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News Credits: 3 · by **Shockwave7** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 2:08 pm

All sold out. There's some on Amazon. But I'm thinking more about HasbroToyShop.com (partly because I have a promotional discount coupon that would save a few bucks). I would think that Hasbro's 'official' online store would have first pick of the pre-orders, but there's no sign of them. Plus they haven't restocked wave 2 either - all 'out of stock'. The only ones you can really get are the wave1 figures, Armada Megatron (G1 is in constant 'sold out' mode). I would have hoped they would make a few more this time around. They seem to have severely underestimated demand for the CW line. Understandable maybe, since gazillions of unsold Movie4 toys are still choking the shelves at retailers. Maybe they figured they overdid it with the movie4 stuff, so they low-balled production on CW figures.

Still, why give people like Amazon and BBTS first crack at them and totally ignore their official online sales outlet?

News Credits: 9 · by **Editor** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 2:24 pm

Shockwave7 wrote:Still, why give people like Amazon and BBTS first crack at them and totally ignore their official online sales outlet?

Because most retailers if told or noticed that they were selling them direct first would complain and threaten if not just not order, if they feel they are getting product only after Hasbro has already sold the same products direct.

Plus even if you are using a discount the odds are Hasbro's profit margin selling something at say $15.00, will still be higher than if another retailer sold it for $20.00 simply because of the shorter supply chain. This alone will tick off many retailers, and honestly as a consumer you should question this too.

Think of an item that costs $5 to make, once Hasbro marks it up for overhead and profit sells it to retailers for say $10 to $15, and once marked up you see it at retail for between $20 to $30. If you buy direct from Hasbro for say $20, rather than the retailer making $10-$15 to go for overhead before profits, Hasbro who already has covered any possible costs and already making a profit at $10 is now making another $10 in pure profit.

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 3:43 pm

Andy of Kapow Toys fame passed along a note showing off his video reviews of the upcoming (and very soon to be released) Quickslinger (A Slingshot redeco and remold of the Firefly/Fireflight mold) and Brakeneck (A Wildrider redeco and remold of the Dead End mold) Combiner Wars figures!

These are the first in hand views of this duo since promotional images of them were shown over a month ago, and now we get to see them in action as well.

Bonjour

we got some reviews of the new Brake Neck and Quickslinger up!

1) Brake Neck

2) Quickslinger

That's not all, oh no! We have our very own Seibertron.com galleries of these two coming Thursday, so you can see them in glorious high resolution, the same you've come to expect from Seibertron.com, always.

So, remember...

Keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates, plus the best galleries around!

News Credits: 3 · by **Bradimus** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 4:04 pm

I had a hard time catching this screen shot off of Thew's Awesome Transformers Reviews:

Galvatronus Monkey Mode? :-?

News Credits: 3597 · by **Seibertron** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 4:27 pm

Anyone have the Combiner Wars sticker sheet from Asia? I can't figure out where the stickers for the rear of Offroad's vehicle mode are supposed to go. The instructions are kind of vague. It's stickers #18 and #19 for the Stunticons that I can't figure out. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 4:45 pm

Seibertron wrote:Anyone have the Combiner Wars sticker sheet from Asia? I can't figure out where the stickers for the rear of Offroad's vehicle mode are supposed to go. The instructions are kind of vague. It's stickers #18 and #19 for the Stunticons that I can't figure out. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Looking at the shape, I can only guess they go on the quarter panels, right above the wheel well. I could be completely wrong, though. Those instructions are downright awful.

News Credits: 2 · by **Stumpybot** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 4:50 pm

Autobot032 wrote:Andy of Kapow Toys fame passed along a note showing off his video reviews of the upcoming (and very soon to be released) Quickslinger (A Slingshot redeco and remold of the Firefly/Fireflight mold) and Brakeneck (A Wildrider redeco and remold of the Dead End mold) Combiner Wars figures!

These are the first in hand views of this duo since promotional images of them were shown over a month ago, and now we get to see them in action as well.

Bonjour

we got some reviews of the new Brake Neck and Quickslinger up!

1) Brake Neck

2) Quickslinger

That's not all, oh no! We have our very own Seibertron.com galleries of these two coming Thursday, so you can see them in glorious high resolution, the same you've come to expect from Seibertron.com, always.

So, remember...

Keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates, plus the best galleries around!

funny, I posted that the review was up this morning on this thread and in toy reviews... nobody seemed to notice.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 4:57 pm

Stumpybot wrote:funny, I posted that the review was up this morning on this thread and in toy reviews... nobody seemed to notice.

Don't just post in the forum as the News Crew only periodically skims them. You'd have to notify them by using the Submit News form or by mailing them using news[at]seibertron[dot]com as well.

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 5:10 pm

Stumpybot wrote:
Autobot032 wrote:Andy of Kapow Toys fame passed along a note showing off his video reviews of the upcoming (and very soon to be released) Quickslinger (A Slingshot redeco and remold of the Firefly/Fireflight mold) and Brakeneck (A Wildrider redeco and remold of the Dead End mold) Combiner Wars figures!

These are the first in hand views of this duo since promotional images of them were shown over a month ago, and now we get to see them in action as well.

Bonjour

we got some reviews of the new Brake Neck and Quickslinger up!

1) Brake Neck

2) Quickslinger

That's not all, oh no! We have our very own Seibertron.com galleries of these two coming Thursday, so you can see them in glorious high resolution, the same you've come to expect from Seibertron.com, always.

So, remember...

Keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates, plus the best galleries around!

funny, I posted that the review was up this morning on this thread and in toy reviews... nobody seemed to notice.

It's nothing personal, it's partially what Jelze said and partially Andy himself emailed them to us. He's the original source and we have to go with the original source, we just didn't get to them until that point in time because all the news staff is busy with real life stuff. And Jelze is right, we can't possibly read every thread, every post, every page. It's literally impossible to do with the numbers we have on this server.

Please, always use the news submission forum or email us directly so we can get the news out there. (Today's an exception, we wouldn't have been able to get it out sooner, sadly.)

by **Optimum Supreme** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 6:11 pm

Bradimus wrote:I had a hard time catching this screen shot off of Thew's Awesome Transformers Reviews:

Galvatronus Monkey Mode?

Someone "stole" my Inferion unofficial transformation :lol:

News Credits: 3 · by **Optimizzy** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 6:19 pm

Does anyone have an idea when they might see release? I'm hoping BBTS gets them for preorder soon.

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Wed Apr 29, 2015 7:37 pm

Cobotron wrote:Speaking of fun and dumb...

Dead End's flight mode

I tried to do this, how do you get the combiner feet to stay there?

News Credits: 3 · by **prjkt** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 7:07 am

william-james88 wrote:
Cobotron wrote:Speaking of fun and dumb...

Dead End's flight mode

I tried to do this, how do you get the combiner feet to stay there?

I'm going to guess a combination of friction and/or blu-tac

News Credits: 3 · by **prjkt** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 7:15 am

prjkt wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Cobotron wrote:Speaking of fun and dumb...

Dead End's flight mode

I tried to do this, how do you get the combiner feet to stay there?

I'm going to guess a combination of friction and/or blu-tac

Optimizzy wrote:Does anyone have an idea when they might see release? I'm hoping BBTS gets them for preorder soon.

They're available in some parts of Asia as of now, RK are apparently shipping out tomorrow (Fri 1/5/15) - no idea what the distribution/ordering process in the US will be though

by **mtma** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 8:53 am

I like the old guys and all... But did he really need to throw Alpha bravo and Offroad away like that?

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 11:41 am

prjkt wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Cobotron wrote:Speaking of fun and dumb...

Dead End's flight mode

I tried to do this, how do you get the combiner feet to stay there?

I'm going to guess a combination of friction and/or blu-tac

No cheats. The peg at the top of the foot is just nicely wedged under the panel that's flipped up. Also the gun barrels sort of fit over the rear view mirrors creating a bit of tension. The trick is the thumb on the hand foot. It is pushed up and bent in so it hooks around the grey thigh hidden inside that whole assembly.
I'd take some pics but I'm out of town, I can show you when I get back.

News Credits: 62 · by **Primeultimus** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 12:42 pm

May 22 – AERIALBOT QUICKSLINGER and STUNTICON BRAKE-NECK will be available exclusively through participating online retailers, such as Amazon.com, Walmart.com, Target.com, ToysRUs.com, Entertainment Earth, BigBadToyStore, Diamond Comics and Hasbro Toy Shop. With these two new figures, fans are finally able to complete their G1-accurate SUPERION and MENASOR figures! In addition to these all-new toys, several vendors will be running special promotions on TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS: COMBINER WARS figures, providing fans with an ideal way to complete their collections.

News Credits: 15 · by **galvatron00** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 12:44 pm

Primeultimus wrote:May 22 – AERIALBOT QUICKSLINGER and STUNTICON BRAKE-NECK will be available exclusively through participating online retailers, such as Amazon.com, Walmart.com, Target.com, ToysRUs.com, Entertainment Earth, BigBadToyStore, Diamond Comics and Hasbro Toy Shop. With these two new figures, fans are finally able to complete their G1-accurate SUPERION and MENASOR figures! In addition to these all-new toys, several vendors will be running special promotions on TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS: COMBINER WARS figures, providing fans with an ideal way to complete their collections.

Snap! Where are the HTS promo codes?! LOL

News Credits: 62 · by **Primeultimus** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 12:56 pm

Aprilshowers for 15% off

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 12:57 pm

Primeultimus wrote:May 22 – AERIALBOT QUICKSLINGER and STUNTICON BRAKE-NECK will be available exclusively through participating online retailers, such as Amazon.com, Walmart.com, Target.com, ToysRUs.com, Entertainment Earth, BigBadToyStore, Diamond Comics and Hasbro Toy Shop. With these two new figures, fans are finally able to complete their G1-accurate SUPERION and MENASOR figures! In addition to these all-new toys, several vendors will be running special promotions on TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS: COMBINER WARS figures, providing fans with an ideal way to complete their collections.

What is your source? If you have news like this you'd like us to post, please send us a message using the link in my signature, with the proper source.

by **Zeek99g** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 4:27 pm

How tall are the combiner wars figures(both deluxe and voyagers)?

I have noticed Hasbro has decided deluxes are 5 inches tall and voyagers 6 inches tall in some of the other lines. I'm just wondering if this shortness is in the combiner wars as well.

News Credits: 3 · by **prjkt** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 8:03 pm

Seibertron wrote:Anyone have the Combiner Wars sticker sheet from Asia? I can't figure out where the stickers for the rear of Offroad's vehicle mode are supposed to go. The instructions are kind of vague. It's stickers #18 and #19 for the Stunticons that I can't figure out. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

it doesn't help that the instructions don't actually show the side where the stickers go AND has the numbers switched around for those two.

Took me a while to figure it out myself. If you're still stuck I'll try to take a pic on a few hours

News Credits: 15 · by **galvatron00** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 8:23 pm

Primeultimus wrote:Aprilshowers for 15% off

Thanks. Did that go out in their email this week? Pretty sure I skimmed and deleted LOL

News Credits: 4 · by **Tsutsukakushi** » Thu Apr 30, 2015 10:41 pm

Thinking Combiners Wars Combaticons Blastoff. Is going to use a CW Aerialbot. Replacing some of the jet parts with shuttle parts.

Wondering whats going to get done with CW Brawl. Will it be a brand new toy. or a repurpose of CW Rook.

Thinking it might be profitable for HasTak to create a new tank bot toy for CW Brawl. As it can get repurposed into a drill tank for CW Technobot Nosecone.

by **phantom1592** » Fri May 01, 2015 2:56 am

mtma wrote:I like the old guys and all... But did he really need to throw Alpha bravo and Offroad away like that?

I never had the originals, or had much exposure to Aeriolbots... Only knew 'of' Superion, so I didn't recognize the discrepancy until joining the boards here... as such I like AB too... I'm all for G1 in most cases, but this time I'm just not feeling it.

I think it has a LOT to do with the reused body, and add in the fact that it was my least favorite body too. Had it been Skydive maybe... but fireflight? ehhhh really hate the way that tailfin folds up...

And of course the rarity of it and the rabid fans and scalpers... I might get him at cost somewhere... maybe HTS, but I can't justify worrying about Slingshot at scalper prices for a new head and weaker paintjob...