The Energon Pub

[El Duque]

Site sponsor Kapow Toys have revealed a new Transformers Prime series, Takara Prime Micron Arms, which are basically Targetmasters reborn! Check out the images below, we also get a look at Takara's Skywarp a repaint of Deluxe First Edition Starscream. Will Hasbro bring these to domestic consumers?

[Hypershock]

oooooo, so instead of making built in guns like FE cliff, they made a targetmaster that specifically looks like his gun? ill hafta admit im okay w that; im warming to RID cliff but i still wuda preferred FE cliff

[GuyIncognito]

That's pretty cool! Any chance Hasbro will do this, or is this going to be a Takara-only thing?

[Che]

Ah, that's why the crap weapons in prime rid/powerizer... the good ones will come later... (as long as you pay extra for them...)

[freaky777]

Eh with this, makes me feel like just getting all the Takara RID figures, I'll take Minicons or Micron than light up parts any day.

[acchillyaout]

I think the Cliffjumper figure used in these pictures is broken. He only has one horn on his head? That's stupid. At least use a figure that has all the parts & pieces.

[Dead Metal]

I think the Cliffjumper figure used in these pictures is broken. He only has one horn on his head? That's stupid. At least use a figure that has all the parts & pieces.

Dude, that is the remold/repaint of Cliffjumper into Zombie Cliffjumper, he's supposed to look like that.


Also, yea, look like I'll be collecting the Takara line.

[Mkall]

Please come to North America, please come to North America...

[Tranzilla]

I'm sooooooo hoping someone brings these to Botcon or they get announced as also US availability.

[Agamemnon]

I think the Cliffjumper figure used in these pictures is broken. He only has one horn on his head? That's stupid. At least use a figure that has all the parts & pieces.

Either you haven't seen the show or you're making a funny...

And, Squeeeee! Zombie Cliffy looks to be a slight remold of FE Cliffy. This possibility might have me skipping PRID Cliffy entirely.

All in all, the target masters look good. I hope Hasbro brings them in. It might bring me back to the Prime line...

Below Skywarp....They wouldn't do a silhouette of Starscream...Thundercracker?

[Skywarp64]

Just watch as Takara releases this Skywarp and Hasbro does nothing and I become heartbroken, having missed yet another Skywarp.

[craggy]

wow, these are cool. the added minicon awesomeness is making me consider getting the majority of these. sucks for my wallet. unless Hasbro are able to announce that they'll be releasing these minicons, and at mass market, and for more than 5 minutes, i'm turning japanese

[Laserwave13]

Great news!

After what Hasbro did to us even one reason more to stick with Takaras TF:Prime toys. They re-use at least some of the first edition molds and include Targetmasters instead of glowing-mechtec crap.

Hope your RID line becomes the biggest shelf warmer Hasbro!

[Requiem Prime]

Okay, I'm interested. Hopefully they convincingly transform. Are these the ones being capsule figs or something. I hope they come in a one shot set.

[Delicon]

wow, these are cool. the added minicon awesomeness is making me consider getting the majority of these. sucks for my wallet. unless Hasbro are able to announce that they'll be releasing these minicons, and at mass market, and for more than 5 minutes, i'm turning japanese

Yikes, I'll have that song in my head for weeks. Ironically, I think a few other fans "turned Japanese" the moment they saw these figures.

[Mkall]

And it looks like I'll be getting TT almost exclusively this line.

My poor wallet

weeping...weeping...

[Joetx]

Is this HasTak's attempt to make us forget about losing out on the FE figures & make the inferior RID figures more palatable?

[kirbenvost]

^Nope, it's Takara doing what they do and Hasbro not giving a crap.

I bet that Skywarp will never see the light of day in Hasbro's line, and while we may see these minicons somehow, they won't be included with the Hasbro figures.

[triKlops]

hopefully we get these
looks like they will work perfectly with the aesthetic of the new line

[BeastProwl]

The light I see at the end of this tunnel is this: If you can't get FE cliff, at least Zombie Cliffjumper is the same mold.

[Tigertrack]

Thumbs up, on this idea...

[Sodan-1]

Below Skywarp....They wouldn't do a silhouette of Starscream...Thundercracker?

Ah, but they would do a silhouette of Starscream, as that'd be the voyager class figure. Kapow also have listings for Knock-Out and Breakdown. Worryingly they're both priced as deluxe class.

Can Ratchet and Arcee be called Targetmasters? Shouldn't they be Sushi-masters or something?

As much as I want those Mini-Cons, there's no way I'm paying for Takara's premium versions of what I feel are truely horrific figures just to get them. Hopefully Hasbro will release them in Mini-Con packs.

[Rodimus Minor]

I am realy getting into these figures I realy want the ones for RID Cliff so i can give him the horns. Skywarp looks cool but a new HEad sculped would of been better

[Hypershock]

ok, people keep callin cliffs b=guns the horns and i keep gettin confused. They're not literally called the horns, he was referencing that he's guna fight back n play rough, and that he has horns. the guns rnt called horns; sry to bitch but i keep getting really confuseed reading these. But yea, thatd be my main reason for getting them too

[Rodimus Minor]

ok, people keep callin cliffs b=guns the horns and i keep gettin confused. They're not literally called the horns, he was referencing that he's guna fight back n play rough, and that he has horns. the guns rnt called horns; sry to bitch but i keep getting really confuseed reading these. But yea, thatd be my main reason for getting them too

I know they aren't called the Horns I just liked that name