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News Credits: 6188 · Fri Jan 16, 2015 1:59 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Hmmmm, English-only? Comics included? Seems like I was right about the first wave's packaging being a mistake

It's also given time to the comics to get to the actual Combiner Wars starting point, this way. But yeah. Hm. :-?

News Credits: 1350 · Fri Jan 16, 2015 2:22 pm

Can't say I'm excited for defensor as it means it's now more or less certain that the combaticons are coming and I had really hoped that we'd get a team like the seacons (or extreme long shot, liokaiser)

But after all is said and done I love combiners so defensor will be mine (then we wait for G2 and Guard City recolours)

Fri Jan 16, 2015 2:43 pm

I still havent found Fireflight or Skydive in stores, let alone Arcee, Chromia, and Brainstorm. Always wonder how these figures show up in hole in the wall towns first but take forever to make it to Miami.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Fri Jan 16, 2015 2:50 pm

ZeroWolf wrote:Can't say I'm excited for defensor as it means it's now more or less certain that the combaticons are coming and I had really hoped that we'd get a team like the seacons (or extreme long shot, liokaiser)

I wouldn't loose all hope. Since the Fan Built Combiner is coming out in 2016 it isn't unreasonable to assume we'll continue to get combiners past Hasbro's use of the Combiner Wars label. Now that Hasbro has established a new combining system and they've proven their popularity I wouldn't be surprised if we got at least one new set every year for a while.

Emerje

News Credits: 65 · Fri Jan 16, 2015 2:55 pm

ZeroWolf wrote:Can't say I'm excited for defensor as it means it's now more or less certain that the combaticons are coming and I had really hoped that we'd get a team like the seacons (or extreme long shot, liokaiser)

Yes, a new Bruticus seems likely, but not in 2015. Hasbro said there would be 16 deluxes in the retail Generations line, and so far, if the listings we've seen over the past several weeks or true, they are ALL accounted for. We've got the Aerialbots, Stunticons, Protectobots, and four Autobots (Sunstreaker, Itronide, Prowl, and Mirage) to form the proper gestalt mode for Ultra Prime.

News Credits: 9 · Fri Jan 16, 2015 3:21 pm

ZeroWolf wrote:I had really hoped that we'd get a team like the seacons (or extreme long shot, liokaiser)

Anything is possible. we are getting a fan vote combiner after all.

Fri Jan 16, 2015 3:40 pm

Mmmmmm, Deadend looks like he's gonna be my favorite bot from this wave.

News Credits: 3 · Fri Jan 16, 2015 3:47 pm

Va'al wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Hmmmm, English-only? Comics included? Seems like I was right about the first wave's packaging being a mistake

It's also given time to the comics to get to the actual Combiner Wars starting point, this way. But yeah. Hm.

Or it's the fact Combiner Wars doesn't start till March for IDW and they didn't want to damage their sales of the comics by releasing the 4 issue tie in series early.

News Credits: 8 · Fri Jan 16, 2015 4:00 pm

extremely happy they decided to continue having the comics, makes the price a little more bearable. But did they ever give a reason as to why wave 1 had no comics? was it because they had those stupid cards instead?

News Credits: 4877 · Fri Jan 16, 2015 4:17 pm

Megatron Wolf wrote:extremely happy they decided to continue having the comics, makes the price a little more bearable. But did they ever give a reason as to why wave 1 had no comics? was it because they had those stupid cards instead?

I, personally, was thrilled they had the

stupid cards

because since the comics are not in any other language than english, places with language laws could not get them. SO they would just give you nothig more than your toy. And thus, at least with the cards, I felt I was getting a little extra and no one was cheated of anything.

Fri Jan 16, 2015 4:26 pm

I still haven;t been able to find any from wave 1.....

News Credits: 217 · Fri Jan 16, 2015 5:05 pm

Too bad we can only see the front of the package, the suspense on who they combine to form is killing me.

News Credits: 3 · Fri Jan 16, 2015 5:08 pm

Aw, yeah... these new pix have made me do something I never thought would happen - want to BUY the Stunticons...

News Credits: 3 · Fri Jan 16, 2015 5:21 pm

Diem wrote:Too bad we can only see the front of the package, the suspense on who they combine to form is killing me.

I wonder if the set I preordered from RK has the comics, if not, oh well, but I do enjoy them...

Looking forward to the release anyway.

Fri Jan 16, 2015 5:22 pm

I just hope those hoods on the Stunticons backs (front of the car modes), can fold down a little farther than I've seen them in pics. They just look plain ugly hanging back there in bot mode.

News Credits: 217 · Fri Jan 16, 2015 5:25 pm

Robogeek1973 wrote:I just hope those hoods on the Stunticons backs (front of the car modes), can fold down a little farther than I've seen them in pics. They just look plain ugly hanging back there in bot mode.

Yeah, they can: http://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:Generationstoy-Breakdown.jpg

This is just some AoE Crosshairs stuff right here.

News Credits: 3 · Fri Jan 16, 2015 5:51 pm

Here's my review of the wave 1 Deluxe Combiner Wars Dragstrip. Pretty nice start!

News Credits: 10 · Fri Jan 16, 2015 6:17 pm

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Has anyone noticed that the pack in issues are slightly smaller than regular retail counterparts

Look at that, indeed they are. I cannot believe I didn't notice that in my collection. Also, the retail ones seem to occasionally have some pages out of order, or in the case of one of the recent ones (Chromia, I think) a duplicated page. Still, I am enjoying the story, though I do not collect the comics at this time.

News Credits: 251 · Fri Jan 16, 2015 6:33 pm

Good news for those clamoring for the much-anticipated Generations: Combiner Wars figures! HasbroToyShop.com has been updated to include the first wave of the subline. Both Voyagers and all four Deluxes are in-stock, but only Legends Windcharger and Thundercracker are still available, as Powerglide and Bombshell are already sold out. You can start your shopping spree by clicking here!

Still on the fence on participating in the Combiner Wars? Why not make use of our Seibertron.com galleries of the two combiner bosses, their combined forms, and the four Legends figures to make a decision? Click here to be taken to them!

News Credits: 3 · Fri Jan 16, 2015 6:46 pm

Hey, is this additional step in the leg transformation of Dragstrip common knowledge? I had no idea myself, but was made aware by someone commenting on my photo in another thread!

To get Dragstrip to sit at the same height in leg mode as the Aerialbots, the rear wing of the alt mode actually swings up to reveal another hole to plug the foot piece into! Here's a pic I took of the difference. I'm sure this wasnt in the instruction book lol!!

News Credits: 293 · Fri Jan 16, 2015 6:55 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Megatron Wolf wrote:extremely happy they decided to continue having the comics, makes the price a little more bearable. But did they ever give a reason as to why wave 1 had no comics? was it because they had those stupid cards instead?
I, personally, was thrilled they had the
stupid cards
because since the comics are not in any other language than english, places with language laws could not get them. SO they would just give you nothig more than your toy. And thus, at least with the cards, I felt I was getting a little extra and no one was cheated of anything.

same here! its my comicy days as a child that also led to collecting cards as well. so i like cards :grin:

News Credits: 462 · Fri Jan 16, 2015 7:18 pm

Rated X wrote:I still havent found Fireflight or Skydive in stores, let alone Arcee, Chromia, and Brainstorm. Always wonder how these figures show up in hole in the wall towns first but take forever to make it to Miami.

If it means anything, I've seen Arcee and Chromia, so at least those two are in our state.

Fri Jan 16, 2015 7:27 pm

Diem wrote:
Robogeek1973 wrote:I just hope those hoods on the Stunticons backs (front of the car modes), can fold down a little farther than I've seen them in pics. They just look plain ugly hanging back there in bot mode.

Yeah, they can: http://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:Generationstoy-Breakdown.jpg

This is just some AoE Crosshairs stuff right here.

Awesome, thanks man!

Fri Jan 16, 2015 7:35 pm

These look a LOT better than wave 1.

I am actually excited about Menasor now, although i still think he is a bit too wide.

I hope Hasbro will give us the original members soon though, i don't dig Off-Road or Alpha Bravo.

News Credits: 4877 · Fri Jan 16, 2015 7:41 pm

DMSL wrote:These look a LOT better than wave 1.

I am actually excited about Menasor now, although i still think he is a bit too wide.

I hope Hasbro will give us the original members soon though, i don't dig Off-Road or Alpha Bravo.

I dont know if they are better, but they do seem to offer more variance between the characters. The aerialbots all suffer from being very similar transformers, but that was always the case.