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News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 1:37 pm

ScottyP wrote:Sky Lynx, eh? Ya done good, Hasbro. Ya done good. Looks great.

I must ask though: why make him a combiner?! Now we can't stop him boasting at how much more awesome he (thinks he) is! :BANG_HEAD:

Shame his components are all retools:

Wheeljack: shell retool of Breakdown
Hound: head retool of Swindle, who is a shell retool of Rook
Smokescreen: head retool of Streetwise
Trailbreaker: head retool of Offroad

Sky Lynx will stay separate on my shelf, that's all I'll feed his ego with.

Bruticus looks good, even with Blast Off as a mere jet. No doubt TakaraTomy will made him a Space Shuttle (NO Alpha Bravo retool please!). Pretty clever with reversing Hot Spot for Onslaught, and making Swindle of out Rook.

All in all, I'm gonna skip Optimus Maximus and Sky Reign, but try and get the rest.

by **ryanisawesome124** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 1:37 pm

its all of what i hoped it would be!!! =P~

definately going to get almost all of it,wave 4 masquerade,bruticus,the other/new autobot cars wave

the only things im probably not going to get are the 2 skywarps and the starscream

oh if only i could afford this.... :BANG_HEAD:

it actually makes you think what they are going to reveal for sdcc....i mean they could reveal the fan built bot...or maybe..

titan wars?

News Credits: 1 · by **YRQRM0** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 1:42 pm

Dang I can't keep up with this line. Bruticus looks awesome. It's cool that we've got all these leader seekers, but aren't they a little big next to leader Megs? I would be more interested if they were Ultra class or something, and if we had a Soundwave and a better Prime. Combiner Wars must be selling well, then? I wonder if kids wonder who all these characters are lol.

News Credits: 5 · by **Convoy** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 1:43 pm

Watch Takara replace Blastoff with a remolded Alpha Bravo/Vortex. Par for the course at this point, right?
Seeing a beastie/mech, Sky Lynx, gives me hope for beastie/mech combiners. I can see replacing the Sky Lynx altmode neck/head with two and Lynx had two tails, just make them longer.
There's Hun-gurrr for the Terrorcons and Abominus.

by **Cmdr. Trailblazer** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 1:45 pm

Awwww, Hasbro, c'mon! Heartstrings, much? They are again going above and beyond my expectations for their figures. Now I gotta come up with enough money to get these, Good going Hasbro and why oh why?!

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 1:51 pm

SW's SilverHammer wrote:If i didn't know any better i'd almost say, Wreck-gar looks like..... rung.

I'm not sure I would want a Rung repaint of Wreck-gar. . .Rungs alt has had too much hype to be a bike

by **Dr. Chronos** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 1:56 pm

Bruticus looks fantastic! I was so happy to be satified with the hasbro version.... and then I noticed blast-off. Takara sells its unite warriors separately right?

by **Rated X** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 2:01 pm

Pretty cool stuff. A little disappointed sky lynx wont have his lynx mode half or will it ? And brawl looks awesome. Calling BS on everybody who insisted brawl was going to be a rook repaint. Onslaught looks pretty cool as well. Cant wait for the inevitable takara blast off. We can call the hasbro version "take off" instead. Would have preferred bruticus to have a silver chestplate and a brown cartoon accurate chestplate for Takara. I wonder how that would work with onslaughts transformation?

by **RiddlerJ** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 2:03 pm

The only thing I'm a little disappointed is that Vortex is just another headswap. For the third use of the AB mold they could've done a little remolding.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 2:05 pm

RiddlerJ wrote:The only thing I'm a little disappointed is that Vortex is just another headswap. For the third use of the AB mold they could've done a little remolding.

It's a straight repaint of Alpha Bravo from what I can tell.

Dr. Chronos wrote:Bruticus looks fantastic! I was so happy to be satified with the hasbro version.... and then I noticed blast-off. Takara sells its unite warriors separately right?

Nope, only as complete sets. So for both Groove and possible Shuttle Blast Off, prepare to pay through the nose.

by **Dr. Chronos** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 2:09 pm

RiddlerJ wrote:The only thing I'm a little disappointed is that Vortex is just another headswap. For the third use of the AB mold they could've done a little remolding.

Why change what's already perfect? 8-}

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Dr. Chronos wrote:Bruticus looks fantastic! I was so happy to be satified with the hasbro version.... and then I noticed blast-off. Takara sells its unite warriors separately right?

Nope, only as complete sets. So for both Groove and possible Shuttle Blast Off, prepare to pay through the nose.

Rats! My heart says shuttle, but my wallet (and nose) say plane.

News Credits: 2 · by **BERSEKAEL** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 2:10 pm

SKY LINX!!!! perfect for my legion collection!... pass on everything else

News Credits: 11 · by **kirbenvost** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 2:13 pm

First off, RID2015, because I'm not all that interested but there are some surprises. Ironhide and Prowl might be interesting if they have figures, although both already have TFP toys on my shelf. And of course G1 color Grimlock is a must-have.

Pretty great stuff, only overshadowed by Takara's reveal of MP Ironhide. I'm really glad that Combiner Wars will be continuing for another year, not that I really had doubts.

I'm really excited for Bruticus even though Blast Off ended up not being a space shuttle. Strange, because there was so much speculation that they could retool Alpha Bravo into a shuttle. Honestly though, a fighter jet makes MUCH more sense as part of a military combiner team. The other members look amazing and spot on. So the running change will happen midway to give us both cartoon and toy colors for his chest plate? I'll be hoping to pick up the grey version because it looks better to me.

Other hightlights:

Shockwave - He'll be tiny but it'll be nice to finally have a Shockwave for my Generations shelf.

Wreck-Gar - Already have the Generations toy but I'll probably get him as another Junkion.

Sky-Lynx - Totally unexpected and looks really cool. Ill be viewing the combiner mode as an add-on. It'll give somewhere for all the wayward bots to go since I don't plan on picking up Cyclonus.

Out of the rest, Wheeljack, Prowl, and Hound are pretty tempting. Especially Wheeljack because that mold fits him really well. But I already have more accurate versions of these characters on my shelf, so I'll likely pass.

Oh, and Buzzsaw. Looks cool but I'll probably wait for the inevitable Laserbeak repaint.

by **Nemesis Maximo** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 2:16 pm

All original members of the Combaticons? Best day ever, guys. Best day EVER.

Of course, it figures that they would use my least favorite Aerialbot for Blast-off, but I like that he's a jet instead of a shuttle. Makes sense.

And Brawl looks boss. And Swindle looks boss. And Onslaught looks boss. Heck, the whole damn thing is BOSS.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 2:22 pm

Looks like Seibertron is about to unload the full-on display galleries too!

WHAT A LOVELY DAY

ETERNAL SHINY AND CHROME (or not, I don't mind)

News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 2:26 pm

I'm digging these Autobot repeats a LOT more than I thought I would. The "Sky Reign" set is especially pleasing. It's too bad we couldn't get a few retooled weapons too. Wheeljack with a sword and without his shoulder cannon is a bit disappointing. Is anyone else hoping we get a few more of these Autobot repaints now? I'd like to see a Ratchet from First Aid, Sideswipe from Sunstreaker, Bluestreak from Streetwise, and Hoist from Trailbreaker at the very least.

By the way, does anyone else find it interesting that Hasbro is doing Bruticus with all five original members instead of replacing one with a new team member, as they've been doing all along this year, especially considering that Swindle just died in the IDW comics?

News Credits: 3 · by **Randomhero** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 2:28 pm

Va'al wrote:Looks like Seibertron is about to unload the full-on display galleries too!

WHAT A LOVELY DAY

ETERNAL SHINY AND CHROME (or not, I don't mind)

WITNESS HIM!!!!

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 2:28 pm

What I'm wondering now is whether all of these will somehow fit into the Titan Wars (or any other arc) of the IDW comics. :-?

Sky Reign sounds like something Starscream - or Rattrap - would come up with, though it would also mean crossing the streams of all three ongoings to get the characters in one place. And not sure I'd like that.

Wolfman Jake wrote:By the way, does anyone else find it interesting that Hasbro is doing Bruticus with all five original members instead of replacing one with a new team member, as they've been doing all along this year, especially considering that Swindle just died in the IDW comics?

Perhaps this starts answering the question, by distancing the comics from the toys once again.
Either that, or what we saw is not actually what happened (which was my initial reading of the scene, anyway!).

News Credits: 3597 · by **Seibertron** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 2:33 pm

Earlier this afternoon at BotCon 2015, Hasbro displayed a bunch of the upcoming new products that they revealed during their Transformers Brand panel on Saturday. Products on display include Bruticus and the Combaticons, Voyager Sky Lynx, Legends Shockwave, Sunstreaker, Trailbreaker, Buzzsaw, Pipes, Chop Shop, Leader Skywarp, and more! You can view the full gallery by clicking here or on any of the images below.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 2:37 pm

I may be a little bit in love with SkyLynx, especially in Barber's lines for him.

Mini Shockwave is also adorable!

And in fact, may further reinforce the idea that Bruticus will have very little to do with the comics after all. Shockwave has been gone since Dark Cybertron, after all. :-?

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 2:37 pm

Wait... Blast Off is a straight redeco of Quickslinger?!

News Credits: 2 · by **Hero Alpha** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 2:39 pm

FINALLY A SKY LYNX! SWEET! Even though I would rather he be leader size and not combine, I am very very happy with this voyager. Price is good as well.

News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 2:42 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Wait... Blast Off is a straight redeco of Quickslinger?!

I suspect Takara will come to our rescue...again. I also want them to fix Vortex's colors. I know the yellow and red details are toy accurate, as is Hasbro's usual modus operandi, but they look awful. I'd rather the most subdued pallet of the G1 cartoon model.

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 2:48 pm

I LOVE Sunstreaker's bio

Fantastic shot as always! That Bruticus looks amazing.

It's cool that we're getting a Sky Lynx, but I'll stick with my Titan Class one, thanks.