Possible Slingshot & Wildrider Combiner Wars Toys

[Mythirax]

have "dispensor" as the main body.

prepare to dispense rejection.....

I'm highly amused

[GoktimusPrime]

Close up image of Slingshot showing the new head.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.n...fa29f28b2e9c39

[griffin]

Considering that Firefly/Fireflight is using a harrier-type jet mode, I don't think it was any surprise that a redeco as Slingshot was going to show up in one market... or both eventually.

By releasing Firefly/Fireflight first, people are too excited with the new mould to notice... but if Slingshot was released first or at the same time as Firefly, people would complain that it is the wrong sort of jet mode and that Hasbro/TT are just being cheap for doing it.

[Gofigure]

Considering that Firefly/Fireflight is using a harrier-type jet mode, I don't think it was any surprise that a redeco as Slingshot was going to show up in one market... or both eventually.

By releasing Firefly/Fireflight first, people are too excited with the new mould to notice... but if Slingshot was released first or at the same time as Firefly, people would complain that it is the wrong sort of jet mode and that Hasbro/TT are just being cheap for doing it.

It's actually quite clever politics. I know I am relieved to be getting any kind of slingshot for combiner mode

[prjkt]

I have a feeling Slingshot is a knee jerk reaction to fan feedback.
With IDW seemingly being instructed to kill off Slingshot, no mention of him (or Wildrider) in most of the 2015 rumours/listings until now.

I may be wrong though, just a feeling I have...

[Zommael]

I have a feeling Slingshot is a knee jerk reaction to fan feedback.
With IDW seemingly being instructed to kill off Slingshot, no mention of him (or Wildrider) in most of the 2015 rumours/listings until now.

I may be wrong though, just a feeling I have...

I very much doubt it, because most of the fan feedback outside of the hardcore Geewunners has been "Yeah, Alpha Bravo's not a character I know and he doesn't quite fit in with the Aerialbots, but on the other hand, he's a great toy!"

I'm still waiting to see what other toys are announced for Combiner Wars for now, but Alpha Bravo is a pretty likely purchase for me. Slingshot on the other hand... eh.

[griffin]

I have a feeling Slingshot is a knee jerk reaction to fan feedback.
With IDW seemingly being instructed to kill off Slingshot, no mention of him (or Wildrider) in most of the 2015 rumours/listings until now.

I may be wrong though, just a feeling I have...

Nah, if they were not originally planning to always have Slingshot released somewhere by Hasbro, they would have designed Firefly/Fireflight to look like the Gen1 (F4 Phantom) toy instead of as a Harrier-styled jet.

If it was a late kneejerk reaction to release Slingshot, Firefly would have looked like a F4 Phantom and Slingshot would have just been a white F4 Phantom redeco of Firefly.


The puzzling thing is why go to the trouble of creating this Alpha Bravo character/toy to replace Slingshot in this set of Aerialbot toys (and be coloured to homage Slingshot).
Was it just done simply to reuse the mould (which should be done as Blades)... and if so, that's kinda weak, and spoils the feel of this whole release of Combiners as a concept to homage the original Combiners.

[Trent]

Yeah, I know you and Trent were havin a laugh but I was genuinely serious about wondering about the statute of limitations on plot points.

I dunno, this is prob for me personally maybe only the 3rd or 4th time I've unintentionally given away a spoiler (and prob the least significant plot point) on this site and sometimes I've though it would be good to have a rough guide of what constitutes a spoiler. But the problem is it is so subjective. I mean it's less than a year since AoE was in the cinema but I don't think you could consider it a spoiler that Grimlock is in it. Been much longer than that for some comic plots yet there are many that don't know'em. I think people just have to judge for themselves and if ever unsure use the 'spoilers' tag beforehand

Careful what you say Trev, I still haven't seen AOE yet. I'd hate for you to... Spoil it for me

[Gofigure]

Careful what you say Trev, I still haven't seen AOE yet. I'd hate for you to... Spoil it for me

Start spoiler - it's pretty terrible - End spoiler

[xlojnr]

Yeah, I know you and Trent were havin a laugh but I was genuinely serious about wondering about the statute of limitations on plot points.

just for the record I was joking too; thus the overuse of !'s and .'s