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william-james88 wrote:

Kyleor wrote:When Energon did the shirt/pants combiners they looked decent, these just look awful.

Looks like a hard pass on this sub-line.

There is a huge difference between these and the energon toys: The energon toys were the mainline toys. The energon line was made for everyone, kids and collectors. You didnt like the gimick, tough!

But this is whats replacing the one steps for the kids. I dont know why any of us care so much that they arent to our liking. The minaline toys are still around, we are getting super sweet new warriors and those who like seeker repaints are getting them too. These are just the next thing to get for people who liked the one steps.

Those of us who have been around a while know that some of these are meant for the younger crowd. But deep down we're also thinking, 'The crumb-crunchers and yard apes have the Rescue Bots - why can't we have everything else?'

And I admit, these 'combiner force' things don't do anything for me based on looks alone. How does sideswipe feel about being Bumblebee's PANTS? These don't look any better than the 'Power Core Combiner' line...

So, Soundwave. He looks great! Remember when Starscream was revealed we all chipped in on what he drew influence from? I think they did that again here. Soundwave has: TFP Soundwave's head, WFC/FOC Soundwave's robot mode, Animated Soundwave's alt-mode, and G1 Soundwave's colors. Anyone see anything else?

Ultra Markus wrote:___

looks like strongarm is the pants in that relationship

Please people If you are going to quote other people just to make a joke or make a reply to images for crying out loud please delete the images that are not relevant to your reply. The previous page is the same images over and over and over and it looks so messy and any comments get lost in the sea of images.

To make that gag all that was needed was the final picture. or indeed for me to comment that Optimus now has lady parts.

Decepticon Stryker wrote:So, Soundwave. He looks great! Remember when Starscream was revealed we all chipped in on what he drew influence from? I think they did that again here. Soundwave has: TFP Soundwave's head, WFC/FOC Soundwave's robot mode, Animated Soundwave's alt-mode, and G1 Soundwave's colors. Anyone see anything else?

I'm not sure you can get much more Soundwave in there. He literally is 3/4 toys in one, I don't know if he could physically take anymore

Ultra Markus wrote:___

Ever had so much highgrade you woke up with a cop car for pants?

Actually, I should throw in my two bits on the Combiner Force. I think it's great that they're adding Combiners to the TFP/RID universe; but by Primus's right nostril do those things look bad. Remember the Animated Happy Meal toys? Those were good. Really good (and surprisingly going for high prices on eBay). And they were better looking than these! That's not a combiner! It's Bumblebee with different colored legs! It's like those paper dolls with the different clothes and legs and- I'm going to stop myself from going into an hour long rant. Seriously though!? How can there be something that looks worse than the 1 steps! I'd forgive the bad altmodes if the combined form looked better, but it's not! These looked better when they were first shown, though it may have been bad lighting. I've seen carwash KO's that look better than these!

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Decepticon Stryker wrote:So, Soundwave. He looks great! Remember when Starscream was revealed we all chipped in on what he drew influence from? I think they did that again here. Soundwave has: TFP Soundwave's head, WFC/FOC Soundwave's robot mode, Animated Soundwave's alt-mode, and G1 Soundwave's colors. Anyone see anything else?

I'm not sure you can get much more Soundwave in there. He literally is 3/4 toys in one, I don't know if he could physically take anymore

Give him a missile launcher and a radar dish and that would work. And maybe a satellite alt-mode. And Dr. Claw's voice (And yes, I know Welker has voiced almost every single incarnation of Soundwave whose appeared on screen). Actually, Welker apparently did some sound effects for him in Prime. Think he'll finally get a voice here?

Decepticon Stryker wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Decepticon Stryker wrote:So, Soundwave. He looks great! Remember when Starscream was revealed we all chipped in on what he drew influence from? I think they did that again here. Soundwave has: TFP Soundwave's head, WFC/FOC Soundwave's robot mode, Animated Soundwave's alt-mode, and G1 Soundwave's colors. Anyone see anything else?

I'm not sure you can get much more Soundwave in there. He literally is 3/4 toys in one, I don't know if he could physically take anymore

Give him a missile launcher and a radar dish and that would work. And maybe a satellite alt-mode. And Dr. Claw's voice (And yes, I know Welker has voiced almost every single incarnation of Soundwave whose appeared on screen). Actually, Welker apparently did some sound effects for him in Prime. Think he'll finally get a voice here?

Given that Welker voiced him in Prime, Welker was seen in the RiD booth doing some voices, and the fact that he is getting a new toy, it is entirely possible Soundwave will come back and talk again. then again, Megatron could be coming back and Welker is voicing him, but it's all up in the air

RAR wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:___

looks like strongarm is the pants in that relationship

Please people If you are going to quote other people just to make a joke or make a reply to images for crying out loud please delete the images that are not relevant to your reply. The previous page is the same images over and over and over and it looks so messy and any comments get lost in the sea of images.

To make that gag all that was needed was the final picture. or indeed for me to comment that Optimus now has lady parts.

If they're interchangeable, anyone can have lady parts

btw the blue parts look like they can be swung down to form proper feet.

While there are of course the much bigger negatives, something that's nagging me about these figures are the heads. Now, obviously, they're supposed to be a mix-and-match of the components' heads with the head of the 'shirt' being the more prominent. Bumblebee with Sideswipe's mask and Optimus with Strongarm's head details, essentially.

But aren't these supposed to be mix and match, rendering that little detail kind of moot and nonsensical? So when you get both sets and put Bumblebee on Strongarm, the face is... still a mix of Bumblebee and Sideswipe. I don't know, just a little detail that's bothering me.

DeathReviews wrote:
Those of us who have been around a while know that some of these are meant for the younger crowd. But deep down we're also thinking, 'The crumb-crunchers and yard apes have the Rescue Bots - why can't we have everything else?'

Because the primary audience for this show is little kids? The same audience of the brand as a whole? Honestly, shows tons of love to it's older audience, far more than most other companies.

Microraptor wrote:

DeathReviews wrote:
Those of us who have been around a while know that some of these are meant for the younger crowd. But deep down we're also thinking, 'The crumb-crunchers and yard apes have the Rescue Bots - why can't we have everything else?'

Because the primary audience for this show is little kids? The same audience of the brand as a whole? Honestly, shows tons of love to it's older audience, far more than most other companies.

Yeah, Combiner Wars and Titans Return are a big throwback to G1. Plus they have details that older fans love. Which is why I am not mad that a lot of the RiD stuff is kind of cheesy. Transformers is an all-ages series but at it's core it is for children/teens.

I will say that the RiD line has had more good figs than I expected it to. Warrior class Thunderhoof would probably be my favorite. I don't own any of the others but a lot of them look really good. I'll def be getting the Warrior Ratchet when he shows up at my retail or a reasonable price online.

they forgot to fold down strongarm's feet for combined mode. you can see the blue parts are attached to hinges.

You read that title right, the latest Robots in Disguise Warrior figures have been found at retail. A toysrus in Glendale, Arizona, to be precise. It was even found during their Buy One Get One 40% off sale (which is happening right now, if you were unaware). This is wave 10 in the warriors class and it is currently unavailable for preorders online. What is most interesting is that the phots provided by TFW2005 user Rabble show the rest of the wave. So along with Stormshot, Blastwave and a white redeco of Drift, this wave also includes a rerelease of Strongarm and a rerelease of the previously exclusive Starscream. It is unclear if this Starscream is different from the Clash of the Transformers Toysrus figure. There can be other rereleased figures part of this wave but that is also unconfirmed. They all sport a new Combiner Force logo on the box, highlighting the 2017 subline.

Blastwave has Bludgeon's head instead of the one seen in his artwork.

Lol nice bra there, Blastwave.

I'm immature

I dont know how noteworthy this is, but if you take the UPC codes and look em up on Amazon, you find that Stormshot is labelled as Skyfire
So would this be the RID take on Jetfire?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01ET5YZ98?ta ... formers-20

william-james88 wrote:I dont know how noteworthy this is, but if you take the UPC codes and look em up on Amazon, you find that Stormshot is labelled as Skyfire
So would this be the RID take on Jetfire?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01ET5YZ98?ta ... formers-20

Could have been an early production name for the figure.

I want Stormshot and maybe Drift. Blastwave... nah, I'll wait on Bludgeon

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:I dont know how noteworthy this is, but if you take the UPC codes and look em up on Amazon, you find that Stormshot is labelled as Skyfire
So would this be the RID take on Jetfire?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01ET5YZ98?ta ... formers-20

Could have been an early production name for the figure.

Of note is that "Skyfire" has been in the firm hands of Mattel since 2003's Energon line, and was meant to be used for the Omnicon Skyblast. Apparently Hasbro is still unable to obtain that trademark

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Of note is that "Skyfire" has been in the firm hands of Mattel since 2003's Energon line, and was meant to be used for the Omnicon Skyblast. Apparently Hasbro is still unable to obtain that trademark

What is mattel using it for?

william-james88 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Of note is that "Skyfire" has been in the firm hands of Mattel since 2003's Energon line, and was meant to be used for the Omnicon Skyblast. Apparently Hasbro is still unable to obtain that trademark

What is mattel using it for?

Keep a close eye on the Max Steel line, especially with the movie being released.

I can't wait for the inevitable Takara redeco of the Combiner Force into the Multi-Force.

Sabrblade wrote:Blastwave has Bludgeon's head instead of the one seen in his artwork.

Blastwave has Bludgeon's EVERYTHING instead of what's seen in the artwork. They should have shared engineering rather than be a straight repaint.

Emerje

I'm sad that they didn't use the takara head reaculpt, but that drift could still make an okay affordable stand in for ode drift. Is the head easily replaceable by any chance?