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I decided against this for now. I don't want to spend money right now on something this out of place (IMO). Predaking should be the largest combiner on my shelves. This guy may just be too much for me.

News Credits: 293 · Wed Sep 10, 2014 8:44 pm

Mkall wrote:I decided against this for now. I don't want to spend money right now on something this out of place (IMO). Predaking should be the largest combiner on my shelves. This guy may just be too much for me.

same here. i find myself surprised that UT made a combiner that has aesthetics i normally seek, but he's just too big. my scramble city combiners gotta be the same size as quantron, intimidator, and munitioner/explorer bruticus. i got a good thing going and aim to keep it that way.

News Credits: 123 · Thu Sep 11, 2014 5:46 am

Mkall wrote:I decided against this for now. I don't want to spend money right now on something this out of place (IMO). Predaking should be the largest combiner on my shelves. This guy may just be too much for me.

I'm sorry, but your comment just reminded me of this...

News Credits: 4 · Thu Sep 11, 2014 7:42 am

shajaki wrote:
Mkall wrote:I decided against this for now. I don't want to spend money right now on something this out of place (IMO). Predaking should be the largest combiner on my shelves. This guy may just be too much for me.
same here. i find myself surprised that UT made a combiner that has aesthetics i normally seek, but he's just too big. my scramble city combiners gotta be the same size as quantron, intimidator, and munitioner/explorer bruticus. i got a good thing going and aim to keep it that way.

Also plan to hold off on buying all 3rd party combiners. Waiting for NYCC in October to see what newer Combiners Hasbro reveals. Speculating HasTak in 2015-2016 will give fans most of the 1985-1986 combiners teams.

Think Combiners Wars Defensor is a given, Since Superion has that rescue heliopter. Shouldn't be too hard to do a Computron. Hoping to see a Combiners Wars Predaking, G-1 Bruticus and Abonimus. The Dinobots and Piranking would be nice.

News Credits: 461 · Thu Sep 11, 2014 11:06 am

From Omegalock

Thu Sep 11, 2014 11:17 am

You know, looking back at their first entry with Predaking, their 2nd combiner is like 300% improvement. I wonder if they get some pointers from the guys at MMC because it seems to be channeling the same vibe (with less overdone parallel linings!)
Too bad Abominus is not my cup of tea or I'd be all over this.

News Credits: 293 · Thu Sep 11, 2014 11:36 am

Tsutsukakushi wrote:Also plan to hold off on buying all 3rd party combiners. Waiting for NYCC in October to see what newer Combiners Hasbro reveals. Speculating HasTak in 2015-2016 will give fans most of the 1985-1986 combiners teams.

Think Combiners Wars Defensor is a given, Since Superion has that rescue heliopter. Shouldn't be too hard to do a Computron. Hoping to see a Combiners Wars Predaking, G-1 Bruticus and Abonimus. The Dinobots and Piranking would be nice.

im not too worried. the chances of hasbro making a combiner i like better than a 3P's is pretty slim. not saying they wont make any good combiners, just that they wont be on par. cause im not tossing my intimidator out the window just cause they made menasor. intimidator is still superior.

either way, ill still be buying hasbros. if theres already a 3P version of him on my shelf, hasbros will likely stand with him in their seperate bot modes.

News Credits: 12 · Thu Sep 11, 2014 11:50 am

Not-Blot looks nice. The troll mode looks pretty beastly.

Not sure about the storage for the foot. I would have preferred if if they gave Abominus taloned feet and had the feet work as massive battle claws in the separated modes.

So far with the individual robots look great but the combined mode is so-so. If this is the only Abominus we get I might go for him, but if Hasbro or another 3P company makes a more monstrous and less "generic 80s combiner" looking version (my money is on TFC or MakeToys) I'll go for that.

(Also, am I the only one who think we should get a decent 3P version of ROTF Devastator? We're stuck with either a tiny Legends toy or a kinda crappy Supreme gimmick figure for one of the coolest combiner designs in ages...TFC, get on it!)

News Credits: 1 · Thu Sep 11, 2014 12:02 pm

Delta Magnus wrote:Not-Blot looks nice. The troll mode looks pretty beastly.

Not sure about the storage for the foot. I would have preferred if if they gave Abominus taloned feet and had the feet work as massive battle claws in the separated modes.

So far with the individual robots look great but the combined mode is so-so. If this is the only Abominus we get I might go for him, but if Hasbro or another 3P company makes a more monstrous and less "generic 80s combiner" looking version (my money is on TFC or MakeToys) I'll go for that.

Summed up my thoughts exactly!

Delta Magnus wrote:(Also, am I the only one who think we should get a decent 3P version of ROTF Devastator? We're stuck with either a tiny Legends toy or a kinda crappy Supreme gimmick figure for one of the coolest combiner designs in ages...TFC, get on it!)

Except here ... you're on your own with that one, pal. >:oP

Thu Sep 11, 2014 1:36 pm

Okay, if nothing else, I want that Blot.

Size isn't as big a concern as it once was, since there's not many neo-G1 combiners I need anymore. I'm only getting one of each for my shelves, and the only one we haven't seen anything for is Piranacon. So if he's a bit big, that's not too much a deal-breaker for me.

Thu Sep 11, 2014 3:38 pm

Wouldnt it be cool if someone would just invent a ray gun that shrinks/enlarges the figures to whatever scale you want them ? Id buy these, Warbotron, and the MP line and shrink the crap out of them, then start enlarging legends figures...

News Credits: 12 · Thu Sep 11, 2014 3:45 pm

Rated X wrote:Wouldnt it be cool if someone would just invent a ray gun that shrinks/enlarges the figures to whatever scale you want them ? Id buy these, Warbotron, and the MP line and shrink the crap out of them, then start enlarging legends figures...

It exists. It's called the knockoff industry.

That said, a size-changing raygun is the only way that Transformers' ludicrous grasp on scale could ever be properly represented in plastic, seeing as at the moment, "proper scale" seems to result in an F-15 Eagle smaller than a truck...

Yeah.

News Credits: 3 · Thu Sep 11, 2014 4:29 pm

Mkall wrote:I decided against this for now. I don't want to spend money right now on something this out of place (IMO). Predaking should be the largest combiner on my shelves. This guy may just be too much for me.

Normally, I'd be right there with you with regards to size and whatnot, but this is Abominus. He's the only full combiner I had as a kid and thus holds a special place in my heart as one of those that I must "OWN ALL THE THINGS!" for.

News Credits: 4 · Thu Sep 11, 2014 8:01 pm

In agreeance that UT Abonimus is too big.

If a 3rd party would create a deluxe version of Hun-Gurr. that could combine with the BH Legends Terrorcons. Id be interested in something like this. Since the 1987 Terrorcons limbs bots were legends-commander scale. While 1987 Hun-Gurr was a Deluxe scaled toy.

News Credits: 12 · Thu Sep 11, 2014 8:28 pm

Well, that would work for a Legends setup but would still be useless for a "normal" collection. You'd end up with a combiner who's only slightly bigger than a normal guy. Which would make sense if he was Menasor (because how big can a few cars and a truck standing on top of each other be?) but for Abominus, nah. He's made of guys who turn into made up monsters, so it stands to reason he should be massive. Maybe not as big as Predaking (which shouldn't be a problem as MMC Predaking is pretty big and AFAIK TFC Predaking is one of the biggest combiners ever) but still huge.

Eh, it's Transformers. TFWiki has a whole damn page dedicated to the absurd relationship between our beloved brand and scale. When you throw non-vehicular alt modes into the mix it just gets worse. I think Unique Toys were drawing up the plans and thought "Eh, he's called Abominus and he's made of monsters, let's make him huge! That would be cool." And lo, a huge Abominus.

I'm still not sure if I'll buy this, although I won't repeat myself a 3rd time. Alternatively I might just buy another Energon Cruellock and 2 more Energon Divebombs and finally complete the "Energon Abominus". He's a brick but he looks cool and you don't have to make any modifications or track down rare or expensive figures.

News Credits: 33 · Mon Sep 22, 2014 4:43 pm

Mon Sep 22, 2014 4:56 pm

Okay, if I wasn't before, now I'm sold 100% on him.

News Credits: 3 · Mon Sep 22, 2014 4:59 pm

Super excited, even if Blot was my least favorite of the Terrorcons.

News Credits: 33 · Mon Sep 22, 2014 5:42 pm

Benscollectables review .

Peaugh review .

Mon Sep 22, 2014 6:24 pm

Thanks for those, Genocide.

Now I can see how good this guy is.

News Credits: 4 · Mon Sep 22, 2014 7:46 pm

Autobot Genocide wrote:

No thanks.

Wouldn't mind if the 1987 Terrorcons limbs bots that were legends-commander scale went up to Deluxe scale. But going up to Voyager or Ultra toy scale is extremly oversized.

Having a 3rd party team leader core bot Hun-Gurr be Leader scale, Is even more oversized.

I'll hope and wait for the $80 2015-2016 HasTak Combiners Wars Terrorcons Abonimus. That has Deluxe scale limbs bots, With a Voyager scale Hun-gurr.

News Credits: 123 · Mon Sep 22, 2014 10:29 pm

Tsutsukakushi wrote:
Autobot Genocide wrote:

No thanks.

Wouldn't mind if the 1987 Terrorcons limbs bots that were legends-commander scale went up to Deluxe scale. But going up to Voyager or Ultra toy scale is extremly oversized.

Having a 3rd party team leader core bot Hun-Gurr be Leader scale, Is even more oversized.

I'll hope and wait for the $80 2015-2016 HasTak Combiners Wars Terrorcons Abonimus. That has Deluxe scale limbs bots, With a Voyager scale Hun-gurr.

We still don't know how many combiners Hasbro is going to make, but I would think that Abominus is probably towards the end of the list, if only for the reason Hasbro can't reuse those molds with other combiners.

Mon Sep 22, 2014 10:48 pm

Like was said earlier. I would have liked some liberties taken to make Abominus more monstrous in combined mode. He just looks like a bot. Almost generic.

I'm gonna wait on this and see what else comes up from another company. I'm not entirely smitten with the combined mode to merit paying the price.

I want something good and ugly as my Abominus.

News Credits: 10 · Mon Sep 22, 2014 11:02 pm

Oh, dadgum! This thing looks sweet. *sigh* Yeah, my preorder is in place, at least until MMC or someone else provides a render...

News Credits: 293 · Mon Sep 22, 2014 11:21 pm

Agamemnon wrote:Yeah, my preorder is in place, at least until MMC or someone else provides a render...

that just made me think, what an odd time we live in.

lots of people wont buy any of these combiners until theyre finished releasing. now weve even gotten to the point where people arent committing because another company right across the street might be making the same thing, slightly better or more suited to your tastes.