OFFICIAL TRANSFORMERS TOYS NEWS

Brendocon 2.0 · Post by **Brendocon 2.0** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 9:12 am

Prefer to do both where possible, tbh...

numbat · Post by **numbat** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 9:55 am

I actually like what they've done with the individual team members (although Ghost Starscream is a little crap). On their own they could tempt me. However, as an actual combiner team they seem more than a little random, and that does put me off. I just don't see why everything has to combine of a sudden, and it's harming figures like Cyclonus.

Oh wait... It's because the line is called 'Combiner Wars' or 'Unite Warriors' isn't it? And I think there's some fiction to go with it in IDW comics? Having read this, though, I don't understand why everyone can combine now...

Tetsuro · Post by **Tetsuro** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 10:23 am

MP Wheeljack is getting a reissue in May.

Brendocon 2.0 · Post by **Brendocon 2.0** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 10:59 am

numbat wrote:Oh wait... It's because the line is called 'Combiner Wars' or 'Unite Warriors' isn't it? And I think there's some fiction to go with it in IDW comics? Having read this, though, I don't understand why everyone can combine now...

See, I totally get having a subline called Combiner Wars where everybody combines. It's a gimmick thing, that's cool. Fine, whatever works.

What I don't get is stuff like Megatron, Ultra Magnus and Starscream which are under the Combiner Wars banner but don't combine. I mean why aren't they just Generations or whatever?

Tetsuro · Post by **Tetsuro** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 11:43 am

Brendocon 2.0 wrote:What I don't get is stuff like Megatron, Ultra Magnus and Starscream which are under the Combiner Wars banner but don't combine. I mean why aren't they just Generations or whatever?

Well consider all the non-Scramble City toys sold under the "Scramble City" line back in the day...

Brendocon 2.0 · Post by **Brendocon 2.0** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 11:57 am

Tetsuro wrote:Well consider all the non-Scramble City toys sold under the "Scramble City" line back in the day...

I know the Wiki isn't always the best citation, but apparently just the combiners, the cities and the city commanders.
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Scramble_City_(toyline)

So by "all" I'm guessing you mean "both"?

Post by **Clay** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 12:20 pm

Brendocon 2.0 wrote:This is what Dalek should probably have been linking to, incidentally...

http://news.tfw2005.com/2015/12/07/unit ... led-306514

wat

Brendocon 2.0 wrote:What I don't get is stuff like Megatron, Ultra Magnus and Starscream which are under the Combiner Wars banner but don't combine. I mean why aren't they just Generations or whatever?

My best guess is that it simplifies ordering in stores' systems. At the moment, everything in Generations is sub-branded as Combiner Wars because that's what most of the toys are. I think only the Leader class figures are wholly independent of it, whereas the legends figures are half and half, roughly.

If I remember right, the first group of Generations ran simultaneously with Reveal the Shield, which was basically the same thing, and resulted in the latter line's mostly skipping of the last wave in physical stores. Having everything at the moment just be "Combiner Wars" probably helps prevent that.

Brendocon 2.0 · Post by **Brendocon 2.0** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 1:49 pm

Works for me.

Just thought "why's there stuff that doesn't" a more valid question than "why does it all combine", given what the line's called.

numbat · Post by **numbat** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 3:11 pm

Knightdramon · Post by **Knightdramon** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 7:06 pm

Galvatronus ---Cyclonus, Ghost Starscream, Armada Thrust, Prime Breakdown, IDW Roller

Best thing ever. Ever.

lawkmlaw · Post by **lawkmlaw** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 8:22 am

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Tetsuro · Post by **Tetsuro** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 9:15 am

Sades wrote:Pretender shell with a GoBot inside.

Battle Beast.

A GoBot with a Pretender shell based on a Battle Beast?

Post by **Hound** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 4:12 pm

Brendocon 2.0 · Post by **Brendocon 2.0** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 9:14 am

Oh my god the Japanese have come up with a backstory for Grand Galvatron and it's everything you'd ****ing expect.

http://news.tfw2005.com/2015/12/16/unit ... mic-306871

Post by **Clay** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 11:00 am

So... the combiner head isn't just part of the Cyclonus toy, but instead Galvatron is really living in his tummy?

Awesome.

Unicron · Post by **Unicron** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 1:50 pm

That is even more ridiculous than I initially expected it would be. Spectacular.

Notabot · Post by **Notabot** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 3:40 pm

Not fair! I already did the Krang schtick like five minutes after opening Cyclonus. TakaraTomyCopyCats.

Brendocon 2.0 · Post by **Brendocon 2.0** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 4:30 pm

Random plot point continuity porn, Unicron, alternate universes, toy features being made into storyline devices... it's definitely one of the most JTF things ever.

Brendocon 2.0 · Post by **Brendocon 2.0** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 8:49 am

Masterpiece Optimus Primal concept CGI stuff
http://news.tfw2005.com/2015/12/21/mast ... der-307029

Gonna have to wait until I see the finished product, because as it stands the BW Returns version does me just fine.

Post by **Clay** » Mon Dec 21, 2015 9:01 am

Yeah, that looks very close to the original. Of course, part of the point behind Masterpiece (or Generations, or...) is creating a physical representation of a character whose previous appearances in media and toys are pretty divergent from one another. That's not really the case for stuff from Beast Wars and onward.