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News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 11:35 am

He's looking really good!

I hope that we'll be seeing more shots with other combiners to show is scale.

News Credits: 5 · by **welcometothedarksyde** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 11:38 am

I think we can all agree that while far from perfect, these are great for the pricepoint

As a side note I wonder if the club is going to run with all these new molds and create a new combiner

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 11:43 am

shajaki wrote:this is how i feel:

I feel like that too.

News Credits: 60 · by **fenrir72** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 11:52 am

So no more kibble(i.e. detached hip guard etc except fists and weapons)? Given the price point, yup , this IS looking good! I can't wait for the Tomy version! =P~

Hopefully they recreate the chrome parts for Silverbolt ala G1!

by **EagleBot13** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 11:54 am

My dreams have come true! He can limb swap!

by **frogbat** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:00 pm

i'm digging these so much.. the only niggles are the hands showing (they could've had them fold inwards or something) and well I have 3 ultra class figures that will get overshadowed by this lot

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:11 pm

frogbat wrote:i'm digging these so much.. the only niggles are the hands showing (they could've had them fold inwards or something) and well I have 3 ultra class figures that will get overshadowed by this lot

Powerglide, Silverbolt, ...
who's the third?

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:12 pm

This is amazing! I am really amazed by Powerglide since it was written a few pages ago that I shouldnt except the same complexity and posability as a scout in a Legends figure. And yet here it is and it looks great. 10 steps to convert, that's as complex as the Voyager Optimus coming out too.
So Windcharger really has no excuse.

News Credits: 2 · by **xyl360** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:17 pm

Wow, this looks waaaaaayyyy better than the ones shown off at Botcon (mistransformed...AGAIN!!!) and I will now probably not only think twice about that next 3rd party combiner, but I'll actually wait until Has/Tak release their own version of it before I even put in a preorder on BBTS. I really didn't expect these to look this good, but there he is in all his Generations style combiner glory. My only nitpick is the forearms which are a bit too long (apeish) and he has the same problem that FP's not-Menasor has with the extremely obvious robot legs pretending to be arm joints but looking more like an anvil hanging on 2 spaghetti noodles. But unlike with FP's, since this one's arms are too long for my tastes, I've got a sneaking suspicion that I can either fix completely or at least improve both situations by simply collapsing the thighs into the lower legs a bit assuming the legs transform by extending out of the lower/rear bits of the jets/cars etc., which it looks like they do. I may lose just a bit of articulation, but for what I'll gain in better proportions and less ANAS (Anvil-Noodle-Arm-Syndrome

) I think it will be well worth it.

And oh yes, that Powerglide is one of the best looking 'Classics' style minibots I've ever seen. Not even the third parties have topped that with any of their offerings for this or any other character so far in my opinion, at least for G1 cartoon and toy accuracy. He looks damn perfect and he will be mine.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:18 pm

Cobotron wrote:
frogbat wrote:i'm digging these so much.. the only niggles are the hands showing (they could've had them fold inwards or something) and well I have 3 ultra class figures that will get overshadowed by this lot

Powerglide, Silverbolt, ...
who's the third?

If you mean Onslaught, the third and fourth team have yet to be announced/or confirmed, so they could be anyone.

News Credits: 23 · by **Madeus Prime** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:20 pm

To mis-quote one of my favorite Japanese superheroes: SUPERION KITAAAAAA!!!!

Looks excellently well balanced and articulated, wish we could've gotten some knee action there, with the actual joints. And I'm really hoping Silverbolt's elbows are tight for the way that they combine.

welcometothedarksyde wrote:As a side note I wonder if the club is going to run with all these new molds and create a new combiner

Nexus Maximus part deux?

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:23 pm

On the other hand, he is woefully out of scale with most Classics figures (the A10 Thunderbolt is a pretty large plane- the Ultra figure was actually fairly well scaled). That said I'd happily pick him up for my Legends collection, as he does look pretty good.

As for Superion himself, he looks pretty neat, although those hands are way too big. The amrs obviously being robot mode legs doesn't bother me though- at the end of the day Superion is a robot made of slightly smaller robots, so it stands to reason that his combined mode wouldn't be a perfect humanoid.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:23 pm

Madeus Prime wrote:Nexus Maximus part deux?

Nexus Prime. Whatever you do, do not Google the Maximus name :-$

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:26 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Madeus Prime wrote:Nexus Maximus part deux?

Nexus Prime. Whatever you do, do not Google the Maximus name

Still a less unfortunate name than dear old Spastic.

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:30 pm

anyone else think its odd that the pics show him using silverbolts knee joint instead of the combiner port joint?

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:35 pm

Just wanted to let you know guys that there are a ton more pictures of the combined form at the source's link (if it wasn't clear in the news post).

http://tfnd.net/discuz/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=35795&extra=page%3D1

Lke this one:

News Credits: 118 · by **megatronus** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:37 pm

shajaki wrote:
Cobotron wrote:Who dipped him in AWESOME SAUCE?
i know right? is it odd that he's one of the CW figures im most anticipating?

Yea, Powerglide rocks.

News Credits: 23 · by **Madeus Prime** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:46 pm

Delta Magnus wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Madeus Prime wrote:Nexus Maximus part deux?

Nexus Prime. Whatever you do, do not Google the Maximus name

Still a less unfortunate name than dear old Spastic.

Didn't Google it, but I TFwiki'd it. I understand now, much to the violation of my youthful impressionable mind. :saint:

Nexus Prime repaints of these guys would actually be neat.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:50 pm

Madeus Prime wrote:
Delta Magnus wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Madeus Prime wrote:Nexus Maximus part deux?

Nexus Prime. Whatever you do, do not Google the Maximus name

Still a less unfortunate name than dear old Spastic.

Didn't Google it, but I TFwiki'd it. I understand now, much to the violation of my youthful impressionable mind.

Nexus Prime repaints of these guys would actually be neat.

All we'd need are 2 Combaticons and we're all set. Although, Heatwave could be a Hot Spot repaint (a la Heatwave the Firebot) and Topspin is a copter. Landquake is a problem as a tank... :-?

by **griftimus prime** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:55 pm

hope they do computron and abominus next.

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 12:58 pm

griftimus prime wrote:hope they do computron and abominus next.

You and me both!

News Credits: 23 · by **Madeus Prime** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 1:04 pm

I'm just starting on the IDW comics (I have read RID, MTMTE and IDW volume 1), so I'm going to sound a right moron for asking this, but what combiner teams or members have appeared in them? I know the Constructicons, Aerialbots and Monsterbots are in them, and can conbine, but I don't know if the Stunticons appear in the comics (despite being mentioned in RID) I also was curious to know if any other Combaticons are in them, aside from Swindle, Brawl and Blast Off.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 1:44 pm

Delta Magnus wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Madeus Prime wrote:Nexus Maximus part deux?

Nexus Prime. Whatever you do, do not Google the Maximus name

Still a less unfortunate name than dear old Spastic.

Eh, I think everyone can agree that Nexus Maximus was an unfortunate name choice, but Spastic was only an issue with some Europeans. For Americans and much of the world the word doesn't hold any derogatory meaning. Weird Al even used the word in his recent song "Word Crimes" ("Saw your blog post, It's really fantastic, That was sarcastic (Oh, psych!), 'Cause you write like a spastic") and the Internet didn't blow up.

Emerje

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Sat Dec 06, 2014 1:58 pm

Madeus Prime wrote:I'm just starting on the IDW comics (I have read RID, MTMTE and IDW volume 1), so I'm going to sound a right moron for asking this, but what combiner teams or members have appeared in them? I know the Constructicons, Aerialbots and Monsterbots are in them, and can conbine, but I don't know if the Stunticons appear in the comics (despite being mentioned in RID) I also was curious to know if any other Combaticons are in them, aside from Swindle, Brawl and Blast Off.

Since Death of Optimus Prime and the two ongoings started, we've seen Devastator/Prowlestator, Monstructor, Superion (in old configuration, plus introduced to Alpha Bravo and Powerglide). Menasor shows up in mentions, and can be found in the 2009-2011 ongoing (if you have to).

Combaticons as a more or less complete team, though not Bruticus, if I'm not completely off the mark, have only shown up in Primacy, early IDWverse and 2009-2011 Costa run. The latter also had the Predacons, who are still hanging around, though not as a combiner.