william-james88 wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:william-james88 wrote:shockblast2 wrote:wetwithwaterwings wrote:Speaking of IDW toys, are Combiner Wars the only deluxes we're getting this year or should we expect reveals of non-combiners sprinkled in throughout the year?
No, Ironhide, Mirage, Prowl, and Sunstreaker have all been cited in store listings.
They are combiner limbs for Ultra Prime, so they are still part of Combiner Wars.
Any official confirmation, or is it just speculation?
No official confirmation but an insider confirmed it with Chuck. He wrote about it earlier in this thread. And it makes perfect sense too. But technically, Leader Megatron and Thundercracker are generetions figures that are not made to combine with others and are coming out this year (and maybe leader Magnus too). So I would count those as 2015 generations figures that are not necessarily involved with combiner wars (aside from a card heading).
I could see them being combiner limbs for Prime, but I wouldn't go as far as to say that will be the case. Of course, they would serve that function regardless because of the molds, but as far as I'm concerned, at least in Ironhide and Sunstreakers case, it is a superior mold to what we have from Universe. Of course, these are not created to be homages like that like was, but could serve either purpose depending on your collection. Besides Prowl being the head for devastator, there is nothing from fiction to suggest that these four will be "combiners", but that doesn't mean Hasbro will not market them as such. Half of the Legends class figures are not technically combiner figures, nor is any of the leader class figures. The "theme" is nothing more than a marketing label. It appears the deluxe line is going to be combiners only, but this is just speculation as we have not seen anything for the second half of this year.
The way things are going at Hasbro, I expect the eventual devastator to have a penis for a head, rather than Prowl. First Bumblebee has occult symbols as weapons in the AOE line, and now they are pushing Play doh toys that look like genitals. What is up with that?
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