TakaraTomy Galvatronus (?) Coming!

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  1. PoweredConvoy

    PoweredConvoy Randy

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    That's definitely Cyclonus with a left arm Air Raid, left leg Rook, right leg Offroad, and possibly Skydive as the right arm.

    https://twitter.com/TFYUKI/status/652844421898108928

    Randy

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    Edit: Added photos of recreating the limb configuration and pose with the Hasbro versions to show that the limb configuration is Skydive, Offroad, Air Raid, and Rook.

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  2. Paladin

    Paladin Have Zord, Will Travel

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    Computron?!

    You're my last hope for one, TFUnited....
     
  3. Sa173533

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    More combiners? Well, I do believe that they're finally giving Galvatronus an actual team this time!
     
  4. bumblebeej8

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    I wonder who the characters will be
     
  5. NemiMonkey

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    Not a chance(for now) you can see the crowned head of Galvatronus.
     
  6. Monari

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    Wow, they're covering all their bases aren't they? Didn't think we would see this many combines from Takara. Shame there's no word yet on Bruticus.
     
  7. WhiteMocha

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    I'm really curious about this. Generally Takara's guiding principle is "G1 accuracy." But since (at least without a Scourge mold) this idea of a Galvatron combiner is hard to shoehorn into a set of G1 characters, I'd love to see how they creatively tackle it. Like, who will those other characters be, and will they be color-matched to work as Galvatron bits? Silver legs molds and purple arm molds would be sort of cool.
     
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  8. Exinferis

    Exinferis Liberate me Ex Inferis!

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    Ah poo, just when I finally find a Hasbro Cyclonus at a local TRU. This'll be the first time I hope something made by TT is crap so I don't feel the need to buy it! :lol 
     
  9. BattleUpSaber

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    Intriguing.
     
  10. PredaconElder

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    No Alpha Bravo?
     
  11. T-Hybrid

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    I wonder if this means Takara would do Battle Core as Nova Prime.
     
  12. SgtLemon

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    Looks like this will be my second Takara toy!
     
  13. motorthing

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    But.....will it be a full combiner or just the Torso like NemiPrime as a one off?
     
  14. grindcore138

    grindcore138 TIME TO DELIVER A PIZZA BALL!

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    Didn't think Takara would do another non-original Combiner, interested to see what they do with it.
    Other than Sweeps with different alt-modes, I thought maybe a set based on the Decepticons Unicron turned into Galvatron's posse could work.
    The two jets into Skywarp and Thundercracker; Rook into Bombshell; Powerglide into Kickback ('cuz of the shoulder wings). But then that would leave Off Road as Shrapnel, which doesn't really work as well as the others ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
     
  15. Type-R

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    The Offroad and Rook molds as legs in the silhouette suggest box set since those two have no TakaraTomy releases so far.

    I wonder what characters they'd use for the four limbs.
     
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    I already have galvatronus. But if they recolor the limbs so they match cyclonus, I might get this. It would be cool if they match him and had drone heads.
     
  17. kaotika

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    exactly my thought.
    this release is the perfect opportunity to soak up the stand in/replacement characters.
    why bundle another copy of a character that shipped with the earlier boxsets unless theyre redecoed as new characters or as new homages like your rblades, snipes, eagle eyes, skyjacks and such.
     
  18. Sol Fury

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    I'm guessing Blades and eventually Vortex is enough for them with that mold.
     
  19. Thorhammer

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    If this is Galvatronus this was a fine opportunity for Tak to repaint some of the Aerialbots as Scourge and the Sweeps as limbs. In which case, they highly failed. Hasbro and Tak failed us all on this one if this is indeed Galvatronus.
     
  20. Repainted

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    Hoping it's some good choices for bots comprising Galvatronus' limbs. Hopefully, they're Decepticons we've yet to see in the line and not utterly random bots we've already gotten.