Generations: Combiner Wars Now Available on HasbroToyShop.com

Hey, is this additional step in the leg transformation of Dragstrip common knowledge? I had no idea myself, but was made aware by someone commenting on my photo in another thread!

To get Dragstrip to sit at the same height in leg mode as the Aerialbots, the rear wing of the alt mode actually swings up to reveal another hole to plug the foot piece into! Here's a pic I took of the difference. I'm sure this wasnt in the instruction book lol!!

william-james88 wrote:

Megatron Wolf wrote:extremely happy they decided to continue having the comics, makes the price a little more bearable. But did they ever give a reason as to why wave 1 had no comics? was it because they had those stupid cards instead?

I, personally, was thrilled they had the

stupid cards

because since the comics are not in any other language than english, places with language laws could not get them. SO they would just give you nothig more than your toy. And thus, at least with the cards, I felt I was getting a little extra and no one was cheated of anything.

same here! its my comicy days as a child that also led to collecting cards as well. so i like cards

Rated X wrote:I still havent found Fireflight or Skydive in stores, let alone Arcee, Chromia, and Brainstorm. Always wonder how these figures show up in hole in the wall towns first but take forever to make it to Miami.

If it means anything, I've seen Arcee and Chromia, so at least those two are in our state.

Diem wrote:

Robogeek1973 wrote:I just hope those hoods on the Stunticons backs (front of the car modes), can fold down a little farther than I've seen them in pics. They just look plain ugly hanging back there in bot mode.

Yeah, they can: http://tfwiki.net/wiki/File:Generationstoy-Breakdown.jpg

This is just some AoE Crosshairs stuff right here.

Awesome, thanks man!

These look a LOT better than wave 1.

I am actually excited about Menasor now, although i still think he is a bit too wide.

I hope Hasbro will give us the original members soon though, i don't dig Off-Road or Alpha Bravo.

DMSL wrote:These look a LOT better than wave 1.

I am actually excited about Menasor now, although i still think he is a bit too wide.

I hope Hasbro will give us the original members soon though, i don't dig Off-Road or Alpha Bravo.

I dont know if they are better, but they do seem to offer more variance between the characters. The aerialbots all suffer from being very similar transformers, but that was always the case.

i dont mind AB or OR at all. but im more accepting of OR because he at least is close in colors to the stunitcon he's replacing. the fact that he's a SUV instead of a car aint no thang. and in combined mode, i especially wont notice

Yeah, for $16.99 each. Target has had them on sale for $12, and when every big box store has them by the end of the month, you can get it for the regular price of $15. For an $8 premium, I can wait.

Hell, by the time the "free" shipping gets my package here in about 6-8 days, they will be on the shelves.

koolkollectibleskhai wrote:Hey, is this additional step in the leg transformation of Dragstrip common knowledge? I had no idea myself, but was made aware by someone commenting on my photo in another thread!

To get Dragstrip to sit at the same height in leg mode as the Aerialbots, the rear wing of the alt mode actually swings up to reveal another hole to plug the foot piece into! Here's a pic I took of the difference. I'm sure this wasnt in the instruction book lol!!

It has been mentioned a couple of times now

shockblast2 wrote:Yeah, for $16.99 each. Target has had them on sale for $12, and when every big box store has them by the end of the month, you can get it for the regular price of $15. For an $8 premium, I can wait.

Hell, by the time the "free" shipping gets my package here in about 6-8 days, they will be on the shelves.

No lie there, my order has been preparing to ship for a while.

The alt modes of the Deluxe Combiner Wars Aerialbots look pretty nice, especially the jets!

Emerje wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Can't say I'm excited for defensor as it means it's now more or less certain that the combaticons are coming and I had really hoped that we'd get a team like the seacons (or extreme long shot, liokaiser)

I wouldn't loose all hope. Since the Fan Built Combiner is coming out in 2016 it isn't unreasonable to assume we'll continue to get combiners past Hasbro's use of the Combiner Wars label. Now that Hasbro has established a new combining system and they've proven their popularity I wouldn't be surprised if we got at least one new set every year for a while.

Emerje

How do we know that this new combiner system is popular? Are there any sales figures in yet and does Hasbro share that info? I would say we'd have to wait for the first quarter 2015 stock report for any info.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

that1guysittingthere wrote:Just wondering, has wave 2 trickled onto the shelves yet? Is it true that there have been sightings of Air Raid?

That would be really early, considering online stores only have pre-orders up.

Robot Kingdom had their pre-orders pushed back to February and BBTS has theirs listed for March.

Next up in the Combiner Wars reviews is Skydive. I'm liking the paint app and the alt mode on this one!

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Can't say I'm excited for defensor as it means it's now more or less certain that the combaticons are coming and I had really hoped that we'd get a team like the seacons (or extreme long shot, liokaiser)

I wouldn't loose all hope. Since the Fan Built Combiner is coming out in 2016 it isn't unreasonable to assume we'll continue to get combiners past Hasbro's use of the Combiner Wars label. Now that Hasbro has established a new combining system and they've proven their popularity I wouldn't be surprised if we got at least one new set every year for a while.

Emerje

How do we know that this new combiner system is popular? Are there any sales figures in yet and does Hasbro share that info? I would say we'd have to wait for the first quarter 2015 stock report for any dom had their pre-orders pushed back to February and BBTS has theirs listed for March.

The fact that the "in stocks" sold out over night on Amazon is a good indication.

I completely forgot about the fan made combiner. Unless next year they'll do combiner wars 2: This Time It's Personal. Won't the fan made toys stick out with whatever theme they plan to do?

Hot on the heels of the Hasbro Toy Shop announcement, UK retail store Argos released their new catalogue yesterday which includes some of the new range of Combiner Wars and Robots In Disguise figures.
This makes them the fourth UK retailer to offer the latest Transformers lines after Smyths Toys, Toys 'R' Us and Amazon UK.

Check the links below from their UK website for new listings of...

Combiner Wars Voyager figures @ £22.99 each.
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3231931.htm

Combiner Wars Deluxe figures @ £15.99 each.
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3387926.htm

Robots In Disguise Warrior figures @ £14.99 each.
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3403594.htm

Robots In Disguise Legion figures @ £6.99 each.
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3339314.htm

Robots In Disguise Three Step Changers figures @ £22.99 each.
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3237540.htm
http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/3278925.htm

No sign of any Combiner Wars Legends figures though..?

Of course, being Argos, we have no idea if wave 2 will ever be added.

ZeroWolf wrote:I completely forgot about the fan made combiner. Unless next year they'll do combiner wars 2: This Time It's Personal. Won't the fan made toys stick out with whatever theme they plan to do?

Well, since Generations Thrilling 30 lasted from 2013 to 2014, maybe Generations Combiner Wars could last from this year into next year as well. The fan combiner could possibly come in its final or second-to-final wave.

koolkollectibleskhai wrote:Next up in the Combiner Wars reviews is Skydive. I'm liking the paint app and the alt mode on this one!

Hi, I am not sure if you know, but there is a specific review forum where people post their review videos. It's here and I recommend you put them there because that is the section fans will go to if they are looking for a specific review posted on this site. This is more of a thread to write about our opinions on news concerning the figures and what we make of it.

Just trying to sniff out the trail.
Has anyone found CW Voyagers at retail yet?
or only online.
East Coast are you wit me?

Cobotron wrote:Just trying to sniff out the trail.
Has anyone found CW Voyagers at retail yet?
or only online.
East Coast are you wit me?

They've hit Texas. Silverbolt is fantastic. He's superior to CW Prime.

LONE STAR STATE! Whoot Whoot!
Thanks Wings.

william-james88 wrote:

DMSL wrote:These look a LOT better than wave 1.

I am actually excited about Menasor now, although i still think he is a bit too wide.

I hope Hasbro will give us the original members soon though, i don't dig Off-Road or Alpha Bravo.

I dont know if they are better, but they do seem to offer more variance between the characters. The aerialbots all suffer from being very similar transformers, but that was always the case.

Plus, we'll have to live with the two for the time being. The names "Slingshot" and "Wildrider" can no longer be trademarked for the toys in the US. The substitute names "Quickslinger" and "Brake-Neck" have been used in other lines, but the latter is... lacking. TakaraTomy still has Slingshot's Japanese name, "Sling" as well as "Stunt Wildrider" so TakaraTomy could pull it off properly.

No worries, sir.

I feel sorry for the folks that have to depend on the Hasbro Toy Shop for their figures. I can pick up all but the Voyager class figures by hitting just a few stores within a 20 mile radius of my home. I've looked at all of the Legend and Deluxe figures in hand and I've been very impressed by what I've seen although Windcharger was underwhelming compared to his Reveal the Shield counterpart. I am, however, enjoying the hell out of my Bombshell figure and looking forward to picking up Thundercracker next. He's going to make a cool chest piece on any of the Combiner leaders in their combined form. This whole line is showing a lot of promise compared to previous lines but I'm still very disappointed that it's also going to be a worse haven for repaints than previous lines have been. That part truly sucks and it's for that aspect alone that I won't be buying a lot of these figures.

CrankyOldTruck wrote:I feel sorry for the folks that have to depend on the Hasbro Toy Shop for their figures.

Meh. HTS is great. The rush of finding a figure in store is nice, but using no gas and getting Brainstorm for $19.99 is nicer.

Are there any discount codes for HTS for 2015?

Looking at those Combiners wars wave One and Two listings. It seems like there will be equal positives and Negatives.

Positives, wave One and Two will have mostly new figures. So it will be easier on wave Two buyers to get wave Two toys. As there won't be any wave One in the cases.

Negatives I see, If stores skip out on wave One or a wave like they sometimes do. Or if buyers are not able to find a earlier wave. It will be harder for them to find previous wave toys in newer wave toys.

Think Wave One of Combiners Wars has the potential not be ordered that much by retailers. As studies show Retailers order less from January to March, Than they do from April to December.

Yeah I noticed CW Wave Two of Legends comes with Wave One Powerglides. Wish it came with Wave one Bombshell instead, As I want that toy more.

Guessing that CW wave One and Wave Two cases don't have duplicates. Because Hasbro might plan to do all those Masquerade and whatever recolors characters much later on.

CrankyOldTruck wrote:I feel sorry for the folks that have to depend on the Hasbro Toy Shop for their figures. I can pick up all but the Voyager class figures by hitting just a few stores within a 20 mile radius of my home. I've looked at all of the Legend and Deluxe figures in hand and I've been very impressed by what I've seen although Windcharger was underwhelming compared to his Reveal the Shield counterpart. I am, however, enjoying the hell out of my Bombshell figure and looking forward to picking up Thundercracker next. He's going to make a cool chest piece on any of the Combiner leaders in their combined form. This whole line is showing a lot of promise compared to previous lines but I'm still very disappointed that it's also going to be a worse haven for repaints than previous lines have been. That part truly sucks and it's for that aspect alone that I won't be buying a lot of these figures.

Newer Transformers toys are harder to find in my area stores. Do a lot of online Transformers toy shopping. Love HTS, fast shipping, nothing damaged, free shipping over $50.

Saw the pics of CW Thundercracker attached as a chest piece on CW Optimus. Does Thundercracker attach easily or is tape, glue or rubber bands needed.

Can CW Thundercracker also attach to silverbolts robot chest when in superion mode?

Am I right in guessing that G-1 Legends starscream's toy that was released years ago. Can also attach to CW optimus chest. As CW Thundercracker had no retooling done and is just a repaint of starscream?

DJ Integral wrote:Are there any discount codes for HTS for 2015?

You may want to check out this thread: steal-of-a-deal-web-store-sales--t99759.php

And welcome!

SkyWarpt wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Can't say I'm excited for defensor as it means it's now more or less certain that the combaticons are coming and I had really hoped that we'd get a team like the seacons (or extreme long shot, liokaiser)

I wouldn't loose all hope. Since the Fan Built Combiner is coming out in 2016 it isn't unreasonable to assume we'll continue to get combiners past Hasbro's use of the Combiner Wars label. Now that Hasbro has established a new combining system and they've proven their popularity I wouldn't be surprised if we got at least one new set every year for a while.

Emerje

How do we know that this new combiner system is popular? Are there any sales figures in yet and does Hasbro share that info? I would say we'd have to wait for the first quarter 2015 stock report for any dom had their pre-orders pushed back to February and BBTS has theirs listed for March.

The fact that the "in stocks" sold out over night on Amazon is a good indication.

That's tough to say since we don't know how much stock Amazon had in the first place? If they had only 10 figures each (gross exaggeration I know) those would definitely sell out.

A Transformers Generations Combiner Wars thread over on the /toy/ part of 4Chan has yielded an interesting banner image, allegedly from the upcoming UK Toy Fair. You can take a look for yourselves below, but what seems to be the biggest piece of news is a white redeco of the current combined mode for Ultra Prime/Optimus Prime, along with a Hot Rod-esque Legends car and Blackjack's swordhilt weapon. What do you make of it?

Ultra Magnus with Rodimus. I believe we have part of our Leader-sized gift set.

wetwithwaterwings wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Just trying to sniff out the trail.
Has anyone found CW Voyagers at retail yet?
or only online.
East Coast are you wit me?

They've hit Texas. Silverbolt is fantastic. He's superior to CW Prime.

Must be a different part of TX, all my stores have peg warmed Tankor, the rodent, and TF4 one step changers

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

SkyWarpt wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Can't say I'm excited for defensor as it means it's now more or less certain that the combaticons are coming and I had really hoped that we'd get a team like the seacons (or extreme long shot, liokaiser)

I wouldn't loose all hope. Since the Fan Built Combiner is coming out in 2016 it isn't unreasonable to assume we'll continue to get combiners past Hasbro's use of the Combiner Wars label. Now that Hasbro has established a new combining system and they've proven their popularity I wouldn't be surprised if we got at least one new set every year for a while.

Emerje

How do we know that this new combiner system is popular? Are there any sales figures in yet and does Hasbro share that info? I would say we'd have to wait for the first quarter 2015 stock report for any dom had their pre-orders pushed back to February and BBTS has theirs listed for March.

The fact that the "in stocks" sold out over night on Amazon is a good indication.

That's tough to say since we don't know how much stock Amazon had in the first place? If they had only 10 figures each (gross exaggeration I know) those would definitely sell out.

A single, and relatively small toy line like Generations is probably not going to make much of an impact on a stock report. The local Walmarts finished their resets and the AOE section is still bigger than the Generations section (with no RID in sight).

I'm simply calling it popular based on the fan reaction. It's been incredibly positive for a line that has a way of dividing fans and the "gotta catch 'em all!" mentality of CW is a sure way to sell figures. From what I've heard people are experiencing some really fast sellouts when finding these in stores. Plus it sounds like Hasbro is giving this line an unprecedented international release, even ahead of North America so they're certainly aware of the line's potential to be big.

I just wish I could find them in stores already. Walmart probably wont get wave one and won't get anything new until April like last year. Target doesn't stock enough to keep the anything on the shelf this time of year. Kmart is Kmart.

Emerje

I'm betting my imaginary Generations Titan-class Metroplex that what we're looking at is the legendary rumored Ultra Magnus. Or, rather, a part of him. I'm playing it safe with that bet. I can't afford to get Burned!

Also, BUMBLEBEE? Are you kidding me? If they're bringing him back, then there's no excuse for Scrapper not to be a part of Devastator.

God damn it.

Well Megatron did ask Bee when did anyone really stay dead?

Probably Ultra Magnus. Hot Rod chest is amusing, but I'm hoping they still trailer this guy up, rather than combined limbs

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Ultra Magnus with Rodimus. I believe we have part of our Leader-sized gift set.

Thats what I was afraid of.
Does anyone else think that Bee art looks a lot like Classics Bee?

I won't see this in my area for a couple more months if history hold true, but am still not sure about them. What do you all that have them in hand think of them overall? I do like the head sculpts and their alt modes. They look to have the poor articulation of Energon/Cybertron era molds. Mainly the lack of wrist and foot articulation for the individual bots concerns me. Also wondering how they stack up size wise with other Generations. I haven't seen any shots of them alongside older Generations bots for size comparison. Overall are those of you that have found them happy with them in hand regardless of these issues? I am usually sold with most anything in the Generations line, even the recent more simplified molds like Trailbreaker and Hoist, but some part of me feels like these are almost a step back as far as articulation goes. I don't want to get any of these without seeing them in hand first, sort of afraid of another FoC Combaticon situation. I regretted that purchase as soon as they arrived from HTS and I had them in hand

Cobotron wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Ultra Magnus with Rodimus. I believe we have part of our Leader-sized gift set.

Thats what I was afraid of.
Does anyone else think that Bee art looks a lot like Classics Bee?

It is
But
It's the artwork from the Legends game, like OP in the top corner, so based on earlier toys/fiction design (if they exist) - not the CW figures

Ultra magnus is just a white ultra prime. GOD DAMN IT HASBRO YOU DUN GOOFED! You came so close, and then just shit the bed.

KnightStrike wrote:sort of afraid of another FoC Combaticon situation.

Don't be. these are way better.

They look to have the poor articulation of Energon/Cybertron era molds.

Not at all.

Overall are those of you that have found them happy with them in hand regardless of these issues?

Extremley. Other than the two things you mentioned, feet and wrists, they are as articulated as any Gen figure. More if we're talking about Skids. The hands and feet make sense and are excusable due to the combination aspect.
I don't even have the voyagers yet, and I'm pleased as punch.

prjkt wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Ultra Magnus with Rodimus. I believe we have part of our Leader-sized gift set.

Thats what I was afraid of.
Does anyone else think that Bee art looks a lot like Classics Bee?

It is
But
It's the artwork from the Legends game, like OP in the top corner, so based on earlier toys/fiction design (if they exist) - not the CW figures

m'kay, m'kay

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Ultra magnus is just a white ultra prime. GOD DAMN IT HASBRO YOU DUN GOOFED! You came so close, and then just **** the bed.

and on our dreams.

Mindmaster wrote:I'm betting my imaginary Generations Titan-class Metroplex that what we're looking at is the legendary rumored Ultra Magnus. Or, rather, a part of him. I'm playing it safe with that bet. I can't afford to get Burned!

Yeah go on people, take this bet. I'm sure Mindmaster is just as reliable as T-Macksimus!

So, speculating...

Possible Set #1
CW Optimus => Ultra Magnus
CW Blackjack => Rodimus
CW Brawl(?) => Perceptor
CW Alpha Bravo => Springer
CW Off Road => Kup
CW ??? => Arcee??? (Would make Rodimus look pretty wimpy...)

Possible Set #2
CW Optimus => Ultra Magnus
CW Blackjack => Rodimus
CW Brawl(?) => Perceptor
CW Alpha Bravo => Whirl
CW Deadend => Chromedome
CW Skydive => Cyclonus

I actually think a Lost Light combiner is fairly likely, since Ratchet, First Aid, and Tailgate are viable alternate components which we know will or do exist, and since we're still waiting to find out what Rung's alternate mode does!

I don't think Chromedome is likely, based on Hasbro allowing a Chromedome figure for last year's TFCC - afaicr, Funpub's not allowed to use characters that Hasbro is planning to in the next x amount of years

Dear god - I hope that is NOT going to be this leader class Magnus we've been hearing rumbling about

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Ultra magnus is just a white ultra prime. GOD DAMN IT HASBRO YOU DUN GOOFED! You came so close, and then just **** the bed.

trence5 wrote:Dear god - I hope that is NOT going to be this leader class Magnus we've been hearing rumbling about

Cobotron wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Ultra Magnus with Rodimus. I believe we have part of our Leader-sized gift set.

Thats what I was afraid of.
Does anyone else think that Bee art looks a lot like Classics Bee?

They're going to release MP Bumblebee as a deluxe figure

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Ultra Magnus with Rodimus. I believe we have part of our Leader-sized gift set.

Thats what I was afraid of.
Does anyone else think that Bee art looks a lot like Classics Bee?

They're going to release MP Bumblebee as a deluxe figure

... priced as a Voyager.