robotmel wrote::D
I am pleased Hasbro have developed a modern wave of Combiners for all us fans,
Computron being one of the G1 gestalts I used to own, so this new, modern Generations version pending will make a nice addition to my growing Combiner collection!
All this talk of Combiner heads has made me dig out photos of the original G1 heads of both Computron and Superion for a quick comparison.
G1 Computron headshot.
G1 Superion headshot.
They are both very similar apart from the antenna, so using the same Combiner Wars gestalt head for both moulds would be more of a nod towards the G1-era of Transformers and help offer further remoulding changes elsewhere?
Im keen to see the various limb-bots in all their futuristic glory!
I only had Scattershot from the Technobots. I loved that toy. I loved the alt mode. I loved the robot mode. I loved the Computron torso mode which I used in place of Silverbolt as my combiner with the Aerialbots because it was a better torso.
The combiner heads are very similar, so all Hasbro has to do to get Computron's (Betatron's) head right is replace the mouth plate with a mouth (hello nonnef, you'll need to recolor your replacement antennae). However, the chest plates are different near the shoulders, as the pictures clearly show. Hasbro is being very lazy in not replacing the plates that make the chest piece, and if they don't remold the face, that's a double whammy. Also, the gun is supposed to be brown, not silver. I can live the the other paint differences in the arms as they double as the combiner thighs, so compromises are necessary there. But...
That's not Scattershot, and I don't know that I can get past the vehicle mode. Scattershot looks like this:
And that is the unique look I fell in love with as a kid and made me want the toy. I love how the arms end up above and below the body of the ship, with the legs along the sides. It is one of the coolest looking space craft of G1 (IMHO). I believe Habro could have figured out how to heavily retool the Silverbolt mold to create the twist in transformation that makes Scattershot, well, Scattershot. But instead we get Silverbolt as Scattershot. At least Cyclonus worked. This doesn't. The robot works. The torso without the chest and head remolding doesn't. And that's too bad because I really got excited when I heard about the figure, and I wondered how Hasbro would pull it off. They failed. I hope Hasbro does complete the Technobots, though it's not likely I'll be purchasing any of them, but never say never, right?
As for Onslaught/Bruticus, I knew AB was always a repaint of Vortex, but I can live with that. I like Blastoff as a jet, except for the name and lack of new head. I hope we eventually get a proper Blastoff like we did with Slingshot/Quickslinger.
My gestaults moving forward will include only Superion and Bruticus as I can only justify one combiner a year (Superion this year, Bruticus next). If possible I will get Skylynx, though that largely depends on if his torso mode is solid. As Autobots go I will stick with flyers to add to my Aerialbots. I said before I wish Powerglide was a deluxe limb as I like options. I wish Hasbro would have thought to upgrade the figure to deluxe limb so that his Viper counterpart could become the army builder for Galvatronus. That would be cool, though way out of my price range. If I can get Cyclonus cheap to be an alternate torso for the Combaticons I will, and if Hasbro releases a limb option that makes sense to add to the Combaticons, I'll get that, too (one Viper would have worked great for that). I'm undecided on Shockwave as Bruticus' gun because I'm concerned about the weight being too much for the joints to hold, as well as Shockwave being so small in robot mode.
Overall, I'm looking forward to Bruticus, and I don't know that I care which version of the chest I end up with (green or silver), though I wish Hasbro would have released for normal retail and made the other available via HTS or some other exclusive option (online or maybe a TRU exclusive) so we could have chosen for ourselves which version to purchase instead of waiting to find out what we get or in some cases going with Takara.
Still, I'm very excited about Bruticus as he will be my first ever Scramble City Decepticon Combiner. I had the G1 Constructicons, but the Titan class figure turned out to be a huge disappointment to me so I went with other Transformers this year instead and saved some money. I know Takara tried to fix some of my problems with the figures, but too many things still bug me. Call me crazy but I wish he would have been made of six deluxes instead of voyagers. Not only would the price point have been better for me, having him face off against Superion would have worked, too, and then I'd have my Decepticon combiner and not get Bruticus as I can forgive issues with Deluxes that I cannot forgive with Voyagers.
But Bruticus it will be, and my Classics Starscream will have his brigade!
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sigil, and he can be, like, black, with dark purple and gold accents, and look amazing!
knowing that this won't happen 
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