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This is perhaps the least newsworthy listing that could've appeared on online retailer Amazon.com, but it does bring us further confirmation of the release of the Generations Power of the Primes (but really Combiner Wars) Blast Off figures that was initially seen with Weibo (here) and later on ACD Distribution (here).

The listing, which has no description, no price, no images, no dates, does confirm the latter coverage linked above, and comes with an ASIN (the Amazon equivalent of an ISBN) and item number, and is called 'Special Edition'. Make of that what you will, as you join the discussion in the Energon Pub!

ASIN B077YYP738
Item model number E1796

Credit(s): Amazon.com

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Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933539)
Posted by Lore Keeper on January 24th, 2018 @ 4:38pm CST

Wish we didn't have to wait until May. I need this in my life now!

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933549)
Posted by RustedCross on January 24th, 2018 @ 5:35pm CST

It weighs 10 pounds???
The whole thing is die cast???

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933551)
Posted by fenrir72 on January 24th, 2018 @ 5:36pm CST

Sabrewing wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Pteranodon and Triceratops are my two favorite dinos,

Pteranodon is not a dinosaur.

I call this the second stage of early childhood development in Freud's theories! :lol:

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933557)
Posted by ZeroWolf on January 24th, 2018 @ 6:11pm CST

So have we confrimed that this is just a straight issue of the takara blast off?

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933561)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on January 24th, 2018 @ 6:35pm CST

ZeroWolf wrote:So have we confrimed that this is just a straight issue of the takara blast off?

If the art is accurate, it's a redeco. Here's a stock photo of the UW figure:

We do have a likely confirmation that he'll come with his original HFG piece and gun, not the PotP Armor Hand.

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933563)
Posted by Albatross250 on January 24th, 2018 @ 6:52pm CST

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Lunatic Prime wrote:
Sabrewing wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Pteranodon and Triceratops are my two favorite dinos,

Pteranodon is not a dinosaur.

I saw that review from TFormers ENI I think where he said that like 20 times but why isn't it one?

Its just classification, like where books go in a library. It often gets revised as well. As of right now, scientists say that pteranodons do not belong in the same group called Dinosaurs (and neither do others like the plesiosaur).

To clarify, I aiming at the pop culture definition, which is always a lot broader than the scientific one (I mean, Power Rangers called the Mastodont and Saber Tooth Tiger dinosaurus, while they're mammals and came way after their extinction)

The clade Dinosauria is land-based for the most part, with the included current birds and some ancient Maniraptorians capable of powered flight. Flying reptiles are in the separate, but on the same level, Pterosauria, while marine reptiles are either part of Ichtyosauria or Plesiosauria.

And now back to our regularly scheduled programming.

Is Pteranodon called a flying Dinosaur? :lol:

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933565)
Posted by Albatross250 on January 24th, 2018 @ 6:58pm CST

Looks like i'm satisfied getting the Ducons soon, i mean... building an army of these isn't bad right? :lol:

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933566)
Posted by Albatross250 on January 24th, 2018 @ 7:08pm CST

I never realized that Blot was an Ogre after all. :HEADHURTS:

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933569)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on January 24th, 2018 @ 7:17pm CST

HINT: Edit button next to your Quote one

Albatross250 wrote:Is Pteranodon called a flying Dinosaur?

No, but birds are

Albatross250 wrote:I never realized that Blot was an Ogre after all.

We can possibly blame Shattered Glass Blot's bio for that, or maybe Prime Beast Hunters. G1 Blot didn't look like anything (even an ambulatory nose would be a good guess), and his instructions just call him "Monster".

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933570)
Posted by Black Bumblebee on January 24th, 2018 @ 7:20pm CST

Seems as if the listing has been updated since this post:

Transformers Special Edition Blast Off Action Figure

Product description
Welcome to the incredible world of Transformers robots. It is a world of high technology, ancient history, and a battle that has spanned the entire galaxy and millions of years. Optimus Prime, leader of the heroic Autobots, battles the tyrant Megatron and his evil Decepticons for the fate of freedom across the universe. There's a Transformers figure for every kid or collector. From big converting action figures to miniature battling robots to figures that change between modes in 1 step, you can team up with Transformers toys to create your own incredible adventures. Whether you're defending earth with the Autobots, or conquering space with the Decepticons, the action is up to you. Transformers is a world-famous entertainment brand with 30 years of history, blockbuster movies, hit television shows and countless novels and comic books. With Transformers robot toys, you can create your own chapters in this epic, ongoing story. Transformers and all related characters are trademarks of Hasbro. This copy is intended as placeholder text only and is not representative of individual items in the line.

Still says it weighs 10 pounds though lol

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933572)
Posted by bvzxa on January 24th, 2018 @ 7:43pm CST

Thanks Hasbro for being jerks and nerfing Takara as far as getting a Hydra/Buster repaint of Darkwing/Dreadwing

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933573)
Posted by Albatross250 on January 24th, 2018 @ 7:46pm CST

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:HINT: Edit button next to your Quote one

Albatross250 wrote:I never realized that Blot was an Ogre after all.

We can possibly blame Shattered Glass Blot's bio for that, or maybe Prime Beast Hunters. G1 Blot didn't look like anything (even an ambulatory nose would be a good guess), and his instructions just call him "Monster".

I'ts all Ogre now. :lol:

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933574)
Posted by steals_your_goats on January 24th, 2018 @ 7:54pm CST

bvzxa wrote:Thanks Hasbro for being jerks and nerfing Takara as far as getting a Hydra/Buster repaint of Darkwing/Dreadwing

Hasbro hasn't done anything. They don't own Takara, they don't completely own Transformers these decisions are Takara's and Takara's alone.

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933579)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on January 24th, 2018 @ 8:33pm CST

Albatross250 wrote:I never realized that Blot was an Ogre after all.

So if he got into a skirmish would that be an Ogre Battle?

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933583)
Posted by bvzxa on January 24th, 2018 @ 9:09pm CST

steals_your_goats wrote:
bvzxa wrote:Thanks Hasbro for being jerks and nerfing Takara as far as getting a Hydra/Buster repaint of Darkwing/Dreadwing

Hasbro hasn't done anything. They don't own Takara, they don't completely own Transformers these decisions are Takara's and Takara's alone.

Hasbro owns the Transformer brand, and yes they can tell Takara what to do when it comes to the licence of the brand. With the release of Power of the Primes it has been stated Hasbro told Takara they cannot make any changes to this line. With the fandom for the Japanese G1 Continuity Im sure we would have gotten Hydra and Buster repaints. We probably would have gotten better decos for the PotP line as well.

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933586)
Posted by william-james88 on January 24th, 2018 @ 9:18pm CST

bvzxa wrote:
steals_your_goats wrote:
bvzxa wrote:Thanks Hasbro for being jerks and nerfing Takara as far as getting a Hydra/Buster repaint of Darkwing/Dreadwing

Hasbro hasn't done anything. They don't own Takara, they don't completely own Transformers these decisions are Takara's and Takara's alone.

Hasbro owns the Transformer brand, and yes they can tell Takara what to do when it comes to the licence of the brand. With the release of Power of the Primes it has been stated Hasbro told Takara they cannot make any changes to this line.

100% BS. Please provide links to evidence when stating outlandish things like that.

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933589)
Posted by bvzxa on January 24th, 2018 @ 9:47pm CST

william-james88 wrote:
bvzxa wrote:
steals_your_goats wrote:
bvzxa wrote:Thanks Hasbro for being jerks and nerfing Takara as far as getting a Hydra/Buster repaint of Darkwing/Dreadwing

Hasbro hasn't done anything. They don't own Takara, they don't completely own Transformers these decisions are Takara's and Takara's alone.

Hasbro owns the Transformer brand, and yes they can tell Takara what to do when it comes to the licence of the brand. With the release of Power of the Primes it has been stated Hasbro told Takara they cannot make any changes to this line.

100% BS. Please provide links to evidence when stating outlandish things like that.

How is it not? Its been talked about since the release of the line for Japan, there will be no more Takara redecos. So how is it BS if the toys have already been revealed from Takara. You go find the links but the proof is in the pudding .

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933590)
Posted by william-james88 on January 24th, 2018 @ 9:51pm CST

bvzxa wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
bvzxa wrote:
steals_your_goats wrote:
bvzxa wrote:Thanks Hasbro for being jerks and nerfing Takara as far as getting a Hydra/Buster repaint of Darkwing/Dreadwing

Hasbro hasn't done anything. They don't own Takara, they don't completely own Transformers these decisions are Takara's and Takara's alone.

Hasbro owns the Transformer brand, and yes they can tell Takara what to do when it comes to the licence of the brand. With the release of Power of the Primes it has been stated Hasbro told Takara they cannot make any changes to this line.

100% BS. Please provide links to evidence when stating outlandish things like that.

How is it not? Its been talked about since the release of the line for Japan, there will be no more Takara redecos. So how is it BS if the toys have already been revealed from Takara. You go find the links but the proof is in the pudding .

Thanks for confirming that there is no proof whatsoever.

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933591)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on January 24th, 2018 @ 9:55pm CST

william-james88 wrote:
bvzxa wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
bvzxa wrote:
steals_your_goats wrote:
bvzxa wrote:Thanks Hasbro for being jerks and nerfing Takara as far as getting a Hydra/Buster repaint of Darkwing/Dreadwing

Hasbro hasn't done anything. They don't own Takara, they don't completely own Transformers these decisions are Takara's and Takara's alone.

Hasbro owns the Transformer brand, and yes they can tell Takara what to do when it comes to the licence of the brand. With the release of Power of the Primes it has been stated Hasbro told Takara they cannot make any changes to this line.

100% BS. Please provide links to evidence when stating outlandish things like that.

How is it not? Its been talked about since the release of the line for Japan, there will be no more Takara redecos. So how is it BS if the toys have already been revealed from Takara. You go find the links but the proof is in the pudding .

Thanks for confirming that there is no proof whatsoever.

*grabs a random Hasbro Transformers box*

"Manufactured under license from TOMY Company Ltd."

What's that mean?

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933592)
Posted by bvzxa on January 24th, 2018 @ 10:10pm CST

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
bvzxa wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
bvzxa wrote:
steals_your_goats wrote:
bvzxa wrote:Thanks Hasbro for being jerks and nerfing Takara as far as getting a Hydra/Buster repaint of Darkwing/Dreadwing

Hasbro hasn't done anything. They don't own Takara, they don't completely own Transformers these decisions are Takara's and Takara's alone.

Hasbro owns the Transformer brand, and yes they can tell Takara what to do when it comes to the licence of the brand. With the release of Power of the Primes it has been stated Hasbro told Takara they cannot make any changes to this line.

100% BS. Please provide links to evidence when stating outlandish things like that.

How is it not? Its been talked about since the release of the line for Japan, there will be no more Takara redecos. So how is it BS if the toys have already been revealed from Takara. You go find the links but the proof is in the pudding .

Thanks for confirming that there is no proof whatsoever.

*grabs a random Hasbro Transformers box*

"Manufactured under license from TOMY Company Ltd."

What's that mean?

Even if its under licence, Hasbro owns the brand and IP. That's been established since 1984. All its means is licencee but the IP is Hasbro. If it were Takara's actual brand why did they get the TF line 1 year after the US if they owned it in the first place? Answer that and I'll wait... The toys may have originated form various Takara brands (remember Tomy had it's own brand and was competition for Takara until there merger in 2006) but the actual IP is Hasbro and they have more sway...thus why we are not going to get anymore Takara redecos going forward.

But you guys are the experts so... :BOWDOWN:

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933594)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on January 24th, 2018 @ 10:15pm CST

bvzxa wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
bvzxa wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
bvzxa wrote:
steals_your_goats wrote:
bvzxa wrote:Thanks Hasbro for being jerks and nerfing Takara as far as getting a Hydra/Buster repaint of Darkwing/Dreadwing

Hasbro hasn't done anything. They don't own Takara, they don't completely own Transformers these decisions are Takara's and Takara's alone.

Hasbro owns the Transformer brand, and yes they can tell Takara what to do when it comes to the licence of the brand. With the release of Power of the Primes it has been stated Hasbro told Takara they cannot make any changes to this line.

100% BS. Please provide links to evidence when stating outlandish things like that.

How is it not? Its been talked about since the release of the line for Japan, there will be no more Takara redecos. So how is it BS if the toys have already been revealed from Takara. You go find the links but the proof is in the pudding .

Thanks for confirming that there is no proof whatsoever.

*grabs a random Hasbro Transformers box*

"Manufactured under license from TOMY Company Ltd."

What's that mean?

Even if its under licence, Hasbro owns the brand and IP. That's been established since 1984. All its means is licencee but the IP is Hasbro. If it were Takara's actual brand why did they get the TF line 1 year after the US if they owned it in the first place? Answer that and I'll wait... The toys may have originated form various Takara brands (remember Tomy had it's own brand and was competition for Takara until there merger in 2006) but the actual IP is Hasbro and they have more sway...thus why we are not going to get anymore Takara redecos going forward.

But you guys are the experts so...

Let's leave that discussion for another day, shall we?

I want my Blast Off!

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933595)
Posted by bvzxa on January 24th, 2018 @ 10:20pm CST

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
bvzxa wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
bvzxa wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
bvzxa wrote:
steals_your_goats wrote:
bvzxa wrote:Thanks Hasbro for being jerks and nerfing Takara as far as getting a Hydra/Buster repaint of Darkwing/Dreadwing

Hasbro hasn't done anything. They don't own Takara, they don't completely own Transformers these decisions are Takara's and Takara's alone.

Hasbro owns the Transformer brand, and yes they can tell Takara what to do when it comes to the licence of the brand. With the release of Power of the Primes it has been stated Hasbro told Takara they cannot make any changes to this line.

100% BS. Please provide links to evidence when stating outlandish things like that.

How is it not? Its been talked about since the release of the line for Japan, there will be no more Takara redecos. So how is it BS if the toys have already been revealed from Takara. You go find the links but the proof is in the pudding .

Thanks for confirming that there is no proof whatsoever.

*grabs a random Hasbro Transformers box*

"Manufactured under license from TOMY Company Ltd."

What's that mean?

Even if its under licence, Hasbro owns the brand and IP. That's been established since 1984. All its means is licencee but the IP is Hasbro. If it were Takara's actual brand why did they get the TF line 1 year after the US if they owned it in the first place? Answer that and I'll wait... The toys may have originated form various Takara brands (remember Tomy had it's own brand and was competition for Takara until there merger in 2006) but the actual IP is Hasbro and they have more sway...thus why we are not going to get anymore Takara redecos going forward.

But you guys are the experts so...

Let's leave that discussion for another thread, shall we?

I want my Blast Off!

I have the Unite Warriors version, and I hope Hasbro fixes some issues I have with it. I too am excited to see what they do with it

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933596)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on January 24th, 2018 @ 10:22pm CST

bvzxa wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I want my Blast Off!

I have the Unite Warriors version, and I hope Hasbro fixes some issues I have with it. I too am excited to see what they do with it

TakaraTomy already fixed one issue with the UW Shuttler (aka RiD Movor) redeco: the head is now less likely to pop off randomly. Such mold tweaks or fixes are permanent most of the time.

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933597)
Posted by steals_your_goats on January 24th, 2018 @ 10:28pm CST

bvzxa wrote:Even if its under licence, Hasbro owns the brand and IP.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand_licensing if they owned the brand they wouldn't need to license from Takara.

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933606)
Posted by Emerje on January 25th, 2018 @ 12:25am CST

steals_your_goats wrote:
bvzxa wrote:Even if its under licence, Hasbro owns the brand and IP.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand_licensing if they owned the brand they wouldn't need to license from Takara.

What Hasbro owns is the Transformers name, character names, and likenesses (and maybe the cartoon eps produced by Marvel and Sunbow), but they don't own the toys, even the toys Hasbro made themselves like Rescue Bots. It's really not much different from when they got GoBots from buying Tonka, they got the character names and brand name, but the toys and toy likenesses stayed with Bandai and the cartoon Likenesses stayed with Hanna Barbera/WB. Owning something doesn't mean you own all of it. Oh, and Hasbro can't take anything away from Takara Tomy since Japan has its own trademark and copyright laws so they also own the same names and whatnot (in Japan), but also own the figures. It's very complicated, but don't confuse Hasbro being allowed to take the lead on things with them being able to tell Takara Tomy what to do. Takara Tomy releasing Power of the Primes like this is because they want to and they'd rather focus their resources elsewhere.

Oh, and the 10 pounds on Blast Off is probably the case weight erroneously being entered.

Emerje

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933622)
Posted by Evil Eye on January 25th, 2018 @ 4:57am CST

chuckdawg1999 wrote:
Albatross250 wrote:I never realized that Blot was an Ogre after all.

So if he got into a skirmish would that be an Ogre Battle?

Come tonight, come to the ogre site! Come to ogre battle fight!

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933632)
Posted by Albatross250 on January 25th, 2018 @ 8:07am CST

Black Hat wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:
Albatross250 wrote:I never realized that Blot was an Ogre after all.

So if he got into a skirmish would that be an Ogre Battle?

Come tonight, come to the ogre site! Come to ogre battle fight!

I swear everyone's going to make an army of Ogres

:lol:

Also that SONG REFERENCE THOUGH :michaelbay:

I think just make him turn into upsized Voyager-class with some minor retools and then boom you got a Turtler

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933648)
Posted by Lunatic Prime on January 25th, 2018 @ 10:13am CST

Albatross250 wrote:I think just make him turn into upsized Voyager-class with some minor retools and then boom you got a Turtler

I would suggest to retool CW Sky Lynx

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933653)
Posted by Sabrblade on January 25th, 2018 @ 10:25am CST

Lunatic Prime wrote:
Albatross250 wrote:I think just make him turn into upsized Voyager-class with some minor retools and then boom you got a Turtler

I would suggest to retool CW Sky Lynx

At that point, they might as well make a whole new mold since Sky Lynx lacks a traditional robot mode (and his torso mode doesn't resemble that of King Poseidon).

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933658)
Posted by o.supreme on January 25th, 2018 @ 10:40am CST

Speaking of which. Is it just me, or does the city-scape in the background of Blot's artwork evoke the look of the Seacons/Piranacon? Foreshadowing , I hope?....

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933700)
Posted by ZeroWolf on January 25th, 2018 @ 2:11pm CST

I sadly think you may be over thinking things, though I wouldn't say no to the seacons (as long as we get all six members...but I don't mind if they sacrifice the targetmaster gimmick)

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933705)
Posted by Lunatic Prime on January 25th, 2018 @ 2:29pm CST

ZeroWolf wrote:
o.supreme wrote:
Albatross250 wrote:I never realized that Blot was an Ogre after all.

Speaking of which. Is it just me, or does the city-scape in the background of Blot's artwork evoke the look of the Seacons/Piranacon? Foreshadowing , I hope?....

I sadly think you may be over thinking things, though I wouldn't say no to the seacons (as long as we get all six members...but I don't mind if they sacrifice the targetmaster gimmick)

If they make the Seacons they have to include the Targetmaster gimmick to give us all 6 or make the 6th one into a chest armor or something like what they did in Combiner Wars. And I wouldn't mind if for example Sea Wing turns into Piranacon's sword.

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933706)
Posted by Wolfman Jake on January 25th, 2018 @ 2:29pm CST

o.supreme wrote:Speaking of which. Is it just me, or does the city-scape in the background of Blot's artwork evoke the look of the Seacons/Piranacon? Foreshadowing , I hope?....

It's just you.

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933709)
Posted by mordhelm on January 25th, 2018 @ 3:03pm CST

It was speculated that the face on Hun-Gurrr at HasCon -- the one that was hidden by a decepticon symbol -- was actually a remolded head for Snaptrap. If you look at some of the other forums, a retool into Snaptrap could actually work out.

Again we are talking about speculation here, but it seems like we have a lot of the pieces for the Seacons (and we have discussed this before). After seeing the Terrorcons, I definitely see Hasbro **AT SOME POINT** doing some retooling to make Seacons. It might not be for PotP but...

Hun Gurrr can be retooled into Snaptrap

Overbite and Skalor could both be relatively simple retools of Rippersnapper, and still look right in beast mode, though the transformation might be backward from the original toys.

Seawing could be a Swoop/Cutthroat retool. Basically just reverse the mold for the manta ray mode. Swoops bot mode arms becomes the manta legs, and the bot mode legs become the manta head.

Nautilator could just be based of Sinnertwin. Remove the back legs, pop some crustacean-like legs either on the torso, or the arms. If the arms have the beast legs, then the beast head has the claws attached as an accessory. If not, the arms are the claw arms.

Tentakil, is a toughy. I can see it being another Swoop based mold done in the same way as Seawing. Or it could be done in a similar manner as Nautilator. Any thoughts on this one?

Anyway, it's all just speculation at this point. Hasbro has probably bottled things up even further after the PotP big leak over the summer.

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933710)
Posted by Lunatic Prime on January 25th, 2018 @ 3:07pm CST

mordhelm wrote:It was speculated that the face on Hun-Gurrr at HasCon -- the one that was hidden by a decepticon symbol -- was actually a remolded head for Snaptrap. If you look at some of the other forums, a retool into Snaptrap could actually work out.

Why would

display or even make a Hungurrr with a Snaptrap head? #-o

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933711)
Posted by steals_your_goats on January 25th, 2018 @ 3:07pm CST

I think if we're getting Seacons at all one of them will be a legends figure.

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933712)
Posted by steals_your_goats on January 25th, 2018 @ 3:12pm CST

Lunatic Prime wrote:
mordhelm wrote:It was speculated that the face on Hun-Gurrr at HasCon -- the one that was hidden by a decepticon symbol -- was actually a remolded head for Snaptrap. If you look at some of the other forums, a retool into Snaptrap could actually work out.

Why would display or even make a Hungurrr with a Snaptrap head?

if you look closely you'll see that the head behind the decepticon sigil is not Hun-Grrr's head. Pretty much every figure Hasbro makes has a secondary head to be used for repaints should the need arise. I don't think it's Snaptraps head though. I prefer the IDW Strafe theory.

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933716)
Posted by Hotconvoy on January 25th, 2018 @ 3:22pm CST

mordhelm wrote:It was speculated that the face on Hun-Gurrr at HasCon -- the one that was hidden by a decepticon symbol -- was actually a remolded head for Snaptrap. If you look at some of the other forums, a retool into Snaptrap could actually work out.

Again we are talking about speculation here, but it seems like we have a lot of the pieces for the Seacons (and we have discussed this before). After seeing the Terrorcons, I definitely see Hasbro **AT SOME POINT** doing some retooling to make Seacons. It might not be for PotP but...

Hun Gurrr can be retooled into Snaptrap

Overbite and Skalor could both be relatively simple retools of Rippersnapper, and still look right in beast mode, though the transformation might be backward from the original toys.

Seawing could be a Swoop/Cutthroat retool. Basically just reverse the mold for the manta ray mode. Swoops bot mode arms becomes the manta legs, and the bot mode legs become the manta head.

Nautilator could just be based of Sinnertwin. Remove the back legs, pop some crustacean-like legs either on the torso, or the arms. If the arms have the beast legs, then the beast head has the claws attached as an accessory. If not, the arms are the claw arms.

Tentakil, is a toughy. I can see it being another Swoop based mold done in the same way as Seawing. Or it could be done in a similar manner as Nautilator. Any thoughts on this one?

Anyway, it's all just speculation at this point. Hasbro has probably bottled things up even further after the PotP big leak over the summer.

1. I hope

makes them 2. I would bet that if :HASBRO:

does make them set will be 1 voyager and 5 deluxe figures. 3. Your list of retools makes good sence to me (it should i was thinking the same thing) except snaptrap from hun-gurr?

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933717)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on January 25th, 2018 @ 3:28pm CST

steals_your_goats wrote:
Lunatic Prime wrote:
mordhelm wrote:It was speculated that the face on Hun-Gurrr at HasCon -- the one that was hidden by a decepticon symbol -- was actually a remolded head for Snaptrap. If you look at some of the other forums, a retool into Snaptrap could actually work out.

Why would display or even make a Hungurrr with a Snaptrap head?

if you look closely you'll see that the head behind the decepticon sigil is not Hun-Grrr's head. Pretty much every figure Hasbro makes has a secondary head to be used for repaints should the need arise. I don't think it's Snaptraps head though. I prefer the IDW Strafe theory.

It can't be Snaptrap because those heads are tied with other significant parts. Snaptrap is a turtle (without a robot mode in the Masterforce anime like all the Seacons if I may add), so his head is likely tied to those turtle parts, and not Hun-Gurrr's Algean two-headed razorbeast parts.

And who says it has to be G1? Onslaught's alternate head was revealed to be Armada Demolishor, so the Unicron Trilogy and Beast Wars by extension are fair game as well.

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933718)
Posted by RodimusConvoy13 on January 25th, 2018 @ 3:34pm CST

Optimus Prime is so much fun.

BTW, don't put both Prime and Rodimus Prime's Matrices in Overlords chest. I had to unscrew his torso to get them out. :oops:

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933722)
Posted by Lunatic Prime on January 25th, 2018 @ 3:44pm CST

Hotconvoy wrote:1. I hope makes them 2. I would bet that if does make them set will be 1 voyager and 5 deluxe figures. 3. Your list of retools makes good sence to me (it should i was thinking the same thing) except snaptrap from hun-gurr?

5 Deluxes? Would be cool and very much like the old toy. But I'm not sure if I don't prefer Sea Wing to be the sword. :-?

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933732)
Posted by ZeroWolf on January 25th, 2018 @ 4:37pm CST

On further reflection it would possibly be overbite or nautilator that would get the legends treatment to become the gun (might be wrong but I think it was overbite who wound up becoming the gun in masterforce)

Five deluxes is a stretch as they would have to come with accessories to turn their combiner port into a handle for a gun mode.

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933734)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on January 25th, 2018 @ 4:45pm CST

ZeroWolf wrote:On further reflection it would possibly be overbite or nautilator that would get the legends treatment to become the gun (might be wrong but I think it was overbite who wound up becoming the gun in masterforce)

Five deluxes is a stretch as they would have to come with accessories to turn their combiner port into a handle for a gun mode.

Forget that: think of the weight and those poor hip joints on the arms! Some have problems with Legends Class Weapon Modes already, let alone Deluxe Class ones.

If Piranacon is made, its probably Nautilator who'll get left out. He was left out of the Hasbro giftset, plus the BWII God Neptune redeco.

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933735)
Posted by SpacerAM2 on January 25th, 2018 @ 4:49pm CST

now that Hasbro is releasing the takara version of blastoff I wonder if they'll do the same with the takara version of computron later?

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933751)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on January 25th, 2018 @ 5:27pm CST

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:It can't be Snaptrap because those heads are tied with other significant parts. Snaptrap is a turtle (without a robot mode in the Masterforce anime like all the Seacons if I may add), so his head is likely tied to those turtle parts, and not Hun-Gurrr's Algean two-headed razorbeast parts.

And who says it has to be G1? Onslaught's alternate head was revealed to be Armada Demolishor, so the Unicron Trilogy and Beast Wars by extension are fair game as well.

What if it's Cybertron Scourge, not a total match, but the bot mode is burly and the beast mode is a multi-headed dragon, or it could also be rid megs, as he was a two-headed dragon also :-?

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933756)
Posted by ZeroWolf on January 25th, 2018 @ 5:38pm CST

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:On further reflection it would possibly be overbite or nautilator that would get the legends treatment to become the gun (might be wrong but I think it was overbite who wound up becoming the gun in masterforce)

Five deluxes is a stretch as they would have to come with accessories to turn their combiner port into a handle for a gun mode.

Forget that: think of the weight and those poor hip joints on the arms! Some have problems with Legends Class Weapon Modes already, let alone Deluxe Class ones.

If Piranacon is made, its probably Nautilator who'll get left out. He was left out of the Hasbro giftset, plus the BWII God Neptune redeco.

I forgot about theweight aspect, it probably would break the joints! Suppose the old g1 toy couldn't lift it's weapon up either, awesome idea in theory (that of the limbs having a gun form) but not very practical in reality.

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933761)
Posted by Lunatic Prime on January 25th, 2018 @ 5:53pm CST

ZeroWolf wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:On further reflection it would possibly be overbite or nautilator that would get the legends treatment to become the gun (might be wrong but I think it was overbite who wound up becoming the gun in masterforce)

Five deluxes is a stretch as they would have to come with accessories to turn their combiner port into a handle for a gun mode.

Forget that: think of the weight and those poor hip joints on the arms! Some have problems with Legends Class Weapon Modes already, let alone Deluxe Class ones.

If Piranacon is made, its probably Nautilator who'll get left out. He was left out of the Hasbro giftset, plus the BWII God Neptune redeco.

I forgot about theweight aspect, it probably would break the joints! Suppose the old g1 toy couldn't lift it's weapon up either, awesome idea in theory (that of the limbs having a gun form) but not very practical in reality.

I wonder if Moonracer's and Novastar's arm modes will work better because of the extra shelled elbows :-?

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933771)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 25th, 2018 @ 6:21pm CST

Ok, so I picked up Rodimus Prime yesterday, and I have to say I am glad I did not really listen to the negative talk on the figure, this guy is really awesome!

I really like the space winnebago mode, it's awesome! And it all tabs in properly, it looks slick, and it's totally unique to my collection.

Hot Rod's car mode is pretty good too. the only small gripe I have is that his windshield and hood are ever so slightly gapped. But that's really it.

Hot Rod mode is the weakest mode in my opinion. But it's still not bad. It's mainly in the arms that things are wonky.

Rodimus Prime mode is awesome. I love how Hot Rod transforms into the torso and shoulders for Prime mode. It's awesome! And to me, it's a bit more creative than just folding into a box and inserting into someones chest. This thing is fun and he is awesome!

They did not have Optimus, but I plan to use him to order the SG Roddy as quick as I can.

As a side note, it is going to be so much fun to swap some parts considering there are 4 pieces to each Rodimus. Make a half black/half outlandish Prime :lol:

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933782)
Posted by Twitchythe3rd on January 25th, 2018 @ 6:57pm CST

Lunatic Prime wrote:
Hotconvoy wrote:1. I hope makes them 2. I would bet that if does make them set will be 1 voyager and 5 deluxe figures. 3. Your list of retools makes good sence to me (it should i was thinking the same thing) except snaptrap from hun-gurr?

5 Deluxes? Would be cool and very much like the old toy. But I'm not sure if I don't prefer Sea Wing to be the sword.

I'd say Nautilator gets the downsize into legends. Isn't he normally the one they shaft into being the gun?

Re: Amazon.com Listing for Transformers Power of the Primes Blast Off (1933785)
Posted by Lunatic Prime on January 25th, 2018 @ 7:06pm CST

Twitchythe3rd wrote:
Lunatic Prime wrote:
Hotconvoy wrote:1. I hope makes them 2. I would bet that if does make them set will be 1 voyager and 5 deluxe figures. 3. Your list of retools makes good sence to me (it should i was thinking the same thing) except snaptrap from hun-gurr?

5 Deluxes? Would be cool and very much like the old toy. But I'm not sure if I don't prefer Sea Wing to be the sword.

I'd say Nautilator gets the downsize into legends. Isn't he normally the one they shaft into being the gun?

Maybe this will be PotP Nautilator after waht they did with Gul and CW Liokaiser. 8-}