Kabaya Motormaster, Silverbolt and Onslaught.

[Sky Shadow]

Hot Spot now has his friends. They're very cute, should merge with the previously-released gestalt limbs and Onslaught in particular is surprisingly animation-modelly: http://snakas.blog95.fc2.com/blog-entry-3143.html

[Hursticon]

Just saw this too! :eek:
Extremely tempted to pick these up, they go superbly with any Cityformer! :D:cool:

*Edit: Heres some pics -

http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/a409/Darkone666au/Webpics/1369826676_2_zpsbbc27176.jpg

[griffin]

Interesting... they come with their combiner parts, ready for when/if they release the rest of each set.


According to the Amazon.jp listing (http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00D2J4W96/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=212112-22&camp=1027&creative=7407&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B00D2J4W96&adid=0Z815R6MRMVP2CVM69YX), these come out August 20th, for about 2,500yen (about AU$26) for a box of 8 (which as always, is pretty good value).
(note - a box of 8 means 2 of each, plus a random pair)

[Sinnertwin]

Pure awesomeness :D Really looking forward to these guys

[griffin]

Apparently this listing (http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B00D2J4YQC/) is for 6 of the 12 limbs, to go with these three core figures. A box of 10 (a set of six, plus 4 random) will be just 2,000 yen (about AU$21). To be released on the same day as the core figures.

Hopefully there is a second set of 6 to cover the remaining limbs, sometime soon after.

[Shirokaze]

They look pretty awesome! I'm always in support of more Stunticons! :D

[canofwhoopass_87]

Oh nice. Definitely want to pick these up. Are these normally available for pre-order with most online retailers or just amazon japan?

[Sinnertwin]

Oh nice. Definitely want to pick these up. Are these normally available for pre-order with most online retailers or just amazon japan?

They should be. Just preordered them off BBTS. TFSource also have them available.

[canofwhoopass_87]

They should be. Just preordered them off BBTS. TFSource also have them available.

Placing a pre-order too. Thanks ST!

[theheretic]

I'm not up with this. What are these? Reissues?

[Sinnertwin]

I'm not up with this. What are these? Reissues?

They're small Snap together model kits that you can transform by pulling parts off and reattaching certain parts. They come with sticker sheets, sometimes used to dress up entire modes depending on what colour the plstic used is cast and gum.

[griffin]

See this topic (http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?t=13909), that shows what they have released so far, and how you build them.

[Bidoofdude]

They look pretty cool! :D:)

[griffin]

A product image has now been released (http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/new-kabaya-combiner-limbs-revealed/27451/) of the set of six smaller combiner figures, showing that there will be two from each combiner team in this set.... BUT.... the packaging suggests that this might be the only set of combiner limbs being released, as each one looks like it might be released in two different colour schemes (one set in red/white/black the other in purple/green/grey) so that each mould can be done in two different colours to be two different characters, with some swapped out parts.

Aerialbots and Stunticons are easy as "cheat" figures, having them as generic jets and cars. But the Combaticons will be trickier, with their different alt-modes. It seems that they managed to blend Vortex and Blastoff into one form, with a few swapped out parts, and Brawl/Swindle is likely to be the same.

This set of six is like the previous two sets of six small combiners, in that the six individual figures can combine into a robot, and possibly into pairs to create three mid-sized robots (like the original Gen1 Landcross).
The smaller figures should also be able to combine with the three larger core figures, like regular combiners.

Figures in this set of six...
- Vortex & Blastoff
- Brawl & Swindle?
- Fireflight (red) & ??? (green)
- Air Raid (black) & ??? (purple)
- (Stunticon 1 & 2)
- (Stunticon 3 & 4)

The odd colours are going to spoil the look of the combined modes with the Core figures revealed in the first posting.

[griffin]

According to TFW (http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/japanese-transformers-40/kabaya-gaia-scramble-gum-kits-revealed-177639/), the Gaia Scramble set should indeed be released in two colour versions (which is gonna be tough to get all twelve, if a box only has 10), with alternate parts for each pair of figures.

It also mentions that the pairings are...
1 Fireflight and Skydive
2 Air Raid and Slingshot
3 Dead End and Breakdown
4 Drag Strip and Wildrider
5 Vortex and Blast Off
6 Brawl and Swindle

[canofwhoopass_87]

Awww man, the team leaders look bloody fantastic but the limbs are just hodge podge (in the words of one random tfw2005 member). Really disappointing. Was pretty excited about these too

[Krayt]

Defensors limbs were a lot lower in quality than hotspot himself, already expected the same when these 3 bodies were announced... Still getting them though!

[griffin]

The Defensor limbs were great... and pretty much coloured quite closely to the Gen1 toys.
(from the comparison topic)

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/blog/323.jpg
.
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/blog/325.jpg

These new ones are gonna look really disappointing in combined mode next to Defensor.

[canofwhoopass_87]

Defensors limbs were a lot lower in quality than hotspot himself, already expected the same when these 3 bodies were announced... Still getting them though!

Yeh but the protectobot limbs weren't generic twins and they didn't come in a weird assortment of colours. I guess I can't complain too much - these guys are only a few bucks each :rolleyes:

What's up with the combiner head on the box as well? Doesn't look like Brut/Superion/Menasor at all.

[Krayt]

I was more refering to the quality of the figures/plastic... alot lower than the normal release Kabaya kits IMO

[griffin]

What's up with the combiner head on the box as well? Doesn't look like Brut/Superion/Menasor at all.

That's Gaia Scramble's head on the box, for the combined mode of just the six small figures. The three Gen1 cores appear to have their combiner mode heads with them (I can see Superion's and Menasor's in the photo in the second posting).

[Sinnertwin]

Pre orders for the limbs are now available through BBTS. (http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=KAB10035&mode=retail&utm_source=Marketing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Marketing&utm_content=) for $36 and TfSource (http://tfsource.com/kabaya/scramble-box-of-10/)for $36. We'll probably see these soon at other online retailers(if not advertised already) who carry the Kabaya range.

[canofwhoopass_87]

Pre orders for the limbs are now available through BBTS. (http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=KAB10035&mode=retail&utm_source=Marketing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Marketing&utm_content=) for $36 and TfSource (http://tfsource.com/kabaya/scramble-box-of-10/)for $36. We'll probably see these soon at other online retailers(if not advertised already) who carry the Kabaya range.

Ah well there you go (from BBTS) "This box will include one or more each fo the following sets, each of which has the parts to assemble either of the characters listed

1 Fireflight and Skydive
2 Air Raid and Slingshot
3 Dead End and Breakdown
4 Drag Strip and Wildrider
5 Vortex and Blast Off
6 Brawl and Swindle "

Was only going to get the 3 leaders but looks like I'll get em all. Thought they were just single generic limbs, but you can swap parts around to form a complete individual combiner team

[Sinnertwin]

Some more limb mode images via Amiami


http://i1335.photobucket.com/albums/w661/sinnertwinsphotos/FIG-COL-5945_zpsded96edf.jpg (http://s1335.photobucket.com/user/sinnertwinsphotos/media/FIG-COL-5945_zpsded96edf.jpg.html)

[griffin]

Looking at the image above, you can see how they gang-moulded one from each team... resulting in at least half of each combiner team having wrong colours.

But in the case of the Combaticons, it is being brushed off as being their Gen2 colours (http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/japanese-transformers-40/images-of-kabaya-bruticus-178245/) (for Swindle and Blast Off, and half of Vortex).

A pity... but I guess it is the result of teams without uniform colour schemes - which makes me wonder why they didn't look at doing the Constructicons, Seacons, Technobots or Predacons... as they can be gang-moulded and share colours quite well. Even the Monster Pretender combiner bots share colours (if you have them in a circle, each figure has two colours and shares a colour with the next in the circle - go check it out).

[canofwhoopass_87]

Bit cheaper on captured prey (compared to BBTS and TFsource) if anyone is interested

http://www.capturedprey.com/store/index.php?route=product/search&keyword=kabaya

[griffin]

More images of the three sets (http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/japanese-transformers-40/kabaya-transformers-gaia-scramble-kits-new-images-178260/), as they are about to be released in Japan.