Transformers Power of the Primes Sinnertwin Finally on HTS.com
Thursday, October 11th, 2018 2:51AM CDT
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At the time of writing the doubleheaded hydra is in stock and for purchase at $16.99 apiece, so head on over here and let us know if you'll be finally completing Abominus in time for the beast best holiday season of the year.
Sinnertwin (the last of the Deluxe Terrorcons) is finally available on HasbroToyShop.com! For whatever reason, they had Blot and Cutthroat up for a few weeks, but not Sinnertwin. But now in stock and purchase-able, get yours to top off your Abominus combiner - before they change their minds!
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Posted by o.supreme on October 11th, 2018 @ 10:28am CDT
anyway, here's the one for OpOp again
https://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/en/htsusa ... 0?catName=
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on October 11th, 2018 @ 10:35am CDT
o.supreme wrote:Not sure whats going on, but I made a post about Sinnertwin and the OpOp placeholder a few days ago, and it disappeared...
anyway, here's the one for OpOp again
https://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/en/htsusa ... 0?catName=
FYI - You made the Op-Op post in the Predaking thread. Not sure on Sinnertwin, I didn't see that one.
Posted by o.supreme on October 11th, 2018 @ 10:58am CDT
TF-fan kev777 wrote:FYI - You made the Op-Op post in the Predaking thread. Not sure on Sinnertwin, I didn't see that one.
whoops. Thanks, Too many PotP threads here I guess heh... I deleted that other one.
Posted by william-james88 on October 11th, 2018 @ 11:08am CDT
o.supreme wrote:TF-fan kev777 wrote:FYI - You made the Op-Op post in the Predaking thread. Not sure on Sinnertwin, I didn't see that one.
whoops. Thanks, Too many PotP threads here I guess heh... I deleted that other one.
Also,FYI, we wouldnt news placeholder posts on their own since it is not 100% sure to lead to theitem actually being in stock. If the news is about a product's availability, we would news it when the product is available.
Posted by o.supreme on October 11th, 2018 @ 11:27am CDT
william-james88 wrote:o.supreme wrote:TF-fan kev777 wrote:FYI - You made the Op-Op post in the Predaking thread. Not sure on Sinnertwin, I didn't see that one.
whoops. Thanks, Too many PotP threads here I guess heh... I deleted that other one.
Also,FYI, we wouldnt news placeholder posts on their own since it is not 100% sure to lead to theitem actually being in stock. If the news is about a product's availability, we would news it when the product is available.
I actually wasn't going for a news credit, just wondering what happened to the post. besides, I often post things in the forums and via "News Submissions" that don't get news credit, no big deal
Posted by Decepticon Stryker on October 11th, 2018 @ 3:09pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on October 11th, 2018 @ 3:23pm CDT
Decepticon Stryker wrote:Anyone remember that rumor from a very long time ago saying that we'd get an Amazon exclusive Beast Wars subline during POTP to celebrate Primal becoming a Prime? I've been wondering how that rumor started, and if there were any plans for Beast Wars exclusive that might've been cancelled. Thoughts?
It was from reddit which has the tendency to have fake news and misinformation. So the truth is it was probably all untrue with no plans ever from Hasbro.
Posted by Emerje on October 11th, 2018 @ 3:30pm CDT
Decepticon Stryker wrote:Anyone remember that rumor from a very long time ago saying that we'd get an Amazon exclusive Beast Wars subline during POTP to celebrate Primal becoming a Prime? I've been wondering how that rumor started, and if there were any plans for Beast Wars exclusive that might've been cancelled. Thoughts?
It came from an anonymous post on 4chan that ended up being 100% wrong and was probably someone trolling.
There's a Beast Wars subline to Power of the Primes next year. I work at Amazon and this will be a shared online exclusive. Us and BBTS.
No original molds, but we will get the Takara Blackarachnia mold in the US from it. Eight Deluxe and two Voyagers, Primal and Megatron. Primal is a retool of the PotP Apeface. Megatron is a retool of PotP Snapdragon. They won't have Titan Masters, so don't worry.
(The PotP Grimlock is Leader sized, so it was never a consideration to be retooled as Megatron.)
That was far too large to be an exclusive sub line and we never got any indication that PotP Grimlock, Snapdragon, and Apeface were ever going to be made. Plus it would have been planned to go up with the exclusive Prime Wars Trilogy set and Nemesis Prime and that's way too much.
Emerje
Posted by william-james88 on October 11th, 2018 @ 4:55pm CDT
Posted by Skritz on October 11th, 2018 @ 5:42pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:Decepticon Stryker wrote:Anyone remember that rumor from a very long time ago saying that we'd get an Amazon exclusive Beast Wars subline during POTP to celebrate Primal becoming a Prime? I've been wondering how that rumor started, and if there were any plans for Beast Wars exclusive that might've been cancelled. Thoughts?
It was from reddit which has the tendency to have fake news and misinformation. So the truth is it was probably all untrue with no plans ever from Hasbro.
Well, I distinctly recall first seeing the POTP leaks on 4chan and these proved true. Of course, any information leaked which is not something off some amazon listing or something similar should be taken with a serious grain of salt but this ain't so much the fault of the place as the fault of the people reading it. It's the internet, anyone anywhere could post some bull shit info like 'we are getting a Beast Wars sequel in 2020, my daddy who work at Hasbro said so': it's the nature of the beast, pun entirely intended.
Anyone can and will say anything on the internet and if people believe it its their fault for being gullible and believing everything without doublechecking. Granted there have been cases where a list of leaks proved quite true in many aspects but I'm unsure if this was the result of pure luck, the writer's wishlist being an accurate prediction of a line or some genuine info which wasn't up to date due to changes in the toyline or a mix of all the above.
There is very little reason to spread misinformation when it come to something as inane and ultimately meaningless as Transformers toylines. Occam's razor tells me a large portion of it is the real of fan speculation getting out of control mixed with gullible people playing a telephone game. The rest is just trolling gullible lemmings.
But, then again a lot of these theories often make so much sense that them not being true is a legit anomaly: see the Horrorcons for a perfect example of two characters which all sane and reasonable people saw no reason to disbelieve the existence of a new toy coming up. Except Hasbro legit screwed up and didn't make them for yet-still-unclear reasons.
Posted by fenrir72 on October 11th, 2018 @ 7:09pm CDT
For its price point, the Terrorcons are one of the best released so far. Only concerns are those pegs on Hungrrr (who seemed to get the short end of the stick with all the weenie sucky decals instead of the tampos on the limb bots) that form Abominus mode.
I really love how Hb changed the universal feet fits all model from the previous combiner war line( just because some noisy fans don't like kibble they illogically made both hand and feet equal mass, the feet should always be bigger to "SUPPORT" the body )
One issue I have is with that chest panel of Rippersnapper. In my copy, it keeps on falling off. Sinnertwin on the other hand is BOSS! One nitpick is that his lower dentures are unpainted unlike Rippersnapper who have a full set of painted choppers (why didn't Grimlock get the same teeth treatment?)
Blot is adorable.Same with Rippersnapper. They get the cuddliest homicidal beast bot awards!
Cuttthroat is a menacing.
Wish he (Hungrr) came with his sonic gun of the original G1 form.
P.S. (no monetary benefits involved) Try getting his Reprolabels set and apply them. It makes him all the more awesome.
Posted by Skritz on October 11th, 2018 @ 8:44pm CDT
Posted by DeathReviews on October 11th, 2018 @ 11:08pm CDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4scJ1-W5Dw&t=7s
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on October 12th, 2018 @ 11:40am CDT
Regarding the Horrorcons, I think we got at least a vague reason from Warden & co. why they didn't make them during Titans Return (although I forget the exact quote). I personally think it had to do with wanting to wait until they could make them outside TR's design constraints; specifically, the stipulation that all the Titan Masters transform the same way and have the same leg style and so on (hence Shuffler and Lione getting reimagined as humanoid robots with robot animal vehicles, rather than robot animals who turned into heads directly). That stipulation would have robbed the Horrorcons of their famous triple-changing head gimmick.
Posted by Va'al on October 14th, 2018 @ 4:57am CDT
According to their feed, and based out of Sacramento, California, the Combiner Wars Groove retool and redeco is selling for $17.99, and is out there in stores right now! If you come across this or any other figure, make sure to mark it down in the Sightings Database, to help out fellow fans in your area and around the community.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on October 14th, 2018 @ 11:05am CDT
Posted by o.supreme on October 14th, 2018 @ 11:09am CDT
Oh and trust me...calling ahead doesn't work, the employees at a pharmacy store have zero knowledge about toys.
Posted by Cobotron on October 14th, 2018 @ 11:12am CDT
To quote Phil Collins, "I can feel it coming in the air tonight. Hold on."
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on October 14th, 2018 @ 10:17pm CDT
Cobotron wrote:Nothing there, but at this specific Walgreens, the Deluxe shelf space has been empty for a few weeks so I'm expecting it to be filled with Wreck-gars.
I have 2 of those picked out as well. And now for the waiting.
Posted by o.supreme on October 15th, 2018 @ 9:23am CDT
It went like this
(I see 2 male employees walking rather quickly out form the back, one of them actually acknowledges me)
Walgreens: Can I Help You?
Me: Maybe? Are you working only in the pharmacy? Or are you in the general store
Walgreens: Whole Store Sir
Me: OK. I'm looking for a particular toy
Walgreens: A Funko Pop?
Me: No, A Transformer
Walgreens: Wreck-Gar?
Me: Yep
Walgreens: Sorry they were all purchased as soon as we got them
Me: , but was appreciative to the employee for the tip
I can only surmise they must have been there Friday Morning, because I had been to that store all 3 days (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday), because it was so close to my home. So some scalper jerk must have got them right away. From past exclusives however, they were always restocked even after the first ones sold out, so I can only hope it will be the same for Wreck-Gar.
Posted by no-one on October 15th, 2018 @ 5:20pm CDT
That order date is from my second order. I cancelled my first for shipping reasons before I knew there was going to be issues fulfilling orders.
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on October 15th, 2018 @ 5:27pm CDT
Unrelated, been meaning to do this for a while:
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on October 15th, 2018 @ 6:34pm CDT
So what did I find? Mainly PotP wave 1, particularly Slag and Swoop.
Plus a TR Blurr
Posted by bodrock on October 15th, 2018 @ 6:45pm CDT
Posted by Autobot N on October 15th, 2018 @ 7:37pm CDT
Man, I hate those guys. I remember a time about a year ago when me, my cousins, and my uncle were in a mall looking for a Funko Pop of an Overwatch character (I had introduced one of my cousins to the game recently, and she wanted to buy a Funko of her favorite character, D.Va). We walked into a used video games/comics store and asked if they had any. The guy said no, but he would have charged us $100 dollars if he did have one. We then proceeded to walk into the store directly across from us and found 3 of them for $25 apiece.ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:One of these days, we'll be able to give the scalpers the thrashing they deserve...
Screw scalpers.
Posted by o.supreme on October 17th, 2018 @ 6:46pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on October 17th, 2018 @ 7:11pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:found Wreck-Gar . Unfortunately there's a little something goofy with the sightings section on this one, you can only report where it was - no quantity or comments. There were 4, i bought one and left 3. Glad that scalper who came before me didn't *win*
report that in the problem reporting thread like that its sure the right people see it. Glad you found your figure
Posted by o.supreme on October 18th, 2018 @ 1:03pm CDT
Also I noticed BBTS finally has Optimal Optimus in stock, so I imagine it should be hitting HTS, and general retail soon. How funny/sad is it, that the fan vote character is the absolute dead last to be released in the United States for PotP, even released it before the US market .
Posted by Omegatron. on October 18th, 2018 @ 1:41pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on October 18th, 2018 @ 6:17pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:Thanks I'll definitely forward that information. Now all I need is to to await the arrival of my Golden Lagoon SS BBTS Pre-order, and *hopefully* a good deal on Predaking, and my PotP want list will be complete.
Also I noticed BBTS finally has Optimal Optimus in stock, so I imagine it should be hitting HTS, and general retail soon. How funny/sad is it, that the fan vote character is the absolute dead last to be released in the United States for PotP, even released it before the US market .
Here's Me Praying OPOP comes soon!! He and Wreck Gar are it for the Prime Wars trilogy for me!
Posted by Nemesis Primal on October 18th, 2018 @ 9:50pm CDT
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:o.supreme wrote:Thanks I'll definitely forward that information. Now all I need is to to await the arrival of my Golden Lagoon SS BBTS Pre-order, and *hopefully* a good deal on Predaking, and my PotP want list will be complete.
Also I noticed BBTS finally has Optimal Optimus in stock, so I imagine it should be hitting HTS, and general retail soon. How funny/sad is it, that the fan vote character is the absolute dead last to be released in the United States for PotP, even released it before the US market .
Here's Me Praying OPOP comes soon!! He and Wreck Gar are it for the Prime Wars trilogy for me!
Same, I'll join in that prayer. I haven't had time to check my local Walgreens since Wreck-Gar's appeared in the US, but him and the boss monkey are all I need as well.
Especially the boss monkey.
Posted by Skritz on October 18th, 2018 @ 9:56pm CDT
Omegatron. wrote:I just got Optimal Optimus, is anyone else having trouble with the grey and orange pegs that connect Optimus Primal to the back of the armour in vehicle and gorilla backpack modes? The orange peg on the armour just doesn't seem to fit in the slot.
The way he's engineered means you need to fiddle with and bend these parts in ways you're not normally expected to with a figure. As weird as this may sound, he sometimes requires a bit more extreme push, pull and tug than you'd expect.
Posted by Omegatron. on October 19th, 2018 @ 5:00am CDT
Skritz wrote:Omegatron. wrote:I just got Optimal Optimus, is anyone else having trouble with the grey and orange pegs that connect Optimus Primal to the back of the armour in vehicle and gorilla backpack modes? The orange peg on the armour just doesn't seem to fit in the slot.
The way he's engineered means you need to fiddle with and bend these parts in ways you're not normally expected to with a figure. As weird as this may sound, he sometimes requires a bit more extreme push, pull and tug than you'd expect.
I'm squeezing as hard as I can and it won't stay in. Emgo made it look easy.
Posted by ZeroWolf on October 19th, 2018 @ 10:05am CDT
Optimal Optimus is also available to order at Amazon, but as of writing is out of stock on the Website. He is available for free delivery for all Prime members.
For those who haven't been able to find him at retail, these are your best shots at getting him.
Is he the last piece of your Power of the Primes collection? Is this the news you've been waiting for? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews.
Posted by Nathaniel Prime on October 19th, 2018 @ 10:13am CDT
Posted by o.supreme on October 19th, 2018 @ 10:39am CDT
o.supreme wrote:Also I noticed BBTS finally has Optimal Optimus in stock, so I imagine it should be hitting HTS, and general retail soon. How funny/sad is it, that the fan vote character is the absolute dead last to be released in the United States for PotP, even released it before the US market .
wow...just one day nailed it
Also this is pretty unprecedented but... 34 of the 40 standard release PotP items are currently available and in stock at HTS. There are placeholders for 2 others (Wave 2 Deluxes -Snarl and Sludge) that come in and out of stock periodically.
Only Legends Slash and Deluxe Swoop (both from wave one), and PM Megatronus (from wave 3) appear to be no longer available, and wave 4 Deluxe Novastar has yet to make an appearance on HTS. -whether she will or not, remains to be seen.
Personally I've seen them all at retail except for Optimal Optimus (which will probably be coming very soon), and Predaking, which, to my knowledge will not be distributed at B&M retail in the U.S.
So I guess with the exception of the wave 2 hiccup, which Hasbro actually made good on and manufactured more of to meet demand, it seems their 12 month distribution method has worked more or less. It wasn't perfect, but definitely better than the past few lines in which *tail enders* were nearly impossible to find.
Additionally, I'm sure there were plans for Predaking to be available at TRU for US retail distribution, however, the closure of all US stores changed that. I know that to ask Walmart or Target to carry a 160 dollar Transformer is pretty risky, and probably wont happen, but I'm hoping that between now and next year Hasbro can work a deal with some national retail chain to get their big item into stores, unless of course, they decide just making it available online is sufficient moving forward.
Posted by Randomhero on October 19th, 2018 @ 11:00am CDT
Nathaniel Prime wrote:This guy is one of the only figures in POTP that I haven't found yet in stores. I found Inferno, Fire(Red Moonracer), MoonRacer, and a whole ton of others. Only ones I haven't found yet are Rodimus Unicronus and Optimal Optimus. Keep hunting!
I finally found Rodimus unicronus 6 months after sightings started and now I see him at every target. Primal I gave up and picked him up at tfsource. He arrived Monday and sadly all I can say is “eh”. I also own the sdcc version and I appreciate him so much more. I never owned the original Optimal Optimus. I was a predacon and my buddy was a maximal so we’d battle as kids.
I think he’s leaps and bounds better than the original but SDCC one is just so much better looking for me.
Posted by william-james88 on October 19th, 2018 @ 11:11am CDT
Randomhero wrote: He arrived Monday and sadly all I can say is “eh”.
Thats the general concensus. I think its because out of the 3 leaders, he is the one with the least novelty/surprises.
Posted by Cheetron on October 19th, 2018 @ 11:17am CDT
Posted by Randomhero on October 19th, 2018 @ 11:40am CDT
william-james88 wrote:Randomhero wrote: He arrived Monday and sadly all I can say is “eh”.
Thats the general concensus. I think its because out of the 3 leaders, he is the one with the least novelty/surprises.
Not even that. I think he pulls off all modes it’s that SDCC one is gorgeous. I caved and got him at a fair price honestly if I had to rate him compared to the other ones it’d be
1: Optimal Optimus
2: Rodimus Prime
4: Optimus Prime
I think they’re all great but OP is my least. I’m so burned out of Optimus Primes.
Posted by bodrock on October 19th, 2018 @ 2:00pm CDT
Posted by RiddlerJ on October 19th, 2018 @ 2:51pm CDT
Randomhero wrote:Nathaniel Prime wrote:This guy is one of the only figures in POTP that I haven't found yet in stores. I found Inferno, Fire(Red Moonracer), MoonRacer, and a whole ton of others. Only ones I haven't found yet are Rodimus Unicronus and Optimal Optimus. Keep hunting!
I finally found Rodimus unicronus 6 months after sightings started and now I see him at every target. Primal I gave up and picked him up at tfsource. He arrived Monday and sadly all I can say is “eh”. I also own the sdcc version and I appreciate him so much more. I never owned the original Optimal Optimus. I was a predacon and my buddy was a maximal so we’d battle as kids.
I think he’s leaps and bounds better than the original but SDCC one is just so much better looking for me.
Curiously, I found Rodimus Unicronus early on at Toys R Us. Odd since I never get anything until most other areas have long had them.
Posted by Autobot N on October 19th, 2018 @ 3:19pm CDT
I also found one at Toys R Us really early on. Didn't see another one until Target got them in a few weeks ago.RiddlerJ wrote:Curiously, I found Rodimus Unicronus early on at Toys R Us. Odd since I never get anything until most other areas have long had them.
Posted by Randomhero on October 19th, 2018 @ 3:23pm CDT
Autobot N wrote:I also found one at Toys R Us really early on. Didn't see another one until Target got them in a few weeks ago.RiddlerJ wrote:Curiously, I found Rodimus Unicronus early on at Toys R Us. Odd since I never get anything until most other areas have long had them.
I totally forgot I did see one at toysrus but didn’t bother thinking “I’ll find one later” didn’t realize later was half a year later. Still haven’t bother with nemesis prime.
Posted by william-james88 on October 19th, 2018 @ 3:29pm CDT
Randomhero wrote:Autobot N wrote:I also found one at Toys R Us really early on. Didn't see another one until Target got them in a few weeks ago.RiddlerJ wrote:Curiously, I found Rodimus Unicronus early on at Toys R Us. Odd since I never get anything until most other areas have long had them.
I totally forgot I did see one at toysrus but didn’t bother thinking “I’ll find one later” didn’t realize later was half a year later. Still haven’t bother with nemesis prime.
waiting for black friday or cyber monday
Posted by Skritz on October 19th, 2018 @ 3:33pm CDT
Funny how that works out, right?
Posted by Evil Eye on October 19th, 2018 @ 3:49pm CDT
Posted by Wolfman Jake on October 19th, 2018 @ 4:07pm CDT
Randomhero wrote:Autobot N wrote:I also found one at Toys R Us really early on. Didn't see another one until Target got them in a few weeks ago.RiddlerJ wrote:Curiously, I found Rodimus Unicronus early on at Toys R Us. Odd since I never get anything until most other areas have long had them.
I totally forgot I did see one at toysrus but didn’t bother thinking “I’ll find one later” didn’t realize later was half a year later. Still haven’t bother with nemesis prime.
I actually found my Rodimus Unicronus at Walmart, right before Walmart stopped carrying the PotP Leader Class figures at all.
Posted by no-one on October 19th, 2018 @ 4:43pm CDT