Combiner Wars Toyline: Rumors, Speculation, Ideas etc

[prjkt]

I agree with that for the most part, with one I disagree with.
Swindle - considering the level of retool First Aid got, turning that mould into a Jeep style vehicle is almost a given - may get a new Hound out of it one day.
Vortex - Keep Alpha Bravo's head, repaint and its Vortex. I would like to see anew front cockpit section and maybe different weapons on the arms.
Brawl - Rook mould looks pretty likely, even seems to have a peg to attach the hand/foot piece as a turret on top the way Dragstrip does. Though I'd prefer a new, tank mould.
Onslaught - Easily Hotspot. Replace the ladder with cannons, and based on Hotspot's transformation, you've still got his classic cannons sticking out from his back.
Blast-off - I can see a new mould for this, if Defensor is anything to go by, there should be at least one new limb mould per combiner, so I'm calling it a shuttle. Again, may be wrong.

Edit: Another thought on Blast Off - Given Alpha Bravo's legs give an Astrotrain vibe, I wouldn't be surprised if they pulled a Skydive/Air Raid retool on that mould, same legs, different upper torso...

[Zommael]

The speculation surrounding the Combaticons sounds right on the money, but that still leaves us with the "Masquerade" Autobots that were found in the TRU database to come. Of course, either wave could now be planned for next year.

We should now be able to work out what the Masquerade Autobots will be based on, though:

• Ironhide - a red repaint of Offroad.

• Sunstreaker - yellow repaint of Brakedown.

• Mirage - blue repaint of Dragstrip.

• Prowl - the obvious choice is a repaint of Streetwise (himself a retool of Deadend). However, that might be too close to Streetwise's actual toy, and doesn't really fit Prowl's character either. I'd speculate that he'll actually be a repaint of Rook, based on his recent appearances in IDW as a similar-looking SWAT vehicle (the robot modes are also reasonably similar). That would also make the Autobot car combiner (dare I call it Masqueraider?) significantly different to Menasor, especially if we're to use Optimus Prime/Maximus as the torso.

There is another possibility, that the G1 Autobot car names are actually placeholders for the fan-built combiner. Given that the fan-built combiner is confirmed for 2016 and the G1 cars are supposed to be wave 4, though, and fit so well as redecoes of what's already been released, I'd say it's unlikely.

[BigTransformerTrev]

Well, since it's pretty much a given we will get announced at some point the Combaticons, I think we will see the Technobots too since there a a lot of molds that can be retooled to make them. That will keep the numbers even at three Vehicle gestalts a piece. That leaves the four animal based Decepticon ones.

I don't think we will see any animal ones until they guage how well the current (and hopefully future) vehicle ones sell. But if they sell well and they decide to go ahead, mold sharing will probably play a big part on what they make.

So taking into account the alt-modes of the four animal-based gestalts, I think we could see the following mold sharing with retooling and resizing done as necessary:


Winged Creatures
Divebomb (Predacons)
Cutthroat (Terrorcons)
Wildfly (Monster Pretenders)
Seawing (Seacons)

Feline Quadrupeds
Rampage (Predacons)
Razorclaw (Predacons) Possibly Voyager Sized?

Stocky Quadrupeds
Ramhorn (Predacons)
Headstrong (Predacons)
Birdbrain (Monster Pretenders)
Bristleback (Monster Pretenders)
Snap Trap (Seacons) Voyager Size

2-Headed Dragon Quadrupeds
Sinnertwin (Terrorcons)
Hun-Grrr (Terrorcons) Voyager Size

Aquatic Bipeds
Rippersnapper (Terrorcons)
Overbite (Seacons)
Skalor (Seacons)

Mammalian Bipeds
Blot (Terrorcons)
Icepick (Monster Pretenders)
Scowl (Monster Pretenders)
Slog (Monster Pretenders)

Multi-limbed Sea Creatures
Tentakil (Seacons)
Nautilator (Seacons)




I know a lot of these are a stretch, but considering what a great job they did of turning Jetfire into Thundercracker and Silverbolt into Cyclonus, I reckon they could pull a lot of these mold sharing/retools off

[BigTransformerTrev]

Latest rumor: Ironhide will be a deluxe combiner limb released later in the year

[ILikeSoundwave]

Latest rumor: Ironhide will be a deluxe combiner limb released later in the year

I'm pretty sure a while back Ironhide, Prowl, Mirage and Sunstreaker were all found in a store database and were listed as deluxes.

[BigTransformerTrev]

I'm pretty sure a while back Ironhide, Prowl, Mirage and Sunstreaker were all found in a store database and were listed as deluxes.

True - but now they have found a sketch of a retool of Offroad with Ironhides head to back it up, first real evidence I've heard of

[ILikeSoundwave]

True - but now they have found a sketch of a retool of Offroad with Ironhides head to back it up, first real evidence I've heard of

This was also found today revealing Sunstreaker and Mirage as the arms of Optimus Maximus???

[BigTransformerTrev]

Bruticus is pretty much a quick and easy remould.

Onslaught - Hot Spot
Vortex - Alpha Bravo
Swindle - Off-road
Brawl - Rook?
Blast Off - ???

So, with most of them just needing new colour schemes and heads, it's not a far reach to say that they'll be along at some point. Especially with CW running for 2 years.

Yeah, its pretty much a foregone conclusion we will get the Combaticons. However I dont have an issue with this because frankly the Combaticons rock! I like'em more than all the animal gestalts combined

The problem with the beast combiners, Abominus, Monstructor, Predaking, Pirañacon is that it is not as easy to reuse moulds. And that is what Hasbro is all about these days.

Nah, I already solved that problem for'em:

Winged Creatures
Divebomb (Predacons)
Cutthroat (Terrorcons)
Wildfly (Monster Pretenders)
Seawing (Seacons)

Feline Quadrupeds
Rampage (Predacons)
Razorclaw (Predacons) Possibly Voyager Sized?

Stocky Quadrupeds
Ramhorn (Predacons)
Headstrong (Predacons)
Birdbrain (Monster Pretenders)
Bristleback (Monster Pretenders)
Snap Trap (Seacons) Voyager Size

2-Headed Dragon Quadrupeds
Sinnertwin (Terrorcons)
Hun-Grrr (Terrorcons) Voyager Size

Aquatic Bipeds
Rippersnapper (Terrorcons)
Overbite (Seacons)
Skalor (Seacons)

Mammalian Bipeds
Blot (Terrorcons)
Icepick (Monster Pretenders)
Scowl (Monster Pretenders)
Slog (Monster Pretenders)

Multi-limbed Sea Creatures
Tentakil (Seacons)
Nautilator (Seacons)

And since Hasbro listens to everything I say I'm sure it'll all get announced in the next week or two they are going with my suggestions

[Omega Metro]

No beast combiners please!...thanks.

[Akky82]

Edit: Another thought on Blast Off - Given Alpha Bravo's legs give an Astrotrain vibe, I wouldn't be surprised if they pulled a Skydive/Air Raid retool on that mould, same legs, different upper torso...

this has been my thought since i first played with alpha bravo. Yes he'd end up upside down compared to g1 transformation, but the could make a new more solid back, but how to do the hands, he might end up with scultped hands in a curved arm to fit snug to the fuselage... But yeah to me the front already looks space-shuttley, so i'm keen to see if they make a new front (vortex) or new back and head (blast off), cos i like that mold.