Ok maybe someone can shed some light here, i am a touch confused.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bidoofdude
So is Betatron Computron but Hasbro lost the naming rights?
As scattershot will be for Betatron or will he be for both modes?
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Ok maybe someone can shed some light here, i am a touch confused.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bidoofdude
So is Betatron Computron but Hasbro lost the naming rights?
As scattershot will be for Betatron or will he be for both modes?
Betatron is apparently Scattershot combined with the wave 6 Autobots. The name, and the fact that Scattershot has no retooling in robot or combiner mode, makes a lot of people think Hasbro may be hiding Computon up their sleeve ("Beta" being the term used for uncompleted computer software that is being tested). I certainly hope they are - the fact that yet another Bruticus is being made rather than Computron drives me nuts.Quote:
Originally Posted by CyberiusPrime
Scattershot is a remould of Silverbolt (new jet parts, but not different in robot mode), and comes out in wave 1 of 2016 with Onslaught.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zommael
Official artwork of the combined mode was shown at SDCC with the Wave 4 Deluxe Autobots (Prowl, Sunstreaker, Ironhide, Mirage), and since the Wave 1 Deluxes are Combaticons while Wave 2 is four more Autobot cars (Hound, Smokescreen, Wheeljack, Trailbreaker), I don't know if there will be any Technobots...
So far released and known...
(Voyager, 4x Deluxe, Legends)
2015 w1
- Silverbolt (forms Superion), Skydive, Firefly, Alpha Bravo (and Dragstrip), Powerglide
- Optimus Prime (forms Ultra Prime) (no exclusive team members)
2015 w2
- Motormaster (forms Menasor), Breakdown, Offroad, Deadend (and Air Raid), Blackjack
2015 w3
- Hotspot (forms Defensor), Blades, Streetwise, Firstaid, Rook, Groove.
- Cyclonus (forms Galvatronus), Viper.
2015 w4
- Battle Core Optimus (forms Optimus Maximus), Mirage, Sunstreaker, Prowl, Ironhide, Rodimus.
2016 w1
- Onslaught (forms Bruticus), Brawl, Swindle, Blast Off, Vortex, Shockwave.
- Scattershot (forms Betatron) (no exclusive team members)
2016 w2
- Sky Lynx (forms Sky Reign), Hound, Smokescreen, Wheeljack, Trailbreaker, Wreckgar.
2016 exclusive teams
- Gen2 Superion - Silverbolt, Skydive, Firefly, Alpha Bravo, Airraid, Powerglide
- Gen2 Menasor - Motormaster, Breakdown, Offroad, Deadend, Dragstrip, Blackjack
- Victorion - Pyra Magna, Stormclash, Skyburst, Jumpstream, Dustup, Rust Dust.
- Mayhem Maximus - Bludgeon, Windsweeper, Ruckus, Needlenose, Spinister. (no legends team member?)
That's ten full combiners so far known, and probably two more in 2016 if they have four waves like this year.
Plus an extra four Voyagers (Optimus Prime, Cyclonus, Scattershot, Grand Scourge) to make four more combiners if there were enough extra Deluxe limbs released to cover them.
HasTak can go nuts with these moulds. How's Ironfist out of the Off Road mould work for people here?
Keeping with topic, I really do hope Hasbro release the Takara Groove mould. I can use Rook with Sky Lynx instead of getting the rest which I am not really wanting too. Use the limbs for new characters HasTak!!!
Oh no Betatron!:p
Not at all really, the only similarity would be he kind of turns into a vaguely similar vehicle mode and presumably he would be painted like Ironfist with a new head? Which I guess is exactly what they've done for the Autobot cars.Quote:
Originally Posted by CHILENO20
Sure it would be nice to have an official CHUG representation of the character, but take that away from it and it's another dull repaint, of a toy with a very simple and now overused transformation which works as a combiner team member, but does little on it's own. That's why as much as I want those new Subscription figures of Needlenose, Spinsters etc, I wont be getting them. The toys are just too simple and uninteresting to justify the price for me.
This largely reflects my dilemma at the moment. I really want this team, but from all the reviews I watched regarding the quality of the moulds, combined with TFCC's track record, I find it really hard to justify.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord_Zed
I guess if they end up being terrific representations, chasing them up on BBTS/eBay won't be too bad as the after-market prices for the last 3 lots of FSS figs has been stagnate.
I think that the aftermarket value for this FSS will be expensive, as this FSS has been meet with alot of excitement, where as previous FSS have only had 1 or 2 figures that everyone wants.Quote:
Originally Posted by SuspectimusPrime
No new scouts I have only ever seen wave 1?
No new Voyagers I have only seen wave 1, Motormaster has been found at Target, but my Locals are filled with everything and very little in the way of Combiner Wars.
No new Leaders, I have only seen wave 1 with Megatrons, are we getting Ultra Magnus and Thundercracker?
Deluxes have been great, heaps of Wave 1, Wave 2 was very hard to find, we have Wave 3 fully stocked at several Kmarts, showing up at Toyworld and Toys R Us. This is very promising, but its a shame Wave 2 seems to be skipped in most locations. Im a bit worried about wave 3 shelf warming, as it doesn't seem to be selling as well as wave 1.
To sum up everything, Im disappointed with how everything is distributed, I think it sucks big time. I wish it was done differently, because it just does not work for me as a customer.
Yeah distribution is terrible. Never seen Motormaster in Adelaide and only saw Skydive once. If I hadn't gotten Megatron when I had my only choice would've been the Legends one (which if I had seen I may of gotten anyway).
I would like to see a female combiner; Alita-1, Arcee, Chromia, Windblade, Starfire & Moonracer.:)