Dont get me wrong. I like the bikes, and the unique designs don't bother me. The manufacturing though seems poor, also if there is no payoff, I can't see getting the other 2.

Dont get me wrong. I like the bikes, and the unique designs don't bother me. The manufacturing though seems poor, also if there is no payoff, I can't see getting the other 2.

The pay off is that you have the whole team. It's like having Skids without Mudflap, G1 Sunstreaker without Sideswipe, G1 Starscream without Thundercracker and Skywarp, or Kickback without Shrapnel and Bombshell. You can't really have one without the others. The figures definitely have the capacity to combine. Into what? We don't know yet. At least in the movie, they don't though. I have my own reasons for wanting all three, and combining isn't really at the top of that list. It's a nice add-on feature, but certainly not a "make or break" reason for getting them or not.

All this hush-hush on Hasbro's side is annoying. I just want to see the bike and robot mode of Flare Up, the combined mode be damned!

Dont get me wrong. I like the bikes, and the unique designs don't bother me. The manufacturing though seems poor, also if there is no payoff, I can't see getting the other 2.

The pay off is that you have the whole team. It's like having Skids without Mudflap, G1 Sunstreaker without Sideswipe, G1 Starscream without Thundercracker and Skywarp, or Kickback without Shrapnel and Bombshell. You can't really have one without the others. The figures definitely have the capacity to combine. Into what? We don't know yet. At least in the movie, they don't though. I have my own reasons for wanting all three, and combining isn't really at the top of that list. It's a nice add-on feature, but certainly not a "make or break" reason for getting them or not.

 

I see you point, but they where bit players. They have no history, no backstory(I only saw the movie never read the lit), Hell only one had a line in the whole film.

Maybe if I knew them as well as the other characters you mentioned including Skids and Mudflap I'd be more inclined. Having the team though just isn't enough at this point.

Thats how my dollar is gonna vote, especialy if the third is only a repaint.

 

I do see your point though.

Dont get me wrong. I like the bikes, and the unique designs don't bother me. The manufacturing though seems poor, also if there is no payoff, I can't see getting the other 2.

The pay off is that you have the whole team. It's like having Skids without Mudflap, G1 Sunstreaker without Sideswipe, G1 Starscream without Thundercracker and Skywarp, or Kickback without Shrapnel and Bombshell. You can't really have one without the others. The figures definitely have the capacity to combine. Into what? We don't know yet. At least in the movie, they don't though. I have my own reasons for wanting all three, and combining isn't really at the top of that list. It's a nice add-on feature, but certainly not a "make or break" reason for getting them or not.

 

I see you point, but they where bit players. They have no history, no backstory(I only saw the movie never read the lit), Hell only one had a line in the whole film.

Maybe if I knew them as well as the other characters you mentioned including Skids and Mudflap I'd be more inclined. Having the team though just isn't enough at this point.

Thats how my dollar is gonna vote, especialy if the third is only a repaint.

 

I do see your point though.

 

Actually, they did have more than just one line, and it wasn't just Arcee. They had a few. Arcee spoke telling Lennox they were moving out, Flareup and Arcee told Sam and Mikela they'd protect them just before getting struck by enemy fire. Those are just the two main examples. The only one that might not have gotten any lines was Chromia, as best as I can recall.

 

As for the toys, they do have a bit of backstory in their bios, which is great. It's also more likely that Flareup will be a retool rather than repaint, if she doesn't get a unique mold of her own. She and Arcee have very similar robot modes except that Arcee has both wheels as her "legs" whereas Flareup has one wheel as her hand.

Every TF has a back story bio, and again, the lines in the film eh...

Expecialy watching the reviews for Arcee, and having a Chromia that won't stay together...

 

Combining would be the only saving grace for this team. There's nothing else about them that makes me WANT them.

 

If individualy they where designed better, but since they aren't, I can live without them.

These are the type of thing where I might get one just out of curiosity, and if it impresses me, I'll grab the others, but I really don't think it's a "OMG, you MUST get the complete set" kinda deal. And hell, from what I've seen, female transformers tend to shelf-warm a lot. (Although that could just be where I live.)

Ran across one lonely Arcee at a Wal-Mart near my work (Dallas) over lunch today. Looking forward to getting home and cracking this one open!

Does anyone have 3 of the bikes now that are open... any 3? Try combining them and see if you can? May come up with some neat ideas....

Combine or not I love Motorbikes. I love BADASS chickbots. My cousin was a stunt rider holding GUINESS WORLD RECORDS. I WILL own all 3!

 

I LOVE unicycle bots, but HATE the unicycle itself.. So they are a MUST.. Like I want the other BM BikeDrone even though I have one and Thrust...