Gen2 coloured Combiners?

[griffin]

We already have some individual Combiner Wars toys being redecos to make the most of the moulds, but now it looks like entire combiner sets could be coming soon, with a partial image of what looks to be Gen2 coloured Superion showing up from an unknown source on "4chan".

From the image, we can see blue fists, blue Superion chest and a blue Air Raid... and since the original versions of those parts are black or white, this wouldn't be a colour distortion from inadequate lighting.

If this is true, it would not be surprising, as we are likely to see these popular moulds/toys milked as much as possible, but the question is if this recolour will be a regular release or a store/convention exclusive... because it looks to come with a character card for Superion, instead of for the individual toys, so this could be released as a box-set.

I think a Gen2 redeco of the Aerialbots and Combaticons (if they are coming soon), would be fairly popular, but I think a Gen2 redeco of the Stunticons and Protectobots would be highly sought after, as the original Gen2 toys were teased but never released, so would be a great stand-in for that.

[griffin]

I guess if they are heading down the Gen2 path, the odds of a Gen2 coloured Megatron improves... but it might need to be next year to give time to clear out all the Armada Megatron toys from stores.

[TAAUBlaster]

G2 versions of the combiners would be awesome! Though I'm guessing they will probably be store/convention/etc exclusives. I can't see Hasbro releasing whole recolour sets of combiners that appeal to a fairly niche set of collectors, at mass retail. In Australia at least, my money is going to be on TRU exclusive. :/ Although - I hope I'm wrong!

[Sharky]

I just hope its not a SDCC exclusive.

[Akky82]

I just hope its not a SDCC exclusive.

I'm not much for generations, combiner wars are my only chug figures now (saves the wallet from maketoys) and really not much for repaints (took me a long time to decide to get streak/smokescreen, and red alert... got rid of tigertrack in favor of um... another yellow lambo coming soon), but i could really go g2 superion/bruticus.

I love both colour schemes, and since i'd pre-order TT superion, then we had all those toy sales, i was fully intent on making my own g2 superion, but in the end decided i didnt have the talent to hand paint or make my own decals, so i'd be glad for official as it would be an easy yes for me, but if it is SDCC, it'd be an easy pass too.

Also the though of CW megs in his g2 scheme is a huge yes for me. I dont like the armada one (though i saw it customed as IDW fort max on ebay, was pretty sweet), and I have another um, figure, lined up for my megs (i almost never double up on characters), but G2 colour scheme is a different story.

[FruitBuyer]

As much as I love CW Superion, I'm going to give this a pass. Not a fan of the G2 colours and I certainly don't need a third CW Superion.

[Hursticon]

I guess if they are heading down the Gen2 path, the odds of a Gen2 coloured Megatron improves... but it might need to be next year to give time to clear out all the Armada Megatron toys from stores.

I cannot tell you how badly I NEED for this figure to happen! >_<

Here's a friggin' convincing "Proof of Concept" Digi-Bash that made the Twitter-rounds a number of months ago:




It'd also be really cool to finally see G2 Menasor/Stunticons make it to retail in some guise - It'd be nice, too, to see them bring back the original G2 Box artist again to do the packaging for such products, like they did for G2 FoC Bruticus.

[UltraMarginal]

Since Hasbro didn't want to risk a Metrotitan deco for the SDCC Metroplex exclusive last year, I think there is zero chance that they would risk a Gen2 deco for any combiners as SDCC exclusives (if they do any combiners this year).
They play it safe for the non-collector "market" of SDCC, which means more effort on the packaging and some fancy bling on the toy, to keep it recognisable to the regular people that are at SDCC buying a lot of the various exclusives.
As such, we ended up with four versions of Metroplex and no Metrotitans.

So how do you then explain the Knights of Unicron set?

I want a No-prize now !

I cannot tell you how badly I NEED for this figure to happen! >_<

Here's a friggin' convincing "Proof of Concept" Digi-Bash that made the Twitter-rounds a number of months ago:




It'd also be really cool to finally see G2 Menasor/Stunticons make it to retail in some guise - It'd be nice, too, to see them bring back the original G2 Box artist again to do the packaging for such products, like they did for G2 FoC Bruticus.

that looks better than the Armada one on shelves at the moment.

[griffin]

So how do you then explain the Knights of Unicron set?

Yeah, that one was so far left-field, it's outta the ballpark.

But if I recall, last year's big two sets took the longest to sell out, as one was Movie toys (not exactly a fan favourite) that was missing a Dinobot, and the other was very unusual, even to most fans.

Actually, having a quick look on ebay, both of the big sets didn't hold their value at all, almost a year later. Most are selling for between US$120-170, and their original prices were US$185 for the rockband and US$160 for the Dinobots (which at least means the Dinobots can hold better value if they are now both fairly evenly matched on the secondary market).

I'm actually quite surprised at the secondary value of those two sets. SDCC sets used to hold their value and essentially become an investment, which is why us fans who want them would scramble to buy fast, before the prices keep climbing. But this time the two biggest sets failed to maintain their value at all... so how were we to know that 2014 was the year that we should have waited 9 months and get them dirt cheap.

Also surprising is that the Kreo set is the one exclusive that is still worth more than its original SDCC US$60 price (the cheapest sale price was more than the SDCC price by $10).

[DELTAprime]

and the other was very unusual, even to most fans.

I personally love that set, glad I have it. Didn't you get one also Griff?