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News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Tue May 30, 2017 12:18 pm

SillyMcGilly wrote:Personally, I think the combiners pictured there look better than the CW toys. Especially Menasor. This makes me so sad.

Also, was this done way before TR? Cuz that Alpha Trion looks surprisingly accurate to the toy!

Also, Burn hires HITMEN?

Well, aside from these toylines being planned way in advance; do recall that TR Alpha Trion and Galvatron were originally based on designs not intended for Titans Return. So if the use of the G1 bodies for the Combiners here is because the CW designs hadn't been made yet... that could very possibly indicate that the designs used for TR Alpha Trion and Galvatron predate not just TR, but Prime Wars entirely.

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Tue May 30, 2017 12:20 pm

Kurona wrote:
SillyMcGilly wrote:Personally, I think the combiners pictured there look better than the CW toys. Especially Menasor. This makes me so sad.

Also, was this done way before TR? Cuz that Alpha Trion looks surprisingly accurate to the toy!

Also, Burn hires HITMEN?

Well, aside from these toylines being planned way in advance; do recall that TR Alpha Trion and Galvatron were originally based on designs not intended for Titans Return. So if the use of the G1 bodies for the Combiners here is because the CW designs hadn't been made yet... that could very possibly indicate that the designs used for TR Alpha Trion and Galvatron predate not just TR, but Prime Wars entirely.

That is incredible, and now I am getting all tempted by that toy again even though the alt modes suck! :-x

Oh yeah, Combiner Wars.

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Tue May 30, 2017 12:22 pm

I know its also just concept art, but it seems odd to see A3 sitting like Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat just watching an arena of chaos down below him, with a Quintesson on his right to boot!...Maybe this was a more ominous character, whos design was used as an upgrade to Alpha Trion...I don't know, just thinking....

Anyway...favorite Legends Class....Since I only have ones that interact with Combiners, its probably the Black-Jack/Rodimus design.

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Tue May 30, 2017 12:24 pm

Burn sent me.

Actually I'm just glad this thread still has some life left in it.

I don't envy you fiction bangers. It's a hard job trying to string together a continuity where one barely exists.

Yes, Silly. that art is conceptual art for Combiner Wars. Simply meant to be a color piece to inspire the designers. I find it interesting too that Trion is in that form. Goes to show how long that design has been on the table.
I'm sure the illustrator who did this work had to pull reference from where ever they could. Remember, not all artists hired to do TF work are TF super fans.

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Tue May 30, 2017 12:32 pm

Oh! And my favorite CW Legends is hands down Huffer. That mold makes a better/sexier Huffer than Prime.
Powerglide comes in a fast second. They nailed it with that design, and he's a fun figure.

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Tue May 30, 2017 12:38 pm

Cobotron wrote:Powerglide comes in a fast second. They nailed it with that design, and he's a fun figure.

I would have said Powerglide, but, maybe its just a flaw with mine, but the back part wont stay together in plane or gun mode. Viper doesn't have a problem, and I haven't taken my TT Dogfight out of its package yet, though I will eventually.

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Tue May 30, 2017 12:42 pm

o.supreme wrote:
Cobotron wrote:Powerglide comes in a fast second. They nailed it with that design, and he's a fun figure.

I would have said Powerglide, but, maybe its just a flaw with mine, but the back part wont stay together in plane or gun mode. Viper doesn't have a problem, and I haven't taken my TT Dogfight out of its package yet, though I will eventually.

Yeah, mine does too, but he's so cool I'm willing to look past it/live with it.

You know, Blackjack is pretty dang sweet too. It's hard to pick a best. The Legends class has been killing it pretty much since T30 up to now.

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Tue May 30, 2017 12:44 pm

Cobotron wrote:Oh! And my favorite CW Legends is hands down Huffer. That mold makes a better/sexier Huffer than Prime.
Powerglide comes in a fast second. They nailed it with that design, and he's a fun figure.

Yay! Your fave is one of the ones I have! :-P

And Powerglide is a definite want. Kinda hard to get sometimes when I go TF hunting though. I love collecting Legends scale Minibots.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue May 30, 2017 12:50 pm

o.supreme wrote:I know its also just concept art, but it seems odd to see A3 sitting like Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat just watching an arena of chaos down below him, with a Quintesson on his right to boot!...Maybe this was a more ominous character, whos design was used as an upgrade to Alpha Trion...I don't know, just thinking....

Maybe it's SG Alpha Trion.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Tue May 30, 2017 12:51 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
o.supreme wrote:I know its also just concept art, but it seems odd to see A3 sitting like Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat just watching an arena of chaos down below him, with a Quintesson on his right to boot!...Maybe this was a more ominous character, whos design was used as an upgrade to Alpha Trion...I don't know, just thinking....
Maybe it's SG Alpha Trion.

I think you said this before, but remind me: didn't the TR A3 design get used as SG Alpha Trion? I remember you saying that somewhere

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Tue May 30, 2017 12:53 pm

For me personally it is a hard one - I kinda backed myself into a corner - but I think I'd have to go with Rust Dust. It was down to her and Groove; very close competition but I eventually decided I preferred Rust Dust's deco. Beautiful figure with a lot of personality, and it manages to do the best job at reviving the Breastforce :saint:

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue May 30, 2017 12:54 pm

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
o.supreme wrote:I know its also just concept art, but it seems odd to see A3 sitting like Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat just watching an arena of chaos down below him, with a Quintesson on his right to boot!...Maybe this was a more ominous character, whos design was used as an upgrade to Alpha Trion...I don't know, just thinking....
Maybe it's SG Alpha Trion.
I think you said this before, but remind me: didn't the TR A3 design get used as SG Alpha Trion? I remember you saying that somewhere

Yep. TR A3 did get repurposed as a new upgraded form of SG A3.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Tue May 30, 2017 12:55 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
o.supreme wrote:I know its also just concept art, but it seems odd to see A3 sitting like Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat just watching an arena of chaos down below him, with a Quintesson on his right to boot!...Maybe this was a more ominous character, whos design was used as an upgrade to Alpha Trion...I don't know, just thinking....
Maybe it's SG Alpha Trion.
I think you said this before, but remind me: didn't the TR A3 design get used as SG Alpha Trion? I remember you saying that somewhere
Yep. TR A3 did get repurposed as a new upgraded form of SG A3.

Same colors?

also, who was TR Overboard repurposed as in SG?

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Tue May 30, 2017 12:59 pm

Kurona wrote:...Beautiful figure with a lot of personality, and it manages to do the best job at reviving the Breastforce

I still can't get over how lesbian that sounds.

Um, yay! Rust Dust for the win! Man Vicky and G2 Superion are probably the two box sets I want most. Not sure which I'd get! Superion is nostalgic and has an amazing color scheme, and the other option is a bunch of girlfriends! Okay not really, but still...

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue May 30, 2017 12:59 pm

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
o.supreme wrote:I know its also just concept art, but it seems odd to see A3 sitting like Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat just watching an arena of chaos down below him, with a Quintesson on his right to boot!...Maybe this was a more ominous character, whos design was used as an upgrade to Alpha Trion...I don't know, just thinking....
Maybe it's SG Alpha Trion.
I think you said this before, but remind me: didn't the TR A3 design get used as SG Alpha Trion? I remember you saying that somewhere
Yep. TR A3 did get repurposed as a new upgraded form of SG A3.
Same colors?

That's what makes it a repurposing.

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:also, who was TR Overboard repurposed as in SG?

SG Squeezplay.

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Tue May 30, 2017 1:02 pm

SillyMcGilly wrote:and the other option is a bunch of girlfriends! Okay not really, but still...

Actually...

Jumpstream and Dustup were confirmed as the first official WLW couple in Transformers in the recent IDW annual

News Credits: 6 · by **Sarahthecutevixen** » Tue May 30, 2017 2:55 pm

Kurona wrote:
SillyMcGilly wrote:and the other option is a bunch of girlfriends! Okay not really, but still...

Actually...

Jumpstream and Dustup were confirmed as the first official WLW couple in Transformers in the recent IDW annual

I...need to pick up the comics, this is so weird and I need context,

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Tue May 30, 2017 3:19 pm

GalvatronG1 wrote:
Kurona wrote:
SillyMcGilly wrote:and the other option is a bunch of girlfriends! Okay not really, but still...

Actually...

Jumpstream and Dustup were confirmed as the first official WLW couple in Transformers in the recent IDW annual

I...need to pick up the comics, this is so weird and I need context,

Well, they're lovers, and that's it. We generally don't get much characterisation on the Torchbearers beyond Pyra Magna unfortunately - the one problem with this relationship - but they're still very cute together and I'm so glad IDW done this.

News Credits: 6 · by **Sarahthecutevixen** » Tue May 30, 2017 3:55 pm

Kurona wrote:
GalvatronG1 wrote:
Kurona wrote:
SillyMcGilly wrote:and the other option is a bunch of girlfriends! Okay not really, but still...

Actually...

Jumpstream and Dustup were confirmed as the first official WLW couple in Transformers in the recent IDW annual

I...need to pick up the comics, this is so weird and I need context,

Well, they're lovers, and that's it. We generally don't get much characterisation on the Torchbearers beyond Pyra Magna unfortunately - the one problem with this relationship - but they're still very cute together and I'm so glad IDW done this.

same here, I just figured they were all friends,

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Tue May 30, 2017 4:01 pm

So, because I was home and remembered, here are all of my combiners that I managed to get a hold of during Combiner Wars. I got Sky Lynx, but he is the one that stays by himself, choosing instead to be a mount for Arcee

Autobots:

Decepticons:

Mixed Faction:

Maximal:

All together

News Credits: 6 · by **Sarahthecutevixen** » Tue May 30, 2017 4:06 pm

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:So, because I was home and remembered, here are all of my combiners that I managed to get a hold of during Combiner Wars. I got Sky Lynx, but he is the one that stays by himself, choosing instead to be a mount for Arcee

Autobots:

Decepticons:

Mixed Faction:

Maximal:

All together

Nice

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Tue May 30, 2017 4:17 pm

I know it's undoubtedly Nightbeat, but I like to imagine that Titan Master on Lost Lightatron's shoulder is Tailgate

News Credits: 7 · by **Zeedust** » Tue May 30, 2017 8:38 pm

Kurona wrote:Anywho, toys! What's the best Legends class from this line in you guys' opinion? Excluding Shockwave, he wins by default.

I know I'm not gonna get much support on this, but I like Powerglide/Viper. Pretty nice triplechanger/targetmaster for ten bucks. Sure, the gun mode's not quite as good as Shockwave's, but that's because Shockwave doesn't have separate vehicle and weapon modes.

News Credits: 12 · by **nycPrime** » Tue May 30, 2017 8:59 pm

Zeedust wrote:
Kurona wrote:Anywho, toys! What's the best Legends class from this line in you guys' opinion? Excluding Shockwave, he wins by default.

I know I'm not gonna get much support on this, but I like Powerglide/Viper. Pretty nice triplechanger/targetmaster for ten bucks. Sure, the gun mode's not quite as good as Shockwave's, but that's because Shockwave doesn't have separate vehicle and weapon modes.

I'd probably 2nd that. I wasn't a huge fan of the CW Legends so to me, it's slim pickings. Powerglide is pretty cool, though I think the bot mode is better than the alt mode. I don't have a whole lot of other legends, but I also think Windcharger is ok. Far from the best bot mode, but the car looks good enough.

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Tue May 30, 2017 9:10 pm

I liked Viper. A little let down by his somewhat odd arm articulation - and his gun mode wasn't good, but I won't hold that against him - but all in all a pretty decent figure. Also you can mistransform him into having a very long neck. Useful for giving yourself nightmares for a month if you're into that sort of thing