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    Quote Originally Posted by Sinnertwin View Post
    They lost me the moment Jon Bailey stepped up to the mic.
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    Dovie'andi se tovya sagain

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    When Starsceam went super combiner I thought it might have taken Fortress Maximus or Metroplex to stop him... but instead they have Starsceam become a floating mess...

    Megatron is pretty awesome

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    When Windblade put her hands on her head I thought that she was psychically summoning Metroplex. Nope. This series is such a let down on so many levels. As I said before, it feels like a Poor Man's version of the Underbase Saga, and that story was written in the 80s... aimed at kids... to sell toys.

    Combiner Wars doesn't seem to have the "To Sell Toys" feel to it because the cast are made up of:
    * toys that are no longer current (Combiner Wars was effectively last year's line; Titans Return is the line that Hasbro should be pushing if they really wanted this show to be a toy advert). It's been years since Hasbro had their MP10 on sale, and Windblade is from Generations from 2-3 years ago.
    * a toy which is current only in Japan, i.e. MP Hot Rodimus
    * characters which aren't even based on toys; Mistress of Flame, Windblade's disposable friend from Episode 1

    ...unless this story is, like G1's Underbase Saga, a massive cull of the old toys and they're planning on introducing the new TR figures to replace them. e.g. gestalts being killed off, MP Optimus Prime being upgraded to Titans Return Optimus Prime etc. Even if it were... G1 still did it better. Underbase Starscream was a god (who even survived his own destruction as a zombie!) -- CW Enigma of Combination Starscream is a floating head making NSFW noises.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trent View Post
    Oh, you're back. How was the wilderness?
    The Gong was an eye opener. Glad to be back in Sydney though

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    So I caved and watched the final episode...

    It was just awful... and looks like they will be doing a titan wars series...

    Megatron once again was the only reason to watch it.

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    Ok so I haven't read this thread since the first episode was released and I was very VERY disappointed in the show. Just after some thoughts here with no spoilers (if that is possible), is it worth watching the series?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raider View Post
    Ok so I haven't read this thread since the first episode was released and I was very VERY disappointed in the show. Just after some thoughts here with no spoilers (if that is possible), is it worth watching the series?
    Nope... the only redeeming feature is Megatron... he was actually really good in this series.

    I think it would play better if you watched all episodes back to back... but its still a massive let down

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raider View Post
    Ok so I haven't read this thread since the first episode was released and I was very VERY disappointed in the show. Just after some thoughts here with no spoilers (if that is possible), is it worth watching the series?
    I watched them with my son so it was nice to do that together. Megatron is quite enjoyable. The other characters are mostly forgetable. There were probably 3 episodes that were ok-good. I would watch it but with no expectations.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raider View Post
    Ok so I haven't read this thread since the first episode was released and I was very VERY disappointed in the show. Just after some thoughts here with no spoilers (if that is possible), is it worth watching the series?
    No.

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    A highly recommend this stop motion of Victorion vs Devastator. Way better than the battles in the actual show.

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