Combiner Wars Wave 2 Deluxes Found in the UK for £6.99

Good luck finding one, though. There's a grand total of 6 stores in the entire United Kingdom, and none of them in Scotland or Ireland.

https://ghmstores.co.uk/store-locator/?location=all

I want those comics...

Agamemnon wrote:I want those comics...

Thats right, I forget, you guys never did get the Dragstrip comic.

And I dont know if you remember Agamemnon, but the Alpha Bravo comics were given out free at a Shanghai event since they ended up never being used for a revision wave.

william-james88 wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:I want those comics...

Thats right, I forget, you guys never did get the Dragstrip comic.

And I dont know if you remember Agamemnon, but the Alpha Bravo comics were given out free at a Shanghai event since they ended up never being used for a revision wave.

yeah we did get dragstrip. i remember going to a tru or 2 and seeing him with the other stuntcions.I remember it vividly because it meant i was gonna have to wait longer for air raid.i had slingshot before i had air raid.
the comics did end up being reused tho. they were with the combaticons

Weird that the comic versions wound up in Britain, when at a Target here in America I saw the non-comic versions back when they were the current wave. My own had the comics because I went BBTS thinking I'd never see them (and for the most part I was right)

Oh wait... Dragstrip was wave 1, so I'm not talking about him, but for the ones actually in wave 2, what I said applies..

Right now, I've seen comic-less versions of CW Ironhide and Sunstreaker at TJ Maxx stores.

Sabrblade wrote:Right now, I've seen comic-less versions of CW Ironhide and Sunstreaker at TJ Maxx stores.

is sabr doing some hunting.
yeah i saw blast off swindle hound and mirage

Bumblebee21 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Right now, I've seen comic-less versions of CW Ironhide and Sunstreaker at TJ Maxx stores.

is sabr doing some hunting.
yeah i saw blast off swindle hound and mirage

I am pretty sure those are canadian overstock.

Bumblebee21 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:I want those comics...

Thats right, I forget, you guys never did get the Dragstrip comic.

And I dont know if you remember Agamemnon, but the Alpha Bravo comics were given out free at a Shanghai event since they ended up never being used for a revision wave.

yeah we did get dragstrip. i remember going to a tru or 2 and seeing him with the other stuntcions.I remember it vividly because it meant i was gonna have to wait longer for air raid.i had slingshot before i had air raid.
the comics did end up being reused tho. they were with the combaticons

Indeed, if it could be found, I believe Dragstrip with comic was packed in wave 2 cases. (I never saw one in person.) And I wish I was in Shanghai when that happened. I haven't looked for some time, but I imagine these covers are around. I just wonder if they are available at a premium price because of completionists like me....

Yes I've know about United Overseas Limited (Kingsley Paige) for a long time.
I really must check to see if they have anything to do with MBC (Chorley Woods Herts) who is the other one who does a lot of this stuff.

Those grey imports have been around literally for ever - they used to import Goadaikins in the 1980s and American Packed MASK, also lines like Air Raiders, Bone Age & Robotix even some Inhumanoids. egg beasts as well as Transformers, Gi Joe, Batman toys & 90's Action Man and likely dozens more.

I think people really noticed them though when they started dumping all that Chinese G1 & G2 stuff on cheap stores in the 1990s. (Like Devastator) they even used to sell their imports in Woolworths - I often hear people wondering why they have a Frenzy with plastic feet. (that is why).

Though Woolworths also did their own importing / exclusives too as dd ASDA (oddly this was before they were owned by Walmart).

I'm starting to see more of this sort of things - looking at the stuff TRU, The Entertainer & even Very have suddenly been stocking - makes me smell "Imports" I get that vibe from the sudden appearance of later Jurassic World toys - that previously had been on sale no where and that appear to not be in European packaging.

It would be terrific if they've imported some Voyagers too - then you might see Motormaster & white Optimus too.

Oh and there are imports of the legends class too (including Viper & Blackjack) in some cheapstores like the Original factory Shop marked 'MBC limited' as well as a whole lot of Hero mashers that have shown up out of no where that I've never seen before in the UK like Red Hulk & Deadpool.

I got a Blackjack myself in OFS 2 weeks ago for £6.00.

So is it possible that computron at tj maxx was either a one-off mistake or not true to begin with? I feel like everyone has been searching for it, myself included. You would think by now a few more would've turned up.

nycPrime wrote:So is it possible that computron at tj maxx was either a one-off mistake or not true to begin with? I feel like everyone has been searching for it, myself included. You would think by now a few more would've turned up.

he will be out just got to give it some time.
it probably just got out early.
im not sure about the choo choos tho

Bumblebee21 wrote:

nycPrime wrote:So is it possible that computron at tj maxx was either a one-off mistake or not true to begin with? I feel like everyone has been searching for it, myself included. You would think by now a few more would've turned up.

he will be out just got to give it some time.
it probably just got out early.
im not sure about the choo choos tho

Yeah those astrotrains look like mistakes, like they were sent the wrong batch of Generations Voyagers.

william-james88 wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:

nycPrime wrote:So is it possible that computron at tj maxx was either a one-off mistake or not true to begin with? I feel like everyone has been searching for it, myself included. You would think by now a few more would've turned up.

he will be out just got to give it some time.
it probably just got out early.
im not sure about the choo choos tho

Yeah those astrotrains look like mistakes, like they were sent the wrong batch of Generations Voyagers.

of course if its true its sad and there goes my switch astrotrain for alpha trion plan

but i dont think that compy was a mistake since the other boxsets have been showing

Found g2 menasour but no computron.

Also found a G2 Menasor at Marshalls, box was pretty beat up though. All 3 (TJ Maxx, Marshalls & Ross) had CW Voyagers. 14.99 at the first two, and $12.99 at Ross. Something tells me Hasbro just way over produced on these. I mean I thought it would have been pretty simple math. You are only going to need one voyager for every 4 deluxes in a line mostly dedicated to combiners, I mean not that many people are going to collect these on their own.... . I know TR is a whole different deal but...Sadly no TR figures spotted yet

nycPrime wrote:So is it possible that computron at tj maxx was either a one-off mistake or not true to begin with? I feel like everyone has been searching for it, myself included. You would think by now a few more would've turned up.

I posted before, but it was probably missed being at the bottom of the previous page. The sighting for Computron was in fact real as the pictures were taken right on the TJ Maxx shelves.



Emerje

Emerje wrote:

nycPrime wrote:So is it possible that computron at tj maxx was either a one-off mistake or not true to begin with? I feel like everyone has been searching for it, myself included. You would think by now a few more would've turned up.

I posted before, but it was probably missed being at the bottom of the previous page. The sighting for Computron was in fact real as the pictures were taken right on the TJ Maxx shelves.



Emerje

I just find it odd no one else has found it yet. The last few times someone on this forum found something at Marshalls or TJ Maxx (Sky Lynx, G2 sets), others have also found it within a few days. But as others have mentioned, maybe that particular store somehow just got it early (I hope) as opposed to some elaborate hoax.

That's the photo I took while in store last Tuesday around 18:30 - but they had a few Dragstrips.

Prime Nova wrote:That's the photo I took while in store last Tuesday around 18:30 - but they had a few Dragstrips.

so you found computron

Bumblebee21 wrote:

Prime Nova wrote:That's the photo I took while in store last Tuesday around 18:30 - but they had a few Dragstrips.

so you found computron

He might be referring to the news about the combiner wars dragstrip found in UK.

william-james88 wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:

Prime Nova wrote:That's the photo I took while in store last Tuesday around 18:30 - but they had a few Dragstrips.

so you found computron

He might be referring to the news about the combiner wars dragstrip found in UK.

true that is another possibility

It's the photo of Dragstrip I took the other day but some more photos have been added since.

There are a couple people at the Allspark boards claiming to have found Computron, but one guy is saying he opened the box only to find a Menasor set inside. The other guy is saying his was legit. That's 3 different locations.

Found this on Facebook. A guy in our TF group found Computron at TJMaxx in Texas.

Say McKinney and I know where I'm going tomorrow

Visited my local TJ Max here in Encinitas and Oceanside CA and found the same old CW voyagers that they've been carrying, Motormaster, Scattershot and Onslaught, oh and one white OP. Lucked out at the local Carlsbad Marshalls and they had plenty of the aforementioned along with three G2 Superion gift sets. I already own the single carded Aerialbots along with Quickslinger/Slingshot and wasn't in any rush to pick up this G2 deco, but at $39.99, I could not pass that price up.

Might be nice if they slid some of those Boxed sets in the Uk store TK Maxx's direction too.

I just wish they'd done CW Computron as individual 'bots rather than/as well as a boxset. I'd buy Hasbro Strafe, Nosecone and Scrounge on their own (in Strafe and Nosecone's cases for customizing into new characters) but the rest have no appeal to me whatsoever, especially compared to their UW counterparts.

Having done some research and comparisons, I thought I'd post my feelings on the Technobots and Computron as a whole (purely from what I've seen of them of course).

Scattershot: Hasbro's detailing on the vehicle nose/cannon shroud is cool but Takara's extra molded parts makes the UW release a win for me.

Afterburner: I actually prefer the colours on the Hasbro offering. The orange is pretty nice and the green canopy is cool. That said, the extra guns for UW Afterburner definitely elevates him a bit. A draw really.

Nosecone: Hasbro's offering has nice colours, and I actually don't hate the drill tank mode. That said, the extra mile Takara went with the UW release (including that awesome drill) makes me have to say the UW release wins here.

Strafe: Possibly the closest run. Hasbro has a really cool space jet mode, which reminds me of a retro space shooter ship. However the weird off-white and the total lack of handheld weapons is a bummer. Takara on the other hand has a nicer white, more playability and actual weapons. The space jet mode takes some getting used to, but overall I like it. Honestly though if it weren't for the lack of weapons and the colour they used I'd say this was a straight-up draw. As it is I think Takara edges out slightly.

Lightspeed: Yeah, no contest. Takara wins by a landslide.

Scrounge: Hasbro wins by virtue of him not being in the UW set. A cool little extra but I'd rather he'd been a standalone release.

Combined mode: Hasbro has some fairly nice colours I will admit, and overall he looks pretty nice, but the decision to just use the Superion head, chest and gun really lets it down IMO. The hands and feet IMO aren't the best either- the feet are hollow (which isn't good for stability) and have no forwards/backwards motion, whilst the hands are just lumps with holes in them. The UW release is maybe a smidgen monochromatic but it does still look good, with the chest "lights" helping to break up the sea of red, and the new parts helping differentiate between him and Superion. The HFGs suck as feet for sure, though as hands they're OK. Overall I have to give it to Takara, almost entirely based on the torso if I'm honest.

Also, DRILL HAND WOOOOOOO.


Overall I think I'm gonna try and get UW Computron + the PE hands and feet for Christmas. I've dropped enough hints, so hopefully the Calculating Colossus will be mine!

After having read the final OMAM prose story from the Club, that story made me want Hasbro's CW Computron more than ever, in addition to my still wanting Takara's UW Computron. I was originally going to distinguish the two by either using the UW version as the real Computron and the CW version as Betatron, or go the route of Takara's GT System from the Binaltech fiction and make the Hasbro version be "Computron GT"... but now I'm set to instead consider the Takara version as G1 Cartoon Computron circa 2021, and the Hasbro version as OMAM universe (which is based on Marvel G1) Computron.

Sabrblade wrote:After having read the final OMAM prose story from the Club, that story made me want Hasbro's CW Computron more than ever, in addition to my still wanting Takara's UW Computron. I was originally going to distinguish the two by either using the UW version as the real Computron and the CW version as Betatron, or go the route of Takara's GT System from the Binaltech fiction and make the Hasbro version be "Computron GT"... but now I'm set to instead consider the Takara version as G1 Cartoon Computron circa 2021, and the Hasbro version as OMAM universe (which is based on Marvel G1) Computron.

Care to share why? I'm curious

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:After having read the final OMAM prose story from the Club, that story made me want Hasbro's CW Computron more than ever, in addition to my still wanting Takara's UW Computron. I was originally going to distinguish the two by either using the UW version as the real Computron and the CW version as Betatron, or go the route of Takara's GT System from the Binaltech fiction and make the Hasbro version be "Computron GT"... but now I'm set to instead consider the Takara version as G1 Cartoon Computron circa 2021, and the Hasbro version as OMAM universe (which is based on Marvel G1) Computron.

Care to share why? I'm curious

The story established Cybaxx as a renamed Boltax from Marvel G1, and had him imbued with the power and knowledge of the Underbase, which through his link with Scrounge (repurposed by this story as a Mini-Con) could augment Computron's own power and knowledge, which sound to me like some kind of super duper enhanced version of Computron what with him being the knowledge-based combiner and all.

And with the use of Hasbro CW figures representing the combiner characters of the OMAM continuity, along with allusions to discarded proposals for the Hasbro CW toyline (Ironclad, Firestormer, etc.), it is evident that the Hasbro CW Computron was the specific version in mind for the OMAM version of Computron.

Sabrblade wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:After having read the final OMAM prose story from the Club, that story made me want Hasbro's CW Computron more than ever, in addition to my still wanting Takara's UW Computron. I was originally going to distinguish the two by either using the UW version as the real Computron and the CW version as Betatron, or go the route of Takara's GT System from the Binaltech fiction and make the Hasbro version be "Computron GT"... but now I'm set to instead consider the Takara version as G1 Cartoon Computron circa 2021, and the Hasbro version as OMAM universe (which is based on Marvel G1) Computron.

Care to share why? I'm curious

The story established Cybaxx as a renamed Boltax from Marvel G1, and had him imbued with the power and knowledge of the Underbase, which through his link with Scrounge (repurposed by this story as a Mini-Con) could augment Computron's own power and knowledge, which sound to me like some kind of super duper enhanced version of Computron what with him being the knowledge-based combiner and all.

And with the use of Hasbro CW figures representing the combiner characters of the OMAM continuity, along with allusions to discarded proposals for the Hasbro CW toyline (Ironclad, Firestormer, etc.), it is evident that the Hasbro CW Computron was the specific version in mind for the OMAM version of Computron.

Oh, that's what you meant. I thought you were talking about something else. This is something I had shared previously and it was something that I had really liked, so we're on the same page

Admittedly when I read that in OMAM - as well as the other explanations for Hasbro's combiners - it read to me more like excuses for the inaccuracies rather than any good explanation, as if they were ordered by Hasbro to come up with something. I know they weren't (well, as far as I know) but it doesn't encourage me to accept CW Computron as much as, say, Starscream wearing his Armada body in IDW.
I did like the whole Cybaxx thing though, that's something that worked for me.

Moved my reply to a comment about Combiner Wars Rodimus from the Titans Returns thread :
transformers-titans-return-product-reveals-news-updates-rumors-leaks-and-more--p1842338.php#p1842338

To here.
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The Alternator/Binaltech Rodimus lacks the exhaust pipes too - as does the new 'The Last Knight' Version.

But had it not already have been mentioned I'd have pointed out that Rodimus Looks a little bit like the Micromaster version.

Also What I tend to do with Legions is look at them two ways - they can all be lumped together regardless of scale - I.e. Optimus & Huffer

Or you can look on the larger characters like Starscream, Megatron and Optimus as some sort of Commander class for legions.

Then the more typically smaller characters like Pipes, Cosmos, Tailgate or Bumblebee function as small version in comparison to a typical deluxe.

Rodimus can be either you can pretend he's Hotrod and is kinda small or Rodimus and pretend he's bigger.

But yes having a car mode does make him an odd one scale wise - I usually just put him with any other legion car as there are quite a few of them.

Besides it's just fun to make him have an axe fight with one of his repaints.

If the scale is the only issue though there is the option of the scout class size KO too. he's only a little smaller than a Combiner Wars Deluxe.

There is also the suggestion that the size of the normal one works pretty well with the KO Megatron, Nemesis, Starscream and Optimus too.

But otherwise he's just fine to use as a chest plate.

I tend to just have a separate Legends class display, much like people would have separate CHUG and Masterpiece displays for the same characters. Just a different scale of collecting and displaying.
The only real problem with that is that while it's great for cons - they've basically got all the Season 1 guys but Soundwave and Devvy; and even then depending on your scale you could argue Constructicon Maximus or even CW/UW Devvy is in scale with Legends - the Autobots are... less well off. You've got Optimus, Rodimus and maybe Bumblebee since he's sometimes bigger; but beyond that it's mostly guys that are usually small anyway - Cosmos, Windcharger, Warpath, Rewind, Wheelie etc etc.
So unless you go down the road of collecting the Universe Legions - which could work despite the different scale for things like Jazz being slightly smaller than Optimus - then it's difficult to get together an Autobot display of the current Legends scale. So Rodimus helps with that immensely.

The latest Beast Wars: Uprising story (or rather, the story's "secret-coded-extra-story-hidden-within-the-main-story") also gave another take on Cybaxx. Instead of him being Boltax like in OMAM, this version of him is a Nebulon affiliated with the World Watcher alliance, and who later became a Targetmaster for the Autobots (whom he was partnered with, if anyone in particular, was not stated).

RAR wrote:Moved my reply to a comment about Combiner Wars Rodimus from the Titans Returns thread :
transformers-titans-return-product-reveals-news-updates-rumors-leaks-and-more--p1842338.php#p1842338

To here.
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The Alternator/Binaltech Rodimus lacks the exhaust pipes too - as does the new 'The Last Knight' Version.

But had it not already have been mentioned I'd have pointed out that Rodimus Looks a little bit like the Micromaster version.

Also What I tend to do with Legions is look at them two ways - they can all be lumped together regardless of scale - I.e. Optimus & Huffer

Or you can look on the larger characters like Starscream, Megatron and Optimus as some sort of Commander class for legions.

Then the more typically smaller characters like Pipes, Cosmos, Tailgate or Bumblebee function as small version in comparison to a typical deluxe.

Rodimus can be either you can pretend he's Hotrod and is kinda small or Rodimus and pretend he's bigger.

But yes having a car mode does make him an odd one scale wise - I usually just put him with any other legion car as there are quite a few of them.

Besides it's just fun to make him have an axe fight with one of his repaints.

If the scale is the only issue though there is the option of the scout class size KO too. he's only a little smaller than a Combiner Wars Deluxe.

There is also the suggestion that the size of the normal one works pretty well with the KO Megatron, Nemesis, Starscream and Optimus too.

But otherwise he's just fine to use as a chest plate.

I recently purchased G2 Menasor and I don't like including Blackjack with the rest of the cars due to scale.

I would love to see 2001 RID get a Combiner Wars/Titans Return homage:

Ultra Magnus from the Voyager Optimus Prime mold (redeco with shades of blue) that can tow a car carrier that also transforms into a Titan Master base.

Prowl from the Breakdown mold instead of the Dead End mold.

Side Burn from the Breakdown mold.

X-Brawn from the Offroad mold.

Maybe Skid-Z from the Dragstrip mold.

Art Fire and R.E.V. as Titan Masters with the Terri-Bull/Skytread/Tankette drone to mimic Ultra Magnus' cannons.

Rysquad wrote:I recently purchased G2 Menasor and I don't like including Blackjack with the rest of the cars due to scale.

Blackjack is supposedly still a Micromaster, so naturally he ends up being smaller than the rest. Plus, being inspired by G1 Motormaster's Roller Car drone helps:

Rysquad wrote:I would love to see 2001 RID get a Combiner Wars/Titans Return homage:

Wish granted:

Sabrblade wrote:

Rysquad wrote:I would love to see 2001 RID get a Combiner Wars/Titans Return homage:

Wish granted:

lol. Duh.

o.supreme wrote:

Kurona wrote:Talking of third parties though, I wonder how long it is until an upgrade or a Leozack/Jallguar torso is made by them for this dude

Making weapons and accessories is one thing, but creating new actual characters to integrate with actual Hasbro/TT product is something I don't think has ever been attempted before. I know 3rd party product walks a pretty tight line as it is, not sure how actual integration with copyrighted product would work, or would be allowed.

First of all, I apologize for the lateness of this response. Somehow I stopped receiving email notifications about this thread and then looked at the forum the other day and realized I was 30-some pages behind. Spent the last few days catching up.

Anyway, as far as integrating third party figures with HasTak figures, I point you towards one of the earliest 3P combiner efforts, Fansproject's Crossfire 02 upgrade set for Universe/ROTF Bruticus. They made original molds for Blast Off and Swindle (dubbed Explorer and Munitioner) along with extra parts to integrate with the existing figures. Until Warbotron came along it was the definitive Bruticus. So a 3P Liokaiser torso could be done.

As far as more directly CW news goes, I finally found a lone Sky Lynx at a TJ Maxx last week, along with a G2 Menasor set for $40. I thought about picking that up, decided against it because I don't really want it. I'm wondering if I should go back after all and buy it while it's cheap to sell off in the future, though. i'm not normally that kind of person but if this has resale value, it might be worth it someday.

One thing I'd really really LOVE to see is a trailer, 3rd party or Original, for the Voyager trucks.
A black one, or dark grey, for Motormaster
A silvergrey one for O/P
A blue/red/white one for BC O/P (to make him look like Ultra Magnus) or perhaps something totally new.

Transform into a base that can combine with eachother and with Fort Max / Soundwave / Blaster titans.

I want trailers darnit!!

What I'd like to see is a trailer for Motormaster that turns into a homage to his "repair base mode" when he's in robot mode and splits apart into components to make his combined mode less awful.

If you guys are looking for Wave 5 Voyagers or Leader Skywarp, Ross has them for cheap:

Texas Sighting Thread

...plus cheap RiD Deployers

Yep I found some the other day. And posting it in the deal thread.

Ordered Computron today. Should be here by the end of the week. Looking forward to him!

Anyone still looking for Victorion on the cheap? HTS dropped him to $49.99. You can also get an additional $10 off if you have one of those 20% off HTS coupons since the 25% Cyber Monday coupon doesn't work on discounted items. A little over $40 after tax.

I've thought long and hard, but I'm going to have to pass. It's not a figure I really want, and I really spent a lot of money these last few days. So it's hard for me to justify getting a figure I don't really want and I don't find visually appealing just because it's 60% off.

http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/en/htsusa/-b3901as00

EDIT: her

Him??