Images of Combiner Wars deluxe Protectobot collector cards (wave 3)

fenrir72 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Scramble UP!

The colors fits him(Optimus) well. Nice!

Must resist... Groove... Getting... Thougher...

Cobotron wrote:

Very noce! How'd you get Groove on Optimus like that?

Here's my own, less refined attempt at using scramble power:



Mainly I wanted to use the pipe weapons as Optimus-style smokestacks.

fenrir72 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Scramble UP!

The colors fits him(Optimus) well. Nice!

Indeed those colours are great, can't wait to see what what combinations you get out of battlecore prime Cobotron

I picked up Groove last night and when I looked at the art more and more his face, it made me think of Legos as I looked on.

Thanks guys. Just me playing with my toys.

Nemesis Primal wrote:Very noce! How'd you get Groove on Optimus like that?

He is just holding on with his hands around the pegs in P's chest.

Mainly I wanted to use the pipe weapons as Optimus-style smokestacks.

Looks good! I love the smoke stack look. I can't do it though 'cause I'm not going to get Brake Neck. Hope somebody else comes with the pipes.

ZeroWolf wrote:Indeed those colours are great, can't wait to see what what combinations you get out of battlecore prime Cobotron

Not sure if I will get him. Honestly though I'd rather have Battlecore than traditional Prime. Just for the sake of having a different Prime. This year is getting pricey, gotta trim the fat somewhere.

fenrir72 wrote:Deviating from the Devman for a while. Congrats and all who got theirs but now,but getting ahead of myself concerning Bruticus.

Whether or not TT might attempt a new mold for Blastoff and/or Vortex, I would like to speculate or even wish that, maybe a mold based on a Mil Mi-24. And possible to detach the rotor blades similar to Baldigus/Encore to use them as a melee weapon. That would be awesome!

Blast-off too. A terrestial fighter jet? The Autobots already have that sealed and the 'cons their Seekers already. Swindle and the rest, no complaints at all.

Maybe the green camo deco for Onslaught like his G1 incarnation would be neat!

And Swindle is just so yummy! (Btw, he didn't pay me for that endorsement )

Shockwave being part of the pack, here's hoping TT also includes him.

Hopefully barring delays, last week of February or March 2016.

Probably wishful thinking to get anything different in terms of molding/re-tooling for Vortex...
There's a pretty substantial amount of re-tooling for 3/5 team members.
However, with the re-tooling and not brand-new molds, I think it's extremely likely that TT will make a new mold for Blast Off.
And although I think a jet alt-mode works really well with this group, and even as a limb,
that will be difficult to resist...
Here's a few other things I predict for a TT release:
--More show-accurate paint apps (as usual)
(it will be interesting to see what they do with the Bruticus chestplate)
--A light-gray Bruticus head
--A large gun for Brut

A new Blast Off and the light gray Bruticus head color will be enough for me to buy TT's.
The rest will all be a nice bonus.

Since others are doing it, this is my preferred menasor configuration

So HTS has the protectobot limbs listed as instock; so everyone who ordered them from HTS should be getting they're emails about them being shipped tonight or tomorrow

steals_your_goats wrote:
Since others are doing it, this is my preferred menasor configuration

How did you get meansor to stand like that. I've done it before but it didn't look right

Bumblebee21 wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:
Since others are doing it, this is my preferred menasor configuration

How did you get meansor to stand like that. I've done it before but it didn't look right

There's a slight bend at MM's knees and to keep him upright I use the little back talons on the feet. It's also quite a bit of fiddling before I get him to stand just right.

Dont have Hotspot yet, but I have all the limbs I need to start looking into the best combination I will use. I settled on this one for hostpot while Motormaster will keep Offroad and dead end will be replaced by Brake-nec to have 2 black legs.

Hellscream9999 wrote:So HTS has the protectobot limbs listed as instock; so everyone who ordered them from HTS should be getting they're emails about them being shipped tonight or tomorrow

The other day when I mentioned that they weren't shipping until the 20th or so, did the ship dates update?!

Cobotron wrote:Thanks guys. Just me playing with my toys.

Look at you Cobs, still being the kid we all hope to be

Showed off CW Megatron last night to some friends from out of town and they didn't realize how cool newer Transformers were

In the G1 show, SkyLynx was Predaking's counter foil. So now, should we expect a rumble of combiner kings.....SkyReign vs Predaking?

Noticed something disturbing with the "Blastoff" mold. The military green is painted. Wish the final would be molded because if not, expect a lot of paint chipping. Not good. But this are just preliminary samples right?

right

peaces wrote:right

Welll, if the product ain't ready, even the mock up, I'd have deferred releasing them. It's not like they have any competition like the GoBots or something.

I think it was more "look at what we got in the pipeline! " after all these aren't set for release for a couple of months yet.

Work is really busy again, but will try to unbox and review this awesome haul from Robotkingdom this week!!

fenrir72 wrote:Noticed something disturbing with the "Blastoff" mold. The military green is painted. Wish the final would be molded because if not, expect a lot of paint chipping. Not good. But this are just preliminary samples right?

That's a hand-painted sample. They rarely, if ever, put final versions of newly-revealed figures in the BotCon display cases.

For the individual bots, I'd say the Hasbro and Takara versions are pretty much on par except for Silverbolt where I do prefer the Takara.

But in combined mode, there is no question at all that the Takara is the better option. Looks bloody nice!!

Stay tuned for full video comparison uploading now on the YouTube channel!

Sabrblade wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:Noticed something disturbing with the "Blastoff" mold. The military green is painted. Wish the final would be molded because if not, expect a lot of paint chipping. Not good. But this are just preliminary samples right?

That's a hand-painted sample. They rarely, if ever, put final versions of newly-revealed figures in the BotCon display cases.

Exactly, everyone needs to calm the f@#k down, this is how it is every year at botcon and such. Of course the final figure is going to be molded, they paint them up so they don't have to use textured renders of the figures (pictures) for the display. People absolutely freaked when the official pics of hotspot had defensors head facing the wrong way, when, not a day earlier, it was shown in the proper way, and clearly the head was hidden; but people were still flipping tables over it

My protectobots have shipped from HTS

Hellscream9999 wrote:My protectobots have shipped from HTS

I'm still waiting for Blades to ship.

I finally put Defensor together, with Alpha Bravo as a stand-in for Blades. He is, at once, both my favorite and least favorite of the combiners. I love the look of him all put together, but he has so many nagging problems that just keep him from being perfect. Streetwise's shoulders tend to get in the way when I use him as an arm, which makes posing Defensor a pain. Hot Spot's legs tend to come unpegged in combined mode, causing the whole gestalt to topple over while posing him. On the plus side, Groove is much better integrated into Defensor's chest than Blackjack is on Menasor.

I'll probably end up displaying them separately. I really like the Protectobots as individual figures, particularly Rook and Hot Spot.

MrBlack wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:My protectobots have shipped from HTS

I'm still waiting for Blades to ship.

I finally put Defensor together, with Alpha Bravo as a stand-in for Blades. He is, at once, both my favorite and least favorite of the combiners. I love the look of him all put together, but he has so many nagging problems that just keep him from being perfect. Streetwise's shoulders tend to get in the way when I use him as an arm, which makes posing Defensor a pain. Hot Spot's legs tend to come unpegged in combined mode, causing the whole gestalt to topple over while posing him. On the plus side, Groove is much better integrated into Defensor's chest than Blackjack is on Menasor.

I'll probably end up displaying them separately. I really like the Protectobots as individual figures, particularly Rook and Hot Spot.

Yes, hotspot seems to have the lingering issue that mm had, where they are to deep, they have long (not wide) torso's that catch on the the kibble of the limb-bots; this is, yet another reason silverbolt/cyclonus are so solid as a torso, nothing impedes any of the limbs. I would use streetwise as a leg, but he is so flat and thin that he looks dumb and out of place

Hellscream9999 wrote:I would use streetwise as a leg, but he is so flat and thin that he looks dumb and out of place

I totally agree with that, he works far better as an arm. I found Blades to work really well as a leg actually. While he might be thin, he offers a cool knee pad.

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:I would use streetwise as a leg, but he is so flat and thin that he looks dumb and out of place

I totally agree with that, he works far better as an arm. I found Blades to work really well as a leg actually. While he might be thin, he offers a cool knee pad.

He works fairly well - my a/b notwithstanding - which is one of the reasons the aerialbots work. they all have a similar footprint, in that, their base (where the hand/foot plugs in) is a square. Visually this works in tandem with superions thigh's and built torso to really draw everything together.

This also works with the stunticons on galvatronus; with neck brace and dead end as symmertical arms with the wide sleeves and thin biceps, and dragstrip and axe-murderer as legs that offer similar dimensions as any two of the aerialbots.

While I don't have a problem with the a/b mold necessarily, I don't like it when there is nothing similar (dimension-wise) to pair it with. Rook is massive, streetwise is super wide, using firstaid would require using streetwise as a hideous leg. This is the reason why I love the use of the qs mold for bruticus (while not necessarily the head, I like it for him) b/c the arm modes look in proportion with one another. I've already planned on giving defensor prowl, sky reign will get hound and blades can chill with a/b in their sexy alt modes

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:Noticed something disturbing with the "Blastoff" mold. The military green is painted. Wish the final would be molded because if not, expect a lot of paint chipping. Not good. But this are just preliminary samples right?

That's a hand-painted sample. They rarely, if ever, put final versions of newly-revealed figures in the BotCon display cases.

Exactly, everyone needs to calm the f@#k down, this is how it is every year at botcon and such. Of course the final figure is going to be molded, they paint them up so they don't have to use textured renders of the figures (pictures) for the display. People absolutely freaked when the official pics of hotspot had defensors head facing the wrong way, when, not a day earlier, it was shown in the proper way, and clearly the head was hidden; but people were still flipping tables over it

Oh I'm farking calm. Not OCD on wrong head placement et al. Its the noticeable unpainted areas of the mold that had me concerned. Not to mention one fellow poster here mentioning the spin doctoring cr@p Hasbro gave concerning the "new" Blast Off vehicle mode.Combat thingamgigy......really now.

Btw, I'm no sure if this is applicable to the Hasbro version but Air Raid's painted black pegs, given that it locks in the legs are gonna wear off.So paint apps are both boon and bane (remember Hasbro Blitzwing?)

Hellscream9999 wrote:

MrBlack wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:My protectobots have shipped from HTS

I'm still waiting for Blades to ship.

I finally put Defensor together, with Alpha Bravo as a stand-in for Blades. He is, at once, both my favorite and least favorite of the combiners. I love the look of him all put together, but he has so many nagging problems that just keep him from being perfect. Streetwise's shoulders tend to get in the way when I use him as an arm, which makes posing Defensor a pain. Hot Spot's legs tend to come unpegged in combined mode, causing the whole gestalt to topple over while posing him. On the plus side, Groove is much better integrated into Defensor's chest than Blackjack is on Menasor.

I'll probably end up displaying them separately. I really like the Protectobots as individual figures, particularly Rook and Hot Spot.

Yes, hotspot seems to have the lingering issue that mm had, where they are to deep, they have long (not wide) torso's that catch on the the kibble of the limb-bots; this is, yet another reason silverbolt/cyclonus are so solid as a torso, nothing impedes any of the limbs. I would use streetwise as a leg, but he is so flat and thin that he looks dumb and out of place

Why not try Blades and Strretwise as arms while First Aid and Rook as legs. Seems proportional. Rook btw looks REAL good ....I'm eyeing to get him too as an extra protectobot onces Defensor arrives.

fenrir72 wrote:Rook btw looks REAL good.... I'm eyeing to get him too as an extra protectobot onces Defensor arrives.

You should order him from hts while they have the free shipping code that goes through today...

*edit: nevermind

koolkollectibleskhai wrote:

What's that to the left of Skywarp? Is it part of Superion's box or a separate thing?

Nemesis Primal wrote:
What's that to the left of Skywarp? Is it part of Superion's box or a separate thing?

It's the superion coin. Which reminds me, I didnt get mine. Did someone else's Superion not come with a coin?

Nemesis Primal wrote:What's that to the left of Skywarp? Is it part of Superion's box or a separate thing?

It's the collector coin (or coins?) sleeve.

william-james88 wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:
What's that to the left of Skywarp? Is it part of Superion's box or a separate thing?

It's the superion coin. Which reminds me, I didnt get mine. Did someone else's Superion not come with a coin?

It's for the Asian market only iirc. Amiami's didn't come with the coin.

fenrir72 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:
What's that to the left of Skywarp? Is it part of Superion's box or a separate thing?

It's the superion coin. Which reminds me, I didnt get mine. Did someone else's Superion not come with a coin?

It's for the Asian market only iirc. Amiami's didn't come with the coin.

Oh right, like Hong Kong and Australia I assume. Thanks and too bad.

Nemesis Primal wrote:Is it just me or is it kind of ironic that Shockwave being involuntarily wielded by Bruticus way back then means he's on team Combaticon thirty years later?


Also, Dragstrip sure seems to have been busy, since he's been part of every combiner in the first three waves except Defensor (albeit only as a substitute before Air Raid was released in Superion's case).

I love the fact that they are homaging that scene. Beats making a new Combaticon right??

And yes, Dragstrip is everywhere and anywhere! He just keeps getting lost. "Sorry, made a wrong turn again"

Seibertron's very own ScottyP just found and bought Combiner Wars Legends Wave 4 at TRU in Raleigh, NC this morning priced at $9.99 each, Let the hunt begin guys and remember keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates!

Eh? Skywarp and Rodimus are Wave 4, while Groove, Warpath and Viper are Wave 3...

albnok wrote:Eh? Skywarp and Rodimus are Wave 4, while Groove, Warpath and Viper are Wave 3...

Fixed, thanks for pointing that out.

Good grief, wave 3 only showed up here in MO this past weekend...

Dang, I didn't realize this was news. Someone in my area spotted those guys a week ago. I would have linked their sighting to news if I would have known.

Rodimus is a cool guy. I worked up a little hack and slash to get his spoiler to hang from his back.

details on the hack

peaces wrote:details on the hack

Its definitely a hack job and there is a link in my previous post, but:

viewtopic.php?f=143&t=104727

I FINALLY got CW Dragstrip yesterday, for my b-day. I wanna get the rest of the deluxe Stunticons, but I DON'T want Motormaster. I don't really want Lonewolf either, so I am thinking of designing my own Motormaster, as a monster truck.

SillySpringer wrote:I FINALLY got CW Dragstrip yesterday, for my b-day. I wanna get the rest of the deluxe Stunticons, but I DON'T want Motormaster. I don't really want Lonewolf either, so I am thinking of designing my own Motormaster, as a monster truck.

Get Cyclonus, Galvatronus looks awesome with the stunticons

SillySpringer wrote:I FINALLY got CW Dragstrip yesterday, for my b-day. I wanna get the rest of the deluxe Stunticons, but I DON'T want Motormaster. I don't really want Lonewolf either, so I am thinking of designing my own Motormaster, as a monster truck.

Lonewolf?

ZeroWolf wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:I FINALLY got CW Dragstrip yesterday, for my b-day. I wanna get the rest of the deluxe Stunticons, but I DON'T want Motormaster. I don't really want Lonewolf either, so I am thinking of designing my own Motormaster, as a monster truck.

Lonewolf?

A third party MM modified to be usable as the centerpiece for hasbros stunticons, can find it at bbts and such.

Ah thanks I'll have to look at then

ZeroWolf wrote:Ah thanks I'll have to look at then

No problem I thought all of its modes looked kinda weak, but to each their own, I admit wanting something to make the stunticons shine as menasor. Always thought that if has/tak made op/mm into a long nose truck, it might give them more room to work with, or maybe if they revisited the design and rebuilt it from the ground up with the knowledge they have now.

the day i spend $150 on a voyager is never

I used to hope for something inspired by RID Ultra Magnus's combination with Optimus Prime - Motormaster would have been a semi with a car carrier trailer or attachment. The car carrier trailer would have had room for all of the other Stunticons in truck mode, and would also have disassembled to become Menasor's extra combiner parts. In a way, it'd be like Menasor himself having an alternate mode, and I rather fancied the idea of a black 18-wheeler loaded with cars plowing through traffic and then transforming directly into Menasor without having to go through multiple stages.