New York Comic Con News.

[Mythirax]

I assumed Optimus is a special team torso now because he and Bumblebee can do anything.

Rofl, so true.

[griffin]

On the subject of the Combiners' robot faces, have we seen Ultra Prime's gestalt head? The back of the box seems to show Superion's. (Unless he's supposed to have Superion's head...) Also, it might be cool if they recoloured Dead End as Jazz, Breakdown as Sideswipe, Drag Strip as Mirage, and Offroad as Windcharger. Then they can merge into Masquerade Menasor, and make it more logical why Optimus is a Special Team torso now.

I think they should have released one Voyager and the matching four Deluxes (and Legends) for each wave, starting with the Aerialbots in wave one, Combaticons in wave two, and Optimus and the redeco Autobot cars as wave three... then they could have the proper "collect them all to form..." bit on the back.

There are supposed to be 6 Voyagers and 16 Deluxe Generations for 2015, which is enough for four full combiners, and two redeco Voyagers (or two who are not combiner Voyagers).

[griffin]

Some news from the Convention itself now that it has started. (no sign of a product display yet)

Hasbro's RID panel - I would say "spoilers", but everything they say should be in the first episode to explain the premise of the series. (but avoid if you want to watch the first episode and be surprised)

Two RID clips on youtube that Hasbro showed at the panel - The first one is the Autobots taking on their alt-modes. The second is fighting a Decepticon lobster, called Bisque.

IDW had a panel as well, covering their upcoming comics... and possibly revealing that the other two Combiner toys mightl be Defensor and Devastator (since we have 16 Deluxe toys for 2015, it gives us four different combiners).

[FruitBuyer]

Defensor? With the Protectobots on the Lost Light?

[SharkyMcShark]

Defensor? With the Protectobots on the Lost Light?

I'll just chime in here and say it's almost definitely happening - the superfluous/out of place helicopter Aerialbot is a really obvious Blades repaint.

[FruitBuyer]

I'll just chime in here and say it's almost definitely happening - the superfluous/out of place helicopter Aerialbot is a really obvious Blades repaint.

I always thought Alpha Bravo was going to be a Vortex repaint but I suppose that makes sense since the Combaticons haven't been seen as a group for a while.

[SofaMan]

The standout for me, apart from the combiners, was the little history Kreons!

[griffin]

I take back my comments on the "history" Kreons... as there seems to be unanimous support for them here.
Lego (minifigure) fans perhaps, or just keen for something wacky and creative from Hasbro?

As for Alpha Bravo, the front looks like it could also be Blast Off if sold without the rotors (and maybe a remoulded tail-fin)... similar to the recent Kabaya combiners which had blast off and Vortex share a mould.

[i_amtrunks]

Also interesting that combiner wars is set between RiD and Windblade. I was expecting it to be something set alongside S2 of the on goings.

Livio will be very busy, he seems to be idw's go yo guy at the moment.

[Sky Shadow]

Also interesting that combiner wars is set between RiD and Windblade. I was expecting it to be something set alongside S2 of the on goings.

I think that makes sense, as they can't keep interrupting the Lost Light's quest for the sake of crossovers. It will be interesting to see how the Protectobots come into it, though.