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News Credits: 462 · Sat Jun 06, 2015 10:49 am

MGrotusque wrote:So Arcee is one of those weirdos that has a face tattoo that nobody wants to get caught staring at because you don't know how mentally stable they are and you can't believe how stupid they are for getting a face tattoo.

To be fair, IDW Arcee is kind of a vicious psycho killer (or at least has a history of being one. Not too sure of how she behaves nowadays).

News Credits: 3 · Sat Jun 06, 2015 12:40 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
MGrotusque wrote:So Arcee is one of those weirdos that has a face tattoo that nobody wants to get caught staring at because you don't know how mentally stable they are and you can't believe how stupid they are for getting a face tattoo.
To be fair, IDW Arcee is kind of a vicious psycho killer (or at least has a history of being one. Not too sure of how she behaves nowadays).

She seems to be a little more calculating and level headed. I like her.

News Credits: 8 · Sat Jun 06, 2015 2:10 pm

Really wish these combiner hunters package wasn't an SDCC exclusive. ..

News Credits: 8 · Sat Jun 06, 2015 3:41 pm

Nemesis Primal wrote:
Shockwave7 wrote:It takes some believing that a motorcycle, an airplane and a sedan would stand a chance. They could make it believable if Devastator did so much damage to the hunters that even if they won, they would feel like they lost.

Construction vehicles aren't known for their speed, so hit-and-run tactics might be a good idea.

Plus Victorion is supposed to show up in Combiner Hunters IIRC, so that could even things up a bit.

Gearslide wrote:Those weapons are comically oversized, especially Arcee's. Like, you could scale Arcee's sword down by 50% and it would still be too gigantic.

Maybe the combiner she's hunting is Grand Scourge?

thats a TakTom fig.

And in regards to taking on a Combiner, a Dump truck may be heavy duty, but if you can get that Big Honkin Sword BETWEEN LongHaul and Hook, youe gonna hit the equivalent of something fleshy

Sat Jun 06, 2015 4:14 pm

Flashwave wrote:
Nemesis Primal wrote:
Shockwave7 wrote:It takes some believing that a motorcycle, an airplane and a sedan would stand a chance. They could make it believable if Devastator did so much damage to the hunters that even if they won, they would feel like they lost.

Construction vehicles aren't known for their speed, so hit-and-run tactics might be a good idea.

Plus Victorion is supposed to show up in Combiner Hunters IIRC, so that could even things up a bit.

Gearslide wrote:Those weapons are comically oversized, especially Arcee's. Like, you could scale Arcee's sword down by 50% and it would still be too gigantic.

Maybe the combiner she's hunting is Grand Scourge?
thats a TakTom fig.

And in regards to taking on a Combiner, a Dump truck may be heavy duty, but if you can get that Big Honkin Sword BETWEEN LongHaul and Hook, youe gonna hit the equivalent of something fleshy

To add to that, Devastator isn't particularly intelligent. That, combined ( :lol:

) with his somewhat slow speed would allow the 3 to outsmart him using their speed and size as a tactical advantage, as well as possibly using strategies like having Windblade swooping in from above and having Arcee and Chromia attack his legs, in other words trying to confuse Devvy through multiple areas of attack.

News Credits: 8 · Sat Jun 06, 2015 10:22 pm

Moosey wrote:
Flashwave wrote:
Nemesis Primal wrote:
Shockwave7 wrote:It takes some believing that a motorcycle, an airplane and a sedan would stand a chance. They could make it believable if Devastator did so much damage to the hunters that even if they won, they would feel like they lost.

Construction vehicles aren't known for their speed, so hit-and-run tactics might be a good idea.

Plus Victorion is supposed to show up in Combiner Hunters IIRC, so that could even things up a bit.

Gearslide wrote:Those weapons are comically oversized, especially Arcee's. Like, you could scale Arcee's sword down by 50% and it would still be too gigantic.

Maybe the combiner she's hunting is Grand Scourge?
thats a TakTom fig.

And in regards to taking on a Combiner, a Dump truck may be heavy duty, but if you can get that Big Honkin Sword BETWEEN LongHaul and Hook, youe gonna hit the equivalent of something fleshy

To add to that, Devastator isn't particularly intelligent. That, combined ( ) with his somewhat slow speed would allow the 3 to outsmart him using their speed and size as a tactical advantage, as well as possibly using strategies like having Windblade swooping in from above and having Arcee and Chromia attack his legs, in other words trying to confuse Devvy through multiple areas of attack.

Which is what TwinTwist, Springer, and Sandstorm (amongst others) tried bck in dw's war within comics. Before Devy put his foot down about that

Sat Jun 06, 2015 11:05 pm

Flashwave wrote:
Moosey wrote:
Flashwave wrote:
Nemesis Primal wrote:
Shockwave7 wrote:It takes some believing that a motorcycle, an airplane and a sedan would stand a chance. They could make it believable if Devastator did so much damage to the hunters that even if they won, they would feel like they lost.

Construction vehicles aren't known for their speed, so hit-and-run tactics might be a good idea.

Plus Victorion is supposed to show up in Combiner Hunters IIRC, so that could even things up a bit.

Gearslide wrote:Those weapons are comically oversized, especially Arcee's. Like, you could scale Arcee's sword down by 50% and it would still be too gigantic.

Maybe the combiner she's hunting is Grand Scourge?
thats a TakTom fig.

And in regards to taking on a Combiner, a Dump truck may be heavy duty, but if you can get that Big Honkin Sword BETWEEN LongHaul and Hook, youe gonna hit the equivalent of something fleshy

To add to that, Devastator isn't particularly intelligent. That, combined ( ) with his somewhat slow speed would allow the 3 to outsmart him using their speed and size as a tactical advantage, as well as possibly using strategies like having Windblade swooping in from above and having Arcee and Chromia attack his legs, in other words trying to confuse Devvy through multiple areas of attack.

Which is what TwinTwist, Springer, and Sandstorm (amongst others) tried bck in dw's war within comics. Before Devy put his foot down about that

I hate to be that guy, but that IS a different continuity, plus we don't know how these weapons might power up Arcee and the crew.

News Credits: 3 · Sat Jun 06, 2015 11:12 pm

NuclearConvoy wrote:Really wish these combiner hunters package wasn't an SDCC exclusive. ..

Me, too. I so want this set. Looks like Windblade's heels have been fixed, too. Oh well, can't catch 'em all.

News Credits: 7 · Sun Jun 07, 2015 1:15 am

Flashwave wrote:
Nemesis Primal wrote:
Gearslide wrote:Those weapons are comically oversized, especially Arcee's. Like, you could scale Arcee's sword down by 50% and it would still be too gigantic.

Maybe the combiner she's hunting is Grand Scourge?
thats a TakTom fig.

It wouldn't be the first Japanese exclusive to turn up in the IDW-verse.

Sun Jun 07, 2015 2:40 am

Bradimus wrote:
NuclearConvoy wrote:Really wish these combiner hunters package wasn't an SDCC exclusive. ..

Me, too. I so want this set. Looks like Windblade's heels have been fixed, too. Oh well, can't catch 'em all.

Not this generation anyway.

This set will probably sell better than Devy. The price is reasonable, some of the new paintjobs (Arcee at least) appeal, and if the molds have been re-tooled to stand better and wield their heavy weapons, so much the better.

News Credits: 8 · Mon Jun 08, 2015 12:12 pm

Nemesis Primal wrote:
Flashwave wrote:
Nemesis Primal wrote:
Gearslide wrote:Those weapons are comically oversized, especially Arcee's. Like, you could scale Arcee's sword down by 50% and it would still be too gigantic.

Maybe the combiner she's hunting is Grand Scourge?
thats a TakTom fig.

It wouldn't be the first Japanese exclusive to turn up in the IDW-verse.

I'f you're thinking of Dethsaurus, that was at least a whole series. Grand Scourge here is a one-off redeco.

News Credits: 462 · Mon Jun 08, 2015 10:28 pm

Nemesis Primal wrote:Maybe the combiner she's hunting is Grand Scourge?

It's Victorion they're hunting.

News Credits: 25 · Mon Jun 08, 2015 10:33 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Nemesis Primal wrote:Maybe the combiner she's hunting is Grand Scourge?
It's Victorion they're hunting.

In the comics, the box insinuates it's devy.

News Credits: 7 · Tue Jun 09, 2015 12:09 am

Flashwave wrote:
Nemesis Primal wrote:
Flashwave wrote:
Nemesis Primal wrote:
Gearslide wrote:Those weapons are comically oversized, especially Arcee's. Like, you could scale Arcee's sword down by 50% and it would still be too gigantic.

Maybe the combiner she's hunting is Grand Scourge?
thats a TakTom fig.

It wouldn't be the first Japanese exclusive to turn up in the IDW-verse.

I'f you're thinking of Dethsaurus, that was at least a whole series. Grand Scourge here is a one-off redeco.

I'm thinking of several. Victory Saber, Hellbat, Overlord...

But honestly? All I'm really saying is we have two black-redeco exclusives that both stole the same giant meat cleaver sword, one a Decepticon Combiner, one an Autobot Combiner Hunter. I know it's probably a coincidence, but it's fun to pretend otherwise.

News Credits: 4 · Tue Jun 09, 2015 3:10 am

SW's SilverHammer wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Nemesis Primal wrote:Maybe the combiner she's hunting is Grand Scourge?
It's Victorion they're hunting.

In the comics, the box insinuates it's devy.

I think they're hunting Devastator and they stumble upon Victorion in the process. It makes more sense than them hunting an Autobot combiner.

News Credits: 3 · Tue Jun 09, 2015 2:59 pm

That Bot wrote:
SW's SilverHammer wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Nemesis Primal wrote:Maybe the combiner she's hunting is Grand Scourge?
It's Victorion they're hunting.

In the comics, the box insinuates it's devy.

I think they're hunting Devastator and they stumble upon Victorion in the process. It makes more sense than them hunting an Autobot combiner.

Yeah even though they are "Combiner Hunters", it still makes more sense if they are exclusively hunting Decepticon combiners, unless there is a good reason.

Thu Jun 11, 2015 8:21 pm

mooncake623 wrote:The reveals keep on coming today! Thanks to IGN that comfirmed the Transformers Combiner Hunters redecos of Arcee, Windblade and Chromia reported earlier, they also released new official images! It appears that each fembot will come with a giant sword taken from figures from verious other lines. Check them out below and remember keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates!

Those bot modes look cool as heck! I kind of want them and I don't really need to start collecting Transformers again. :-$

News Credits: 3 · Sun Jun 14, 2015 3:06 pm

jay5 wrote:Those bot modes look cool as heck! I kind of want them and I don't really need to start collecting Transformers again.

You'll be sorry! :lol:

I am thinking of getting Gen Chromia and Windblade, but I want this set too! I can't decide! :BANG_HEAD:

(I could get both but what's the point of getting two of the same mold, when I can use that shelf space for new figures?)

Just on a side note, I wonder if Hasbro will repaint Arcee as a different character, as a mainline release figure? And hopefully with the fixed hands. It probably wouldn't happen though till Combiner Wars is over.

News Credits: 4 · Sun Jun 14, 2015 10:39 pm

SillySpringer wrote:Just on a side note, I wonder if Hasbro will repaint Arcee as a different character, as a mainline release figure? And hopefully with the fixed hands. It probably wouldn't happen though till Combiner Wars is over.

I think this IS our redeco. I can't see any other uses of this mold, though to be fair, nobody expected Elita One from RID Arcee so anything is possible. But right now, as you yourself observed, ANY potential main retail redeco/retool of Arcee would be after Combiner Wars ends, which we already know is running through 2016. So 2017 at the absolute earliest.

News Credits: 25 · Sun Jun 14, 2015 10:51 pm

Of the figure's present, the only one likely to get a retool is Windblade to slipstream. But that's a maybe at best.

News Credits: 6188 · Mon Jun 15, 2015 1:41 am

Fellow Seibertronian gema surprises us once again with an early look at a figure from their blog, focusing on the Hasbro Transformers SDCC 2015 Exclusive Combiner Hunters Chromia! A redeco of the Generations toy, itself a very heavy retool of Transformers Prime Arcee, Chromia also features a new weapon (not included in the review), and can be seen below with previous mold iterations - keep reading to find out what your fellow collector thought!

The first thing I noticed is the wicked light blue tribal tattoo/flame on the front and the side of the bike. A really nice touch but personally I would've prefered for them to extend towards the back.

The overall paint apps can be considered clean and some of them are metallic blue, something that Takara version of this figure should've had, just like their releases few years back. The translucent parts are dark red instead of clear (Hasbro Chromia) and light blue (Takara Chromia).

Being a direct repaint, there's nothing different in terms of the transformation and overall, the joints are solid and tight. In robot mode, this version of Chromia has more white and grey compared to the previous 2 variants. The placement of the colors are well-thought-of without any parts looking weird or out of place.

News Credits: 388 · Mon Jun 15, 2015 3:41 am

So in the group shots, we essentially have G1 Chromia, Luchador Chromia, and IDW Chromia. :lol:

Silliness aside, some of the altmode deco is cool, but the only reason I'd buy the set is for that Arcee and Windblade....and a second gun to give to my Hasbro version. I love the character of Chromia, but the robot mode deco for Combiner Hunters Chromia is just.....weird.

Mon Jun 15, 2015 6:25 am

Somebody should do a 3 pack of new heads to make them into new characters.

News Credits: 3 · Mon Jun 15, 2015 6:33 am

Rated X wrote:Somebody should do a 3 pack of new heads to make them into new characters.

I have no doubt that's already happening somewhere.

Mon Jun 15, 2015 8:30 am

Those new shots are great! Chromia is actually the one I was most interested in seeing more of. Wow, the back kibble is pretty epic on her robot mode :-?