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Site sponsor Robotkingdom has posted in-package images of Transformers Prime Deluxe wave four. This wave includes three new figures; Dead End (Wheeljack repaint/remold), Shadow Strike Bumblebee (RID repaint), and the highly anticipated Airachnid. Robotkingdom currently has wave four sealed cases in-stock and ready to ship!

Robotkingdom wrote:Sealed case include:
TRA PRIME CLIFF JUMPER 1
TRA PRIME SOUNDWAVE 1
TRA PRIME KNOCKOUT 1
TRA PRIME AIRRACHNID 1
TRA PRIME SHADOW STRIKE BUMBLEBEE 2
TRA PRIME DEADEND 2

Long exposure to radiation and Dark Energon has changed DEAD END. The formerly talkative DECEPTICON mercenary now broods quietly in the shadows, staring hungrily at the power cores of his fellow warriors. He's always freaked out the AUTOBOTS, but now even his friends think he's scary.

Outfitted with new chameleon tech developed by AUTOBOT RATCHET, BUMBLEBEE finds he is free to to anywhere and do anything. As his high-tech paint shifts colors and patterns to hide him from view, he easily slips in behind an unwary DECEPTICON, and then moves to finish him off.

Conditioned to battle and hardship by her years spent hunting rare creatures across the depths of space, AIRACHNID is a primed and powerful warrior. She has returned to the service of MEGATRON after her long absence, determined to prove herself as a leader - no matter who she has to destroy to prove it.

Credit(s): Robotkingdom

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Re: Transformers Prime Deluxe Wave 4 In-Package Images (1384455)
Posted by blitzwing47 on May 28th, 2012 @ 2:39am CDT

Could care less for Bee.
Dead End looks halfway decent, would love see him in the show.
But as for Airachnid...
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY! :DANCE:

Re: Transformers Prime Deluxe Wave 4 In-Package Images (1384456)
Posted by RhA on May 28th, 2012 @ 2:48am CDT

Dead End still appeals, horrible colors and all.

Re: Transformers Prime Deluxe Wave 4 In-Package Images (1384457)
Posted by Bounti76 on May 28th, 2012 @ 2:49am CDT

Airachnid is bought on sight... I already have one 'Bee, that'll do. Dead End...WAY too wacky a color combo to be interesting.

Re: Transformers Prime Deluxe Wave 4 In-Package Images (1384458)
Posted by MINDVVIPE on May 28th, 2012 @ 3:15am CDT

Pickin up both Dead-end and Airachnid.

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Posted by kirbenvost on May 28th, 2012 @ 3:26am CDT

Dead End's paint job actually looks really cool from the top. Airachnid will be bought...and we don't speak about that other guy. :-x

Re: Transformers Prime Deluxe Wave 4 In-Package Images (1384469)
Posted by MightyMagnus78 on May 28th, 2012 @ 4:39am CDT

I can't believe you guys are on wave 4 already. I've yet to see any wave 2 at retail over here. :sad:

Anyway, Airachnid yes...Dead End maybe???...and BB NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Re: Transformers Prime Deluxe Wave 4 In-Package Images (1384473)
Posted by Ravage XK on May 28th, 2012 @ 4:59am CDT

Can Arachnid do the spider thing?

Re: Transformers Prime Deluxe Wave 4 In-Package Images (1384475)
Posted by gavinfuzzy on May 28th, 2012 @ 5:05am CDT

Arachnid looks great, but like all PRID stuff, I'm holding off getting um for a sale. Once a sale comes, I'll get Wheekjack, Ratchet, Vehicon and Arachnid at 1 shot.

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Posted by MightyMagnus78 on May 28th, 2012 @ 5:06am CDT

Ravage XK wrote:Can Arachnid do the spider thing?

I don't think so mate, just her helicopter alt mode.

Out of interest, have you seen any wave 2 round your way?

Re: Transformers Prime Deluxe Wave 4 In-Package Images (1384482)
Posted by Ravage XK on May 28th, 2012 @ 5:16am CDT

MightyMagnus78 wrote:
Ravage XK wrote:Can Arachnid do the spider thing?

I don't think so mate, just her helicopter alt mode.

Out of interest, have you seen any wave 2 round your way?

Hmm, thats a shame. Maybe a voyager triple changer will come along.

If Soundwave is in wave 2 then I got him from an Asda near me but thats it. I have seen Wheeljack, Bumbleebee, Cliffjumper, Voyager Prime and Megatron at TRU.

Re: Transformers Prime Deluxe Wave 4 In-Package Images (1384484)
Posted by MightyMagnus78 on May 28th, 2012 @ 5:35am CDT

Ravage XK wrote:
MightyMagnus78 wrote:
Ravage XK wrote:Can Arachnid do the spider thing?

I don't think so mate, just her helicopter alt mode.

Out of interest, have you seen any wave 2 round your way?

Hmm, thats a shame. Maybe a voyager triple changer will come along.

If Soundwave is in wave 2 then I got him from an Asda near me but thats it. I have seen Wheeljack, Bumbleebee, Cliffjumper, Voyager Prime and Megatron at TRU.

I think Soundwave was wave in 1? Seems to be all BB's round here. Thanks again.

Re: Transformers Prime Deluxe Wave 4 In-Package Images (1384487)
Posted by Mindmaster on May 28th, 2012 @ 6:06am CDT

Airachnid's biography is a load of BS. /:)

Re: Transformers Prime Deluxe Wave 4 In-Package Images (1384490)
Posted by DecepticonFinishline on May 28th, 2012 @ 6:23am CDT

Of course the package has 2 god damn Shadow Strike Bumblebees. Excited for the other two though.

MightyMagnus78 wrote:
Ravage XK wrote:
MightyMagnus78 wrote:
Ravage XK wrote:Can Arachnid do the spider thing?

I don't think so mate, just her helicopter alt mode.

Out of interest, have you seen any wave 2 round your way?

Hmm, thats a shame. Maybe a voyager triple changer will come along.

If Soundwave is in wave 2 then I got him from an Asda near me but thats it. I have seen Wheeljack, Bumbleebee, Cliffjumper, Voyager Prime and Megatron at TRU.

I think Soundwave was wave in 1? Seems to be all BB's round here. Thanks again.

I've found Bulkhead, Starscream, Hot Shot, and Knock Out at ONE of my Wal Marts. All except Knock Out were at a Target three towns over.

No Vehicon yet, though.

Also, Soundwave was in Wave 1.

Re: Transformers Prime Deluxe Wave 4 In-Package Images (1384496)
Posted by Anonymous on May 28th, 2012 @ 6:44am CDT

Meh, I already have Wheeljack. I don't normally go without getting more than one of a mold, but I think I'll wait for the inevitable Slicer repaint. Even if it appears as a Funpub figure...

Re: Transformers Prime Deluxe Wave 4 In-Package Images (1384500)
Posted by Rodimus Minor on May 28th, 2012 @ 7:12am CDT

Man Deadend sounds creepy this makes me want him even more. Is he a Cybertroniom Vampire or Zombie as he looks hungrily at his friends power cores

Airachnid looks good to bad they didn't put anything about her and Arcee in her Bio

Re: Transformers Prime Deluxe Wave 4 In-Package Images (1384502)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on May 28th, 2012 @ 7:21am CDT

MightyMagnus78 wrote:
Ravage XK wrote:
MightyMagnus78 wrote:
Ravage XK wrote:Can Arachnid do the spider thing?

I don't think so mate, just her helicopter alt mode.

Out of interest, have you seen any wave 2 round your way?

Hmm, thats a shame. Maybe a voyager triple changer will come along.

If Soundwave is in wave 2 then I got him from an Asda near me but thats it. I have seen Wheeljack, Bumbleebee, Cliffjumper, Voyager Prime and Megatron at TRU.

I think Soundwave was wave in 1? Seems to be all BB's round here. Thanks again.

Wave 2 with Ratchet and Arcee has hit the UK only a few weeks ago. You should ask Pretender Skywarp to see if he's spotted anything new, he's only spotted Arcee so far.

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Posted by Mega-con-14 on May 28th, 2012 @ 8:18am CDT

I kind of like how Dead End looks, but the colors could be better. As for Arachnid, I hate her character on the show but this toy is outstanding!

Re: Transformers Prime Deluxe Wave 4 In-Package Images (1384505)
Posted by Doubledealer93 on May 28th, 2012 @ 8:40am CDT

only two I'm interested in are dead end and arachnid!!!! :KREMZEEK:

Re: Transformers Prime Deluxe Wave 4 In-Package Images (1384508)
Posted by Heavy B on May 28th, 2012 @ 8:50am CDT

The wal-mart near where I live has 10 RID bumblebees on the shelf. And now more of him are coming. TAKE A HINT HASBRO

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Posted by First-Aid on May 28th, 2012 @ 8:58am CDT

Dr. Heavy B wrote:The wal-mart near where I live has 10 RID bumblebees on the shelf. And now more of him are coming. TAKE A HINT HASBRO

Believe it or not, I can top that. My TRU here had 21 BBs and no other deluxes out two weeks ago. Surprisingly, they are now down to 16. I was stunned to find out that there were people who didn't have him yet...until I realized that I'd been bashing the case packing and the number of BBs so much that I forgot to get him myself. :oops:

Re: Transformers Prime Deluxe Wave 4 In-Package Images (1384519)
Posted by Va'al on May 28th, 2012 @ 9:30am CDT

I'm still not convinced by Airachnid.

The others are all pass, apart from Steve.

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Posted by AnimeFreak505 on May 28th, 2012 @ 10:36am CDT

Dead End = DeadPool? :WRECKERS:

Re: Transformers Prime Deluxe Wave 4 In-Package Images (1384534)
Posted by El Duque on May 28th, 2012 @ 10:57am CDT

Site sponsor Kapow Toys has been kind enough to supply us with some nice galleries of Transformers Prime Deluxe wave four's Dead End, Shadow Strike Bumblebee, Airachnid. Dead End is wild repaint of Wheeljack with a brand head. Shadow Strike Bumblebee is a straight repaint of RID Bumblebee in a "shadowy" deco. Airachnid is of course a brand new mold. Images mirrored below.

Re: Transformers Prime Deluxe Wave 4 In-Package Images (1384541)
Posted by Hypershock on May 28th, 2012 @ 11:07am CDT

nice!1 I was hoping these would start trickling out pretty soon

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Posted by Midnight_Fox on May 28th, 2012 @ 11:12am CDT

Wait, is his head sculpted to be in a perma-scream?

Wasn't going to get him, but if that's true, he's bought.

Still up in the air(heh) over Airachnid, still baffled as to here being shortpacked like that.

Re: Transformers Prime Deluxe Wave 4 In-Package Images (1384547)
Posted by Sabrblade on May 28th, 2012 @ 11:22am CDT

So, Dark Energon changed Dead End from being like this, eh?

Re: Transformers Prime Deluxe Wave 4 In-Package Images (1384550)
Posted by Lord Onixprime on May 28th, 2012 @ 11:28am CDT

Dead End looks demented, and his bio seals the deal. I will get it.

Re: Transformers Prime Deluxe Wave 4 In-Package Images (1384552)
Posted by Hypershock on May 28th, 2012 @ 11:31am CDT

Va'al wrote:I'm still not convinced by Airachnid.

The others are all pass, apart from Steve.

Same, although it looks like the blades can detach and become a sword, which might not be too bad

Re: Transformers Prime Deluxe Wave 4 In-Package Images (1384555)
Posted by Anonymous on May 28th, 2012 @ 11:35am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:So, Dark Energon changed Dead End from being like this, eh?

Prime isn't in the same universe as WFC.

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Posted by Doubledealer93 on May 28th, 2012 @ 11:35am CDT

that dead end is bad ass. i don't know why people are complaining about his colors. i like them. :grin:

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Posted by Rodimus Minor on May 28th, 2012 @ 11:37am CDT

Doubledealer93 wrote:that dead end is bad ass. i don't know why people are complaining about his colors. i like them.

Same here he looks great I will be getting him for sure, Whelljack has a cool mould

Re: Transformers Prime Deluxe Wave 4 In-Package Images (1384560)
Posted by Sabrblade on May 28th, 2012 @ 11:38am CDT

orangeitis wrote:Prime isn't in the same universe as WFC.

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Posted by Hypershock on May 28th, 2012 @ 11:39am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
orangeitis wrote:Prime isn't in the same universe as WFC.

Here we go again...... :lol:

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Posted by Lord Onixprime on May 28th, 2012 @ 11:45am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
orangeitis wrote:Prime isn't in the same universe as WFC.

We can at least agree they aren't consistent with each other, so much to a point where they could easily be taken as separate universes. They do have as many glaring differences as they do striking similarities.

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Posted by Anonymous on May 28th, 2012 @ 11:49am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
orangeitis wrote:Prime isn't in the same universe as WFC.

Oh I'm serious.

Are you saying that the G1 cartoon is in the same universe as the comic? Or hell, the Armada anime with it's comic?

While both may be in Aligned, they are obviously separate universes. :-B

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Posted by Va'al on May 28th, 2012 @ 11:50am CDT

Rodimus Minor wrote:
Doubledealer93 wrote:that dead end is bad ass. i don't know why people are complaining about his colors. i like them.

Same here he looks great I will be getting him for sure, Whelljack has a cool mould

Oh I do like him, but I don't like the same mold twice on my shelf.
It's why I have Banzai-Tron and not Bludgeon (that, and the fact that it was easier to get the former in the UK), for example.

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Posted by craggy on May 28th, 2012 @ 11:55am CDT

LOVE DEAD END! From the first pics, but now he's really a favourite, the whole thing looks great, although the head does look a tad more "movie" than I'd thought from initial pictures.

That Bumblebee isn't half bad actually. That the "black" looks grey-almost silver helps. It makes him look a bit like a bin man. Which is cool.

edit:I acutally held off from Wheeljack in the hopes he'd get a repaint, like the original BB became Hot Shot. The wacky repaints are great in this line. Bring on RAVE MEGATRON!

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Posted by Nemesis Destron on May 28th, 2012 @ 11:55am CDT

orangeitis wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:So, Dark Energon changed Dead End from being like this, eh?

Prime isn't in the same universe as WFC.

Holy-crap...it still looks bad ass anyway! But the look of PRID Dead End's head, what gives? Is that his mouth open with all that light piping? :VEHI:

Re: Transformers Prime Deluxe Wave 4 In-Package Images (1384573)
Posted by Hypershock on May 28th, 2012 @ 12:00pm CDT

I wanna see pics of that so-called sword with airachnid!

Re: Transformers Prime Deluxe Wave 4 In-Package Images (1384581)
Posted by Sabrblade on May 28th, 2012 @ 12:12pm CDT

orangeitis wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
orangeitis wrote:Prime isn't in the same universe as WFC.
Oh I'm serious.

Are you saying that the G1 cartoon is in the same universe as the comic? Or hell, the Armada anime with it's comic?

While both may be in Aligned, they are obviously separate universes.

Nevertheless, that is what Dead end used to look like in the Aligned Continuity. The WFC/FOC bodies are what the characters looked like in the ancient past, while the Prime bodies are what they look like in the present.

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Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on May 28th, 2012 @ 12:18pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
orangeitis wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
orangeitis wrote:Prime isn't in the same universe as WFC.
Oh I'm serious.

Are you saying that the G1 cartoon is in the same universe as the comic? Or hell, the Armada anime with it's comic?

While both may be in Aligned, they are obviously separate universes.
Nevertheless, that is what Dead end used to look like in the Aligned Continuity. The WFC/FOC bodies are what the characters looked like in the ancient past, while the Prime bodies are what they look like in the present.

That's why I keep WFC and Prime separated by applying the concept of Time Streams. Same Universal Stream =/= Same Character.

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Posted by Anonymous on May 28th, 2012 @ 12:18pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
orangeitis wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
orangeitis wrote:Prime isn't in the same universe as WFC.
Oh I'm serious.

Are you saying that the G1 cartoon is in the same universe as the comic? Or hell, the Armada anime with it's comic?

While both may be in Aligned, they are obviously separate universes.
Nevertheless, that is what Dead end used to look like in the Aligned Continuity. The WFC/FOC bodies are what the characters looked like in the ancient past, while the Prime bodies are what they look like in the present.

That makes no sense. The WFC designs are collectively a totally different aesthetic than the collective Prime designs.

Yes, I know they're millions of years apart, but we don't have evidence to show that Transformers in those two universes work that way. It's best not to jump to such conclusions. Until we have confirmed proof that they can look however they want to, or that there has been an in-continuity shift in their species design(not to mention every single TF giving up all those stylish noses), there's no need to claim that they can.

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Posted by Sabrblade on May 28th, 2012 @ 12:28pm CDT

orangeitis wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Nevertheless, that is what Dead end used to look like in the Aligned Continuity. The WFC/FOC bodies are what the characters looked like in the ancient past, while the Prime bodies are what they look like in the present.
That makes no sense. The WFC designs are collectively a totally different aesthetic than the collective Prime designs.

Yes, I know they're millions of years apart, but we don't have evidence to show that Transformers in those two universes work that way. It's best not to jump to such conclusions. Until we have confirmed proof that they can look however they want to, or that there has been an in-continuity shift in their species design(not to mention every single TF giving up all those stylish noses), there's no need to claim that they can.

What more proof do you want than Hasbro openly declaring them to be in the same continuity? One has one look, another has another look, yet both are in the same continuity.

The same applies to G1 and Beast Wars/Machines. both are completely different in aesthetics (especially G1 and Beast Machines), yet no one questions their being connected.

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Posted by Sodan-1 on May 28th, 2012 @ 12:38pm CDT

That new Bumblebee looks crap in those colours, yet it still gets two to a case while the only new figure gets one. Not sure why the case needs Cliffjumper either. I hope I can find Airachnid.

REVISION: Airachnid's not actually that great, but she'll do.

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Posted by Anonymous on May 28th, 2012 @ 12:41pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:What more proof do you want than Hasbro openly declaring them to be in the same continuity? One has one look, another has another look, yet both are in the same continuity.

Because one Hasbro representative might not know a thing about how universes, continuities, and universal streams work?

We need more solid ground to go by than that. I'm sorry, but we still need some clarification on the matter.

Sabrblade wrote:The same applies to G1 and Beast Wars/Machines. both are completely different in aesthetics (especially G1 and Beast Machines), yet no one questions their being connected.

It's not the same simply because Beast Wars/Machines had aspects of both the G1 cartoon and the comics. Not only that, but Beast Wars was done by primitive CGI. We don't have that excuse now.

Not to mention that Beast Wars had an in-continuity reason for the aesthetic shift to take place from G1(from Autobot/Decepticon to Maximal/Predicon), and Beast Machines had an in-continuity reason for the aesthetic shift to take place from Beast Wars(namely, technorganic shiz). Once there is fiction that explains how WFC/FoC Cybertron got invaded by the nose-snatchers, there's no need to jump to any conclusions.

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Posted by Va'al on May 28th, 2012 @ 12:52pm CDT

Nah, Airachnid is a serious pass for me.

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Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on May 28th, 2012 @ 12:56pm CDT

Va'al wrote:Nah, Airachnid is a serious pass for me.

More for me to grab then. Dead End is also a must-get, like all things Wheeljack.

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Posted by DISCHARGE on May 28th, 2012 @ 1:02pm CDT

5 dollar foot long

All she's missing is a Subway logo behind her? :lol:

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Posted by Sabrblade on May 28th, 2012 @ 1:12pm CDT

orangeitis wrote:Because one Hasbro representative might not know a thing about how universes, continuities, and universal streams work?

We need more solid ground to go by than that. I'm sorry, but we still need some clarification on the matter.

Um, Aaron Archer is Vice President of Intellectual Property Development at Hasbro. He's the man responsible for keeping all the continuities stable and in order, and the one (along with Rik Alvarez) who's completely developed the entire history of the Aligned continuity, from it's ancient past of WFC and the novels, to its present day of TF: Prime, and well beyond into whatever its future may be. He's well above being "one Hasbro representative".

orangeitis wrote:It's not the same simply because Beast Machines had an in-continuity reason for the aesthetic shift to take place(namely, technorganic shiz). Once there is fiction that explains how WFC/FoC Cybertron got invaded by the nose-snatchers, there's no need to jump to any conclusions.

Not everything between the two looks complete different.

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Posted by craggy on May 28th, 2012 @ 1:12pm CDT

DISCHARGE wrote:5 dollar foot long

All she's missing is a Subway logo behind her?

because she needs to eat a sandwich? I don't get it.

edit: Never mind, I missed the $5 Foot Long bit at the start.

I still think she looks a bit bare. Looks more like an AM toy than a PRID one.

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