Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor

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Fellow Seibrtronian Mindmaster sent us some new art featuring Transformers Combienr Wars Defensor. This was found on a facebook post from artist Marcelo Matere.

Transformers News: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor

This same image now appears on Hasbro's main Transformers website. What is extremely peculiar though, and this was broght to our atention by 0autobot0, is that even if the image has Rook as a limb, the breakdown of the "bots" is the following:

Blades, Groove, Hotspot, Streetwise and Firstaid.

Yes, indeed, Groove is the autobot described. Selecting Groove gives you new art as well for each mode.

This can all be simply related to fiction and as a description of G1 Defensor, who always had Groove as part of his team. Then again, the designation of this character as "deluxe" does reference the fact that he is a toy too.

It is still interesting to note that this is the team up according to the official Transformers site and that there is an awful lot of attention given to a character who doesn't have a deluxe toy out from Hasbro.

Feel free to speculate the significance of this on the boards!

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Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755433)
Posted by no-one on January 14th, 2016 @ 12:02pm CST

Very interesting, very interesting indeed :-?

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755434)
Posted by Sabrblade on January 14th, 2016 @ 12:03pm CST

There are even more errors there than what meets the eye.

In the above pics, Groove has his G1 robot and vehicle modes instead of his CW ones.

Hot Spot has his CW robot mode but his GDO vehicle mode.

Blades and Streetwise each have their CW robot modes but their G1 vehicle modes.

And First Aid apparently has no vehicle mode.

Additionally...

http://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/co ... s/superion

Alpha Bravo and Powerglide are counted among the Aerialbots, but Powerglide can't transform. And Silverbolt has his Universe Ultra class robot mode with more yellows added.

http://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/co ... rs/menasor

Dead End is WFC Dead End in robot mode and CW Dead End in vehicle mode, Motormaster has his G1 robot mode and his CW truck mode, Breakdown has his TFSS robot mode and his CW vehicle mode, Offroad is Dead End in robot mode (has the correct vehicle mode, though), and Blackjack is included but can't transform.

http://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/co ... devastator

Mixmaster has his mixer drum split open like shelled wings in robot mode and has his G1 altmode, Long Haul has his G1 robot mode, and both Bonecrusher and Scavenger remind me more of some of their 3rd party toys in robot mode.

http://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/co ... us-maximus

Sunstreaker is Universe Sunstreaker in both modes, Mirage has his Classics vehicle mode, Optimus is MP-10 in both modes, Prowl has his Universe vehicle mode, and Ironhide has his Universe vehicle mode.

Nice goin, Hasbro.

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755436)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on January 14th, 2016 @ 12:06pm CST

T1000 is riding Groove! :O

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755437)
Posted by Agamemnon on January 14th, 2016 @ 12:15pm CST

Carnivius_Prime wrote:T1000 is riding Groove! :O

Or Eric Estrada. I can't tell... :-s

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755438)
Posted by ZeroWolf on January 14th, 2016 @ 12:15pm CST

So at first I was wondering that they were going to go the quickslinger route and get deluxe groove out there then I read what Sabrblade put and now doubt the competence if the person who put the website together.

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755440)
Posted by william-james88 on January 14th, 2016 @ 12:17pm CST

ZeroWolf wrote:So at first I was wondering that they were going to go the quickslinger route and get deluxe groove out there then I read what Sabrblade put and now doubt the competence if the person who put the website together.

Screw Groove, give me that awesome looking Mixmaster. That is a great design!

But yeah, it looks like its just a hodge podge of team members using comissioned art from artists who didnt have a solid unifying vision.

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755441)
Posted by Sabrblade on January 14th, 2016 @ 12:18pm CST

william-james88 wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:So at first I was wondering that they were going to go the quickslinger route and get deluxe groove out there then I read what Sabrblade put and now doubt the competence if the person who put the website together.

Screw Groove, give me that awesome looking Mixmaster. That is a great design!

But yeah, it looks like its just a hodge podge of team members using comissioned art from artists who didnt have a solid unifying vision.

It all looks like recycled card art from the Legends mobile game.

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755442)
Posted by Shuttershock on January 14th, 2016 @ 12:18pm CST

Carnivius_Prime wrote:T1000 is riding Groove! :O

Moustache Man returns!

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755447)
Posted by Randomhero on January 14th, 2016 @ 12:38pm CST

Might wanna modify your article a little bit. Says groove doesn't have a toy from hasbro but he does. It's the legends class one. So there is a groove you its just not the deluxe limb. Might be coming though!

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755448)
Posted by william-james88 on January 14th, 2016 @ 12:40pm CST

Randomhero wrote:Might wanna modify your article a little bit. Says groove doesn't have a toy from hasbro but he does. It's the legends class one. So there is a groove you its just not the deluxe limb. Might be coming though!

Thanks, that was a super easy fix!

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755455)
Posted by TFBuyer on January 14th, 2016 @ 12:50pm CST

Sort of hoping we DO get a deluxe from Hasbro, because that Warriors Unite Groove is impossible to find alone! I'll put this up there with my wish for proper Computron combiner limbs and a new Computron head.

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755456)
Posted by Evil Eye on January 14th, 2016 @ 12:51pm CST

If we ARE getting Groove separately, I'm getting him...but not for Defensor. I have greater plans for him...

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755462)
Posted by Starsaber468 on January 14th, 2016 @ 1:02pm CST

Good thing we are groove then cause I haven't gotten rook yet for defensor so now I can get groove thats a deluxe verison tor a limb

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755463)
Posted by shajaki on January 14th, 2016 @ 1:03pm CST

TFBuyer wrote:Sort of hoping we DO get a deluxe from Hasbro, because that Warriors Unite Groove is impossible to find alone!

He sure is. I just got my UW Deffy and loooove Groove. But on my shelf he'll perpetually be some big dudes shin, so I started looking for a loose one to have by himself, but no luck. If Hasby does release Deluxe Groove, I'll be quite happy. But as evidence suggests, that's doesn't seem to be the case...

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755470)
Posted by ZeroWolf on January 14th, 2016 @ 1:34pm CST

TFBuyer wrote:Sort of hoping we DO get a deluxe from Hasbro, because that Warriors Unite Groove is impossible to find alone! I'll put this up there with my wish for proper Computron combiner limbs and a new Computron head.

But we are getting computron limbs

including one of them that is a retooled deluxe groove. The jury is still out on computron head though it could be new or it could be the one from betatron

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755472)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on January 14th, 2016 @ 1:38pm CST

pffft, what a joke of a site, this clearly doesn't confirm, or tease anything, other than whomever put that together has no idea what's goin' on :roll:

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755489)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 14th, 2016 @ 1:55pm CST

Weird stuff there.

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755492)
Posted by Mr O on January 14th, 2016 @ 1:57pm CST

Trailbreaker's subgroup is 'Lynx King' and the other three say 'Sky Reign'. What's that all about then?

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755497)
Posted by Sabrblade on January 14th, 2016 @ 2:02pm CST

Mr O wrote:Trailbreaker's subgroup is 'Lynx King' and the other three say 'Sky Reign'. What's that all about then?

It is presumed to have been an early working name for Sky Reign that accidentally got left alone on Trailbreaker's extended bio.

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755501)
Posted by Mr O on January 14th, 2016 @ 2:05pm CST

Sabrblade wrote:
Mr O wrote:Trailbreaker's subgroup is 'Lynx King' and the other three say 'Sky Reign'. What's that all about then?
It is presumed to have been an early working name for Sky Reign that accidentally got left alone on Trailbreaker's extended bio.

Thanks man! I thought he'd been drinking...

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755516)
Posted by Autobot N on January 14th, 2016 @ 2:24pm CST

Starsaber468 wrote:Good thing we are getting Groove then, cause I haven't gotten Rook yet. Now I can get a deluxe version to use as a limb

I fixed your post for you.

And this isn't any kind of confirmation that we are getting a deluxe Groove. It's just a hodgepodge of pictures from uncoordinated people. And go ahead and get Rook, as he's a pretty good figure.

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755523)
Posted by Deadput on January 14th, 2016 @ 2:30pm CST

WiseMan wrote:I was interested in buying all of Sky Reign until I saw the light bars on Smokescreen. Geez, Hasbro, he's a race car. You couldn't even spring to get rid of the police lights? I just . . . I can't do it. It's too high on the lameness meter.

All I really wanted was Sky Lynx, so I'll get Liokaiser instead (or whatever English name they give him).

Hasbro does not have the budget to change it.

At least it's not that noticeable and painted over.

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755544)
Posted by sonnyprowl on January 14th, 2016 @ 2:55pm CST

I'm anti Prowlestator

because I want Prowl has its own team
called PROWLDIKING, Prowl as centerpiece

upload

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755549)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 14th, 2016 @ 2:57pm CST

That is awesome, not gonna lie!

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755585)
Posted by 0autobot0 on January 14th, 2016 @ 3:36pm CST

Hellscream9999 wrote:pffft, what a joke of a site, this clearly doesn't confirm, or tease anything, other than whomever put that together has no idea what's goin' on

you got to admit though that even though there are quite a few oddities (or errors) with the images, all of the team members for every other G1 combiner is correct except for Defensor. Both Superion and Menasor feature all 6 of their current members while Defensor doesn't. Groove isn't even shown as a chest plate in the art while Blackjack is.

Does it mean anything, possibly not, but for those that skipped out on UW there could be hope.

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755596)
Posted by dragons on January 14th, 2016 @ 3:46pm CST

Should have been like this from start

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755597)
Posted by Sabrblade on January 14th, 2016 @ 3:47pm CST

dragons wrote:Should have been like this from start

Like what? You WANT Hasbro's website to be horrendously full of graphic errors?

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755601)
Posted by william-james88 on January 14th, 2016 @ 3:54pm CST

Sabrblade wrote:
dragons wrote:Should have been like this from start
Like what? You WANT Hasbro's website to be horrendously full of graphic errors?

He wants Groove as a deluxe limb.

Remember that most comments come from someone reading the article, then clicking discussion and just posting a comment. Thus the comment is in relation to the article and not the larger discussion.

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755603)
Posted by Shuttershock on January 14th, 2016 @ 3:55pm CST

sonnyprowl wrote:I'm anti Prowlestator

because I want Prowl has its own team
called PROWLDIKING, Prowl as centerpiece

upload

"Prowl and The Police."

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755609)
Posted by Va'al on January 14th, 2016 @ 4:00pm CST

Shuttershock wrote:
sonnyprowl wrote:I'm anti Prowlestator

because I want Prowl has its own team
called PROWLDIKING, Prowl as centerpiece

upload

"Prowl and The Police."

Every single day
Every word you say
Every game you play
Every night you stay
I'll be watching you

Appropriate!

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755614)
Posted by william-james88 on January 14th, 2016 @ 4:05pm CST

ROXANNE!

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755619)
Posted by Autobot N on January 14th, 2016 @ 4:13pm CST

william-james88 wrote:
ROXANNE!

I'm afraid I don't follow.

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755622)
Posted by Agamemnon on January 14th, 2016 @ 4:15pm CST

Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
ROXANNE!

I'm afraid I don't follow.

It's a Police reference...Sting's Police....The Rock Group. (Sorry, didn't know where to stop.)

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755624)
Posted by Va'al on January 14th, 2016 @ 4:16pm CST

Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
ROXANNE!

I'm afraid I don't follow.

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755625)
Posted by Autobot N on January 14th, 2016 @ 4:16pm CST

Agamemnon wrote:
Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
ROXANNE!

I'm afraid I don't follow.

It's a Police reference...Sting's Police....The Rock Group. (Sorry, didn't know where to stop.)

Ah.

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755637)
Posted by MemphisR56 on January 14th, 2016 @ 5:17pm CST

Welp! I called it back when the groove mold first got revealed, and I'm calling it now,

I think the only reason they didnt put out an online exclusive wave for groove like they did with quickslinger and brakeneck is because they would've had to do solid cases of ONLY groove back then. but now there's a new revised mold for another character (unite warriors Blast-Off) they'll put out another 50:50 case of those 2.

Thats my theory and I'm betting the farm on it.

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755644)
Posted by Deadput on January 14th, 2016 @ 5:50pm CST

Va'al wrote:
Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
ROXANNE!

I'm afraid I don't follow.

Que Burn coming in and saying something about getting things back on track.

Is that accurate?

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755646)
Posted by Burn on January 14th, 2016 @ 6:03pm CST

I don't even know what's going on in here at the moment, too much reading to catch up on.

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755647)
Posted by fenrir72 on January 14th, 2016 @ 6:04pm CST

Sky Reign's previous designation was............Lynx King.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BAgMbAyrSiw/

From collector Albert Ng of Malaysia

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755648)
Posted by fenrir72 on January 14th, 2016 @ 6:07pm CST

MemphisR56 wrote:Welp! I called it back when the groove mold first got revealed, and I'm calling it now,

I think the only reason they didnt put out an online exclusive wave for groove like they did with quickslinger and brakeneck is because they would've had to do solid cases of ONLY groove back then. but now there's a new revised mold for another character (unite warriors Blast-Off) they'll put out another 50:50 case of those 2.

Thats my theory and I'm betting the farm on it.

Or that TT got to pay Hb some cash for a certain period exclusivity. Like what they also do with certain video console games.

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755660)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on January 14th, 2016 @ 7:08pm CST

fenrir72 wrote:
MemphisR56 wrote:Welp! I called it back when the groove mold first got revealed, and I'm calling it now,

I think the only reason they didnt put out an online exclusive wave for groove like they did with quickslinger and brakeneck is because they would've had to do solid cases of ONLY groove back then. but now there's a new revised mold for another character (unite warriors Blast-Off) they'll put out another 50:50 case of those 2.

Thats my theory and I'm betting the farm on it.

Or that TT got to pay Hb some cash for a certain period exclusivity. Like what they also do with certain video console games.

I think this is what happened - or something close to it;

I could see TT throwing a temper tantrum when hasbro wanted to do a legends Groove, which led to TT wanting to do a deluxe Groove, which led to one of them wondering who they could remold bigroove into, which led to Computron, which led to needing a drill tank, which led to needing a second use of said drill tank, which led to Liokaiser, which led to a convenient use of all three new molds in one combiner, which led to hasbro going, ' :ic$:

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755667)
Posted by ZeroWolf on January 14th, 2016 @ 7:20pm CST

Hey, wait isn't that how the great seibertron civil war start with that post? Which now I think back was in response to mine...Did I inadvertently start a war?

Anyway...A thought, now depending when these box sets are released, will these be the last toys branded with combiner wars styling or will they be branded with Titan Returns packing?

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755668)
Posted by Autobot N on January 14th, 2016 @ 7:24pm CST

ZeroWolf wrote:Hey, wait isn't that how the great seibertron civil war start with that post? Which now I think back was in response to mine...Did I inadvertently start a war?

Anyway...A thought, now depending when these box sets are released, will these be the last toys branded with combiner wars styling or will they be branded with Titan Returns packing?

This is the comment chain that started it:

Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
Va'al wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:Forget Alpha Bravo; Groove is the real hero in Combiner Wars!

If there's a civil war, I'm siding with Va'al.

Which was originally in response to a post of yours.

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755669)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on January 14th, 2016 @ 7:31pm CST

Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:This is the comment chain that started it
Mindmaster wrote:Forget Alpha Bravo; Groove is the real hero in Combiner Wars!

That was in response to my comment I just posted above

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755670)
Posted by Autobot N on January 14th, 2016 @ 7:34pm CST

Hellscream9999 wrote:
Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:This is the comment chain that started it
Mindmaster wrote:Forget Alpha Bravo; Groove is the real hero in Combiner Wars!

That was in response to my comment I just posted above

Oh.

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755671)
Posted by Sabrblade on January 14th, 2016 @ 7:34pm CST

Burn wrote:I don't even know what's going on in here at the moment, too much reading to catch up on.

I'll give you a rundown:

Hasbro put a bunch of old Legends mobile game artwork on their site for a new Combiner Wars section that just lists each member of some combiner teams.
Said artwork depicts several of the characters in bodies that resemble non-CW toys.
The Defensor entry of this Combiner Wars section erroneously listed Groove as a limb for CW Defensor despite the accompanying toy image of Defensor showing Rook in Groove's place, along with Legends class Groove on Defensor's chest not being recognized by the new section.
Someone saw this error, mistook it for a possibility of Hasbro releasing Takara's Deluxe class Groove, and alerted the news staff.
The error got posted as news when it really isn't.
and now some people are thinking that this is a sign of Hasbro releasing Deluxe Groove.
Also, some random things about Prowl, Sky Reign's early working name of "Lynx King" (carried over from a previous news post), something about a civil war, and... Community references, apparently.

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755673)
Posted by Autobot N on January 14th, 2016 @ 7:35pm CST

Sabrblade wrote:
Burn wrote:I don't even know what's going on in here at the moment, too much reading to catch up on.
I'll give you a rundown:
Hasbro put a bunch of old Legends mobile game artwork on their site for a new Combiner Wars section that just lists each member of some combiner teams.
Said artwork depicts several of the characters in bodies that resemble non-CW toys.
The Defensor entry of this Combiner Wars section erroneously listed Groove as a limb for CW Defensor despite the accompanying toy image of Defensor showing Rook in Groove's place, along with Legends class Groove on Defensor's chest not being recognized by the new section.
Someone saw this error, mistook it for a possibility of Hasbro releasing Takara's Deluxe class Groove, and alerted the news staff.
The error got posted as news when it really isn't.
and now some people are thinking that this is a sign of Hasbro releasing Deluxe Groove.
Also, some random things about Prowl, Sky Reign's early working name of "Lynx King" (carried over from a previous news post), something about a civil war, and... Community references, apparently.

You forgot the civil war.

EDIT: Never mind.

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755674)
Posted by Sabrblade on January 14th, 2016 @ 7:37pm CST

Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:You forgot the civil war.

Added it while you were typing.

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755675)
Posted by Autobot N on January 14th, 2016 @ 7:39pm CST

Sabrblade wrote:
Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:You forgot the civil war.
Added it while you were typing.

And I have edited my post accordingly.

Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (1755682)
Posted by Dr. Caelus on January 14th, 2016 @ 7:55pm CST

Not sure if people had noticed already, but just in case they hadn't, some of the Combaticons are in stock at Hasbrotoyshop.com.

Brawl

Swindle

Blast Off

Shockwave

No listing for Onslaught, of course, and oddly no listing for Vortex.

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