Transformers Combiner Wars: G2 Menasor In-Hand

I originally wanted this set so Galvatronus could sport some funky fresh new threads, but then Grand Galvatron came, and I sighed with relief.
BUT LOOK AT THOSE DECOS! All that metallic paint! Motormaster looks AWESOME! They all look AHWZUMM!!!!!!

and I hate Dead End, but he looks SOOOOO AWSLUMPTH!!!!

I knew you'd appreciate it Cobsicle

Ow! My eyes! The goggles do nuh-ting! I love the G2 Stunticons!!!

And on the Brawl thing, when I did the leg swap mod to take the pictures, he seemed to peg into tank/leg mode more securely. Then when I undid the mod, the pegging was easier too. *shrug*

Amelie wrote:Well....


... aren't these incredible? Hasbro - this... this is how you should've done the whole range... beautiful details.

Indeed, think they could've skipped the metallic paint, but they really should - and we deserved to - have had better painted details

My EYES!

fenrir72 wrote:My EYES!

Revel in the G2-itude of it... REVEL IN IT

Wow, these look fantastic. These look like premium deco's. I'm genuinely impressed.

Hmmm...

Rodimus Prime wrote:

That Bot wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:My Brawl is pissing me off. I can't lock him in to tank mode to make a leg. Might have to have him be an arm. But that will just look weird.

Can you elaborate on the problem? Maybe we can help.

I transformed him from robot to tank in order to get him into leg mode. The last step of the transformation is to lock in the panels on his legs to the panels on his arms, and I just can't push them together to where they stay locked in. I followed the instructions to the step, and everything else is fine. I don't want to force it, but this way Bruticus's Brawl leg is longer than his Swindle leg and he looks awkward.

This may sound like a stupid question, but did you flip the rear of the tank/Brawl's feet back to reveal the second 5mm port at that end? He does a thing like Drag Strip, but backwards. Look at the bottom of Brawl in this picture (not mine), does yours match?

I love these G2 redeco, I think we should have a whole line like this...I wonder if G2 Alpha Bravo would look a little like G2 Slingshot. Also what about Black Jack in these pictures?

I really love the colors of G2 Menasor. Will it be some 150$ Walmart exclusive too? I'm kinda tempted to sell off my Takara Menasor to buy this one.

That Bot wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

That Bot wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:My Brawl is pissing me off. I can't lock him in to tank mode to make a leg. Might have to have him be an arm. But that will just look weird.

Can you elaborate on the problem? Maybe we can help.

I transformed him from robot to tank in order to get him into leg mode. The last step of the transformation is to lock in the panels on his legs to the panels on his arms, and I just can't push them together to where they stay locked in. I followed the instructions to the step, and everything else is fine. I don't want to force it, but this way Bruticus's Brawl leg is longer than his Swindle leg and he looks awkward.

This may sound like a stupid question, but did you flip the rear of the tank/Brawl's feet back to reveal the second 5mm port at that end? He does a thing like Drag Strip, but backwards. Look at the bottom of Brawl in this picture (not mine), does yours match?

So the issue with Brawl isn't an issue at all? (Don't have them yet) That's a relief!

I fixed my problem with Brawl. Turns out there's more than 1 way to transform a figure. Or I just missed a step and didn't realize it. As for the G2 Stunticons, at 1st I was passive about them, but after looking at those shots, I really want them. They look sharp! And yes, why no shots of Blackjack? His color is the same blue and purple as Motormaster's, IIRC.

Two Bros wrote:Why no Blackjack?

These photos were taken for ebay listings where the seller is breaking up the set and selling them off individually, except for Blackjack, who he kept.

-Kanrabat- wrote:I really love the colors of G2 Menasor. Will it be some 150$ Walmart exclusive too? I'm kinda tempted to sell off my Takara Menasor to buy this one.

IIRC the g2 sets are only supposed to be around the $100 mark and so far the only store we know will carry them is toys r us since there was a computer listing.

steals_your_goats wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:I really love the colors of G2 Menasor. Will it be some 150$ Walmart exclusive too? I'm kinda tempted to sell off my Takara Menasor to buy this one.

IIRC the g2 sets are only supposed to be around the $100 mark and so far the only store we know will carry them is toys r us since there was a computer listing.

He's asking about the canadian price.

And yes Kanrabat, he should be available at walmart for 150$ cdn, just like superion is currently. He will also be available at TRU for a similar price.

G2 Menasor=WANT!

When's the release date? Soon? Next month? Geez, even that's too long to wait!

Glarryg

My goodness G2 Menasor is gorgeous. Who knows, it might even come out in the UK...though I doubt it.

Man them G2 Stuntipunks look great. Them colors are just crazy in an awesome way. I haven't had any interest until now. I kinda wanna trade up.

Cobotron wrote:

Two Bros wrote:Why no Blackjack?

These photos were taken for ebay listings where the seller is breaking up the set and selling them off individually, except for Blackjack, who he kept.

If the seller kept lil blackJack then he must be good. I can't help but wonder if Defensor and Bruticus will get the same treatment.. and if deluxe groove would be part of that

Rodimus Prime wrote:I fixed my problem with Brawl. Turns out there's more than 1 way to transform a figure. Or I just missed a step and didn't realize it. As for the G2 Stunticons, at 1st I was passive about them, but after looking at those shots, I really want them. They look sharp! And yes, why no shots of Blackjack? His color is the same blue and purple as Motormaster's, IIRC.

I think G2 Menasor looks a bit stupid. I like G2 Superion's colors because they work, but Menasor's just makes him look like a clown act.

SillySpringer wrote:I think G2 Menasor looks a bit stupid. I like G2 Superion's colors because they work, but Menasor's just makes him look like a clown act.

To each his own. You're entitled t your opinion. I'm not a fan of the overall G1 version of the figure, but the colors on the G2 version are just so sharp. Better than G2 Superion.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:I think G2 Menasor looks a bit stupid. I like G2 Superion's colors because they work, but Menasor's just makes him look like a clown act.

To each his own. You're entitled t your opinion. I'm not a fan of the overall G1 version of the figure, but the colors on the G2 version are just so sharp. Better than G2 Superion.

I think the colors look AMAZING... buuuutt don't work on Menasor. I LOVE the metallic paint and am kinda sad they didn't put these pretty colors on a different set. I would've loved these sort of colors on a Galvatronus combiner. (If HasTak don't make Sweep limbs themselves I may do it myself for Primus' sake.) I mean look at Wildrider! He looks like he's wearing a yellow and blue jumper!

So, it's been about a year, and my wave 1 cw figs are starting to degrade

The shoulder ball joint on my dragstrip is so stiff for some reason his arm cannot move, and the bit of plastic between the ball and the collar joint is soft enough, the force used to move his arm now is twisting it and already has tears in the plastic

The same thing happened to my firefly's cockpit, the plastic is so thin near the nose cone, that the screw tore the plastic to pieces and stripped the screw-hole of the threads

My quickslinger came with a horribly warped tailfin and I had to tear off the pointy thing below the tailfin

The hand/foot of dead-end and neck-brace are miss-measured and have stress marks all over the palms and can't hold anything, and stripped the paint off of menasors' sword

My 2 magnus' had failed legs

Between all of this, and the horror stories of others (from stress marks all over the silverbolt and cyclonus mold, to the breakage of the neck plate of silver/clonus, to the various breakages of devs, etc.), the weak underpainted re-decos, the lack of interesting combiners on the overall, I can honestly say this line was actually kind of a scam joke; can't honestly imagine the tw line will be any better

Hellscream9999 wrote:So, it's been about a year, and my wave 1 cw figs are starting to degrade

The shoulder ball joint on my dragstrip is so stiff for some reason his arm cannot move, and the bit of plastic between the ball and the collar joint is soft enough, the force used to move his arm now is twisting it and already has tears in the plastic

The same thing happened to my firefly's cockpit, the plastic is so thin near the nose cone, that the screw tore the plastic to pieces and stripped the screw-hole of the threads

My quickslinger came with a horribly warped tailfin and I had to tear off the pointy thing below the tailfin

The hand/foot of dead-end and neck-brace are miss-measured and have stress marks all over the palms and can't hold anything, and stripped the paint off of menasors' sword

My 2 magnus' had failed legs

Between all of this, and the horror stories of others (from stress marks all over the silverbolt and cyclonus mold, to the breakage of the neck plate of silver/clonus, to the various breakages of devs, etc.), the weak underpainted re-decos, the lack of interesting combiners on the overall, I can honestly say this line was actually kind of a scam joke; can't honestly imagine the tw line will be any better

Try playing with them more often so the joints don't stick together.

SillySpringer wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:So, it's been about a year, and my wave 1 cw figs are starting to degrade

The shoulder ball joint on my dragstrip is so stiff for some reason his arm cannot move, and the bit of plastic between the ball and the collar joint is soft enough, the force used to move his arm now is twisting it and already has tears in the plastic

The same thing happened to my firefly's cockpit, the plastic is so thin near the nose cone, that the screw tore the plastic to pieces and stripped the screw-hole of the threads

My quickslinger came with a horribly warped tailfin and I had to tear off the pointy thing below the tailfin

The hand/foot of dead-end and neck-brace are miss-measured and have stress marks all over the palms and can't hold anything, and stripped the paint off of menasors' sword

My 2 magnus' had failed legs

Between all of this, and the horror stories of others (from stress marks all over the silverbolt and cyclonus mold, to the breakage of the neck plate of silver/clonus, to the various breakages of devs, etc.), the weak underpainted re-decos, the lack of interesting combiners on the overall, I can honestly say this line was actually kind of a scam joke; can't honestly imagine the tw line will be any better

Try playing with them more often so the joints don't stick together.

Only fixes one of the issues, but I agree, he's been combined for most of that year. But now the damage's done; shame they couldn't have used better plastic; it felt weird when I got them, but I didn't care because combiners, but now I'm paying for it

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:So, it's been about a year, and my wave 1 cw figs are starting to degrade

The shoulder ball joint on my dragstrip is so stiff for some reason his arm cannot move, and the bit of plastic between the ball and the collar joint is soft enough, the force used to move his arm now is twisting it and already has tears in the plastic

The same thing happened to my firefly's cockpit, the plastic is so thin near the nose cone, that the screw tore the plastic to pieces and stripped the screw-hole of the threads

My quickslinger came with a horribly warped tailfin and I had to tear off the pointy thing below the tailfin

The hand/foot of dead-end and neck-brace are miss-measured and have stress marks all over the palms and can't hold anything, and stripped the paint off of menasors' sword

My 2 magnus' had failed legs

Between all of this, and the horror stories of others (from stress marks all over the silverbolt and cyclonus mold, to the breakage of the neck plate of silver/clonus, to the various breakages of devs, etc.), the weak underpainted re-decos, the lack of interesting combiners on the overall, I can honestly say this line was actually kind of a scam joke; can't honestly imagine the tw line will be any better

Try playing with them more often so the joints don't stick together.

Only fixes one of the issues, but I agree, he's been combined for most of that year. But now the damage's done; shame they couldn't have used better plastic; it felt weird when I got them, but I didn't care because combiners, but now I'm paying for it

Dragstrip is the only CW figure I have, and I must say that the shoulder pieces feel like they probably are ABS plastic, which is the same plastic used for 3D printers. It even has a bit of a "3D printed look" to it. The same thing with the crotch section and hip sections of the legs.

SillySpringer wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:So, it's been about a year, and my wave 1 cw figs are starting to degrade

The shoulder ball joint on my dragstrip is so stiff for some reason his arm cannot move, and the bit of plastic between the ball and the collar joint is soft enough, the force used to move his arm now is twisting it and already has tears in the plastic

The same thing happened to my firefly's cockpit, the plastic is so thin near the nose cone, that the screw tore the plastic to pieces and stripped the screw-hole of the threads

My quickslinger came with a horribly warped tailfin and I had to tear off the pointy thing below the tailfin

The hand/foot of dead-end and neck-brace are miss-measured and have stress marks all over the palms and can't hold anything, and stripped the paint off of menasors' sword

My 2 magnus' had failed legs

Between all of this, and the horror stories of others (from stress marks all over the silverbolt and cyclonus mold, to the breakage of the neck plate of silver/clonus, to the various breakages of devs, etc.), the weak underpainted re-decos, the lack of interesting combiners on the overall, I can honestly say this line was actually kind of a scam joke; can't honestly imagine the tw line will be any better

Try playing with them more often so the joints don't stick together.

Only fixes one of the issues, but I agree, he's been combined for most of that year. But now the damage's done; shame they couldn't have used better plastic; it felt weird when I got them, but I didn't care because combiners, but now I'm paying for it

Dragstrip is the only CW figure I have, and I must say that the shoulder pieces feel like they probably are ABS plastic, which is the same plastic used for 3D printers. It even has a bit of a "3D printed look" to it. The same thing with the crotch section and hip sections of the legs.

Yeah, Mirage's feel fine - like they're molded out of a different plastic

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:
Dragstrip is the only CW figure I have, and I must say that the shoulder pieces feel like they probably are ABS plastic, which is the same plastic used for 3D printers. It even has a bit of a "3D printed look" to it. The same thing with the crotch section and hip sections of the legs.

Yeah, Mirage's feel fine - like they're molded out of a different plastic

Hmm I may get Mirage out of curiosity.

And they said CW would "defeat" Third Parties.

SillySpringer wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:
Dragstrip is the only CW figure I have, and I must say that the shoulder pieces feel like they probably are ABS plastic, which is the same plastic used for 3D printers. It even has a bit of a "3D printed look" to it. The same thing with the crotch section and hip sections of the legs.

Yeah, Mirage's feel fine - like they're molded out of a different plastic

Hmm I may get Mirage out of curiosity.

He's pretty great, nice colors, better plastics, and a cool silver hand/foot

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:
Dragstrip is the only CW figure I have, and I must say that the shoulder pieces feel like they probably are ABS plastic, which is the same plastic used for 3D printers. It even has a bit of a "3D printed look" to it. The same thing with the crotch section and hip sections of the legs.

Yeah, Mirage's feel fine - like they're molded out of a different plastic

Hmm I may get Mirage out of curiosity.

He's pretty great, nice colors, better plastics, and a cool silver hand/foot

I only want to get him if I am doing a haul, since I already have the mold, and want new figures with it. :\ Maybe I'll get BC OP with some other limbs and Mirage. I do love the silver hands/feet. It would be nice to get a complete combiner.

ZeroWolf wrote:I can't help but wonder if Defensor and Bruticus will get the same treatment

Hasbro has fulfilled at least one of your wishes:

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... ges/34255/

Hellscream9999 wrote: can't honestly imagine the tw line will be any better

TW? As in Toy World, the third party company? You preffer their line of combiners?

SillySpringer wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:
Dragstrip is the only CW figure I have, and I must say that the shoulder pieces feel like they probably are ABS plastic, which is the same plastic used for 3D printers. It even has a bit of a "3D printed look" to it. The same thing with the crotch section and hip sections of the legs.

Yeah, Mirage's feel fine - like they're molded out of a different plastic

Hmm I may get Mirage out of curiosity.

He's pretty great, nice colors, better plastics, and a cool silver hand/foot

I only want to get him if I am doing a haul, since I already have the mold, and want new figures with it. :\ Maybe I'll get BC OP with some other limbs and Mirage. I do love the silver hands/feet. It would be nice to get a complete combiner.

You don't have to get bc/op, you can stick them onto sky lynx - if you're getting him, or you can swap them onto silverbolt, or scatternot, but bc/op does have nice colors and fixed thighs

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote: can't honestly imagine the tw line will be any better

TW? As in Toy World, the third party company? You preffer their line of combiners?

Didn't know if the 'titan wars returns rises thing' line had an official name; didn't 'wars' get changed to 'returns' and then changed back or something?

Hellscream9999 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote: can't honestly imagine the tw line will be any better

TW? As in Toy World, the third party company? You preffer their line of combiners?

Didn't know if the 'titan wars returns rises thing' line had an official name; didn't 'wars' get changed to 'returns' and then changed back or something?

I am just messing with you. The official name is Titans Return.

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote: can't honestly imagine the tw line will be any better

TW? As in Toy World, the third party company? You preffer their line of combiners?

Didn't know if the 'titan wars returns rises thing' line had an official name; didn't 'wars' get changed to 'returns' and then changed back or something?

I am just messing with you. The official name is Titans Return.

Well, I knew you were messing with me, but I really thought the name was up in the air, guess not

Anyone got a definite date on Sky Lynx? i know it's Jan/Feb sometime!






FINE! be that way!

i'll ask on another transformers related site that i'm on!

at least i'll get an answer there!





bunch of ignoramuses on here!

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:
Dragstrip is the only CW figure I have, and I must say that the shoulder pieces feel like they probably are ABS plastic, which is the same plastic used for 3D printers. It even has a bit of a "3D printed look" to it. The same thing with the crotch section and hip sections of the legs.

Yeah, Mirage's feel fine - like they're molded out of a different plastic

Hmm I may get Mirage out of curiosity.

He's pretty great, nice colors, better plastics, and a cool silver hand/foot

I only want to get him if I am doing a haul, since I already have the mold, and want new figures with it. :\ Maybe I'll get BC OP with some other limbs and Mirage. I do love the silver hands/feet. It would be nice to get a complete combiner.

You don't have to get bc/op, you can stick them onto sky lynx - if you're getting him, or you can swap them onto silverbolt, or scatternot, but bc/op does have nice colors and fixed thighs

I could always get CW Cyclonus and then get my 4 most wanted deluxes.

SillySpringer wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:
Dragstrip is the only CW figure I have, and I must say that the shoulder pieces feel like they probably are ABS plastic, which is the same plastic used for 3D printers. It even has a bit of a "3D printed look" to it. The same thing with the crotch section and hip sections of the legs.

Yeah, Mirage's feel fine - like they're molded out of a different plastic

Hmm I may get Mirage out of curiosity.

He's pretty great, nice colors, better plastics, and a cool silver hand/foot

I only want to get him if I am doing a haul, since I already have the mold, and want new figures with it. :\ Maybe I'll get BC OP with some other limbs and Mirage. I do love the silver hands/feet. It would be nice to get a complete combiner.

You don't have to get bc/op, you can stick them onto sky lynx - if you're getting him, or you can swap them onto silverbolt, or scatternot, but bc/op does have nice colors and fixed thighs

I could always get CW Cyclonus and then get my 4 most wanted deluxes.

Dude, do that. Cyclo/tron is awesome So long as you don't mind mixing you're factions, he's the way to go

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:I could always get CW Cyclonus and then get my 4 most wanted deluxes.

Dude, do that. Cyclo/tron is awesome So long as you don't mind mixing you're factions, he's the way to go

Great! I may do that! Thanks for the advice! I would love to have Cyclonus anyhow with Titans Return Galvatron.

SillySpringer wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:I could always get CW Cyclonus and then get my 4 most wanted deluxes.

Dude, do that. Cyclo/tron is awesome So long as you don't mind mixing you're factions, he's the way to go

Great! I may do that! Thanks for the advice! I would love to have Cyclonus anyhow with Titans Return Galvatron.

Forget that, you can have a Galvatron with your Galvatron

SillySpringer wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:I could always get CW Cyclonus and then get my 4 most wanted deluxes.

Dude, do that. Cyclo/tron is awesome So long as you don't mind mixing you're factions, he's the way to go

Great! I may do that! Thanks for the advice! I would love to have Cyclonus anyhow with Titans Return Galvatron.

If you want good limbs I suggest you get (to go with your dragstrip):

Prowl
First Aid
Blades

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:I could always get CW Cyclonus and then get my 4 most wanted deluxes.

Dude, do that. Cyclo/tron is awesome So long as you don't mind mixing you're factions, he's the way to go

I second this SS. If you could only have one combiner set, and are willing to let your imagination run wild, definitely do this.

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:I could always get CW Cyclonus and then get my 4 most wanted deluxes.

Dude, do that. Cyclo/tron is awesome So long as you don't mind mixing you're factions, he's the way to go

Great! I may do that! Thanks for the advice! I would love to have Cyclonus anyhow with Titans Return Galvatron.

Forget that, you can have a Galvatron with your Galvatron

I'll have a daddy Galva and a baby Galva! I wonder if Galvatron would make a bad dad.

Cobotron wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:I could always get CW Cyclonus and then get my 4 most wanted deluxes.

Dude, do that. Cyclo/tron is awesome So long as you don't mind mixing you're factions, he's the way to go

I second this SS. If you could only have one combiner set, and are willing to let your imagination run wild, definitely do this.

william-james88 wrote:If you want good limbs I suggest you get (to go with your dragstrip):

Prowl
First Aid
Blades

Thanks Cobo and William! I have been contemplating this for a while, and this will make it a LOT easier for me to get some MPs.

SillySpringer wrote: I wonder if Galvatron would make a bad dad.

Probably. Thanks to MTMTE we know he makes a terrible lover.

Edit: Sorry. I thought you wrote Cyclonus. Get your eyes checked Cobs.

SillySpringer wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:I could always get CW Cyclonus and then get my 4 most wanted deluxes.

Dude, do that. Cyclo/tron is awesome So long as you don't mind mixing you're factions, he's the way to go

Great! I may do that! Thanks for the advice! I would love to have Cyclonus anyhow with Titans Return Galvatron.

Forget that, you can have a Galvatron with your Galvatron

I'll have a daddy Galva and a baby Galva! I wonder if Galvatron would make a bad dad.

Naw man, you can have Galvatron using Galvatron in his cannon mode

Cobotron wrote:

SillySpringer wrote: I wonder if Galvatron would make a bad dad.

Probably. Thanks to MTMTE we know he makes a terrible lover.

I am sure many fembots are quite happy with his big cannon.

william-james88 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:I could always get CW Cyclonus and then get my 4 most wanted deluxes.

Dude, do that. Cyclo/tron is awesome So long as you don't mind mixing you're factions, he's the way to go

Great! I may do that! Thanks for the advice! I would love to have Cyclonus anyhow with Titans Return Galvatron.

If you want good limbs I suggest you get (to go with your dragstrip):

Prowl
First Aid
Blades

I have heard that those are amazing figures, though I have actually been wanting some others the most:

-Swindle
-Blastoff
-Vortex

And Brawl I have been wanting to pass on. I can fill that void with Dragstrip. Thanks guys!

william-james88 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

SillySpringer wrote: I wonder if Galvatron would make a bad dad.

Probably. Thanks to MTMTE we know he makes a terrible lover.

I am sure many fembots are quite happy with his big cannon.

I make cannon joke, admins get upset. Admins make cannon joke, totally fine!

Edit: I forgot to mention some of the Ark Bots like Mirage and Ironhide so yeah. I may let a family member get them so I can get those 3 deluxe Combaticons.