william-james88 wrote:Gearslide wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Sorry, there is a 99.9% chance that it will be Computron and Victorion. Has/tak don't seem to be into making entirely new molds, despite what I've said about the ease of converting certain molds into animals, beast combiners just aren't happening in all likelyhood. Combiner wars is ending after next year, then it'll be back to the regularly scheduled generations stuff (with combiners possibly interspersed throughout the future)
Sorry to possibly ruin your evening.
I said Scramble City Combiners, meaning the G1 teams, and excluding newer "filler" combiners like Optimus Maximus, Galvatronus, and Victorion. Since we have 2/3 of the G1 rivalries (Superion and Menasor, Defensor and Bruticus), I was specifically talking about the next pair of rivals, not necessarily the next combiners to be released.
Are there other combiner rivals? Who is Computron's nemesis? Abominus? That purple griffon IS a rival of the aerialbots so he might be coming afterall
"Scramble city" is the moniker of the system at use here, irregardless of where it came from, or what nostalgia it might hold, in the absence of a term, that I know of, it is Scrambel city. Also there was no mention of rivals in your original statement, technically all these combiners G1 or otherwise are scramble city too, just is a different scale. I was basing mine around engineering and facts that we already have.
1) wholly new animal modes would be too expensive at this point is has/taks re-shelling strategy. (I could be wrong, until proven otherwise I maintain that this is the most logical conclusion)
2) we know bruticus and sky reign are up next, and if hasbro keeps a similar amount of figures for next year, there are two slots remaining. IF victorion is a regular retail release that would (most likely) be wave 3 next year, then that leaves computron (from the, apparently very, reliable toys-r-us computers) for wave 4.
3) this series was NEVER based on G1 rivalries, it was designed to fall in line with some comic series and made to be extremely efficient at designing large numbers of figures, ergo, the re-shelling. This is technically IDW cannon, I believe, adnd therefore 30 year old rivalries hold no basis of logic against all that I've said.
This does not mean that we will never see them after combiner wars is over; I specifically wrote about how easy it would be to design a set of animals with easily re-designed parts, I just don't think it will happen amidst all these vehicles, and that we have already seen 4 of the 4 teams next year. While MAYBE victorion could be a 'wave 5' set, I severely doubt it, as it would entail hasbro engineering and releasing a 5 wave, which would be very costly.
So once again, I am sorry to have ruined anyone's evening. It's not that I wanted to, but I felt the need to point this out, so people don't get their hopes up