Purity: A2226 Transformers Superion Combiners Review

Now we start the Autobot Combiner sets.

Box.  MSRP is $9.99  Price per piece is $0.13.

Instructions & Stickers.

Kreon Air Raid.  Clip-on and plug-in wings, along with the neat little clip-on SSRs, the 1x1 Round w/Vert. Bar, and the 1x1 Plate w/Double Bars (closed ends) are all cool pieces.  You may be able to use the helmet as the nose cone to some sort of giant rocket.

Kreon Firestrike.  Yeah, this one's a little blurry.  The black piece

2nd from the left in the middle row is a 1x1 Round w/Vert. Bar.

Kreon Silverbolt.  That 1x1x2 Cone piece is pretty interesting.  And, as always, I like the Kreon bazooka piece.

Kreon Skydive.  The usual suspects here.

 


Parts.  I'm having fun experimenting with those Black and Grey pieces that are used to make the Combiner form.



The Questions:
Can you build a frame, or frames, right away?  Yes.  The Kreons are good for 4P scale.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Above.  (-10) (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  No.  (-5)
Score: B- (-5).  This one could be a good army maker at 4P scale.  Especially if you find it at $0.07 per piece like I did.

Purity: A2224 Transformers Devastator Combiners Review

Let's finish out the week with the last of the Decepticon Combiners.

Box.  MSRP is $9.99.  Price per piece is $0.13.

Instructions & Stickers.

Kreon  Bonecrusher.  Tile Clip, cheese slopes, a 1x2 Plate w/Bar (open ends), a new headlight brick, and a 1x2 cheese slope.  Plus the usual Kreon bits.

Kreon Mixmaster.  I have a ton of those wheels now.

Lampholder, and that funky, SNOT, Modified brick.

Kreon Scavenger.  Another Tile Clip, a 1x1 Plate w/Bar (closed ends), a 1x1 Plate w/Double Bar (closed ends), a 1x1 Plate w/Double Clips (horizontal), a cheese slope.  And the Kreon pieces.

Kreon Scrapper.  A 1x2 Brick w/Studs (1 side), a new headlight brick, 

a jumper, a 1x2 tile, a 1x1 Plate w/Clip (horizontal), a 1x2 Plate w/Bar

 (open ends), a 2x2 Slope w/1/3 Cutout, and more Kreon parts.

Parts.  We have more of the Combiner specific parts, which are coming in handy in making a new frame.  There's also that 1x1x2 Round Brick, a 1x1 Plate w/Bar (closed ends), a 1x2 Plate w/Bar (closed ends), and two Kreon micro-wings.


The Questions:
Can you build a frame, or frames, right away?  Yes.  The Kreons are good for 4P scale.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Above.  (-10) (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  No.  (-5)
Score: B- (-5).  This one could be a good army maker at 4P scale.  It looks like all of the Combiners sets are going to have the same score.

Purity: A2225 Transformers Bruticus Combiners Review

Another review from the batch I purchased last Saturday at Target on 50% Clearance.

Box.  MSRP is $9.99, which gives us a $0.13 price per piece.

Instructions & Stickers.

Kreon Brawl.  Olive green!  Plus it has those "tank tread" pieces, that Kreon bazooka, and a 2/3 height 1x1 brick.






Kreon Onslaught.  That is quite the smorgasbord, a Clip Tile, a 1x1 Plate w/Double Bar (closed ends), a Clip Plate Horizontal, a 1x2 Plate w/Bar (open ends), a jumper plate, a 2/3 height 1x1 brick, a 1x2 Brick w/Studs on 1 Side, a 2x2 Slope w/1/3 Cutout., and Handlebars.  And all the Kreon parts.



Kreon Swindle.  A 1x2 Tile, a Lampholder, a new style Headlight Brick, a rounded 1x2 Plate, and a 1x2 Studless Slope.

Kreon Vortex.  The helicopter blades are cool,

as is that 1x1 Round Plate w/Vert. Bar.

Parts.  We have more of those 1x2 Modified Bricks w/Bar & Technic hole, and they do fit a Technic Pin.  Those other 1x2 Modified Plates w/Vert. Clip and some other sort of attachment will fit a bar in the open hole



The Questions:
Can you build a frame, or frames, right away?  Yes.  The Kreons are good for 4P scale.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Above.  (-10) (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  No.  (-5)
Score: B- (-5).  This one could be a good army maker at 4P scale.  This one does have a wider color selection than the Predaking set.

Purity: A2227 Transformers Predaking Combiners Review

I saw a bunch of these on Saturday at Target on 50% Clearance, so I grabbed them.

Box.  MSRP is $9.99 -- they usually sell for more than that -- which means that we have a $0.13 Price per Piece.

Instructions & Stickers.

Kreon Divebomb.  We have that neat Double Stud Plate, a bar plate, two clip plates, and two wedge plates, along with all the Kreon attachments.

Kreon Headlock.  I see a bar plate, a clip plate, a grooved cheese slope, and two cones, along with the Kreon attachments.

Kreon Razorclaw.  I see a clip plate, a grooved cheese slope, and two cones, along with the Kreon attachments.  That piece in the middle is cloth.  It acts as the mane in Razorclaw's animal form.






Kreon Torox.  Two cones, jumper plates, and clip plates, a double bar plate, a 1x3 Slope, and 1x1 round plate w/bar, along with the Kreon attachments.

Parts.  Here's where it gets interesting.  There are five 1x2 Modified Bricks w/Bar and what looks to be a Technic hole.  There are also five 1x2 Modified Plates w/Vert. Clip and some other sort of attachment.  These parts should be really interesting to play with.  There's also a Kreon's "hip" part to play with, along with three more Double Stud Plates, two jumper plates, two 2x2 plates, two grooved cheese slopes, two 1x2 slopes, a 1x1 round plate,


The Questions:
Can you build a frame, or frames, right away?  Yes.  The Kreons are good for 4P scale.  (+5)
Is it below, at, or above the golden ratio?  Above.  (-10) (The Golden Ratio is $0.10 per part.)
If you can't build a frame right away, or choose not to, does it have parts you should be able to put into use right away?  Yes.  (+5)
Does it have more than a handful of immediately useful parts?  No.  (-5)
Score: B- (-5).  This one could be a good army maker at 4P scale.  Especially if you find it at $0.07 per piece like I did.