Titans Return vs Combiner Wars

[UltimateGalvatron]

So which do you prefer? I know it's early on and no one has had Titan Returns figures in hand, but it is already flogging CW. That's not too say I don't like CW, but the lines gimmicks will be cheaper and more affordable then CW.

Also Blaster reminds me of Micromaster stations, who've although I've never owned, I always liked the idea of getting scenery for your battles with figures. This basically upscaled it and made it a Transformer in its on right. Blaster is beautiful, and looks like he will have cassettes (Rewind and Stripes so far), and with Buzzsaw coming in CW the Soundwave remould is inevitable. Blaster is too big for Classics, and will probably end up on my MP shelf. Having the heads be able to be bought alone is awesome, especially given all Titan Masters work across Deluxe, Voyager and Leader! Hardhead and Skullcruncher look awesome. I prefer Hardhead, but Skullcruncher is still neat. I actually didn't like the 3rd party Hardhead MP because it had a mouth plate, but TR made it look awesome.
Galvatron looks like if upscaled could be MP. His third mode looks like Cyclonus from that scene in TF:TM when he is flying around with Galvatron inside him bombing Ultra Magnus.

While the initial CW figures were cool, it has become Remould Wars, and has about 3 Limbless Torso figures.

You know how I said Blaster would go on the MP shelf? I changed my mind. Titan Returns will be getting its on shelf!

[ILikeSoundwave]

I don't really mind.

[Holdobot]

I collect primarily on nostalgia, so for me it is the characters that are the key. I had G1 Superion so was all over that but only had wildrider from menasor so didn't get Menasor. For Titan returns, I had blaster and Skullcruncher so really excited for them but not hard head or galvatron.

[prjkt]

Tough call, I wouldn't say one line is better than the other - more that they're just difference facets of the same thing - the current version of the Classics-verse line.

I have a feeling the "newness" of the line compared to Combiner Wars is giving a biased reaction atm - I remember everyone going this nuts when CW was first announced - let's see what the feeling is in a year or so

I do like how there's a lot of interactivity between the different size classes - Leader & Legends, Deluxe & Voyager w/ the individual Titanmaster heads.

Character wise I don't have the same nostalgia value here with TR as I do with CW, as I grew up with S1/2 of the G1 show, didn't see the movie or S3 until much later, so I have more connection with the CW releases, but still looking to grab some of the TR ones.

[Lord_Zed]

For me Titan Returns looks like it will be more interesting than Combiner Wars, even though so far I've only seen two that I really want. Removing the combining gimmick from the CW toys, I found them to be very samey and not all that much fun to transform and play with, they almost all transform the same way.

Titan Returns brings back the possibility of deluxe toys that are fun independent of the rest of the line, but can still through the headmaster gimmick interact with the rest of the line if you want to. For combiner wars you need a set of 5 to get any use out of the gimmick.

Having said that I'm still not as keen as the Generations announcements of yesteryear, as most of these guys still look pretty cut down and I miss wrist articulation which is effectively dead now.

[M-bot]

I can't see how they are competing, at least in my head. Even if they were, Titan Wars has only just been revealed, waaaaaay too early to make any kind of sensible call.