Comics return with GEN wave 2 Deluxe

[griffin]

As some had noted in some of the other topics from the listing of pre-orders in the last week, the second wave of Generations Deluxe toys have the Comics included - like the 2013 & 2014 Generations Deluxe toys.
These also lack the multi-lingual packaging of wave one, so they might just be American versions (we may or may not get these here, due to comic licensing).

Some bigger images of these in-pack can be seen here (http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/generations-classics-44/combiner-wars-wave-2-deluxes-to-include-comic-books-181860/).

This wave is listed as March release, but could come out earlier if the first wave was any example.
If the comics in these packs are issues 1-4 of the Combiner Wars storyline, it might get ahead of the IDW releases.
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[Zippo]

I think I prefer the non comic versions for the glorious card artwork

[Paulbot]

It's not clear, do the comics replace the cards? Surely wave 2 Deluxes will still have them?

[Bidoofdude]

It's not clear, do the comics replace the cards? Surely wave 2 Deluxes will still have them?

They're not in the promo pics, like the first wave did have. I think it's safe to say they're being replaced by comic books.

[griffin]

It's not clear, do the comics replace the cards? Surely wave 2 Deluxes will still have them?

BBTS had the cards shown on their pre-order listing images.
They could be early official images from Hasbro.... or could mean both are in the packs.

[BigTransformerTrev]

I still don't reckon we have seen Offroad in a comic so dunno what they are gonna do there

[prjkt]

I still don't reckon we have seen Offroad in a comic so dunno what they are gonna do there

There's still a couple of issues to go before Combiner Wars officially starts and from what I remember of the solicitations, Superion is the first one up (Windblade series).

Probably some popup cameo like they did for Alpha Bravo... I'm also interested in how Wildrider gets the shaft...

[SuspectimusPrime]

Comic covers probably have a greater effect of hooking in people than the collector cards. Wished they were consistent in their decision making and not have skipped a whole wave.



Probably some popup cameo like they did for Alpha Bravo... I'm also interested in how Wildrider gets the shaft...

Loved the the US Marvel intros. All they need is a tiny single cell, with the character boasting their own abilities and exploits whilst speaking in third person. There's more text than drawings in these cells but speaks so much for the character.



Image via tfwiki (http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/thumb/9/99/Introdump_decepticons_marvelus01.jpg/400px-Introdump_decepticons_marvelus01.jpg) (sorry couldn't find a bigger image)

[griffin]

Looks like the Wave One Deluxes will have comics in future waves they are packed in as well...

On the Entertainment Earth, the Wave One Generations Deluxes look to be having a re-release around June, and the packaging image has them with comics...

Alpha Bravo (http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HSB1176)
Dragstrip (http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HSB1177)
Firefly (http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HSB1174)
Skydive (http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HSB1175)

Maybe the first wave was rushed through the factory to get to stores before Christmas, and the comics weren't ready yet, but later releases of that first wave will have them.

The Deluxe Wave 2 Revision case (http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HSB0974B1) has a wave 1 Dragstrip in it, so if it comes with a comic, then it was just the Wave 1 cases that missed out.

[Paulbot]

That's kinda sucky.

Also I was thinking about it and there's a good chance of Superion and Menasor store-exclusive box sets later in the year, like the Movie's Autobots and Dinobots five member sets. Possibly cheaper (when on sale) and better decos.

And now there's a revision wave where you can just get Motormaster and Silverbolt if you aren't interested in Optimus.

So it seems more and more that it's not worth it to buy anything from Hasbro early.

[UltraMarginal]

It's a bit odd, and crap for those collecting the comics.
I do really like the artwork on the pack in covers but I don't have a lot of need for the comics themselves. I collect all the trades and even once I had picked up most of the pack in comics, I struggled to put them in order until I had the trade in hand as a reference. As a story completest I don't see a lot of value in them.
I do see the value of Hasbro and IDW packing them in for people who aren't necessarily into the comics yet. yeet.:D

[SuspectimusPrime]

Also I was thinking about it and there's a good chance of Superion and Menasor store-exclusive box sets later in the year, like the Movie's Autobots and Dinobots five member sets. Possibly cheaper (when on sale) and better decos.


They would require some pretty big boxes, and if the regular waves were earlier, not every store would want to buy the exclusive. Sounds like a Myer-exclusive thing? In which case, it may have a high starting RRP...

[Paulbot]

They would require some pretty big boxes, and if the regular waves were earlier, not every store would want to buy the exclusive. Sounds like a Myer-exclusive thing? In which case, it may have a high starting RRP...

Yes I was thinking of the Myer exclusives exactly. The Autobot and Dinobot "Platnium" boxes last year were both two voyagers and three deluxes, full of toys pegwarming at the other stores.

These new bots seem a bit bigger than the AOE toys but I'd expect they could do a box that was about the same size and the same price for one voyager and four deluxes.

And yes it'd be a high RRP just like the Autobot and Dinobot packs were (And that Prime + Trailer + Sideswipe was a huge box!) and they'd be targeted at collectors with (maybe) higher quality paint jobs.

But the point is if we knew they were coming, rather than me speculating, we could hold off on buying the first releases. And maybe that's just what we should do.

[UltraMarginal]

If we knew for a fact that sets like that were in the pipeline, I might wait for 8-12 months for them but not knowing anything more than an educated guess, I'm most likely going to buy long before then.

[Zippo]

I normally wait for the Japanese releases, but I was so pumped for Superion (and am pumped for Menasor) that I had to get the Hasbro versions as released. And I am so glad I did, because Superion is suburb.

Will double dip on Takara releases, just like I did with the majority of Classics and Henkei back in 2006/2008

[griffin]

Looks like the Wave One Deluxes will have comics in future waves they are packed in as well...

On the Entertainment Earth, the Wave One Generations Deluxes look to be having a re-release around June, and the packaging image has them with comics...

Alpha Bravo (http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HSB1176)
Dragstrip (http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HSB1177)
Firefly (http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HSB1174)
Skydive (http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HSB1175)

Maybe the first wave was rushed through the factory to get to stores before Christmas, and the comics weren't ready yet, but later releases of that first wave will have them.

The Deluxe Wave 2 Revision case (http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HSB0974B1) has a wave 1 Dragstrip in it, so if it comes with a comic, then it was just the Wave 1 cases that missed out.

The Revision wave is now out, as people in America have started finding the single Dragstrips in the Stunticon cases (http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/generations-classics-44/combiner-wars-deluxe-dragstrip-with-comic-found-at-us-retail-182432/), WITH a comic. So the reissue of the wave 1 Aerialbots in around June should also see comics for those three as well.

[griffin]

After eight months of "will they - won't they", it looks like the re-release of Wave 1 Aerialbots with packed-in comics might not be happening after all.

About four months ago the Entertainment Earth listings were taken down, and there have been no further signs of these specific versions being released, despite the next four months being a good time to do some reissues while we wait for the 2016 Combiners to start coming out.

Now it looks like the comics must have been printed up ready for the toys, but since the toys are not happening, the comics have found a new home (http://news.tfw2005.com/2015/08/21/unreleased-combiner-wars-deluxe-wave-1-comic-images-aerialbot-full-bios-300081)... as freebie items at a Taiwanese comic convention, so might show up at other places as well.

From the photos we get to see a full bio on the new character Alpha Bravo, which doesn't say much, but is better than brief bits we know so far from existing toy packaging.