Via TFW2005 member Starscream Gaga we can reveal that the pack-in comics for Combiner Wars Deluxe Wave 2 feature extended character bios on the backs of the comics. The bios are written in the style of the old Marvel or Dreamwave More than Meets the Eye bios, and presented as psych reports in universe, with the Decepticon ones being written by Soundwave, and the Autobot ones by the ubiquitous Rung!
The extended bios flesh out the characters a lot more in the way that only a full on who’s who profile can. Fans of Wildrider might be sad to note though that the Offroad bio directly mentions how Offroad has replaced a “fallen Stunticon” as a member of the Menasor combiner group – suggesting in the universe created by the toy fiction that Wildrider is no more. The fact he shares Wildrider’s colors is also noted, in a cool touch – you can really see that some attention was put into these bios. Check them out after the break, with thanks to Starscream Gaga for sharing them with us.
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Deadend
Breakdown
Air Raid
Off-Road
Personally Air Raid is my favorite of the 2nd wave but I'm sure you've got plane fatigue. ha ha.
Lazerwave
I got my hands on wave 2 Deluxes today. I'm trying to find time to play with them because I'm working 6 days a week. I want to try to open and play with one each day.
Out of the 4, which should I play with first?
DOTM Bumblebee
Not at all. The figures are pretty good looking, but those bios…
DJW107PRIME
Word I've always been of the notion that a well written bio makes a toy that much more appealing.
Autovolt 127
It's possible, they did originally design him with Ruckus in mind…which sadly they should have done so.
down_shift
Well his "ornament" may all be BS. I don't want to say too much in case anyone didn't catch the last MTMTE but… ya know. Stuff and junk.
BScorpinok75
Rung is a cybertronian swiss army multi tool
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I wonder if they will flat out say that Off-road is Ruckus in the comics? I know he was in the Empire of Stone comic or whatever but there's no denying that Offroad shares an awful lot with Ruckus.
Since I got him in hand I haven't liked the way the foot/fist gun looks in his hand so I decided to mess around with it a little more and found that it fits perfectly behind his head. Gives him a very G1 Ruckus feel. Really want to see what Takara will do with him.
Autovolt 127
I hate to hate to be that guy but I'd actually want a playable Rung figure.
I want to believe this.
Damn right he should.
Autobot Burnout
No.
The bios are only there to serve as an additional layer of advertisement to interest the potential buyer even more. They're as much a part of the toy as the paint sometimes.
Like, the best examples I can think of are Universe 2.0 Hot Shot and ROTF Ejector. The former has a full fourth of the bio dedicated to indirectly referencing JaAm of all things, which goes unnamed…unless you realize what's written on the toy's license plate. And the latter is just a massive in-joke once you realize why he's got one of the few Courage ratings of "10" in the entire franchise.
Flexx Ark
Is it strange that these bios are making me want the figures more than the figures themselves?
DrOblivian
guys…. we have already seen Rungs alt mode. Swerve used "It" to beat the Ammonites that had Thunderclash at gunpoint over the head when he visited the lost light.
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he turns into so much of a nothing that NO ONE knows even wtf it is. the government even had to create an entirely new class of alt mode for him because no one knew that is was. which happens to be an "ornament"
GreyRouge
Only the deluxe class figures get comics all others get cards.
Hooper_X
RE: A Rung toy – I'd swear Joe Kyde mentioned at some point (possibly on another message board) that he got as far as doing line art for a Commander-class Rung? IIRC, he would have turned into a telehandler (those little truck/lift things that painters use).
Jalaguy
If these figures see domestic release in Europe, we'll most likely get the collector cards, but yeah, the comics supplant them in the US.
prime roller
Wave 2 voyagers (box of 2 Motormasters, 2 Silverbolts) also have cards.
I certainly prefer the comics myself. And the extended bios — used to love reading the Marvel Transformers Universe stuff as a kid. Still do.
Dinobot Slug
Comics
Mark5677
seriously? why would they do that? hot spot and cyclonus are getting cards.
Dinobot Slug
Nope…..