New Images of Transformers Power of the Primes Predaking in Figure Oh! Magazine

The size difference between Predaking and Devastator is less than I thought it would be, which is encouraging. They do scale well together, even if they are not to scale with all other combiners.

Where are the damn swords????

Nope. All the nice photography in the world can't hide the disappointment.

Predaking ROCKS. I'm so excited. Everything just looks perfect. No, it's not the exact same thing as the G1 toy, but it's a really nice update. Great looking, sleek combined mode, and the limbs don't sacrifice as much as Devastator's did. I miss the days of Thrilling 30, where things could be slightly modernised and wouldn't be crucified for it.

He's shorter that Devastator?!?!

Honestly? My problem is it isn't modernized enough. "G1 with knees" can work if the original figure was really good anyway (see the Decepticon Targetmasters) but with Predaking, with his unbearably doofy beast modes, questionable robot designs and proportions and...interestingly proportioned combined mode courtesy of Razorclaw being too damn small for his own good, you need to do a hell of a lot of modernizing to make him look even passable. As is, the robot modes are forgettable, the beast modes are actually painful to look at and the combined mode, whilst better proportioned than his G1 self and impressive in size, is painfully lacking in other areas (notably having details that aren't just squares) and doesn't even have his big ol' sword, not to mention how much the combined mode compromised the individuals just because they felt some obsession to keep them all the same size in spite of the fact that plain and simple doesn't work for a five-man traditional combiner and ARGH.

And on top of that, all three 3P offerings suck too. TFC looks cool but has terrible build quality, UT's looks decent but again, not brilliantly built and looks iffy not combined, and MMC's, whilst the best built, has some iffy design features (notably the enormous feet).

Sabrblade wrote:He's shorter that Devastator?!?!

Probably because Devastator has that much more mass to work with. Predaking only has 5 voyager figures making up its bulk while Devastator enjoys 6 voyager figures altogether. Predaking doesn't really look that much shorter than Devastator, to be honest. They'll be bookending my display of Decepticon combiners, so the height difference will be even less noticeable for me in hand.

I'm excited for Predaking but a lot of things are sad:

Divebomb's alt mode head size
Predaking's waist size, lack of spiked knuckles, NO SWORDS

this is going to be a 3rd party dream come true...

Boy. That's a lot of cubes.

Wish they had magazines like that in English. My Japanese is not good enough to read all of that.

Fight or Flight.

On the fight aspects, Predaking is already a done deal. Unless there'll be a running change on parts that turn out iffy (like God Ginrai's ankles etc or Trypticon's exploding hips) what you see is what you get. So fighting this behemoth is futile.

Too bad no swords and Takara seems not to be making one since the "unification" business model with Hb.

Flight.

Disappointed? Then don't buy him and avoid the stressor to your psyche aka the Predaking thread.

Black Hat wrote:Honestly? My problem is it isn't modernized enough. "G1 with knees" can work if the original figure was really good anyway (see the Decepticon Targetmasters) but with Predaking, with his unbearably doofy beast modes, questionable robot designs and proportions and...interestingly proportioned combined mode courtesy of Razorclaw being too damn small for his own good, you need to do a hell of a lot of modernizing to make him look even passable. As is, the robot modes are forgettable, the beast modes are actually painful to look at and the combined mode, whilst better proportioned than his G1 self and impressive in size, is painfully lacking in other areas (notably having details that aren't just squares) and doesn't even have his big ol' sword, not to mention how much the combined mode compromised the individuals just because they felt some obsession to keep them all the same size in spite of the fact that plain and simple doesn't work for a five-man traditional combiner and ARGH.

And on top of that, all three 3P offerings suck too. TFC looks cool but has terrible build quality, UT's looks decent but again, not brilliantly built and looks iffy not combined, and MMC's, whilst the best built, has some iffy design features (notably the enormous feet).

Those Preds look very spot on to me. Their very oldscool. And I think they were all about the same size to each other on the G1 show. I'm not 100% sure on that but I've been meaning to rewatch season 3 again. At least the good episodes. Though Predaking shoulda had spiked fists and a sword.

I am disappointed as I wanted the Predacons to be in the same scale as the other combiners.

I'll only pick up Predaking when the price drops dramatically and if i miss him i won't cry about it...well at least not in public

It doesn't look.....bad, but it doesn't look enough to displace my G1 Predaking, so, I'm good.

This looks amazing!

WreckerJack wrote:Wish they had magazines like that in English. My Japanese is not good enough to read all of that.

Back in the day we used to have a bunch of different magazines like ToyFare, Lee's Action Figure News and Toy Review, and Tomart's Action Figure Digest among others. Early ToyFare magazines came with posters and I had them all over my bedroom wall in the 90s like most teens had bikini babes. Unfortunately all of these magazines no longer exist. Japan has a different print culture since people spend so much of their time commuting on trains giving them more time to flip through magazines and manga anthologies.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

WreckerJack wrote:Wish they had magazines like that in English. My Japanese is not good enough to read all of that.

Back in the day we used to have a bunch of different magazines like ToyFare, Lee's Action Figure News and Toy Review, and Tomart's Action Figure Digest among others. Early ToyFare magazines came with posters and I had them all over my bedroom wall in the 90s like most teens had bikini babes. Unfortunately all of these magazines no longer exist. Japan has a different print culture since people spend so much of their time commuting on trains giving them more time to flip through magazines and manga anthologies.

Emerje

God, I miss Toyfare. We had a flood in our basement a few years ago, and my comic book box with every single issue of ToyFare printed (maybe save 2 or 3) was destroyed. I legit shed a tear over it.

Seibertron wrote:Where are the damn swords????

Something tells me this brand cohesion between Hasbro and Takara was driven by Hasbro's concerns over lost sales from Takara's "Better" versions. I'm sure if they were left to their own devices, swords would be the start of what Takara would improve.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Seibertron wrote:Where are the damn swords????

Something tells me this brand cohesion between Hasbro and Takara was driven by Hasbro's concerns over lost sales from Takara's "Better" versions. I'm sure if they were left to their own devices, swords would be the start of what Takara would improve.

Still, a Takara one would be much more expensive. Plus dealing with shipping and customs.
Meh, there WILL be a 3P upgrate kit / weapon pack soon enough. ¯\_ツ_/¯

-Kanrabat- wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Seibertron wrote:Where are the damn swords????

Something tells me this brand cohesion between Hasbro and Takara was driven by Hasbro's concerns over lost sales from Takara's "Better" versions. I'm sure if they were left to their own devices, swords would be the start of what Takara would improve.

Still, a Takara one would be much more expensive. Plus dealing with shipping and customs.
Meh, there WILL be a 3P upgrate kit / weapon pack soon enough. ¯\_ツ_/¯

This is true plus there's still sdcc to come...

I like him, I don't like the thighs hanging off the backs but I will still probably get him at some point.

Unless it's been confirmed by Hasbro that this will be an online exclusive I would think that it will at least show up at think geek. Those are usually found in malls in the us, I dont know if they are anywhere else.

I must admit Predaking's tiny waist is bugging me a little bit.

Hasbro interviewing a potential photographer:

H-"Have you ever seen A toy, in your entire life?"

P-"Nope, not even familiar with the concept."

H-"You're hired."

>Large hips
>Tiny waist
>Ample bosom

So, it's Predaqueen then?

-Kanrabat- wrote:>Large hips
>Tiny waist
>Ample bosom

So, it's Predaqueen then?

What are you talking about, there's nothing remotely-

...

Congratulations Hasbro, you gave PREDAKING more womanly proportions than TR Arcee.

I would totally buy an actually intentionally female set of amazonian Predacons though.

Black Hat wrote:I would totally buy an actually intentionally female set of amazonian Predacons though.

Will Exclusive-Chan do it?

Black Hat wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:>Large hips
>Tiny waist
>Ample bosom

So, it's Predaqueen then?

What are you talking about, there's nothing remotely-

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Congratulations Hasbro, you gave PREDAKING more womanly proportions than TR Arcee.

I would totally buy an actually intentionally female set of amazonian Predacons though.

You know what? I think I would go for that as well

We have a brief update for the divisively anticipated new Titan class figure in the Transformers: Power of the Primes toyline, in the form of the newest rendition of the Predacon team and their combined form, the mighty Predaking - thanks to Canadian online retailer Northmen Collectibles, we have a pre-order with some new stock photography for the savage gestalt, contradicting previous news reports about a September 2018 release.

October 2018 appears to be the new date, though that may not be the case for all releases of the set, and the current price listed is $229 CAD (approx 178 USD at the time of writing). Check out the description and images below, and join the discussion!

TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS POWER OF THE PRIMES PREDAKING (PRE-ORDER)

The Autobots and Decepticons use Prime Masters to wield the incredible powers of the legendary bots who shaped the universe: the Primes. Anything is possible and everything is at stake when the Power of the Primes is unleashed! This Titan Class Predaking figure is the largest in the Transformers: Generations Power of the Primes lineup. This all-in-one Predaking Combiner set includes 5 Voyager Class Predacon figures: Divebomb, Headstrong, Rampage, Razorclaw, and Torox. The 7-inch scale figures convert from robot to beast and combine to form a menacing Predaking figure! The Predaking Combiner stands 18 inches tall. Insert the special edition Onyx Prime Prime Master figure into the included Onyx Matrix accessory and imagine Predaking wields power beyond imagination. Combined robot stands 18-inches tall. Includes 5 Voyager Class Predacon figures, Onyx Matrix accessory, poster, and instructions.

Despite it's flaws, I'll be buying that Predaking for sure. However, should I wait for a sale or not? Because for the Citybots, everyone who waited won big time. But for Devastator, the early bird got the worm. So where will PotP Predaking stand?

Is that main combined form picture mistransformed or does it genuinely look that weird?

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Is that main combined form picture mistransformed or does it genuinely look that weird?

Well all it takes is looking at it. The wings are folded down in predatking mode and not in divebombs condor mode. So no obviously the wings always stay in. The arms seem short but the individual robot legs which are the elbows seem longer so again the arms are naturally short.

Seriously you can’t figure out its mistransformed. Someone need to tell you even with photos in front of you.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Is that main combined form picture mistransformed or does it genuinely look that weird?

I believe it is mistransformed.

Or just posed badly.

Yeah it's mistransformed, but it's looks are one of those marmite things (you either love it or you don't) I have a growing urge to want to play with it but I just can't justify the price.

This is hands down the worst rendition of Predaking to this date. Just like Hasbrostator, this guy is getting skipped for being oversized and underwhelming. As long as I get the other 3 Terrorcons and Firestar im good with POTP. If I find the monkey or the elusive pretenders even better but nothing to die for. Im ready for WFC trilogy. Bring us some autobot targetmasters and a scorponok please.

Randomhero wrote:
Seriously you can’t figure out its mistransformed. Someone need to tell you even with photos in front of you.

Take it easy.
Brand new figure, with a reputation of strange proportions and design choices, with actually very few images out there of it. Not everybody knows how he's supposed to look.
Stop antagonizing.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Despite it's flaws, I'll be buying that Predaking for sure. However, should I wait for a sale or not? Because for the Citybots, everyone who waited won big time. But for Devastator, the early bird got the worm. So where will PotP Predaking stand?

im right there with you on that one
there will be sales for sure like HTS or entertainment earth which is where i got Fort Max for 75$
i went ahead and got the unite warriors devastator with the perfect combiner addon i can say money well spent

Ultra Markus wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Despite it's flaws, I'll be buying that Predaking for sure. However, should I wait for a sale or not? Because for the Citybots, everyone who waited won big time. But for Devastator, the early bird got the worm. So where will PotP Predaking stand?

im right there with you on that one
there will be sales for sure like HTS or entertainment earth which is where i got Fort Max for 75$
i went ahead and got the unite warriors devastator with the perfect combiner addon i can say money well spent

I too went for UW Devastator, I dont regret it one bit either. I vote with my wallet and Takara went the extra mile for him (plus the price was the same as Hasbro so why not). But with this guy, I will definitely not be buying at full price. If me saving money on this Predaking means no more poorly done Titan Class figures coming out, then so be it.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Despite it's flaws, I'll be buying that Predaking for sure. However, should I wait for a sale or not? Because for the Citybots, everyone who waited won big time. But for Devastator, the early bird got the worm. So where will PotP Predaking stand?

Well, there is a rumor, albeit one that pops up pretty frequently, that Predaking is going to be watched by Hasbro.This rumor postulates that Fort Max and Trypticon did not sell out like Metroplex and Devy did (although I have never seen hard $$ numbers), an Hasbro may have saturated their market of "Big Figures". If he sells, proving there is still room in the market for more Titan figures, then they'll keep going, but if Preds sits until Blowout Prices then we may not be getting any more for a while.

Flashwave wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Despite it's flaws, I'll be buying that Predaking for sure. However, should I wait for a sale or not? Because for the Citybots, everyone who waited won big time. But for Devastator, the early bird got the worm. So where will PotP Predaking stand?

Well, there is a rumor, albeit one that pops up pretty frequently, that Predaking is going to be watched by Hasbro.This rumor postulates that Fort Max and Trypticon did not sell out like Metroplex and Devy did (although I have never seen hard $$ numbers), an Hasbro may have saturated their market of "Big Figures". If he sells, proving there is still room in the market for more Titan figures, then they'll keep going, but if Preds sits until Blowout Prices then we may not be getting any more for a while.

Well, Fort Max was just a weak figure. Everyone saw it and decided to wait for a sale. Heck, Hasbro themselves didn't put a full budget into it. What did they expect?

As for Trypy, I think a few people were put off by the QC issues but I might be wrong on that.

william-james88 wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Despite it's flaws, I'll be buying that Predaking for sure. However, should I wait for a sale or not? Because for the Citybots, everyone who waited won big time. But for Devastator, the early bird got the worm. So where will PotP Predaking stand?

im right there with you on that one
there will be sales for sure like HTS or entertainment earth which is where i got Fort Max for 75$
i went ahead and got the unite warriors devastator with the perfect combiner addon i can say money well spent

I too went for UW Devastator, I dont regret it one bit either. I vote with my wallet and Takara went the extra mile for him (plus the price was the same as Hasbro so why not). But with this guy, I will definitely not be buying at full price. If me saving money on this Predaking means no more poorly done Titan Class figures coming out, then so be it.

Pretty much my thoughts exactly. If my buying Predaking at full-price solely to support the continuation of the Titan class means that we'll get more Titans of Predaking's caliber, I don't need those to exist anyway to be honest.

Qwan wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Ultra Markus wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Despite it's flaws, I'll be buying that Predaking for sure. However, should I wait for a sale or not? Because for the Citybots, everyone who waited won big time. But for Devastator, the early bird got the worm. So where will PotP Predaking stand?

im right there with you on that one
there will be sales for sure like HTS or entertainment earth which is where i got Fort Max for 75$
i went ahead and got the unite warriors devastator with the perfect combiner addon i can say money well spent

I too went for UW Devastator, I dont regret it one bit either. I vote with my wallet and Takara went the extra mile for him (plus the price was the same as Hasbro so why not). But with this guy, I will definitely not be buying at full price. If me saving money on this Predaking means no more poorly done Titan Class figures coming out, then so be it.

Pretty much my thoughts exactly. If my buying Predaking at full-price solely to support the continuation of the Titan class means that we'll get more Titans of Predaking's caliber, I don't need those to exist anyway to be honest.

Maybe this predaking is a test for us fans to see how much we actually care and if we don't care enough no more titan class

Ultra Markus wrote:

Qwan wrote:

william-james88 wrote:I too went for UW Devastator, I dont regret it one bit either. I vote with my wallet and Takara went the extra mile for him (plus the price was the same as Hasbro so why not). But with this guy, I will definitely not be buying at full price. If me saving money on this Predaking means no more poorly done Titan Class figures coming out, then so be it.

Pretty much my thoughts exactly. If my buying Predaking at full-price solely to support the continuation of the Titan class means that we'll get more Titans of Predaking's caliber, I don't need those to exist anyway to be honest.

Maybe this predaking is a test for us fans to see how much we actually care and if we don't care enough no more titan class

I don't think Predaking would have the express purpose of being a test, but it's possible(?) that Hasbro will watch his sales carefully and if he does really bad they might pull the plug on Titans. (Though, to be fair, every single Titan so far has had that rumor surrounding them, and it hasn't been true yet.) If it is the case though, then there are only two options consumers can vote for with their wallets - no more Titans, or a continuation of the Titan class with more figures on par with Predaking. And if those are the choices, I guess I really don't care enough to want the Titan class to continue...

Man, I don't wanna be a downer! I'm really looking forward to a potential Omega Supreme in the coming years, and I like the Titan class as a concept. I adore UW Devastator, Trypticon is pretty great, and Fort Max isn't that bad either! I'm just not a big fan of this Predaking at all, so I just end up sounding unenthusiastic about the whole concept

If they stop titan class though they may just stick all future big figures on the haslab instead.

Bronzewolf wrote:

Randomhero wrote:
Seriously you can’t figure out its mistransformed. Someone need to tell you even with photos in front of you.

Take it easy.
Brand new figure, with a reputation of strange proportions and design choices, with actually very few images out there of it. Not everybody knows how he's supposed to look.
Stop antagonizing.

Thanks. Yeah that was a bit rude of that guy. I could tell the wings weren't up properly but the general body proportions seemed so off but I couldn't tell if it was bad posing, mistransformation or the toy is just that wonky. A lil bit of all of those it would seem. An easy pass.

Flashwave wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Despite it's flaws, I'll be buying that Predaking for sure. However, should I wait for a sale or not? Because for the Citybots, everyone who waited won big time. But for Devastator, the early bird got the worm. So where will PotP Predaking stand?

Well, there is a rumor, albeit one that pops up pretty frequently, that Predaking is going to be watched by Hasbro.This rumor postulates that Fort Max and Trypticon did not sell out like Metroplex and Devy did (although I have never seen hard $$ numbers), an Hasbro may have saturated their market of "Big Figures". If he sells, proving there is still room in the market for more Titan figures, then they'll keep going, but if Preds sits until Blowout Prices then we may not be getting any more for a while.

Would that really be that big of a loss? I'd much rather see the Titan Class go away and mo ey put back into better smaller figures.

Ironhidensh wrote:

Flashwave wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Despite it's flaws, I'll be buying that Predaking for sure. However, should I wait for a sale or not? Because for the Citybots, everyone who waited won big time. But for Devastator, the early bird got the worm. So where will PotP Predaking stand?

Well, there is a rumor, albeit one that pops up pretty frequently, that Predaking is going to be watched by Hasbro.This rumor postulates that Fort Max and Trypticon did not sell out like Metroplex and Devy did (although I have never seen hard $$ numbers), an Hasbro may have saturated their market of "Big Figures". If he sells, proving there is still room in the market for more Titan figures, then they'll keep going, but if Preds sits until Blowout Prices then we may not be getting any more for a while.

Would that really be that big of a loss? I'd much rather see the Titan Class go away and mo ey put back into better smaller figures.

This. Titans, at their current size with the current budget, are disasters for the most part. Either keep the price and scale them down so they have more plastic and parts to work with, or keep them the same size but put the price/budget up.

I miss old Supreme toys.

I still think this Predaking looks great, and it's a definite upgrade from the G1 original. I like it so much, I'm going to buy TWO! (Though, I always double up on my combiners anyway. )

Man, they really are pushing back his release date a lot. Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the previous Titans get released during the summer, like around July or August, and how this guy is due in October? There won't be enough time at this point to start putting him on massive Christmas sales.

And sadly with the Titan class, I must agree. Predaking looks to be the weakest of the 5, and that is saying something when you look at their effort with Fort Max. He is 5 voyagers for $150, maybe $175, he has a few small guns that combine to form an arm cannon in combined mode, and that's about it. And the individuals are quite weak too. I'm here hoping for a Titan Primus, Unicron, Omega, Tidal Wave, and maybe Scorponok, and I would be sad if they got this level of respect in the toyline.

Trypticon and Devastator were fantastic to me, I adore both. But here, I really wish they would have worked with him more before releasing him. It's just not that good, and I cannot justify even buying him this year.

MagicDeath wrote:

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Is that main combined form picture mistransformed or does it genuinely look that weird?

I believe it is mistransformed.

Or just posed badly.

I don't know how but that picture of Predaking doesn't look so bad.

RiddlerJ wrote:

Flashwave wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Despite it's flaws, I'll be buying that Predaking for sure. However, should I wait for a sale or not? Because for the Citybots, everyone who waited won big time. But for Devastator, the early bird got the worm. So where will PotP Predaking stand?

Well, there is a rumor, albeit one that pops up pretty frequently, that Predaking is going to be watched by Hasbro.This rumor postulates that Fort Max and Trypticon did not sell out like Metroplex and Devy did (although I have never seen hard $$ numbers), an Hasbro may have saturated their market of "Big Figures". If he sells, proving there is still room in the market for more Titan figures, then they'll keep going, but if Preds sits until Blowout Prices then we may not be getting any more for a while.

Well, Fort Max was just a weak figure. Everyone saw it and decided to wait for a sale. Heck, Hasbro themselves didn't put a full budget into it. What did they expect?

As for Trypy, I think a few people were put off by the QC issues but I might be wrong on that.

I bet that Fort Max didn't even have launch ramps or a jail cell. I didnt care for the city mode either.