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A new image of the Takara Tomy Transformers Go! Autobot Ninja Combiner is making the rounds. This image gives us a small but clear look at all three figures Gekisomaru (lion), Hishomaru, (phoenix) and Sensuimaru (shark) in both their modes. We also get a larger animation image of one of the combined modes. Check these guys out below.

I like the samurai team better. These guys' altmodes are rather kibbly

Mkall wrote:I like the samurai team better. These guys' altmodes are rather kibbly

Hishoumaru (the phoenix) is the worst offender, which is surprising. Then again, extra mass for the gimmick, he reminds me of G1 Wingspan or Hawk Saber from Densestu no Yuusha Da Garn

Again,I love the fact that these guys harkens back to Takara's Brave Series and am interested in getting these toys sometime in the future.

Just cancelled my pre-orders, they are not worth that much

Simba looks meh.

Tweetie also looks meh.

Oddly, I'm getting a Sky Byte vibe off of Jaws the Derpy Shark over there.

I'm really digging their initial combined mode.

Shame the combined figure won't look as good as the CG model (At least I doubt it will...what if it does?

I've been keeping up with the news on these but only just caught on...Autobot vehicles, Decepticon beasts. I see what they did there

Wait, hang on-are these Autobots or Decepticons? Are both combiners the same faction? And here's me saying I've been keeping up

Shinobi Team = AWESOME!

Go-Gekisō = SO AWESOME!

hinomars19 wrote:I've been keeping up with the news on these but only just caught on...Autobot vehicles, Decepticon beasts. I see what they did there

Erm... both teams are Autobots.

Mindmaster wrote:

hinomars19 wrote:I've been keeping up with the news on these but only just caught on...Autobot vehicles, Decepticon beasts. I see what they did there

Erm... both teams are Autobots.

Couldn't you have come by after I realised my mistake and edited my initial post?
Now I look even stoopider

hinomars19 wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

hinomars19 wrote:I've been keeping up with the news on these but only just caught on...Autobot vehicles, Decepticon beasts. I see what they did there

Erm... both teams are Autobots.

Couldn't you have come by after I realised my mistake and edited my initial post?
Now I look even stoopider

Sorry, whenever I get an email notifying me about an update on one of the threads, I check immediately so it doesn't clutter my inbox. I left my iPod alone for less than an hour, about 20 plus emails were there.

Mindmaster wrote:

hinomars19 wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

hinomars19 wrote:I've been keeping up with the news on these but only just caught on...Autobot vehicles, Decepticon beasts. I see what they did there

Erm... both teams are Autobots.

Couldn't you have come by after I realised my mistake and edited my initial post?
Now I look even stoopider

Sorry, whenever I get an email notifying me about an update on one of the threads, I check immediately so it doesn't clutter my inbox. I left my iPod alone for less than an hour, about 20 plus emails were there.

Well, it's not like it wasn't my fault, it even says AUTOBOT combiner in the news post

Mkall wrote:I like the samurai team better. These guys' altmodes are rather kibbly

Ugh, so true. The phoenix looks like it needs to go on a diet, and the shark looks more like a baby whale.

loving the fat shark. Pat Sharpe? combined mode looks damn nice. want more pics of these guys, because right now they're a lot more appealing to me than the vehicle ones. kinda wish they were 'Cons though.

PredaCons.

And here I was thinking this team of combiners might've been the one to go for. I guess not. Aslan's got a big head, Fog Horn Leg Horn's got a big belly, and Lenny from Shark Tale is looking more like his voice actor.

Doubt I'll be getting these either.

I love the artwork. Just not the figures. It has that whole niche feeling when it comes to the import market, and reminds me of why I am currently sticking with the 1985-1987 G1 figures and their non-exclusive variants.

Because in cases like these... It is like showing a collector of the original toyline the Masterpiece line and convincing them it is also as good. To them, it is not. And to me, if these were repainted for a new non-Transformers series... I'd buy them. But since they are, and are (Jelze stated) "offensive in some way," I'll be another person who passes.

And it is a shame because even though I mentioned what I am currently collecting, I really wanted to like these.

KUMA-NIN Maximus wrote:Because in cases like these... It is like showing a collector of the original toyline the Masterpiece line and convincing them it is also as good. To them, it is not. And to me, if these were repainted for a new non-Transformers series... I'd buy them. But since they are, and are (Jelze stated) "offensive in some way," I'll be another person who passes.

To be fair, Jelze didn't say they were offensive in a derisive way. It was said in reference to how ASTOUNDINGLY kibbly the phoenix is in beast mode. "The worst offender" in reference to kibble.

RAcast wrote:

KUMA-NIN Maximus wrote:Because in cases like these... It is like showing a collector of the original toyline the Masterpiece line and convincing them it is also as good. To them, it is not. And to me, if these were repainted for a new non-Transformers series... I'd buy them. But since they are, and are (Jelze stated) "offensive in some way," I'll be another person who passes.

To be fair, Jelze didn't say they were offensive in a derisive way. It was said in reference to how ASTOUNDINGLY kibbly the phoenix is in beast mode. "The worst offender" in reference to kibble.

To be honest, I still feel that responses like yours is why I still need to find a new forum to join. And not because I should have done such within the first week or first few months of being here. It is because I was trying to agree with the one person I was hoping to befriend, as one of those attempt to justify my time here. But instead, and atop of giving up on that goal, I come off as saying something that did not have me come off as simply agreeing with Jelze. So I apologize for that.

Simply put, RAcast, my nickname (sans the Maximus) is a variation of the one I used to go by... And it means "Bear Ninja" in English. So when it comes to these figures, I agree with Jelze on account that it is both what my "Year 29" fandom and "Year 2" collector sides say the same thing. Nothing more. So again... I apologize for the misunderstanding. So now if you do not mind... I will drop out. Not because of the misunderstanding, but because I should have focused more on my Encore collection than being disappointed with these figures... As well as remind myself I should be blogging instead of trying again to fit in (which I still have not succeeded at).

And also, if I ever get addicted to Phantasy Star Online 2... I will hope to have you as a teammate.

KUMA-NIN Maximus wrote:

RAcast wrote:

KUMA-NIN Maximus wrote:Because in cases like these... It is like showing a collector of the original toyline the Masterpiece line and convincing them it is also as good. To them, it is not. And to me, if these were repainted for a new non-Transformers series... I'd buy them. But since they are, and are (Jelze stated) "offensive in some way," I'll be another person who passes.

To be fair, Jelze didn't say they were offensive in a derisive way. It was said in reference to how ASTOUNDINGLY kibbly the phoenix is in beast mode. "The worst offender" in reference to kibble.

To be honest, I still feel that responses like yours is why I still need to find a new forum to join. And not because I should have done such within the first week or first few months of being here. It is because I was trying to agree with the one person I was hoping to befriend, as one of those attempt to justify my time here. But instead, and atop of giving up on that goal, I come off as saying something that did not have me come off as simply agreeing with Jelze. So I apologize for that.

Simply put, RAcast, my nickname (sans the Maximus) is a variation of the one I used to go by... And it means "Bear Ninja" in English. So when it comes to these figures, I agree with Jelze on account that it is both what my "Year 29" fandom and "Year 2" collector sides say the same thing. Nothing more. So again... I apologize for the misunderstanding. So now if you do not mind... I will drop out. Not because of the misunderstanding, but because I should have focused more on my Encore collection than being disappointed with these figures... As well as remind myself I should be blogging instead of trying again to fit in (which I still have not succeeded at).

And also, if I ever get addicted to Phantasy Star Online 2... I will hope to have you as a teammate.

No worries, no worries. I didn't mean my reply in any negative way either. It's not always easy to convey feelings via message board. I hope that you don't give up on us completely, but either way, hope to see ya around!

Takara Tomy's Transformers product line-up website has been updated with new official images of their upcoming Transformers Go! Ninja Combiner team of Gekisomaru (lion), Hishomaru, (phoenix) and Sensuimaru (shark). Like the Samurai team these guys can combine in three different ways to form a larger robot. Big thanks to Curt at site sponsor TFsource for pointing out this update. Pre-order yours here. Images mirrored below.

El Duque wrote:...

Yup, definitely prefer the beastie squad. They may sacrifice a lot on the alt-mode side, but the robot modes are spot on. Frankly, it's kind of amusing that the beast modes look so weird. I wonder if you can swing the legs around give the phoenix(?) rocket boosters.

These are all.. just.. so terrible.

That was quick.

The same day we get a new pic of the Swordbot Samurai Team, we get three more pics from a different source of the Swordbot Shinobi Team.

Nice.

Craptacular!

RAcast wrote:

El Duque wrote:...

Yup, definitely prefer the beastie squad. They may sacrifice a lot on the alt-mode side, but the robot modes are spot on. Frankly, it's kind of amusing that the beast modes look so weird. I wonder if you can swing the legs around give the phoenix(?) rocket boosters.

Yeah, Beast squad looks better. I like the shark thing the most. Still, what's with the awkward beast modes?

Were these guys designed by interns working on weekends? They just seem like such a step backward, engineering-wise. Or, on the other hand, I tip my hand for making such bold design decisions.