Board member tfctoy has put two auctions (here and here) up on chinese website Taobao for upcoming Power Core Combiner figures. We again have Bombshock in his combined glory, but we now get to see Decepticon Smolder used as a center gestalt piece with his alternate combiner head.
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Foster
Probably the KO.
Shelfwarmercon
Just to take this off-topic for a bit, this seller's also trying to offload Metroplex for only 50 renminbi? What?
Abrogate
Huffer and Smolder are the 2 I really want, but I might end up buying the whole line
AMG
I can't wait for these to start hitting the shelves.
ORIO
Y'know what REALLY sells me on these? is the fact that they're NOT classics characters. It's not "Onslaught", It's Bombshock. It's not Silverbolt, It's "Skyburtst".
Just the name alone justifies it because they're not trying to pass these off as their G1 predacessors. Good deal to me. They're NEW characters and welcome to my collection.
Huffer is the exception. Not sure whether or not to replace my Botcon version.
Shelfwarmercon
"Lazy" and "trying something different" do not mean the same thing. And there's nothing wrong with expanding the definition of what a combiner is.
Duocons are old school, mate.
Mister Gone
I think they are just limb sluts
The whole "drone" thing is a bit grateing, I didn't mind it with Energon Prime cause they all fit in his trailer. If we had like an Ultra Magnus with all his bits in a car carrier I would be on that like stink on Armanda Sideswipe.
Lumpy
dude, that would be AWESOME!
um… because its part of the gimmick? why would you not combine each and every limb with each and every torso? i plan on mixing and matching, and buying extra sets of limbs from people just for that…
BB Shockwave
Real Gear "Booster X10" appearance as Buzzsaw, Soundwave's minion in Nefarious #1 kinda puts them into the Movie universe.
I still don't care for the combining gimmick – I hate non-transforming limbs, and frankly those limbs do not look much better then the clawed hands/feet of the Energon combiners, anyway.
But the basic bots are great, they will be usefull for repaints. I also can't believe that we are getting a new Icepick toy. Bring on the rest of the Monster Pretenders!
me!!
Neat i've been sold to these!!!!!
(i feel like their gonna make a power core combiner devastator??)
Magnimus
Here's the only thing that bugs me: why would smoulder combine with bombshock's drones?
Are rhe drones like the town bicycle and just get passed around?
"okay smoulder, you can have the drones Monday, wednesday, Friday and every other weekend. I get them the rest of the time and on all major holidays"
roy_flagg00
These pics coming out make brain hurt. I cannot figure out whether or not I like these.
JazzSanti86
More awesomeness!
mugen_prime
They do look nifty, but I'm still not sold on them yet. They have pretty limited articulation, and unlike the energon combiners I don't think there'll be any fan modes that'll add much articulation. Also the whole idea of the limbs NOT having bot modes still bothers me. I can see why people might like these. The automorph gimmik looks somewhat fun, but so far from what I've seen…. they're just not for me.
Edit- I dunno, maybe I'll end up liking them. I can see some appeal in them, I'm just still not too sure about them.
Deadend
What I like about these: Gestalts for my shelf, a cheaper Bruticus to go alongside Classics Onslaught, Smolder's potential as a Defensor repaint(please hasbro!), and maybe even the aerial bots to go with Classics silverbolt. Tons of other potential and nods, like the Blue helicopter in headmasters and yellow race car target master. Sure the limbs don't have bot modes, but they can really only be displayed one way or the other, love the preservation of leg articulation. Huffer too? Pure win, can't wait to see more combined and swapped for better accuracy and new guys. Defensor(smolder repaint), Menasor(huffer repaint), Computron, and whoever else can be squeezed out by them. Kinder on my wallet while providing some nice bang while filling some holes.
What I don't like: The alluding alts don't have bot mode figures T_T. Swindle in the least deserves a figure you'd think… Superion feels too much like the mini bot plane gestalt, less like G1 superion. No seperate limb four packs. Maybe some legends love would be nice in the least. Besides it's not like this would be the first time Swindle's sold others for parts.
Kaymac
I think they're pretty cool! Sure, the limbs don't have individual robot modes, which is kind of lame, but they are supposed to be brand new drones (not characters that already had robot modes), and that kind of gives them that vibe that they are a simple power-up, rather than actual robots. The automorph adds to the vibe too, making them seem like a quickly deploying set of war machines. The versatile Mini-cons, however, are what really draws me to this line. They seem to add a massive amount of play potential.
Autobot Burnout
It could work, I myself was thinking on trying to keep the whole set together and making Motormaster into the toro bot (who turns into a car), namely because that saves me some money.
Renidragon
I was on the fence about these guys before.
I've been pushed over into the WANT side.
TechNoMad
Hmmm…Repaint Huffer and add the Race car set of limbs for MENASOR?
OptionZero
Yup. Automorph doomed these guys to suckitude.
Limbs don't have full articulation because of the springloaded transform.