Combiner Wars Sky Lynx: Additional In-hand Images
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Posted by Sabrblade on November 28th, 2015 @ 12:43pm CST
Posted by Starsaber468 on November 28th, 2015 @ 12:46pm CST
Posted by Mkall on November 28th, 2015 @ 1:47pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:Hey look! It's Shattered Glass Sky Lynx!![]()
I was perfectly happy ignoring this figure until you mentioned this...
Posted by Hellscream9999 on November 28th, 2015 @ 2:42pm CST

Posted by RAR on November 28th, 2015 @ 4:29pm CST
Posted by Duke of Luns on November 28th, 2015 @ 7:31pm CST
Posted by Noideaforaname on November 28th, 2015 @ 7:55pm CST
The main selling point is that we're not likely to see another Sky Lynx any time soon, and that's a terrible reason to buy something.
Posted by fenrir72 on November 28th, 2015 @ 10:27pm CST
Posted by Rated X on November 29th, 2015 @ 2:37am CST
Posted by Ultra Markus on November 29th, 2015 @ 2:53am CST

Posted by RhA on November 29th, 2015 @ 3:47am CST
Noideaforaname wrote:Eck, this guy's kinda like the recent Sky-Byte, where the new figure isn't particularly better than the original, it's just... different. It went against a more realistic alt mode and less clunky robot modes, and ditched the distinctive two-beast feature to make him yet another generic combiner torso. Meh.
The main selling point is that we're not likely to see another Sky Lynx any time soon, and that's a terrible reason to buy something.
... these are all good points and they've ruined my excitement for this figure. Also that GAPING HOLE in the middle hurts.
Posted by Burn on November 29th, 2015 @ 5:07am CST
Rated X wrote:Double post. Other sites let you delete your own comments would be good here as well.
And let people delete their inflammatory posts? Noooooo.
Back to the topic at hand!
Posted by frogbat on November 29th, 2015 @ 7:07am CST
Posted by Ironhidensh on November 29th, 2015 @ 8:52am CST
Posted by -Kanrabat- on November 29th, 2015 @ 9:00am CST
Posted by King Kuuga on November 29th, 2015 @ 9:48am CST
-Kanrabat- wrote:It would be too bad if the shuttle part cant detach from the base.
It cannot.
Posted by william-james88 on November 29th, 2015 @ 9:52am CST
-Kanrabat- wrote:It would be too bad if the shuttle part cant detach from the base. Even so, the thing look ridiculously AWESOME. I kinda love oddballs TFs like these. Yet, I never had any interest of owning the G1 original. Strange...
The G1 Original is pretty awesome. And the size is great! Scales really well with Legends TFs.
Posted by no-one on November 29th, 2015 @ 10:48am CST
-Kanrabat- wrote:It would be too bad if the shuttle part cant detach from the base. Even so, the thing look ridiculously AWESOME. I kinda love oddballs TFs like these. Yet, I never had any interest of owning the G1 original. Strange...
I feel the exact same way. I've never felt any need for the G1 figure, but the CW fig is on the want list.
Sky Lynx is a bit of an odd turducken to me. The only thing I know about the character is that brief appearance in the current RID comics. I'm quite a few issues behind at his point and to the best of my knowledge he is still MIA.
Well off to the tf wiki to get my learn on.
Posted by Whifflefire on November 29th, 2015 @ 1:46pm CST
Posted by RAR on November 29th, 2015 @ 2:05pm CST
I'm not averse to an animal head though.
Posted by Ironhidensh on November 29th, 2015 @ 3:42pm CST
RAR wrote:A robot head inside a lynx mouth would have been cool to have a bit like Beast Wars Mutants Soundwave has.
I'm not averse to an animal head though.
I like it, but seems a little Voltronish.

Posted by King Kuuga on November 29th, 2015 @ 5:02pm CST
Ironhidensh wrote:RAR wrote:A robot head inside a lynx mouth would have been cool to have a bit like Beast Wars Mutants Soundwave has.
I'm not averse to an animal head though.
I like it, but seems a little Voltronish.
It's not like Voltron is the only super robot to have an animal face crown.
Posted by Hellscream9999 on November 29th, 2015 @ 5:21pm CST
That Bot wrote:Ironhidensh wrote:RAR wrote:A robot head inside a lynx mouth would have been cool to have a bit like Beast Wars Mutants Soundwave has.
I'm not averse to an animal head though.
I like it, but seems a little Voltronish.
It's not like Voltron is the only super robot to have an animal face crown.
Yeah, now that I think about it, there was that one guy, had a lion styled helmet, what was his name... Liokaiser I think

Posted by Sabrblade on November 29th, 2015 @ 7:54pm CST
carytheone wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:It would be too bad if the shuttle part cant detach from the base. Even so, the thing look ridiculously AWESOME. I kinda love oddballs TFs like these. Yet, I never had any interest of owning the G1 original. Strange...
I feel the exact same way. I've never felt any need for the G1 figure, but the CW fig is on the want list.
Sky Lynx is a bit of an odd turducken to me. The only thing I know about the character is that brief appearance in the current RID comics. I'm quite a few issues behind at his point and to the best of my knowledge he is still MIA.
Well off to the tf wiki to get my learn on.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on November 29th, 2015 @ 9:37pm CST
figured out what i am going to do with him though and his team: Wheeljack shall be brought over to Optimus Maximus and replace Mirage, with Prowl being moved to leg position and Wheeljack to arm alongside Streaker. then Mirage, Hound, Smoke and Trailbreaker can all be standalone's on my Lost Light Shelves and can combine with cyclonus periodically. sky Lynx shall be off by himself as a standalone with occasional combining with either OM's team or the Lost Lighters. Will look pretty sweet


Posted by Hellscream9999 on November 29th, 2015 @ 9:57pm CST
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Loving the look. I am super excited for this guy to hit my desk. The fanmode does look neat, but I'm perfectly happy with the regular robot mode. The combined mode also looks amazing!!
figured out what i am going to do with him though and his team: Wheeljack shall be brought over to Optimus Maximus and replace Mirage, with Prowl being moved to leg position and Wheeljack to arm alongside Streaker. then Mirage, Hound, Smoke and Trailbreaker can all be standalone's on my Lost Light Shelves and can combine with cyclonus periodically. sky Lynx shall be off by himself as a standalone with occasional combining with either OM's team or the Lost Lighters. Will look pretty sweet![]()
Aww, I'm gonna set him up with hound, and rook as arms, and first-aid/ironhide, and ironhide/trailbreaker as legs; he's gonna be ripped

Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on November 29th, 2015 @ 9:59pm CST
Hellscream9999 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Loving the look. I am super excited for this guy to hit my desk. The fanmode does look neat, but I'm perfectly happy with the regular robot mode. The combined mode also looks amazing!!
figured out what i am going to do with him though and his team: Wheeljack shall be brought over to Optimus Maximus and replace Mirage, with Prowl being moved to leg position and Wheeljack to arm alongside Streaker. then Mirage, Hound, Smoke and Trailbreaker can all be standalone's on my Lost Light Shelves and can combine with cyclonus periodically. sky Lynx shall be off by himself as a standalone with occasional combining with either OM's team or the Lost Lighters. Will look pretty sweet![]()
Aww, I'm gonna set him up with hound, and rook as arms, and first-aid/ironhide, and ironhide/trailbreaker as legs; he's gonna be ripped
That combination would be an incredibly beefy guy! guess that scramble city style stuff really is fun!


Posted by Hellscream9999 on November 29th, 2015 @ 10:15pm CST
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Loving the look. I am super excited for this guy to hit my desk. The fanmode does look neat, but I'm perfectly happy with the regular robot mode. The combined mode also looks amazing!!
figured out what i am going to do with him though and his team: Wheeljack shall be brought over to Optimus Maximus and replace Mirage, with Prowl being moved to leg position and Wheeljack to arm alongside Streaker. then Mirage, Hound, Smoke and Trailbreaker can all be standalone's on my Lost Light Shelves and can combine with cyclonus periodically. sky Lynx shall be off by himself as a standalone with occasional combining with either OM's team or the Lost Lighters. Will look pretty sweet![]()
Aww, I'm gonna set him up with hound, and rook as arms, and first-aid/ironhide, and ironhide/trailbreaker as legs; he's gonna be ripped
That combination would be an incredibly beefy guy! guess that scramble city style stuff really is fun!![]()
It's why I've always like combiners more than anything, I only got the constructicons and a couple combaticons from energon, so that wasn't a lot of fun... That's why I swore when the line started, that I was gonna go for a near complete collection for cw.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on November 29th, 2015 @ 10:29pm CST
Hellscream9999 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Loving the look. I am super excited for this guy to hit my desk. The fanmode does look neat, but I'm perfectly happy with the regular robot mode. The combined mode also looks amazing!!
figured out what i am going to do with him though and his team: Wheeljack shall be brought over to Optimus Maximus and replace Mirage, with Prowl being moved to leg position and Wheeljack to arm alongside Streaker. then Mirage, Hound, Smoke and Trailbreaker can all be standalone's on my Lost Light Shelves and can combine with cyclonus periodically. sky Lynx shall be off by himself as a standalone with occasional combining with either OM's team or the Lost Lighters. Will look pretty sweet![]()
Aww, I'm gonna set him up with hound, and rook as arms, and first-aid/ironhide, and ironhide/trailbreaker as legs; he's gonna be ripped
That combination would be an incredibly beefy guy! guess that scramble city style stuff really is fun!![]()
It's why I've always like combiners more than anything, I only got the constructicons and a couple combaticons from energon, so that wasn't a lot of fun... That's why I swore when the line started, that I was gonna go for a near complete collection for cw.
I never intended to get them all, but in the end, I will get all 6 retail teams plus Cyclonus, Devy, Victorion, and any Computron they make in the future. I am turning down this Scattershot unless I need to get him at a later date, AKA they announce independent limbs. I would so buy and appreciate a box set though.
Man, 8 combiners for sure. I feel slightly overwhelmed by the thought.....

Posted by Hellscream9999 on November 29th, 2015 @ 10:39pm CST
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Loving the look. I am super excited for this guy to hit my desk. The fanmode does look neat, but I'm perfectly happy with the regular robot mode. The combined mode also looks amazing!!
figured out what i am going to do with him though and his team: Wheeljack shall be brought over to Optimus Maximus and replace Mirage, with Prowl being moved to leg position and Wheeljack to arm alongside Streaker. then Mirage, Hound, Smoke and Trailbreaker can all be standalone's on my Lost Light Shelves and can combine with cyclonus periodically. sky Lynx shall be off by himself as a standalone with occasional combining with either OM's team or the Lost Lighters. Will look pretty sweet![]()
Aww, I'm gonna set him up with hound, and rook as arms, and first-aid/ironhide, and ironhide/trailbreaker as legs; he's gonna be ripped
That combination would be an incredibly beefy guy! guess that scramble city style stuff really is fun!![]()
It's why I've always like combiners more than anything, I only got the constructicons and a couple combaticons from energon, so that wasn't a lot of fun... That's why I swore when the line started, that I was gonna go for a near complete collection for cw.
I never intended to get them all, but in the end, I will get all 6 retail teams plus Cyclonus, Devy, Victorion, and any Computron they make in the future. I am turning down this Scattershot unless I need to get him at a later date, AKA they announce independent limbs. I would so buy and appreciate a box set though.
Man, 8 combiners for sure. I feel slightly overwhelmed by the thought.....
Yeah, it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, but, I gotta get me that G2 bruticus, that is just pure 90's right there, I need it in my life (I gotta get a bruticus at some point, right

Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on November 29th, 2015 @ 10:41pm CST
Hellscream9999 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Man, 8 combiners for sure. I feel slightly overwhelmed by the thought.....
Yeah, it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, but, I gotta get me that G2 bruticus, that is just pure 90's right there, I need it in my life (I gotta get a bruticus at some point, right)
Well yeah. Given how many attempts they have made at making a good Bruticus, and how good this one appears to be, You need to get at least one. and why not G2? The colors would be very different and it isn't mass retail, so why now, dare I say why not?

Posted by william-james88 on November 29th, 2015 @ 10:44pm CST
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Man, 8 combiners for sure. I feel slightly overwhelmed by the thought.....
Yeah, it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, but, I gotta get me that G2 bruticus, that is just pure 90's right there, I need it in my life (I gotta get a bruticus at some point, right)
Well yeah. Given how many attempts they have made at making a good Bruticus, and how good this one appears to be, You need to get at least one. and why not G2? The colors would be very different and it isn't mass retail, so why now, dare I say why not?
Wow, someone has been watching a bunch of Emgo lately.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on November 29th, 2015 @ 10:48pm CST
william-james88 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Man, 8 combiners for sure. I feel slightly overwhelmed by the thought.....
Yeah, it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, but, I gotta get me that G2 bruticus, that is just pure 90's right there, I need it in my life (I gotta get a bruticus at some point, right)
Well yeah. Given how many attempts they have made at making a good Bruticus, and how good this one appears to be, You need to get at least one. and why not G2? The colors would be very different and it isn't mass retail, so why now, dare I say why not?
Wow, someone has been watching a bunch of Emgo lately.
He's kinda my favorite reviewer, so yup haha. But it is true: "You don't stop playing because you grow old; you grow old because you stop playing" "Be geek, be proud!"
words to live by. At least it still makes me feel like a kid. Acting my age my shiny metal tailpipe

Posted by Hellscream9999 on November 29th, 2015 @ 10:48pm CST
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Man, 8 combiners for sure. I feel slightly overwhelmed by the thought.....
Yeah, it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, but, I gotta get me that G2 bruticus, that is just pure 90's right there, I need it in my life (I gotta get a bruticus at some point, right)
Well yeah. Given how many attempts they have made at making a good Bruticus, and how good this one appears to be, You need to get at least one. and why not G2? The colors would be very different and it isn't mass retail, so why now, dare I say why not?
no job, little money, tuition bills...
Yeah, I might be double dipping on bruticus, depending on how he is distributed, and how much he is.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on November 29th, 2015 @ 11:14pm CST
Hellscream9999 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Man, 8 combiners for sure. I feel slightly overwhelmed by the thought.....
Yeah, it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, but, I gotta get me that G2 bruticus, that is just pure 90's right there, I need it in my life (I gotta get a bruticus at some point, right)
Well yeah. Given how many attempts they have made at making a good Bruticus, and how good this one appears to be, You need to get at least one. and why not G2? The colors would be very different and it isn't mass retail, so why now, dare I say why not?
no job, little money, tuition bills...
Yeah, I might be double dipping on bruticus, depending on how he is distributed, and how much he is.
didn't say you had to double dip, but G2 might not be a bad choice for the lone Bruticus

Posted by Hellscream9999 on November 29th, 2015 @ 11:24pm CST
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Man, 8 combiners for sure. I feel slightly overwhelmed by the thought.....
Yeah, it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside, but, I gotta get me that G2 bruticus, that is just pure 90's right there, I need it in my life (I gotta get a bruticus at some point, right)
Well yeah. Given how many attempts they have made at making a good Bruticus, and how good this one appears to be, You need to get at least one. and why not G2? The colors would be very different and it isn't mass retail, so why now, dare I say why not?
no job, little money, tuition bills...
Yeah, I might be double dipping on bruticus, depending on how he is distributed, and how much he is.
didn't say you had to double dip, but G2 might not be a bad choice for the lone Bruticus
Naw, if it comes down to it, I'll get the originals, they have a great color scheme, and they'll be more affordable.
Posted by Va'al on November 30th, 2015 @ 2:59am CST
Posted by AutobotAlvaron on November 30th, 2015 @ 4:11am CST
My only gripe (besides him not having a proper, separate, Lynx-mode) is that Hasbro had to stubbornly cheapen the thing by hollowing-out the underside of the wings. Why??? I'm tired of my Transformers looking like Mexican paper lace. (I understand the economics behind it, but sheesh, every Combiner Wars figure is visually & structurally compromised by having cheese-grater slots all over like HotSpot & Ultra Magnus' back-sides.)

Anyway, being an 80's kid, I love all things Space Shuttle (how I miss the glory days of regular launches and US space-supremacy), so "Mr. High & Mighty" space-bird-cat is a must buy. But I wonder, what will Takara do with this mold?

Posted by -Kanrabat- on November 30th, 2015 @ 4:38am CST
AutobotAlvaron wrote:Anyway, being an 80's kid, I love all things Space Shuttle
I do hope you have Super Gobots Spay-C in your collection. He's an amazing guy with a very advanced design for it's time.


If you don't have it, he's very cheap and easy to find. Don't miss out!
Oh yeah, you also have that tiny Gobot. I don't have it so I can't tell how good it is. I'll stumble on it one day.

Posted by Carnivius_Prime on November 30th, 2015 @ 4:44am CST
It's a cool figure but yeah the hollowness and the combining gimmick likely being reason for no seperate Lynx mode kinda ruins it though the fan-mode Lynx ain't so bad. If I see him in Cambridge Toys R Us here in the UK I may purchase him.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on November 30th, 2015 @ 7:58am CST

Posted by RiddlerJ on November 30th, 2015 @ 8:24am CST
Posted by Seibertron on November 30th, 2015 @ 8:36am CST
This is also begging for a 3rd party company to make it do just that.
Posted by No One on November 30th, 2015 @ 8:47am CST
-Kanrabat- wrote:AutobotAlvaron wrote:Anyway, being an 80's kid, I love all things Space Shuttle
I do hope you have Super Gobots Spay-C in your collection. He's an amazing guy with a very advanced design for it's time.
If you don't have it, he's very cheap and easy to find. Don't miss out!
Oh yeah, you also have that tiny Gobot. I don't have it so I can't tell how good it is. I'll stumble on it one day.
SHE is an amazing figure!!!
Posted by Nemesis Destron on November 30th, 2015 @ 9:02am CST

The overall does look cool and that's coming from a fan who doesn't care for any Beast TFs. It doesn't bother me that this does not separate provided it does. I never did like the goofy looking feet on the shuttle piece alone.
I really dug the overall alt-mode as a griffon type creature.


I can't wait to see what Takara has in store for us!

Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on November 30th, 2015 @ 9:02am CST





Posted by fenrir72 on November 30th, 2015 @ 10:04am CST
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
New images!
He really deserves to have a Golion face.
Posted by Mindmaster on November 30th, 2015 @ 10:19am CST
Might just have to pick up Sky Lynx after all. Wasn't all that interested in him as a combiner, but I actually have a need for those weapons for a custom project.
Posted by Cobotron on November 30th, 2015 @ 10:48am CST
This is another BoS.(Buy on site)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on November 30th, 2015 @ 12:41pm CST
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:New images!
AHHHHHHHHHH!

Need this now, more important than bruticus, also need evil repaint
