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Wait, was there no coverage of the Robots in Disguise cartoon panel from this site?

Sabrblade wrote:Wait, was there no coverage of the Robots in Disguise cartoon panel from this site?

Nothing said was really notable outside of Jack originally supposed to be in the show.

I'd army build the crap out of that G2 Blackjack... but I suspect he'll only be available as part of a giftset...

Ah, well. Money saved.

I bet FunPub's disappointed that Hasbro's doing G2 Breakdown themselves this time.

As much as I know I should hate all this stuff, I'm still eating up these combiners. My only big complaints are that Betatron's head isn't at least recolored from Superion's (and hopefully that'll change before release) and that Victorion's combiner hands and feet seem to have gone back to just being set aside when not combined rather than having another function or at least storing somewhere.

And by writing just this one sentence about the RiD toyline, I have given it more attention than Hasbro seems willing to.

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Wait, was there no coverage of the Robots in Disguise cartoon panel from this site?

Nothing said was really notable outside of Jack originally supposed to be in the show.

I'm still not exactly pleased that Raf didn't at least get a mention on the show. Guess him and Bee weren't such great friends after all.

Scattorshot ooks pretty good. I'm even okay with the alt mode kibble on the bottom of the jet because of his boxy look.

But did they seriously not give Betatron a different head from Superion? What gives? All the awesome remolds we've seen in the toyline, and now this. So close...yet so far...

Nemesis Primal wrote:I bet FunPub's disappointed that Hasbro's doing G2 Breakdown themselves this time.

As much as I know I should hate all this stuff, I'm still eating up these combiners. My only big complaints are that Betatron's head isn't at least recolored from Superion's (and hopefully that'll change before release) and that Victorion's combiner hands and feet seem to have gone back to just being set aside when not combined rather than having another function or at least storing somewhere.

And by writing just this one sentence about the RiD toyline, I have given it more attention than Hasbro seems willing to.

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Wait, was there no coverage of the Robots in Disguise cartoon panel from this site?

Nothing said was really notable outside of Jack originally supposed to be in the show.

I'm still not exactly pleased that Raf didn't at least get a mention on the show. Guess him and Bee weren't such great friends after all.

Nor indeed that nobody thinks to give Fowler a heads up that Cons are back on Earth and have him help coordinate. Networking, Bee. Do you speak it?

Shuttershock wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:I bet FunPub's disappointed that Hasbro's doing G2 Breakdown themselves this time.

As much as I know I should hate all this stuff, I'm still eating up these combiners. My only big complaints are that Betatron's head isn't at least recolored from Superion's (and hopefully that'll change before release) and that Victorion's combiner hands and feet seem to have gone back to just being set aside when not combined rather than having another function or at least storing somewhere.

And by writing just this one sentence about the RiD toyline, I have given it more attention than Hasbro seems willing to.

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Wait, was there no coverage of the Robots in Disguise cartoon panel from this site?

Nothing said was really notable outside of Jack originally supposed to be in the show.

I'm still not exactly pleased that Raf didn't at least get a mention on the show. Guess him and Bee weren't such great friends after all.

Nor indeed that nobody thinks to give Fowler a heads up that Cons are back on Earth and have him help coordinate. Networking, Bee. Do you speak it?

That, and isn't ratchet still on the planet? with the children and fowler?

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Shuttershock wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:I bet FunPub's disappointed that Hasbro's doing G2 Breakdown themselves this time.

As much as I know I should hate all this stuff, I'm still eating up these combiners. My only big complaints are that Betatron's head isn't at least recolored from Superion's (and hopefully that'll change before release) and that Victorion's combiner hands and feet seem to have gone back to just being set aside when not combined rather than having another function or at least storing somewhere.

And by writing just this one sentence about the RiD toyline, I have given it more attention than Hasbro seems willing to.

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Wait, was there no coverage of the Robots in Disguise cartoon panel from this site?

Nothing said was really notable outside of Jack originally supposed to be in the show.

I'm still not exactly pleased that Raf didn't at least get a mention on the show. Guess him and Bee weren't such great friends after all.

Nor indeed that nobody thinks to give Fowler a heads up that Cons are back on Earth and have him help coordinate. Networking, Bee. Do you speak it?

That, and isn't ratchet still on the planet? with the children and fowler?

He went back to Cybertron in "Predacons Rising" Though he could have returned to Earth between shows I guess.

Shuttershock wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:I bet FunPub's disappointed that Hasbro's doing G2 Breakdown themselves this time.

As much as I know I should hate all this stuff, I'm still eating up these combiners. My only big complaints are that Betatron's head isn't at least recolored from Superion's (and hopefully that'll change before release) and that Victorion's combiner hands and feet seem to have gone back to just being set aside when not combined rather than having another function or at least storing somewhere.

And by writing just this one sentence about the RiD toyline, I have given it more attention than Hasbro seems willing to.

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Wait, was there no coverage of the Robots in Disguise cartoon panel from this site?

Nothing said was really notable outside of Jack originally supposed to be in the show.

I'm still not exactly pleased that Raf didn't at least get a mention on the show. Guess him and Bee weren't such great friends after all.

Nor indeed that nobody thinks to give Fowler a heads up that Cons are back on Earth and have him help coordinate. Networking, Bee. Do you speak it?

There's a running fan theory that says that getting a planet like Cybertron fully functional again takes longer than the average human lifespan. It's entirely possible that A)Fowler's Worm food (although his replacement might be up to speed?) B) Raf's Geriatric and C) Bumblebee has distanced himself from Old-As-Dirt Rafael because Bumblebee hasn't aged. (Fans of the recent Doctor Who might recognize that)

I was expecting something GREAT at SDCC from Combiner Wars. But between SDCC and Botcon, here's what we got, and it's lasting us for pretty much the next year.
3 new molds: Sky Lynx, Brawl, and Shockwave.
1 new "Classic" combiner (Bruticus), plus OpMax, Sky Reign, and Victorion
1 new combiner character who is part of a classic team: Scattershot
A few new legends redecos.
2 new Leader redecos, even if they are seekers. (good odds that we'll see a new Leader at Toy Fair I think)
2 classic combiner redecos (G2 Superion and Menasor)

So again, that's only 3 completely new molds in Generations between Summer 2015 and Summer 2016: one legend, one deluxe, one voyager. I completely understand the need for redecos and retools and think Hasbro has been very creative with them, but even I'm feeling the fatigue as I look ahead.

Looks like I have nothing to be worried about in skipping Scattershot.

I was excited to get Computron until I saw that they're using that godawful Silverbolt mold. Now I have no interest.

Flashwave wrote:There's a running fan theory that says that getting a planet like Cybertron fully functional again takes longer than the average human lifespan. It's entirely possible that A)Fowler's Worm food (although his replacement might be up to speed?) B) Raf's Geriatric and C) Bumblebee has distanced himself from Old-As-Dirt Rafael because Bumblebee hasn't aged. (Fans of the recent Doctor Who might recognize that)

All of which matters diddly squat compared to the fact that there's a working space bridge on earth that Bumblebee knows about that's being completely ignored.

That Bot wrote:3 new molds: Sky Lynx, Brawl, and Shockwave.

Buzzsaw

The Generation 2 Superion looks good, but the G1 version can't top that.

G2 Menasor. Ahhh....the toy we never got finally arises.

WiseMan wrote:I was excited to get Computron until I saw that they're using that godawful Silverbolt mold. Now I have no interest.

Wait, so what's so 'godawful' about it? Is it the neat and tidy combined torso that has a great center of gravity which can pull off a myriad of poses, or the fact that the underkibble actually makes the ship/cannon thing look like scattershot, or the healthily chunky bot mode that also looks like scattershot? I'm confused

Sabrblade wrote:

That Bot wrote:3 new molds: Sky Lynx, Brawl, and Shockwave.

Buzzsaw

Wasn't Buzzsaw revealed at BotCon?

Nemesis Maximo wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

That Bot wrote:3 new molds: Sky Lynx, Brawl, and Shockwave.

Buzzsaw

Wasn't Buzzsaw revealed at BotCon?

So too were all of the other three That Bot listed. He was listing off all the reveals from both BotCon and SDCC.

Hellscream9999 wrote:Wait, so what's so 'godawful' about it?

With the Silverbolt mold, it's the jet that has legs sticking out past the wings. It makes the jet mode look like an afterthought.

With the Scattershot mold they've taken everything bad about the wing/leg problem and made it worse. The wings are absolutely tiny, making even more leg stick out, and then they put holes in the wings so that you can see even more of it from a top view!

And when Scattershot is in torso mode, he's orange. Period. The only other paint app is a useless, tiny bit of blue near the hips.

He's an easy pass.

Sabrblade wrote:

Nemesis Maximo wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

That Bot wrote:3 new molds: Sky Lynx, Brawl, and Shockwave.

Buzzsaw

Wasn't Buzzsaw revealed at BotCon?

So too were all of the other three That Bot listed. He was listing off all the reveals from both BotCon and SDCC.

I knew that. Brain fart.

WiseMan wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:Wait, so what's so 'godawful' about it?

With the Silverbolt mold, it's the jet that has legs sticking out past the wings. It makes the jet mode look like an afterthought.

With the Scattershot mold they've taken everything bad about the wing/leg problem and made it worse. The wings are absolutely tiny, making even more leg stick out, and then they put holes in the wings so that you can see even more of it from a top view!

And when Scattershot is in torso mode, he's orange. Period. The only other paint app is a useless, tiny bit of blue near the hips.

He's an easy pass.

1. This is a prototype of some stage.

2. The legs do not stick out past the wings on silverbolt, they are molded to be an extension of the wing. Holding him now, I cannot tell where the wing ends, the engine things on his legs are part of the wings, so no they do not stick out.

3. If looking down on him on a shelf or desk you cannot even tell silverbolt has kibble - apart from the shoulders, so it is a moot point.

4. Scattershot is chunky with stubby wings, he has legs sticking out - quite a bit more blatantly than cw silverbolt ever did; all this tells me is that scattershot works just fine as a remold of silverbolt

Maxine Prime wrote:

happylock wrote:Putting a woman's face on a man's body doesnt make a woman it makes a transgender... Pun intended.

Dude, seriously? SERIOUSLY? As a trans woman, i have to say. just NO. heck no. Trans is an adjective, not a noun. Quit dehumanizing. That's also a terrible and offensive excuse for a "pun".

To quote Chael Sonnen "other people don't have to abide by your disillusion". Get over it.

Anyone here think we're going to get Ratchet, Bluestreak, Jazz, Sideswipe and Hoist in the Combiner Wars line? I hope we do.

Cadet Longarm wrote:Anyone here think we're going to get Ratchet, Bluestreak, Jazz, Sideswipe and Hoist in the Combiner Wars line? I hope we do.

Ratchet seems reasonable, First Aid with a new head, right? Hoist I doubt because Trailbreaker's using the Offroad mold and they've already reshelled it once (and First Aid crops up in my logic again). The others, I don't know, though Sideswipe has a slightly better chance than the other two because there's a Sunstreaker and blah blah brothers blah.

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Cadet Longarm wrote:Anyone here think we're going to get Ratchet, Bluestreak, Jazz, Sideswipe and Hoist in the Combiner Wars line? I hope we do.

Ratchet seems reasonable, First Aid with a new head, right? Hoist I doubt because Trailbreaker's using the Offroad mold and they've already reshelled it once (and First Aid crops up in my logic again). The others, I don't know, though Sideswipe has a slightly better chance than the other two because there's a Sunstreaker and blah blah brothers blah.

I don't think we'll get too many more "Random" autobots until we get more torsos, and the fact that the torsos we have coming are recycling old figs tells me there's nothing new in the random assortment. But we don't know about 3rd and 4th qtr 2016, so who knows.

You don't need to reshell Offroad, Hoist works as a repaint. A new head, would be nice though. Love a good Ratchet, but not holding my breath and I like having a Ratchet different than First Aid, so I could go eityher way. A Sideswipe would be nice, but I think the design asthetic of the vehicle mode matches the RID15 Sideswipe pretty well. But since I'm skiopping BOTH of them...