by ZeldaTheSwordsman » Sun Jul 28, 2019 11:40 pm
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- Weapon: Galaxial Rocket Launcher
Flashwave wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:SpikeyTigertron wrote:Oddly enough I still feel the combined devastator scales about right too; at least as imposing as he was in siege on Autobot City on the movie
See, I've been telling people (and have had many agree) that Devastator and Predaking are proper Combiner scale, and the other combiners are too small. It's why I've had zero issues with either, they are perfectly sized.
I really wish the next Commander would be Thunderwing, but alas, I think it will be Sky Lynx, a shuttle to go with a spaceship sort of thing
Yes, Titan Devastator and Predaking are definitely Generations Siege scale. And for the Combiner Wars ones to be in proper scale, they should be titan too. At least in combined mode. However, having voyager scaled CARS and bikes wouldn't make any sense.
As for a proper MP scaled Devastator, each components should be at least MP-10 sise and cost nearly 200$ each. Making for an over 1000$US combiner of epic proportions.
Next HasLab project, perhaps?
While I dovthinkvthe CW combiners are a tad small, I like the size theu are close to compared to the Titans because of this:
400px-Predakingg1.jpg
Some of it os proportion, and again the CW Combiner aare a tad small even for this, , but Predaking is HUGE compared to Superion and Defensor
That illustration was done by someone who was going off the G1 toys side by side without factoring in how underscale the other G1 combiner toys were. Like, the Constructicons and the "Scramble City" types (especially the limbs) are shrimpy even next to their fellow Diaclone-originating robots; the Structies and the Scramble City limbs are practically Legion-class toys and look tiny even next to the likes of G1 Mirage and Bluestreak. Whereas the G1 Predacon toys were made in the same robot mode scale as Hot Rod, Kup, et al.
CW Devastator and PotP Predaking are,
in combined form, indeed in perfect cartoon scale with regular size figures. However, the tradeoff for this is that the individual Constructicons and Predacons are
not, especially the Structies; the cartoon's conceit of combiners swelling up to larger than the sum of their parts is to blame. The standard CW and PotP Combiners are the converse; their individual members are in scale with their peers, but the combined form lacks the daikaiju size from the cartoon (although it's still hefty and towering). It does make one miss the Legion size class for G1 characters; that would resolve things nicely. Well, that and having Supreme/Commander-size Devy and Predaking (Especially Devy, he battled other combiners more than Predaking did; I mean, who can forget "Bruticus devastate Devastator!"?) to scale with the other combiners.
Regarding the Commander class... It had better NOT be Sky Lynx. Thanks to Predaking being done as a Titan-class toy, Sky Lynx (his main rival) absolutely
has to be one as well. I still personally think it could be a downsized Omega Supreme (most likely in Guardian Robot colors if so). That would complement Omega Supreme by being a smaller version that scaled better with regular CW and PotP combiners.
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WANT:
Energon Optimus digger, firetruck, & copter drones; super mode head
Ultra-class Optimus Primal missiles, left back panel, mutant mask
Combiner Wars Dead End or Offroad HFG, Breakdown HFG
Armada Thundercracker missile
Armada Optimus front left trailer strut, cheekguards
ROTF Jetfire "JTFR" Panels
Cybertron Safeguard
RID Ultra Magnus missiles
Vector Prime Cyber Key
Armada Jolt, Thunderclash, Clench
RID Galvatron foot/dragon head, 1x launcher/sword hilt
The munky, the trukk, and the Rodebago lack real base modes
The Galaxy Force armor for Leader Class Optimus Prime was a FANTASTIC idea; pull in multiple eras of the Transformers fan base; very cleaver! You could have done the very same thing with Shockwave by giving him Energeon Shockblast armor, but instead we got... Mutant Zombie Shockwave..? Then, I took a close look at Brunt and realized he's got nearly all the right parts to make Shockblast armor! I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and consider the possibility that maybe you had this idea from the get-go. If that's true, touché, well played. The only problem is, for Brunt to make perfect Shockblast Armor, instead of Purple and Gray he needs to be Green and Black. I can hardly believe I'm writing this, but recolor... please??? P.S. the deluxe class Weaponizers concept/play pattern is brilliant and tons of fun; I hope to see a lot more new molds of these as well. P.P.S ; The WFC: SIEGE toyline as whole is the best series of figures to date! Keep up the great work!
