Thanks to Facebook user, Arielprime117 we already get our first look of how the Wave 3 Protectabots, Blades, Rook, Streetwise, and First Aid will look in package. These guys are due out next month so be sure to order them from your favorite online retailer to get them as soon as possible.
NemiMonkey
Well I did say it was an inflated price.
Heck CP has pre-orders up at $16 flat for the deluxes. I just threw the links in to show where I got the pics from.
Nevermore
Link was already reported here, among other places.
Jalaguy pointed out the "mind control" bit here, and it ties in with the image of Galvatronus seen here.
shadowfall1976
Except the Animated series wasnt around 30 years ago, if anything they used the Protectabots as a layout for Animated. But yeah, I can see what you mean.
Lazerwave
I'm looking at the Protectobots, and do you know what they remind me of? Transformers Animated Autobots, minus Bumblebee.
Hot Spot- Firetruck Optimus
First Aid- Ratchet
Rook- Bulkhead
Prowl- Streetwise(Yeah, Yeah, I know Prowl is a Motorcycle and Streetwise is a Police car, but still police vehicle)
Zenstrive
Probably hunched like that because of their backpacks.
Thundershot
What's the big deal?
It's CW Cyclonus… We've seen these pics…
Edit: ah, there's the bits about mind control…
Agregor
Totally Irrelevant but dude check this shit out!
Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Voyager Class Cyclonus Figure – Hasbro – Toys"R"Us
Click the link and prepare to go WTF!
Bogatan
Dead End and by the looks of it Streetwise are packaged with the arms hunched up for some reason.
They can be lowered an awful lot and look great almost any way but how Hasbro packaged it, though for some they still might be to short still.
CelticMutt
Groove not being made into a limb wasn't because of scale. It's because fitting in the combiner peg and having him follow the same basic transformation scheme as all the other limbs simply would not result in a proper looking motorcycle mode, even if you made him a highway patrol/CHiPS style cycle. It'd be worse than the Aerialbots with their arms hanging out.
Lazerwave
Well, I preordered a set of Protectobots. I wonder if I made a wise decision.
giga-galvatron
We talking about scale again? With transformers than use mass like we use toilet paper? Please. I haven't anyone bash Blast off for being a shuttle which is bigger than the rest of the Combaticons combined, or the protectobots with a helicopter and a car and fire truck none of which scale wise make sense. But i love them just the same.
General Magnus
A formula one race car is still a car (and so far the one f1 race car that is a member is the Tyrell, which is bulkier and larger than most normal formula one cars), and Groove was still way smaller(despite being bulkier than a normal bike) than a helicopter, a patrol car and an ambulance.
Autovolt 127
It's a ushanka.
24.99….yeesh. I can wait thank you very much.
giga-galvatron
I don't get the hate for Groove. He's wasn't even a sleek bike like Prime Acree. He was a clunky highway patrol motorbike which I believe would be bunky enough to be a limp. We got f1 formula cars as limbs and they are lanky as hell. I like Rook but some people just want the full G1 teams. Mind you I wouldn't be surprised that Takara makes a new mold for Groove seeing how their market is different than Hasbro. Hasbro is teaming up with IDW to market these toys. Takara is aimed at adults who remember the G1 teams as they WERE and want to make them as close as possible. It might be in their interest to make the missing team members for their market. And thanks to the recent interview, they know that a lot of Americans import their versions of the same toys Hasbro makes.
Gilgamesh
Don't judge him, it's entirely possible Hasbro showed up at his home and literally forced Rook on him. I just hope it was in vehicle mode, for an easier entry, or at the very least that Offroad and Alpha Bravo had him loosened enough.
General Magnus
Is it forced if I want an transforming and bulky APC more than I want a motorbike?
That Guy
"Forced on the fans"? I don't feel forced, hell, I wouldn't pay money if they tried to sell me a deluxe Groove. I can't imagine what the motorcycle would look like to fit a CW peg into it, that's be a fat, out of scale hog. Groove being shrank to legends size is the reason I'm getting this guy vs, a 3P Defensor. I doubt Takaratomy will do a new mold for Groove, but stranger things have happened. I'd bet that Takara does Menasor with a repaint for Wildrider, but sticks with Rook or another existing mold rather than budget out the tooling for a one off CW figure.
transmasterc
Honestly I like what we are getting. OK Groove is now the chest piece for Defenser ok fine. I do have KO of the G1 figure and I can see the CW one not wanting Groove to be a limb. I would probably make the combined figure very unstable in terms of standing him up.
NemiMonkey
Toywiz has this up for pre-order(at obviously over inflated prices) with slightly larger pics.
Protectobot First Aid Action Figure Deluxe Class 6 Inch Transformers
Protectobot Rook Action Figure Deluxe Class 6 Inch Transformers
Protectobot Blades Action Figure Deluxe Class 6 Inch Transformers
Protectobot Streetwise Action Figure Deluxe Class 6 Inch Transformers
deceptifocus
Can he not jold stuff? I dont see holes in his hands.