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    Default Hasbro's April Fools Day gag

    Since America is some time behind us, their April Fools day gags only really surface here a day later, and as such, it is harder to pick out the real news from the fake news.

    This one was posted on the Official Hasbro Transformers facebook page, alerting us that there was a technical issue with the recent Combiner Wars voting (on the Official App), and that they had to resort to releasing a back-up combiner... Reflector.

    When I first saw the image late last night in the dark on a small screen, I didn't see the hashtag at the bottom of the image... so I was somewhat interested. But I was also feeling bad for all the people who had voted, who would now feel cheated. Fortunately a few comments on some fansites pointed out the hashtag, and I felt mostly relieved for those who voted, and a little disappointed for myself at the brief joy of finally having a proper homage Reflector toy(s).
    How weird is that.

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    I think I'd feel much the same, I have no idea what this fan built combiner will be like but unless it's something epic like idk Computron or Abominus I wouldn't mind a good Reflector homage either

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    I hope this doesn't mean Reflector's not on the radar at some point.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bidoofdude View Post
    I hope this doesn't mean Reflector's not on the radar at some point.
    I think Hasbro is using a joke to gauge fan reaction, it looks all positive to me so far

    Well I hope this is what Hasbro is doing

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    I'd so much prefer a Reflector to the fan-built repaint combiner.

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    I think a new Reflector would be good, but the fan-built is good too.

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    Yeah I would rather have the Reflector too

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    I was pretty excited by this, then I had similar reactions to Griffin, then I realised it was a joke and am now hopeful that we also get an official reflector.
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    Yeah a Reflector would have been better. The joke is on us as Hasbro thinks that giving us what we want is a joke

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