Transformers Combiner Wars Wave 2 - Part 1

Arriving today from the USA, the much anticipated Wave 2 from the Transformers Generations Combiner Wars series - well, at least some of the wave.

First up, the Voyager Motormaster who forms the torso of the combiner Menasor. This figure is a heavy re tooling of the wave 1 Optimus Prime figure, but I like to think that Motormaster was designed first and Optimus Prime was added into the assortment since it was an easy choice and all Transformers collectors need more Optimus Primes in their collection. Based on the online images seen, I am really excited to get Motormaster as I think his design works really well, though so far I am not really "feeling" the combined mode of Menasor but I hope that spending some time with the figure loose and using the Aerialbots as stand ins will change that.

Following on are two Legends, we have a new Decepticon called Blackjack who again looks really fantastic in online images and goes on to combine with Menasor as the chest plate. Unlike Powerglide though, the packaging doesn't really call out this extra feature aside from the tiny sticker on the side of the packaging. From reports of people who do have both figures, this chest plate mode isn't that fantastic as the car just sorta sits there and falls off with ease. Along for the ride is Huffer, a repaint and re tooling of Legends Optimus Prime from 2014 and it works well.

Wave 2 Deluxes can not get here fast enough so I can complete both Superion and Menasor and have them setup in some kind of battle pose, and then the painful wait for Wave 3 begins along with waiting to see how Japan handles the rest of the Combiner Wars line.