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Dear 3rd party d00ds: Moar combiners pls!

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Dear 3rd party d00ds: Moar combiners pls!

Postby DJrasmo » Sat Apr 14, 2012 9:58 am

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Hey guys, just a short entreaty to one of my favorite aspects of the TF universe: the combiners.

TFC Herc was a big hit (well, I loved it anyways...one of the sets I never had as a kid but always wanted, now I have one the size of a toddler!), and we see teaser images all the time of "new" or "planned" projects, some of which never come to fruition (P.S...what ever happend to the TFC dino-combiner that caused such a stir back in sep/oct last year?).

Anyways, I would love to see more of the same. The detail, transformation, articulation, and size of the overall gestalt for Herc to me was a dream come true.

A few caveats:
1. I dont necessarily need "G1 accurate". Lets face it, alot of our toys from the early- to mid-80's SUCKED...what we are actually collecting is the 'nostalgia'. It's like remembering how cool Voltron or He-Man was as a kid, then watching it again as an adult (and I have them all, so believe me) and realizing how poor the animation was...not to mention the storyline.
However, I dont want a total throw-away to be called "Devastator" either...like that rainbow-colored construction-site pile of garbage marketed from that terribad movie...ugh.
FP's insecticon homages were a perfect example of what I consider "close enough for nostalgia, updated enough to actually be cool".

2. I DO believe in relative scale...which is one of the reasons I actually DON'T like G1 version combiners...the individual robots were purposefully made tiny and without detail and the gestalt ended up being just over 1.5X larger than a standard G1. "Gestalt" should mean "Frikkin' HUGE"...the way the characters always appeared in animation. A "combiner" whose individual robots are actually midgets with stick arms and legs and then combine to form a robot barely taller the OP is a big phat fail IMHO.

4. Hasbro is Garbage. Capital "G". As far as I am concerned, they sold out onto the Michael Bay train to reproduce cheap and numerous OP and Bumblebee movie styles/repaints Ad Nauseum simply for the cashflow, and have therefore lost my faith as a toy company being able to provide me with the sense of nostalgia my habit fulfills. Most of their "non-movie" related products are poorly made/designed, although I will occasionally pick up a rare Hasbro figure to fulfill an empty slot on my TF roster.

That being said, I would love to see the TFC trend of true Gestalts continue, and although I know alot of people get butthurt about it, I happen to be lucky enough to have a job were I can actually afford to feed my addiction, and would gladly shell out for a shelf full of Herc-sized Superion, Menasor, Bruticus, and Defensor (most of the other combiners I consider "2nd-gen" and dont really "do" it for me).
I would love to see an Aerialbot team whose individual robots are the same size as the Seeker molds, to make a true Superion on par with Herc. This is one of the two combiner sets I actually had as a kid (along with the protectobots) and has a special place as one of my favorites.
I would love to see a Stunticon set where Motormaster is roughly on par with my Henkei Prime and his FP trailer. I remember the original MoMa was a small-ish little thing (about half to a third the size of G1 Prime)...which was always disappointing to me because they were supposed to be in heated enemies and vying to be the "Road King". Making the other 4 the size of say, molds of classics Sunstreaker/Sideswipe would make them a totally AWESOME collection.

And yeah, I do love my ROTF Bruticus (but only because the FP upgrades made him and acceptable toy, once again: Curse You Hasbro!), but I would be willing to relegate him to JV status if I had a chance to get a set of combaticons where the individual bots are bigger (Swindle perhaps a Hound remold?), and the combined form is actually "Gestalt".

Also, what ever happend to the TFC dino-combiner that was so touted in Sep/Oct last year? Cancelled...postponed due to the Herc project...?? Would have loved to have them, not necessarily as a combiner (although that makes a sweet bonus) but because Good Ol' Hasbroke refuses to see fit to offer us any decent alternatives.
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Re: Dear 3rd party d00ds: Moar combiners pls!

Postby Mkall » Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:24 am

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Well, aside from the Maketoys Devastator that's coming out. There has been hints and rumours that FansProject is working on a Menasor, TFC Toys may be planning a Computron and Abominus, and just recently Maketoys put out a shillouette of a Computron. TFCon last year showed a hint that someone is doing a Predaking, but we haven't heard squat on that all year, so I don't know if that's going to happen or not.

So I don't think you have anything to worry about, more combiners wil be showing up sooner or later.
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Re: Dear 3rd party d00ds: Moar combiners pls!

Postby Counterpunch » Sat Apr 14, 2012 1:04 pm

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Re: Dear 3rd party d00ds: Moar combiners pls!

Postby Gauntlet101010 » Sat Apr 14, 2012 1:18 pm

I can't blame Hasbro for trying to make money in harsh economic times, even if it means making things I don't personally like. That's why 3rd parties exist as an alternative for those of us who can afford them :D

I'm all for more combiners, but ... more affordable than Herc, plz. I'll only pay that much for a combiner ONCE.
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Re: Dear 3rd party d00ds: Moar combiners pls!

Postby Random » Tue Apr 17, 2012 4:55 pm

MAn, a 3rd party Menasor that looks like IDW's version would rock!
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