I think that would be awesome. Replace Silverbolt with a B-1B Lancer or a B-2B Spirit Stealth Bomber, and replace Slingshot from an AV-8B Harrier to the new Joint Strike Fighter. It would be great if the Pentagon can again contribute to another Transformer movie and show-off their latest arsenal. Superion vs Devastator.

 

Cool thinking but I'd prefer not to have combiners.

 

More isn't always better.

Combiners would be interesting to see in live-action style. They'd look like normal non-combiners when separate, then when combined they'd be all meshed together, thanks to their "metallic shreds" exoskeleton. The combined form would just look like a bigger TF, but with different colored limbs.

I think it's too soon for combiners, but I can absolutely see ILM pull it off. Considering how the movie Transformers can reconfigure themselves, I think it's possible for combiners to work in a movie.

I'd like to see combiners in TF2. Devastator vs Superion : why not ? But if the Autobot team will be bigger than the cons...

...But if the Autobot team will be bigger than the cons...

 

Would that be a bad thing?

 

As for combiners, well, it's not too soon. I don't get peoples hating the idea of combiners or mass shifting for the movie if they can be explained rationally. And the combiners shouldn't just fly up and combine like in the cartoon (the only one's who should be able to do that in mid-air are the Aerialbots)

 

Here's how I see someone like say, the Stunticons (who are all landbased) combine into Menasor.

 

Motormaster: Stunticons. Unite to form Menasor!

The each transform into their vehicle modes and line up to their positions that they form for the body. So Wildrider and Breakdown drive in front of Motormaster, and Dragstrip drives on the left of Motormaster near his rear, and Dead End does likewise on Motormasters right. They stop, and they start transforming partially, not fully, and they wind up fusing together, so we still see somewhat whole vehicles joined together. Then to finish the process, Drag Strip and Dead End start transforming into the arms and they pull the body up while Wildrider and Breakdown are forming the legs and finish by the time he's finished standing up. And the entire time, Motormaster is forming the center of the body. When he finishes standing up, a head comes up and says something menacing thus introducing himself.

 

You could use a similar method for the other five piece combiners cause it's a really simple thing of one big guy who's the middle, and the four other guys form the limbs. So while I'd like the Constructicons, it'd be slightly harder since there's six of them (though three form the upper body and three form the lower body, it could work like this.

 

Scrapper: Constructicons. Merge to form Devastator.

 

We see Scrapper and Mixmaster driving in front of Long Haul. And behind him in alignment with each other (from right to left) Scavenger, Hook, (whatever they use to replace what should have been Bonecrusher). Then we see something similar to the Menasor formation, but in two pieces. Then there's this big electrical surge and the two body halves join together. Then the whole standing up thing would be eaier with some type of jump jet on Devastator's back, cause as he's standing up, the shovel on Scrapper and the cab on Mixmaster just stay still and they bend like the original Devastator (and after he stands up, Scrapper's arms come down forming the right heel).

 

Of course, I'm working with the models of the original characters, knowing full well that they're not going to be used. But I was just saying that it's a possible way to work in combiners in the movie.

 

Now, as for Mass shifting, well, we could have some scientific explanation I'm sure. They're aliens and for them, what might be a simple process of doing one small thing, could result in a short but reasonable explanation given by Ratchet to Sam and Mikaela.

the concept would work well in cartoons... the movie would be kind of pushing it.. both making it look believeable and the amount of engineering it would take to create it. I'd be more concerned about it looking like a Power Ranger Zord fight/Godzilla knocking over buildings and all that crap..

Just remember, they are doing things different in the movie compared to what we are used to seeing in cartoons and comics. They may do combiners combine in a different way that we are used to. We are used to seeing the "plugging" style connection. That one bot plugs in to form the arm and etc.

 

The movie may have the members dogpile on each other and form a metal mesh and then a giant robo body appears.

 

Or they may do that the center guy has wires & metal shoot out of him, attaching to the other members and drawing them in, to form the body.

Great idea...

 

But I would LOVE to see Starcream's Brigade; instead of the Combaticons, make it Devastator...

 

The Constructicons are kinda like scientists at heart. The Cons need a few more brains behind the scenes...

Then when it's time to fight, just bring in Devastator! What a CGI dream!

 

And introduce the Dinobots! Just like in G1! Ratchet, Wheeljack or a new Bot brain could make them...

 

Or could the Dinos be Cons turned into Bots like Beast Wars? Hmmm...

 

Great ideas TFans!

 

Keep em coming!

If someone in the movie says "I know. Dinosaurs were dumb so lets make Dinobots dumb too!" I'll kill.

Just so you know.

 

Stupid Dinobots.