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News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Mon Feb 08, 2016 11:44 pm

SillySpringer wrote:
That Bot wrote:
william-james88 wrote:There was a Jem and the Holigrams movie this year, where was the toyline?

Maybe not the best supporting example since that movie tanked so hard that the studio recalled it after the two week contract was up.

Hollywood f***s everything up.

Well that's blatantly not true :roll:

News Credits: 54 · by **Deadput** » Mon Feb 08, 2016 11:56 pm

Will unlike Star Wars the Bay movies are starting to take a drop and there will be a day where people get sick of them.

Star Wars had the advantage of being made 10 years after the last one which was one of the ones people don't like and even then people think those movies are better then the Bay Transformers films.

like I said this won't happen soon but it could happen 20 or 30 years at the soonest.

News Credits: 1235 · by **LOST Cybertronian** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 12:47 am

Thanks to zmultiplier on Weibo, we get a partial look at the artwork for Transformers Combiner Wars Computron in color. This version gives us a little better idea at what Afterburner, Lightspeed and Scattershot will look like if the toys stay true to the artwork. Perhaps more will be revealed this weekend at Toy Fair 2016 where you can see comprehensive coverage of the event right here at Seibertron.com. Stay tuned.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 12:55 am

Proper Computron colors on the head and chest. Yay. :APPLAUSE:

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 1:06 am

This halvsies shmavsies stuff is killing me! :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 6 · by **MemphisR56** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 3:30 am

What do we know about this zmultiplier guy?

I wonder if Hasbro are tearing their hair out trying to plug a leak, or if he's a paid cyber-shill doing some intense viral marketing?

Maybe he just deeply craves community attention.

Lightspeed is starting to look a little more like the breakdown mold than the Dead End mold. But then Lightspeed has a much similar transformation scheme to Wheeljack and Sunstreaker.

I do hope it's the wheeljack version of the mold, if it's either. Preferably with a new head.

Also interesting that there seems to be tampos on what would be the outside of scattershot's knees. I hope it's not stickers; G2 Superion was all tampo's right?

News Credits: 2 · by **Crosscheck** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 4:51 am

If the colors are even close to that, this is a definite purchase. Everything looks fantastic so far. I am glad Computron got a real head this time, even if it is just a recolor of Superion's. Lightspeed is hopefully Wheeljack+New Head. Groove looks nice in Afterburner's colors.

Now stop being a tease and show us the rest!

by **GOLD5** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 6:40 am

That Bot wrote:
william-james88 wrote:There was a Jem and the Holigrams movie this year, where was the toyline?

Maybe not the best supporting example since that movie tanked so hard that the studio recalled it after the two week contract was up.

http://www.integritytoys.com/shop20/Jem-And-The-Holograms/

They were sub-licensed for adult collector fans by a different company. Theyve had them for about three years now..

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 6:51 am

Computron is looking good, and I can't believe how fast the toy fair is creeping up, can't wait for the pictures :-D

News Credits: 19 · by **Stuartmaximus** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 7:06 am

regardless of the colours....it looks to me like they're sticking with the Superion/Betatron head!

now i wonder if Strafe will be an Arielbot retool :-?

one good thing....it's looking like we'll be getting a retool of the Deluxe Groove after all! as Afterburner

still pondering as to who they use for nosecone :-?

the obvious guess would be a repaint of Dawn Of The Predacus Ramhorn!

News Credits: 2 · by **Crosscheck** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 7:21 am

Stuartmaximus wrote:regardless of the colours....it looks to me like they're sticking with the Superion/Betatron head!

now i wonder if Strafe will be an Arielbot retool

one good thing....it's looking like we'll be getting a retool of the Deluxe Groove after all! as Afterburner

still pondering as to who they use for nosecone the obvious guess would be a repaint of Dawn Of The Predacus Ramhorn!

Strafe is a retool of Air Raid. The Betatron head will be fine if it is in the right colors.

by **ThunderThruster** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 7:22 am

Stuartmaximus wrote:regardless of the colours....it looks to me like they're sticking with the Superion/Betatron head!

If it's in the right colours, it works remarkably well

Stuartmaximus wrote:now i wonder if Strafe will be an Arielbot retool

Supposedly from Airraid from what we've seen

Stuartmaximus wrote:still pondering as to who they use for nosecone the obvious guess would be a repaint of Dawn Of The Predacus Ramhorn!

That's the commonly held opinion

News Credits: 8 · by **Generator_G1** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 9:08 am

MemphisR56 wrote:What do we know about this zmultiplier guy?

I wonder if Hasbro are tearing their hair out trying to plug a leak, or if he's a paid cyber-shill doing some intense viral marketing?

Maybe he just deeply craves community attention.

Lightspeed is starting to look a little more like the breakdown mold than the Dead End mold. But then Lightspeed has a much similar transformation scheme to Wheeljack and Sunstreaker.

I do hope it's the wheeljack version of the mold, if it's either. Preferably with a new head.

Also interesting that there seems to be tampos on what would be the outside of scattershot's knees. I hope it's not stickers; G2 Superion was all tampo's right?

My theory is someone from the factory / production side of things. And he does this to watch / enjoy the reactions some people are giving off regarding the leaks.

News Credits: 19 · by **Stuartmaximus** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 9:22 am

Generator_G1 wrote:
MemphisR56 wrote:What do we know about this zmultiplier guy?

I wonder if Hasbro are tearing their hair out trying to plug a leak, or if he's a paid cyber-shill doing some intense viral marketing?

Maybe he just deeply craves community attention.

Lightspeed is starting to look a little more like the breakdown mold than the Dead End mold. But then Lightspeed has a much similar transformation scheme to Wheeljack and Sunstreaker.

I do hope it's the wheeljack version of the mold, if it's either. Preferably with a new head.

Also interesting that there seems to be tampos on what would be the outside of scattershot's knees. I hope it's not stickers; G2 Superion was all tampo's right?

My theory is someone from the factory / production side of things. And he does this to watch / enjoy the reactions some people are giving off regarding the leaks.

aye well let's hope that nobody finds out who that person is....or their sake! otherwise there'll be hell to pay for all those half shots that whoever it is keeps on spamming us with.

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 9:25 am

I think these are intentional releases from hasbro, giving us a small piece of the puzzle to get us talking, and then buying.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 9:36 am

Aye, my Computron. Oh you are looking so good so far. Me wants you now

News Credits: 10 · by **JazZeke** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 9:48 am

I cannot tell if that is the Breakdown or the Dead End mold for Lightspeed. UGH I hope it's not Breakdown.

News Credits: 42 · by **Autobot N** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 9:49 am

JazZeke wrote:I cannot tell if that is the Breakdown or the Dead End mold for Lightspeed. UGH I hope it's not Breakdown.

Agree much. It might be more G1 accurate, but the Breakdown mold sucks.

News Credits: 13 · by **steals_your_goats** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 9:50 am

JazZeke wrote:I cannot tell if that is the Breakdown or the Dead End mold for Lightspeed. UGH I hope it's not Breakdown.

Neither it's Wheeljack

News Credits: 2 · by **Insurgent** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 9:56 am

I hope it is the breakdown/wheeljack moulds. We've got enough of the dead end mould already.

News Credits: 8 · by **Generator_G1** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 10:00 am

Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:
JazZeke wrote:I cannot tell if that is the Breakdown or the Dead End mold for Lightspeed. UGH I hope it's not Breakdown.

Agree much. It might be more G1 accurate, but the Breakdown mold sucks.

I have a feeling in my gut that it will be the Dead End mold. :-?

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 10:15 am

It makes sense to and I want it to be the Wheeljack mold, but somehow I feel that look right there makes it look like another Dead end mold

News Credits: 13 · by **steals_your_goats** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 10:23 am

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:It makes sense to and I want it to be the Wheeljack mold, but somehow I feel that look right there makes it look like another Dead end mold

I've been staring at the picture and then at Deadend and breakdown in leg mode for longer than I care to admit and I can see elements of both in the picture. That's the problem with artistic license I suppose.

News Credits: 8 · by **Generator_G1** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 10:29 am

Stuartmaximus wrote:aye well let's hope that nobody finds out who that person is....or their sake! otherwise there'll be hell to pay for all those half shots that whoever it is keeps on spamming us with.

The reason I theorized that the zmultiplier guy is someone from the production/factory side is that usually when you are gonna start producing the toys, the factory is the last place the box/packaging artwork gets sent to.

also since weibo is predominantly Chinese, it is logical to narrow down that zmultiplier's location is in China / HK / Taiwan (unless he can read / write Chinese).

by **ThunderThruster** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 11:25 am

steals_your_goats wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:It makes sense to and I want it to be the Wheeljack mold, but somehow I feel that look right there makes it look like another Dead end mold

I've been staring at the picture and then at Deadend and breakdown in leg mode for longer than I care to admit and I can see elements of both in the picture. That's the problem with artistic license I suppose.

Not sure it artistic license or the artist using actual detailing, but if you look are the side panel of what becomes the robotmode arm, there is a distinct arrow indent, which is prevalent on the breakdown mold figures.