Combiner Wars Devastator Rumour

[Starscream77]

So according to a source on TFW it's an all new mold of voyagers and one leader and is the size of Gen Metroplex

[Zommael]

So according to a source on TFW it's an all new mold of voyagers and one leader and is the size of Gen Metroplex

I'm not 100% sure, but I think that source has proven to be good for information in the past, too - I certainly recognise the name although that could be from too much lurking on TFW. I really hope it is a huge, articulated, new figure on a par with Metroplex. Having the two battling on my shelf would be well worth the cost.

[Ploughmans Lunch]

Apparently yellow redeco for SDCC??

[Lint]

I'm not 100% sure, but I think that source has proven to be good for information in the past, too - I certainly recognise the name although that could be from too much lurking on TFW. I really hope it is a huge, articulated, new figure on a par with Metroplex. Having the two battling on my shelf would be well worth the cost.

My wallet has obtained internal injuries just from me reading this, and I'm okay with this

[Zippo]

The BOX is Metroplex sized according to the rumor, not the figure in combined mode.

[Trent]

The BOX is Metroplex sized according to the rumor, not the figure in combined mode.

Yeah, if the bots are voyager sized, then no way is this thing going to be Titan class in combined mode. All of TFCs combiners and Feral Rex have voyager sized limb bots and those are nowhere near Titan sized. At best Hasbro Devy will be the same size as Hercules.

[Zommael]

The BOX is Metroplex sized according to the rumor, not the figure in combined mode.

Yeah, if the bots are voyager sized, then no way is this thing going to be Titan class in combined mode. All of TFCs combiners and Feral Rex have voyager sized limb bots and those are nowhere near Titan sized. At best Hasbro Devy will be the same size as Hercules.

I don't know how big those toys that aren't Transformers that you're talking about are, but the wording on the rumour is ambiguous at best. "Box are Metroplex sized" is what it says, which could just mean it comes in a box the same size as Metroplex's. At best, it tells us nothing about the nature of the actual toy. According to the rumour, the source doesn't even know how many toys will be included. If it's six rather than five, as with G1 Devastator, then the extra bot could easily bulk up the size to be comparable with Metroplex, if not at exactly the same height. If it ends up being around the size of supreme Unicron, for instance, then it would still be in the ballpark of Metroplex.

[philby]

well I for one am glad at least that there has been some more info on it! When do you think there will be an official announcement and reveal? Is it strange to have listings in store computer systems before anything has actually been shown?

[Trent]

I don't know how big those toys that aren't Transformers that you're talking about are, but the wording on the rumour is ambiguous at best. "Box are Metroplex sized" is what it says, which could just mean it comes in a box the same size as Metroplex's. At best, it tells us nothing about the nature of the actual toy. According to the rumour, the source doesn't even know how many toys will be included. If it's six rather than five, as with G1 Devastator, then the extra bot could easily bulk up the size to be comparable with Metroplex, if not at exactly the same height. If it ends up being around the size of supreme Unicron, for instance, then it would still be in the ballpark of Metroplex.

You and I obviously have very different ideas on what defines "ballpark" . Take the below pic. I don't have Gen Metro so have used Fort Max as a stand in. The red and white combiner is Perseus, a recolour of TFCs Hercules (aka not Devastator). It is made up of 6 voyager sized bots. To the right you have Green Giant, which is made up of six large deluxe bots (some of them could be classed as voyagers). And then you have Feral Rex on the left, made of 5 large voyagers. None of them come anywhere near Fort Max in the size department.

I can't see how 6 voyagers, even if one of them is a leader, could be construed as forming a Titan sized gestalt. Not without some awesome engineering anyway.

[SuspectimusPrime]

So according to a source on TFW it's an all new mold of voyagers and one leader and is the size of Gen Metroplex

I'm not 100% sure, but I think that source has proven to be good for information in the past, too - I certainly recognise the name although that could be from too much lurking on TFW. I really hope it is a huge, articulated, new figure on a par with Metroplex. Having the two battling on my shelf would be well worth the cost.

This sounds like exactly what every adult collector would hope for - which usually turns out too good to be true. On price alone, would it be viable to produce something potentially double the cost of Gen Metroplex and risk deterring large segments of their main target market?