User:OptimusMagnus

OptimusMagnus is a big time Transformers fan, if you couldn't tell by his username.

My Ideas

Transformers

Transformers: Combiner Wars

Main page: User:OptimusMagnus/Prime Wars

• My thoughts on Wreckage

I say keep Toxitron, Fractyl, Counterpunch, and Bluestreak as components, but replace Impactor with someone like Medix or Rook and call the team the Rejects, not an incarnation of the Wreckers. I'd rather see a Combiner Wars version of the Transformers: Fall of Cybertron toy line version of Ruination as a Wreckers combiner, with the Emirate Xaaron look and everything. Given that Takara is apparently planning Ruination as a repaint of Bruticus, you might want to name him something different like Dauntless (a nod to Dauntless Maximus). I'm also not sure what molds you'd want to use, though I'd be fine keeping Impactor as a limb and employing Roadbuster as the torso.

• My thoughts on Combiner Wars Liokaiser/"Kaiser Zarus":

Create a new mold to serve as Leozack, one that could be reused for Megascream and maybe even a Combiner Wars version of Star Saber. Then create a Jaruga figure to serve as either armor or an additional limb that could be interchanged with one of the other Breast Force members. Having done so, employ Sky Lynx-Dezarus (with a different Combiner head of course) as the core of a new Combiner-probably King Zarus or something similar. The Breast Force limb you don't use for the more accurate Liokaiser can attach to this guy along with figures of Deathcobra (maybe a Alpha Bravo remold with Serpent O.R.'s head), perhaps a spare Dinoforce member (if they must adhere to the "five-bot only" Combiner Wars rule), and maybe a limb based on Solon's mech. One or more of those could also likely work for Soundwave's Combiner Wars toy. If we insist on keeping the six members of each Victory Combiner seen in the anime/manga, then the King Solon Combiner could feature Deathcobra, Solon, and one of two pairs: Esmeral and Lyzack or Black Shadow and Blue Bacchus.

• My thoughts on Optimus Maximus:

I personally would rather have the color accurate version of Optimus Prime serving as the core of this Combiner, with the limbs used with "Battle Core" Optimus Prime completing the set, while Battle Core Optimus becomes a new version of Ultra Magnus. You could also enhance one or the other with a nifty add on like this one.

• My thoughts on Grand Scourge:

I find it a little sad that this guy doesn't have his own official Combiner limbs-apparently he's supposed to just steal them from elsewhere-and I have a couple of ideas. Given that he's supposed to be some guy who hunts Primes across dimensions, I figure you could use some interesting characters for his limbs: get Zombie War Breakdown and Ghost Starscream from Galvatronus, Jet Blast Off as an alternate version of the character (to explain why he's not a shuttle), and Shattered Glass Ratchet (they have the look, why not use him, am I right?)

• My thoughts on Ultra Prime:

Have it be "Battle Core" Optimus as Ultra Magnus, with Alpha Bravo, Rodimus, Smokescreen (since he's been kicked off of Lynxmaster), Unit-3, and Tigatron (the latter pair being included in this because I was disappointed by Combiner Wars Magnaboss) serving as additional components. Medix might also be a good alternate if you want to restrict the group to Generation 1 characters, who I figure could be the Elite Guard team.

• My thoughts on Galvatronus/Grand Galvatron:

I like the concept of Grand Galvatron but prefer the name Galvatronus, and I'm not a fan of all the former's components. Cyclonus, Roller, and Thrust can stay, but I'd prefer to include Offroad and Combiner Wars Terrorsaur.

• My thoughts on Sky Reign:

I like the name Sky Reign but prefer the Lynxmaster configuration; I figure you could call the team Lynxmasters, which would totally fit with Sky Lynx's ego.

• My thoughts on Megatronia:

So before they did the official release for this character and revealed that it would be made up of all new characters-which I suppose is fitting given that Victorion was the same way-there was a lot of speculation about what female Decepticons could be incorporated into it. I've seen it suggested that you could repaint/remold Pyra Magna into Esmeral and Skyburst or Stormclash into Lyzack (ignoring the fact that her only seen alt-mode has been a jet). Personally, I could see a jet mold being used for Lyzack in place of one of the helicopters while Dust Up is begging to be redone as Nightbird. If they're going to switch up molds another jet could be employed for Slipstream, though given her Windblade redeco I find that one unlikely. I suppose you could also work a repaint of BotCon 2016 Tigatron/Ravage as Howlback. Alas it's not to be, though there's certainly room for toys of these characters; I think the group name for the official set could be Fatal Furies, which was an alternative for Elita One's group that really seems like a better fit for a Decepticon team.

• What to do about Raiden:

Create a new set of six figures, as faithful to the original is possible. The nice thing is that Hasbro could reuse each mold multiple times, given the possibilities for Sixtrain, Rail Racer, Sixliner, and maybe even Dominus Trannis-the latter could even utilize a mold for Trannis so we'd finally have a toy for him. A pretty sick fan rendition of this Combiner can be found here.

• What to do about Predaking:

Similar situation to Raiden, with the molds then becoming available for additional characters. I figure we could get new incarnations of Leo Prime, Beast Machines style Snarl or Alpha Trion, Thundertron, Leobreaker, Nemesis Breaker, or Alpha Trizer. Headstrong's mold could serve for Rhinox and Backstop, Rampage's could be used for Tigatron, Ravage, or Cheetor in beast forms, and so on. Depending on who you recolor/remold Razorclaw into, you could call it Maximech (for Leo Prime and other Maximals) or Corsair (for the Star Seekers) or some other name appropriate for the group in question. Not gonna lie, I would also be totally down with a Hasbro version of the fan-made Nero Rex.

• What to do about Abominus:

A new set of figures, which could be reused for a number of functions. Off hand my main thought is for a new incarnation of the Monsterbots with a couple additional members. Wouldn't say no to a Shattered Glass repaint either, particularly if they had a Shattered Glass Computron to go with it...

• What to do about Landcross:

I would say either a new set of figures or remolds of existing ones, possibly with Blast Off being used for Mach (and incidentally for Astrotrain n the Megascream configuration). At least one new mold would be necessary for Waver, as there isn't a boat in the Combiner Wars line. You could reuse the boat mold for Seawatch, who I see possibly taking part with the other four Micromasters in another Transformers: Victory-inspired Combiner, possibly with Victory Leo as the core if we're using Star Saber as the core of another Combiner.

• What to do about Piranacon:

A new set is definitely a must, and you already have two built-in redecos: King Poseidon and God Neptune. I did also have an idea for a Maximal/Autobot incarnation named Leviacon (a homage to the Transformers: Retribution character) with Cybershark, Depth Charge, and other ocean-based Maximals and Autobots forming the components.

• What to do about Road Caesar:

I've honestly had several ideas of this one, originally involving a remolding of Combiner Wars Menasor (whom you could also recolor/remold for Sixturbo). The trick would be how to work it out; unless you want to turn Blacker into a semi-truck or extensively remold him, you've want a different central component for the five-piece style of the Combiner Wars. I'm thinking either a Star Saber from Leozack/Megascream Starscream mold as mentioned in my thoughts on how to fix Liokaiser, though you'd probably want to rename the Combiner form Star Caesar or something of that nature. If we want to stick with all the Stunticon molds-maybe create a Magnum figure from Motormaster and have Blacker join Laster and Braver as limbs, perhaps with the addition of Ranger to round out the Elite Guard Fast Attack Team from the Fun Publications stories.

• What to do about Nexus Prime:

You gotta have the first Combiner, am I right? Just not sure what molds would work best for his components...I suppose if you were to go off the characters upon which his Energon repaint molds were based you could do Onslaught/Hot Spot for Heatwave, Air Raid as Breakaway, Skydive as Skyfall, Blast Off as Topspin or another character to distinguish him from the Wrecker, and perhaps Nosecone as Landquake.

• What to do about Landfill:

I was a fan of the Robots in Disguise anime, and would love to see a version of Landfill in Combiner Wars. Assuming that a figure based on his RiD appearance would be too cost effective for Hasbro to touch given their decisions so far, I'd say reusing the Devastator mold would be a good bet; just add a couple new members and rename Grimlock. You could also use this mold for Sixbuilder...just sayin'.

• What to do about Puzzler:

I like the GoBots concepts even if their original execution wasn't the greatest, and think that Puzzler in particular would fit great with the Combiner Wars line. I would say either new molds for his characters, or a clever remolding of existing figures, most likely the Stunticons or other automotive characters. If you're going to do new molds, why not repaint it into Sixturbo?

• What to do about Monsterous:

I think Monsterous could be another cool addition to the Combiner Wars, with new molds that you could then reuse for Volcanicon and Firewing, the evil Kre-O Combiners according to "Ask Vector Prime".

• What to do about Fossilsaurus:

The Rock Lords would probably be pretty tricky to adapt, unless you just create a new version of Fossilsaurus with dinosaur components or something and potentially reuse the molds for Grimstone and Icebolt.

• What to do about Courageous/Grungy/Project: Nemesis:

I figure new molds would work well for either the original two or them and the third figure, a homage to the unreleased GoBots set. Sadly, the GoBots toys are apparently owned by Bandai, making such a development unlikely.

• Additional Combiner Ideas:

Elita One's Team

Obscure Female Decepticons (Esmeral and the like)

Throttlebots

The Insecticons (might need two)

Maximals

Beast Wars Predacons

Female Maximals

Female Predacons and/or Predacons

Cybertron Beast Planet Autobots

Cybertron Beast Planet Decepticons

The Thirteen

Combining various concepts of the Thirteen Primes from different media, I came up with an amalgamated version of my own:

• Autonomous Maximus, aka Prima, the First Made, aka The Last Autobot. Basically I imagine Prima abandoning his name out of guilt for the betrayal of various members of the Thirteen, and dubbing himself the Last Autobot because, while he subscribes to their philosophy, he considers himself the least worthy among them.
• Vector Prime, The Guardian of Time and Space. Pretty self-explanatory, though at one point I considered making him identical with Nominus Prime until I learned what a dirtbag that bot was.
• Solomus Prime, aka Alpha Trion. "Ask Vector Prime" hinted that they might be the same guy; I figured Solomus would have been his given name and he would have adopted Alpha Trion later out of a desire for anonymity.
• Solus Prime, aka The Mistress of Flame. The latter title is a recent thought, inspired by the look of the character from Transformers: Combiner Wars-there's a lot of similarity there.
• Nexus Prime, The First Combiner.
• Onyx Prime, The First Beastformer, aka The Keeper. Given that Transformers: The Covenant of Primus establishes that Onyx took up residence at Cybertron's core and that's where The Keeper showed up in his sole appearance, it seemed like a good fit.
• Micronus Prime, The First Mini-Con, aka Emirate Xaaron(?). I kinda liked the idea at one point of Micronus infiltrating Cybertronian society by becoming a Headmaster.
• Adaptus, aka Amalgamous Prime, the first Shifter. Another identification hinted at by "Ask Vector Prime."
• Quintus Prime, aka Logos Prime, Creator of the Quintessons. Given his somewhat ambiguous fate in the Aligned Continuity, I could see it being reasonable that the Quintessons tried to kill him but failed, with that incident or the "Ask Vector Prime" account of Logos Prime's encounter with the Hytherion leading to his subsequent villainy.
• Alchemist Prime, aka Maccadam. This has been pretty heavily hinted already by various sources.
• Mortilus Prime, aka the Liege Maximo. I find the idea of Mortilus not being included among the Thirteen like his other brethren of the Guiding Hand (besides Primus) a little inconsistent, and figure that Mortilus could have been Maximo's given name before he discarded it in favor of a monniker of his own making.
• Megatronus Prime, aka The Fallen, aka The First Decepticon.
• Optimus Prime, aka Orion Pax.

Transformers "Blood"lines

Basically, my thoughts on which Beast Wars era characters are descended from which Generation 1 characters:

• Magmatron: Overlord, based on their shared status as villainous Transformers whose alternate modes split into multiple components. I also imagine that all or most of his Predacons are descendants of the Dinoforce, who refuse to side with Deathsaurus' heir based on their abandonment by their former master (some version of Transformers: Victory having taken place in my head canon but accommodating Beast Wars).
• Predacon Galvatron: Deathsaurus and Esmeral, given his status as a beast moded commander of an (at least initially) mostly vehicle moded force with a beast moded Combiner force in his ranks. Galvatron's respect for his troops comes from the knowledge of his own ancestor's failure to treat the Dinoforce with honor, which resulted in their heirs joining the ranks of Magmatron rather than Galvatron.
• Big Convoy: Ultra Magnus...for obvious reasons.
• Airazor: Powerglide and Moonracer, based on her flight ability and similar personality to Moonracer.
• Rattrap: Ironhide and Chromia, with Chromia being Arcee's niece.
• Torca: Omega Supreme...I mean come one, how else would you end up with a Maximal that big?

Mold Reuses

Other than those I've mentioned in the Combiner Wars section above, there are a number of Transformers mold reuses I think would be pretty cool. Among these are various cancelled repaints/remolds or designs that have only appeared in print or animation rather than in toy form:

• Official Ideas:

The cancelled BotCon Wreckers: Obsidian into Rotorbolt, Transmetal Terrorsaur into Fractyl, Vehicon Mirage into Devcon, and maybe even Beast Machines Snarl into Alpha Trion.

Cancelled or visual only reuses of Beast Wars leader molds: Lio Convoy into Alpha Trion, Galvatron into Thunderwing, and Optimal Optimus into Rodimus Primal.

Dawn of Future's Past/Theft of the Golden Disk exclusives: Beast Machines Longhorn into Tantrum, Transmetal 2 Cheetor into Rampage, Transformers: Cybertron Brimstone into Divebomb, Cybertron Backstop into Headstrong, Transformers: Energon Shockblast into Cryotek, and Cybertron Shortround into pre-Beast Wars Scorponok.

Various BotCon toys that were proposed but never made: Hardshell from Classics Straxus, Megabolt and/or Overlord from Hunt for the Decepticons Mindwipe, Predaking from Tigerhawk, Twilight Sparkle Prime from Battle Unicorn, and Shokaract from Voyager Blackout.

Various BotCon figures where multiples are created from one mold: Scrash, Skyquake, Dai Atlas, and King Atlas from Transformers: Generations Silverbolt (2008); Flamewar, Antagony, and Nightracer from an Arcee mold (not Prime); and Tigatron and Wheeljack from Energon Rodimus.

Shattered Glass versions of Shockwave, the Terrorcons, Technobots, Mayhem Suppression Squad, Aerialbots, and Dinocons.

Nonphysical Transformers, such as Maxima and Stiletto from Windblade.

• My Ideas:

Ultra Trion with Alpha Magnus^, Lio Convoy with Lio Junior, and Thundertron with Rapscallion^ from Titans Return Alpha Trion with Sovereign; maybe throw a Lio Convoy or Omega Trion in for good measure.

Pre-Beast Wars Protoform X from Titanium Megatronus

Pre-Beast Wars Depth Charge and Shattered Glass Star Saber from Energon Wing Saber

Pre-Beast Machines Apelinq from Energon Optimus Prime

Beast Megatronus and Transmetal Cryotek(?) from Beast Wars Second Galvatron

Revived Maximal Dinobot from Magmatron

Leonicus from Beast Wars Second Leo Prime

Lyzack from Windblade (those flying Transformers and their repaints, am I right?)

Grimstone (non-Combiner) from Beast Wars Neo Killerpunch (inspired by this version)

^Denotes a character I made up.