Combiner Wars Toyline: Rumors, Speculation, Ideas etc

[BigTransformerTrev]

I would like to see a female combiner; Alita-1, Arcee, Chromia, Windblade, Starfire & Moonracer.

There is a female combiner, the fan voted one. None of these characters make her up though

[GoktimusPrime]

Maybe it's just me, but I'd like to see HasTak focus on pumping out the remaining G1 gestalts before focusing any more on new gestalt characters. Although in Hasbro's defence, the "new" ones are just redecos of existing moulds, so there's relatively little cost being put into R&Ding them, and of course, they help to reduce the price of the existing traditional G1 character gestalts that we're getting. So while I personally have no interest in them, I don't begrudge Hasbro for making them.

Anyway, here's a list of G1 gestalts and whether they have CW toys made or in the works for them...

• Gestalt: ABOMINUS / CW Toy Status: Nil

• Gestalt: BATTLE GAIA / CW Toy Status: Nil

• Gestalt: BRUTICUS / CW Toy Status: Upcoming

• Gestalt: COMPUTRON / CW Toy Status: Nil

• Gestalt: DEFENSOR / CW Toy Status: Released

• Gestalt: DEVASTATOR / CW Toy Status: Released

• Gestalt: DINOKING / CW Toy Status: See Monstructor

• Gestalt: GUARD CITY / CW Toy Status: Nil

• Gestalt: KING POSEIDON / CW Toy Status: See Piranacon

• Gestalt: LANDCROSS / CW Toy Status: Nil

• Gestalt: LIO KAISER / CW Toy Status: Nil

• Gestalt: MENASOR / CW Toy Status: Released

• Gestalt: MONSTRUCTOR / CW Toy Status: Nil

• Gestalt: PIRANACON / CW Toy Status: Nil

• Gestalt: PREDAKING / CW Toy Status: Nil

• Gestalt: RAIDEN / CW Toy Status: Nil

• Gestalt: ROAD CAESAR / CW Toy Status: Nil

• Gestalt: SIXBUILDER / CW Toy Status: Nil

• Gestalt: SIXLINER / CW Toy Status: Nil

• Gestalt: SIXTRAIN / CW Toy Status: Nil

• Gestalt: SIXTURBO / CW Toy Status: Nil

• Gestalt: SIXWING / CW Toy Status: Nil

• Gestalt: SUPERION / CW Toy Status: Released

Note: This is not meant to be any kind of criticism towards Hasbro. I'm super chuffed that they're doing Combiner Wars and I don't expect them to wave a magic wand and release all of these gestalts at once (my wallet couldn't handle it!). But there's certainly enough G1 gestalts there to keep Hasbro pumping out CW for the next couple of years. And I'll be right there, waiting to throw my money at them!

[MayzaPrime]

I think Guard City & Battle Gaia could easily be done by TFCC I would rather Hasbro release the G2 giftset versions of Defensor and Bruticus.

[Jaxius._]

is victorion an exclusive? and if so where to?

[Zommael]

is victorion an exclusive? and if so where to?

I don't think we know yet how it will be released. I'd say there is at least a chance of local release, but it might end up being that Victorion, G2 Superion, and G2 Menasor are next year's toy sale exclusives, so we might get them some time after the US. (I would love it if they were Big W, Target, and Kmart, but think that is unlikely given Kmart doesn't have toy sales anymore, and it's more likely they will go to Myer and TRU)

[BigTransformerTrev]

Hasbro has re-registered the trademarks for Predacons and Terrorcons so fingers crossed

[Trent]

Hasbro has re-registered the trademarks for Predacons and Terrorcons so fingers crossed

But doesn't Combiner Wars end next year? After that we roll into Titan Wars. If they have only just registered trademarks then the toys may not be anything more than sketches right now. If that is the case, we're looking at atleast 18 months until release.

Unless they have already prototyped the toys and chase the name after the fact?

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

It's possible they might still do some combiner teams as part of Titan Wars, albeit as less of the 'main focus' of the line.

I'm more concerned about Hasbro saying there were no plans for non-vehicle team combiners (or the Technobots) at BotCon (IIRC) a while back. Here's hoping that was wrong, or that they've changed their minds...

[Deonasis]

^ Yes. There can easily be mold re-tinkering in beast combiners Hasbro!!

[Bidoofdude]

They might have Titan Wars alongside Combiner Wars as Generations subsets. You'd probably have half as much from each than normal (unless they expand the reach of the line), but it might help them get more on the shelf, stores seemingly wanting new and 'different' lines.