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Botcon 2016 Dawn of the Predacus Combiner Image
Posted by Va'al
Jan 15, 2016 at 10:06am CST
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Comment by Gearslide
Jan 15, 2016
Wow! That works together so well! That looks great! There's a nice unified color scheme with how the legs have red kibble and the torso has the same blue and black from Tarantulas and Ravage!
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Comment by Evil Eye
Jan 15, 2016
Seeing this, I really, REALLY hope Takara retools CW Brawl so his turret can rotate.
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Yup! I will give them that. They said that the combined mode would bring in the colours and make it more diverse and not just red and they were right. I will not be getting this combiner simply because of budget but I wills say that it is indeed better than the sum of its parts. Kuddos Fun Pub!
Comment by william-james88
Jan 15, 2016
Gearslide wrote:Wow! That works together so well! That looks great! There's a nice unified color scheme with how the legs have red kibble and the torso has the same blue and black from Tarantulas and Ravage!
Yup! I will give them that. They said that the combined mode would bring in the colours and make it more diverse and not just red and they were right. I will not be getting this combiner simply because of budget but I wills say that it is indeed better than the sum of its parts. Kuddos Fun Pub!
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Comment by Lunatic Prime
Jan 15, 2016
Looks totally awesome but there are some things wrong with his right arm. The upper arm is mistransformed (maybe by purpose) and he has the wrong hand. And where are the weapons?
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Comment by Insurgent
Jan 15, 2016
That face is hilarious and I want it.
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Comment by megatronus
Jan 15, 2016
OK, I was down on the combiner before, but this is not NEARLY as bad as I thought it would be. In fact, just the opposite: it's badass! The torso pulls in Tarantulus' colors surprisingly well, and the overall palette is much more cohesive than originally speculated.
Also, the head - it works, and more than that, it's gruesomely pleasing!
However, Ramhorn... I want to readjust the shoulder so the drill faces upward and you have some symmetry. But obviously that's something that requires 2 seconds of handling to fix.
I... can't believe how exciting I am for this now.
Also, the head - it works, and more than that, it's gruesomely pleasing!
However, Ramhorn... I want to readjust the shoulder so the drill faces upward and you have some symmetry. But obviously that's something that requires 2 seconds of handling to fix.
I... can't believe how exciting I am for this now.
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Comment by GuyIncognito
Jan 15, 2016
Ramhorn looks cool, but otherwise... yawn.
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Comment by Seibertron
Jan 15, 2016
Tripredacus / Predacus looks good. I'm still not a fan of Tarantulas or Ravage, but it looks good combined. Time to work on Triplecacus' gallery this year!
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Comment by DecepticonFinishline
Jan 15, 2016
I super want that, actually. The chest breaks up the absurd amount of red. The head is a brilliant reinvention of the Tripredacus head. I love it!
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Comment by Stuartmaximus
Jan 15, 2016
so they're using Rook mold as Tarantulas?
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Yep. With his Transmetal colourscheme. And a new head. Honestly, I prefer my Tarantulas's to be bikes. But I'll see how I feel when I get this in hand.
Comment by Insurgent
Jan 15, 2016
Stuartmaximus wrote:so they're using Rook mold as Tarantulas?
Yep. With his Transmetal colourscheme. And a new head. Honestly, I prefer my Tarantulas's to be bikes. But I'll see how I feel when I get this in hand.
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Comment by ZeroWolf
Jan 15, 2016
I like it, though now I would like to see pictures of them using ravage and tarantulas as arms to see how the colour scheme handles that. So now we just have to wait and see what the other figures are...
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Comment by Gunmetal
Jan 15, 2016
Dang. I thought that there was no possible way they could work Tarrantulas and Ravage into any kind of pleasing color scheme with the other three, and yet...boom...there it is! 
This guy is right up there with Grand Galvatron as "toy-with-no-place-in-my-collection-but-I'll-fanwank-one-anyway-because-he's-that-awesome-looking".
I mean, I would if I could afford him.
This guy is right up there with Grand Galvatron as "toy-with-no-place-in-my-collection-but-I'll-fanwank-one-anyway-because-he's-that-awesome-looking".
I mean, I would if I could afford him.
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I'd like to see them as arms too. Still, Ravage and Tarantulus as legs hews closer to homaging the original Tripredacus color scheme, so I'll probably keep them on the lower half of the combiner.
Yea... I'm much happier with this when I look at it as an homage rather than update.
Comment by megatronus
Jan 15, 2016
ZeroWolf wrote:I like it, though now I would like to see pictures of them using ravage and tarantulas as arms to see how the colour scheme handles that. So now we just have to wait and see what the other figures are...
I'd like to see them as arms too. Still, Ravage and Tarantulus as legs hews closer to homaging the original Tripredacus color scheme, so I'll probably keep them on the lower half of the combiner.
Yea... I'm much happier with this when I look at it as an homage rather than update.
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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal
Jan 15, 2016
That is soooo badass!!!!!! I want it!!!!! Very badly!!!!!!!!! 
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(I know that sounds counter-intuitive, but consider: the feet only get scratched on the underside, while the hands will take hits to their fronts and tops if when the figure tips forward for whatever reason.)
Comment by Gunmetal
Jan 15, 2016
Another reason to use the displayed configuration is the feet, which (unless it's just the light) seem to have chip-prone chrome paint on them. Using them as feet will protect them better.megatronus wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:I like it, though now I would like to see pictures of them using ravage and tarantulas as arms to see how the colour scheme handles that. So now we just have to wait and see what the other figures are...
I'd like to see them as arms too. Still, Ravage and Tarantulus as legs hews closer to homaging the original Tripredacus color scheme, so is probably keep them on the lower half of the combiner.
Yea... I'm much happier with this when I look at it as an homage rather than update.
(I know that sounds counter-intuitive, but consider: the feet only get scratched on the underside, while the hands will take hits to their fronts and tops if when the figure tips forward for whatever reason.)
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I thought we had one already - to which I linked in the post?
Comparison time!
Comment by Va'al
Jan 15, 2016
Seibertron wrote:Tripredacus / Predacus looks good. I'm still not a fan of Tarantulas or Ravage, but it looks good combined. Time to work on Triplecacus' gallery this year!
I thought we had one already - to which I linked in the post?
Comparison time!
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Comment by Mr Skram
Jan 15, 2016
That mimicry of the old combined chest is pretty cool.
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Comment by shajaki
Jan 15, 2016
Well... this may be the one combiner team I have that won't be displayed as such. Not to say I don't totally dig it, but I'm more jazzed about the Tripredacus Council members having their own (show inspired) figures now that I want them standing seperately. Possibly about a little table I plan to make 
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Wire up a light above the table! Or at least duct tape a flashlight or something.
Comment by Mr Skram
Jan 15, 2016
shajaki wrote:Well... this may be the one combiner team I have that won't be displayed as such. Not to say I don't totally dig it, but I'm more jazzed about the Tripredacus Council members having their own (show inspired) figures now that I want them standing seperately. Possibly about a little table I plan to make
Wire up a light above the table! Or at least duct tape a flashlight or something.
