Well, we know PE isn't afraid to both mass produce a set but to also make single use ones (the Prime hands/feet are unique to the two Prime kits still, not even a KO yet) so I wouldn't be surprised to see the Dinobots get their own specific kit WITH the possibility that they can reuse it with a Dinoking or Monstructor down the road. That seems a give in. I hope we do see a different set then the Superion and Bruticus set they've released, especially for Abominus.

 

Yeah, I'm hoping for, at least, a PE v5 mold that looks more animalistic - think the FP feet for their Dinoking, the Volcanicus box art, etc. I know Abominus has canonically boring feet, but I'd be down for something more animalistic for him, too

 

Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere and I've just missed it, but TFWiki have been posting some additional images of the Volcanicus prototype over on the Twitters, including a nifty unseen feature of the hands and feet...
Transformers Wiki on Twitter

Transformers Wiki on Twitter


Transformers Wiki on Twitter
Transformers Wiki on Twitter
Transformers Wiki on Twitter

 

^^^Perfect Effect feet to the rescue^^^

When will we get a color picture of the combiner??

 

Wow this is the best image (at least straight on/front on image) I've seen to date. Awesome, thank-you.

 

That reminds me that people had problem with Motormaster's torso and found fan mods and got upgrade kits for it to make it better, why bash the Dinobots for something that can and will be fixed by the fandom?

 

These combiners are going to be super friggin' posable with this new system of hands and feet. Oh man, this is really exciting!

 

At least Grimlock is affected a bit, his dino mode body seems wide and flat and the tail is bulky because of the space taken by the combiner ports. Not a total deal breaker for me, but something I noticed.

 

While we wait for an actual, good digibasher to do this, and/or for an official render of the toy or an official image of the actual products in combined mode...

... make your eyes bleed with my horribly crappy, VERY sloppily done digibash  



I based the color choices on the artwork for Volcanicus, plus what they showed as Hascon in terms of the actual individual figures. I didn't get said colors even close to accurate to real world hues, but I tried. I didn't try very hard, but I tried lol.

 

I won't say you're wrong but no toy is ever perfect.

 

I've always found flawed toys kind of fun a problem to solve. Although I enjoy finding ways to fix things so that may be just me.

 

No, but your average customer is not going to care as much as we do. My son has a G2 Menasor and he love the thing, weird hips and all.

 

Have we actually seen him stand up under his own power?

 

The only combiner prototype was a resin model so it wouldn't have been strong enough material to stand under it's own power.

 

When I get them I'll probably only combine it once just to see and just leave them in uncombined for display

 

For anyone worried about Volcanicus's shoulders, if you look closely at them here:

Especially between the dino-hips and the shell-flaps, you can see these big tabs wich are meant to slot into the flaps. I went back to look at the stock photo of PotP Grimlock:



And if you look closely at the flap behind his right shoulder in robot-mode, you can see a slot for where the tab on his dino-leg will go. Plus the top of his dino-hips/robot shoulders have these indents meant to semi-lock them into place for combined mode. And considering what we've seen so-far of Volcanicus in-hand being a resin prototype which isn't as tight or durable as a full plastic figure, he'll most likely be far more solid when available for retail.

 

The Dinobots look pretty good as individuals and will be an easy buy except Grimlock. I have no problems with these being deluxe figures