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News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 7:48 am

I just realized, this figure means that idw Megatron is going to yet again change his body. The guys goes through an awful lot of bodies and body modifications if you ask me. I think by now we can call him a body mod addict.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 8:45 am

Metro Prime wrote:All Megs has is a pistol and a missile launcher, and the remaining budget has to go somewhere.

He also has working treads.

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 8:56 am

Dead Metal wrote:I just realized, this figure means that idw Megatron is going to yet again change his body. The guys goes through an awful lot of bodies and body modifications if you ask me. I think by now we can call him a body mod addict.

Reminds me of Beast Machines Megatron. He just kept going through them in Season 2.

by **Peridot** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 9:06 am

william-james88 wrote:
Dead Metal wrote:I just realized, this figure means that idw Megatron is going to yet again change his body. The guys goes through an awful lot of bodies and body modifications if you ask me. I think by now we can call him a body mod addict.

Reminds me of Beast Machines Megatron. He just kept going through them in Season 2.

At least IDW Megatron's bodies actually looked like Megatron. That's the only reason I never got into Beast Machines; the characters' forms don't have any visual continuity with their previous designs.

News Credits: 6 · by **MemphisR56** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 9:31 am

Oh typical. You spend at least 100 hours in paint cropping comparison images and make a thought out post, and then get hit with the curse of the last post on the page and nobody sees it. :-(

Back to the old drawing board.

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 9:42 am

william-james88 wrote:
Dead Metal wrote:I just realized, this figure means that idw Megatron is going to yet again change his body. The guys goes through an awful lot of bodies and body modifications if you ask me. I think by now we can call him a body mod addict.

Reminds me of Beast Machines Megatron. He just kept going through them in Season 2.

I thought Rattrap made fun of Optimus Primal for this... :lol:

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 9:48 am

MemphisR56 wrote:Oh typical. You spend at least 100 hours in paint cropping comparison images and make a thought out post, and then get hit with the curse of the last post on the page and nobody sees it.

Back to the old drawing board.

Oh, it was interesting, but since we don't have any word of Bruticus yet, I'm not too concerned about discussing those possibilities. Plus, I'm enough of a G1 fan to not like the idea very much. Which means that Hasbro is almost assuradly going to do it...

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 10:04 am

MemphisR56 wrote:Oh typical. You spend at least 100 hours in paint cropping comparison images and make a thought out post, and then get hit with the curse of the last post on the page and nobody sees it.

Back to the old drawing board.

Happens to everyone. :lol:

Wow, I never realized how similar their heads are.

It's an interesting idea, and visually it works. A space shuttle IS bigger than a truck. But really, can't we have a new sculpt for Pete's sake. All this re-painting and re-tooling has my head re-spinning. 8-}

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 10:07 am

Agamemnon wrote:
MemphisR56 wrote:Oh typical. You spend at least 100 hours in paint cropping comparison images and make a thought out post, and then get hit with the curse of the last post on the page and nobody sees it.

Back to the old drawing board.

Oh, it was interesting, but since we don't have any word of Bruticus yet, I'm not too concerned about discussing those possibilities.

Yeah, I saw it too but didnt really know how to respond to it. To me, it was just someone's speculation. Interesting, but I dont have anything to add. I would be more likely to voice my opinion if it was confirmed this would be happening.

News Credits: 3 · by **prjkt** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 5:49 pm

If anyone is interested, RK got back to me re broken Silverbolt, and are sending replacement "parts" with Wave 2 later this month. not sure if it's actualmparts, or a totally new figure, I guess I'll find out later

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 5:52 pm

prjkt wrote:not sure if it's actualmparts, or a totally new figure, I guess I'll find out later

Later, you open the box to find a small tube of superglue. :twisted:

News Credits: 4 · by **padfoo** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 6:41 pm

Shockwave7 wrote:Well I'm torn now - the coloring on the Armada tank version actually looks better for a tank

So true!

by **Wh33l Jck** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 9:48 pm

MemphisR56 wrote: ...
I'm thinking that in terms of the Torso Mode's appearance, a Retool of Silverbolt into a Bruticus component could look GREAT in combined mode.

Which leads me to thinking, What if they make Blast-off the new Torso for Bruticus ...

Obviously, Silverbolt wouldn't retool well into onslaught well, BUT, retooling him into Blast-off would work well, as it would up-scale the character in the group who's supposed to be the largest, while at the same time, be a reference to the G1 show, where Blastoff's wheelbase and wings formed Bruticus's chest plate.

In doing so, this leaves onslaught out of the loop, but that's where Rook comes in. If these 2 share a mould, we get Onslaught as a Deluxe Paddy-wagon Limb, Swindle a retool/straight repaint of Off-Road, Vortex a retool/straight repaint of Alpha-Bravo, leaving the only guy not yet accounted for as Brawl, who doesn't have a matching combiner wars Tank mould yet. ... [/wild mass guessing]

Wow, never thought of that. That is a really good guess. There was some rumor out there on TFW that Silverbolt has a "out of left field" repaint coming. So you could be right. It would probably look great in Combined mode, but It would bother the heck out of me when they are not combined.

I can live with Alpha Bravo in Slingshot colors, but not a demoted Onslaught. I also saw a photo where they tabbed a Legends seeker onto the chest and it looked pretty good. Maybe they would do the same with a Blast Off?

News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 10:47 pm

I finally found a couple of Combiner War figures in Minnesota! It was just Legends Windcharger and Thundercracker. It's a start, at least. Actually, I quite like this Windcharger retool/repaint, even more so with it in hand. I can understand the preference for the RtS version from a few years ago, but for those who didn't get one then, they've got a perfectly acceptable alternative now.

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 10:50 pm

Wolfman Jake wrote:I finally found a couple of Combiner War figures in Minnesota!

HUZZAH!!

by **CaptainMagic** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 11:17 pm

Wolfman Jake wrote:I finally found a couple of Combiner War figures in Minnesota!

That's great news! If you've got them up in the cities, then Mankato can expect them in...ohhh...six months or so :lol:

Still, I love the waiting for lines that look this good almost as much as I love finding them. And my Target has the RiD one-steps and two lonely Warrior Steeljaws on the shelves, so maybe the wait won't be too terrible.

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Tue Jan 06, 2015 11:50 pm

CaptainMagic wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:I finally found a couple of Combiner War figures in Minnesota!

That's great news! If you've got them up in the cities, then Mankato can expect them in...ohhh...six months or so

Still, I love the waiting for lines that look this good almost as much as I love finding them. And my Target has the RiD one-steps and two lonely Warrior Steeljaws on the shelves, so maybe the wait won't be too terrible.

You guys joke, but they wont be in Canada for the next 6 months at least. We just got the Windblade generations line at TRU and Walmart and Target hasnt gotten there so far (still at Tankor and Rattrap, when you find him).

News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 12:10 am

Oh, it's just as bad in Minnesota. We never got the Windblade wave at retail to my knowledge. We're STILL swimming in the Rattrap wave, and now, weirdly, the Waspinator wave. Plus, you can't get rid of all of the Rhinoxes and Whirls warming the shelves. Haven't seen even a trace of Arcee, Chromia, or Brainstorm. I don't know why, but the stores around here really must have over-ordered the Rattrap and Rhinox waves of figures. It is all they have stocked for Generations since the summer.

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 12:25 am

Wolfbrother - I am seeing a trend down here like this...
Newer Gen. stuff, Windblade wave, etc. = WalMart
AOE scraps, RID 2015 = TRU and Target
CW = Target
I've scored all my big game Gen. stuff at Wally'sMart.
Maybe this will help.

I nabbed Chromia at WM.
DOES ANYBODY KNOW what her case pack is?
Is it, Chrom, Arcee, Rat T, and Tankorg?

News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 1:01 am

TRU was where I found Windcharger and Thundercracker from the Legends wave. There was only one other Windcharger on the pegs, and that was all that store had. It is also the only TRU in the area to have any of that stuff. On the flip side, the 2015 RID stuff is in abundance around here. Target has nothing new since Rattrap's wave. I've not tried Wal-mart in ages, but for the past several years, it has been a wasteland for new Transformers anything around the twin cities. Where about do you live, Lobotron?

Also, I thought that Arcee and Chromia were each shipped in their own exclusive cases, as part of the new "experiment" Hasbro is trying with letting retailers order cases of specific characters instead of assortments. Or is this only true for online retailers?

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 1:19 am

Wolfman Jake wrote:Where about do you live, Lobotron?

Omaha. The WalMart is across the river in Iowa, though. I would think dist. would be similar between NE, IA, and MN. But who knows?

Also, I thought that Arcee and Chromia were each shipped in their own exclusive cases, as part of the new "experiment" Hasbro is trying with letting retailers order cases of specific characters instead of assortments. Or is this only true for online retailers?

Yer RIGHT! i fogot this, thanks

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 6:48 am

Cobotron wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:Also, I thought that Arcee and Chromia were each shipped in their own exclusive cases, as part of the new "experiment" Hasbro is trying with letting retailers order cases of specific characters instead of assortments. Or is this only true for online retailers?
Yer RIGHT! i fogot this, thanks

That wasn't for Big Box retailers, just those who order through Diamond distributor (like comic shops and smaller collector stores). Walmart and the other big box retailers dont deal through Diamond since they can get better deals with Hasbro directly without needing an intermediary and buying in larger quantities. And in that case (pun!), I believe Chromia and Arcee were shipped together. It's like the rattrap and Tankor line, just 2 different figures per box.

News Credits: 12 · by **GuyIncognito** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 10:13 am

Article on Kotaku:

http://kotaku.com/the-latest-transforme ... 1677879611

by **Syn_13** » Wed Jan 07, 2015 12:42 pm

As I said in the UK Sightings thread, I popped into my local TRU to find the CW Deluxes and Voyagers. No Legends, sadly. I've been very much undecided with Menasor since the beginning, but after seeing Drag Strip in hand I couldn't resist him and decided to take the plunge. Even if Menasor doesn't look particularly great the individual bots will still make a great team on my shelf!