More In Hand Images of Transformers Power of the Primes Swoop and Slug Showing Combined Modes and Titan Master Ports
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Posted by Madeus Prime on November 13th, 2017 @ 11:38pm CST
william-james88 wrote:Here is wave 3
Quintus Prime and Bludgeon Decoy Armor, Megatronus and Bomb-Burst Decoy Armor, Solus Prime and Octopunch Decoy Armor
You can check this post for all the info on everything we know https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... nts/39844/
I stand corrected, sorry for jumping the gun, I just saw a pattern and thought it fit. I missed out on that blurb.
Still kinda want a Bugly and Finback suit though...
Posted by Emerje on November 13th, 2017 @ 11:46pm CST
william-james88 wrote:Cobotron wrote:You know, I don't think it's wave 3 that's loitering, it's that damn revision wave that had Hotrod, Twinferno, and who ever else that everyone already bought that is the culprit. For the last 4 weeks the 3 Targets I frequent, have each had 4 Twinfernos and nothing else. It's driving me nuts. I NEED SOME TWIN TWIST DAM MOTT!Hellscream9999 wrote:There, I said it, I've still got movie bee and slash and wave 3 (hotrod/doublecross) chillin warmin up my town :
while I cant speak for the hot rods, what cobotron is seeing is definitely the revision wave. I will make a news post about it since I see a lot of confusion. Its actually new (not that anyone wanted it)
https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ion/39261/
I know in my situation I'm absolutely swimming in wave 3. I have 3 stores that I frequent at least once a week, sometimes more. The Augusta, ME Walmart was nothing but case after case of wave 3 since November 2016 until a few months back when we got that wave 2 revision set with all of the Autobot Headmasters plus Blurr and Scourge. Those sold out fairly well, leaving just two Hot Rods and a Twinferno from previous stock and nothing new since because somebody decided to fill the TR Deluxe pegs with those TLK Allspark figures while leaving the pegs they're supposed to be on empty. No wave 4, 5, or 6 there or revision wave 4.
The second store is the Augusta Target which was also nothing but wave 3 until the summer when they got one case of wave 4, but all that was left was Kup, Krok, and Quake. I already had Takara Tomy's Kup on order at this point and passed on the other two thinking I'd certainly be able to get them for less at Walmart soon. If I knew then what I knew now I would have bought the both right then. After that it was right back to wave 3. No wave 5 or 6 or revision wave 4.
The third store is the Waterville Walmart which is on my way home from work so I go there the most frequently. This store didn't get anything but wave 3 from November 2016 to just a few weeks ago when they surprisingly got a wave 6 case in (and two cases of Overlord, only place I've seen him). That's how I got my Slugslinger, but the one remaining and the two Kups (wasn't interested anyway) and one Hardhead were gone in two days leaving just the two Hot Rods with what was left of the previous wave 3 case they put up. Neither version of wave 4 or wave 5 here.
Funny thing is the only figures among waves 4 and 5 that I absolutely want is Quake and Misfire (since I managed to find Krok while out of the town over the weekend, at a Target of course). The rest I have the Takara Tomy versions on order, but I wouldn't be against owning both versions of some of these if I found them. It's just that this sort of distribution gives me little faith when it comes to Power of the Primes. I also haven't seen any sign of Blitzwing, Octane, Ramhorn, Seaspray, or Cosmos. I'm sure the first three waves of PotP will be easy enough to find, but after that I'll probably be in the same situation I'm in now. CW wasn't much different, I only saw the Protectobots once at one store and never again, my first time seeing Onslaught was at T.J.Maxx, and I've never seen a Hasbro Sky Lynx in person (which was apparently common).
Emerje
Posted by bodrock on November 14th, 2017 @ 12:35am CST
I never saw deluxes at the discount stores -- unless you count the CW boxsets, and the Platinum Dinobots set. I don't expect to see Misfire there, but I'm still hoping he makes it to Target around Xmas.
I can't wait to see the PotP here...I gotta have Dreadwind.
Posted by Emerje on November 14th, 2017 @ 12:41am CST
bodrock wrote:Ross Dress 4 Less was the only place I ever saw CW Sky Lynx in-person. So naturally, I bought one for me, and another for my bff since he had no luck hunting either.
Yeah, I think that was the case for most people at Ross and T.J.Maxx, unfortunately all I found there (between two stores) was all five Combaticons (already had the UW set), Scattershot (didn't want), Battle Core Optimus Prime (bought), and a single G2 Stunticon box set (bought).
Emerje
Posted by Nexus Knight on November 14th, 2017 @ 12:43am CST
Can't wait for this line to become more available, in all honesty, though.
Posted by RodimusRex on November 14th, 2017 @ 12:52am CST
Posted by bodrock on November 14th, 2017 @ 12:54am CST
Emerje wrote:bodrock wrote:Ross Dress 4 Less was the only place I ever saw CW Sky Lynx in-person. So naturally, I bought one for me, and another for my bff since he had no luck hunting either.
Yeah, I think that was the case for most people at Ross and T.J.Maxx, unfortunately all I found there (between two stores) was all five Combaticons (already had the UW set), Scattershot (didn't want), Battle Core Optimus Prime (bought), and a single G2 Stunticon box set (bought).
Emerje
I bought the G2 Stunticons as well! Skipped on Superion, White CW Optimus, lots of Skywarps...no luck on Fort Max, Combaticons or Computron in Oregon. I'm excited to see what's available this year....!
Posted by Solrac333 on November 14th, 2017 @ 8:42am CST
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on November 14th, 2017 @ 8:59am CST
bodrock wrote:I never saw deluxes at the discount stores -- unless you count the CW boxsets, and the Platinum Dinobots set. I don't expect to see Misfire there, but I'm still hoping he makes it to Target around Xmas.
Don't give up hope. I found CW Wheeljack, Ironhide and Trailbreaker at 3 different TJ Maxx or Marshalls stores last year before Christmas. Perfect timing for me as I already had them all as their original characters, but toyhax came out with the X-tinguisher, Smolder and Fallen sticker sets, so my Battle Core Nova Prime (another sticker set) finally got some limbs of his own.
For TJ Maxx and Marshalls specifically, you need to look in both the toy section, as well as the aisle that leads to the checkout. I found 2 of the 3 at the aisle of the checkout instead of the toy section. Plus a few Swindles that I didn't want/need/already had.
Posted by joevill on November 14th, 2017 @ 9:40am CST
Posted by bodrock on November 14th, 2017 @ 10:22am CST
TF-fan kev777 wrote:bodrock wrote:I never saw deluxes at the discount stores -- unless you count the CW boxsets, and the Platinum Dinobots set. I don't expect to see Misfire there, but I'm still hoping he makes it to Target around Xmas.
Don't give up hope. I found CW Wheeljack, Ironhide and Trailbreaker at 3 different TJ Maxx or Marshalls stores last year before Christmas. Perfect timing for me as I already had them all as their original characters, but toyhax came out with the X-tinguisher, Smolder and Fallen sticker sets, so my Battle Core Nova Prime (another sticker set) finally got some limbs of his own.
For TJ Maxx and Marshalls specifically, you need to look in both the toy section, as well as the aisle that leads to the checkout. I found 2 of the 3 at the aisle of the checkout instead of the toy section. Plus a few Swindles that I didn't want/need/already had.
Thank you for sharing! I had added TJ & Marshalls to the hunt last year but didn't look near checkout. Here's hoping -- HAPPY HUNTING
Posted by o.supreme on November 14th, 2017 @ 10:48am CST
I still have not seen wave 5 deluxes anywhere, but if I expect to see them anywhere at all, it will probably be at TRU between now and the end of the year. basically TRU is my one hope I'm holding out of seeing Ramhorn. I know one person found ONE at a Midwest retail chain, but the fact that Ramhorn has not appeared at any of the 3 major chains, and really isn't even on eBay aside form a couple scalpers, tell me it still hasn't been released in mass market anywhere other than in some Asian countries. Not sure about Canada...
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on November 14th, 2017 @ 11:20am CST
omega666 wrote:Thanks for showing the limb modes. I thought it was pretty half-assed to post a video review and not show the limb mode.
Don't worry, Chucky will have you covered.
Posted by william-james88 on November 14th, 2017 @ 11:28am CST
o.supreme wrote: but the fact that Ramhorn has not appeared at any of the 3 major chains, and really isn't even on eBay aside form a couple scalpers, tell me it still hasn't been released in mass market anywhere other than in some Asian countries. Not sure about Canada...
There will be news soon
omega666 wrote:Thanks for showing the limb modes. I thought it was pretty half-assed to post a video review and not show the limb mode.
Yeah so did I , especially since there was so little seen of it before. Hence why I posted that news. But I know why it wasnt reviewed, it would have taken more time and the reviewer wanted it up asap , which is understandable. But whats important is that we now have everything in one way or another
Posted by Stuartmaximus on November 14th, 2017 @ 11:39am CST
chuckdawg1999 wrote:omega666 wrote:Thanks for showing the limb modes. I thought it was pretty half-assed to post a video review and not show the limb mode.
Don't worry, Chucky will have you covered.
wha...? are you putting your video reviews up just now?
if you are....oh goody
Posted by Dr. Caelus on November 14th, 2017 @ 12:01pm CST
Posted by Stuartmaximus on November 14th, 2017 @ 12:13pm CST
omega666 wrote:Thanks for showing the limb modes. I thought it was pretty half-assed to post a video review and not show the limb mode.
Speaking of which....go check Toy Dojo's YouTube channel out, as he's currently reviewing the figures and shows them in limb mode (but don't forget to also check Chuck's out too when he has his reviews uploaded)
btw is noone holding off to get the versions?
Posted by Rodimus Knight on November 14th, 2017 @ 12:34pm CST
Posted by Dr. Caelus on November 14th, 2017 @ 1:12pm CST
I wonder if this will lead to card collectors out there selling off large numbers of out-of-package figures...
Posted by Stuartmaximus on November 14th, 2017 @ 1:27pm CST
Oops!
It's here
https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ada/40024/
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on November 14th, 2017 @ 1:50pm CST
I am gonna wait for this to come to my closer stores, I'm in no rush to start this line considering I just got slugslinger.
Also, was thinking about this, and someone mentioned it back a bit ago, but what if Takara did some sort of fancy japanese only character combiner to use some of the molds to get them released? I remember Artfire and Stepper mentioned, but who else could work to make a slapdash combiner of japanese guys? That would be awesome
Posted by Rysquad on November 14th, 2017 @ 4:16pm CST
Looks like Target in Santee put a case in it's system. I checked the Target DCPI number for PotP Deluxe (087-06-5863) on Brickseek this morning and saw that they had them in stock. Of course, they weren't out on the floor but politely asked if they could check the back, which showed 6 figures. The Target Team Member brought out an opened case - looked like someone asked before I did. Picked up Dreadwind but left Swoop (2), Slag (2) and Jazz (1) in the box.
Posted by Emerje on November 14th, 2017 @ 6:21pm CST
Rysquad wrote:San Diego folks -
Looks like Target in Santee put a case in it's system. I checked the Target DCPI number for PotP Deluxe (087-06-5863) on Brickseek this morning and saw that they had them in stock. Of course, they weren't out on the floor but politely asked if they could check the back, which showed 6 figures. The Target Team Member brought out an opened case - looked like someone asked before I did. Picked up Dreadwind but left Swoop (2), Slag (2) and Jazz (1) in the box.
Brickseek, why haven't I ever heard of this before today? Seems like a super useful site even if it isn't showing any PotP figures in my state.
Emerje
Posted by Rysquad on November 14th, 2017 @ 6:29pm CST
Emerje wrote:Rysquad wrote:San Diego folks -
Looks like Target in Santee put a case in it's system. I checked the Target DCPI number for PotP Deluxe (087-06-5863) on Brickseek this morning and saw that they had them in stock. Of course, they weren't out on the floor but politely asked if they could check the back, which showed 6 figures. The Target Team Member brought out an opened case - looked like someone asked before I did. Picked up Dreadwind but left Swoop (2), Slag (2) and Jazz (1) in the box.
Brickseek, why haven't I ever heard of this before today? Seems like a super useful site even if it isn't showing any PotP figures in my state.
Emerje
It's an awesome tool. Purchased many items on discount or clearance from Target and Walmart using tools like Brickseek. Haven't really used it much for Transformers at Target since most of the time, the DCPI is used for multiple figures of the same class.
* disclaimer - it's a good tool to plan out where to check for stuff. There's absolutely no guarantee that the data is 100% correct. An item could be somewhere else on the floor, in someone else's shopping cart, or stolen, or the employees could be holding them for themselves or others, or they're actually paying attention to street dates.
Posted by Sigma Magnus on November 14th, 2017 @ 6:33pm CST
Posted by bodrock on November 14th, 2017 @ 7:02pm CST
Posted by Qwan on November 14th, 2017 @ 7:12pm CST
A Wave 2 case of Prime Masters (listed as Power Masters on their site) will reportedly consist of:
- Skullgrin [with Liege Maximo] x 2
- Metalhawk [with Vector Prime] x 2
- Submarauder [with Alchemist Prime] x 4
- Landmine [with Alpha Trion] x 4
Of note here is the fact that the new figures in Wave 2 (Submarauder and Landmine) are packed four per case, while the repacks from Wave 1 are only packed at two per case. The new toys being twice as common as the older ones is good news for collectors - that means there should be a good chance of seeing them around instead of just more Wave 1 figures!
A case of Voyagers contains:
- Hun-Gurrr x 1
- Elita-1 x 1
Which are both new toys to Wave 2, so no repacks at all here. It may mean that Grimlock and Starscream will be a touch less common than if they'd been repacked in Wave 2, but it also means that Hun-Gurr and Elita-1 should be plentiful once this wave hits.
And finally, a Leader case is comprised of:
- Optimus Prime x 1
- Rodimus Unicronus x 1
Meaning that from what we know, the Leader class has the lowest ratio of new to repacked toys in this wave, at 1:1. Those looking for Rodimus Unicronus may find him surrounded by a considerable number of Optimus Primes hailing from both Waves 1 and 2. However, we also know that Optimus does tend to sell quite well, so these cases will likely have a high turnover regardless and Rodimus Unicronus should still be relatively common on store shelves.
The site also has listings for Legends and Deluxe assortments, but there's no information on what the breakdowns of these cases will look like as of yet. Rest assured we'll share those as soon as information arises, but for now, we'd love to hear what you have to say in the Energon Pub! Do these assortments look good to you, or would you have preferred a different ratio of certain figures? Share your thoughts on what we have so far, and stay tuned to Seibertron.com for more Power of the Primes news as it happens!
Posted by Dr. Caelus on November 14th, 2017 @ 7:29pm CST
Only opened Dreadwind so far, but I'm very impressed. Tight joints, tidy tampographs, and seeing them now in hand, I realize that yes, you can use the hand/heel thing as a power gauntlet. Every single one of the figures in wave one has a 5mm port on it's forearm, so you can attach the fist and close it around their lower arm.
Sorry this is sideways, but I think it gets the point across anyway.
Posted by Rysquad on November 14th, 2017 @ 7:52pm CST
Posted by Dr. Caelus on November 14th, 2017 @ 7:58pm CST
Posted by Sigma Magnus on November 14th, 2017 @ 8:00pm CST
Posted by Hellscream9999 on November 14th, 2017 @ 8:26pm CST
Only got slug, swoop, and dreadwind.
Swoop and Dreadwind are both 10+/10.
-lusciously tight joints
-amazing paint apps (few but well used)
-soft detents everywhere
-nice use of plastic colors
-finally got 4 jets for cyclonus
-dreadwind has massive heels thanks to the wing kibble
-swoop is just sublime in general, specifically, you can attach his sword under his chin in beast mode to have a pterodactyl with a bayonet - how f'ing metal is that?
-tm ports in fists should not be overlooked for sheer fun value, or underestimated, I'm not getting grimlock, but I relish the opportunity to have grimlock as a combiner punch out king 'scream with a grimlock tm in his fist
tl:dr, as limbs these guys are must-haves, as figures, they are also must-haves; something tells me 's legends comics are gonna have a field day with headmaster-in-fist/bibs shenanigans, and I can't wait
Posted by RodimusConvoy13 on November 14th, 2017 @ 8:55pm CST
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on November 14th, 2017 @ 9:15pm CST
Stuartmaximus wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:omega666 wrote:Thanks for showing the limb modes. I thought it was pretty half-assed to post a video review and not show the limb mode.
Don't worry, Chucky will have you covered.
wha...? are you putting your video reviews up just now?
if you are....oh goody
I'll get them on Wednesday. The plan is two reviews of two.
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on November 14th, 2017 @ 9:17pm CST
Posted by The_Cryptid_Person on November 14th, 2017 @ 9:28pm CST
Posted by Dr. Caelus on November 14th, 2017 @ 9:48pm CST
Posted by The_Cryptid_Person on November 14th, 2017 @ 10:09pm CST
Caelus wrote:I haven't opened Swoop yet - I'm strongly considering waiting until I've collected all the Dinobots to open them. Does that sound insane?
Not at all! Sounds like it would help you appreciate them as a team - and as a combiner. Volcanicus needs all the help he can get!
The main problem I see is a very, very long wait for Wave 2.
Posted by Qwan on November 14th, 2017 @ 10:18pm CST
Caelus wrote:I haven't opened Swoop yet - I'm strongly considering waiting until I've collected all the Dinobots to open them. Does that sound insane?
Yes, very
In all seriousness, my personal suggestion would be to open him now. I find that I appreciate my Transformers - even those who're defined by their teams - much more when they each have a bit of time to themselves, so to speak. Opening five toys at once and trying to enjoy them, plus a combined mode, all together might end up robbing each figure of its individual charm, and that would be a sad thing indeed.
But hey, that's only my two cents. You do you, friend! Whatever makes you happy - that's the point of all this, after all.
Posted by Dr. Caelus on November 14th, 2017 @ 10:25pm CST
Latebrus-K wrote:The main problem I see is a very, very long wait for Wave 2.
Ugh, yes. How long? February? March? I doubt it will be 'early' the way Wave 1 was, so it seems like we're going to have a loooooong gap in here.
Qwan wrote:Opening five toys at once and trying to enjoy them, plus a combined mode, all together might end up robbing each figure of its individual charm, and that would be a sad thing indeed.
Yeah, I was sort of thinking that.
Posted by noctorro on November 15th, 2017 @ 3:45am CST
The lavender colered jet robot.
Makes me want to get every single normal released version of any Combiner Wars Jet mode to create a huge Armada!
Man, Muricanz. We don't have them yet in Holland, land of the RAIN!
But we have good import shops and good prices.
Combiner Wars overwhelmed me and exceeded all my expectations of the Classics followup line.
Titans Return is even more pure love.
And now... they combine it with tiny mech suits for the little Masters... Updated good Generations Dinobots, all of them... and they combine... and they have a baby Raptor with them. And they have even more G1 characters... Orion Pax who transforms into Optimus Prime, A real Rodimus Prime... I'm almost dying here of the awesomeness Hasbro / Takara is putting out. And they're trying to make the Titans Return mini series better than Combiner Wars.
Super awesome, all of this stuff, will probably get 75%+ of the entire line, just as combiner Wars and Titans Return before it. And I just started re-collecting Car Robots...
I can't take it... So much Transformers
Posted by Va'al on November 15th, 2017 @ 5:24am CST
noctorro wrote:OMG that DreadWing looks so good. Darkwind, Dreaddark, Windwing.
The lavender colered jet robot.
Darkwing.
Darkwing duck.
Posted by ThunderThruster on November 15th, 2017 @ 7:19am CST
Va'al wrote:noctorro wrote:OMG that DreadWing looks so good. Darkwind, Dreaddark, Windwing.
The lavender colered jet robot.
Darkwing.
Darkwing duck.
Cloud of smoke and he appears,
The master of surprise.
Who's that cunning mind behind
That shadowy disguise?
Nobody knows for sure,
But bad guys are out of luck.
Posted by o.supreme on November 15th, 2017 @ 10:31am CST
It was odd seeing a single Jazz among 10 other TR Deluxes (a mix of wave 3 anf 4 figures...) . I'm thinking either an employee is a collector and got to some first, or perhaps someone else asked, and an employee pulled these out of the back for that person. I did not ask (normally I would), because I just wanted to SEE them. I'm still waiting on to announce their plan for this line before purchasing any . This is just the beginning, we know this will be hitting more of a full saturation in Q1 of 2018.
However, If I do see the 1st wave of Prime masters any time soon I'll probably get those as they are inexpensive, and I'm not sure how plans to sell them. They sold TM's with their deluxes. Since (I'm hoping) the Unite warriors sets will return, perhaps they will be sold with Legends class. Or maybe 2 per Leader? I'm just patiently waiting for to announce their plan.
Posted by Stuartmaximus on November 15th, 2017 @ 11:19am CST
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Stuartmaximus wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:omega666 wrote:Thanks for showing the limb modes. I thought it was pretty half-assed to post a video review and not show the limb mode.
Don't worry, Chucky will have you covered.
wha...? are you putting your video reviews up just now?
if you are....oh goody
I'll get them on Wednesday. The plan is two reviews of two.
Posted by Stuartmaximus on November 15th, 2017 @ 11:25am CST
o.supreme wrote:So yeah, I found a single jazz at my local target yesterday. I know every sore is different, but this just seemed a little odd. usually with toys. If a shelf space is "full", none will be put out until the current stock is gone, or at least depleted enough to restock an entire case.
It was odd seeing a single Jazz among 10 other TR Deluxes (a mix of wave 3 anf 4 figures...) . I'm thinking either an employee is a collector and got to some first, or perhaps someone else asked, and an employee pulled these out of the back for that person. I did not ask (normally I would), because I just wanted to SEE them. I'm still waiting on to announce their plan for this line before purchasing any . This is just the beginning, we know this will be hitting more of a full saturation in Q1 of 2018.
However, If I do see the 1st wave of Prime masters any time soon I'll probably get those as they are inexpensive, and I'm not sure how plans to sell them. They sold TM's with their deluxes. Since (I'm hoping) the Unite warriors sets will return, perhaps they will be sold with Legends class. Or maybe 2 per Leader? I'm just patiently waiting for to announce their plan.
me too buddy
Posted by Rysquad on November 15th, 2017 @ 11:34am CST
ThunderThruster wrote:Va'al wrote:noctorro wrote:OMG that DreadWing looks so good. Darkwind, Dreaddark, Windwing.
The lavender colered jet robot.
Darkwing.
Darkwing duck.
Cloud of smoke and he appears,
The master of surprise.
Who's that cunning mind behind
That shadowy disguise?
Nobody knows for sure,
But bad guys are out of luck.
When there's trouble you call DW.
Posted by Stuartmaximus on November 15th, 2017 @ 11:37am CST
Posted by william-james88 on November 15th, 2017 @ 11:53am CST
o.supreme wrote:among 10 other TR Deluxes (a mix of wave 3 anf 4 figures...)
Could you elaborate on that bit? I think what you are seeing is the revision wave rather than 2 seperate waves.
Posted by o.supreme on November 15th, 2017 @ 11:58am CST
william-james88 wrote:o.supreme wrote:among 10 other TR Deluxes (a mix of wave 3 anf 4 figures...)
Could you elaborate on that bit? I think what you are seeing is the revision wave rather than 2 seperate waves.
Maybe...It was assortments of Krok, Quake, Hot Rod, and Twinferno... and one lonely, lonely Jazz