Where is it stated that CW would only be a one year deal? It seemed to me that they put an awful lot of effort into making this last longer than that. They couldn't have put that much planning into a line that they only wanted a year out of.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Usually a line is just a year long, but CW has been stretched to a year-and-a-half and something has to fill the gaps.
I'm perfectly fine with LioKaiserSoze. The bright colors are enough to differentiate him from the others, not to mention the torso is original to me. My Skylynx will not be a torso in my display.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I'm talking Computron and the 2nd wave of '84 'bots here. Now, Liokaiser I don't mind at all, since he was Japan-only, obscure, and hard to find (not to mention Killbison has Gold Plastic Syndrome!).
william-james88 wrote:I got:
Takara Superion
Hasbro Menasor
Hasbro Defensor
and I will get Takara Bruticus
I have not repeated any molds in getting these
I have not repeated any molds in getting these
I have not repeated any molds in getting these
That Bot wrote:If you discount retools, you still have Fireflight and Slingshot on the SAME COMBINER, and Blades and Vortex to contend with.
The only two combiners in the line with absolutely no repeated molds, on either themselves or between each other, are Superion and Menasor, Hasbro versions, or Superion and Sky Reign. Face it, Will, you can't win.
As for the issue of retools and redecos in Combiner Wars, we learned recently that Hasbro corporate would only approve the line if they could save on how many molds they used.
william-james88 wrote:Not really, it was told to us differently. We recently learnt that the main designer sold the concept to Hasbo highlighting the easy use of retools to ensure that it could be made. And John Warden, the guy who proposed it, was a new designer at the time, his first design was Gen Whirl. So he based CW on assumption. The fact that Hasbro had less retools before and less retools now means that this rests more on the designer's assumption than Hasbro corporate. It could be he was right, of course, but it was NEVER stated that Hasbro corporate demanded there to be this many retools to greenlight combiner wars. It was just a designer's vision that they greenlit, it was never mandated by corporate themselves.
That Bot wrote:Perhaps there is shared blame to go around.
When we were launching "Combiner Wars" it was actually a very different time in Transformers. The system was largely unproven and we were actually trying to sell...we were coming off the Thrilling 30 and people that fans were, you know, there was a niche group of an audience. What wound up happening was when we built that line we had to try to...I planned the entire line out in advance and I had to figure out 'Ok, I'm going to reuse these, I only have this much tooling to do this many items', I was trying to spread things out to get the most robust line possible, not only for fans but because I believed that many generations were going to enjoy it too. Fathers and sons, moms and daughters, dads and daughters, there would be people playing together. And it turns out that actually seems to be happening! When you go to the toy store nowadays you don't see a lot of "Combiner Wars" stuff and I think it's because we have attracted an entire new generation of young Transformers fans. I find that really exciting.
shajaki wrote:My main focus point are the thin thighs on the Superion torso. I made my peace with them long ago, but they stick out like a sore thumb. So now when I see the mold reused, I look at those thighs and instantly think "Silverbolt".
Good job on the re-molding, but I've been done with that torso for ages already
shajaki wrote:I don't mean to be negative, complainy, or elitist towards 3P, but I just can't help myself. Trust me, I love all the original molds that CW and UW has given us, but I cringe now when I see a "new" combiner. There has not been nearly enough changed on this figure to make me believe this is Afterburner. Those two G1 bikes are worlds apart, and this new proto is simply not that.
But hey, color might make all the difference and I may end up eating my own words again like I did about Bruticus. Only time will tell
shajaki wrote:
I don't mean to be negative, complainy, or elitist towards 3P, but I just can't help myself. Trust me, I love all the original molds that CW and UW has given us, but I cringe now when I see a "new" combiner. There has not been nearly enough changed on this figure to make me believe this is Afterburner. Those two G1 bikes are worlds apart, and this new proto is simply not that.
Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!
Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!
Kurona wrote:Eeh... to me, when you're doing an entire line dedicated to Scramble City combiners, which by definition require a ton of figures coming out all with a very specific height, not to mention having four modes (three for torsos), you're gonna need to make some sacrifices. I've been pretty happy with how it's turned out so far.
Really the biggest disappointment has been that Blades wasn't retooled to be able to use his namesake as swords. Just give the little psychopath what we wants
william-james88 wrote:Will these count when someone looks at how much these molds were redeco'd?
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