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by **Ultra Markus** » Sun Dec 17, 2017 3:13 am

william-james88 wrote:
Lore Keeper wrote:I'm honestly surprised Takara hasn't taken a crack at Liokaiser yet. I can easily see them creating a Leozack and Jallguar to replace evil Sky Lynx.

I cant.

Ultra Markus wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Albatross250 wrote:They better re-release Combiner Wars sets again.
Bruticus is by far the best CW ever built (Except you, Jet-Molded Blast Off)

For CW, sure I guess we could say Bruticus was the best. But Unite Warriors Computron and Grand Galvatron are still better

what about devestator?

I assumed we were referring only to the scramble city bots.

Sorry, you only said CW and devy is apart of it but I guess devys in a class all,his own and nothing really compares to him yet

News Credits: 2 · by **partholon** » Sun Dec 17, 2017 7:48 am

bodrock wrote:It's cool to have random combinations of torsos/limbs...

But as others have mentioned, the Seacons & the Pretender Monsters need an update, too.

Since I'm in Oregon, I probably won't see my Prime Masters from HTS til Tuesday or so.

Considering the role monstructors played in the IDWverse its kinda mad he hasnt been released yet.

especially since he's the one that got jipped the most in toy form. a propper big monstructor would be well welcomed.

News Credits: 1 · by **ExciKaiser** » Sun Dec 17, 2017 7:59 am

Just received my first Potps, the three Prime masters, Grimlock, Slag and Swoop...

...And I think I've spent more time playing with the small Prime masters than with the dinobots.

They're so fun. I validate the idea, I'll probably get all of them.

News Credits: 3 · by **bodrock** » Sun Dec 17, 2017 9:37 am

Those Prime Masters fit perfectly inside Overlord!

News Credits: 1 · by **Sodan-1** » Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:37 pm

I like clear plastic when it's used well, but with the Dinobots I think Hasbro have overused it. So much of it on the legs just doesn't work for me.

Then there's Hasbro naming Sludge's alt mode as a brontosaurus. Wasn't it revealed that the brontosaurus never actually existed, that it was misidentified?

Lastly, (and I'm sorry for taking the topic in this direction) but they're pairing twelve Primes with twelve Pretender shells, and they just so happen to pair the [i]only[/i] female Prime with the one Pretender with tentacles. :shock:

News Credits: 10 · by **Omegatron.** » Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:38 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
DecepticonFinishline wrote:Since Deluxe-Duocon-tech is coming up in this line, I don't see why Leozack and Jellguar are out of the question.

Implementation of proper Combiner Ports, two each. It's worth noting that Deluxes don't have proper ratchet joints, thus no springs. And it's springs that are inside those ports.

The deluxes have springs in their combiner pegs don't they?

Sodan-1 wrote:Then there's Hasbro naming Sludge's alt mode as a brontosaurus. Wasn't it revealed that the brontosaurus never actually existed, that it was misidentified?

At one point, but they've changed their minds and brought it back as a distinct genus.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:49 pm

Omegatron. wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
DecepticonFinishline wrote:Since Deluxe-Duocon-tech is coming up in this line, I don't see why Leozack and Jellguar are out of the question.

Implementation of proper Combiner Ports, two each. It's worth noting that Deluxes don't have proper ratchet joints, thus no springs. And it's springs that are inside those ports.

The deluxes have springs in their combiner pegs don't they?

Sodan-1 wrote:Then there's Hasbro naming Sludge's alt mode as a brontosaurus. Wasn't it revealed that the brontosaurus never actually existed, that it was misidentified?

At one point, but they've changed their minds and brought it back as a distinct genus.

That's true, hadn't thought of it.

News Credits: 13 · by **steals_your_goats** » Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:50 pm

I honestly don't think making two figures combine into a torso while still retaining the current combiner system would be that difficult. The individual bots would have to be sightly bigger than standard deluxe figures so box sets would be the best way to distribute them.

I think people are forgetting that each combining figure already houses a giant Combiner peg that's mass equals about what would be needed for two receiving ports so the space is already there it just needs to be distributed differently.

News Credits: 7 · by **Zeedust** » Sun Dec 17, 2017 7:16 pm

gothsaurus wrote:Still hoping for some names and bios for these combiners, Hasbro!! (not just instructions showing random assemblages with dinos and decepticons and cars all mashed together)

Until that happens, I'm calling the Starscream one Megascream and the Inferno one Firestormer since those names have at least been connected to combing verions of those characters before. No idea what to do for Elita.

News Credits: 439 · by **Sabrblade** » Sun Dec 17, 2017 7:25 pm

Zeedust wrote:
gothsaurus wrote:Still hoping for some names and bios for these combiners, Hasbro!! (not just instructions showing random assemblages with dinos and decepticons and cars all mashed together)

Until that happens, I'm calling the Starscream one Megascream and the Inferno one Firestormer since those names have at least been connected to combing verions of those characters before. No idea what to do for Elita.

If you own CW Computron, you could give Elita all of Computron's non-torso components--including Scrounge and Cybaxx--which would make her a combiner of seven components, at which point you could call her Elita Seven.

by **Skritz** » Sun Dec 17, 2017 9:30 pm

Well, in a moment of telling myself '****', my local retailers basically intend to empty their Titans Return/RiD 2015 stock for the holiday season. Meaning no PotP for the next two months easily.

In a related note, my CW Liokaiser arrived in the mail today. Gotta say I am liking 'Deszarus' more than I thought I should, given his controversial nature. He's a dopey space shuttle that turns into a dopey bird-faced kaiju. And, yet, his color scheme is so lovely, rich, detailed and unique (his turquoise is not one I recall seeing anywhere in any recent product) that I find myself loving that dopey oaf of a figure more than anyone should. Not only that but since this does count as a Deathsaurus figure (albeit a rather...imaginative one) this mean I now have every major G1 cartoon/anime lead villain short of Scorponok.

News Credits: 42 · by **TF-fan kev777** » Sun Dec 17, 2017 9:53 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Zeedust wrote:
gothsaurus wrote:Still hoping for some names and bios for these combiners, Hasbro!! (not just instructions showing random assemblages with dinos and decepticons and cars all mashed together)

Until that happens, I'm calling the Starscream one Megascream and the Inferno one Firestormer since those names have at least been connected to combing verions of those characters before. No idea what to do for Elita.
If you own CW Computron, you could give Elita all of Computron's non-torso components--including Scrounge and Cybaxx--which would make her a combiner of seven components, at which point you could call her Elita Seven.

Hell, if you have 2 of Rook/Impactor/Roller, you can give her combinerd form roller skates and make it Elita 9

News Credits: 439 · by **Sabrblade** » Sun Dec 17, 2017 10:28 pm

TF-fan kev777 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Zeedust wrote:
gothsaurus wrote:Still hoping for some names and bios for these combiners, Hasbro!! (not just instructions showing random assemblages with dinos and decepticons and cars all mashed together)

Until that happens, I'm calling the Starscream one Megascream and the Inferno one Firestormer since those names have at least been connected to combing verions of those characters before. No idea what to do for Elita.
If you own CW Computron, you could give Elita all of Computron's non-torso components--including Scrounge and Cybaxx--which would make her a combiner of seven components, at which point you could call her Elita Seven.

Hell, if you have 2 of Rook/Impactor/Roller, you can give her combinerd form roller skates and make it Elita 9

Heh, or in that case, forget the CW Computron limbs specifically since two of the Rook mold as feet would also make seven units.

News Credits: 7 · by **Zeedust** » Sun Dec 17, 2017 11:56 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Zeedust wrote:Until that happens, I'm calling the Starscream one Megascream and the Inferno one Firestormer since those names have at least been connected to combing verions of those characters before. No idea what to do for Elita.
If you own CW Computron, you could give Elita all of Computron's non-torso components--including Scrounge and Cybaxx--which would make her a combiner of seven components, at which point you could call her Elita Seven.

Since that same character has also been Elita Five, you could just pick four random limbs and call it a day.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 3:09 am

We have images, news, and information - though nothing entirely new, given the release of most of the first wave of the toyline already in a number of countries - of Transformers Power of the Primes coming at us from Australia by means of fansite Ozformers and its admin griffin, where Hasbro held an event in their offices to share the first toys from the wave with participating fans, in a hands-on event!

The images, mirrored below from this major post on Ozformers, show a number of figures from the second wave of the line too, which we had already seen here in official stock photography. They also had some of the original G1 toys (including Pretenders) for comparison and general merchandising and other collectables from the Transformers brand. Check it all out below!

Today Hasbro Australia hosted a product reveal for Power of the Primes (due in stores here mid January), at their offices in Sydney, for 15 fans to test drive, review and give their feedback (in person and on social media).

This has spawned from two years of a similar product reveal to fans during the Australian Toy & Hobby Fair in Melbourne, so this was the next step, so that we could hopefully have two each year on the Global reveals calendar for Hasbro - early year in Melbourne, late year in Sydney.
Unfortunately, this first Sydney event didn't end up allowing us to give a world first reveal of wave 2 Legends, as Hasbro in America have other plans for their official reveal... but as a consolation, it was still a lot of fun for a handful of Australian fans to be some of the first in this country to have seen in person, and held/played with some Power of the Primes toys (well... those, who hadn't already imported them from Asia or America).

The event was scheduled for 90 minutes from 11am, but since it started a little late, it ended up going for about 2 hours.

You know you've found Hasbro offices when you see big Nerf and Playdoh displays in the windows on one of the top floors.

News Credits: 1 · by **Hotconvoy** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 3:40 am

Stupid gray circles :BOOM:

News Credits: 8 · by **Mr.MicroMaster** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 5:46 am

I guess it would be correct to assume the ones that are blurred out are battleslash, roadtarp aka Battletrap, and tailgate.

News Credits: 19 · by **Carnivius_Prime** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 6:05 am

Did anyone go that G1 Jazz sure has a lovely curvey Porsche vehicle mode whereas the brand spanking new one... looks a bit cruddy? Cos I would have

There's still something oddly appealing I find about the those original chunky Pretenders. They weren't great Transformers but they were fun toys themselves and I really liked the designs of both the shells, the inner robots and most of the simplistic vehicle modes. I don't feel the same way about the Prime Masters at all.

News Credits: 1 · by **Dr Lockdown** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 7:27 am

Yes indeed, they were the wave 2 Legends, and we arrived expecting to see them. Hasbro of America literally cancelled an hour before, which is why we were late.

News Credits: 3 · by **Kyleor** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 7:59 am

Budder Prime wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Budder Prime wrote:I was at Universal Studios Orlando today, Got the Exclusive snarl, and got see that all of Wave 1 Power of the primes is Available there for those interested.

Including leaders? If you have a picture that would be front page news right away.

Sadly I didn't see any Leaders, But I guess I should've thought to take a Picture, I was too excited to actually FIND them available.
However all the Legends, Prime Masters, and Deluxes were there for certain. I was actually trying to see anything related to the Prime1 Studios Onslaught, sadly Nothing new has happened since It was teased.

Lucky, I was there earlier this month and the only things of the Prime line I saw they had out were two of the Prime Masters.

News Credits: 1 · by **durroth** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 9:26 am

Hotconvoy wrote:Stupid gray circles

thats what happens when you let john baldesari do your photography.

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 9:49 am

william-james88 wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:Yogurt? I hate yogurt! Even with strawberries!

I gotta say...if I had more self control, I'd skip the Voyagers so far. I'm liking nearly everything else I have seen so far. But, Will is doing a nice job of convincing me to not invest in Grimmy and Screamer...

If you need some more convincing, here is a shot at Grimlock's scale in dino mode

Wow, Grimmy's.....short....

On another note, I got a bonus. My Vector Prime came with a Prime Master already inside the pretender shell. That makes two in the one package. :DANCE:

News Credits: 3 · by **bodrock** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 9:53 am

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Did anyone go that G1 Jazz sure has a lovely curvey Porsche vehicle mode whereas the brand spanking new one... looks a bit cruddy? Cos I would have

There's still something oddly appealing I find about the those original chunky Pretenders. They weren't great Transformers but they were fun toys themselves and I really liked the designs of both the shells, the inner robots and most of the simplistic vehicle modes. I don't feel the same way about the Prime Masters at all.

Not a fan of the Prime Masters, Carnivius?

There's no replacement for the G1 Pretenders, but I like the Prime Cores and the scale for the humanoid Pretenders represented by the Prime Masters.

I can't wait to receive Metalhawk and Cloudburst from HTS to see for myself....I really liked the Titan Masters.

News Credits: 6 · by **Sarahthecutevixen** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 9:56 am

Mr.MicroMaster wrote:I guess it would be correct to assume the ones that are blurred out are battleslash, roadtarp aka Battletrap, and tailgate.

Affirmative

News Credits: 55 · by **o.supreme** » Mon Dec 18, 2017 10:16 am

Went to my local TRU yesterday. They had all of Potp wave 1 PM's, Legends, and Deluxes. No Voyagers however. at 5.99 for the PM's though, I still saved money getting them from HTS, so I am satisfied. My shipment should be coming Thursday. I'm really hoping around January 1 we should have some news from :TAKARATOMY: