Oh I got it. I was just imagining the group of them calling that out "Sentai-Henshin" style! Complete with wailing guitar solo and hyperspace background effect! Basically the "Powerful Transformation" track from the Super Link OST. Although, I am saddened that the design of this Combiner team sort of precludes it from "SCRAMBLLLLLE POWERRRRR"!

 

Sounds like a Motörhead tribute band.

 

But this... does put a smile on my face

 

Struggling with the decision on whether to pre-order these guys, or at least the ones that are up for pre-order so far. I've been able to track down pre-orders for everybody but Motormaster. I'm also very curious about the height of Menasor, once combined.

I'm late to the party, so I've been wading through the thread to pick up as much knowledge as I can from what is already out there.

 

Let's science this shit!

Motormaster and Optimus share the same size front wheels on their rigs:


The rear wheels of Motormaster's rig are the same size as his front ones:


We can see the rear wheels of Motormaster's rig on the back of Menasor:


Thanks to this fairly straight-enough perspective side-shot, we can hypothesize that Menasor is approximately 17 MST Optimus wheels tall:


I'm at work, so someone is gonna have to measure the diameter of Prime's wheels to get a more precise estimation.

 

Bless you and your engineering nerditry, sir!

 

I don't know if anything has changed, but the articulation on the protos' arms looks outdated at this point. I don't think they even had wrist swivel.

 

MST Megs is basically the same height as MST Prime, so this pic should give you/us some idea (even though the perspective is a little wonky with SW looking huge in the foreground).

 

They've been changed.

 

So, if Thundercracker is truly 3.94", that would put Menasor at roughly 2x his height, or around 7.88". Probably something I can skew into my collection, without it looking too out of whack.

 

That Megatron is so perfect. I can't wait to get him.

 

That would put him around DX9 Hulkie height. He'd be smaller than MFT Huge Dragon. Hoping he'll be taller, around IF War Giant height.

 

That's my hope too, but we'll see. I can always bolster him with a stand or something and stick him in the background.. Have to get creativity, when there's only one option.

 

Gonna wait till I see some colored versions. It could take a while for them to get released. Think Megatron and Soundwave with his cassettes will be first.

Hoping that as MST bots are taller than Newage the combine mode would be taller. Like the look of a combiner being taller than the sum of his parts, a little bit of mass shifting.

Like what @Zherneboh did in this post, although for my display and space this is too big.

 

Prime's wheels are 12mm, so he's at least 20cm, or 8". War Giant and the similar height Hulkie KO from Yuexing are right around 25-27cm.

Hopefully this estimated height is a little off, as 20cm is a wee undersized compared to the others. Looking at the pic with Megatron and the Seekers, it looks like it may be close to that. Maybe 23 cm tops?

 

they may release the two other Datsuns first.. I think.

 

With Skywarp looking bigger than Megatron, Starscream about the same size as Megatron and Thundercracker smaller than Megatron I think we can assume Menasor is off too.

Think Motormaster will be the size of MST Optimus Prime and with the rest being the size of Menasors knee I have a good feeling Menasor will be taller than 20cm.

Totally forgot about those two.

 

Three if we can get them to do Barricade.

 

Motormaster w/OP:

 

Maybe more if they go full New Age with the Bluestreak variants.