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Firestorm
16th January 2015, 05:31 AM
That's right guys, you read that right. following on last years Fan Built Bot Poll that brought us Windblade. this time around Hasbro will be holding a poll for a whole new combiner team!!

this team will be featured in the Combiner Wars and will receive toys sometime in 2016 that will be compatible with the rest of the combiner wars toys (Aerialbots, Stunticons, Protectobots, etc)

Voting will begin soon on a revamped Transformers Official app

I am SO excited for this!


HASBRO INVITES TRANSFORMERS FANS TO CREATE MASSIVE TRANSFORMERS CHARACTER TO ENLIST IN THE COMBINER WARS

Fans Can Soon Create an All New Transformers Character in “Fan Built Combiner Poll”

Pawtucket, R.I. (January 15, 2015) —TRANSFOMERS fans around the world are invited to help create a new character for the popular TRANSFORMERS brand — but not just any character. Following on the heels of the 30th anniversary “Fan Built Bot” poll, which led to the fan-assisted creation of the popular new AUTOBOT character, WINDBLADE, Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) is launching the new “Fan Built Combiner” poll. This crowdsourcing project seeks fan input to create a new team of TRANSFORMERS robots that combine into one giant new character in celebration of the theme of the 2015 TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS line, COMBINER WARS!

Starting soon, with exact dates to be announced, the official TRANSFORMERS brand app (formerly the official TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION app) will be updated and fans will be able to log-in and answer a round of questions to help shape the identity of the new Combiner characters. The Fan Built Combiner poll will allow fans to determine everything from the types of vehicles involved, to whether the characters will be AUTOBOTS or DECEPTICONS, and eventually the name of the new character.

Voting for each round will be open for one week, after which the results will be announced and a new round of voting will begin the following week, with three rounds of questions in all. A full reveal of the new Fan Built Combiner is expected later this year, with the character available as a toy in 2016.

“The first ‘Fan Built Bot’ effort was massive, resulting in the creation of WINDBLADE who has her own widely popular comic series from IDW Publishing and toy product,” said Tom Warner, senior vice president of the TRANSFORMERS franchise at Hasbro. “With the TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS: COMBINER WARS line celebrating the venerable COMBINER characters from throughout TRANSFORMERS history this year, this is the perfect time to let fans help create something even bigger than a new TRANSFORMERS character — a Combiner team that will become part of TRANSFORMERS lore.”

The new “Fan Built Combiner” character will be part of the TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS: COMBINER WARS toy line. Like all the toys in the line, which debut in stores this month, the new Combiner figure will be able to mix-and-match limbs with other figures in the line so kids and fans can create their own custom TRANSFORMERS COMBINERS figures.

To participate in the vote, fans will need to download the free official TRANSFORMERS brand app on iOS (Transformers: Age of Extinction Movie: Official App on the App Store on iTunes) and Android (Transformers:Age Of Extinction - Android Apps on Google Play). Starting with the Fan Built Combiner update, launching soon, the refreshed app will become the premiere destination for TRANSFORMERS fans and will feature first-look and behind-the-scenes images and information on new TRANSFORMERS: GENERATIONS toys. Additional information will be available at TRANSFORMERS.COM as well as the official TRANSFORMERS Facebook page at Facebook.com/Transformers.

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prjkt
16th January 2015, 07:57 AM
Hmmm. A DJD combined would be nuts...

Paulbot
16th January 2015, 08:18 AM
It won't (or shouldn't) be existing characters (even non-toy ones).

Will be interesting to see what options Hasbro give at each stage and what the final result turns out to be.

Krayt
16th January 2015, 08:53 AM
Anyone else get the feeling that this is like Rus Kargill talking to the President in the "Simpsons Movie"


Russ Cargill: Anyone can pick something when they know what it is; It takes real leadership to pick something you're clueless about.
President Schwarzenegger: Ok, I pick 3!
Russ Cargill: Try again.
President Schwarzenegger: 1!
Russ Cargill: Go higher.
President Schwarzenegger: 5?
Russ Cargill: Too high.
President Schwarzenegger: 3?
Russ Cargill: You already said 3.
President Schwarzenegger: 6?
Russ Cargill: There is no 6.
President Schwarzenegger: 2?
Russ Cargill: Double it.
President Schwarzenegger: 4!
Russ Cargill: As you wish, sir.

Ode to a Grasshopper
16th January 2015, 08:56 AM
OK, so this seems a good time to post a link to this (http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?t=7925&highlight=driftotron).

And yeah, as Paulbot says, it's for new fan-made characters. I'm still inclined to go for a cab-and-trailer core bot though, so we can get a better Motormaster repaint/retool later...

Trent
16th January 2015, 10:50 AM
Boats and submarines!!!!

Boats and submarines!!!

Gofigure
16th January 2015, 11:10 AM
Thats kind of very very cool guys

love the concept....love the inclusion in combiner wars universe

Im digging this :)

Zippo
16th January 2015, 06:36 PM
Decepticon!
Please

kaiden
16th January 2015, 06:42 PM
I want a fembot combiner team

MayzaPrime
16th January 2015, 07:30 PM
Wreckers combine!!!! Oh wait... :p Let me specify LSOTW combiner: Rotorstorm, Preceptor, Pyro, Ironfist & Topspin.

I would love a fembot combiner.

Of all of the combiner team, I hope we get Predaking.

Bidoofdude
16th January 2015, 07:31 PM
These are apparently 5 new original characters, rather than previous combiner teams.

kaiden
16th January 2015, 08:36 PM
These are apparently 5 new original characters, rather than previous combiner teams.

FEMBOTS! like amazonians

Bidoofdude
16th January 2015, 08:37 PM
FEMBOTS! like amazonians

I reckon if they put in enough engineering they could make a combined mode with a very Amazonian figure. That would be pretty awesome.

kaiden
16th January 2015, 10:02 PM
I reckon if they put in enough engineering they could make a combined mode with a very Amazonian figure. That would be pretty awesome.

as long as they're big and beautiful and could administer death by snoo snoo

Trent
16th January 2015, 10:36 PM
as long as they're big and beautiful and could administer death by snoo snoo

The spirit is willing! But the flesh is spongy and bruised.

BigTransformerTrev
19th January 2015, 10:49 PM
I would love a fembot combiner.




FEMBOTS! like amazonians


I reckon if they put in enough engineering they could make a combined mode with a very Amazonian figure. That would be pretty awesome.


as long as they're big and beautiful and could administer death by snoo snoo


The spirit is willing! But the flesh is spongy and bruised.


Damn it! I went from conceptualizing a fembot combiner to my brain running a litany Futurama jokes :p But they could do two, an Autobot and a Decepticon one, and doing repaints on the limbs:

Autobot Gestalt - Femputor
Elita-1 (main torso)
Firestar (left leg)
Moonracer (right leg)
Flare-Up (left arm)
Nautica (right arm)

Decepticon Gestalt - Amazonicon
Slipstream (main torso)
Strika (left leg - repaint of Firestar)
Nightracer (right leg - repaint of Moonracer)
Flamewar (left arm - repaint of Flare-Up)
Thunderblast (right arm - repaint of Nautica)

I'd list their special female gestalt powers but I fear it would be getting too graphic for something that is meant to be a flight of whimsy ;) But I'm actually kinda getting sold on the idea, and it would introduce a lot of fembots into the Generations line that don't exist there yet :)

Bumbleb33
20th January 2015, 12:07 AM
as long as they're big and beautiful and could administer death by snoo snoo

LOL! But seriously I thought a combiner Fembot team would be beyond awesome! The tricky character will be the Voyager core whilst still retaining her femininity in comparison to the deluxes.

Juggernaut
20th January 2015, 12:17 AM
What is the app that the voting etc will be on?

CaminusPrime
20th January 2015, 02:01 AM
What is the app that the voting etc will be on?

Pretty sure it's this one
- https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/transformers-age-extinction/id840319083?mt=8

reillyd
20th January 2015, 03:07 AM
Pretty sure it's this one
- https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/transformers-age-extinction/id840319083?mt=8

Yes,it just isn't ready yet. The app needs an update

Defcon
20th January 2015, 09:26 PM
Seems like a lot of people are set on an all female combiner team. I would be happy with that, to bolster the ranks of female characters in transformers.

I liked the concept of the movie Dinobots, having robot modes resembling knights. Maybe something similar can be done with a combiner team.
So what if the female combiner team were all ancient space marines, wielding epic weapons. The alt modes I have come up with are
Dropship (voyager scale) forms the torso, Legs are a Recovery Vehicle and an Exploration vehicle. Arms are a stealth tank and a Jet fighter with two cockpits like 'Slugslinger'. Overall, Sort of similar to Computron, except every individual character has a different color scheme.

griffin
20th January 2015, 11:08 PM
Hmmm... I wonder how it would work if one or more (not all) team members were female, and the combined form is male or female.
That would be something for the comic writers to figure out - having both male and female team-members, and designate a gender to the combined mode.