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News Credits: 1646 · Sat Aug 08, 2015 10:56 pm

Either scheme looked nice, but I still like the color scheme used. I know most don't, but I really do. nice and loud

News Credits: 3 · Sat Aug 08, 2015 11:22 pm

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Either scheme looked nice, but I still like the color scheme used. I know most don't, but I really do. nice and loud

Me too! I would have liked any of those color combinations to be totally honest! ;)^

News Credits: 2 · Sun Aug 09, 2015 2:18 am

i waited a year for this!?

i like the color, concept and the femaleness.
hate the REPAINTS OF THE SAME FRIGGIN FIGS!

the weapons r cool

News Credits: 7 · Sun Aug 09, 2015 3:14 am

I just realized something. Victorion will be the largest female Transformers figure ever made.

Heck, even Pyra Magna on her own is the first female transformer larger than a deluxe since Binaltech Arcee in 2008, and the first Hasbro's released since Transmetal 2 Blackarachnia way back in 1999.

News Credits: 3 · Sun Aug 09, 2015 1:22 pm

Z3ROhour wrote:i waited a year for this!?

i like the color, concept and the femaleness.
hate the REPAINTS OF THE SAME FRIGGIN FIGS!

the weapons r cool

Yeah it kinda sucks, I wanted new figures for these fembots, at least the voyager...

News Credits: 1646 · Sun Aug 09, 2015 4:54 pm

SillySpringer wrote:
Z3ROhour wrote:i waited a year for this!?

i like the color, concept and the femaleness.
hate the REPAINTS OF THE SAME FRIGGIN FIGS!

the weapons r cool

Yeah it kinda sucks, I wanted new figures for these fembots, at least the voyager...

Kinda sucks yes, but I for one am happy with it. It's kinda a cool tribute to combiners

Wed Aug 12, 2015 5:51 pm

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Either scheme looked nice, but I still like the color scheme used. I know most don't, but I really do. nice and loud

Me too. The green reminds me of the green used on my Gundam Jegan or Rezel figures

News Credits: 1646 · Wed Aug 12, 2015 9:51 pm

LegendaryAntiHero wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Either scheme looked nice, but I still like the color scheme used. I know most don't, but I really do. nice and loud

Me too. The green reminds me of the green used on my Gundam Jegan or Rezel figures

I'm glad someone else enjoys it. too many dis's one here

News Credits: 2 · Tue Aug 18, 2015 10:34 pm

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
SillySpringer wrote:
Z3ROhour wrote:i waited a year for this!?

i like the color, concept and the femaleness.
hate the REPAINTS OF THE SAME FRIGGIN FIGS!

the weapons r cool

Yeah it kinda sucks, I wanted new figures for these fembots, at least the voyager...

Kinda sucks yes, but I for one am happy with it. It's kinda a cool tribute to combiners

what really burns my biscuits is the plain ol lie and fake with nautica's girlfriends in the comic. Wtf!? THEY NEW THAT WE'D BE EXCITED, AND BURNED US ANYWAY!

breathe... calm... :BOOM:

News Credits: 25 · Tue Aug 18, 2015 10:37 pm

Z3ROhour wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
SillySpringer wrote:
Z3ROhour wrote:i waited a year for this!?

i like the color, concept and the femaleness.
hate the REPAINTS OF THE SAME FRIGGIN FIGS!

the weapons r cool

Yeah it kinda sucks, I wanted new figures for these fembots, at least the voyager...

Kinda sucks yes, but I for one am happy with it. It's kinda a cool tribute to combiners

what really burns my biscuits is the plain ol lie and fake with nautica's girlfriends in the comic. Wtf!? THEY NEW THAT WE'D BE EXCITED, AND BURNED US ANYWAY!

breathe... calm...

The weren't meant for the combiner

News Credits: 2 · Tue Aug 18, 2015 11:07 pm

SW's SilverHammer wrote:
Z3ROhour wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
SillySpringer wrote:
Z3ROhour wrote:i waited a year for this!?

i like the color, concept and the femaleness.
hate the REPAINTS OF THE SAME FRIGGIN FIGS!

the weapons r cool

Yeah it kinda sucks, I wanted new figures for these fembots, at least the voyager...

Kinda sucks yes, but I for one am happy with it. It's kinda a cool tribute to combiners

what really burns my biscuits is the plain ol lie and fake with nautica's girlfriends in the comic. Wtf!? THEY NEW THAT WE'D BE EXCITED, AND BURNED US ANYWAY!

breathe... calm...

The weren't meant for the combiner

still, u know they dangled that out there but to taunt us. cruel. *sigh*
oh, well.

News Credits: 25 · Tue Aug 18, 2015 11:26 pm

Z3ROhour wrote:
SW's SilverHammer wrote:
Z3ROhour wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
SillySpringer wrote:
Z3ROhour wrote:i waited a year for this!?

i like the color, concept and the femaleness.
hate the REPAINTS OF THE SAME FRIGGIN FIGS!

the weapons r cool

Yeah it kinda sucks, I wanted new figures for these fembots, at least the voyager...

Kinda sucks yes, but I for one am happy with it. It's kinda a cool tribute to combiners

what really burns my biscuits is the plain ol lie and fake with nautica's girlfriends in the comic. Wtf!? THEY NEW THAT WE'D BE EXCITED, AND BURNED US ANYWAY!

breathe... calm...

The weren't meant for the combiner

still, u know they dangled that out there but to taunt us. cruel. *sigh*
oh, well.

But they didn't.

News Credits: 462 · Wed Aug 19, 2015 12:03 am

They told us up front that those five new Fembots were unrelated to Victorion. Anyone who jumped to the conclusion that the were the new Fembot combiner team who formed Victorion has no one to blame but themselves for jumping to said conclusion.

News Credits: 25 · Wed Aug 19, 2015 1:12 am

Sabrblade wrote:They told us up front that those five new Fembots were unrelated to Victorion. Anyone who jumped to the conclusion that the were the new Fembot combiner team who formed Victorion has no one to blame but themselves for jumping to said conclusion.

Also the events of MTMTE are only tangentially related to those of combiner wars. To this effect the events of those two issues takes place a little before combiner wars, as first aid and the protectobots left on MTMTE issue 43, and arrive on cybertron in issue The Transformers #40. Because of the story interlude and disconnect between MTMTE and combiner wars it can be assumed that the girls aboard the Vis Vitalis had been planned by roberts to appear in the MTMTE and not combiner wars.

News Credits: 1 · Thu Aug 20, 2015 2:01 am

I really like the sword. Personally, I like fembots with feminine features. I might pass on this one.

News Credits: 3 · Thu Aug 20, 2015 10:24 am

I'm actually warming up to it. I just dont know about the Christmas colors though. We definatlty need more decepticon combiner limbs.

News Credits: 1646 · Thu Aug 20, 2015 11:29 am

Optimizzy wrote:I'm actually warming up to it. I just dont know about the Christmas colors though. We definatlty need more decepticon combiner limbs.

I'm glad you are warming up to her. She is pretty neat and nifty.

News Credits: 12 · Wed Oct 07, 2015 8:29 am

So is there any word yet on when she's coming out?

Wed Oct 07, 2015 9:04 am

Supposedly at the same time as the G2 Superion and Menasor boxsets, which I think is christmas(ish) time

News Credits: 11 · Wed Oct 07, 2015 10:10 am

Hotspot is quite plain out of the box - the Japanese version fixes some of that and looks a lot better as a result.

I'd be tempted to add some silver or white to the toys in a few places to break the colours up a bit more also to emphasise feminine traits if possible too.

News Credits: 1646 · Wed Oct 07, 2015 10:48 am

Delta Magnus wrote:So is there any word yet on when she's coming out?

The display when she was shown off said May 2016

News Credits: 6188 · Wed Feb 24, 2016 12:16 pm

From the Canadian side of online retailer Amazon, we have a new listing featuring the full box set of upcoming Victorion - result of the fan poll for a new combiner - with official stock images of the full Torchbearer team: Pyra Magna, Skyburst, Stormclash, Dustup, Jumpstream and Rust Dust. Check them out below!

Wed Feb 24, 2016 12:30 pm

As I've noted elsewhere-

So these are re-paints and re-molds right? Did they only get new head-sculpts, or are there other differences? Did even little Groove get a new face?

The new Victorion hands and feet look interesting, as does the gestalt head and the combining sword, but those new features aren't enough to sway me. It's not speaking "fem-bot" enough to me I guess, and the color-scheme, though unified, is somewhat obnoxious.

And Hasbro claims that we fans created this? Hmm...That makes me wonder if that is the best we fans could agree upon, or if the whole "voting" thing was a gimmick and a sales stunt. That seems likely to me, but why bother, when other already existing & yet-to-be-updated gestalt teams were available?

If Hasbro was desperate for a familiar, strong female character, why not complete the Generations Fem-bot team with MoonRacer, FireStar, Elita-1, etc., or better yet, make us an MP Arcee? Saving money by re-tooling existing CW figures was their aim, but the result is a bit disappointing.

Still, it is good to have choices, and the box looks nice, but I wonder what Takara can make of these. Takara's been full of surprises with their Deluxe Groove and Blast-Off lately, so I'll hold out hope for at least a better colored Victorion later on. Now, bring on Computron and as many other gestalt-teams as possible!