New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals

Tuesday, September 5th, 2017 5:48PM CDT

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In addition to the first teaser from a couple days ago, we also have a second image from Hasbro directly (via the Transformers Facebook and Instagram pages) about their upcoming reveals at the first ever HASCON - taking place in Rhode Island on 8-10 September!

Check out the probable Terrorcons and Dinobots below, and let us know what you think in the Energon Pub.

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Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1908717)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on September 5th, 2017 @ 5:55pm CDT

Both images are of Sludge/Slog and Hun-Gurrr, each of approximately one-third of the body. All that's missing are head shorts.

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1908718)
Posted by DeathReviews on September 5th, 2017 @ 6:00pm CDT

Definitely looks like Sludge at the top right and bottom left...

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1908719)
Posted by Bronzewolf on September 5th, 2017 @ 6:04pm CDT

The puzzle falls together...

(Now updated with better image!

This was the best I could get them lined up in about 5 minutes)

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1908724)
Posted by Prime Target on September 5th, 2017 @ 6:34pm CDT

All aboard the hype Train!!!!!

I definantly see Sludge and Hun-Gurr there but I can't tell who the other two are the Con I think might be Blot but the Bot I have no idea looks like a Dinobot but none of the five have two heads maybe a new character/Sinnertwin pretool? We might finally get an Abominus :-D

but I still want the full Original Dinobot team.

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1908732)
Posted by Collector Canine on September 5th, 2017 @ 7:10pm CDT

Prime Target wrote:All aboard the hype Train!!!!! I definantly see Sludge and Hun-Gurr there but I can't tell who the other two are the Con I think might be Blot but the Bot I have no idea looks like a Dinobot but none of the five have two heads maybe a new character/Sinnertwin pretool? We might finally get an Abominus but I still want the full Original Dinobot team.

You didn't see those leaks from a while back, did you?

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1908735)
Posted by Albatross250 on September 5th, 2017 @ 9:01pm CDT

Hun Grr has a base mode few decades ago

and No one didn't noticed? :???:

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1908737)
Posted by Prime Target on September 5th, 2017 @ 9:18pm CDT

DigitalBrave3 wrote:
Prime Target wrote:All aboard the hype Train!!!!! I definantly see Sludge and Hun-Gurr there but I can't tell who the other two are the Con I think might be Blot but the Bot I have no idea looks like a Dinobot but none of the five have two heads maybe a new character/Sinnertwin pretool? We might finally get an Abominus but I still want the full Original Dinobot team.

You didn't see those leaks from a while back, did you?

Yeah I did but they weren't confirmed these will be though

Update: Just checked TFormers and holy crap that's a big leak they'res a legends Slash?, Presumable repaints of Shrapnel, Windcharger and Tailgate for reissues like Cosmos , Outback , Battleslash and Roadtrap which I think are gonna be Battletrap and maybe a New Duocon, Cindersaur, Deluxe Terrorcons , Dinobots and Femmebots. that's a hella big reveal

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1908738)
Posted by dragons on September 5th, 2017 @ 9:18pm CDT

Package art means nothing package always looks better to toy when toy is out for public to see judgment will be made

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1908762)
Posted by Collector Canine on September 5th, 2017 @ 10:44pm CDT

Prime Target wrote:
DigitalBrave3 wrote:
Prime Target wrote:All aboard the hype Train!!!!! I definantly see Sludge and Hun-Gurr there but I can't tell who the other two are the Con I think might be Blot but the Bot I have no idea looks like a Dinobot but none of the five have two heads maybe a new character/Sinnertwin pretool? We might finally get an Abominus but I still want the full Original Dinobot team.

You didn't see those leaks from a while back, did you?

Yeah I did but they weren't confirmed these will be though

Update: Just checked TFormers and holy crap that's a big leak they'res a legends Slash?, Presumable repaints of Shrapnel, Windcharger and Tailgate for reissues like Cosmos , Outback , Battleslash and Roadtrap which I think are gonna be Battletrap and maybe a New Duocon, Cindersaur, Deluxe Terrorcons , Dinobots and Femmebots. that's a hella big reveal

It's rumored that Battleslash and Roadtrap will combine into Battletrap, the Dinobots are incredibly likely to combine, Cosmos already got reissued in Titans Return, Legends class Slash is a thing, Shrapnel is presumed to just be a reissue of the Thrilling 30 figure, Femmebots are happening and are very likely to combine, combiner torso Inferno is in the leaks and Jazz is possibly going to go with him, leader class Optimus Prime with the same gimmick as Rodimus Prime, a Galvatron colored repaint of Rodimus, Optimus Primal using the same gimmick as the other leader class figures to become Optimal Optimus, Terrorcons are happening, Cindersaur might be a Slash repaint/remold, we can't tell, Windcharger and Tailgate both share a mold, which is a completely new mold, and Outback is happening as a repaint of Titans Return Brawn. Pretty crazy stuff.

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1908766)
Posted by Nexus Knight on September 5th, 2017 @ 11:17pm CDT

DigitalBrave3 wrote:the Dinobots are incredibly likely to combine

Gulp.

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1908767)
Posted by Collector Canine on September 5th, 2017 @ 11:21pm CDT

Nexus Knight wrote:
DigitalBrave3 wrote:the Dinobots are incredibly likely to combine

Gulp.

I highly doubt it'll be the beast.

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1908775)
Posted by Albatross250 on September 5th, 2017 @ 11:41pm CDT

Nexus Knight wrote:
DigitalBrave3 wrote:the Dinobots are incredibly likely to combine

Gulp.

Wait till Perfect Effect makes the ABDOMINABLE NOPE?

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1908779)
Posted by Nexus Knight on September 6th, 2017 @ 1:56am CDT

DigitalBrave3 wrote:
Nexus Knight wrote:
DigitalBrave3 wrote:the Dinobots are incredibly likely to combine

Gulp.

I highly doubt it'll be the beast.

D'aww, don't suck the joy outta it.

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1908808)
Posted by Mr.MicroMaster on September 6th, 2017 @ 6:38am CDT

This little tease just keep moving the hype train along Power of the Primes is what I'm about Dinobots,Terrorcons,Predaking,Battletrap,Windcharger,Outback,and Eltia-1and crew. I'm so pumped for Power of the Primes.

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1908847)
Posted by frogbat on September 6th, 2017 @ 9:55am CDT

Cant' wait - think there will be more skippable toys for me than the previous 2 lines. On one hand I'd have loved larger dinobots to go up against devastator but this way they'll be more affordable. I'm a but non plussed bout some decisions like the new power master.. you crave a pm update since you start collecting and all of a sudden there are 2 back to back, 3 counting the takara version. Same with Hotrod, if they planned it out a bit better they could've held back the TR hotrod and released him as part of the new line...

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1908848)
Posted by Agamemnon on September 6th, 2017 @ 9:56am CDT

o.supreme wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:I'm loving the fact that Slash is making a crossover from the movie lines to the generations like. I love that!

Now do the same with Scorn and Nitro Zeus!!

Power of the Primes is looking to be a great line. I'm wondering what they will do with the Cybertron Resistance and Dinobot teams for the combined forms. Totally unprecedented really (Beast will not count for the dinobots). Although, if the Cybertron resistance (using it for the ladies) team combines, it will be the 2nd female combiner. man, we are moving along here!

Though, with the idea that they want to release the entire team in the same wave, where will Jazz, Dreadwind and Darkwing fit in? Wave 2 that is sort of random?

I'm pretty sure that Slash's inclusion in the Generations line has less to do with him being a *beloved* character in the AoE line, and more to do with...Hasbro wanted a random 6th Dinobot, Legends class size. They could have went with any number of character names, or created a new one. Personally I think Sling (the Dimetrodon) would have been an awesome choice but...Raptors since JP and all that...

Paddles!

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1908885)
Posted by Rysquad on September 6th, 2017 @ 12:35pm CDT

frogbat wrote:Cant' wait - think there will be more skippable toys for me than the previous 2 lines. On one hand I'd have loved larger dinobots to go up against devastator but this way they'll be more affordable. I'm a but non plussed bout some decisions like the new power master.. you crave a pm update since you start collecting and all of a sudden there are 2 back to back, 3 counting the takara version. Same with Hotrod, if they planned it out a bit better they could've held back the TR hotrod and released him as part of the new line...

Hasbro should have waited - Ultra Magnus should have been in Titans Return with Minimus Ambus as a Titan Master which would have put Powermaster Optimus Prime in Power of the Primes with a proper Power Master.

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1908891)
Posted by william-james88 on September 6th, 2017 @ 12:45pm CDT

Rysquad wrote:
frogbat wrote:Cant' wait - think there will be more skippable toys for me than the previous 2 lines. On one hand I'd have loved larger dinobots to go up against devastator but this way they'll be more affordable. I'm a but non plussed bout some decisions like the new power master.. you crave a pm update since you start collecting and all of a sudden there are 2 back to back, 3 counting the takara version. Same with Hotrod, if they planned it out a bit better they could've held back the TR hotrod and released him as part of the new line...

Hasbro should have waited - Ultra Magnus should have been in Titans Return with Minimus Ambus as a Titan Master which would have put Powermaster Optimus Prime in Power of the Primes with a proper Power Master.

But Minimus ambus doesnt become his head, he is instead inside Ultra magnus, as the toy correctly depicts.

Wont argue with POTP for Power Master Prime though.

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1908896)
Posted by Kurona on September 6th, 2017 @ 1:14pm CDT

I really do like Minimus Ambus being his own figure, especially as while not perfect; it means he scales better with other Lost Lighters than a tiny Titan Master would. Still, ideally he'd be around Legends sized. Or maybe around Deluxe for his intermediate form.

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1908919)
Posted by Rysquad on September 6th, 2017 @ 3:22pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Rysquad wrote:
frogbat wrote:Cant' wait - think there will be more skippable toys for me than the previous 2 lines. On one hand I'd have loved larger dinobots to go up against devastator but this way they'll be more affordable. I'm a but non plussed bout some decisions like the new power master.. you crave a pm update since you start collecting and all of a sudden there are 2 back to back, 3 counting the takara version. Same with Hotrod, if they planned it out a bit better they could've held back the TR hotrod and released him as part of the new line...

Hasbro should have waited - Ultra Magnus should have been in Titans Return with Minimus Ambus as a Titan Master which would have put Powermaster Optimus Prime in Power of the Primes with a proper Power Master.

But Minimus ambus doesnt become his head, he is instead inside Ultra magnus, as the toy correctly depicts.

Wont argue with POTP for Power Master Prime though.

I get that.

I don't really follow the current comic fiction though. My view is more from a tooling and play pattern perspective. Unlike Leaders in Titans Return, Leaders in Combiner Wars don't really interact with the rest of the Combiner Wars line. Ultra Magnus in Combiner Wars seems like a one-off to me.

This could have led to Ultra Magnus with Titan Master Minimus Ambus for the comics or with Titan Master Knock Out or Over-Run for an Energon homage.

Then that mold leads to a proper Power of the Primes Powermaster Optimus Prime...

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1908974)
Posted by Sabrblade on September 6th, 2017 @ 10:19pm CDT

Rysquad wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Rysquad wrote:
frogbat wrote:Cant' wait - think there will be more skippable toys for me than the previous 2 lines. On one hand I'd have loved larger dinobots to go up against devastator but this way they'll be more affordable. I'm a but non plussed bout some decisions like the new power master.. you crave a pm update since you start collecting and all of a sudden there are 2 back to back, 3 counting the takara version. Same with Hotrod, if they planned it out a bit better they could've held back the TR hotrod and released him as part of the new line...

Hasbro should have waited - Ultra Magnus should have been in Titans Return with Minimus Ambus as a Titan Master which would have put Powermaster Optimus Prime in Power of the Primes with a proper Power Master.

But Minimus ambus doesnt become his head, he is instead inside Ultra magnus, as the toy correctly depicts.

Wont argue with POTP for Power Master Prime though.

I get that.

I don't really follow the current comic fiction though. My view is more from a tooling and play pattern perspective. Unlike Leaders in Titans Return, Leaders in Combiner Wars don't really interact with the rest of the Combiner Wars line. Ultra Magnus in Combiner Wars seems like a one-off to me.

This could have led to Ultra Magnus with Titan Master Minimus Ambus for the comics or with Titan Master Knock Out or Over-Run for an Energon homage.

Then that mold leads to a proper Power of the Primes Powermaster Optimus Prime...

But if they'd waited and made an Ultra Magnus with Minimus Ambus as a Titan Master instead, then people would have been deprived of the Ultra Magnus that we did get which did Minimus Ambus the right way.

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1908978)
Posted by william-james88 on September 6th, 2017 @ 10:30pm CDT

Rysquad wrote:
I get that.

I don't really follow the current comic fiction though. My view is more from a tooling and play pattern perspective. Unlike Leaders in Titans Return, Leaders in Combiner Wars don't really interact with the rest of the Combiner Wars line. Ultra Magnus in Combiner Wars seems like a one-off to me.

This could have led to Ultra Magnus with Titan Master Minimus Ambus for the comics or with Titan Master Knock Out or Over-Run for an Energon homage.

Then that mold leads to a proper Power of the Primes Powermaster Optimus Prime...

Trust me, the way they released Ultra Magnus was the best and smartes way possible. Plus, looking at play pattern, its not like the leaders of POTP interact fully with the other figures too. They just have a matrix which can be switched out with a powermaster or titanmaster. So its not even something that only works within POTP.

And I feel we are very fortunate that Hasbro still found ways to give us leaders that are independent of combiners because the sad thing of combiners, especially deluxes, is that they are all simplified to accommodate the combining gimick, at least compared to other Gen deluxes.

Combiners are fun, but when its the same engineering repeated over and over, we get fatigue. Think of it this way, we had 6 waves of new deluxes in combiner wars and by the end there was a very heavy fatigue with the line. But in Titans Return, we are at the end and still want more. Do you know what I mean? For those who like the puzzle aspect of these toys, diversity in molds and engineering is the spice of life.

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1908986)
Posted by Emerje on September 6th, 2017 @ 11:20pm CDT

Just by them now seemingly covering all of the combiner pegs in bot mode is enough to rekindle my interest in CW. Imagine how awesome Prowl, Smokescreen, and Bluestreak would have been if they had shared engineering with Jazz instead of Dead End.

Emerje

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1909059)
Posted by Va'al on September 7th, 2017 @ 10:35am CDT

We have yet another teaser via the official Hasbro Transformers social media channels, for toys to be revealed or announced at Hascon from tomorrow until Sunday - check out the image mirrored below, showing yet another Dinobot, and what looks to be Rippersnapper!

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1909060)
Posted by WarConvoy on September 7th, 2017 @ 10:45am CDT

Or it could be Rippersnapper!

Btw Hello im new

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1909062)
Posted by Microraptor on September 7th, 2017 @ 10:48am CDT

Va'al wrote:We have yet another teaser via the official Hasbro Transformers social media channels, for toys to be revealed or announced at Hascon from tomorrow until Sunday - check out the image mirrored below, showing yet another Dinobot, and what looks to be Beachcomber!

That is definitely Rippersnapper.

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1909063)
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on September 7th, 2017 @ 10:48am CDT

Emerje wrote:Just by them now seemingly covering all of the combiner pegs in bot mode is enough to rekindle my interest in CW. Imagine how awesome Prowl, Smokescreen, and Bluestreak would have been if they had shared engineering with Jazz instead of Dead End.

Emerje

That could go either way. Prowl and his mold mates, along with Dead End and his mold mates all had their pegs covered in bot mode by the fake car hood chest. What made most people tire of those molds was the 10-20 uses between CW, UW and funpub. I suspect if they were all based off the Jazz mode instead, there would still be some apathy toward the Jazz mode then. Basically give us 6+ uses of the same mold, and people will get tired of it.

I think the key is limiting the re-uses of any mold with only a head and deco swap, in favor of more shared engineering and minor retooling.

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1909065)
Posted by Budder Prime on September 7th, 2017 @ 10:58am CDT

I think the Dinobot is Slug/Slag.

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1909069)
Posted by steals_your_goats on September 7th, 2017 @ 11:12am CDT

Dinobot is definitely Snarl, it has spikes on it's tail.

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1909070)
Posted by Albatross250 on September 7th, 2017 @ 11:18am CDT

im either thinking that moonracer will be a dragstrip retool :lol:

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1909073)
Posted by mordhelm on September 7th, 2017 @ 11:24am CDT

steals_your_goats wrote:Dinobot is definitely Snarl, it has spikes on it's tail.

Nope, take a look at the images avaiable for both Snarl and Slag. The feet and tail match Slag. There are no Pentagon shaped spikes on the tail to match the Stegosaurus design of Snarl. Plus the overall coloring is a match to Slag for the leg. Note that Snarl has gold feet, and Slag has Gray feet.

And the right side of the image is definitely of Rippersnapper as well. The leg design and color matches Rippersnapper's toy. Plus, Hasbro has yet to show off a toy that they previously officially revealed as part of the teasers. They would have just shown the whole picture of Beachcomber.

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1909085)
Posted by Va'al on September 7th, 2017 @ 12:25pm CDT

Yeah, I got the blue and white mixed up, and only spotted the blue leg hanging off the leg later - thanks for the pointer, everyone!

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1909086)
Posted by Microraptor on September 7th, 2017 @ 12:26pm CDT

steals_your_goats wrote:Dinobot is definitely Snarl, it has spikes on it's tail.

Yeah, but they're the wrong shape and there's no thagomizer.

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1909087)
Posted by Hydrargyrus on September 7th, 2017 @ 12:27pm CDT

You're overthinking the tail. It's not Snarl because there's no thagomizer.

[EDIT]: Dangit, a minute too late.

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1909089)
Posted by william-james88 on September 7th, 2017 @ 12:31pm CDT

I'm just wondering, does it really matter that we are right on who exactly is in these preview images? We know the terrorcons, dinobots and fembots will be present at the con tomorrow.

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1909091)
Posted by mordhelm on September 7th, 2017 @ 12:35pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:I'm just wondering, does it really matter that we are right on who exactly is in these preview images? We know the terrorcons, dinobots and fembots will be present at the con tomorrow.

Not necessarily, but (to quote Springer) believe it or not, this is the fun part. I, for one, am enjoying analyzing the details of the individual bots teaser reveals to figure out which one it is, and to put my two cents in.

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1909093)
Posted by MCutter on September 7th, 2017 @ 12:40pm CDT

The sparks coming off of the feet make me wonder if it's someone else entirely

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1909097)
Posted by Rodimus Prime on September 7th, 2017 @ 1:01pm CDT

I doubt it's Fizzle, even though the leg and chest kinda look like his. The blue part on the lower leg seems to point to Rippersnapper. And that Dinobot is definitely Slag, the spikes are way too small to be Snarl's. Unless Hasbro filed them down due to safety/engineering reasons.

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1909099)
Posted by Axalon_Prime on September 7th, 2017 @ 1:40pm CDT

Personally, I would love to see a retool of that Power of the Primes Starscream into a proper LeoZack. Heck even throw in a Hound/Swindle recolor as Jaruga. Though I doubt they would show that this weekend...

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1909103)
Posted by DeathReviews on September 7th, 2017 @ 2:23pm CDT

If I know my dinobots by parts, that new pictures would be Slag (or Slug or whatever they call him now) on the Left...

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1909104)
Posted by Dagon on September 7th, 2017 @ 2:24pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:I'm just wondering, does it really matter that we are right on who exactly is in these preview images? We know the terrorcons, dinobots and fembots will be present at the con tomorrow.

I swear, I don't mean this the way I'm worried it may come across, especially to you, Will. But I'm not sure what the issue of this kind of speculation is. If, in the case of the Titan Predaking mock up from the weekend, we're supposed to be glad that Hasbro is "trusting" us or whatever with peeks at what's coming soon, why should we not be feeling more or less the same with these images? If we're talking about arguing which Dinobot this foot and tail belongs to, I can totally agree that it's mostly pointless, since you're right, we do know that we're getting Dinobots, and we can reasonably surmise that we'll see them over the weekend. But don't we know we're getting Dinobots either from that Powerpoint of images from the summer that was pulled from the boards because Hasbro was upset that it leaked, or from the 4chan leak that was decried as fake because Hasbro hadn't confirmed the info? So basically, through a combo of leaks that we're supposed to reject or accept based mostly on brand loyalty, we know that these images are of the DinobotS, as in not just a Grimlock or a Slag, but the whole team. We heard about Titan Predaking through the 4chan leak, and got a picture last weekend. We heard about Dinos and Terrorcons through both leaks, and now are getting official teaser images of them.

So, what are we supposed to do? Are we supposed to get hyped at leaked news, or disregard it and wait for the official news that, when it leaks out like these images, we are then not serving any purpose in speculating over? While I realize it's fun to guess Dinobot feet, I don't care enough to join in, because I know we're getting Dinobots, because that 4chan leak told us that. At least the Terrorcons all look different, and we're not just counting toes or looking for thagomizers, a word I only know because of Dinobots. I'm finding the Terrorcon images exciting, because they seem like they're going to look like the Terrorcons, and not just some rando monster things called Terrorcons, the way the AoE Dinobots ended up being not really the kind of Dinobots that I had interest in.

I mean, we're fans. You know how fans are. A half second image of a finger in a movie trailer and we're off to the races trying to identify who it belongs to. There's no real harm in it, especially when we already know what's coming, again, from the 4chan leak and that Powerpoint.

But that's totally Rippersnapper. No way it's Fizzle. :lol:

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1909105)
Posted by Kurona on September 7th, 2017 @ 2:28pm CDT

Also, partly because that leak was pulled so quickly and partly because not every fan follows every single leak; this is news to a fair amount of people. Probably not a majority of our posters, but still to some of them.

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1909108)
Posted by Dr. Caelus on September 7th, 2017 @ 2:56pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:I'm just wondering, does it really matter that we are right on who exactly is in these preview images? We know the terrorcons, dinobots and fembots will be present at the con tomorrow.

I'm reminded of the bit about baseball in Blast from the Past.

"Because he must!"

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1909110)
Posted by Etseterrestrial on September 7th, 2017 @ 3:02pm CDT

I'm already seeing Air Raid in Rippersnapper and I'm assuming Sludge and Hungurr will be retools of each other. Gah, Hasbro's becoming more and more predictable.

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1909113)
Posted by Kurona on September 7th, 2017 @ 3:14pm CDT

Etseterrestrial wrote:I'm already seeing Air Raid in Rippersnapper and I'm assuming Sludge and Hungurr will be retools of each other. Gah, Hasbro's becoming more and more predictable.

Not at all, given Sludge is a Deluxe and Hun-Gurr is a Voyager.

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1909117)
Posted by Emerje on September 7th, 2017 @ 3:41pm CDT

TF-fan kev777 wrote:
Emerje wrote:Just by them now seemingly covering all of the combiner pegs in bot mode is enough to rekindle my interest in CW. Imagine how awesome Prowl, Smokescreen, and Bluestreak would have been if they had shared engineering with Jazz instead of Dead End.

Emerje

That could go either way. Prowl and his mold mates, along with Dead End and his mold mates all had their pegs covered in bot mode by the fake car hood chest. What made most people tire of those molds was the 10-20 uses between CW, UW and funpub. I suspect if they were all based off the Jazz mode instead, there would still be some apathy toward the Jazz mode then. Basically give us 6+ uses of the same mold, and people will get tired of it.

I think the key is limiting the re-uses of any mold with only a head and deco swap, in favor of more shared engineering and minor retooling.

Really just comes down to being the right chest. Prowl and the like just don't quite look right with a (forgive me for saying this) flat chest. I'm not saying they should do them again or shouldn't have done him before, just that it's too bad they weren't a little more creative back during CW and made something like Jazz back then. Sure, we'd then have four uses of the Jazz mold, but that sure does beat the 16 uses of Dead End that we have now.

william-james88 wrote:I'm just wondering, does it really matter that we are right on who exactly is in these preview images? We know the terrorcons, dinobots and fembots will be present at the con tomorrow.

"Who's that Pokemon?"

Will: "What does it matter, we've already seen them all."

Emerje

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1909118)
Posted by Prime Target on September 7th, 2017 @ 3:44pm CDT

The con is Ripppersnapper for sure :-D

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1909137)
Posted by Qwan on September 7th, 2017 @ 5:41pm CDT

Etseterrestrial wrote:I'm already seeing Air Raid in Rippersnapper and I'm assuming Sludge and Hungurr will be retools of each other. Gah, Hasbro's becoming more and more predictable.

Ah yes, you can really see the similarities in the... presence of legs and arms.

Okay to be fair I can see what you're talking about to some extent, but there are plenty of details which don't match up either. The feet seem to be quite similar-looking, but at the same time the knees and shins look almost totally different - and since those are all one part, what would be the point in creating a newly-tooled part that just so happened to be 20% identical to the original one? I think it's more likely that some details just happened to line up, rather than that Hasbro immediately jumped on the opportunity to turn a jet into a limbed shark just 'cause they're so lazy and predictable.

The possibility isn't out of the question, I'll grant you that - the more I think about it, the more Air Raid's or the other Aerialbots' engineering could work for Rippersnapper (would that really be so bad anyway? It'd still be a significant enough change to feel relatively new and we know it'd be a solidly-engineered toy at least) - but I think it's a little too early yet to cry "predictable retool". Let's wait until we actually see the toy(s) before we denounce them as non-original molds; otherwise, you're just making the prediction that Hasbro's being predictable, and if that doesn't do one's head in I don't know what would. :lol:

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1909249)
Posted by Hwk13 on September 8th, 2017 @ 8:45am CDT

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Scrolling through Instagram and came across this pic under the #hascon

Re: New Teaser for Transformers: Power of the Primes #Hascon Reveals (1909254)
Posted by Tyrannacon on September 8th, 2017 @ 9:00am CDT

HasCon is underway and thanks to Seibertronian Hwk13 and monizmischief on Instagram we've got a better look at the upcoming Deluxe Jazz figure. Check it out below: