Video Review of Transformers Prime Wars Repugnus Exclusive

Qwan wrote:Thanks to frequent reviewer and Seibertronian chuckdawg1999, we have a video review to share of the Prime Wars Repugnus figure, which is currently shipping out from Amazon's website. We've had in-hand images already, but an in-motion review is a new occurrence for this toy.

In addition to the usual review fare of transformation, articulation and so on, Chuck also runs through the retooling done to the figure, comparisons to Repugnus' Monsterbot colleague Grotusque, further looks at the option to swap in the Titans Return Repugnus Titan Master for the head, and more. Check out the video below, and share your thoughts on the Energon Pub Forums!

Repugnus is the second Amazon exclusive figure from the Prime Wars trilogy representing Titans Return. A heavy retool of Twinferno, it's closer in appearance to the previously released exclusive Grotusque. An interesting figure in its own right with a fun transformation, Repugnus is a solid choice.

I already watched it and it's a good review.
And here's another good one from Long's Toys:

*I don't know why it's not working.

i picked Inferno up with plans to get a Titanmaster adapter and use him as Cab's Transtector. may need to get 2nd one but not sure as of yet

Lunatic Prime wrote:And here's another good one from Long's Toys:

*I don't know why it's not working.

Fixed

There is a lot of negativity in the comments about red Hot Spo- I mean Inferno, but I really like him. Infact, I like the look more of this guy than Hot Spot. That may have something to do with the painted hanbands, and white ladder, more silver paint, and the very unique head sculpt that doesn't look like a standard Optimus Prime head.However it would've been nice if the original mold went for a more realistic fire truck, instead of the more futuristic one. I feel like that would've fit better with the the original combiner team, and would've looked nice here. The two characters have very distinct looks, so I get the dissapointment. Maybe in the new War for Cybertron line, we'll get a more proper Inferno, if not a more Cybertronian one. Then we could get a Grapple, or is it Hoist? That G1 episode has messed me up for life.

do either of those repugnus reviews talk about the baffling fact they painted his face yellow? I repeat, they *painted his face yellow*

durroth wrote:do either of those repugnus reviews talk about the baffling fact they painted his face yellow? I repeat, they *painted his face yellow*

Maybe noticed that yellow plastic would hide all the details. You can compare Titan Master Repugnus with Headmaster Repugnus. There you can see the exact difference

I would have liked it if they had done him in orange and replaced the ladder with a crane to make a Grapple. It would have given collectors more of a reason to buy it instead of releasing this mold as just another fire truck. It would also have looked good with Combiner Wars Wreck-gar as the chest armor.

I mean it's baffling for Hasbro, who don't like spending money on paint in the best of times, to put yellow paint on plastic that is almost the same color. It's not unappreciated, it's just out of character

I probably would be more tempted to get inferno if he had some of his own limbs bots. If they're gonna just repaint that mold, repaint a few others.

Lunatic Prime wrote:

william_james88 wrote:

You know that you have to turn the combiner head a 180° for truck mode?

The instructions put it that way, yeah, but I thought it was supposed to be a bucket that you could flip the other way.

I think Inferno is ok, for what it's worth. Still I'd rather not have had it, since they didn't create enough deluxes to properly finish it. I don't have extras from the previous line, so Jazz and Wreck-Gar will be keeping armless *Infernac* (points if you get the reference) standing for now.

I also got the *sorry for delay* notice on Repugnus, but I checked tracking , and he's at least in my county now Should have it today or tomorrow.

Also I feel a bit jaded about these exclusives. I mean it's great that Hasbro is offering an all-new toy in Punch/Counterpunch, but I still maintain it's more of a sneak preview for Siege than anything else. Other than coming with a Prime Master (which the others do as well), It's not a true representation of PotP, as it's not a combiner limb. They should have made 4 exclusives, or just released Punch/CP as a regular Siege deluxe.

I mean I'm only getting Repugnus to complete the Monsterbot Trio, which my son wanted more than anything else. I'm Not getting Blastoff since I already have the UW one (a different paint scheme isn't enough to warrant me purchasing it again), and I'm not getting P/CP obviously because it isn't part of a combiner. I may even end up selling the exclusive Solus that comes with Repugnus. I'll eventually have all the regular releases of the 13 PM's, I don't need just one of three exclusive variants.

Speaking of which...Remember we originally saw 15 symbols? How awesome would it have been if the 3 Amazon deluxes came with two of those? P/CP being more of a siege preview could have just been released on his own, without a PM.

would still like a grapple and inferno based on their g1 appearance and toy, have the original generations releases but I reckon it's time for an update... a simplified mp would be great.

The walmart near my realm somehow got a HUGE shipment of voyager PotP figures, including nearly a dozen Inferno figures. All of them are currently warming shelf. If only they'd done it a year ago when these wave 1 voyagers were highly sought after...

I'll be waiting until they're (inevitably) on clearance, then pick up an Inferno on the cheap. It'll be fun to make a red-only combiner out of Inferno, CW Ironhide, Novastar...

And check out my review for Inferno if you haven't seen it yet!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7RkMdQNVaQ&t=2s

Daddy bug loves his lil larva!

Then he ate him. Because that's what weird bug monsters do.

So with PotP coming to a close, it's almost a little sad that we will be imbalanced by 2 bots for CW style Autobots.

Here is the breakdown of Hasbro released Deluxe CW figures:

Aerialbots
Air Raid
Firefly
Slingshot
Sky Dive
Alpha Bravo

Protectobots
Groove
First Aid
Blades
Streetwise
Rook

Technobots
Afterburner
Lightspeed
Nosecone
Strafe

Torchbearers
Skyburst
Dustup
Jumpstream
Stormclash

Dinobots
Slug
Swoop
Slag
Sludge

Optimus bots
Prowl
Ironhide
Sunstreaker
Mirage

Lynx bots
Hound
Smokescreen
Trailbreaker
Wheeljack

PotP leftover bots
Moonracer
Novastar
Jazz
Wreck-Gar

Whereas the Decepticons are wrapped in a nice little bow:

Stunticons
Wildrider
Dead End
Breakdown
Dragstrip

Combaticons
Blast Off Shuttle
Brawl
Vortex
Swindle

Terrorcons
Cutthroat
Blot
Sinnertwin
Rippersnapper

Liokaiser
Drillhorn
Fellbat
Guyhawk
Ironbison

Left over cons
Blast Off Jet
Offroad
Dreadwind
Blackwing


All we really needed was Ratchet (sorry, I am not counting the ridiculously overpriced FunPub Ratchet) and 1 more autobot to have complete teams. Or... 2 more female autobots to round out Elita-Inf1nite.

I still don't buy the idea that Counterpunch was a siege preview solely on the basis that he looks our of place with the rest of that line. If anything I would say he was supposed to have come out during thrilling 30 but didn't for whatever reason.

I actually got Inferno and Repugnus on the same day, despite ordering them months apart, from different companies. I like Inferno more than I thought I would. While he isn’t perfect, I like that he’s a combiner torso. I have the earlier Classics/Generations Inferno and Grapple, along with their G1 originals. I agree that a slight alteration into Grapple might have been more interesting for collectors, but I was still happy to pick up Inferno.

Repugnus is a decent figure. I like his Hasbro Headmaster head a bit better, and swapped it out before putting him next to Doublecross (Twinferno) and Grotusque on my shelves. I’m just happy Hasbro didn’t leave us with two Deluxe scale Monsterbots and tiny Repugnus.

ZeroWolf wrote:I still don't buy the idea that Counterpunch was a siege preview solely on the basis that he looks our of place with the rest of that line. If anything I would say he was supposed to have come out during thrilling 30 but didn't for whatever reason.

T30 throwback, or Siege preview, whatever you want to call it. But the fact remains P/CP while probably a great new toy, should not have the PotP label as it isn't a representation of that line.

o.supreme wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:I still don't buy the idea that Counterpunch was a siege preview solely on the basis that he looks our of place with the rest of that line. If anything I would say he was supposed to have come out during thrilling 30 but didn't for whatever reason.

T30 throwback, or Siege preview, whatever you want to call it. But the fact remains P/CP while probably a great new toy, should not have the PotP label as it isn't a representation of that line.

You could just consider the Throne of the Primes to be the "Power of the Primes" exclusive representative instead. It definitely fits the PotP theme.

I can agree with that not sure what would have been that wouldnt have caused a controversy. Some people would have been very unhappy at the idea of having an exclusive limb that they wanted for one of the other torsos

ZeroWolf wrote:I can agree with that not sure what would have been that wouldnt have caused a controversy. Some people would have been very unhappy at the idea of having an exclusive limb that they wanted for one of the other torsos

True, but considering what I've had to go through to get past exclusive limbs (from Botcon and TFCC), the Amazon ones are comparatively much more readily available, and economical,

POTP Inferno will always be Big Red to me...

Cobotron wrote:
Daddy bug loves his lil larva!

I. Love. This. Pic.

So much, I'm considering changing my avatar...

DeathReviews wrote:The walmart near my realm somehow got a HUGE shipment of voyager PotP figures, including nearly a dozen Inferno figures. All of them are currently warming shelf. If only they'd done it a year ago when these wave 1 voyagers were highly sought after...

I'll be waiting until they're (inevitably) on clearance, then pick up an Inferno on the cheap. It'll be fun to make a red-only combiner out of Inferno, CW Ironhide, Novastar...

And check out my review for Inferno if you haven't seen it yet!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7RkMdQNVaQ&t=2s

I started seriously collecting again with Battle Core Optimus Prime and even at that point, my goal was to just make an all-white Combiner (ended up being Battle Core Optimus Prime, First Aid, Prowl, Streetwise, and Rook) which I acquired very slowly so I missed Hot Spot on the shelves and never bother to get him after.

But seeing all of these pics of Inferno while not owning Hot Spot - I'd much rather have Inferno.

Cobotron wrote:Then he ate him. Because that's what weird bug monsters do.

In my head, I heard a guy with a soft spoken nature show British accent saying: After mating the larger female repugnus bites off the head of the small male repugnus...

DeathReviews wrote:The walmart near my realm somehow got a HUGE shipment of voyager PotP figures, including nearly a dozen Inferno figures. All of them are currently warming shelf. If only they'd done it a year ago when these wave 1 voyagers were highly sought after...

I'll be waiting until they're (inevitably) on clearance, then pick up an Inferno on the cheap. It'll be fun to make a red-only combiner out of Inferno, CW Ironhide, Novastar...

1. -If you don't have Inferno, that means someone gave him to you to review...does that mean you take requests..??

2. I don't think I've ever seen that many Generations voyagers in one location, only SS recently. I have seen Inferno twice. The first I purchased , the second got purchased in time after his package mate Grimlock got purchased first .

On the flipside, a walmart near me recently finally got wave 2 deluxes and they are selling like hotcakes, Imagine if they got wave 3... . Meanwhile another walmart has sealed their fate with multiple cases of wave 1 that await inevitable clearance, and another that has zero Generations deluxes in stock. hopefully they get wave 3 and see how quickly they get bought up.

In truth, I already have all of wave 3 (got Deluxes and PM's from BBTS...) I just like seeing them in the store...

Agamemnon wrote:

Cobotron wrote:
Daddy bug loves his lil larva!

I. Love. This. Pic.

So much, I'm considering changing my avatar...

Go for it. I would be honored!

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Then he ate him. Because that's what weird bug monsters do.

In my head, I heard a guy with a soft spoken nature show British accent saying: After mating the larger female repugnus bites off the head of the small male repugnus...

DeathReviews wrote:The walmart near my realm somehow got a HUGE shipment of voyager PotP figures, including nearly a dozen Inferno figures. All of them are currently warming shelf.

How could they be warming shelves if they just got there?

william-james88 wrote:

DeathReviews wrote:The walmart near my realm somehow got a HUGE shipment of voyager PotP figures, including nearly a dozen Inferno figures. All of them are currently warming shelf.

How could they be warming shelves if they just got there?

Maybe the shelves are really cold?

Yikes. His combiner form is not good. The colors just seem off, particularly the red on the top of the head. Still, if I had to go back and make a mistake on buying a recent release I didn't really want, I would have picked him over POTP Starscream. Never have I spent only $10, got like 60% off retail on a new toy and regretted it so much. Starscream is terrible. I wanted to return him but I would have spent most of the $10 I paid to get him on return shipping costs. And is isn't worth dirt on eBay. Lesson learned.

I like this Inferno.
for limbs, I gave CW wave 6 (Sky Reign limbs) and CW legends Wreck Gar.
which frees up my Sky Lynx to just be Sky Lynx on my shelf.

william-james88 wrote:How could they be warming shelves if they just got there?

It's Inferno. He heats shit up. It's what he does. Which makes his fire truck alt mode ironic. Question is, did Budiansky do it on purpose or was it a mistake?

Cobo, I like the bug family photo album as well.

mordhelm, do you count exclusives or just wide released figures? Because I think Blue Streak should count. And yes, Hasbro screwed up by not giving Ratchet or Sideswipe a figure in CW.

Am I the only one to get a repugnus with 2 right ankles?

Just got an email from Amazon that my Repugnus is delayed to an unknown date. I guess they took more pre-orders than they had Repugnii coming in on the first shipment. Not that it bothers me anyway since I won't be actually obtaining him up for a few more months, but just thought it might be useful to share.

Wave 3

yep, found those guys at Target yesterday. surprised how the Primes seem to be pro Con with these things. 5 Decepticon Primemasters vs 3 Autobot Primemasters

I already posted in the online sightings thread, but just in case someone doesn’t check that thread, but has been looking for PotP Hun-Gurrr he’s available from Amazon at his regular retail price of $24.99

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B072QXGMJC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?tag=seibertron07-20&ie=UTF8&psc=1

grimdragon2001 wrote:yep, found those guys at Target yesterday. surprised how the Primes seem to be pro Con with these things. 5 Decepticon Primemasters vs 3 Autobot Primemasters

Had all Prime Masters been at retail it would have been more even. Not an actual lineup, just my theory:
Metalhawk/Vector Prime
Cloudburt/Micronus
Landmine/Alpha Trion
Waverider/Prima
Longtooth/Onyx Prime
Either Groundbreaker/Splashdown/Skyhigh as Amalgamous Prime

Bomb-Burst/Megatronus
Skullgrin/Liege Maximo
Submarauder/Alchemist Prime
Octopunch/Solus Prime
Bludgeon/Quintus Prime
Iguanus/Nexus Prime

As for why only twelve and not Thirteen: early in PotP promotions it was said the Matrix represented the Thirteenth Prime.

My local Target dropped the price of Voyagers to $22.50, anyone else seeing this? Unfortunately they only had a single Starscream and Grimlock, I'd happily pick up Elita-1 and Inferno at that price.

Still no sign of Prime Masters wave 2 or 3 anywhere around me, just pegs packed full of wave 1.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:My local Target dropped the price of Voyagers to $22.50, anyone else seeing this? Unfortunately they only had a single Starscream and Grimlock, I'd happily pick up Elita-1 and Inferno at that price.

My Target has the same price drop in place, yeah, although I have no interest in the Wave 1 + Inferno that they have. To me, Inferno is an insane pyromaniac ant man, and any Autobot pretenders to the title are unworthy of the name.

I saw the tag for $22.50 for Voyagers at my Target. I didn't really pay attention to what they had, but I'm pretty sure if wasn't much.

Emerje wrote:My local Target dropped the price of Voyagers to $22.50, anyone else seeing this? Unfortunately they only had a single Starscream and Grimlock, I'd happily pick up Elita-1 and Inferno at that price.

Mine did too.

Almost bought Inferno but grabbed Sludge to complete my PotP Dinobots (which I told myself I wasn't going to do....).

I still think Inferno is a great figure, and in a way a cybertronian take on Inferno. I dig it, and he looks good and functions well and has several cool things you can do with his weapons, and you can combine him if you want to.

I still think someone should combine him with 4 red limbs, find a targetmaster like CW Powerglide, and make an Artfire combiner!

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I still think someone should combine him with 4 red limbs, find a targetmaster like CW Powerglide, and make an Artfire combiner!

I'm still waiting for two free jets and a tank or armored vehicle, to go with Alpha Bravo. I wish KO companies didn't upsize...

I finally opened up Sludge and Snarl yesterday.

Overall, PotP Dinobots are okay. They could have been fantastic but, the combining gimmick restricted them.

It's clearly obvious they wanted to recreate the original G1 look, but with a modern take. Unfortunately they then shoehorned in a gimmick which didn't work with that look and style.

But hey, we have modern G1 inspired Dinobots so we can't complain too much.

I finally got Sludge and Snarl on Thursday, so at long last Volcanicus is complete.

Overall, I like the Power of the Primes Dinobots. A lot of work was obviously put into keeping them close to the details (and usually the transformation scheme) of the originals while making them more articulated and cramming the combining gimmick in there on top of that. They would look better with some more painting and actual chrome, but they still look good. And while perforce only Grimlock got upsized to Voyager, the others at least still gained some height compared to the G1 toys. And more articulation. Sludge doesn't gain a whole lot more robot mode articulation compared to his original toy... but that's only because his original toy was shockingly well articulated to begin with.

My main disappointments with the Dinobots are the lack of any of Grimlock, Slag, and Sludge's personal weapons (though I have an idea to work around that at least somewhat), and Slag lacking his wings

EDIT: Forgot to mention that I'm also a bit disappointed we didn't get a Scorn retool of Grimlock. But hey, there's always the future, and HasTak are sure to want to get more use out of his mold.
Also forgot to mention that I'm planning on rigging up either an adapter handle or an alternate set of fingers to allow Volcanicus to hold Sparkdrinker. I ultimately want to make a unique sword for him that's in line with the aesthetic of the individual Dinobots' swords, but Sparkdrinker would make for a fine interim weapon.

Does anyone know if the second lineup of prime master are rare in stores. I own Cloudburst Skullgrin and Metalhawk but no sign of Landmine or Bludgeon. Are these two shortpacked or are they being targeted by online scalpers?

Rogue-Primal wrote:Does anyone know if the second lineup of prime master are rare in stores. I own Cloudburst Skullgrin and Metalhawk but no sign of Landmine or Bludgeon. Are these two shortpacked or are they being targeted by online scalpers?

Wave 2 had problems getting saturated in the US, but with Target and now Walmart getting shipments they should appear soon. Them appearing in Europe is a whole different matter tho, honestly, I was surprised a line made it well past Wave 2 when I last visited Combiner Wars never made past Wave 1 before I moved.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Rogue-Primal wrote:Does anyone know if the second lineup of prime master are rare in stores. I own Cloudburst Skullgrin and Metalhawk but no sign of Landmine or Bludgeon. Are these two shortpacked or are they being targeted by online scalpers?

Wave 2 had problems getting saturated in the US, but with Target and now Walmart getting shipments they should appear soon. Them appearing in Europe is a whole different matter tho, honestly, I was surprised a line made it well past Wave 2 when I last visited Combiner Wars never made past Wave 1 before I moved.

Its mostly arriving in hobby store called Nexus. Toys'R'us just 2 months late
They didnt even get titans return and TRU jumped straigbt into power of the primes deluxe waves instead too got started getting ghe 3 prime masters i bought at the comic/hobby store and they are 3 times more expensive too. My currency closely translates to 8£ Pounds but toys'r'us sells them at nearly 18/20 pounds for a mere prime master/decoy armor a pop

I was thinking about Punch/Counterpunch, and how people keep saying he does not properly represent the line. Well, I think he represents it perfectly thanks to one thing: how random he is and how he has a gimmick being returned to long ignored.

Think about PotP. We got Dinobots and the 2 season 3 beast combiners. We also got new characters, season 1, and season 3 guys all in the legends class, plus a reimagined duocon. We got a Starscream, Inferno and Jazz alongside some long overdue females. And we got a trukk and a munky, along with 2 Roddy Primes evil and good.

Simply put, PotP was a wide assortment with many seeing new gimmicks, new G1 iterations of characters that have originated elsewhere, revisiting gimmicks for some teams and individuals, and basically, it was fairly random yet organized. P/CP may not be a limb, but his inclusion really isn't as non-representative as some may think.