JP Combiner Wars coming soon.

[Defcon]

EDIT: HOLD THE PHONE, someone's claimed to have found listings on TFW for Slingshot and Wildrider:

From TRU

Hasbro could be releasing them after all.

They might be exclusives? or could be in wave 3. It seems logical they would release them, so they can make more money from the molds cause they will basically be repaints with new heads. People can keep the alpha bravo, and use it for a custom combiner down the line. Alpha bravo may belong to another team which had a falling out and went their separate ways......this I just made up! but you never know.

[doublespy]

So it's been the plan all along to trick us into buying Alpha Bravo and Offroad....

[llamatron]

Any guesses on RRP for the TakaraTomy boxset? Might actually be cheaper to get that than buy all the Hasbro members individually. It'll certainly be easier .

[Paulbot]

EDIT: HOLD THE PHONE, someone's claimed to have found listings on TFW for Slingshot and Wildrider:

Went digging,
found this.

From TRU

Item: 316077
TRA DEN DLX WILDRIDER
Original Retail: $16.99

Item: 316069
TRA DEN DLX slingshot
Original Retail: $16.99


Hasbro could be releasing them after all.

I'm so confused. I'm sticking to the TakTom ones now that I've made that choice. So much back and forth. There's still the unannounced but possible Hasbro gift sets too. This is another reminder to me: don't buy early!

[griffin]

Hardly surprising.
Hasbro are releasing IDW toys, while Takara are releasing Gen1 toys.
Then, Hasbro may release the remaining Gen1 characters later, or as part of an exclusive set.

If you want the Gen1 homage, probably stick with TakaraTomy until it is confirmed that Hasbro are going to include all of them.

[TAAUBlaster]

Despite the news, I will be sticking with the Takara gift set (even though I just bought all wave 1 a few days ago >_< )
I don't want to risk missing out completey by putting my money on Hasbro - only to find out Slingshot and Wildrider are TRU exclusives or some crap.

[prjkt]

Hardly surprising.
Hasbro are releasing IDW toys, while Takara are releasing Gen1 toys.
Then, Hasbro may release the remaining Gen1 characters later, or as part of an exclusive set.

If you want the Gen1 homage, probably stick with TakaraTomy until it is confirmed that Hasbro are going to include all of them.

Funny how everyone thinks Hasbro's Superion is IDW, when Alpha Bravo's single frame cameo was there to explain in fiction why Hasbro created him to replace Slingshot. Not the other way around.

[Paulbot]

Funny how everyone thinks Hasbro's Superion is IDW, when Alpha Bravo's single frame cameo was there to explain in fiction why Hasbro created him to replace Slingshot. Not the other way around.

I was going to say the same thing. It's particularly forced if Hasbro was always going to release a Slingshot later.

[prjkt]

Basically the inclusion/body changes of Bee, Starscream, (fat) Tankor, Rattrap, Crosscut, Rhinox, Scoop, Minicon Combiner, Chromia, Windblade, Waspinator , and to a lesser extent, Jhiaxus and Nightbear, have been at Hasbro's direction.

Now, don't get me wrong. Some of them, Windblade especially, but also Scoop, Rattrap, Waspinator and Chromia have been worked into the storyline really well, but others like Rhinox and Crosscut are (so far) just throwaway cameos...

But that's not the topic here, I stray too far.

Looking forward to seeing how Takara handles Menasor, but as I said about their Superion, I'm not really sure I need to get both versions... Though if that TRU listing rumour is valid, I don't mind that particular option (as I won't need to buy a whole set just for one character...)

[GoktimusPrime]

Interestingly it looks like they've renamed Fireflight -> Firebolt like the targetmaster.

Fireflight was called Firebolt in Japan (just as Optimus Prime = Convoy etc). So it's not a rename, they're just using the original Japanese G1 name. In Japan, the Aerialbots are called Airbots, Slingshot is called Sling (yes, the BW dimetrodon was named after him), and Air Raid is called Air Rider.