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[Ultra Markus]

if only my original SkyLynx had that poseability

[william-james88]

Anyone have an idea of when the Skylinx and Co wave will hit Canada?

I'd say March/April/May/. Like when Motormaster's run came (which came early last year).

[RodimusRex]

With all these repaints and with the apparent likelihood we'll see more, especially of the rarer toolings, in Titan Wars and beyond...

I was thinking of the nuttiest toolings you could get and would still want.

First of all, I'd still really like a Euro themed set or three.

Hotspot as Pyro or Fixed Mensaor as Thunderclash
Alpha Bravo as Rotorstorm (or Windmill)
Offroad as Scorch OR Hotrider
Wheeljack as Hurricane
Dead End as Speedstream
Swindle as Ironfist/Fisitron
Wheeljack as Jetstorm
Streetwise as Rapido
Aerialbot as Deftwing
Shockwave as Omega Spreem or Windcharger as Skram or Zap

Combined mode... Thunderclash?


Cyclonus as Skyquake
Rook as Stalker
3 Aerialbots as Falcon, Skydive, and Talon
Possible alternates: Dead End as Aquafend
Powerglide as Snare

One offbeat thought I had was also an animated movie inspired commbiner:

Hotspot as Firetruck Rodimus (From the aborted Rodimus Neo toy)
Jumpstream as Arcee
Alpha Bravo as Springer
Offroad as Kup
Mirage as Blurr
Combiner Wars Wreck Gar redeco

After the current announced stuff, these are what would grab my attention.

[Hellscream9999]

With all these repaints and with the apparent likelihood we'll see more, especially of the rarer toolings, in Titan Wars and beyond...

I was thinking of the nuttiest toolings you could get and would still want.

First of all, I'd still really like a Euro themed set or three.

Hotspot as Pyro or Fixed Mensaor as Thunderclash
Alpha Bravo as Rotorstorm (or Windmill)
Offroad as Scorch OR Hotrider
Wheeljack as Hurricane
Dead End as Speedstream
Swindle as Ironfist/Fisitron
Wheeljack as Jetstorm
Streetwise as Rapido
Aerialbot as Deftwing
Shockwave as Omega Spreem or Windcharger as Skram or Zap

Combined mode... Thunderclash?


Cyclonus as Skyquake
Rook as Stalker
3 Aerialbots as Falcon, Skydive, and Talon
Possible alternates: Dead End as Aquafend
Powerglide as Snare

One offbeat thought I had was also an animated movie inspired commbiner:

Hotspot as Firetruck Rodimus (From the aborted Rodimus Neo toy)
Jumpstream as Arcee
Alpha Bravo as Springer
Offroad as Kup
Mirage as Blurr
Combiner Wars Wreck Gar redeco

After the current announced stuff, these are what would grab my attention.

Say what you will about the retools/paints, but, being combiners, using great cw molds, I would buy them all (except any menasor/op repaint) with gusto and a smile on my face

[MGrotusque]

Man....this guy had literally NOTHING good to say about this figure. He was whining and complaining so much that i had to stop watching half way through because i couldn't listen to anymore of his bitchy nit picking.

I think the figure looks great personally.

[Cobotron]

One offbeat thought I had was also an animated movie inspired commbiner:

I'll pull out this quick and sloppy sketch a buddy sent me a long time ago.


Although I'm intrigued by your Rodimus fire truck idea.

[Hellscream9999]

I'm intrigued by your Rodimus fire truck idea.

Indeed, anything to get a head cooler than defensors onto the hotspot mold

[Omegawave]

i think that Liozack will be a heavy remold of the shuttle part of Sky Lynx, just look at both the chest of Liokaiser and Sky Reign. But I still cannot figure out where will Jallguar come to play, or maybe Hasbro/Takara will omit him.

[Hellscream9999]

i think that Liozack will be a heavy remold of the shuttle part of Sky Lynx, just look at both the chest of Liokaiser and Sky Reign. But I still cannot figure out where will Jallguar come to play, or maybe Hasbro/Takara will omit him.

He IS being omitted at this point, along with liozack. As of this point the rumors (that have been very precise thus far) indicate that Deathsaurus (in liozack and jallguar's colors apparently) will be forming the torso.

[RodimusRex]

There might also be some kind of case for a boxed set.

In the very (almost ironically) Geewun Transformers vs. G.I.Joe comic:

Jetfire and Inferno form Defensor's torso.
Arms are formed by Blades and Prowl.
Feet are formed by Red Alert and Ratchet.
Crotch is formed by Arcee, giving him bright pink underwear.

A boxed set could have minor re-decos of Blades, Prowl, and a minor First Aid Redeco,
A new Red Alert from CW Sideswipe.
Torso could Inferno.
Arcee as a Wreck-Gar/Groove redeco,

It would be hard to have toys be as mental as that comic.

Though I'd love figures of:

TFvJoe Rodimus, of the "Jotobots" (He's a flying truck with a comic book energy casing chestplate)
Megatron with Bumblebee's head as a necklace and Grimlock's head as a glove
Starscream (who could easily be a Cyclonus retool with a Cobra eyepatch)

[Burn]

With all these repaints and with the apparent likelihood we'll see more, especially of the rarer toolings, in Titan Wars and beyond...

I was thinking of the nuttiest toolings you could get and would still want.

First of all, I'd still really like a Euro themed set or three.

Hotspot as Pyro or Fixed Mensaor as Thunderclash
Alpha Bravo as Rotorstorm (or Windmill)
Offroad as Scorch OR Hotrider
Wheeljack as Hurricane
Dead End as Speedstream
Swindle as Ironfist/Fisitron
Wheeljack as Jetstorm
Streetwise as Rapido
Aerialbot as Deftwing
Shockwave as Omega Spreem or Windcharger as Skram or Zap

Combined mode... Thunderclash?


Cyclonus as Skyquake
Rook as Stalker
3 Aerialbots as Falcon, Skydive, and Talon
Possible alternates: Dead End as Aquafend
Powerglide as Snare

One offbeat thought I had was also an animated movie inspired commbiner:

Hotspot as Firetruck Rodimus (From the aborted Rodimus Neo toy)
Jumpstream as Arcee
Alpha Bravo as Springer
Offroad as Kup
Mirage as Blurr
Combiner Wars Wreck Gar redeco

After the current announced stuff, these are what would grab my attention.

I'd rather see Stalker retooled from Onslaught and Skyquake from Silverbolt, then do the Predator jets from the Aerialbots. One team, two potential combiners!

Screw the Turbomasters, no one cares about them. Predators FTW

[Hellscream9999]

I'd rather see Stalker retooled from Onslaught and Skyquake from Silverbolt, then do the Predator jets from the Aerialbots. One team, two potential combiners!

Screw the Turbomasters, no one cares about them. Predators FTW

#predatorscombineftw

[King Kuuga]

At this point, the only molds with no redecos from Combiner Wars are Air Raid and Skydive (not counting Club and Takara uses), and actually isn't one of them in Liokaiser anyway?

[Stuartmaximus]

With all these repaints and with the apparent likelihood we'll see more, especially of the rarer toolings, in Titan Wars and beyond...

I was thinking of the nuttiest toolings you could get and would still want.

First of all, I'd still really like a Euro themed set or three.

Hotspot as Pyro or Fixed Mensaor as Thunderclash
Alpha Bravo as Rotorstorm (or Windmill)
Offroad as Scorch OR Hotrider
Wheeljack as Hurricane
Dead End as Speedstream
Swindle as Ironfist/Fisitron
Wheeljack as Jetstorm
Streetwise as Rapido
Aerialbot as Deftwing
Shockwave as Omega Spreem or Windcharger as Skram or Zap

Combined mode... Thunderclash?


Cyclonus as Skyquake
Rook as Stalker
3 Aerialbots as Falcon, Skydive, and Talon
Possible alternates: Dead End as Aquafend
Powerglide as Snare

One offbeat thought I had was also an animated movie inspired commbiner:

Hotspot as Firetruck Rodimus (From the aborted Rodimus Neo toy)
Jumpstream as Arcee
Alpha Bravo as Springer
Offroad as Kup
Mirage as Blurr
Combiner Wars Wreck Gar redeco

After the current announced stuff, these are what would grab my attention.

well since we're going there....here's mine!

& talk about obscure nuttiness

Combiner Wars figures redone/retooled/repainted as Gobots figures!

Dead End/Prowl/Streetwise as Turbo

one of the Deluxe Arielbots as Leader 1

Alpha Bravo/Blades/Vortex as Cop-tur

one of the deluxe Stunticons(obviously not Drag Strip) as Crasher

? as Scooter

Deluxe Groove as Cy-Kill

Ironhide as Smallfoot

Windcharger as Sparky

Breakdown/Sunstreaker as Spoiler/Pocket

First Aid as Rest-Q

Swindle as Jeeper Creeper/Buggyman

Alpha Bravo/Blades as Flip Top

Trailbreaker/Off Road as Scratch

Prowl/Streetwise as Jig Saw

also

Silverbolt retool/repaint as Power Jet(which means you can combine the deluxe Gobots to it to form the Power Warrior).

[Crosscheck]

At this point, the only molds with no redecos from Combiner Wars are Air Raid and Skydive (not counting Club and Takara uses), and actually isn't one of them in Liokaiser anyway?

He has both. Air Raid is the right arm in the photo, Skydive is the Left.

[Rodimus Prime]

I loathed the Sky Lynx character in both the comics and the cartoon, and never had the G1 toy. Strangely, I still want this figure. I wonder why.

[Bradimus]

Brawl; is... complicated; the waist is pretty tight, but the shoulders aren't, not too bad, but still an egregious f#$k up on the designers' part

You did see the post way back about Brawl being miss-assembled, right?

Unless there is something else wrong about the figure I am unaware of?

[Autobot N]

(snip)

I'd rather see Stalker retooled from Onslaught and Skyquake from Silverbolt, then do the Predator jets from the Aerialbots. One team, two potential combiners!

Screw the Turbomasters, no one cares about them. Predators FTW

Wouldn't it be better to wait until TR, so he could be made out of the Hardhead mold?

[Lunatic Prime]

(snip)

I'd rather see Stalker retooled from Onslaught and Skyquake from Silverbolt, then do the Predator jets from the Aerialbots. One team, two potential combiners!

Screw the Turbomasters, no one cares about them. Predators FTW

Wouldn't it be better to wait until TR, so he could be made out of the Hardhead mold?

Hardhead to Stalker
That would be cool. Especially since I can't find my G1 Stalker anymore.

[Hellscream9999]

Brawl; is... complicated; the waist is pretty tight, but the shoulders aren't, not too bad, but still an egregious f#$k up on the designers' part

You did see the post way back about Brawl being miss-assembled, right?

Unless there is something else wrong about the figure I am unaware of?

That's actually not too much of a problem for me at this point, but I am well aware of that fix and will use use it as soon as necessary, but the pins in his shoulders are really loose...

And at this point, swindle has the biggest problem of them all with his leg shells not lining up with anything, yielding a vehicle mode that can't be properly formed and an unstable leg mode, and for the life of me, I cannot figure out whats causing this to happen

[Dr. Caelus]

Is it strange that I want a transparent red version of Sunstreaker for Firecracker?

I mean, a transparent red lambhorghini is just silly, right? But I remember I used to take Firecracker with me everywhere when I was a kid (nice and easy to shove in a pocket, I guess) but now I don't even know where he is.

I mean, you could easily do Motormouth and Double Clutch, too, and it'd be nice to have Blackjack repainted as Go-Bot Bumblebee, but I really just want Firecracker.

[King Kuuga]

Brawl; is... complicated; the waist is pretty tight, but the shoulders aren't, not too bad, but still an egregious f#$k up on the designers' part

You did see the post way back about Brawl being miss-assembled, right?

I'm going to be a nitpicker and point out that the toy is not misassembled until you perform that mod.

That's actually not too much of a problem for me at this point, but I am well aware of that fix and will use use it as soon as necessary, but the pins in his shoulders are really loose...

I have this problem as well, alas.

And at this point, swindle has the biggest problem of them all with his leg shells not lining up with anything, yielding a vehicle mode that can't be properly formed and an unstable leg mode, and for the life of me, I cannot figure out whats causing this to happen

Can you provide pictures?

[Hellscream9999]

Brawl; is... complicated; the waist is pretty tight, but the shoulders aren't, not too bad, but still an egregious f#$k up on the designers' part

You did see the post way back about Brawl being miss-assembled, right?

I'm going to be a nitpicker and point out that the toy is not misassembled until you perform that mod.

That's actually not too much of a problem for me at this point, but I am well aware of that fix and will use use it as soon as necessary, but the pins in his shoulders are really loose...

I have this problem as well, alas.

And at this point, swindle has the biggest problem of them all with his leg shells not lining up with anything, yielding a vehicle mode that can't be properly formed and an unstable leg mode, and for the life of me, I cannot figure out whats causing this to happen

Can you provide pictures?

Here, it can't show it, but due to not fitting together tightly, it rocks back and forth at the thigh joint:

swin1.jpg

In vehicle mode, the parts naturally fall like this for me:

swin2.jpg

And if I forcibly snap them together it malforms the other way:

swin3.jpg

And if I do that it pulls the legs apart on the bottom:

swin4.jpg

The only thing that seems to be causing this is that the cavity on the leg shells that sits on the crotch is in the wrong place by a few millimeters and the molding on the crotch is pushing them apart

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Strange issue here. When I get mine I can look at it and see if I can help.

And I guess we can all say you got a Swindle with a crotch too big to button up his own pants! Sorry, had to say it

[Hellscream9999]

Strange issue here. When I get mine I can look at it and see if I can help.

And I guess we can all say you got a Swindle with a crotch too big to button up his own pants! Sorry, had to say it

ha ha