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News Credits: 149 · by **Big Grim** » Wed Jul 20, 2016 5:42 am

Awfully curious about what they'll do with this story given that we have Rodimus Prime and the Mistress of Flame on the Council. That and that, as has been said a few times here, that Windblade has been turned into an IDW Arcee with a grudge against the Gestalts.

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Wed Jul 20, 2016 9:34 am

So from the comic-con press release:-

"... the anticipated digital series from Machinima, Transformers Combiner Wars, which is the first installment of the Generations Prime Wars Trilogy, launching on August 2nd."

Did we know this before? That the machinima itself was the first portion of the trilogy?

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed Jul 20, 2016 9:38 am

Kurona wrote:So from the comic-con press release:-

"... the anticipated digital series from Machinima, Transformers Combiner Wars, which is the first installment of the Generations Prime Wars Trilogy, launching on August 2nd."

Did we know this before? That the machinima itself was the first portion of the trilogy?

It's more likely referring to the cartoon is an aspect of the first portion of the trilogy, just as the toyline and comic storyline were. It's just that the cartoon is the one aspect of the first portion that's coming so much later than the other aspects.

News Credits: 6 · by **BeastProwl** » Wed Jul 20, 2016 12:14 pm

ZeroWolf wrote:
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:
BeastProwl wrote:So she's gonna kill all the titans?

Kill all the combiners unless you were joking...

Maybe he's thinking more about what's going to happen in the sequel, kill titan. I mean they're trying to make windblade like the bride

by **Xarmech** » Wed Jul 20, 2016 12:59 pm

You guys forget how bent she was when she found Decepticons tampering with Metroplex. In the end this is a delightful reimagining. What if Starscream wasn't manipulating events in the background, what if Optimus wasn't there, what if there was no negotiating, what if Windblade was betrayed? How would that affect a character that has never seen a war. I am still excited to see some originality brought to Transformers.

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Wed Jul 20, 2016 1:35 pm

Xarmech wrote:You guys forget how bent she was when she found Decepticons tampering with Metroplex. In the end this is a delightful reimagining. What if Starscream wasn't manipulating events in the background, what if Optimus wasn't there, what if there was no negotiating, what if Windblade was betrayed? How would that affect a character that has never seen a war. I am still excited to see some originality brought to Transformers.

I'm not forgetting; it's just I know it's not her dominant personality. She got angry and pissed about Decepticons tampering with Metroplex. Well... yeah. Of course she did. She isn't some sort of detached unrealistic robot who cannot feel anger - the point is rather that it doesn't fit her to be like this all the time. Most of the time she's calm, optimistic and altruistic - that's what defines her and it helps make her a parallel of Starscream. This doesn't feel like a version of Windblade as much as it feels just a random personality thrown into her CGI model.
And in any case, it's not really original. We've seen "war and the people who have made it have destroyed me and so I will get my revenge" a billion times, even in just Transformers alone - and the way she's being portrayed, as many have pointed out, is just IDW Arcee.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed Jul 20, 2016 1:38 pm

The Wiki's quick description of this prelude pretty much says it all:

"Tired of the violence and destruction on Caminus, Windblade decides to become violent and destructive."

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Wed Jul 20, 2016 1:41 pm

Sabrblade wrote:The Wiki's quick description of this prelude pretty much says it all:

"Tired of the violence and destruction on Caminus, Windblade decides to become violent and destructive."

Perfect

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Wed Jul 20, 2016 1:58 pm

By the by, took another look at the prelude.

Since Menasor's legs are both the same car mold with the hood folded in front like a kneecap, seems he has Wildrider as a leg instead of Offroad.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Thu Jul 21, 2016 8:34 am

Voice actor extraordinaire and fellow Seibertronian jON3.0 has some exclusive news on the new Hasbro and Machinima collaboration for the animated series Transformers Combiner Wars! Thanks to their Youtube channel, we have our first official Trailer for Machinima's upcoming Combiner Wars show! The series will bring to screens the Windblade-centric story based on the work of John Barber and Mairghread Scott for IDW Publishing, and will see 9 episodes of 5 minutes each, featuring the talents of Jon Bailey, among many others. The new Trailer is a minute and a half, and shows off some of the actual animated footage from the show. If one looks closely, they would notice a sniper's scope, Computron and Menasor star again, and there are a fair bit of twists and turns to be found!

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Thu Jul 21, 2016 8:36 am

Galvatronus being in it would make sense, he WAS voted to be Victorion's rival.

Also, the video's not available for me. Guess it's exclusive to America for now or something

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Thu Jul 21, 2016 8:39 am

Really? Not this video crap again.

But really? Windblade can just cut down combiners like that? sheesh!

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Jul 21, 2016 8:42 am

So, Megatron's alive after all.

Also, Starscream sounds worse in this trailer than he did in his prelude (in which I felt he sounded okay). When he speaks here, I first thought it was a Mistress of Flame speaking before he appeared onscreen to finish his dialogue. He sounds like an old lady.

And there's a lot of Movie sound effects in there.

Kurona wrote:Galvatronus being in it would make sense, he WAS voted to be Victorion's rival.

You saw Galvatronus in this trailer?

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Thu Jul 21, 2016 8:48 am

Sabrblade wrote:
Kurona wrote:Galvatronus being in it would make sense, he WAS voted to be Victorion's rival.
You saw Galvatronus in this trailer?

I saw him mentioned in the news post :p

News Credits: 79 · by **Sigma Magnus** » Thu Jul 21, 2016 8:51 am

Kurona wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Kurona wrote:Galvatronus being in it would make sense, he WAS voted to be Victorion's rival.
You saw Galvatronus in this trailer?

I saw him mentioned in the news post :p

When Windblade is cutting the faction symbols, the

is on Galvatronus' chest.

EDIT: No, nope, ignore me.

by **Skull Grin** » Thu Jul 21, 2016 8:53 am

The Enigma of Combination's sure looking a lot... Swirlier than the last time we saw it. I'm still kinda hyped for this series.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Jul 21, 2016 8:53 am

Sigma Magnus wrote:
Kurona wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Kurona wrote:Galvatronus being in it would make sense, he WAS voted to be Victorion's rival.
You saw Galvatronus in this trailer?

I saw him mentioned in the news post :p

When Windblade is cutting the faction symbols, the is on Galvatronus' chest.

No, that's Menasor's chest. It's the purple axe on Blackjack.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Thu Jul 21, 2016 8:53 am

Sigma Magnus wrote:
Kurona wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Kurona wrote:Galvatronus being in it would make sense, he WAS voted to be Victorion's rival.
You saw Galvatronus in this trailer?

I saw him mentioned in the news post :p

When Windblade is cutting the faction symbols, the is on Galvatronus' chest.

Bingo. That is the Galvatronus chest design straight from the toy

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Jul 21, 2016 8:54 am

No, that's Menasor's chest. It's the purple axe on Blackjack.

News Credits: 79 · by **Sigma Magnus** » Thu Jul 21, 2016 8:56 am

Okay, okay, I made an honest mistake. I'm sorry.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Thu Jul 21, 2016 9:03 am

So did I, and the news is fixed.

Though seriously, why are we only seeing Menasor and Computron (save for a brief glimpse of Devastator). Where are the rest?

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Thu Jul 21, 2016 9:14 am

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:So did I, and the news is fixed.

Though seriously, why are we only seeing Menasor and Computron (save for a brief glimpse of Devastator). Where are the rest?

It really seems like Computron was originally going to be Superion, and that they just changed the latter into the former to make it so there's at least one combiner in this thing whose gonna have a toy out at the same time as the show's airing.