New Picture and Preorders Up for E-Hobby Exclusive Transformers Combo Bat (Optimus Primal)

Posted by william-james88 Aug 12, 2016 at 8:50am CDT 34,609 views

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E-Hobby has tweeted a new image of their exclusive Combo Bat, which homages the Optimus Primal bat toy from Beast Wars. In this image we can see him fighting Megatron which is simply the Megatron head he comes with attached to Skullsmasher (sold seperately of course). This confirms that this is what the head is intended for and that there will not be a seperate release for Megatron. That means you save some money which is good news once I tell you how much this guy goes for. If you are in Japan, you can get him directly from E-Hobby for 5,000 Yen ($50). If you are not in Japan, you can currently preorder him from HLJ for $74, Robot Kingdom for $70, or if you want to buy from an American importer, TFsource has him for $90.

Just to give you a rundown of what this combo set includes:

Combobat: Bat Optimus Primal which is a redeco of the Mindwipe mold with the Sentinel Prime face
Megalligator: A Megatron face which is taken from the Nucleon mold (Galvatron's Titan Master)
2 energy swords: From Prime Wheeljack
Ape-X Arms drone: The vehicle that comes with the Apeface Titan Master coloured to resemble Optimal Optimus
A 16 page comic

Thanks to Seibertronians Sabrblade and Spider 001 for the info!

Transformers News: New Picture and Preorders Up for E-Hobby Exclusive Transformers Combo Bat (Optimus Primal)

ALso, here is the detailed info on this release, from HLJ:

This awesome figure, exclusively offered by E-Hobby, commemorates the 20th anniversary of "Beast Wars"! A clone of Optimus Prime (a.k.a. Convoy), the bat-winged Combobat was the result of an attempt to introduce organic elements to Transformers. With his silent flight ability, Combobat was engineered to be an ideal assassin, but he would prefer a different path. He comes with his Headmaster Megalligator, two energy swords, and the Ape-X Arms drone. A 16-page comic book is also included!

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Re: New Picture and Preorders Up for E-Hobby Exclusive Transformers Combo Bat (Optimus Primal) (view post)

Comment by Targetmaster Kup Aug 12, 2016

william-james88 wrote:E-Hobby has tweeted a new image of their exclusive Combo Bat, which homages the Optimus Primal bat toy from Beast Wars. In this image we can see him fighting Megatron which is simply the Megatron head he comes with attached to Skullsmasher (sold seperately of course). This confirms that this is what the head is intended for and that there will not be a seperate release for Megatron. That means you save some money which is good news once I tell you how much this guy goes for. If you are in Japan, you can get him directly from E-Hobby for 5,000 Yen ($50). If you are not in Japan, you can currently preorder him from HLJ for $74, Robot Kingdom for $70, or if you want to buy from an American importer, TFsource has him for $90.

Just to give you a rundown of what this combo set includes:

Bat Primal which is a redeco of the Mindwipe mold with the Sentinel Prime face
A Megatron face which is taken from the Nucleon mold (Galvatron's Titan Master)
2 swords from prime Wheeljack
The vehicle that comes with the Apeface Titan Master coloured to resemble Optimal Optimus

Thanks to Seibertronians Sabrblade and Spider 001 for the info!

Do we know if Takara TOMY Legends Skull green will match Hasbro :HASBRO:

Titans Return Skullsmasher/Skulkcruncher?

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Comment by william-james88 Aug 12, 2016

Nik Hero wrote:Do we know if Takara TOMY Legends Skull green will match Hasbro Titans Return Skullsmasher/Skulkcruncher?

I may be wrong, but it looks like that is the Hasbro version used on that picture. The salmon colour looks less fluo

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Comment by RodimusConvoy13 Aug 12, 2016

william-james88 wrote:
Nik Hero wrote:Do we know if Takara TOMY Legends Skull green will match Hasbro Titans Return Skullsmasher/Skulkcruncher?

I may be wrong, but it looks like that is the Hasbro version used on that picture. The salmon colour looks less fluo

I think that is the Takara one. The legs and claws are too white to be the Hasbro version.

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Comment by Sabrblade Aug 12, 2016

william-james88 wrote:
Nik Hero wrote:Do we know if Takara TOMY Legends Skull green will match Hasbro Titans Return Skullsmasher/Skulkcruncher?

I may be wrong, but it looks like that is the Hasbro version used on that picture. The salmon colour looks less fluo

That is the Takara version pictured.

But previous comparison pics between the two versions confirm that the Hasbro and Takara versions have very similar, nigh-identical greens. The Hasbro version should do fine for those who wish to use it for Megalligator's body.

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Comment by Targetmaster Kup Aug 12, 2016

Thank you. Note I can save some money on this.

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Comment by Sabrblade Aug 12, 2016

Nik Hero wrote:Thank you. Note I can save some money on this.

However, that also means Megalligator wouldn't get to use the purple tyrannosaur Partner Drone that comes with Takara Skullcruncher.

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Comment by Targetmaster Kup Aug 12, 2016

Sabrblade wrote:
Nik Hero wrote:Thank you. Note I can save some money on this.
However, that also means Megalligator wouldn't get to use the purple tyrannosaur Partner Drone that comes with Takara Skullcruncher.

True. There is some value in that. Also it is a place to store the Headmaster to Skull/Skullsmasher/Skullcruncher too.

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Comment by Kurona Aug 12, 2016

Sabrblade wrote:
Nik Hero wrote:Thank you. Note I can save some money on this.
However, that also means Megalligator wouldn't get to use the purple tyrannosaur Partner Drone that comes with Takara Skullcruncher.

I mean you could just buy Crashbash

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Comment by Targetmaster Kup Aug 12, 2016

Kurona wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Nik Hero wrote:Thank you. Note I can save some money on this.
However, that also means Megalligator wouldn't get to use the purple tyrannosaur Partner Drone that comes with Takara Skullcruncher.

I mean you could just buy Crashbash

Does his pink and purple match Skullcruncher and Megalligator?

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Comment by Sabrblade Aug 12, 2016

Nik Hero wrote:
Kurona wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Nik Hero wrote:Thank you. Note I can save some money on this.
However, that also means Megalligator wouldn't get to use the purple tyrannosaur Partner Drone that comes with Takara Skullcruncher.

I mean you could just buy Crashbash

Does his pink and purple match Skullcruncher and Megalligator?

He's not as purple-y as Batora:

Plus, Batora's bird mode brings to mind Megatron's Transmetal 2 red dragon form.

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Comment by Targetmaster Kup Aug 12, 2016

Sabrblade wrote:
Nik Hero wrote:
Kurona wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Nik Hero wrote:Thank you. Note I can save some money on this.
However, that also means Megalligator wouldn't get to use the purple tyrannosaur Partner Drone that comes with Takara Skullcruncher.

I mean you could just buy Crashbash

Does his pink and purple match Skullcruncher and Megalligator?
He's not as purple-y as Batora:

Plus, Batora's bird mode brings to mind Megatron's Transmetal 2 red dragon form.

Looks like Takara is the way to go for this then. I wish HLJ had him.

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Comment by Mr Skram Aug 12, 2016

Ahhh! Why do I want this so bad? I didn't even have the Bat Optimus in my Beast Wars heyday... :-(

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Comment by Ultra Mad Aug 12, 2016

Thanks for the infos on where to find him. I pulled the trigger and preordered at HLJ

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Comment by Emerje Aug 12, 2016

Ordered one off HLJ, but I might cancel it and see if I can get one direct from e-Hobby through a proxy and save a few more dollars (I think it'll run about $75 total that way).

Emerje

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Comment by william-james88 Aug 12, 2016

Mr Skram wrote:Ahhh! Why do I want this so bad? I didn't even have the Bat Optimus in my Beast Wars heyday...

I didnt have it either but I do want this too

Ultra Mad wrote:Thanks for the infos on where to find him. I pulled the trigger and preordered at HLJ

I will be doing that too!

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Comment by SureShot18 Aug 12, 2016

Oh, I forgot how expensive E-hobby figures were. I dunno now. I think I'll try and wait for a sale.

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Comment by Hellscream9999 Aug 12, 2016

SureShot18 wrote:Oh, I forgot how expensive E-hobby figures were. I dunno now. I think I'll try and wait for a sale.

Dude, these don't make it to sale's |:|

(except for the one's that fall flat, but they tend not too)

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Comment by Hellscream9999 Aug 12, 2016

Got mine reserved, a bit expensive, but, I feel it's worth it, and I'll have a bit of wiggle room since I'm basically skipping this line >:oP

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Comment by william-james88 Aug 12, 2016

SureShot18 wrote:Oh, I forgot how expensive E-hobby figures were. I dunno now. I think I'll try and wait for a sale.

Only wait for a sale if you are comfortable with the idea of not getting him. This could easily sell out. That recent exclusive two pack of dogfight and runamuckwas insanely expensive but sold out really quickly: http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail

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Comment by RAR Aug 12, 2016

SureShot18 wrote:Oh, I forgot how expensive E-hobby figures were. I dunno now. I think I'll try and wait for a sale.

It's very rare that a Tokyo Toyshow exclusive or E-Hobby toy survives in stock long enough to go on sale - it happened with some of the cloud toys or Clear Prime Optimus First Edition Voyager but it's more common for them to sell out. Sometime they vanish so completely they are barely on sale anywhere after a while.

You can sometimes pick up the older ones - but only if you think you are still going to want this toy in say 2024. as it's only when something is irrelevant to the contemporary gloss of the new that they get cheap - an example being some Animated toys now.

Things seem to go in cycles though as I notice a lot of people have -restarted Movie Collections lately, which is a pain if like me you are still looking for a Human Alliance Mudflap.

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