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News Credits: 54 · by **Deadput** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:00 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
*EDIT* Don't be surprised if Quickslinger and Brake-Neck are turned into new characters, possibly direct copies of their predecessors.

Why would they?

Not everything in Combiner Wars is based on IDW in case of point Galvatronus is in the toyline but is confirmed to not be in the comics.

Offroad's packaging says that Wildrider "fell" in battle yet in IDW Wildrider just quit the team after they lost to Bumblebee yet is still alive.

News Credits: 3 · by **MrBlack** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:05 pm

I'm glad we're getting a Slingshot (of sorts). He's the only Aerialbot I had as kid (and still have), so I would get him for nostalgia's sake even if he wasn't part of a combiner team.

Now to decide whether to keep him as a separate figure or as part of Superion. I like Alpha Bravo more as an individual figure, but I do have a soft spot for Slingshot as a character...

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:09 pm

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
*EDIT* Don't be surprised if Quickslinger and Brake-Neck are turned into new characters, possibly direct copies of their predecessors.

Why would they?

Not everything in Combiner Wars is based on IDW in case of point Galvatronus is in the toyline but is confirmed to not be in the comics.

Offroad's packaging says that Wildrider "fell" in battle yet in IDW Wildrider just quit the team after they lost to Bumblebee yet is still alive.

With Hasbro fiction you never know... Just preparing mentally for that, that's all.

by **Yotsuyasan** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:09 pm

Disclaimer: Totally not mine! But I came across this on the TFW2005 forums, and thought it was worth sharing:

If I had the Energon Optimus Prime's trailer and drones... and, of course, those 3D printed adapters... this would be a cool option of what to do with Combiner Wars Optimus Prime!

News Credits: 3 · by **Breakdown318** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:11 pm

OMG Wildrider is confirmed! That POS Offroad can jump off a cliff! :DANCE:

News Credits: 54 · by **Deadput** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:12 pm

Yotsuyasan wrote:Disclaimer: Totally not mine! But I came across this on the TFW2005 forums, and thought it was worth sharing:

If I had the Energon Optimus Prime's trailer and drones... and, of course, those 3D printed adapters... this would be a cool option of what to do with Combiner Wars Optimus Prime!

Cheesus Crust!

I need that in my life!

News Credits: 42 · by **Autobot N** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:14 pm

Man, Hasbro has a sense of humor :lol:

.

EDIT: Has someone tried brightening the picture to see what they look like? People have tried that sort of trick with reveal images for game developer Scott Cawthon's popular series Five Nights at Freddy's, and they have found things that you wouldn't have seen any other way.

by **Desslok2201** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:15 pm

Nothing is going to make me cancel my Takara Superion preorder, but I would very much like to see their Menasor and Hasbro's Wildrider so I can make up my mind about that set. I really haven't seen anything in the past several years come out of Hasbro that has not been beaten by the Takara version. It's a shame, I used to support them, but I just don't like the decisions they've made lately.

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:20 pm

News Credits: 42 · by **Autobot N** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:26 pm

Burn wrote:

Did you brighten the picture, or did I have incredibly bad timing at suggesting that it should be brightened?

by **gothsaurus** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:29 pm

These head sculpts look spot on. Ole Wildrider (sic) even has his little head bolts like in the G1 cartoon.

I'd wager the Takara will lose the red stripe on the side. Not bad for a retool. I'll definitely get these two.

News Credits: 2 · by **Crosscheck** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:32 pm

Hmm, those look pretty good. If I find them I will probably get them. Not going to hunt them down though.

News Credits: 62 · by **Primeultimus** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:33 pm

BREAK-NECK (WILDRIDER) + QUICKSLINGER (SLINGSHOT) REVEALED

by **Yotsuyasan** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:33 pm

Burn wrote:(Image)

Wow... That was fast. Why'd they even bother with the shadowed, "The Rumors Are True" version if they were going to give us a clear version later the same afternoon?

News Credits: 438 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:34 pm

Burn wrote:

Vs. Takara Sling:

by **gothsaurus** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:34 pm

It looks like the recruiting branch of the torch-bearing cloaked secret Transformers Completist Cult needs to make a loop by Crosscheck's house after hours.

AND

Drat. Looks like Taraka wins again.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:35 pm

Burn beat you to it. Sorry...

News Credits: 2 · by **Crosscheck** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:45 pm

The paint apps appear more extensive on the Hasbro version than on the Takara version. Overall, Takara's offerings have been less than impressive to me. Not worth the price of admission.

by **Yotsuyasan** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:45 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Vs. Takara Slingshot:

I was just looking at that, myself... Definitely some differences. The faction symbol is in a different location. There is some silver on Hasbro's chest that on Takara is red. And the paint on the kneecaps looks a different color on each. Also, the black on Hasbro's hands looks like it comes up a bit further on the figure's wrists.

You can't see the Hasbro version's lower legs. I wonder if the bit of red there on Takara's is present on Hasbro's?

As far as alt mode, the images we have of each are much lower resolution, but the wings do look slightly different. Takara's has faction logos outside of the stripes:

The Hasbro version looks like it has them on the stripes:

News Credits: 438 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:48 pm

So, yeah, as anticipated, Takara's Sling is the more show-accurate of the two.

by **gothsaurus** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:56 pm

It cracks me up how much his head looks like.... Leader 1. He has those big aviator sunglasses on, ready for a cameo in Top Gun. :grin:

Or you could swap his head onto a different plane for a nice custom. >:oP

News Credits: 54 · by **Deadput** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 4:01 pm

Sabrblade wrote:So, yeah, as anticipated, Takara's Sling is the more show-accurate of the two.

That might be true but I think the Hasbro deco looks better especially the face not a fan of Orange visor on a orange face of the same shade.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 4:02 pm

We've had the teaser from the official Transformers Facebook page, how about actual confirmation for the upcoming Hasbro releases for Generations Combiner Wars Slingshot and Wildrider? Or rather Quickslinger and Brake-Neck, as they will now be named, and featuring the Takara Tomy counterpart headsculpts too with tweaked decos - check them out below!

Ask, and you shall receive. Here are the Generations Combiner Wars Quickslinger and Brake-Neck. They’ll be joining the battle and hitting online retailers in May!

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 4:04 pm

Yotsuyasan wrote:Disclaimer: Totally not mine! But I came across this on the TFW2005 forums, and thought it was worth sharing:

If I had the Energon Optimus Prime's trailer and drones... and, of course, those 3D printed adapters... this would be a cool option of what to do with Combiner Wars Optimus Prime!

That's...horrifying. Separately those figures (CW Prime and Energon Prime) are bad enough, but together? :SICK:

News Credits: 1 · by **Thadicon** » Tue Mar 24, 2015 4:08 pm

Definitely going to do my best to get that Wildrider. Offroad is still quite cool he may not be an original G1 character but he does look quite good in my books so I will keep him as part of the team or if I can find a fan mode to combine him with Menasor. Maybe fill out Menasor's back a little.

I was looking at the colors and Wildrider and Offroad have alot of differences which is nice too even the shade of grey looks darker on Wildrider but that could just be the lighting.