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Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor

Posted by william-james88 Jan 14, 2016 at 11:58am CST 41,655 views
Fellow Seibrtronian Mindmaster sent us some new art featuring Transformers Combienr Wars Defensor. This was found on a facebook post from artist Marcelo Matere.

Transformers News: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor

This same image now appears on Hasbro's main Transformers website. What is extremely peculiar though, and this was broght to our atention by 0autobot0, is that even if the image has Rook as a limb, the breakdown of the "bots" is the following:

Transformers News: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor


Blades, Groove, Hotspot, Streetwise and Firstaid.

Yes, indeed, Groove is the autobot described. Selecting Groove gives you new art as well for each mode.

Transformers News: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor

Transformers News: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor

This can all be simply related to fiction and as a description of G1 Defensor, who always had Groove as part of his team. Then again, the designation of this character as "deluxe" does reference the fact that he is a toy too.

It is still interesting to note that this is the team up according to the official Transformers site and that there is an awful lot of attention given to a character who doesn't have a deluxe toy out from Hasbro.

Feel free to speculate the significance of this on the boards!

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Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (view post)
Comment by no-one Jan 14, 2016
Very interesting, very interesting indeed :-?
Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (view post)
Comment by Sabrblade Jan 14, 2016
There are even more errors there than what meets the eye.

In the above pics, Groove has his G1 robot and vehicle modes instead of his CW ones.

Hot Spot has his CW robot mode but his GDO vehicle mode.

Blades and Streetwise each have their CW robot modes but their G1 vehicle modes.

And First Aid apparently has no vehicle mode.

Additionally...


http://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/co ... s/superion

Alpha Bravo and Powerglide are counted among the Aerialbots, but Powerglide can't transform. And Silverbolt has his Universe Ultra class robot mode with more yellows added.

http://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/co ... rs/menasor

Dead End is WFC Dead End in robot mode and CW Dead End in vehicle mode, Motormaster has his G1 robot mode and his CW truck mode, Breakdown has his TFSS robot mode and his CW vehicle mode, Offroad is Dead End in robot mode (has the correct vehicle mode, though), and Blackjack is included but can't transform.


http://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/co ... devastator

Mixmaster has his mixer drum split open like shelled wings in robot mode and has his G1 altmode, Long Haul has his G1 robot mode, and both Bonecrusher and Scavenger remind me more of some of their 3rd party toys in robot mode.


http://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/co ... us-maximus

Sunstreaker is Universe Sunstreaker in both modes, Mirage has his Classics vehicle mode, Optimus is MP-10 in both modes, Prowl has his Universe vehicle mode, and Ironhide has his Universe vehicle mode.


Nice goin, Hasbro.
Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (view post)
Comment by Carnivius_Prime Jan 14, 2016
T1000 is riding Groove! :O
Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (view post)
Comment by Agamemnon Jan 14, 2016
Carnivius_Prime wrote:T1000 is riding Groove! :O

Or Eric Estrada. I can't tell... :-s
Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (view post)
Comment by ZeroWolf Jan 14, 2016
So at first I was wondering that they were going to go the quickslinger route and get deluxe groove out there then I read what Sabrblade put and now doubt the competence if the person who put the website together.
Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (view post)
Comment by william-james88 Jan 14, 2016
ZeroWolf wrote:So at first I was wondering that they were going to go the quickslinger route and get deluxe groove out there then I read what Sabrblade put and now doubt the competence if the person who put the website together.


Screw Groove, give me that awesome looking Mixmaster. That is a great design!

But yeah, it looks like its just a hodge podge of team members using comissioned art from artists who didnt have a solid unifying vision.
Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (view post)
Comment by Sabrblade Jan 14, 2016
william-james88 wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:So at first I was wondering that they were going to go the quickslinger route and get deluxe groove out there then I read what Sabrblade put and now doubt the competence if the person who put the website together.


Screw Groove, give me that awesome looking Mixmaster. That is a great design!

But yeah, it looks like its just a hodge podge of team members using comissioned art from artists who didnt have a solid unifying vision.
It all looks like recycled card art from the Legends mobile game.
Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (view post)
Comment by Shuttershock Jan 14, 2016
Carnivius_Prime wrote:T1000 is riding Groove! :O


Moustache Man returns!

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Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (view post)
Comment by Randomhero Jan 14, 2016
Might wanna modify your article a little bit. Says groove doesn't have a toy from hasbro but he does. It's the legends class one. So there is a groove you its just not the deluxe limb. Might be coming though!
Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (view post)
Comment by william-james88 Jan 14, 2016
Randomhero wrote:Might wanna modify your article a little bit. Says groove doesn't have a toy from hasbro but he does. It's the legends class one. So there is a groove you its just not the deluxe limb. Might be coming though!


Thanks, that was a super easy fix!
Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (view post)
Comment by TFBuyer Jan 14, 2016
Sort of hoping we DO get a deluxe from Hasbro, because that Warriors Unite Groove is impossible to find alone! I'll put this up there with my wish for proper Computron combiner limbs and a new Computron head.
Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (view post)
Comment by Evil Eye Jan 14, 2016
If we ARE getting Groove separately, I'm getting him...but not for Defensor. I have greater plans for him...
Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (view post)
Comment by Starsaber468 Jan 14, 2016
Good thing we are groove then cause I haven't gotten rook yet for defensor so now I can get groove thats a deluxe verison tor a limb
Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (view post)
Comment by shajaki Jan 14, 2016
TFBuyer wrote:Sort of hoping we DO get a deluxe from Hasbro, because that Warriors Unite Groove is impossible to find alone!
He sure is. I just got my UW Deffy and loooove Groove. But on my shelf he'll perpetually be some big dudes shin, so I started looking for a loose one to have by himself, but no luck. If Hasby does release Deluxe Groove, I'll be quite happy. But as evidence suggests, that's doesn't seem to be the case...
Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (view post)
Comment by ZeroWolf Jan 14, 2016
TFBuyer wrote:Sort of hoping we DO get a deluxe from Hasbro, because that Warriors Unite Groove is impossible to find alone! I'll put this up there with my wish for proper Computron combiner limbs and a new Computron head.

But we are getting computron limbs ;) including one of them that is a retooled deluxe groove. The jury is still out on computron head though it could be new or it could be the one from betatron
Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (view post)
Comment by Hellscream9999 Jan 14, 2016
pffft, what a joke of a site, this clearly doesn't confirm, or tease anything, other than whomever put that together has no idea what's goin' on :roll:
Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (view post)
Comment by Mr O Jan 14, 2016
Trailbreaker's subgroup is 'Lynx King' and the other three say 'Sky Reign'. What's that all about then?
Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (view post)
Comment by Sabrblade Jan 14, 2016
Mr O wrote:Trailbreaker's subgroup is 'Lynx King' and the other three say 'Sky Reign'. What's that all about then?
It is presumed to have been an early working name for Sky Reign that accidentally got left alone on Trailbreaker's extended bio.
Re: Protectobot Groove Found on Hasbro Site as Specified Limb for Defensor (view post)
Comment by Mr O Jan 14, 2016
Sabrblade wrote:
Mr O wrote:Trailbreaker's subgroup is 'Lynx King' and the other three say 'Sky Reign'. What's that all about then?
It is presumed to have been an early working name for Sky Reign that accidentally got left alone on Trailbreaker's extended bio.


Thanks man! I thought he'd been drinking...
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