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News Credits: 33 · Thu Jul 23, 2015 7:19 am

News Credits: 12 · Fri Jul 24, 2015 6:13 am

I don't know whether to bother with these. I mean, they're cool and all, but they cost a fair bit and I do like the basic CW hand/foot guns...

News Credits: 11 · Fri Jul 24, 2015 1:12 pm

I wonder if Perfect effect might consider selling just the chest pieces on their own or reworking them in other colours... I don't dislike the existing Superion head so I don't really want the head.

Also I might like the chest piece for Scatter shot too. and maybe even Galvatronus if it looks OK (in the right colour).

Tue Jul 28, 2015 6:27 am

I understand selling the crotch plate separately might not be worth a whole separate kit like the separate kits for Superion and Menasor, but I am slightly sad I can't just get Optimus's hands and feet. Maybe the crotch plate won't add too much to the cost?

I am a bit on the fence, anyway. So maybe it won't matter. I plan on using my red Combiner Wars Optimus with the upcoming wave of '84 Autobot limb-bots. (I don't have any interest in getting the white Optimus.) And Sunstreaker's hand/foot piece is kind of important to his individual modes, as well. So I was thinking this might be the one Combiner Wars/Unite Warriors gestalt I stick with the stock hands & feet for.

But I haven't made up my mind completely yet. We'll see, I suppose.

News Credits: 11 · Tue Jul 28, 2015 11:50 am

I wonder if PE are encouraging people to use the white set with White Prime or if they may be planning to make a silver set too.?

it's a shame they didn't name that White Optimus something else like Nova Prime say... having two Optimus' is OK I guess and the 2nd being a repaint is also OK - but I would have preferred that the 2nd one was a G2 themed repaint instead as at least that would complement the G2 Combiners and not detract to much... I understand why the did what they did - but I remain a little torn over the idea of a White Optimus Prime being Optimus Prime (and not Ultra Magnus or Nova Prime instead).

Tue Jul 28, 2015 1:07 pm

RAR wrote:...but I remain a little torn over the idea of a White Optimus Prime being Optimus Prime (and not Ultra Magnus or Nova Prime instead).

I imagine once upon a time they might have made this as Ultra Magnus... but in this line, they actually went and made a unique Ultra Magnus!

In a world where they didn't make the Leader Class Magnus, though, a white repaint of Prime as Magnus, with a Magnus head for the combiner mode and the combiner's chest area remolded a bit to look like Magnus's chest, could have been a cool option. Not sure I would have gotten that, either. (I'm still quite content with my Classics Magnus with City Commander set.) But it would have been a unique combiner idea.

News Credits: 33 · Mon Oct 05, 2015 1:08 pm

Finally some new feet .

News Credits: 402 · Updated Oct 21, 2022

Not unexpected, but good news!

News Credits: 12 · Mon Oct 05, 2015 1:20 pm

Nice! I'm digging the look of the new foot-guns.

News Credits: 668 · Mon Oct 05, 2015 9:12 pm

YES.

Alright PE. I should invest in them at this point. lol

News Credits: 10 · Tue Oct 06, 2015 1:59 pm

Pre-ordered. I like their other sets, and this one looks enough different (than just a paint job). Nice, PE!

News Credits: 33 · Tue Dec 08, 2015 7:11 pm

Tue Dec 08, 2015 8:14 pm

Now thats more like it !

Im all in. Im gonna need a bigger shoebox to store all those ugly Hasbro boxing gloves !

News Credits: 174 · Tue Dec 08, 2015 8:17 pm

Still not into the clown shoe's or the skeleton hands, but the big question is: did they, make a fix for brawls dumb, flawed torso >:oP

News Credits: 4877 · Wed Feb 03, 2016 5:04 pm

I dont know how I feel about this. It looks desperate, why not just buy an actual 3p computron instead of covering Betatron entirely? Anyways, here is the updte to fix Scattershot.

There is also a foot and hand kit:

News Credits: 3 · Wed Feb 03, 2016 5:10 pm

Does the breastplate do something in the other modes at least? Or is it just a poorly thought out piece of junk?

News Credits: 4877 · Wed Feb 03, 2016 5:18 pm

SillySpringer wrote:Does the breastplate do something in the other modes at least? Or is it just a poorly thought out piece of junk?

It really doesnt look like it doesn anything. Its just partsforming like in G1.

News Credits: 293 · Wed Feb 03, 2016 5:45 pm

News Credits: 10 · Wed Feb 03, 2016 5:46 pm

Given PE's penchant for multiple uses and integration of the add-on parts, I'm going to take a wait and see approach. The hands and feet are insta-buys for me. :DANCE:

News Credits: 293 · Wed Feb 03, 2016 5:50 pm

I can't tell you how happy I am that they're making a G2 specific Superion set. So awesome. Not to mention additional pieces for Bruticus.

And while I feel the Computron set is FULL of win, they might be jumping the gun. We have no idea what the upcoming Computron Box set has in store, and it might have fixed all the issues that the torso "Betatron" currently suffers from. So this upgrade set might be moot.

News Credits: 10 · Wed Feb 03, 2016 5:52 pm

Holy crap! And um...um...um...I don't know how many copies of the hands and feet I will end up owning. :shock:

(Psst...Mods...can we have a thread merge with WJ's CW Computron? Thanks much! :BOWDOWN:

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News Credits: 293 · Wed Feb 03, 2016 6:19 pm

Agamemnon wrote:(Psst...Mods...can we have a thread merge with WJ's CW Computron? Thanks much! )

Wed Feb 03, 2016 7:32 pm

william-james88 wrote:I dont know how I feel about this. It looks desperate, why not just buy an actual 3p computron instead of covering Betatron entirely? Anyways, here is the updte to fix Scattershot.

I don't think it's "desperate", rather just taking advantage of a piece they've already created and marketing it for a different figure. I say it all the time, PE should be making some serious bank off of the CW line. That same piece for Silverbolt/Superion does make the combined form look more filled out and pleasant. We'll just have to see what happens with and official CW Technobots.

Also, buying a CW Computron with all PE add-ons will still likely be half the price of buying 3rd party. Even Quantron at his lowest sale price was $330. I own Quantron already, but would gladly buy-in to an official Combiner Wars version of these guys, with the PE mitts and booties. :lol:

News Credits: 4877 · Wed Feb 03, 2016 7:51 pm

shajaki wrote::DANCE:

I can't tell you how happy I am that they're making a G2 specific Superion set. So awesome. Not to mention additional pieces for Bruticus.

And while I feel the Computron set is FULL of win, they might be jumping the gun. We have no idea what the upcoming Computron Box set has in store, and it might have fixed all the issues that the torso "Betatron" currently suffers from. So this upgrade set might be moot.

There is also Takara. I have a feeling they will also do computron and I am pretty certain the deco will be good for the chest!

Wed Feb 03, 2016 9:25 pm

Im going all in on the G2 and Bruticus sets. I think ill play the waiting game with the Computron sets. We dont know if the Hasbro box set deco of scattershot will be the same red as the scattershot out now. Also I found it unusual that theyre breaking up the computron parts in 2 sets but not the G2 or Optimus Maximus set. I have a feeling they are selling the feet/hands separately to accommodate the Dawn of the Predacus set which obviously doesnt need a computron chest and head. Im sure theyre just waiting to get their hands on G2 Menasor and the TFCC 4.0 sets so they can match the colors. I love these sets. Hasbros stock hands/feet suck. Just because it is a kids toy doesnt mean it has to look like one. Thank you Perfect Effect for doing Combiner Wars justice.