The Energon Pub

[ScottyP]

Could also finally be Red Wing.

If it is, I hope the alt mode is somehow a boat so that ship can sail.

All honesty though, I still find it odd how they went for G1 Starcream Toy deco instead of Red Wing for the calssics mold. It really felt like bottom of the barrel in terms of redecos possible.

Did you mean to say G2?

[william-james88]

Could also finally be Red Wing.

If it is, I hope the alt mode is somehow a boat so that ship can sail.

All honesty though, I still find it odd how they went for G1 Starcream Toy deco instead of Red Wing for the calssics mold. It really felt like bottom of the barrel in terms of redecos possible.

Did you mean to say G2?

Yes

[Emerje]

That's Bluestreak as Wreckage's left arm, is it not?

B&W image is hard to make out

Bluestreak's own instructions confirm it.

Emerje

[RAR]

Do you folks think any of the Combiner Wars mould would make an acceptable Jazz Combiner Wars deluxe - or would he really have needed a new body skin of his own ?

I do keep saying this but I do really think there is some merit in selling Combiner Wars branded Vs packs with 1 Decepticon Deluxe vs 1 Autobot one to fill out the ranks and "Main Characters"

if Hasbro would be prepared to spend money on such an idea and actually make a heavy remould to make a better "seeker" i think that would be very much worth doing.

I note that Sunstreaker already has Police lights moulded on his chest so if that mould ever got turned into Red Alert they could paint them accordingly.

Even if they don't do it now - I can see some merit in a revisit to those moulds - or even an Asian Market gift set.

That could contain sets of 3 premium deco versions of missed or hard to get characters like : Red Alert, Exhaust, Sideswipe, Slicer, Hoist, Silverstreak /Anime Buestreak, maybe even the likes of Voyager Pyro or Clench or Rapido if you want to see something a bit more unusual. Aerialbot repaints as Predator planes for example. or some of the Autobots as Turbomasters.

[Kurona]

At the risk of being sacrificed to the rain gods for saying it, I'm sure the Dead End mold would work fine for a CW Jazz.

I suppose there is a little bit of merit in releasing the rest of the 1984 Autobot Cars as CW limbs - especially when there's 11 of them and 7 got released during CW. Only Jazz, Bluestreak, Sideswipe and Ratchet remain - of those Bluestreak is a simple recolour and isn't overshadowed by the TFSS version since that's, well, a blue Bluestreak, Sideswipe is an easy new-head redeco of Sunstreaker (especially when earth wars made him a redeco of Sunstreaker without the new head...), Jazz could just be made out of any of the Dead End mold re-uses and Ratchet was already done in Takara. All four of them could be put into a Platinum set for the sake of fanservice alongside Hot Spot being Grapple (as a beautiful nerdy nod to him accidentally being in the cartoon's pilot and hence temporarily part of the Season 1 crew). Or even Silverbolt as Jetfire considering his Season 1 prominence. And Shockwave as Perceptor or something.

Just throwing ideas out there. I think the topic's mostly been exhausted but yeah, totally possible but don't think it'll happen.

[o.supreme]

At the risk of being sacrificed to the rain gods for saying it, I'm sure the Dead End mold would work fine for a CW Jazz.

when you include the line as a whole (CW, UW exclusives etc...) they all came out sans Sideswipe and Jazz (unless next years TFSS 5.0 "Bonus" turns out to be one of them)

[RAR]

I keep forgetting about Infero and Grapple - I forgot about Red Alert for a while too. you are quite right Hotspot would make a pretty darn good Grapple remould or even Hauler. if not as much of a remould then keep the ladder and make Inferno or Heatwave.

[Kurona]

Heatwave.

Now there's an idea... a Rescue Bots combiner.

[o.supreme]

Heatwave.

Now there's an idea... a Rescue Bots combiner.

A Novel idea...but it presents a few problems....

1. Price- Hasbro knows parents of small children (like 4-6 the target age) aren't going to purchase something so expensive for their kids, unless they can really do it on the cheap somehow

2. Combiners are associated with the War aspect of Transformers, something RB has painstakingly avoided, understandably so. Sure you could have a "Defensor" type bot, for "Big" rescues, but they already have High Tide's boat if they need large reinforcement.

Not saying it cant be done (never say never)...it just logistically doesn't seem likely.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Heatwave.

Now there's an idea... a Rescue Bots combiner.

Heatwave as the Torso, Blades, Boulder, Chase and either Blurr or Salvage for the limbs, and Servo for the 6th legends dude

[Sabrblade]

Heatwave.

Now there's an idea... a Rescue Bots combiner.

A Novel idea...

In my experience, it really isn't. I've seen tons of suggestions and proposals for a Rescue Bot combiner comprised of CW molds.

[o.supreme]

In my experience, it really isn't. I've seen tons of suggestions and proposals for a Rescue Bot combiner comprised of CW molds.

The existing CW molds are really quite versatile, even I can come up with several ideas based on the existing molds for several combiners from several different TF series. Fans can do what they like, more power to them. But I seriously doubt Hasbro would release official CW versions of the Rescue Bots characters. they are meant to look child friendly, the CW toy line is not geared towards the RB target audience.

[Sabrblade]

In my experience, it really isn't. I've seen tons of suggestions and proposals for a Rescue Bot combiner comprised of CW molds.

The existing CW molds are really quite versatile, even I can come up with several ideas based on the existing molds for several combiners from several different TF series. Fans can do what they like, more power to them. But I seriously doubt Hasbro would release official CW versions of the Rescue Bots characters. they are meant to look child friendly, the CW toy line is not geared towards the RB target audience.

Luckily we have fans who won't let that stop them from trying things like these:

[Kurona]

Considering both alt-mode and colours are matching, I wonder if there's anyone out there brave enough to replace TFSS Bluestreak's head with Chase's.

[william-james88]

Heatwave.

Now there's an idea... a Rescue Bots combiner.

A Novel idea...

In my experience, it really isn't. I've seen tons of suggestions and proposals for a Rescue Bot combiner comprised of CW molds.

There could be worse though, like that vehicle alt mode G1 Dinobot team

[Kurona]

Heatwave.

Now there's an idea... a Rescue Bots combiner.

A Novel idea...

In my experience, it really isn't. I've seen tons of suggestions and proposals for a Rescue Bot combiner comprised of CW molds.

There could be worse though, like that vehicle alt mode G1 Dinobot team

Somehow the thing I'm most mad about there is that they didn't think to use the Rook mold and went for cars instead...

[Sabrblade]

Heatwave.

Now there's an idea... a Rescue Bots combiner.

A Novel idea...

In my experience, it really isn't. I've seen tons of suggestions and proposals for a Rescue Bot combiner comprised of CW molds.

There could be worse though,

The word "novel" in this context means an "uncommon", "new", or "unique" idea. My disagreement with that notion was in regards to how ubiquitous I've seen that idea to be throughout the Internet.

[Agamemnon]

Heatwave.

Now there's an idea... a Rescue Bots combiner.

A Novel idea...

In my experience, it really isn't. I've seen tons of suggestions and proposals for a Rescue Bot combiner comprised of CW molds.

There could be worse though, like that vehicle alt mode G1 Dinobot team

Hey, I liked this idea!!

[Emerje]

I imagine if there was a Rescue Bots combiner it would look a lot more like the original G1 combiners than the CW stuff.

Emerje

[Autobot N]

I'm an idiot. I've had Computron for a week, and I just now realized that Nosecone is missing the silver paint on his left foot.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I'm an idiot. I've had Computron for a week, and I just now realized that Nosecone is missing the silver paint on his left foot.

Well, that's just prime...

[Nemesis Maximo]

I'm an idiot. I've had Computron for a week, and I just now realized that Nosecone is missing the silver paint on his left foot.

Well, that's just prime...

Pics? Also, total bummer.

[RAR]

There is another "Heatwave" the Minicon who came in various colours and repaints too. He looks a bit like Rook I guess.

As for the more General idea of a Rescue Bot combiner - wouldn't that effectively be very much like a typical Power Rangers Megazord in practice if such a thing was made for the target audience ?

The likes of Blurr or Salvage and other second stringers could be alternative limbs.

There was already a large Heatwave made.. they could also make something like the Energon rescue tools that could fit over where the fist would normally be.

I think that would be something to consider at least, oh and i'm not sure Rescue Bots are exactly cheap either compared to regular Transformers - maybe but they are also pretty small - though there is more of a difference now than there was before when Deluxes were not being sold for fantasy prices like £19.99 / $19.99 sometimes.

[Sabrblade]

There is another "Heatwave" the Minicon who came in various colours and repaints too. He looks a bit like Rook I guess.

There's no Mini-Con Heatwave.

[Emerje]

There is another "Heatwave" the Minicon who came in various colours and repaints too. He looks a bit like Rook I guess.

You're thinking of Firebot. The only pre-Rescue Bots Heatwave was the one from the Transformers Collectors Club.

Emerje