Transformers Power of the Primes Revision Wave Revealed with Case Contents

Lunatic Prime wrote:I got OPTIMAL OPTIMUS this week and I noticed some things that puzzle me and I have some issues with him:
1. The shoulder missassembling: I disassembled his left shoulder (robot mode), turned the shoulder 180 degress and screwed everything back together. But somehow it doesn't fit as it's supposed to be. In the image below you can see on the left that the upper gap of the joint is bigger than the lower one and on the right side they are both equal. I don't know what's the problem and I even had a gap on the other side of the joint because the two gray parts that encase the joint didn't meet togther until I just forced them by tightening the screw over its actual resistance maximum (I hopt that's the correct way to say that in English or you can at least get what I mean).


2. The taps on little Optimus Primal's insides of his knees: The horizontal ones peg into the big gorilla's heels but what do the vertical ones I couldn't find any use for them in any mode.
3. What's pretty weird is that the orange plastic of the gorilla's is is a bit more reddish and neon colorish than the one of his torso. That doesn't make any sense to me.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:EDITED BECAUSE ORIGINAL WAS RUDE AND I AM SORRY

You misunderstand me, then. By "square part" I meant the other end of the weapon, the end that would be the muzzle when it's held as a gun. I thought that would be clear because the hinge end where the common grip point is... That has too much of a rounded edge for me to really think of it as a square part ^^;

The suit's weapon mode is definitely as much a gun as it is a club. In fact due to the proportion of the parts it feels like more of a gun, but the kanabo detailing still lets it work fine as a club.
And Solus/Octupunch's weapon mode is also a gun. It's a speargun, specifically.

Sentinel_Primal wrote:

Lunatic Prime wrote:I got OPTIMAL OPTIMUS this week and I noticed some things that puzzle me and I have some issues with him:
1. The shoulder missassembling: I disassembled his left shoulder (robot mode), turned the shoulder 180 degress and screwed everything back together. But somehow it doesn't fit as it's supposed to be. In the image below you can see on the left that the upper gap of the joint is bigger than the lower one and on the right side they are both equal. I don't know what's the problem and I even had a gap on the other side of the joint because the two gray parts that encase the joint didn't meet togther until I just forced them by tightening the screw over its actual resistance maximum (I hopt that's the correct way to say that in English or you can at least get what I mean).


2. The taps on little Optimus Primal's insides of his knees: The horizontal ones peg into the big gorilla's heels but what do the vertical ones I couldn't find any use for them in any mode.
3. What's pretty weird is that the orange plastic of the gorilla's is is a bit more reddish and neon colorish than the one of his torso. That doesn't make any sense to me.

Huh... That's really weird... My Optimal Optimus (the SDCC one, not the general release version. Haven't found that one yet) had a similar issue where the shoulder didn't go up enough, but unscrewing the shoulder and rotating it fixed it. I think maybe that could be a QC issue if that didn't fix it

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:EDITED BECAUSE ORIGINAL WAS RUDE AND I AM SORRY

You misunderstand me, then. By "square part" I meant the other end of the weapon, the end that would be the muzzle when it's held as a gun. I thought that would be clear because the hinge end where the common grip point is... That has too much of a rounded edge for me to really think of it as a square part ^^;

The suit's weapon mode is definitely as much a gun as it is a club. In fact due to the proportion of the parts it feels like more of a gun, but the kanabo detailing still lets it work fine as a club.
And Solus/Octupunch's weapon mode is also a gun. It's a speargun, specifically.

Oh I've tried that end, it's tapered and just big enough that I'd be concerned about stressing the peg hole. I thought Octopunch was an ax of some sort.

LordBludgeon wrote:Status still says "Ordered" on mine with an expected delivery date of Sep 21-24. So I doubt I'll get mine tomorrow.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Forget about what I said earlier about the hurricane. After talking with customer service it looks like they oversold P/CP and are scrounging around trying to find figures. You have no idea how pissed I am.

Nightbeat339 wrote:I preordered Repugnus and Punch about two months ago, but of course since I chose free shipping, they'll be shipped together. I'm a bit nervous though since Punch is now out of stock and my order still hasn't shipped.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Forget about what I said earlier about the hurricane. After talking with customer service it looks like they oversold P/CP and are scrounging around trying to find figures. You have no idea how pissed I am.

Crosscheck wrote:My P/CP shipped today, so it will get to me Tuesday. I can't wait!

As for the issues with OpOp, I had the shoulder issue on mine. So far, no issues with the plastic (so far... ). I can't get the pegs on the big gorilla feet to attach to the back of the small robot's vehicle mode for the jet. I must be doing something wrong.

Wireless_Phantom wrote:I think if Amazon oversold figures it isn't entirely their fault. I don't think they expected a lot of people to buy two copies of one figure, but they still should have had more stock.

Sentinel_Primal wrote:

Wireless_Phantom wrote:I think if Amazon oversold figures it isn't entirely their fault. I don't think they expected a lot of people to buy two copies of one figure, but they still should have had more stock.

Regardless of that, they still should have cut pre-orders when they did run out of stock. No matter how you slice it, it's still Amazon's fault. They know how much they're getting, and they can see how many someone is buying

Flashwave wrote:

Nightbeat339 wrote:I preordered Repugnus and Punch about two months ago, but of course since I chose free shipping, they'll be shipped together. I'm a bit nervous though since Punch is now out of stock and my order still hasn't shipped.

That doesnt make much sense? I did thr same and had Repugnus months ago. and my punch is due Monday

Nexus Knight wrote:So, wait... I preordered my Punch/Counterpunch figure about two weeks ago. It is still saying that it'll be here by Wednesday, meaning it'll be shipped tomorrow. I'd they ate outta stock now... is my figure going to be shipped or not? Note: Amazon hasn't withdrawn the money, so...

President-prime wrote:ok, I’m sorry, but that review of Punch/Counter Punch was hella annoying. Recently, more and more toy reviews are trying to be cute. Come on guys, you’re reviewing a toy. I really don’t care what you look like or if you’re happy or not when getting the Amazon packets. If you’re gonna review the toy, show me the toy. Hold it in a way we can see the toy, put it down, take good videos of it. Snapshots, whatever. If the video have you more than the toy, you’re not reviewing the toy. You’re marketing yourself. Ok, sorry. Got it off my chest.

Btw. Still waiting for mine.

What's Crackin'? wrote:I can barely hear what the guy is saying.

President-prime wrote:I have no prob with your review Chuckdawg. Actually fond of your voice so no complaint there. You actually put the toy being reviewed down and allow us to see the figure. You’re reviewing the figure. Some reviewers seem to not know what they’re reviewing. Just saying thanks.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Thanks to Seibertronian ScottimusPrime, we have a brand new review from the titled Seibertronian of the soon to be in everyone's hands Power of the Primes Punch/Counterpunch! The figure, which has begun to ship out to many Seibertronians and is set to arrive as early as tomorrow (Sunday 9/15) for some, is a brand new update to the old double spy, and includes Prima Prime and a Power of the Primes Prime Armor piece. The figure transforms between 2 robot modes, one for each named character, and a sweet looking blue car.

Check out the review below, and let us know when you get your Punch/Counterpunch, and what you think of this awesome surprise of a figure!

President-prime wrote:I have no prob with your review Chuckdawg. Actually fond of your voice so no complaint there. You actually put the toy being reviewed down and allow us to see the figure. You’re reviewing the figure. Some reviewers seem to not know what they’re reviewing. Just saying thanks.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:So I shouldn't due my reviews from here on out reclined on a bear skin rug?

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

President-prime wrote:I have no prob with your review Chuckdawg. Actually fond of your voice so no complaint there. You actually put the toy being reviewed down and allow us to see the figure. You’re reviewing the figure. Some reviewers seem to not know what they’re reviewing. Just saying thanks.

I know, I was just trying to be funny. Who would really want to see me on a bear skin rug.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:OK, I'm worried a bit here: my local Walmarts have put the Prime Master Assortment on clearance... which is all Wave 1 still. $4 a pop, a whopping $1 down in price. First the Leaders, now the Prime Masters, what's next? Maybe the Voyagers...

Target is the only place to have had Waves 2 and 3, but slim pickings right now.

TrypticonCarne wrote:

What's Crackin'? wrote:I can barely hear what the guy is saying.

I have the same issue with chefatron.

fenrir72 wrote:A testament to Hasbro's distribution Genius. Got a talk with an Amazon.com rep and yup, P/CP is out of stock and they don't know when he's gonna be available!

I don't think it would be too much to ask for them to fulfill/supply the units they promised to deliver right?

They had like 3 months when they accepted via Amazon for orders of P/CP. They even used the Amazon exclusive as part of the selling point.

So once the orders were tallied up from Amazon, if they could not fulfill at least 90%, why not just delay the release?

Then we receive reports he is available at U/S Singapore? WTF?!

This last sentence is what sucks. There are stocks for him yet Hb did not see fit to get the Amazon requisition well stocked?

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:A testament to Hasbro's distribution Genius. Got a talk with an Amazon.com rep and yup, P/CP is out of stock and they don't know when he's gonna be available!

I don't think it would be too much to ask for them to fulfill/supply the units they promised to deliver right?

They had like 3 months when they accepted via Amazon for orders of P/CP. They even used the Amazon exclusive as part of the selling point.

So once the orders were tallied up from Amazon, if they could not fulfill at least 90%, why not just delay the release?

Then we receive reports he is available at U/S Singapore? WTF?!

This last sentence is what sucks. There are stocks for him yet Hb did not see fit to get the Amazon requisition well stocked?

And here's the real kick in the teeth, it's coming misassembled. So now my review is going to be a repair video too.

LordBludgeon wrote:I pre-ordered mine back in July. As of right now, still shows status as 'ordered' with an expected arrival date of Sep 21-24.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:TRU has really hurt a lot of things besides just availability, stock, and Trypticon. I feel these Amazons, the movie masterpieces, and the SS Thundercracker have all suffered massively, and it is such a kick in the nuts that Amazon is having these issues with a highly sought after figure they have as an exclusive.

Cyberpath wrote:

LordBludgeon wrote:I pre-ordered mine back in July. As of right now, still shows status as 'ordered' with an expected arrival date of Sep 21-24.

Same.

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Hellscream9999 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:TRU has really hurt a lot of things besides just availability, stock, and Trypticon. I feel these Amazons, the movie masterpieces, and the SS Thundercracker have all suffered massively, and it is such a kick in the nuts that Amazon is having these issues with a highly sought after figure they have as an exclusive.

Don't blame tru, amazon does this with literally anything you can pre-order, they're kinda infamous for it

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:TRU has really hurt a lot of things besides just availability, stock, and Trypticon. I feel these Amazons, the movie masterpieces, and the SS Thundercracker have all suffered massively, and it is such a kick in the nuts that Amazon is having these issues with a highly sought after figure they have as an exclusive.

Hellscream9999 wrote:Don't blame tru, amazon does this with literally anything you can pre-order, they're kinda infamous for it

fenrir72 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:TRU has really hurt a lot of things besides just availability, stock, and Trypticon. I feel these Amazons, the movie masterpieces, and the SS Thundercracker have all suffered massively, and it is such a kick in the nuts that Amazon is having these issues with a highly sought after figure they have as an exclusive.

Don't blame tru, amazon does this with literally anything you can pre-order, they're kinda infamous for it

This didn't happen with Repugnus.

I'm blaming Hb for not delivering the necessary stocks ordered/committed by Amazon.

Skritz wrote:At this rate I'll be stuck with getting the Japanese version.