope, backstory has them as drones created specifically for PCC bots.
They had the option to go with the faulty Gestalt process or stay as incomplete individual bots. From what I understand, this will be very natural for them to be linked up via PCC style.
Comment by Prime Evil
May 5, 2010
Liftgate wrote:What if these drones arn't actually transformers at all, but rather regular vehicles that the core robot can somehow attach to their body? I don't know, via a special Allspark touch or something? We've already seen the Allspark give life to earth technology, and the blue blocks on the combiner cores do look allspark-ish, so....
The tiny bit of fiction they've gave us so far might seem to contradict that a little, but who knows what they'll come up with.
Nope, backstory has them as drones created specifically for PCC bots.
They had the option to go with the faulty Gestalt process or stay as incomplete individual bots. From what I understand, this will be very natural for them to be linked up via PCC style.
