New Prototype Images of TFC Toys WWII Style PCC Figures and Hercules

MakeToys MT-03 Giant wins over hercules

El Duque wrote:

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Full color pics are looking pretty dang epic. Wish we could see MT Giant in full green color.

I wonder if these WW11 style PCC figures will cost around $20. I just can't justify spending over $25 for these 4 PCC limbs. as the gift set in stores with the core leader only cost $19.99.

Hopefully these aren't the only WW11 PCC limbs made. I kinda want this to continue with more different vechicles like sports cars,jets,rescue,construction & 4 dinosaur limbs that transform into individual tiny robot modes.

I love the way the combined weapons look like an actual rifle. Also when I saw the second picture of him with the crane, I was in an OH MY situation. So glad I'm getting him.

griftimus prime wrote:MakeToys MT-03 Giant wins over hercules

No need to stir the pot man.

I'm like what the combined gun mode looks like.

Tidalwavex wrote:I wonder if these WW11 style PCC figures will cost around $20.

World War 11??!! But I haven't seen World Wars 3 through 10 yet.

I'm with puttster3: that image of Hercules holding Dr. Crank's crane as a bat did rather stop me in my tracks. The combined rifle looks cool, but Devastator with a gun just doesn't look quite right to me. Can't wait to get paid so I can order Structor & Cranky.

Picked up an extra Heavytread with my Spastic last night to go with those limbs.

the little guys are looking good. I really hope there are more made to go with my other PCC commanders. I only ever bought the 2packs because the official gestalts were a)fugly as all get out and b) single robots with horrible gloves and boots in place of true combiner teams. Some evil emergency vehicles for my Smolder and some yellow construction vehicles for Sledge please?

the big guy(s) looking nice too. Not getting Hercules as can't afford it (might stretch the budget a bit for Giant) but damn he looks menacing with that big crane/club in his hands. Awesome!

LOST Cybertronian wrote:Picked up an extra Heavytread with my Spastic last night to go with those limbs.

This set was the reason I bought Heavytread.

That there is a beautiful Devastator. I sure do like him with the giant club/bat bot crusher!

Wow this Devastator keeps looking better and better.

Now if we can only get a black combining gun instead of the transparant red or purple i would be 100% happy.

Oh and no purple visible in Scrapper's vehicle mode would help too.

It looks like the "chest wing" that comes with Scrapper can be attached to Scavenger in combined mode if you are looking to capture the IDW style Devy.

amcgrath929 wrote:

LOST Cybertronian wrote:Picked up an extra Heavytread with my Spastic last night to go with those limbs.

This set was the reason I bought Heavytread.

I bought a 2nd Heavytread last night just for this set.


I'm curious though about the configuration that the TFC "drones" will form. Are they more akin to a Scramble City type where each individual can form an arm or a leg or will they be less interchangeable (planes only as arms, tanks only as legs)?

funeralthirst7 wrote:I'm curious though about the configuration that the TFC "drones" will form. Are they more akin to a Scramble City type where each individual can form an arm or a leg or will they be less interchangeable (planes only as arms, tanks only as legs)?

Here they are combined with Heavytread and Bombshock. It looks like the planes have to be arms and the tanks legs.

Why are these still not out yet? I thought these have been in prototype stage before we even got a glimpse of Hercules.

LOST Cybertronian wrote:

funeralthirst7 wrote:I'm curious though about the configuration that the TFC "drones" will form. Are they more akin to a Scramble City type where each individual can form an arm or a leg or will they be less interchangeable (planes only as arms, tanks only as legs)?

Here they are combined with Heavytread and Bombshock. It looks like the planes have to be arms and the tanks legs.

Thanks for the pics and info.

Heavytread looks great with those combiner parts. I think he looks better than Bombshock when combined with the WW2 figures.

funeralthirst7 wrote:

LOST Cybertronian wrote:

funeralthirst7 wrote:I'm curious though about the configuration that the TFC "drones" will form. Are they more akin to a Scramble City type where each individual can form an arm or a leg or will they be less interchangeable (planes only as arms, tanks only as legs)?

Here they are combined with Heavytread and Bombshock. It looks like the planes have to be arms and the tanks legs.

Thanks for the pics and info.

Heavytread looks great with those combiner parts. I think he looks better than Bombshock when combined with the WW2 figures.

I completely agree. I LOVE his proportions.

Mkall wrote:Why are these still not out yet? I thought these have been in prototype stage before we even got a glimpse of Hercules.

Everything TFC does seems to be slow as hell.

LOST Cybertronian wrote:

funeralthirst7 wrote:I'm curious though about the configuration that the TFC "drones" will form. Are they more akin to a Scramble City type where each individual can form an arm or a leg or will they be less interchangeable (planes only as arms, tanks only as legs)?

Here they are combined with Heavytread and Bombshock. It looks like the planes have to be arms and the tanks legs.

man i was right these guys will look perfect next to my xfire Brut in my chug 'cons display.
wish they made a jeep though.

From the weibo page of Jon Jon Zheng we have new image of TFC Toys WWII PCC limbs. Here we see the four prototypes attached to PCC Commander Heavytread and in alt mode. Each figure has the ability to transform into a robot, a vehicle, and a combiner limb. No word on when this set will become available, but it looks as though they're getting close.

These look triffic, but I doubt I'll be getting them for a good long while, since I'm already saving all my money for United Windcharger and Wipeout, plus before I get these limbs I'll need a more suitable commander - I don't really think Icepick would fit in with the WWII vibe...

WOW, its only a 100 times better then anything Hasbro came out with. The shittiest concept ever. The "DRONE" what a lazy amount of FAIL those are,lol. But I gotta admit if someone can come up with changing bots for each limb on each Commander I might just buy them to replace the shitty "DRONE" limbs we are stuck with.

PS: Nice addition of actual hands and feet I HATE when Hasbro does not make hands on bots just like the damn movie figures. We need bots with hands on ALL of our bots,lol.

Theres my rant,sorry. lol

Very nice, I'm loving the bulk and functionality of these limbs on the combiner commanders. I'm glad they aren't out yet, gives me time to save up for them!

not a fan of those legs. they are just tanks that dont look like legs. and this thing is SHOOOORT

Yeah, from what I've heard at Botcon panels... the trick to Hasbro releasing any combiners is making them cost-effective. If they don't make any money off of them (or if they can't pass safety issues) they can't release the toys.

By simplifying the limbs, they were able to cut costs and release these guys... throw us a bone with some kinda combiner. All things considered, it was a fun concept with great play value... but definitely a compromise. I think they know it... and of course, we know it.

And as mentioned above, I'm pretty sure the reason we're not getting BIG combiners is that they can't pass the drop test in safety testing. It's gotta be a pain being a big company. Trying to please little kids, collectors, lawyers, special interest groups....

(and before anyone mentions it... yes, they could release them as "adult collectibles" to get around the safety issue, BUT it would cut out most of their sales market, which brings it back to the money issue.)

Best thing we can do is keep reminding them. We DO want awesome, full-feature combiners like these. And I don't give a hoot about junky kibble mech-tech that's nearly the size of the robot. Best gimmicks (IMHO) still stand as combiners, headmasters/targetmasters, minicons. Energon weapons and mechtech weapons are much lower down the chart.... all the way down to action masters. LOL.

(end rant)

griftimus prime wrote:not a fan of those legs. they are just tanks that dont look like legs. and this thing is SHOOOORT

In fairness its only so short because of the commander being used. Otherwise thats what I thought at first glance myself.

I like me some big chunky mech legs. Much better in any case than the ole movie Starscream chicken-dog legs.

Well im not a fan of the PCC but these are great! but tanks, jets and prop planes are getting old, i would like to see Naval ships done for either factions.

Not bad. TFC is really pushing to FansProject territory.

Stockade wrote:Well im not a fan of the PCC but these are great! but tanks, jets and prop planes are getting old, i would like to see Naval ships done for either factions.

Oook. Wow, yeah that would be fantastic. I think those and a jeep would be must-buys. Hmmmm. What other decent war vehicles were in that era.

Have we identified the types of the planes and tanks? Their original color schemes may hint on what they will look like in the future.

They look awesome!!!

Nice and very G1ish, only complant is the Monkey arms!

Are you paying attention Hasbro?

Cybershark wrote:PS: Nice addition of actual hands and feet I HATE when Hasbro does not make hands on bots just like the damn movie figures. We need bots with hands on ALL of our bots,lol.

Two words: Omega Supreme.

IMHO I think they are cool in a simple kinda way. My only concerns are stability. I saw a video review of Bombshock combined and he was not so sturdy when combined and wobbled just a bit. Can anyone else comment on this factor with this PPC set or any other combiners or commander? It would suck ass if TFC didn't take this into consideration I think...'nuff said!

Yeah, Omega Supreme is a rare exception. I definitely prefer actual fists. Those stupid Energon fingers on the combiners were horrid. Same for these PowerCore sets. The fists look SSoooo much better.

thirs parties, why u so expensive and third party and awesome and more expensive and imports from other countries and not possible for me to get???


Looks awesome, however.

griftimus prime wrote:not a fan of those legs. they are just tanks that dont look like legs.

Can't see how more leg-like they can make them, I mean, you can definitely tell what's supposed to be what, for example, the feet, they look like feet.

Nemesis Destron wrote:IMHO I think they are cool in a simple kinda way. My only concerns are stability. I saw a video review of Bombshock combined and he was not so sturdy when combined and wobbled just a bit. Can anyone else comment on this factor with this PPC set or any other combiners or commander? It would suck ass if TFC didn't take this into consideration I think...'nuff said!

I haven't noticed anything like this with Bombshock. Mine has been free standing with no support since I removed him from the package and combined him.

His transformation process was a little off due to Hasbro designing too tight a tolerance for some parts to move freely though.

I confess: I'm a PCC hater. But seeing these units on Heavytread has me sorely tempted to get them. The only thing I'm scratching my head over is why World War II? I can't think of a single WWII Transformer, let alone a PCC commander.

I was kinda hoping that the tanks would have a slight transformation in combiner mode so they wouldn't look quite so much like tanks, but given that they also have robot modes that look pretty awesome, I guess I can't complain.

And the planes look totally awesome as arms.

body eez so tineey

I'd like to have em to attach to my steamhammer figure... the BEST pcc, dinobots can bite it. hehe.

Sodan-1 wrote:I confess: I'm a PCC hater. But seeing these units on Heavytread has me sorely tempted to get them. The only thing I'm scratching my head over is why World War II? I can't think of a single WWII Transformer, let alone a PCC commander.

They're rare, but there are a few: ROTF Highbrow is a modified P-38, and G2 Ransack was an F4U.

Nemesis Destron wrote:IMHO I think they are cool in a simple kinda way. My only concerns are stability. I saw a video review of Bombshock combined and he was not so sturdy when combined and wobbled just a bit. Can anyone else comment on this factor with this PPC set or any other combiners or commander? It would suck ass if TFC didn't take this into consideration I think...'nuff said!

its a side effect of the auto-morph on the jeep drone and has nothing to do with the commander. seeing as these use a standard, manual transformation and solid connector ports that shouldn't be an issue when combined with Bombshock.

Unless they really botched the port it's self or you get a bad casting.

griftimus prime wrote:not a fan of those legs. they are just tanks that dont look like legs. and this thing is SHOOOORT

Well, I have two things to think about.

1: tanks for legs....hmmmm it's basically the same thing with Xfire/Bruticus Maximus set and on a combiner I dont mind so much. Its kinda the idea.

2: Short....this is true, but when put next to Bruticus he still looks good, kinda like a junior member, new addition to the team.

Also, in one of the last issues of Toyfare they had an interview with one of the TF creative team(don't remember who but I'm wanting to say the creative director) and on one of his statements he said that the commanders were "in training" the be full combiner team leaders under the command of older teams(bombshock under the command of onslaught for instance). and if thats the case i have no issue with these guys being on my CHUG shelf next to other combiners. After all they are the rookies on the combiner teams. Which is also why,fluff wise, they got drones and not full bots.

MechHaven wrote:


Also, in one of the last issues of Toyfare they had an interview with one of the TF creative team(don't remember who but I'm wanting to say the creative director) and on one of his statements he said that the commanders were "in training" the be full combiner team leaders under the command of older teams(bombshock under the command of onslaught for instance). and if thats the case i have no issue with these guys being on my CHUG shelf next to other combiners. After all they are the rookies on the combiner teams. Which is also why,fluff wise, they got drones and not full bots.

That idea actually makes a lot of sense.

funeralthirst7 wrote:

MechHaven wrote:


Also, in one of the last issues of Toyfare they had an interview with one of the TF creative team(don't remember who but I'm wanting to say the creative director) and on one of his statements he said that the commanders were "in training" the be full combiner team leaders under the command of older teams(bombshock under the command of onslaught for instance). and if thats the case i have no issue with these guys being on my CHUG shelf next to other combiners. After all they are the rookies on the combiner teams. Which is also why,fluff wise, they got drones and not full bots.

That idea actually makes a lot of sense.

Thanks. if i can track down that issue i'll post scans of that article with the section i paraphrased highlighted

MechHaven wrote:

funeralthirst7 wrote:

MechHaven wrote:


Also, in one of the last issues of Toyfare they had an interview with one of the TF creative team(don't remember who but I'm wanting to say the creative director) and on one of his statements he said that the commanders were "in training" the be full combiner team leaders under the command of older teams(bombshock under the command of onslaught for instance). and if thats the case i have no issue with these guys being on my CHUG shelf next to other combiners. After all they are the rookies on the combiner teams. Which is also why,fluff wise, they got drones and not full bots.

That idea actually makes a lot of sense.

Thanks. if i can track down that issue i'll post scans of that article with the section i paraphrased highlighted

Please do. I'm sure I'm not the only one who would like to check that out.

Yeah, I also like the implied... this is a larger universe implications. More constructicons, more stunticons, etc. I always wanted a steamroller stunticon.

Now, if we can talk hasbro into repainting that set in all green/purple, I'll die a happy man.

Looking at it again... I hope the arm has minicon port so I can use my minicon to arm him more

the original limbs, while don't have any meaningful articulation, but can be used for attaching minicon to make him look more menacing

(I use combination of Bombshock and Mudslinger's drones)

MechHaven wrote:

funeralthirst7 wrote:

MechHaven wrote:


Also, in one of the last issues of Toyfare they had an interview with one of the TF creative team(don't remember who but I'm wanting to say the creative director) and on one of his statements he said that the commanders were "in training" the be full combiner team leaders under the command of older teams(bombshock under the command of onslaught for instance). and if thats the case i have no issue with these guys being on my CHUG shelf next to other combiners. After all they are the rookies on the combiner teams. Which is also why,fluff wise, they got drones and not full bots.

That idea actually makes a lot of sense.

Thanks. if i can track down that issue i'll post scans of that article with the section i paraphrased highlighted

found and scanned the article, but having an issue getting the individual images into a pdf my scanner would do that in the past but its not working now for some reason. as soon as i can get it working or get some hepl making the pdf i will post the link