The Energon Pub

News Credits: 972 · Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:38 pm

Pre-orders have appeared for the Transformers Movie Premium Series Leader Class Megatron and Optimus Prime have appeared at Entertainment Earth, confirming that both figures will get a mass release.

This follows our earlier report in the week about the Premium Series Deluxe figures also getting a mass release.

Premium Series Prime will come with a new weapon, a retractable blade, as we reported here, and a resculpted head, whilst Premium Megatron is also expected to have a resculpted head.

To check out the Entertainment Earth pre-order, please click here.

Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:44 pm

yay
primes sword

News Credits: 10 · Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:51 pm

Perfect! I preorderd these because I'm tired of trying to track them down in Walmarts, etc...

Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:01 pm

Bumblebee's resculpted head features battle-mode mask.

Does this mean a resculpted Prime's head will show his shiny lips and tiny teeth? :shock:

News Credits: 387 · Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:09 pm

Well that’s good, maybe I can call up the rest of my Scalper legion troops and see if I can start limiting how many of these you people can find because I’m the evil scalper! with my army of scalpers secretly placed among each state and even Canada …

Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:15 pm

I'm not too happy about this habit of Hasbro squeezing every drop of juice out of the same mold over and over again.

Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:18 pm

im glad i did not buy megatron yet :grin:

p.s scalpers are jerks

News Credits: 3 · Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:23 pm

soundwave13c wrote:im glad i did not buy megatron yet

Me too(actually I picked up Voyager Megs but that's a differnt figure) I think I'll wait for Megs to hit stores though

Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:31 pm

Eventually, this scheme could work against Hasbro.

People will be holding back from buying the initial releases. (Which are critical for the success of a toyline.)

News Credits: 1452 · Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:45 pm

Please, that Megatron mold doesn't deserve to be released again. But since I didn't get him the first time.. i'll probably do it this time.

Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:50 pm

Nekoman wrote:Well that’s good, maybe I can call up the rest of my Scalper legion troops and see if I can start limiting how many of these you people can find because I’m the evil scalper! with my army of scalpers secretly placed among each state and even Canada …

let's see how many will not detect the hint of sarcasm in your post again Neko.

News Credits: 4 · Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:07 pm

lol@price.

News Credits: 8 · Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:10 pm

This "Megatron" is the shiny silver one right? If it is im getting it. Since i didnt buy the first one since it was so damn ugly.

News Credits: 3 · Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:12 pm

I want to see what these guys look like before I commit money I don't have to them.

News Credits: 7 · Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:14 pm

I doubt they could make them much more expensive than they allready are for the european market (prays that they arrive here too) so I'm looking forward for them.

Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:30 pm

Megatron will be mine. Oh yes. He will be mine.

News Credits: 4 · Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:46 pm

Auto Bot wrote:Eventually, this scheme could work against Hasbro.

People will be holding back from buying the initial releases. (Which are critical for the success of a toyline.)

I think so too.

I remember when I used to spend 30 bucks on single disk new release dvds like a chump.

News Credits: 6 · Thu Jan 10, 2008 6:51 pm

dude, these looks nice... epsecially prime's sword!!! I got a question though, so I was gonna pick up a leader prime for 20 today.... but I saw this, so should I wait until these come out?

News Credits: 8 · Thu Jan 10, 2008 7:07 pm

Does Megatron have anything else going for him besides a new head and coat of paint?

Thu Jan 10, 2008 7:11 pm

Out of all the Premium figures I'll only get Prime, Ironhide, and JAzz if he's mass released. Mind you as rip-off as the Premium concept it at least they're releasing Prime and Megs at mass retail.

News Credits: 387 · Thu Jan 10, 2008 7:17 pm

Raymond101 wrote:Out of all the Premium figures I'll only get Prime, Ironhide, and JAzz if he's mass released.

If I recall Jazz will be mass released, except in a three pack with Masked Bumblebee and Barricade.

News Credits: 8 · Thu Jan 10, 2008 7:23 pm

bran10 wrote:dude, these looks nice... epsecially prime's sword!!! I got a question though, so I was gonna pick up a leader prime for 20 today.... but I saw this, so should I wait until these come out?

Don't pass him up for $20, open that one and keep this boxed.

News Credits: 1452 · Thu Jan 10, 2008 7:27 pm

Well we all know that Hasbro is milking the success of the First Wave of Movie Toys. And since I doubt there will good success in the Animated line, as well as lines leading up TF2, then this Premium line is all Hasbro has to make big revenue.

This Premium stuff is a 2nd chance for me to get figures I wasn't able to get, so I guess it's good. But then again, Hasbro's lack of shipment to retail is the reason I didn't get those figures in the first place.

Thu Jan 10, 2008 7:38 pm

Nekoman wrote:
Raymond101 wrote:Out of all the Premium figures I'll only get Prime, Ironhide, and JAzz if he's mass released.

If I recall Jazz will be mass released, except in a three pack with Masked Bumblebee and Barricade.

True true, the problem is that I'm in Australia and I'm not sure if we'll be getting the three-pack (one can hope though). I'm sure the mass release figures will be released individually over here, and I'm happy enough for that.