Official Images: Target Exclusive Transformers Prime Beast Hunters Abominus Gift Set

I ain't too keen on these. I would've got them had they been more detailed/closer to G1 colours, but they're not.

I think I'll stick with the original releases and see what Takara is going to come out with.

I'm hoping I can actually find all the mass-retail versions (though given how my Target has only recently gotten Wave 1 started, my hopes aren't too high), but this is a fine alternative if that plan doesn't work out.

Surprised it isn't vastly different from the other version. Half-expected Hun-Grr to be more G1 and the others based on Shattered Glass/Technobots or Monstructor or something.

That looks gooooooood. Can't wait to pick it up!

I'm guessing this is going to turn out like Bruticus for me.

This is what Bruticus felt like for me:

Hasbro is doing a combiner!
...But it looks terrible.

But the stock photos were badly transformed!
...But it still isn't all that great, even when transformed properly.

But at least it's being released as a whole set, to make them easier to get!
...With bizarre, non-G1 colors.

And I'm afraid that's what this will feel like as well.

As separate figures, these are cool. They fail as a combiner though; just looks like something a fan came up with. And the fact that the gift set is essentially unchanged from the original releases is the icing on the cake.

Hasbro has wowed us lately with some of their 30th anniversary releases, I'm ready to be wowed by a really solid combiner!!!

Megatron Wolf wrote:...one day hasbro will figure out how to do combiners again.

I honestly don't understand the hate that is going around about their combined form. It's a flippin' Legends-scaled figure for Chrissakes, you can't make something that small and expect modes to be as gorgeous as standard Deluxe or above.

Color comparison for your convenience:

Alpha Weltall wrote:I didn't know what colors these were going to be before reading this but I was really hoping for Shattered Glass colors. Just for some kind of modern version of Computron if only in color.

Honest question, why were people expecting SG colors? There's no precedent for SG decos at mass retail, after all.

I suspected, if it was going to be a drastically different deco and not just a similar-but-different one (as they ended up doing, and it looks FANTASTIC by the way, translucency and all!), it'd be an homage to another beastbot combiner, like Monstructor.

Hun-Grrr himself seems a touch more Shattered Glass/G1 Scattershot rather than G1 Hun-Grrr, given the lack of dark gray, white not being as prominent, red instead of magenta, and red arms, feet, chest and, er, hips.

Megazarak wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

Megatron Wolf wrote:...one day hasbro will figure out how to do combiners again.

I honestly don't understand the hate that is going around about their combined form. It's a flippin' Legends-scaled figure for Chrissakes, you can't make something that small and expect modes to be as gorgeous as standard Deluxe or above.

Agreed. Not to mention it didn't have to be a combiner at all but just 5 separate Legion figures that happened to have similar names and appearances of Abominus's parts.

I'm really happy with these guys. They make for a great set of Legion figures and are also a pretty cool combiner (that even have weapons that can combine). I'll hopefully be able to get all the individual Legions as well as eventually get this set as well.

Honestly, I'm just happy to see more combiners. If for whatever reason (perhaps cost reasons) they can't make many combiners in larger scales it'd be great if they can make more in the Cyberverse scale, whether that's with Legions, Commanders and Legions or even all Commanders.

Remember those micromaster style guys that KB had, The ones that were homages to the G1 combiners? they were smaller than legends & were good combiners. It is possible to take any size figure and make a good combiner if you take the time & effort to do it,but hasbro is to damn lazy these days so they just slapped them together & ship it. But these days it doesnt matter what size they are, the last few combiners sucked. FoC Bruticus, the PCCs & ROTF Devastator all sucked, the individual figures for the most part were good but the combined forms were horrible. Hasbro is to cheap & lazy these days to make a good combiner. And remember if we keep accepting half assed crap thats all we're going to be stuck with for now on, if more people complained about the figures then maybe hasbro would get the hint and try a little harder.