More Stock Images of Transformers Power of the Primes Slug, Swoop, Slash, Beachcomber, Windcharger

It appears to be one of those days in the Transformers fandom, as we have some more images from the upcoming Power of the Primes line from Hasbro, after the previous post showcasing the two Leaders from wave 1 (Optimus Prime and Rodimus Prime) and the voyager class Grimlock.

In this new update, which is totally not another leak, we have some more Dinobot imagery (in addition to the first official stock images we first saw back here) for Deluxes Slug and Swoop, plus Legends Slash in package, and fellow Legend class Beachcomber and Windcharger too. They're followed by some additional leader class Optimus and Rodimus in various poses and for both the evolved modes and the deluxe-ish Orion Pax and Hot Rod, plus including Prime Masters and collector cards. Check them all out below, and join the conversation in the Energon Pub!

3 things:

1. Why could they not make Optimus Prime's hands BLUE? Seriously? SERIOUSLY?? lol..
2. Why is Rodimus Prime's Spoiler Wing so DINKY? REALLY??
3. This just makes me sad about Grimlock, BUT for the price points that they'll be... I guess it's the best of what we've seen so far. Although I'm sure Takara will put out superior decos on all of the toys so I'll maybe wait for those ones... Although I'll probably get Hasbro's Shattered Glass Rodimus

Beachcomber looks like an absolute must have, on par with the Titans Return Brawn.

The more I see images of this Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime, the more I continue to grow enamored with him & want Santa to help him get to my house this holiday He is so close to what I would call a Perfect Rodimus that I can easily forgive the loss of the Battle Trailer the original had!

I am also looking forward to Slash, if only to have just as many Dinobots as I do Protectobots for a head-to-head battle royale

I'm really torn on those figures: on one hand, that Optimus Robot mode is near spot-on safe for some coloration but his cab looks a bit off and wrong. Meanwhile, Rodimus is the opposite, suffering from a wonky 'super robot' mode. Yet, at the same time, I'm in the minority of people who actually find the gimmick of power up interesting.

I'm not sure: will they be better once in hand?

Ugh....**sigh**...i dunno there seems to be so much hatred for these things

Optimus looks ok I guess

& I'll probably hold off and get Rodimus Unicronus

& for the rest...i'll wait n see the Takara repaints ect,before I decide on those

I'm the opposite of most people. I love the look of Optimus and cannot wait for Rodimus. However, I have absolutely zero interest in Rodimus Unicronus. I'm got rid of all my Shattered Glass stuff a while ago and the head sculpt on that Rodimus looks horrible.

When, oh when, will Hasbro give me a G2 colors Beachcomber?

It appears the leaders are going for a Masterpiece like look as I can definantly see some influence from MP 09 and MP 10 , With varying degrees of success. Optimus is where it's most obvious other than the missing smokestacks , Trailer and cab combine into robot , Orion, inferior deco and the gimmick it's a straight copy paste of MP 10. I'm not sure about this as by far my favourite figure is my $300 dollar MP 10 (DAMN YOU AUSTRALIAN PRICES! ) he was worth it , but I don't think a $65-$70 dollar leader is ever gonna beat him as the best G1 OP. Saying that however they'res a lot to like here Orion is the most toon accurate he's ever been (god I can't wait to see what Takara does to him) and While I said the deco was inferior to the figure he's probably based on , and it is, judging by the stock photos at least it's surprisingly well detailed for a retail release figure these days , hell the last retail figure to look this well decoed is TLK Cogman. i'm curious enough to pick him up.

Beachcomber and Slash are must buys

Rodimus is a different story however. While I appreciate the guns due to their faithfulness to the source material and they can still combine for Roddy the combined figure in bot mode leaves a lot to be desired with those unsightly gaps in the arms.

Now the Dinobots will be too small for my CHUG collection. So I will have to invest in the rest of GCreations since I do have their version of Sludge so far.

As for Rodimus, they took cues from Fansproject's Protector 100% as far as vehicle mode, but that Robot mode...no.

As for Optimus Im buying it only for the Orion Pax inner robot as well as I am buying Rodimus for the inner Hot Rod. This will be a hit/miss line for me. I will cautiously watch how the Takara paint jobs will roll out.

I'm really looking forward that Optimus and Rodimus.

You know, it just hit me. I think I might know why Swoop has a toy-accurate black helmet with his cartoon-accurate blue chest instead of a cartoon-accurate red helmet.

It's because this is the mainpic of his Wiki page:



Which leads me to another realization. With Swoop having a blue chest and a black helmet, not only does that make his deco accurate to neither the original toy nor the cartoon, but it also winds up making him coincidentally similar to the most unexpected of Swoop decos: The deco of Energon Swoop.


Transformers Energon Swoop Gallery

Marcdachamp wrote:When, oh when, will Hasbro give me a G2 colors Beachcomber?

I'm still waiting for Outback from Brawn!

Burn wrote:

Marcdachamp wrote:When, oh when, will Hasbro give me a G2 colors Beachcomber?

I'm still waiting for Outback from Brawn!

How about Hubcap and Cliffjumper, and maybe even Bumblejumper!

I'm a few days behind here, but this comment had me scratching my head.

King Kuuga wrote:Or they could make him a giant spaceship like the Animated or WFC versions. Or they could do a giant battle train like Energon.

So I have to ask, if you're so against Omega Supreme breaking up into a bunch of different parts then why are you OK with the Energon figure? Sure, it can be turned into a single train, but not without removing the head and splitting the figure into a battleship and construction-thing first.



I think it is possible to make a convincing G1-style Omega that can break down into his three core parts without the tiny parts. For example they could have the forearms not separate from the upper arms and shoulders (and therefore not being part of the tank) and have both the left and right sides connected through a part that runs through the torso. The whole thing then can collapse inside the forearms creating a single cohesive rocket. The rest I'm sure can be worked out with enough swing arms and pivots to get everything where it needs to be without being disconnected. I don't really see a problem with the tracks being removed, but I think there's a work around.

On a side note, there was a comment about Scorponok having a scorpion backpack.



Uh, what? It's just the tail and legs and they aren't even obtrusive.

Emerje

I wonder if POTP will have boxset or if those have been axed for good.

Burn wrote:

Marcdachamp wrote:When, oh when, will Hasbro give me a G2 colors Beachcomber?

I'm still waiting for Outback from Brawn!

It was in the leaks for wave 3 (along with Cindersaur, a repaint of Slash), but it was just a brown Brawn. Hopefully that was just an early moc up and the final figure will have a new head, it would be weird if that mold only had one head tied to it.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

Burn wrote:

Marcdachamp wrote:When, oh when, will Hasbro give me a G2 colors Beachcomber?

I'm still waiting for Outback from Brawn!

It was in the leaks for wave 3 (along with Cindersaur, a repaint of Slash), but it was just a brown Brawn. Hopefully that was just an early moc up and the final figure will have a new head, it would be weird if that mold only had one head tied to it.

Emerje

I'm pretty sure it was a mockup like most of post Wave 2. Shame though, I wanted Rollbar to complement Roadburn.

Well I'm still waiting on a Titan Class sized Optimus Prime coz they need to start giving us other characters other than just basebots & combiners in Titan Class size

I mean some people have even suggested that Broadside should've been Titan Class

or how about Overlord? do you think that he should've been Titan Class?

Stuartmaximus wrote:Well I'm still waiting on a Titan Class sized Optimus Prime

Rescue Bots has one in the 2-foot-tall Epic Optimus Prime.

aye but that's RB! I was thinking something more detailed

Emerje wrote:I'm a few days behind here, but this comment had me scratching my head.

King Kuuga wrote:Or they could make him a giant spaceship like the Animated or WFC versions. Or they could do a giant battle train like Energon.

So I have to ask, if you're so against Omega Supreme breaking up into a bunch of different parts then why are you OK with the Energon figure? Sure, it can be turned into a single train, but not without removing the head and splitting the figure into a battleship and construction-thing first.

It was more of an example than anything else, I've never owned any version of that toy. Although being a headmaster with a split-down-the-middle combination is much less partsformery than torso, legs, wings, and arms all breaking off and reassembling into a new configuration with minimal actual transformation. (granted, Energon Omega didn't do a whole lot either but he had the benefit of looking like he turned into somethings)

Emerje wrote:I think it is possible to make a convincing G1-style Omega that can break down into his three core parts without the tiny parts. For example they could have the forearms not separate from the upper arms and shoulders (and therefore not being part of the tank) and have both the left and right sides connected through a part that runs through the torso. The whole thing then can collapse inside the forearms creating a single cohesive rocket. The rest I'm sure can be worked out with enough swing arms and pivots to get everything where it needs to be without being disconnected. I don't really see a problem with the tracks being removed, but I think there's a work around.

Yeah, the rocket arms could be a single piece, similar to how GaoGaiGar's arms work with the train going through the lion torso (although sans-different parts for the gauntlets). I had considered that. All in all though, I'm just really not a fan of G1 Omega's alt mode. I can't find the right words for it but it does nothing for me, and while he has a pretty iconic robot mode, I'm okay with adjustments being made to it to accommodate a more modern alt mode. WFC rode that line pretty well, I think.

Emerje wrote:On a side note, there was a comment about Scorponok having a scorpion backpack.



Uh, what? It's just the tail and legs and they aren't even obtrusive.

Emerje

Oh, I meant the other way around. The Scorpion mode has a giant backpack made of the robot's legs.





So as far as this line is concerned, I'm so far only dead set on the terrorcons, and even then I wish they'd modernized their alt modes a bit like the Beast Hunters figures. And Predaking, but that's a given. I might get that Optimus Prime to go with my Combiner Wars Megatron, and I'll get most of the fembots, but while I like the general concepts of this line, most of the characters aren't really of interest to me. Pretenders are gonna be good though.

I for one am looking forward to the Leader class figures. I intend to buy all 4 revealed at this point in time

GaoGaiGar is exactly what I was thinking of with the pass through arms for Omega Supreme. I've got a vintage one, it's a transformation that's so unique that I wouldn't be against seeing borrowed by Transformers.

There was another example that I couldn't quite remember, but it just hit me now, Tripredicus.


There's a bar that runs through Cicadacon that connects the two halves of Ramhorn together.

King Kuuga wrote:Oh, I meant the other way around. The Scorpion mode has a giant backpack made of the robot's legs.

Ah, I see. He wasn't really meant to represent a real scorpion, more like a tank shaped like a scorpion. Instead of his tail being made to strike it's a laser. It would have been neat if they could have found another use for the legs like sticking canons in the bottom of his feat, but I suppose they still thought of this as a mobile fortress mode similar to Metroplex and Fort Max.

Emerje

Another thing which has crossed my mind: okay so, the 'Prime Masters' are basically Titan Masters with an emblem for a face and are compatible with Titans Return bodies. However, it seems like the center of the Matrices for the leader-class PotP figures are also compatible with the Prime Masters.

Do the regular Matrix crystals themselves unfold into little robots?

Skritz wrote:Do the regular Matrix crystals themselves unfold into little robots?

No, the Matrix(s) don't turn into robots, neither do the enigmas that come with the combiner voyagers. The only ones that turn into robots are the Prime Masters sold on their own.

Emerje

So does anyone else not really care about the unique enigma that come with the voyagers and plan on giving the first 2 to TR Overlord for his boob doors?

Emerje wrote:

Skritz wrote:Do the regular Matrix crystals themselves unfold into little robots?

No, the Matrix(s) don't turn into robots, neither do the enigmas that come with the combiner voyagers. The only ones that turn into robots are the Prime Masters sold on their own.

Emerje

You know, as much as this make sense it makes me a bit sad. That said, do the Matrix and Enigma still have the shape to plug into a neck? Because as dumb as it may (and will) look I....really want to do it just to amuse myself.

By the way, what are the odds that we'll see Bomb-Burst and/or Waveride? Because, oh man, its something which I've said before but it just seem so damn wrong if we can't get these pair of trio completed, especially given they were all major characters in Masterforce. Hell we even got Metalhawk as a pretender shell decoy suit in PotP so it just seem to me we really should get ought to get something to complete these teams. That said, I'm told the (sadly cancelled) Grand Maximus pretender shell is apparently Waveride. So there is hope.

Skritz wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Skritz wrote:Do the regular Matrix crystals themselves unfold into little robots?

No, the Matrix(s) don't turn into robots, neither do the enigmas that come with the combiner voyagers. The only ones that turn into robots are the Prime Masters sold on their own.

Emerje

You know, as much as this make sense it makes me a bit sad. That said, do the Matrix and Enigma still have the shape to plug into a neck? Because as dumb as it may (and will) look I....really want to do it just to amuse myself.

By the way, what are the odds that we'll see Bomb-Burst and/or Waveride? Because, oh man, its something which I've said before but it just seem so damn wrong if we can't get these pair of trio completed, especially given they were all major characters in Masterforce. Hell we even got Metalhawk as a pretender shell decoy suit in PotP so it just seem to me we really should get ought to get something to complete these teams. That said, I'm told the (sadly cancelled) Grand Maximus pretender shell is apparently Waveride. So there is hope.

Bomb-Burst has been leaked, as the suit for Megatronus.

And yes, the Decoy suit that would have come with Grand Maximus was Waverider. So I'd say there's more than just hope at this point

Btw I'm gonna be fuming if someone doesn't create a Starscream Titan Master! so that you can connect him in behind Trypticon's head

Stuartmaximus wrote:Btw I'm gonna be fuming if someone doesn't create a Starscream Titan Master! so that you can connect him in behind Trypticon's head

Takara's making one.

Skritz wrote: Yet, at the same time, I'm in the minority of people who actually find the gimmick of power up interesting.

Count me in the minority. I'm one of these guys who need gimmicks.

And I love these two of course. The only little thing I'm not in love is the head of the small Orion Pax figure.

Skritz wrote:I'm not sure: will they be better once in hand?

Considering most of the toys in these pics are mistransformed...

TF-fan kev777 wrote:So does anyone else not really care about the unique enigma that come with the voyagers and plan on giving the first 2 to TR Overlord for his boob doors?

I guess, everybody owning Overlord ?

Sabrblade wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:Btw I'm gonna be fuming if someone doesn't create a Starscream Titan Master! so that you can connect him in behind Trypticon's head

Takara's making one.

are they that's news to me

Stuartmaximus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:Btw I'm gonna be fuming if someone doesn't create a Starscream Titan Master! so that you can connect him in behind Trypticon's head

Takara's making one.

are they that's news to me

It's the ghost Starscream head that comes with Octane.

Skritz wrote:That said, do the Matrix and Enigma still have the shape to plug into a neck? Because as dumb as it may (and will) look I....really want to do it just to amuse myself.

Yes, but they lack a joint there so if you use it as a head you won't be able to turn it, unless it's a Voyager or Leader that doesn't use the peg as a neck.



Emerje

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:Btw I'm gonna be fuming if someone doesn't create a Starscream Titan Master! so that you can connect him in behind Trypticon's head

Takara's making one.

are they that's news to me

It's the ghost Starscream head that comes with Octane.

And a retool of Nightbeat to boot.

Tiny head joint and translucent plastic. This is, in no way, terrifying.

Skritz wrote:Tiny head joint and translucent plastic. This is, in no way, terrifying.

The new-mold Spike from the same line is partially translucent as well. I'm gonna wait and see what Hasbro does, maybe release a Classic Pretender version?

Skritz wrote:Tiny head joint and translucent plastic. This is, in no way, terrifying.

Yeah, and is that a smirk? I totally want one.

That's unfortunate the Prime Masters as heads won't have articulation in the neck -- but I also wanna ise them as heads....if only for a few shots.

bodrock wrote:

Skritz wrote:Tiny head joint and translucent plastic. This is, in no way, terrifying.

Yeah, and is that a smirk? I totally want one.

That's unfortunate the Prime Masters as heads won't have articulation in the neck -- but I also wanna ise them as heads....if only for a few shots.

No no, you misunderstood. The Prime Masters will have head articulation, due to being based on Titan Masters. It's the Matrix Cores and Enigmas that are solid pieces.

bodrock wrote:

Skritz wrote:Tiny head joint and translucent plastic. This is, in no way, terrifying.

Yeah, and is that a smirk? I totally want one.

That's unfortunate the Prime Masters as heads won't have articulation in the neck -- but I also wanna ise them as heads....if only for a few shots.

Prime Masters have necks, it's the Enigmas and Matrices (apparently that's the plural of matrix ) that don't have them.

Emerje

With those spare figures for customizing I never got to due fear of botching it (and lack of space) I may very well end up doing a full 'pretender trio' once their shells decoy suit are out. That and they already have 3d printed heads on Shapeways (again, except the missing one of each team), so once I got all the tools and space I need it will be possible for me have updated Pretenders.

Such a shame they went with the combiner route for the Dinobots. Grimlock's Dino mode looks awful, like 2 different things glue together.

Let's face it, a Dinobot combiner done in a scramble city-style was bound to happen some day. Especially in a line like PotP, which seem like it may end up primarily with combiners made of beasts, given that we have Volcanicus and Abominus, with a possibility of Monstructor and Dinoking. There is also the fact that the Dinobot are somewhat of an anomaly, being a major G1 'special team' lacking a combined mode despite being just the right number.

Going by the way Hasbro has been planning things lately, this seemed like the most logical way they could release a full set of G1-style Dinobots in a single toyline with the added bonus of using their engineering for future figures no less.

Ah, thanks for the clarification on the Prime Masters versus Matrices, Emerje & JelZe.

Rodimus Prime wrote:No shots of Screamer in torso mode? If (big IF) I do get him, he'll be strictly torso. Both the bot and the plane modes look like sh*t.

Same.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Skritz wrote:Tiny head joint and translucent plastic. This is, in no way, terrifying.

The new-mold Spike from the same line is partially translucent as well. I'm gonna wait and see what Hasbro does, maybe release a Classic Pretender version?

I'm kind of hoping we see Classic Pretenders as Prime Masters around Wave 5. Might be a BIT weird with all of them except Bumblebee appearing elsewhere in the line. Then again, Hasbro could always pull a cheat and make the Classic Homages Goldfire, Meister, Clobber, and Nightscream.

There's a lot of redeco potential. Ricochet feels like a TT or con exclusive. Artfire as well. Could make use of the TT Targetmasters.

It's hard to say what Leaders if any we can expect for the later waves. I think Star Saber is very much desired and I'd probably buy into an Ultra Magnus. It would be extra funny for him to have an original White Prime "normal mode" robot that has never been used for an Optimus. I know, I know, 3rd Party has done it first and Hasbro tends to do more IDW stuff like Minimus Ambus. But if ever a line called for a White Prime Magnus...

I think we can make educated guesses from the Leader poll that many of those characters will be up for updates in the near future, either PotP or beyond.

That suggests Ultra Magnus, Star Saber, Arcee, Hound, and Thunderwing.

I'll go out on a limb and speculate Magnus with a Nemesis Prime re-deco in wave 6 (I'd really love for them to avoid an Optimus despite having a Deluxe inner bot that looks like Optimus) and Star Saber as Leaders. Thunderwing seems plausible as a third tooling of Voyager Starscream.

Arcee seems most likely to sit out this round unless Hasbro is really eager to make her as a limb for Elita-1 so we can have an all fembot combiner. Could work as a Moonracer retool.

Shockwave feels like one whose time has come as a Voyager.

Hound feels least likely since we have him as a Deluxe from Combiner Wars who works as a limb for PotP figures. (I do feel like Jazz as a limb and Inferno as a torso is part of a larger push to have all the '84/'85 bots as combiners between this and CW.) There's not really a way to do a Prime Master Hound. A Voyager would feel weird. Maybe as a Legends scale figure in late waves. I think Hound would be best off sitting this line out.

Side note:

If we get an Arcee from Moonracer (the first mass retail Arcee is five or so years old by that point) and we get a Wreck-Gar from Groove, we could be headed towards an '86 movie combiner, which might make certain unorthodox things tempting like a Voyager Magnus or another Kup and Blurr.

EDIT: Or a Springer heavily retooled from Alpha Bravo.

jedpak wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:No shots of Screamer in torso mode? If (big IF) I do get him, he'll be strictly torso. Both the bot and the plane modes look like sh*t.

Same.

+ we're also getting an Elita-1 from that mold too

really?

but would it go with the Titans Return one(as a head)