Following on from the previous Fan Built Bot Poll which resulted in the creation of the Windblade character, Hasbro has put out a new press release announcing a new poll for the fans – and this time, it’s for a fully-fledged combiner! That’s right, voting in the Fan Built Combiner Poll will, in the end, result in a team of original characters that will come together to create a new, original combiner character for the Generations Combiner Wars line.
The dates have yet to be announced but soon, the Transformers: Age of Extinction app will be updated into the official Transformers brand app. This is where voting will be done, rather than on their website like last time.
Each round will last one week, and then afterwards, the results of the round will be shared, and a new round will begin. There will be three rounds of question in total. A full reveal of the Fan Built Combiner is expected to come later this year, with the combiner character being made available as a toy in 2016. The components will be compatible with the other Combiner Wars toys, so yes, you will be able to mix-and-match. Unfortunately, there is no word yet if the combiner will appear in the IDW comics, but it seems like a fair bet.
Read all about it after the break! HASBRO INVITES TRANSFORMERS FANS TO CREATE MASSIVE TRANSFORMERS CHARACTER TO ENLIST IN THE COMBINER WARS
Fans Can Soon Create an All New Transformers Character in “Fan Built Combiner Poll”
Pawtucket, R.I. (January 15, 2015) —TRANSFOMERS fans around the world are invited to help create a new character for the popular TRANSFORMERS brand — but not just any character. Following on the heels of the 30th anniversary “Fan Built Bot” poll, which led to the fan-assisted creation of the popular new AUTOBOT character, WINDBLADE, Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) is launching the new “Fan Built Combiner” poll. This crowdsourcing project seeks fan input to create a new team of TRANSFORMERS robots that combine into one giant new character in celebration of the theme of the 2015 TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS line, COMBINER WARS!
Starting soon, with exact dates to be announced, the official TRANSFORMERS brand app (formerly the official TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION app) will be updated and fans will be able to log-in and answer a round of questions to help shape the identity of the new Combiner characters. The Fan Built Combiner poll will allow fans to determine everything from the types of vehicles involved, to whether the characters will be AUTOBOTS or DECEPTICONS, and eventually the name of the new character.
Voting for each round will be open for one week, after which the results will be announced and a new round of voting will begin the following week, with three rounds of questions in all. A full reveal of the new Fan Built Combiner is expected later this year, with the character available as a toy in 2016.
“The first ‘Fan Built Bot’ effort was massive, resulting in the creation of WINDBLADE who has her own widely popular comic series from IDW Publishing and toy product,” said Tom Warner, senior vice president of the TRANSFORMERS franchise at Hasbro. “With the TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS: COMBINER WARS line celebrating the venerable COMBINER characters from throughout TRANSFORMERS history this year, this is the perfect time to let fans help create something even bigger than a new TRANSFORMERS character — a Combiner team that will become part of TRANSFORMERS lore.”
The new “Fan Built Combiner” character will be part of the TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS: COMBINER WARS toy line. Like all the toys in the line, which debut in stores this month, the new Combiner figure will be able to mix-and-match limbs with other figures in the line so kids and fans can create their own custom TRANSFORMERS COMBINERS figures.
To participate in the vote, fans will need to download the free official TRANSFORMERS brand app on iOS (http://hasb.ro/TF4APAIT514) and Android (http://hasb.ro/TF4APAS514). Starting with the Fan Built Combiner update, launching soon, the refreshed app will become the premiere destination for TRANSFORMERS fans and will feature first-look and behind-the-scenes images and information on new TRANSFORMERS: GENERATIONS toys. Additional information will be available at TRANSFORMERS.COM as well as the official TRANSFORMERS Facebook page at Facebook.com/Transformers.
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SkywarpsGhost
Colour options are now listed, but they are all predetermined schemes. Total fix
T-Hybrid
I would love to see a 3P with the balls to make something like that. ….And how is there not fanart (regardless of quality) of something like this?
Closest I've gotten is somebody who took the Energon Prime combiner and kit-bashed it into an Omega Supreme figure:
That'd be a pretty cool way to do something like that.
T4mercustomz
Looks like the winner is an Autobot
https://m.facebook.com/transformers…05978722938/783748698361993/?type=1&source=46
soundwaverulls
With a crest in the shape of a middle finger.
unicronic
Trypticon and Scorponok as arms would be better. Trypticon becomes a dinosaur hand and Scorp a claw hand.
Bumblee transforms into the head.
Alucard77
Fuck that, you know what I want?
I want a city former combiner.
Fort Maxx center, Omega Supreme and Metroplex arms, Trypticon and Scorponok as legs.
omegafix
yup
Zenstrive
Riptide, Aquabat, the other Aquabat looking guy, Nautica, Seaspray
IgnikaMarcus
So, I voted:
Autobot
Fire Truck & Motorcycle
Truck
Jet/Helicopter
Jet/Helicopter
Car
Just to throw in one of everything so far.
Optimus Convoy
I like the team name.
EDIT: I see that they're from IDW Let's have Riptide, Aquabat, Seaspray, Depth Charge, Manta Ray.
ZeroiaSD
The Hydrobots! Take Riptide and add a bunch more.
Optimus Convoy
We need some Autobots protecting the sea. The Waterbots! A battleship, submarine (Depth Charge), speedboat, hovercraft (Seapray as a combiner maybe?), amphibious combat craft
artiepants
RiD'01 or Bust!!!
Fire Convoy (already has a regular head and Combined head design)/Skid-z/Speedbreaker/Mach Alert/X-Brawn
David Hingtgen
That's how the new Voltron show did it. Good luck getting it to work as a toy.
Bobbatronus
I think a cool idea for a combiner is one were every bot could be the main torso, or become the arm or leg. Think Powercore combiners without the drones.
Negativedark
Don't forget trains. A lot of people seem to want trains. Actually Junkion trains would be pretty neat.
Wh33ls
Ok! Arctic, Naval and/or Junkion, better be theme choices!
Bass X0
Its just that Energon Arcee and Prime Arcee have been repainted into several different female characters.
ArmedonLSD
Just two Junkions in generations, one being just a retool, was sought after enthusiasticly.
A Junkion combiner would knock it out of the park. It would unify the team.
Junkion team FTW