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Mon Apr 13, 2015 2:21 am

Is anyone else just getting a...a cruel sense of irony seeing that First Aid is the leg in a combiner here? *CAUGHCAUGHambulonCAUGH*

News Credits: 2 · Mon Apr 13, 2015 4:43 am

My God those bots look awesome, so much variety in their torso size and deco it's amazing they all combine together still.

Can't wait for first aid,he just looks perfect,incidentally surely his alt mode is 100% prowl,just need a big set of bull bars on the front.

the original first was my first ever combiner limb and defensor my first gestalt So this is 100% a buy,especially since it seems to be coming out before menasor in the UK

Mon Apr 13, 2015 5:14 am

shajaki wrote:

Sorry people, he just looks too awesome.
My favorite voyager of my favorite Transformers line.

News Credits: 5 · Mon Apr 13, 2015 6:50 am

noctorro wrote:
shajaki wrote:

Sorry people, he just looks too awesome.
My favorite voyager of my favorite Transformers line.

He looks fantastic to me. I would have preferred the head be black but that's not a complaint, there's too much to celebrate. Looks like justice done to one of my favourite childhood toys.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Apr 13, 2015 6:52 am

that Hot Spot mold looks nice it has potential as some other fire trucks IE the one guy from super god master force , RID 2001 Optimus and or Rescue bots Heatwave who gotten a major upgrade to take on both 'cons and Morbots :lol:

though their combination gimmick would have to be removed

oh and if it does get retooled into onslaught .....

timelines nexus prime / shattered glass heatwave RID 2001 mega-octane :-B

Mon Apr 13, 2015 7:09 am

He's easily my favorite Scramble City torso-bot (though my favorite gestalt is Computron, and I don't really care for Defensor), but Hot Spot looks unexpectedly FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC. He's literally perfect, totally spot on, and I can't wait to find him.

Mon Apr 13, 2015 7:43 am

looks to be the best tf ever. gdo hotspot was a favorite. looks better without groove. the only downside are his eyes in torso mode. any thoughts on fixing his eyes? torso mode looks as stable as superion.

Mon Apr 13, 2015 7:56 am

I'm not gonna get them, I'm not gonna get them, I'm not gonna...

Aw **** it, who am I kidding, these guys look great. First Aid, my favorite Protectobot, has an awesome mold and is surprisingly distinct from Offroad, as is Streetwise (who happens to be my second favorite) from Deadend. Blades is G2, so that's almost an instant win. Rook is badass. Hotspot is badass.

My wallet's only hope is that Rook and Hotspot get retooled into other characters that I want soon.

News Credits: 3 · Mon Apr 13, 2015 8:08 am

Jeez Hasbro! I got bills to pay!!

Where the heck am I going to put a third combiner?? I'm going to have to do something because this is looking good.

News Credits: 4877 · Mon Apr 13, 2015 8:39 am

Optimizzy wrote:Jeez Hasbro! I got bills to pay!!

Where the heck am I going to put a third combiner?? I'm going to have to do something because this is looking good.

HA! Took the words right out of my mouth.

But I must say that I don't find Hotspot's alt mode too great. Very little of it cries out firetruck to me. Unlike the Universe mold, this one has a thinning midsection which looks a bit odd, as if the truck is segmented. I have a feeling the alt mode will look much better once its repurposed for Onslaught. Robot mode for Hotspot is Spot-on though :DANCE:

And I really love the way they incorporate the ladder in torso mode, it is ingenious.

Mon Apr 13, 2015 8:43 am

I can't wait for these guys. The Protectobots were the first combiner group I had back in the day and still one of my favorites. These guys all look great.

I just hope that Groove attaches to the chest better than Blackjack does. That really disappointed me.

News Credits: 3 · Mon Apr 13, 2015 9:30 am

I was going to pass on all but First Aid, but these guys look too good. I guess I'll have another combiner on the shelf.

News Credits: 3 · Mon Apr 13, 2015 9:30 am

Hotspot looks good. The combine mode also looks good. My hopes for Defensor: That he holds together in gestalt mode better than Menasor, and that he balances better. I love Menasor, but the Motormaster arms pop out too easily from his sides, and he overbalances a lot.

In general, I like all the combiners. My only beef with the design is they all lack a proper 'butt'. They just have a codpiece that flaps down and covers the front, but the back... not so much. From behind you can tell what's missing.... (literally)

To RiddlerJ:

You can fix the Blackjack problem by putting floor polish (or super glue) as a coating for the pegs on Motormaster. Coat them, let it dry, and the pegs become 'thicker' to the point where blackjack won't flop out. Ditto for Motormaster's arms to keep them from popping loose if you rotate Menasor's gestalt arms. I pretty much wound up using floor polish on ALL of Motormaster's gestalt joints to tighten them up. It makes a world of difference.

News Credits: 6 · Mon Apr 13, 2015 9:33 am

Is it silly that I kind of want an Alternate Defensor at some point?

Hot Spot => Inferno
First Aid => Ratchet
Streetwise => Prowl
Breakdown => Red Alert
Off Road => RID Strongarm

I mean, it's essentially the same 'theme' of emergency response alternate modes, but an entirely different character. Not saying I'd want it over Bruticus, just saying that it would be neat. Or maybe what'd be neat is if we simply wound up getting enough CW characters we can make up characters like that ourselves. We're already getting Prowl, Ratchet, Ironhide, Mirage, and Sunstreaker, right? Given the available molds, Red Alert, Trailbreaker, and Sideswipe seem like no brainers, and Grapple, Hoist, and Wheeljack are in the realm of feasible.

I never do much with the 'Scramble City' aspect because I don't like to break up sets of established characters, so I guess I'm just excited to get some Combiner Wars characters that are random additions to the line, with no particular gestalt identity defined, but I really want a LOT of those characters, to increase the number of possible combinations.

Mon Apr 13, 2015 9:35 am

MrBlack wrote:I was going to pass on all but First Aid, but these guys look too good. I guess I'll have another combiner on the shelf.

Meanwhile, at Hasbro...

"Hehehehe... GOOOD, goood..."

News Credits: 2 · Mon Apr 13, 2015 9:40 am

I will be all over Defensor when He is released. I don't really know if I will get Groove right away. I almost would rather he turned into something like a sword or shield since Defensor's chest plate is already damn near perfect. Rook looks like a really cool toy.

News Credits: 2 · Mon Apr 13, 2015 9:42 am

Okay Takara c'mon show us what you got already! :VEHI:

News Credits: 462 · Mon Apr 13, 2015 9:51 am

Caelus wrote:Is it silly that I kind of want an Alternate Defensor at some point?

Hot Spot => Inferno
First Aid => Ratchet
Streetwise => Prowl
Breakdown => Red Alert
Off Road => RID Strongarm

I got one for ya:

Hot Spot -- Discharge
Groove -- Glide
Steetwise -- Road Police
Drag Strip -- Circuit
Breakdown -- Neo-Wheel
First Aid -- Sireen

Combiner Wars/Unite Warriors SIXTURBO!!!

Mon Apr 13, 2015 9:56 am

Sabrblade wrote:
Caelus wrote:Is it silly that I kind of want an Alternate Defensor at some point?

Hot Spot => Inferno
First Aid => Ratchet
Streetwise => Prowl
Breakdown => Red Alert
Off Road => RID Strongarm
I got one for ya:

Hot Spot -- Discharge
Groove -- Glide
Steetwise -- Road Police
Drag Strip -- Circuit
Breakdown -- Neo-Wheel
First Aid -- Sireen

Combiner Wars/Unite Warriors SIXTURBO!!!

Runabout: "Hu-huhuhu-hu, he said 'Discharge'."

News Credits: 462 · Mon Apr 13, 2015 10:10 am

Shuttershock wrote:Runabout: "Hu-huhuhu-hu, he said 'Discharge'."

Well, it is her name, heheh.

News Credits: 122 · Mon Apr 13, 2015 10:38 am

Hot Spot looks amazing. Can't wait for the Onslaught/Bruticus reveal.

News Credits: 241 · Mon Apr 13, 2015 10:46 am

Sabrblade wrote:
Shuttershock wrote:Runabout: "Hu-huhuhu-hu, he said 'Discharge'."
Well, it is her name, heheh.

The fact Discharge was made/confirmed female with the reissues only makes it worse #-o

Should Bruticus be in the works (we wouldn't see him until Fall with reveals for next year), then I got something more probable: Guard City vs. Battle Gaia

News Credits: 2 · Mon Apr 13, 2015 1:37 pm

Oh baby Hotspot is making my spot hot.

On a more serious and slightly less disturbing note All the Protectobots are looking fan-friggin-tastic. Especially Hotspot

Sabrblade wrote:
Caelus wrote:Is it silly that I kind of want an Alternate Defensor at some point?

Hot Spot -- Discharge
Groove -- Glide
Steetwise -- Road Police
Drag Strip -- Circuit
Breakdown -- Neo-Wheel
First Aid -- Sireen

Combiner Wars/Unite Warriors SIXTURBO!!!

I didn't know how badly I needed this until now.

News Credits: 462 · Mon Apr 13, 2015 1:39 pm

munkimus prime wrote:I didn't know how badly I needed this until now.

Twould even have a fembot as the combiner torso, even (despite the combiner itself still being male, but whatevs).

Mon Apr 13, 2015 2:42 pm

Defensor has to be my least liked Combiner of them all but that Hotspot looks fantastic. I've always liked Hotspot. I really would like to buy this team. Might be about time for a Defensor in my collection.