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Generations: Superion & Menasor (1st Photos)
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W00t! They look a bit messy but hey, official. combiners. ..I can live with it :D And they both have a sixth member? Neat.
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Originally Posted by
Deonasis
W00t! They look a bit messy but hey, official. combiners. ..I can live with it :D And they both have a sixth member? Neat.
Yep! - Powerglide seems to of become a Targetmaster weapon for Superion! :D
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...and TFW2005 has a full gallery up here. :)
I'll mirror a couple of the better shots here shortly. ;)
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Interesting points to note:
- Combiners will be comprised of:
- 1x Voyager torso.
- 4x Deluxe limbs.
- 1x Legends figure forming a Gun for Superion & the Chestplate for Menasor.
- 6x Figures in total, each.
- Each limb will come with a detached, identical Fist/Foot/Alt-mode Gun "Appendage" component that converts for the desired purpose (Scramble City enabling?).
- Each Team/Combiner has unique "Appendage" components.
Now for some more pics before I hit the fart-sack :p:
*Note: Glue has had to of been applied to each hip just so this prototype can even stand! - Still a work in progress people, be kind in your judgement. ;):)
http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/...psa18df315.jpg
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Aaaaw, Hursty beat me to it. hhehehehe.
My sentiments are that FINALLLY!!! WHAT THE HECK HAVE YOU GUYS IN HASBRO BEEN DOING!!! :p:D and YOU BETTER NOT BOTCH THIS UP!!! YOU HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO WATCH WHAT THE 3rdPARTY COMPS CAN DO WITH YOUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES....
having said that, I'm getting these for sure. Time to retire the old Superion Maximus set... now if they only followed up with Bruticus and Defensor next I can retire Bruticus Maximus to the 3rd party shelf hehehe.
Superion Maximus is on his way there now...
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I really need to see the alt modes. So far they are looking promising.
I was a bit baffled when I thought I saw an A-10 amongst Superion. .. :/ Interesting that it forms the weapon.
Thanks Hursti. :)
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They look 'buyable'. They have a hard bunch of TF fans to please though.
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i really want these to be good please please be good
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Whilst not the greatest thing in the world, I like them and will buy them. Maybe even 2 sets depending on how the bots look.
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It's nice to see that they're trying. But they don't seem to know what to do with the bot mode arms in combined mode. 3rd party will make replacements for those tiny feet/hands. Motormaster looks like he's a remold of voyager Optimus.
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Official Superion images
Official Menasor images
They will be released across two waves early next year. Superion mostly in the first wave.
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Originally Posted by
Tober
Looking at these pics the individual bot and alt modes looke fine. It just comes undone when they combine. And Motormaster and Optimus Prime are definitely similar molds.
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Blackjack's the sixth Stunticon now. Interesting.
http://i.imgur.com/2isH5Dx.jpg
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Originally Posted by
CBratron
Looking at these pics the individual bot and alt modes looke fine. It just comes undone when they combine. And Motormaster and Optimus Prime are definitely similar molds.
It was revealed at the Hasbro panel that the upcoming Voyager Optimus Prime can also combine with the Superion and/or Menasor deluxes.
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I don't understand why Hasbro felt the need to change slingshot and wildriders alt modes. I get that they probably don't want 4 jets in one wave and 4 sports cars in another but if they split 2 jets and 2 cars to a wave it wouldn't be a problem.
A helicopter just looks and feels wrong amongst those jets. I can forgive the less than perfect combined mode, I understand they have budget restrictions that prevent them from making these perfect like I'm sure their designers are capable off but there is no excuse for making slingshot a helicopter. At least his robot mode looks good, I'm loving those wrist missiles.
I don't get why they changed wildrider to the off-road truck, they already made brakedown a truck in Prime and his constructbot toy is a truck. Since they felt the need to change one of the stunticons alt modes why not continue the trend and make brakedown the truck.
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Maybe budget restrictions. I'm thinking we will see Alpha Bravo and Offroad repainted as Vortex and Swindle. Just a guess...
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I think everyone will be suspecting that too.
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Originally Posted by
Tober
Maybe budget restrictions. I'm thinking we will see Alpha Bravo and Offroad repainted as Vortex and Swindle. Just a guess...
Now that you mention it, he looks like he was designed to be vortex first and an aerial bot second.
Besides the helicopter thing, I'm actually pretty satisfied with these. It could've ended up A LOT worse all things considered. :)
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Wow actually decent job by Hasbro. Was a bit letdown by the feet at first, but on closer look it seems that they just glued the hands on so hopefully it's just a placeholder for the feet for now :)
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skylynx
Wow actually decent job by Hasbro. Was a bit letdown by the feet at first, but on closer look it seems that they just glued the hands on so hopefully it's just a placeholder for the feet for now :)
The feet are the hands all the better to scramble city with. Better than the Energon combiners but not that much better.
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I could see slingshot being re moulded into vortex, a new head sculpt and a remold of the helicopter nose and it would look pretty good. But I don't see swindle in any of wildrider
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More images of the two "glued" prototypes from the Hasbro breakfast, in the main display case.
And a couple of names have shown up that could be the name of Menasor's chest-piece robot (Blackjack)... and maybe it's redeco if the Optimus Prime toy is to be a core combiner and has the same chest-piece robot to purchase as well (Huffer).
Still not sure yet if the Legends Powerglide, Blackjack (and maybe Huffer) are sold separately as a bonus part to each combiner group. I still have to read the Hasbro panel yet.
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I woke up this morning and checked Siebertron & TFW2005 and I was totally blown away... :eek: :eek: :eek: Wow! Well played Hasbro! :D
I was really disappointed with the Voyager Optimus Prime, but I am totally happy with the Motormaster/Menasor retool. I hope we get an Optimus Prime combiner like in the G1 episode Masquerade.
Also bring on the G2 combiner repaints!
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This actually looks pretty decent and despite some lack of refinement, it shows that Hasbro is watching and listening to consumer preferences.
I am looking forward to Superion provided it's not midget size but annoyed at the change of alt modes. Wouldn't surprise me if a 3rd party 'corrects' that if Hasbro expects us to buy the repaint of the set again to get the character.
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Generations rolls on! That's excellent news :cool:
Yes, the combined forms look a little so-so, but the individual figures look great. Depending on my level of sentimentality, I may even pick up a Silverbolt.
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OMG!!!! insane! hopefully these come out soonish and aren't on the same price range as the 3rd party stuff! Was anyone expecting something like this?
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Originally Posted by
philby
OMG!!!! insane! hopefully these come out soonish and aren't on the same price range as the 3rd party stuff! Was anyone expecting something like this?
I was thinking they might as they got to have noticed the demand and success of 3Ps. However I was expecting a lot worse given their poor track record with combiners. This is a pleasant surprise, not great and some design choices are questionable but certainly looks decent as long as they charge a fair price for it.
Silverbolt still suffers from heavy undercarriage but the robot mode works. I just hope it's comparable with current combiner heights (referring to Energon and FOC) and curious about the 'connector'. I kind of hope it is an Energon style connector as it would help to improve the Energon one by replacing it with silverbolt and a couple of limbs, specially with the FP upgrades.
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As mentioned earlier, i can see Slingshot repainted/tooled into Vortex and Blades, plug a .50 cal machine gun on his back and some new paint and you have Swindle. You could even squeeze out First Aid with a similar piece attached on his alt mode, like what Hoist & Trailcutter currently use.
A lightbar on Breakdown, there's Streetwise. I would even go as far as saying that Prime may be repainted into Hot Spot with a little modification. The repaint and/or remold value is definitely there.
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Originally Posted by
Sinnertwin
As mentioned earlier, i can see Slingshot repainted/tooled into Vortex and Blades, plug a .50 cal machine gun on his back and some new paint and you have Swindle. You could even squeeze out First Aid with a similar piece attached on his alt mode, like what Hoist & Trailcutter currently use.
A lightbar on Breakdown, there's Streetwise. I would even go as far as saying that Prime may be repainted into Hot Spot with a little modification. The repaint and/or remold value is definitely there.
i was waiting for /sarcasm
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Be still my beating fuel pump! Just...just wonderful news! And they look great! :D
So now we've got a Generations Bruticus, Superion and Menasor! Bring on Devstator and the rest! :D
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These are very nice. And typical!.....just after I buy a TFCC Breakdown deluxe for my classics.:mad:
Also is interesting how they can do a Ferrari 458 Italia in this line but not do a movieverse Dino Italia.:confused:
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Awesome!! Love that Motormaster!!!
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Not the worst things I've ever seen. Menasor's a bit hit and miss, but Superion's pretty well done. The 'Slingshot' guy is interesting, in that it's a helicopter but the bot mode is still reminiscent of the original Slingshot. And 5 planes is a bit a boring TBH, a helicopter breaks up the team nicely. Although it means 4 of them have to fight solo for hours while they wait for him to turn up so they can combine...
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Also, the case assortments are the BIGGEST DICK MOVE of all time on Hasbro's part. I have no real interest in the Stunticons (I have a far superior Menasor already TYVM), but would be interested in the Aerialbots, but having 3 from one team and 1 from the other in the case assortments is problematic. BBTS and similar places don't list too many individual figures.
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I wonder how this plays out with the upcoming Asian Protectobots... if those recolours are just cashing in early on the 2015 Combiner theme (by coming out before the end of the year before "everything" combines next year).
(okay not everything, but it is expected of anything homaging a previous combiner character)
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I'm thinking I might buy these and then never open them. I really want to support official products and releases, but these look trash.
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The FoC Bruticus looked really corny, these are a big improvement. Looking forward to them!
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So the theory seems to be we'll have something of a Combaticon/Bruticus set based on a mix of repaints from these two initial Gestalts? Certainly feasible given the 'Scramble City' nature of the combination.
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Omega Metro
These are very nice. And typical!.....just after I buy a TFCC Breakdown deluxe for my classics.:mad:
Also is interesting how they can do a Ferrari 458 Italia in this line but not do a movieverse Dino Italia.:confused:
The Hasbro Menasor doesn't look that hot in combined mode so the TFC one may have value for you. The individual Hasbro bots look nice though from what I can see.
