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by **griftimus prime** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 8:19 pm

bring it

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 8:21 pm

I swear one of the early photos I saw of CW Motormaster was a re-tool/re-paint of Classics Voyager Optimus Prime. Am I just high? This looks remarkably different!

by **Shuttershock** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 8:30 pm

ZeroWolf wrote:Superion is shaping up really well, and that motormaster is amazing. Prime looks a little better in the box though what to do about his combining feature...can't let it go to waste after all. Now thundercracker...that is a really bce remold but the big question is, does it come with little doggy buster and his screenplays?

I can only hope his bio describes him as "hansome like an F-22 fighter jet". :grin:

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 8:33 pm

I've dreamed of an Optimus combiner since I was a wee little lad. (long ago)
Why not? He IS the boss. Almost got there with Energon (Voltron) Prime.
Then can we have Bee, Prowl, Ironhide, and Sideswipe as appendages?
But really, who cares, slap some aerialbots on him and call it a day.
A day of victory for the Autobots!

Thundercracker is cool, He can hang out with the Masterpieces since I slept on getting the TRU TC MP.

Really sad that Huffer can't get his own mold, but I'm a sucker for orange. What does his head look like?

So excited for Combiner Wars. Its not that the 3rd party stuff isn't cool, I just can't get approved for a loan to finance them.

News Credits: 7 · by **Noideaforaname** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 8:44 pm

Mindmaster wrote:Kinda shocked that we're getting Thundercracker first instead of Starscream (again). Had this been Starscream, would've absolutely flipped.

Guess they didn't want to follow white-and-red jet with another white-and-red jet.
Wait, refresh my memory, "again"?

I'm kinda disappointed it wasn't something wilder (and maybe more in-scale-ish), like MW Starscream. But I suppose they want to reuse the crap out of that mold.

by **Shuttershock** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 8:45 pm

Agamemnon wrote:I swear one of the early photos I saw of CW Motormaster was a re-tool/re-paint of Classics Voyager Optimus Prime. Am I just high? This looks remarkably different!

You might just be high, but don't be alarmed. It's a heavy retool of CW Prime, which looks like an impressive reuse of the mold. I'd wager they came up with MM first then retooled him into OP.

News Credits: 6 · by **RotorstormNZ** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 8:50 pm

I'm excited. I didn't expect anything out of New York for another day or so!

Thundercracker is a totally unexpected revelation. The mould is great as Jetfire, and it's somehow great retooled into a Seeker! Not sure if I can justify getting one myself, though. If they redecoed it with Jetfire's fastpack as Skyquake, then maybe...

Love the Combiner Wars figs, I think I'll have to get the lot (apart from Optimus - I want an MP-10). The boxes look excellent, and is it just me or does Motormaster look not-much-shorter than Thundercracker? Considering the DOTM Downsize it's excellent to see decent-sized Voyagers again.

It's just a shame some of them are mistransformed (I'm looking at you, Skydive and Firefly!) but it's great to see the combiner hand/foot/guns with them too. Glad to see they have some play value outside of the combined forms.

Bring on release, baby!!!!! :KREMZEEK:

I hope we get to see more before Monday.

News Credits: 5 · by **Convoy** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 9:44 pm

I haven't seen the back of Motormaster or Optimus Prime yet. Who wants to bet that the front of one is the back of the other? I'm not willing to bet a Metroplex...Burn.

News Credits: 3 · by **Lockdownhunter** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 9:46 pm

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Motormaster looks uber cool

The Aerialbots are also cool.I cannot choose which I like better,Aerialbots or Stunticons. :-?

Maybe I'll buy them both.I hope Hasbro will release a Combiner Wars Bruticus Maximus. Is Huffer a retool of the Legion Optimus and Roller and if so, will he have a targetmaster partner like Roller or something ????????

News Credits: 3 · by **Lockdownhunter** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 9:46 pm

Also hope to see a Combiner wars abominus

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 10:04 pm

WAIT! I got it. We are on the train to Repaintsville, next stop Headresculptopolis, right?
Breakdown - Sideswipe
Dragstrip - Mirage
Offroad - Ironhide OK. He can be a pick'm up truck.
Deadend - Jazz? Wheeljack? Tracks?? maybe Prowl? :???:

Well, box 'em up. Call it exclusive. Jack up the price. Shake Target's hand. Merry X-mas$
Send me one for thinking of it.

News Credits: 118 · by **megatronus** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 10:06 pm

I'm all over all of this (minus Huffer). A couple things on Thundercracker:

-I do wish they had been able to engineer the nullrays to attach to the upper instead of lower arms.
-If there's a way to remove the backpack in bot mode, that silhouette would be near perfect.

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 10:24 pm

Convoy wrote:I haven't seen the back of Motormaster or Optimus Prime yet. Who wants to bet that the front of one is the back of the other?

Look at the flaps on the top of their shoulders. They're facing opposite directions.
You might be on to something, Convoy.
Works for me!

Check the art on the side of Prime's box. Is that his Combiner head?

by **Darkman20xx** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 10:24 pm

Excuse me if I missed out on something but did Hasbro just ruin the Aerialbot set by making Silverbolt a Helicopter? :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 10:36 pm

No. There's a Silverbolt.
Check, Events - SDCC2014

by **Shuttershock** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 10:36 pm

Darkman20xx wrote:Excuse me if I missed out on something but did Hasbro just ruin the Aerialbot set by making Silverbolt a Helicopter?

Slingshot, and it's an explanation that applies if you read the IDW comics (which as a side note, you really should).

As for an industry explanation, Hasbro seems to be planning ahead by making specific molds that can be applied to more than one bot/combiner team. Alpha Bravo (helicopter) can become Vortex (Combaticons) or Blades (Protectobots). Same way Offroad (the Wildrider truck replacement) could be repurposed as Swindle.

It's not going to be the quintessential Aerialbots or Stunticons, but they are planning for the future. Worse comes to worse, you can always get a spare of the other three to make Slingshot.

News Credits: 6 · by **RotorstormNZ** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 10:44 pm

And in case Darkman or others who missed the earlier announcements get worried: Silverbolt is still the torso, it's just that he and Air Raid aren't in the display we've seen today.

News Credits: 7 · by **Zeedust** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 10:54 pm

ScottyP wrote:Slightly back on topic - Huffer has had the worst luck with getting his own mold:

2012: Redeco of a retool

That was actually 2013, and technically that Huffer was in the Aligned/Prime continuity.

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 10:55 pm

NYCC is in full swing and Seibertron.com's troops are on the ground getting you the best shots of the hottest and newest Transformers, and we've already reported on Hasbro's display at NYCC, which you can read here, and now we have official images from Hasbro, courtesy of their Facebook page, which you can see here.

Since these are remolds and redecos, we know you'll want to see the originals these figures are based off of, and you can see the origin molds in all their glory in our galleries, located here for Jetfire (Thundercracker) and Optimus (Huffer).

We've mirrored the images below:

Keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates, plus the best galleries around!

by **Gearslide** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 11:00 pm

Wouldn't surprise me in the least if we see a Takara (or maybe even Hasbro, if they feel like it) retool of Fireflight as Slingshot and Dead End as Wildrider, just to cater to the G1 team fans.

News Credits: 7 · by **Zeedust** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 11:02 pm

I'm only interested in Thundercracker if he comes with Buster.

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 11:11 pm

Man!
I think I like the Gen Prime mold better as Huffer than Prime.

News Credits: 4 · by **MasterSoundBlaster** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 11:12 pm

Kinda wish we got a G1 Skyquake from that mold instead of Thindercracker. But oh well.

Combiner Wars is looking solid. Can't wait for Superion and hoping we get a stronger Bruticus

News Credits: 5 · by **dedcat** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 11:27 pm

Thundercracker looks amazing, but is this really a character that should be in leader the class size/scale?

As someone who does not read the comics, please tell me; is this a comic accurate depiction of the character? I just don't think of him as towering over his fellow cons.

What about the other seekers? I really do not want to drop the cash on a full set of leader class seekers. (because seeker molds always get repainted)

by **Shuttershock** » Wed Oct 08, 2014 11:45 pm

dedcat wrote:Thundercracker looks amazing, but is this really a character that should be in leader the class size/scale?

As someone who does not read the comics, please tell me; is this a comic accurate depiction of the character? I just don't think of him as towering over his fellow cons.

What about the other seekers? I really do not want to drop the cash on a full set of leader class seekers. (because seeker molds always get repainted)

In terms of design, it's pretty close to the current IDW design, minus the air scoop shoulders:

Size-wise, the Seekers aren't really bigger than the average (deluxe) size. You might argue a voyager, but not a Leader.

Still, it's kind of cool to have Seekers of appropriate size for a jet.

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