Transformers: Power of The Primes Figures Sighted in Peru!
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Posted by Sabrblade on April 17th, 2018 @ 10:33pm CDT
Because Ultra Magnus (and the equally applicable Star Saber) lost the fan vote to Optimus Primal. Magnus was one of the options in that poll, and if he had won, we'd be getting a new Evolution toy of him instead of the actual winner, Optimus Primal.KVO Prime wrote:I want this...
This does beg the question.. why is the one figure that USED this gimmick to begin with, Ultra Magnus, not being incorporated into it, lol... I get that we already have a UM fig with Minimus Ambus, but this gimmick was his to begin with.
KVO PRIME
Posted by Ultra Markus on April 17th, 2018 @ 10:38pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Because Ultra Magnus (and the equally applicable Star Saber) lost the fan vote to Optimus Primal. Magnus was one of the options in that poll, and if he had won, we'd be getting a new Evolution toy of him instead of the actual winner, Optimus Primal.KVO Prime wrote:I want this...
This does beg the question.. why is the one figure that USED this gimmick to begin with, Ultra Magnus, not being incorporated into it, lol... I get that we already have a UM fig with Minimus Ambus, but this gimmick was his to begin with.
KVO PRIME
even though i like that Optimus Primal i would have liked to see Star Saber more so
Posted by Albatross250 on April 17th, 2018 @ 10:45pm CDT
Lore Keeper wrote:I love that they gave Pax a new head, as I was disappointed Nemesis Hot Rod didn't go that extra mile. I wonder what the smaller robot's name will be. Ooh, how about Scourge? A Scourge that turns into Nemesis Prime? Yes, please!
SHHH. don't let make more ideas again
Posted by Sabrblade on April 17th, 2018 @ 10:45pm CDT
I get the feeling that that John Warden and his team were hoping/anticipating the likes of either Star Saber and Deszaras "Unknown Evil" would win instead.Ultra Markus wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Because Ultra Magnus (and the equally applicable Star Saber) lost the fan vote to Optimus Primal. Magnus was one of the options in that poll, and if he had won, we'd be getting a new Evolution toy of him instead of the actual winner, Optimus Primal.KVO Prime wrote:I want this...
This does beg the question.. why is the one figure that USED this gimmick to begin with, Ultra Magnus, not being incorporated into it, lol... I get that we already have a UM fig with Minimus Ambus, but this gimmick was his to begin with.
KVO PRIME
even though i like that Optimus Primal i would have liked to see Star Saber more so
Posted by Skritz on April 17th, 2018 @ 11:32pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:I get the feeling that that John Warden and his team were hoping/anticipating the likes of either Star Saber and Deszaras "Unknown Evil" would win instead.Ultra Markus wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Because Ultra Magnus (and the equally applicable Star Saber) lost the fan vote to Optimus Primal. Magnus was one of the options in that poll, and if he had won, we'd be getting a new Evolution toy of him instead of the actual winner, Optimus Primal.KVO Prime wrote:I want this...
This does beg the question.. why is the one figure that USED this gimmick to begin with, Ultra Magnus, not being incorporated into it, lol... I get that we already have a UM fig with Minimus Ambus, but this gimmick was his to begin with.
KVO PRIME
even though i like that Optimus Primal i would have liked to see Star Saber more so
I'm surprised they didn't just fake Star Saber winning. Or just made Star Saber anyway.
Posted by Emerje on April 17th, 2018 @ 11:46pm CDT
Skritz wrote:I'm surprised they didn't just fake Star Saber winning. Or just made Star Saber anyway.
They still could. Since Star Saber doesn't really evolve so much as power up with armor they could easily make him part of the War for Cybertron line and he'd fit the theme fine since the line doesn't have a unifying gimmick. We know Hasbro designs these before the pole results are revealed so at least some of the hard work is already done.
Emerje
Posted by Skritz on April 17th, 2018 @ 11:49pm CDT
Emerje wrote:Skritz wrote:I'm surprised they didn't just fake Star Saber winning. Or just made Star Saber anyway.
They still could. Since Star Saber doesn't really evolve so much as power up with armor they could easily make him part of the War for Cybertron line and he'd fit the theme fine since the line doesn't have a unifying gimmick. We know Hasbro designs these before the pole results are revealed so at least some of the hard work is already done.
Emerje
I hope so! Not going to lie: sure, I'm a Beast Wars fan and voted for Primal but back when I did it was under the idea he'd 1) never win and 2) didn't know about the gimmick. Not that a single vote mattered but still...
Posted by ZeroWolf on April 18th, 2018 @ 4:12am CDT
Posted by Deadput on April 18th, 2018 @ 6:43am CDT
Posted by Skritz on April 18th, 2018 @ 11:31am CDT
Design-wise there have been far less terrible re-imagining, really.
Posted by Ultra Markus on April 18th, 2018 @ 1:49pm CDT
Skritz wrote:Star Saber is definitely a guy I can see showing up as a Leader or gimmick-gutted Voyager in future lines, especially if they choose to remove his Saber-to-Star Saber gimmick which everyone think would have been perfect for 'Leader Evolution'. There's the potential to simply make him re-imagined as one larger spaceship, which would make his design a bit less like the Victory anime/toy and a bit more like his crappy comic self.
Design-wise there have been far less terrible re-imagining, really.
Yeah but when I look at leader POTP optimus and rodimus I'm thinking they could have done a better job its like their alt modes were an afterthought
Especially optimus primes
Its like they got lazy
Posted by william-james88 on April 18th, 2018 @ 1:56pm CDT
Ultra Markus wrote:Yeah but when I look at leader POTP optimus and rodimus I'm thinking they could have done a better job its like their alt modes were an afterthought
Especially optimus primes
Its like they got lazy
I really think they did an amazing job for Rodimus' alt mode. That cybertronian winebago is easily his best looking mode.
Posted by Skritz on April 18th, 2018 @ 2:33pm CDT
Posted by Ultra Markus on April 18th, 2018 @ 4:04pm CDT
its lazy because they made hotrod just attach to a camper and didn't at least make the car section a little more truck like, everything else is fine thoughwilliam-james88 wrote:Ultra Markus wrote:Yeah but when I look at leader POTP optimus and rodimus I'm thinking they could have done a better job its like their alt modes were an afterthought
Especially optimus primes
Its like they got lazy
I really think they did an amazing job for Rodimus' alt mode. That cybertronian winebago is easily his best looking mode.
Hotrod buy himself is really good rodimus prime botmode is ok
Posted by Sabrblade on April 18th, 2018 @ 4:09pm CDT
And yet, no one complained years ago when FansProject did the exact same thing in their making their Protector armor trailer attach to Classics Rodimus's vehicle mode.Ultra Markus wrote:its lazy because they made hotrod just attach to a camper and didn't at least make the car section a little more truck like,
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 18th, 2018 @ 4:14pm CDT
Ultra Markus wrote:its lazy because they made hotrod just attach to a camper and didn't at least make the car section a little more truck like, everything else is fine though
Hotrod buy himself is really good rodimus prime botmode is ok
Turn the car 180, flip up the back, add a new front piece...
Nope, impossible
Posted by Flashwave on April 18th, 2018 @ 4:18pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Ultra Markus wrote:its lazy because they made hotrod just attach to a camper and didn't at least make the car section a little more truck like, everything else is fine though
Hotrod buy himself is really good rodimus prime botmode is ok
Turn the car 180, flip up the back, add a new front piece...
Nope, impossible
Nah, just expensive
Posted by Ultra Markus on April 18th, 2018 @ 9:51pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:And yet, no one complained years ago when FansProject did the exact same thing in their making their Protector armor trailer attach to Classics Rodimus's vehicle mode.Ultra Markus wrote:its lazy because they made hotrod just attach to a camper and didn't at least make the car section a little more truck like,
yeah i dont know much about that one for one its also an addon to an existing official figure
this rodimus prime is 100% official
im just saying that we got this
instead its should be more like this
Posted by william-james88 on April 18th, 2018 @ 9:58pm CDT
Posted by Ultra Markus on April 18th, 2018 @ 10:05pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:I disagree. There is a transformation aspect to the Cybertronian winnebago mode where the tubes connect to give the impression of a continuous vehicle. I much preffer this to the major cheat that was MP 09. So yeah, with no exageration, POTP Rodimus' alt mode is above MP quality engineering.
you cant be serious
Posted by Sabrblade on April 18th, 2018 @ 10:06pm CDT
It's just that the car's front has a really long nose.
Posted by Ultra Markus on April 18th, 2018 @ 10:08pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:The back end of the car goes pretty far inside the trailer; about halfway through it, even.
It's just that the car's front has a really long nose.
i guess the long nose of the car is my issue everything else about the figure is fine
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on April 18th, 2018 @ 10:10pm CDT
Posted by Ultra Markus on April 18th, 2018 @ 10:11pm CDT
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Maybe I'm old and can't remember, but back in the day the Space Winnebago looked mostly like it does now.
except for the long nose
Posted by Ultra Markus on April 18th, 2018 @ 10:14pm CDT
Ultra Markus wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Maybe I'm old and can't remember, but back in the day the Space Winnebago looked mostly like it does now.
except for the long nose
Posted by Sabrblade on April 18th, 2018 @ 10:15pm CDT
It's because of the figure maintaining the proper shape of the car, whereas in 1986, Rodimus Prime's cab was like a more squished and scrunched-in version of Hot Rod's car mode.Ultra Markus wrote:i guess the long nose of the car is my issue everything else about the figure is fine
As though Hot Rod had crashed his car mode hood first into a wall, and then had someone stick a trailer on his back.
Posted by Wolfman Jake on April 19th, 2018 @ 12:44am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:It's because of the figure maintaining the proper shape of the car, whereas in 1986, Rodimus Prime's cab was like a more squished and scrunched-in version of Hot Rod's car mode.Ultra Markus wrote:i guess the long nose of the car is my issue everything else about the figure is fine
As though Hot Rod had crashed his car mode hood first into a wall, and then had someone stick a trailer on his back.
Growing pains!
Posted by Emerje on April 19th, 2018 @ 12:50am CDT
Emerje
Posted by o.supreme on April 19th, 2018 @ 11:38am CDT
Ultra Markus wrote:william-james88 wrote:I disagree. There is a transformation aspect to the Cybertronian winnebago mode where the tubes connect to give the impression of a continuous vehicle. I much preffer this to the major cheat that was MP 09. So yeah, with no exageration, POTP Rodimus' alt mode is above MP quality engineering.
you cant be serious
can you edit this post to start with the word Surely....
Posted by Sabrblade on April 19th, 2018 @ 11:44am CDT
Shore-ly you jest!o.supreme wrote:Ultra Markus wrote:william-james88 wrote:I disagree. There is a transformation aspect to the Cybertronian winnebago mode where the tubes connect to give the impression of a continuous vehicle. I much preffer this to the major cheat that was MP 09. So yeah, with no exageration, POTP Rodimus' alt mode is above MP quality engineering.
you cant be serious
can you edit this post to start with the word Surely....
Posted by Ultra Markus on April 19th, 2018 @ 1:45pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Shore-ly you jest!o.supreme wrote:Ultra Markus wrote:william-james88 wrote:I disagree. There is a transformation aspect to the Cybertronian winnebago mode where the tubes connect to give the impression of a continuous vehicle. I much preffer this to the major cheat that was MP 09. So yeah, with no exageration, POTP Rodimus' alt mode is above MP quality engineering.
you cant be serious
can you edit this post to start with the word Surely....
Posted by william-james88 on April 19th, 2018 @ 2:01pm CDT
Posted by o.supreme on April 19th, 2018 @ 3:23pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:
great minds think alike
Posted by ZeroWolf on April 19th, 2018 @ 4:01pm CDT
Posted by Ultra Markus on April 19th, 2018 @ 8:25pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:william-james88 wrote:
great minds think alike
Posted by blackeyedprime on April 20th, 2018 @ 11:32am CDT
william-james88 wrote: There is a transformation aspect to the Cybertronian winnebago mode where the tubes connect to give the impression of a continuous vehicle.
I'm not seeing that at all in the POTP figure, well not in the images above anyhoos, the pipes don't even look aligned let alone connected.
I got the POTP Roadtrap and Battleslash today, I'd forgotten how much I dislike the faction symbols not being purple, but a nice combo of figures and finally some more decepticons for my shelves rather than repainted autobots. At least combined the modes decepticon symbol is purple as I'll never get around to getting stickers for them (still have the Hasbro TR & Combiner wars stickers that dont stick to put on some of the figures).
Posted by Ultra Markus on April 20th, 2018 @ 8:49pm CDT
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Maybe I'm old and can't remember, but back in the day the Space Winnebago looked mostly like it does now.
heres a space winnebago
Posted by Hotconvoy on April 20th, 2018 @ 8:57pm CDT
Ultra Markus wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Maybe I'm old and can't remember, but back in the day the Space Winnebago looked mostly like it does now.
heres a space winnebago
"And may the schwartz be with you". Now if Hasbro will just give us a Rodimus Prime (or someone else) with that altmode
Posted by Sabrblade on April 20th, 2018 @ 9:18pm CDT
Or even just a motor home altmode, period.Hotconvoy wrote:Ultra Markus wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Maybe I'm old and can't remember, but back in the day the Space Winnebago looked mostly like it does now.
heres a space winnebago
"And may the schwartz be with you". Now if Hasbro will just give us a Rodimus Prime (or someone else) with that altmode
Posted by bacem on April 20th, 2018 @ 10:00pm CDT
Posted by Skritz on April 20th, 2018 @ 10:04pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Or even just a motor home altmode, period.Hotconvoy wrote:Ultra Markus wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Maybe I'm old and can't remember, but back in the day the Space Winnebago looked mostly like it does now.
heres a space winnebago
"And may the schwartz be with you". Now if Hasbro will just give us a Rodimus Prime (or someone else) with that altmode
Personally I'd want to see a bus, either a yellow schoolbus or a public transport modern bus design.
Posted by Ultra Markus on April 20th, 2018 @ 10:12pm CDT
Skritz wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Or even just a motor home altmode, period.Hotconvoy wrote:Ultra Markus wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Maybe I'm old and can't remember, but back in the day the Space Winnebago looked mostly like it does now.
heres a space winnebago
"And may the schwartz be with you". Now if Hasbro will just give us a Rodimus Prime (or someone else) with that altmode
Personally I'd want to see a bus, either a yellow schoolbus or a public transport modern bus design.
Here you go
Posted by william-james88 on April 20th, 2018 @ 11:18pm CDT
Enjoy the reviews!
Posted by ZeroWolf on April 21st, 2018 @ 4:01am CDT
Posted by Randomhero on April 21st, 2018 @ 4:03am CDT
Posted by Randomhero on April 21st, 2018 @ 5:11am CDT
Ogre to bot was baffudling me
Posted by ThunderThruster on April 21st, 2018 @ 9:39am CDT
Ultra Markus wrote:Skritz wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Or even just a motor home altmode, period.Hotconvoy wrote:Ultra Markus wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Maybe I'm old and can't remember, but back in the day the Space Winnebago looked mostly like it does now.
heres a space winnebago
"And may the schwartz be with you". Now if Hasbro will just give us a Rodimus Prime (or someone else) with that altmode
Personally I'd want to see a bus, either a yellow schoolbus or a public transport modern bus design.
Here you go
Just needs a Ms. Frizzle power master
Posted by bodrock on April 21st, 2018 @ 9:42am CDT
With wave2 barely available here, though, will it be a hunt to get them too.....?
Posted by Evil Eye on April 21st, 2018 @ 10:02am CDT
Posted by X3ROhour on April 21st, 2018 @ 12:08pm CDT
SillyMcGilly wrote:Galactic Prime wrote:Pretenders were a stupid concept that need to stay dead.
Who pooped on your biscuit?
but seriously... Pretenders need to STAY DEAD.
or get better
or transform
so log as Actionmasters NEVER rise from the grave!