Toy Fair 2015 Coverage - Generations: Combiner Wars Protectobots, Ultra Magnus, Cyclonus, and Legends
Saturday, February 14th, 2015 2:34pm CST
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First up, give it up for the Protectobots! The ranks of the Protectobots include their leader, Hot Spot, and his subordinates Blades (retool and redeco of the existing Alpha Bravo mold), First Aid (who is rather jeep-ish), Rook (who transforms into a APC-like SWAT vehicle), Streetwise (sporty-looking police car), and Groove, who is now confirmed to be Legends-sized and also pulls double duty as forming armor to Defensor ala Generations: Combiner Wars Menasor.















Fans of the IDW-verse rejoice as they gaze upon Ultra Magnus... who not only rocks an IDW-themed look, but also includes his actual self, Minimus Ambus, who is capable of fitting inside the big UM and transforming into a Cybertronian vehicle. Also worth noting, as demonstrated in the last image, his shoulder-mounted rockets and rifles are capable of combining into a giant hammer, made iconic by the Animated version of the character!








Keep your optics tuned to us here at Seibertron.com: we expect to get official images of all of these figures sometime tonight!
***UPDATE***
We also have new images of Voyager Cyclonus, who forms the torso of the gestalt called "Galvatronus" whose head is based on (you guessed it) Galvatron (no images yet... stay tuned!), and Legends Warpath and Viper, the latter of which is an homage to a GI Joe vehicle, the Cobra-affiliated Rattler.






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This article was last modified on Saturday, February 14th, 2015 2:51pm CST
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Posted by megatronus on February 14th, 2015 @ 2:36pm CST
Also, the inclusion of Minimus Ambus in Leader Magnus is a great, thoughtful touch. Can't wait to see more pics.
Posted by Moody magpie on February 14th, 2015 @ 2:37pm CST
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on February 14th, 2015 @ 2:41pm CST

EDIT: and another: First Aid with Offroad

So stoked for the Protectobots.
Posted by Moody magpie on February 14th, 2015 @ 2:44pm CST
Posted by Syn_13 on February 14th, 2015 @ 2:46pm CST
Moody magpie wrote:And Blades is a retooled Alpha Bravo!
Including missiles! A rescue chopper with missiles!

Posted by shajaki on February 14th, 2015 @ 2:48pm CST
i NEED to see more defensor, but im stoked by what i DO see.
and ultra magnus.... oh my... wasnt expecting that amount of awesome.


Posted by Wolfman Jake on February 14th, 2015 @ 2:49pm CST
Syn_13 wrote:Moody magpie wrote:And Blades is a retooled Alpha Bravo!
Including missiles! A rescue chopper with missiles!
For Blades, this makes perfect sense. I can just imagine him shooting missiles at a burning building while the human occupants run in terror. All the while, Blades is saying to himself, "I'm helping!"
Posted by prjkt on February 14th, 2015 @ 2:51pm CST
Protectobots looks great, no real surprises in the mould choices for retools, but Hotspot and Groove look great.
Better start saving...
Posted by Mindmaster on February 14th, 2015 @ 2:55pm CST

Posted by Ginrai Minor on February 14th, 2015 @ 2:57pm CST
Posted by Syn_13 on February 14th, 2015 @ 2:57pm CST
Wolfman Jake wrote:Syn_13 wrote:Moody magpie wrote:And Blades is a retooled Alpha Bravo!
Including missiles! A rescue chopper with missiles!
For Blades, this makes perfect sense. I can just imagine him shooting missiles at a burning building while the human occupants run in terror. All the while, Blades is saying to himself, "I'm helping!"

shajaki wrote:oooohhhhhhh mannn... its like joy overload here....
i NEED to see more defensor, but im stoked by what i DO see.
and ultra magnus.... oh my... wasnt expecting that amount of awesome.
its a great time to be a TF fan
It truly is! A great toyline so far and we're not even a year in. Long may it continue!
So far I'm in for the lot really, with a few exceptions here or there. Not sold on Cyclonus as I still find my RTS version to be spot on. The new version just seems a bit too bulky and blocky. It suits Silverbolt, but not Cyclonus. Although that alt mode looks great, however what with the body kibble underneath I'm still preferring the Classics iteration. I guess people will be happy to have a Voyager sized version of him though!
Posted by shajaki on February 14th, 2015 @ 3:02pm CST
youre right on all accounts for cyclonus. but (the topside at least) of that jet mode just has me drooooooling..Syn_13 wrote:Not sold on Cyclonus as I still find my RTS version to be spot on. The new version just seems a bit too bulky and blocky. It suits Silverbolt, but not Cyclonus. Although that alt mode looks great, however what with the body kibble underneath I'm still preferring the Classics iteration. I guess people will be happy to have a Voyager sized version of him though!

Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on February 14th, 2015 @ 3:04pm CST

Silverbolt - Cyclonus
Motormaster - Optimus Prime
Hot Spot - ???
Skydive - Air Raid
Firefly - Slingshot
Alpha Bravo - Blades
Dead End - Streetwise/Streetsmart
Offroad - First Aid
Drag Strip - ???
Breakdown - ??? (Wildrider?)
Rook - ???
Posted by kriksix on February 14th, 2015 @ 3:05pm CST
and Cyclonus .. and Scourge..? ..unite to become.. Galvatron..??
that's nuts. good nuts.
Posted by griftimus prime on February 14th, 2015 @ 3:07pm CST
Posted by Syn_13 on February 14th, 2015 @ 3:09pm CST


So from these pics it's clear that Ambus sits inside the cab when Magnus is in bot mode. I wonder if he can fit in there whilst Magnus is in alt mode, or whether Magnus' head will take up that space.
Also, this leads me to wonder whether Magnus is going to be a bit of a partsformer. You can see from the behind shot that the truck wheels fold up onto his back and that the cab of the truck sits inside the Magnus body. I don't have the Masterpiece figure to tell how similar the figures may be in terms of transformation.
Posted by Burn on February 14th, 2015 @ 3:09pm CST
While MP Ultra Magnus may be the defining G1 UM ... CW UM may just be the best UM.
Posted by Ginrai Minor on February 14th, 2015 @ 3:11pm CST
Posted by Tsutsukakushi on February 14th, 2015 @ 3:21pm CST

HasTak is on a budgdet, They can't afford to create all new toys for the CW combiners. I'd rather take all these repurposed CW Combiners toys instead of the option of nothing.
Think this is brillant on HasTak's behalf. It's HasTak's better ideas.
Think most fans knew this was going to happen. Just by looking at those Kreon Combiners and HasTak's budget issues.
These repurposed CW Combiners use enough retooled parts and different colors to make them each unique and stand out.