Well, for those who don't have an iconic weapon, Whirl, Roadbuster and Top Spin, they should have game accurate or G1 inspired weapons.

 

to those of you bitching about the colours, keep in mind that Fall of Cybertron is Aligned Continuity, not G1, and since they haven't actually shown up in the AC who knows? the Wreckers could very well have a unified Orange deco.

also, I do like that he comes with Vortex' weapons and his own new gun. it looks like it has a spinning barrel gimmick, activated by pulling back the handle on top. can the OP confirm this please?

 

Cool. I didn't even know any of these were coming out.

I wasn't overly impressed with Bruticus, or any of the Combaticons for that matter - so I might not get any of these. But...we'll see.

 

I don't think these guys have 'aligned continuity' entries yet, and even if they did, probably not in such details that would explain why they're all orange.

It's most probably a design choice. Somebody thought it would look good if the combined mode would have a unified scheme - and while I would agree on some combiners (Devastator, the Grimstone from PCC, and the Japanese versions of PCC) - I don't think they should have done that with the Wreckers here.

Twin Twist, Top Spin and Roadbuster all have color schemes that, even if they have orange, are decent enough, but Whirl and Impactor are so far off from their original and latest appearances it becomes annoying.

Do they look decent in these color schemes? Yes! But you can't deny a lot of people would probably have preferred a blue Whirl and a Purple/yellow Impactor.  

These are still worth picking up (adjust excitement level depending on your opinion of the original Bruticus), the fact thay they all have new headsculpts AND bigass, appropriate weapons is a huge plus. But this could have been even better.  

Roadbuster definitely has a gun from the game, or at least one that looks just like it. It's either the Energon Harvester or that thing Jazz has..what was it, the Scatterblaster? It's just as accurate/inaccurate as the game guns that came with Sideswipe, Kickback and Starscream.  

 

what is with this mold and innacurate coloring, that orange is gross  

 

Whirl,

When you come home to me, I'm painting you. Like one of my french bots.

Love,
Neek

 

I think those weapons are partly to alter the look of the vehicle modes in a small respect (as with Twin-Twist and partly they might combine or otherwise decorate the gestalt mode - Not sure if that was shown at toyfair or not as I was not really giving them my full attention.

I'd be more interested to see Sandstorm.

 

Apparently Hasbro doesn't like using purple for Autobots.

 

The colorscheme's a dual homage. They aren't JUST homaging the Wreckers, they're homaging RiD Ruination as well. All those guys had heavy amounts of orange on them, and the primary/secondary colors on the respective limbs match up.

 

Looks fugly.

 

craptastic!!!...here's hoping the others aren't as bad or i shall be skipping this set.. 

 

I really don't mind the orange. It helps the combiner as a whole fit together better for impactor and Roadbusters sake. plus combined with the Cyan, its kind of vibrant, never seen anything like it. Looks like the gun has some kind of gimmick, maybe a spinning barrel?

Though maybe they should have done this one as rotorstorm to really sell the "wreckers combine" aspect of the toy for fans. Might get an extra of whirl for a potential lost light shelf , but its possible in time Hasbro or a third party will do something closer to that specific design. Its nothing definitive. Its just a fun use of existing molds with some new parts. its not for everyone, but I am looking forward to having a unit of expendable wreckers.

 

I can't recall too many orange robots lately. These look cool.

 

Nope. They were right to go with the original Wreckers. Two Deluxe Autobots and two Jumpstarters. Rotorstorm would be the outsider if he replaced Whirl. But as I said before, I would like a Botcon set of Wreckers in which Rotorstorm is a repaint of Vortex.

 

I love the figure except for the orange parts. Basically I am weak on all the monoeye bots...

 

I'm terribly tempted into getting Whirl to repaint him black, since that was essentially what my custom bot in FoC was.

 

Definitely not complaining. Just conjecture.

Whirl is certainly an Icon of the team.

Just the thought of that arrogant obnoxious murderous cyclops on my desk. Really nice.

 

Now Whirl here is one guy i know i'll have to pick up.

I love this homicidal nutjob, and it helps that Vortex is the best of the Combaticon molds.

 

As these images are released...my excitement dwindles.

Pass.