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Gearslide wrote::O

Where do the Beast Mode hind legs vanish in to?

Also, is Hasbro FINALLY ditching the "Powerizer" gimmick on Voyagers?

waist in beast mode are fron shell of his legs his beast mode legs are there they form heal while waist in beast form form front half of his legs to make it fill out more brawny looking.

look at his waist in beast mode were back legs are jointed at you see same yellow v shape desing on his lower legs

forogt to mention he looks like scourge from energon series his 2 guns in beast mode are replaced by 2 heads bot mode simaler in comparisons

That looks beautiful. I'm probably going to wait on the larger figure, as it seems to be the more scale accurate figure after watching the promo of season 3 at NYCC, but Hasbro is really cleaning up their act here.

Now, if we get our own mold of Smokescreen & Shockwave, Hasbro just won.

That Bot wrote:

Gearslide wrote:Also, is Hasbro FINALLY ditching the "Powerizer" gimmick on Voyagers?

What do you mean "finally"? It was the gimmick for one size class in one toyline. Only 8 figures, assuming Skyquake ever makes it to market. And it hasn't even been a full year. I know it wasn't a popular gimmick but you're making it sound like it infected the entire brand.

Where do you get any indication he meant the entire brand? The "Powerizer" gimmick was strictly PRiD, so I'm sure he was referring to those Voyagers.

Looks pretty sweet correct me if i'm wrong but is this the first time we've seen spring-fire missiles on a voyager since HFTD?

NovaSentinel wrote:Looks pretty sweet correct me if i'm wrong but is this the first time we've seen spring-fire missiles on a voyager since HFTD?

Yep. We're also getting missiles for the larger Predaking (although I can't tell if they're spring-loaded). Also, Beast Hunters Wheeljack's Falcon Spear has a firing capture ring and Lazerback has firing acid missiles. I'm so happy they stopped ignoring firing projectiles.

dragons wrote:forogt to mention he looks like scourge from energon series

The "energon series" includes Armada, Energon, and Cybertron, and it's called the Unicron Trilogy.

On that note, Scourge was in Transformers Cybertron, not Energon.

PrymeStriker wrote:

That Bot wrote:

Gearslide wrote:Also, is Hasbro FINALLY ditching the "Powerizer" gimmick on Voyagers?

What do you mean "finally"? It was the gimmick for one size class in one toyline. Only 8 figures, assuming Skyquake ever makes it to market. And it hasn't even been a full year. I know it wasn't a popular gimmick but you're making it sound like it infected the entire brand.

Where do you get any indication he meant the entire brand? The "Powerizer" gimmick was strictly PRiD, so I'm sure he was referring to those Voyagers.

My point is that he's making such a fuss about it that you would think the problem was more wide-reaching than it really is.

Bubbah wrote:Hasbro, congratulations on a Beastformer who doesn't just standup, and have a fold down beast head to reveal the bot head. I think the beast mode hind legs fold up and become the back half of the bot mode legs, but they're well hidden and I for one like how it's done, from what I can see. 2 distinct modes ... well played!

You sound like this is the first time they've ever done a beast figure whose transformation wasn't just "stand up on limbs and fold down the head".

What happened to that big ass version of Predaking from the initial scans of Comic Con's prototype? I actually loved the size of that said Predaking.

Xephon0930 wrote:What happened to that big ass version of Predaking from the initial scans of Comic Con's prototype? I actually loved the size of that said Predaking.

That's the bigger size class figure. This is the Voyager. Different size class = different toy.

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PrymeStriker wrote:

That Bot wrote:

Gearslide wrote:Also, is Hasbro FINALLY ditching the "Powerizer" gimmick on Voyagers?

What do you mean "finally"? It was the gimmick for one size class in one toyline. Only 8 figures, assuming Skyquake ever makes it to market. And it hasn't even been a full year. I know it wasn't a popular gimmick but you're making it sound like it infected the entire brand.

Where do you get any indication he meant the entire brand? The "Powerizer" gimmick was strictly PRiD, so I'm sure he was referring to those Voyagers.

My point is that he's making such a fuss about it that you would think the problem was more wide-reaching than it really is.

You think he makes it sound more widespread because he used the word "finally." You're keying in on a word that defines a long time. A long time can vary, it doesn't have to be more than a year. 8 months can be considered a "long time." Let's not forget that the PRiD Voyager figures will be on shelves a little while longer, which will probably hit your "full year" minimum.

Hmm. I'm rethinking my preorder, here....

On the one hand, he looks awesome. On the other, I forgot we were receiving a Weaponizers size version. However...the Weaponizers have been really shoddy looking to me, I can't imagine he'd be much better. I know we saw pics of it, but I'm assuming that once he hits production, he'll be hardly better than Optimus and Bumblebee now.

I'm conflicted...I think I might just stick with the Voyager.

Autobot032 wrote:Hmm. I'm rethinking my preorder, here....

On the one hand, he looks awesome. On the other, I forgot we were receiving a Weaponizers size version. However...the Weaponizers have been really shoddy looking to me, I can't imagine he'd be much better.

It was a larger scale figure, but we're not quite sure if it's a Weaponizer or the return of Supreme Class ( ).

PrymeStriker wrote:

Autobot032 wrote:Hmm. I'm rethinking my preorder, here....

On the one hand, he looks awesome. On the other, I forgot we were receiving a Weaponizers size version. However...the Weaponizers have been really shoddy looking to me, I can't imagine he'd be much better.

It was a larger scale figure, but we're not quite sure if it's a Weaponizer or the return of Supreme Class ( ).

Or Leader class, since Weaponizers have been simialr to but different from the typical Leader class figures we got during the Cybertron-DOTM era.

robot mode is dissapointing and the dragon mode looks worse then it did before.
HOWEVER i also just read for the first time about that "beast optimus prime" toy.
does this mean that for the first time a truck morphin' prime is going to pull a transmetal-esque evolution in the show, like how primal did in beast wars?
or is the toy only being made for the money?

starwarrior1227 wrote:robot mode is dissapointing and the dragon mode looks worse then it did before.
HOWEVER i also just read for the first time about that "beast optimus prime" toy.
does this mean that for the first time a truck morphin' prime is going to pull a transmetal-esque evolution in the show, like how primal did in beast wars?
or is the toy only being made for the money?

He'll still be a truck, but with spikes and stuff. We saw a Cyberverse Leader figure last week. (A completely new mold)

We don't know if the Voyager will be a new mold, or modified like the Deluxe/Revealers are.

And yeah, being made for money.

I'm glad I didn't pre-order this, still going to wait for reviews.

Eh, it looks a little underwhelming, but maybe it'll get some more detailing as things go along. For now, I'm hedging on the leader being better.

I preordered him a while back and will be keeping it. I'm really digging the orange because it'll really pop on my TFP shelf. Also, I really like that the beast back appears to form the robot legs and the dragon legs are hidden (at least in the pic) in robot mode.

I'm curious to see the larger version too though, be it Supreme, Weaponizer, Leader, etc. If it's another good model that is different enough to justify (maybe even just by the size), then I might be getting both!

P.S. I believe I was the one who brought this to everyone's attention with my post earlier (http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/robot-mode-photo-of-transformers-prime-voyager-predaking-t91117.php). Could I possibly get a shout out for the news find too?! Either way, I'm just glad I could share this with all my fellow Seibertronians! I've been enjoying the discussion (as usual)!

wonder who is going to voice this awesome monstrosity

skidflap wrote:wonder who is going to voice this awesome monstrosity

Gilbert Gottfried.

Gearslide wrote:Where do the Beast Mode hind legs vanish in to?

Looks like they flip behind and fill his hollow robot legs, kinda like PRiD Arcee.

griftimus prime wrote:wow. what a lame gun

Thanks for pointing that out. I thought it was his lame hand.

Better than I had hoped but I still don't think I'll be buying any beast hunter toys for the next 3 years.

David Kaye?

Xephon0930 wrote:David Kaye?

Hardshell and Predaking? Ooooooh!

*sighs* I'm horribly conflicted, here.

After seeing this, I had to dig up pics of the Leader Class. It's massive, it has light up features (which are not a selling point for me, but it usually means it's larger...) and it has full weapons.

On the other hand, the Voyager seems to have a more intricate transformation (whereas the Leader seems to just stand up, fold down, etc.) and it's cheaper. I dunno.

I'll keep the preorder for now, but I'm rather tempted to cancel and go for the Leader due to it's massive wing span.

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PrymeStriker wrote:

That Bot wrote:

Gearslide wrote:Also, is Hasbro FINALLY ditching the "Powerizer" gimmick on Voyagers?

What do you mean "finally"? It was the gimmick for one size class in one toyline. Only 8 figures, assuming Skyquake ever makes it to market. And it hasn't even been a full year. I know it wasn't a popular gimmick but you're making it sound like it infected the entire brand.

Where do you get any indication he meant the entire brand? The "Powerizer" gimmick was strictly PRiD, so I'm sure he was referring to those Voyagers.

My point is that he's making such a fuss about it that you would think the problem was more wide-reaching than it really is.

One could easily connect Mechtech and Powerizers together, given the very similar gimmick. I for one am also glad that the Powerizer/Mechtech gimmick is done with, because as far as I was concerned, they were the same thing, and the whole reason I didn't collect DotM.