Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Free G1 Sticker Sheet with TRU Singapore

Thadicon wrote:

I don't care how you feel, IDW Wildrider! You're still a part of MY Stunticon team

NuclearConvoy wrote:Are TakaraTomy only going to be releasing Superion and Menasor as sets or will I be able to buy import limbs?

NuclearConvoy wrote:Are TakaraTomy only going to be releasing Superion and Menasor as sets or will I be able to buy import limbs?

NuclearConvoy wrote:Guess I'll have to hold out for Slingshot and Wildrider too. I just can't bring myself to buy white and orange Blades.

NuclearConvoy wrote:Though I will say I like Offroad enough to want him.

Think we'll be getting any other Gestalt teams from G1 after Defensor? Or is the line going to be too crowded with the auto bot car limbs (which I have no real interest In) and the torso remold like Cyclones?

Do we have any idea what Hotspot is being re molded into? I think he'll make a great Fire Convoy/Super Fire Convoy.

william-james88 wrote:

NuclearConvoy wrote:Guess I'll have to hold out for Slingshot and Wildrider too. I just can't bring myself to buy white and orange Blades.

But can you buy Rook?

NuclearConvoy wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

NuclearConvoy wrote:Guess I'll have to hold out for Slingshot and Wildrider too. I just can't bring myself to buy white and orange Blades.

But can you buy Rook?

Rook and Offroad both look excellent and are entirely new molds for entirely new characters. Alpha Bravo is just Blades in an uglier colour scheme. And he has a dumb name. And he looks very out of place as part of the all-jet Superion. I honestly don't understand the thought process behind him. Other than Hasbro wanting money.

william-james88 wrote:

NuclearConvoy wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

NuclearConvoy wrote:Guess I'll have to hold out for Slingshot and Wildrider too. I just can't bring myself to buy white and orange Blades.

But can you buy Rook?

Rook and Offroad both look excellent and are entirely new molds for entirely new characters. Alpha Bravo is just Blades in an uglier colour scheme. And he has a dumb name. And he looks very out of place as part of the all-jet Superion. I honestly don't understand the thought process behind him. Other than Hasbro wanting money.

Nope, Offroad was made for First Aid as well (and Ironhide), just like the Alpha Bravo would be for Blades. Just letting you know in case you didnt and wanted to stay consistent. Alpha Bravo and Offroad are the same deal in every way. Actually no, at least Alpha Bravo is in the comic. Offroad is way more the odd man out simply because he comes out of nowhere. And unlike the Alpha Bravo mold, he will be reused once again this year for the Ultra Prime combiner.

NuclearConvoy wrote:
At least Offroad has a different (and amazing) head sculpt than First Aid.

Va'al wrote:Via the HobbyBase Facebook page, we get a look at an incentive campaign being run by Toys'R'Us Singapore for the Transformers Generations Combiner Wars toy line, which sees the addition of a free G1esque sticker sheet for Aerialbot and Stunticon teams with any purchase of 4 deluxes or more. Check out the poster and sticker sheet below!

Yotsuyasan wrote:

Va'al wrote:Via the HobbyBase Facebook page, we get a look at an incentive campaign being run by Toys'R'Us Singapore for the Transformers Generations Combiner Wars toy line, which sees the addition of a free G1esque sticker sheet for Aerialbot and Stunticon teams with any purchase of 4 deluxes or more. Check out the poster and sticker sheet below!

Am I the only one that thinks that stickers to make Alpha Bravo and Offroad more "G1" is abso-fraking-lutely hilarious?

NuclearConvoy wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

NuclearConvoy wrote:Guess I'll have to hold out for Slingshot and Wildrider too. I just can't bring myself to buy white and orange Blades.

But can you buy Rook?

Rook and Offroad both look excellent and are entirely new molds for entirely new characters. Alpha Bravo is just Blades in an uglier colour scheme. And he has a dumb name. And he looks very out of place as part of the all-jet Superion. I honestly don't understand the thought process behind him. Other than Hasbro wanting money.

ZeroWolf wrote:

NuclearConvoy wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

NuclearConvoy wrote:Guess I'll have to hold out for Slingshot and Wildrider too. I just can't bring myself to buy white and orange Blades.

But can you buy Rook?

Rook and Offroad both look excellent and are entirely new molds for entirely new characters. Alpha Bravo is just Blades in an uglier colour scheme. And he has a dumb name. And he looks very out of place as part of the all-jet Superion. I honestly don't understand the thought process behind him. Other than Hasbro wanting money.

You do realise that alpha bravos colour scheme is close to slingshots colour scheme (plus slingshot is dead/offline/sulking/heavily damaged/whatever in the IDW comics which Hasbro are using heavily for advertising) and as stated before; he's a helicopter for variety, looks better on toy stands

ZeroWolf wrote:Well you can always put blades on him but changing another guy for an attack copter isn't a bad idea. Though hopefully next time round hastak will play with the idea of the blades becoming swords for the gestalt

NuclearConvoy wrote:
As is, though, I will just wait for the release of a Jet limb.

Editor wrote:

NuclearConvoy wrote:
As is, though, I will just wait for the release of a Jet limb.

[snark]Because the lines using Strafe instead of Alpha Bravo will be MUCH sleeker[/snark]

Crosscheck wrote:Blades's CW figure might be one of the most ****** figures in the past few years. A rescue helicopter with f***ing missile launchers. I really hope a third party produces a pair of pontoons or landing struts. Seriously, he is better armed than the frickin' S.W.A.T. vehicle!

Yotsuyasan wrote:

Crosscheck wrote:Blades's CW figure might be one of the most ****** figures in the past few years. A rescue helicopter with f***ing missile launchers. I really hope a third party produces a pair of pontoons or landing struts. Seriously, he is better armed than the frickin' S.W.A.T. vehicle!

Who said they have to be weapons ordinance? Perhaps they are some sort of fire retárdánt missiles.

Crosscheck wrote:

Yotsuyasan wrote:

Crosscheck wrote:Blades's CW figure might be one of the most ****** figures in the past few years. A rescue helicopter with f***ing missile launchers. I really hope a third party produces a pair of pontoons or landing struts. Seriously, he is better armed than the frickin' S.W.A.T. vehicle!

Who said they have to be weapons ordinance? Perhaps they are some sort of fire retárdánt missiles.

Which would make sense if he was a fire helicopter, but he is a rescue helicopter. Alpha Bravo makes sense to have missiles, since most of the Aerialbots are modeled after fighter jets. It just sucks that Streetwise and First Aid are significant departures from their parent molds, but they couldn't even bother to give Blades a little bit more appropriate arms.

Crosscheck wrote:Which would make sense if he was a fire helicopter, but he is a rescue helicopter. Alpha Bravo makes sense to have missiles, since most of the Aerialbots are modeled after fighter jets. It just sucks that Streetwise and First Aid are significant departures from their parent molds, but they couldn't even bother to give Blades a little bit more appropriate arms.

Crosscheck wrote:

Yotsuyasan wrote:

Crosscheck wrote:Blades's CW figure might be one of the most ****** figures in the past few years. A rescue helicopter with f***ing missile launchers. I really hope a third party produces a pair of pontoons or landing struts. Seriously, he is better armed than the frickin' S.W.A.T. vehicle!

Who said they have to be weapons ordinance? Perhaps they are some sort of fire retárdánt missiles.

Which would make sense if he was a fire helicopter, but he is a rescue helicopter. Alpha Bravo makes sense to have missiles, since most of the Aerialbots are modeled after fighter jets. It just sucks that Streetwise and First Aid are significant departures from their parent molds, but they couldn't even bother to give Blades a little bit more appropriate arms.

Crosscheck wrote:Blades's CW figure might be one of the most ****** figures in the past few years. A rescue helicopter with f***ing missile launchers. I really hope a third party produces a pair of pontoons or landing struts. Seriously, he is better armed than the frickin' S.W.A.T. vehicle!

Yotsuyasan wrote:Personally, I'm fine with the design. I'm skipping Alpha Bravo (going for the Takara Superion, instead) .

Blades will likely be my one shot at this mold. And the missiles don't bug me. Yes, it is Hasbro doing some obvious repaints, but I'd rather have obvious (but effective) repaints and get more characters in the Combiner Wars line then not have the repaints and then have Hasbro not have the budget to get us new versions of more of the G1 Combiners.

If you don't like 'em, well, alas it sucks to be you. Me, I look forward to welcoming Blades to my collection!

NuclearConvoy wrote:I just hope I'm not going to get shafted by skipping Alpha Bravo. ..

william-james88 wrote:

NuclearConvoy wrote:I just hope I'm not going to get shafted by skipping Alpha Bravo. ..

You mean getting all the jets for superion and not getting alpha bravo, hoping that hasbro releases the Slingshot takara made? And that if they never do and alpha bravo is sold out, then you'd be stuck paying higher secondary market prices for a toy you didnt want initially just so you could have a complete superion of some kind?

In that case, I suggest from this point on to just buy the United Warriors release of the combiners coming out this year. You can join us all here at this thread to keep up with updates and where to buy them at the best prices. It actually turns out to even be cheaper than buying the hasbro versions at retail in canada since the deluxes have all increased in price this year. And the preorders for japan are 30% off with a great exchange rate. It will also be the best way for you to get the combiner wars toys that are faithful to G1 (deco and character wise) the fastest possible without waiting for Hasbro to maybe release the extra member.

In any case, you'll get a superior deco, the toy you want more without waiting for it, at the very same price you'd pay for a Hasbro toy here. And you'll be supporting the extra efforts and direction Takara is taking with these, voting with your wallet for what you want to see in this brand.

Also, to give you a heads up, for anybody outside the US (actually probably for US citizens too), it is always better to just buy directly from Japan.

BBTS gives you a preorder of Takara Superion for 170$ Cdn.

While this japanese site gives you a preorder of Takara Superion for 120$ Cdn. You save 50$!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NuclearConvoy wrote:

william-james88 wrote:
Also, to give you a heads up, for anybody outside the US (actually probably for US citizens too), it is always better to just buy directly from Japan.

BBTS gives you a preorder of Takara Superion for 170$ Cdn.

While this japanese site gives you a preorder of Takara Superion for 120$ Cdn. You save 50$!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But I've already bought Silverbolt, Skydive and Dragstrip. .

ZeroWolf wrote:I agree with vaal, alpha bravo is too awesome not to own even if you're going to takara. We need more new stuff, not just rehashing of the old

ZeroWolf wrote:I agree with vaal, alpha bravo is too awesome not to own even if you're going to takara. We need more new stuff, not just rehashing of the old

• He is not a character I have any sentimental attachment to. (Which doesn't always stop me. I did pick up Windblade, for example.)
• I'd like to not have any superfluous Combiner limb-bots. Keep them to groups of four, please!
• Thanks to the mold being reused for Blades, it isn't like I won't at least be able to enjoy another version of the same mold.

Yotsuyasan wrote:Sorry, Va'al.

ZeroWolf wrote:Again though it's about what's on the shelf, the first wave was two jets, a helicopter and a racing car which is more diverse then three jets and a car. in case you were wondering wave two is two sports cars, a jet and a 4x4 with wave three being a helicopter, a 4x4, a police sports car and an armoured truck.There's more to designing these toys then just wanting to please/annoy g1 fans

ZeroWolf wrote:Again though it's about what's on the shelf, the first wave was two jets, a helicopter and a racing car which is more diverse then three jets and a car. in case you were wondering wave two is two sports cars, a jet and a 4x4 with wave three being a helicopter, a 4x4, a police sports car and an armoured truck.There's more to designing these toys then just wanting to please/annoy g1 fans

Va'al wrote:

Yotsuyasan wrote:Sorry, Va'al.