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by **wilcosu35** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 11:22 am

he looks great, but i just wish they'd release the figures instead of just teasing us with pictures like this. or at least give us a release date, this is just as ridiculous as the enormous gap between the FP stunticon cars and the release of their motormaster, about half a year later.

News Credits: 23 · by **ZenPrime** » Fri Feb 13, 2015 11:58 pm

Warbotron WB01-D - Whirlwind in stock @ BBTS for $88.99

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=WAR10003&mode=retail

News Credits: 4 · by **Tsutsukakushi** » Sat Feb 14, 2015 1:06 am

ZenPrime wrote:Warbotron WB01-D - Whirlwind in stock @ BBTS for $88.99

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=WAR10003&mode=retail

Love all of the WB Combaticons toy sculpts. They are simply beautiful and look like high quality made toys.

This is the best Combaticons Bruticus I've ever seen created. Don't think anything will ever top this. Think the $88 price for each figure is low considering buyers are getting a big voyager combiner that has Three modes.

The reason I'm not buying this is not because of Scale, It because of the over $500 price tag. Could care less about having stand alone toys that scale with nothing. Don't buy toys based off scale, Buy them if I see the high quality is there. If Hasbro released each of these toys for $25 to $30 each in USA retail stores, I'd buy them all in a heart beat.

News Credits: 33 · by **Genocide G2.0** » Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:44 am

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by **Rated X** » Sat Feb 14, 2015 11:44 am

Sigh...

The Bruticus everybody wanted in the scale almost nobody wanted... :-(

News Credits: 33 · by **Genocide G2.0** » Sat Feb 14, 2015 11:51 am

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Sat Feb 14, 2015 12:39 pm

So the feet are little tanks?

AWESOME.

News Credits: 33 · by **Genocide G2.0** » Sun Feb 15, 2015 5:39 pm

Not sure about the nun-chux but that shockwave will do

News Credits: 4 · by **Tsutsukakushi** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 12:32 am

Not interested in any of the WB Combaticons. If WB decides to sell this Shockwave all by itself. I'd be willing to pay $25 to $35 for it.

Wonder how big that WB Shockwave is? Since WB Bruticus is so huge, Guessing Shockwave could be anywhere from Deluxe or Basic or Legends class. Guessing Basic class.

News Credits: 33 · by **Genocide G2.0** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 3:52 am

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by **Rated X** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 6:39 am

The more I look at that onslaught, the more I just see a blue version of nemesis prime. They really didnt nail the character the way they nailed the other four in robot mode.

by **NOS** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:55 am

*sigh* Figures like these make me wish I collected MPs.

Well done, Warbotron.

News Credits: 1 · by **rpetras** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 9:35 am

Rated X wrote:The more I look at that onslaught, the more I just see a blue version of nemesis prime. They really didnt nail the character the way they nailed the other four in robot mode.

It is the chest windows that throws it off, but the other 4 bots and the combined mode still look amazing.

But he differs enough that these don't even work as an MP combiner for me. The others are close enough that I'd add this to my MP shelf, but Onslaught's divergence from the onscreen model is enough to keep me from getting these.

If I can get a sale price on them, I may still get them for CHUG and bruticus will just be d@mn big.

by **necr0blivion** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 11:39 am

Rated X wrote:The more I look at that onslaught, the more I just see a blue version of nemesis prime.

My first thought of seeing the above pictures is that I could easily see what people were saying about CW Hot Spot being an easy repaint into Onslaught later down the line.

News Credits: 118 · by **megatronus** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 1:01 pm

It's funny that this guy probably scales with Hasbro Devastator...

Also, anyone else think the gestalt-mode arms look super messy?

I'm not getting this, but if I were, I'd want him to look a bit cleaner in combined mode.

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 1:08 pm

agreed that they didnt nail onslaught. shame he's not smaller though.

News Credits: 1 · by **rpetras** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 2:57 pm

megatronus wrote:It's funny that this guy probably scales with Hasbro Devastator...

Also, anyone else the gestalt-mode arms look super messy?

I'm not getting this, but if I were, I'd want him to look a bit cleaner in combined mode.

I like the arm design, which is odd because I didn't like the use of the bot mode legs in the forearms in FP Menasor. Maybe it is the bits you find messy that I feel hide it better. :-?

News Credits: 33 · by **Genocide G2.0** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 3:42 pm

I can agree with onslaught comments but at this point i don't care i'm just happy he's on the way and can't wait to complete this giant brute of a combiner .

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Mon Feb 16, 2015 3:49 pm

I will say, if I had the money I'd have him for my (currently 1-strong) MP collection. Accuracy be damned, he's just so cool. (Also the cartoon models for the Combaticons kinda sucked anyway...)

News Credits: 33 · by **Genocide G2.0** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 5:12 am

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Wed Feb 18, 2015 2:43 pm

Interesting head setup. Kinda harks back to the old combiners where the head was a helmet. Clever use of the double-platform to allow articulation for both heads though!