Transformers Power of the Primes Optimal Optimus Found at Australian Retail
Saturday, June 16th, 2018 9:49PM CDT
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Posted by Qwan on June 16th, 2018 @ 9:59pm CDT
Now all I need is for the Wave 2 Deluxes and Wave 3 Prime Masters to turn up around here, and I'll be all set for "needs" from this line... it's weirdly refreshing not feeling a compulsion to buy every single toy like I was doing during TR
Posted by DecepticonFinishline on June 17th, 2018 @ 1:23am CDT
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:What if Punch/Counterpunch is a retool of Jazz, with the head flipped around to go between chest and roof chests? And maybe actual rotating fists, since Jazz does have wrist joints even if they are useless, but this time they will be more useful?
Either way, stoked for Punch. Now I gotta hope that when Nemesis, Punch/Counterpunch, Blastoff, and Repugnus come in stock, I can scoop them up.
As for the final 2 Prime Masters, what if towards the end of the year we get 2 new boxsets, one with Monstructor and one with Dinoking, and they come with the final 2?
I spent about half the day trying to figure out what mold they might use (since I HIIIIIIIIIGHLY doubt they would use an entirely new mold) and the one that I thought would fit best is Jazz. Especially considering that, apart from sharing his combiner joint with Drag Strip, he is one of the VERY few to not get a repaint/remold/retool.
As for Prime Masters, I'm still not convinced that there will just be another wave. Given that SO MUCH of Power of the Primes was (unintentionally) leaked, I could see Hasbro withholding a wave of toys to be a surprise.
Posted by Wolfman Jake on June 17th, 2018 @ 2:37am CDT
Thannak wrote:Confirmation that Prima is evil in new canon.
What!?
Posted by ZeroWolf on June 17th, 2018 @ 6:10am CDT
Posted by NTESHFT on June 17th, 2018 @ 7:39am CDT
TF-fan kev777 wrote:Emerje wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:O crap, misread. No Decoy Armor, but Prime Armor, the Hand kind... Still calling Micronus/Cloudburst retool.
Oh crap, I misread that, too. Puch/Counterpunch is going to be one complicated figure basically having five modes: Punch, Counterpuch, car, arm, and leg. I was happier thinking he wasn't
going to be a combiner and they'd be able to do something more G1 with the figure like giving it proper four arms. But either way I'm buying two.
Emerje
You know, what if this is a new mold or a heavy retool and the tradeoff for making 2 separate robot modes was ditching the combiner peg? The prime armor might be just that (armor) in this case.
8 steps to go from autobot to decepticon sounds like a little more than just a simple retool of an existing mold.
It does to me too. But.... has there ever been an exclusive that has an all new mold before?...I can't remember if there has been. I've always known one to be a retool a just repaint of a previous mold.
Posted by Nathaniel Prime on June 17th, 2018 @ 7:51am CDT
All that said, he's not a bad figure. He is definitely not perfect, but good. I like him. Is he worth retail price? For me, no. I might get him if he goes on sale though. For extreme BW fans though, I guess you'd probably like him.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 17th, 2018 @ 8:02am CDT
Nathaniel Prime wrote:I watched Emgo's review of Optimal Optimus yesterday, and I was a teensy bit disappointed. I mean, he only looks great in bot and munky modes, ok in "jet" mode(it gets a pass because that's what the original toy did), but I was most disappointed with Optimus Primal. I was willing to forgive the lack of munky mode for him because I thought he'd look good in spaceship/surfboard/slab mode, but no. It was just Primal folded up, with his giant backpack forming the front half. I was then willing to forgive THAT if Primal himself looked great and integrated into OPOP more, but double whoopsie. Primal only looks good in front,nowhere else, and he is only just a backpack for basically all modes. The cockpit can't fit a Titan/Prime Master, his weapons look awkward, and Optimal Optimus' munky mode only looks great with Primal integrated to it.
All that said, he's not a bad figure. He is definitely not perfect, but good. I like him. Is he worth retail price? For me, no. I might get him if he goes on sale though. For extreme BW fans though, I guess you'd probably like him.
I want that Optimal Optimus because with a very slight mod, it turn into something AMAZING. Just click on that link below to see what I'm talking about, a few pages back:
transformers-power-of-the-primes-leaks-rumours-reveals-and-more-t108761s8450.php#p1964182
Posted by fenrir72 on June 17th, 2018 @ 8:45am CDT
Nathaniel Prime wrote:I watched Emgo's review of Optimal Optimus yesterday, and I was a teensy bit disappointed. I mean, he only looks great in bot and munky modes, ok in "jet" mode(it gets a pass because that's what the original toy did), but I was most disappointed with Optimus Primal. I was willing to forgive the lack of munky mode for him because I thought he'd look good in spaceship/surfboard/slab mode, but no. It was just Primal folded up, with his giant backpack forming the front half. I was then willing to forgive THAT if Primal himself looked great and integrated into OPOP more, but double whoopsie. Primal only looks good in front,nowhere else, and he is only just a backpack for basically all modes. The cockpit can't fit a Titan/Prime Master, his weapons look awkward, and Optimal Optimus' munky mode only looks great with Primal integrated to it.
All that said, he's not a bad figure. He is definitely not perfect, but good. I like him. Is he worth retail price? For me, no. I might get him if he goes on sale though. For extreme BW fans though, I guess you'd probably like him.
I am not a BW fan. But will still get him. Btw bro, almost ALL TFs look like slag at the back and still look kick azz(and have awesome game play too)
Once you get them in hand, your perspective of him will change. Take PotP Optimus, don't even look at his back but Orion Pax as an individual is an awesome figure(just don't look behind , same with the "evolved" mode., just avoid putting too much looking behind.
I'd imagine the same too for this munkee jet.
Posted by SpacerAM2 on June 17th, 2018 @ 10:21am CDT
Posted by Hero Alpha on June 17th, 2018 @ 12:15pm CDT
Posted by Skritz on June 17th, 2018 @ 12:45pm CDT
Posted by Victinoko on June 17th, 2018 @ 2:01pm CDT
NTESHFT wrote:TF-fan kev777 wrote:Emerje wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:O crap, misread. No Decoy Armor, but Prime Armor, the Hand kind... Still calling Micronus/Cloudburst retool.
Oh crap, I misread that, too. Puch/Counterpunch is going to be one complicated figure basically having five modes: Punch, Counterpuch, car, arm, and leg. I was happier thinking he wasn't
going to be a combiner and they'd be able to do something more G1 with the figure like giving it proper four arms. But either way I'm buying two.
Emerje
You know, what if this is a new mold or a heavy retool and the tradeoff for making 2 separate robot modes was ditching the combiner peg? The prime armor might be just that (armor) in this case.
8 steps to go from autobot to decepticon sounds like a little more than just a simple retool of an existing mold.
It does to me too. But.... has there ever been an exclusive that has an all new mold before?...I can't remember if there has been. I've always known one to be a retool a just repaint of a previous mold.
There have been new-mold exclusives, but only the animated stuff are coming to mind.
Posted by Cobotron on June 17th, 2018 @ 2:06pm CDT
Just riffing here but do the Clones from TR count? Or Deluxe CW Groove? Even Shuttle Blast off? The last two weren't really "new" but new to the Western market.Nicorange wrote:NTESHFT wrote:TF-fan kev777 wrote:Emerje wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:O crap, misread. No Decoy Armor, but Prime Armor, the Hand kind... Still calling Micronus/Cloudburst retool.
Oh crap, I misread that, too. Puch/Counterpunch is going to be one complicated figure basically having five modes: Punch, Counterpuch, car, arm, and leg. I was happier thinking he wasn't
going to be a combiner and they'd be able to do something more G1 with the figure like giving it proper four arms. But either way I'm buying two.
Emerje
You know, what if this is a new mold or a heavy retool and the tradeoff for making 2 separate robot modes was ditching the combiner peg? The prime armor might be just that (armor) in this case.
8 steps to go from autobot to decepticon sounds like a little more than just a simple retool of an existing mold.
It does to me too. But.... has there ever been an exclusive that has an all new mold before?...I can't remember if there has been. I've always known one to be a retool a just repaint of a previous mold.
There have been new-mold exclusives, but only the animated stuff are coming to mind.
Posted by william-james88 on June 17th, 2018 @ 2:32pm CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 17th, 2018 @ 5:33pm CDT
Skritz wrote:Btw I find it interesting he's got a Maximal sigil on the box, rather than being 'retconned' into an Autobot for that line.
Like they did for the Universe repaints.
Got Depth Charge and he's awesome. But his on top of his head have been changed for a . Like all the other Beast Wars repaints in Universe. Still, the molded under his wings remain, but they are not painted.
Posted by Wolfman Jake on June 17th, 2018 @ 6:20pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:All that counts, as well as all those TLK Hot Rod toys which were Walmart exclusives.
I thought most of the TLK Hot Rod figures were actually remolds of AOE Lockdown.
Posted by Emerje on June 17th, 2018 @ 7:00pm CDT
Wolfman Jake wrote:william-james88 wrote:All that counts, as well as all those TLK Hot Rod toys which were Walmart exclusives.
I thought most of the TLK Hot Rod figures were actually remolds of AOE Lockdown.
The Deluxe certainly was I'm not sure about the little Legends/Cyberverse/whatever version. I imagine P/C will be the same way. I'm thinking he'll be a massive retool in the same way as Grotusque out of Twinferno where the only recognizable parts were the legs. Jazz could work, but as he is his windshield will be in the way of his Counterpunch head and the hood coming down over Punch's chest would be very inaccurate. Maybe they could use the hood to make Punch's arms and then the existing Jazz arms for Counterpuch with the hood forming shoulder pads. Could work, but they'd have to be very creative.
Emerje
Posted by lakebot on June 17th, 2018 @ 9:07pm CDT
Posted by Nathaniel Prime on June 18th, 2018 @ 3:53am CDT
fenrir72 wrote:Nathaniel Prime wrote:I watched Emgo's review of Optimal Optimus yesterday, and I was a teensy bit disappointed. I mean, he only looks great in bot and munky modes, ok in "jet" mode(it gets a pass because that's what the original toy did), but I was most disappointed with Optimus Primal. I was willing to forgive the lack of munky mode for him because I thought he'd look good in spaceship/surfboard/slab mode, but no. It was just Primal folded up, with his giant backpack forming the front half. I was then willing to forgive THAT if Primal himself looked great and integrated into OPOP more, but double whoopsie. Primal only looks good in front,nowhere else, and he is only just a backpack for basically all modes. The cockpit can't fit a Titan/Prime Master, his weapons look awkward, and Optimal Optimus' munky mode only looks great with Primal integrated to it.
All that said, he's not a bad figure. He is definitely not perfect, but good. I like him. Is he worth retail price? For me, no. I might get him if he goes on sale though. For extreme BW fans though, I guess you'd probably like him.
I am not a BW fan. But will still get him. Btw bro, almost ALL TFs look like slag at the back and still look kick azz(and have awesome game play too)
Once you get them in hand, your perspective of him will change. Take PotP Optimus, don't even look at his back but Orion Pax as an individual is an awesome figure(just don't look behind , same with the "evolved" mode., just avoid putting too much looking behind.
I'd imagine the same too for this munkee jet.
I agree with you completely. I mean, I don't even mind POTP Rodimus' backpack for Primus sake! I really like Optimal Optimus, he's cool looking and to have waist articulation on a gimmick filled Hasbro retail figure is unheard of. It's just Optimus Primal himself. That backpack is way too big for me. Everything else though, is fine except that I can't put a Titan/Prime Master in the cockpit. Now, I thought about it, and I might actually get him at full retail price. He's still the best Leader of this line, so I think he's worth it now. That should mean something because I'm not a BW fan
Posted by Skritz on June 18th, 2018 @ 8:28am CDT
Nathaniel Prime wrote:fenrir72 wrote:Nathaniel Prime wrote:I watched Emgo's review of Optimal Optimus yesterday, and I was a teensy bit disappointed. I mean, he only looks great in bot and munky modes, ok in "jet" mode(it gets a pass because that's what the original toy did), but I was most disappointed with Optimus Primal. I was willing to forgive the lack of munky mode for him because I thought he'd look good in spaceship/surfboard/slab mode, but no. It was just Primal folded up, with his giant backpack forming the front half. I was then willing to forgive THAT if Primal himself looked great and integrated into OPOP more, but double whoopsie. Primal only looks good in front,nowhere else, and he is only just a backpack for basically all modes. The cockpit can't fit a Titan/Prime Master, his weapons look awkward, and Optimal Optimus' munky mode only looks great with Primal integrated to it.
All that said, he's not a bad figure. He is definitely not perfect, but good. I like him. Is he worth retail price? For me, no. I might get him if he goes on sale though. For extreme BW fans though, I guess you'd probably like him.
I am not a BW fan. But will still get him. Btw bro, almost ALL TFs look like slag at the back and still look kick azz(and have awesome game play too)
Once you get them in hand, your perspective of him will change. Take PotP Optimus, don't even look at his back but Orion Pax as an individual is an awesome figure(just don't look behind , same with the "evolved" mode., just avoid putting too much looking behind.
I'd imagine the same too for this munkee jet.
I agree with you completely. I mean, I don't even mind POTP Rodimus' backpack for Primus sake! I really like Optimal Optimus, he's cool looking and to have waist articulation on a gimmick filled Hasbro retail figure is unheard of. It's just Optimus Primal himself. That backpack is way too big for me. Everything else though, is fine except that I can't put a Titan/Prime Master in the cockpit. Now, I thought about it, and I might actually get him at full retail price. He's still the best Leader of this line, so I think he's worth it now. That should mean something because I'm not a BW fan
Do what others have done and knock off the pin, allowing the Optimal Optimus part of him to retain most, if not all modes. Oh and it gives you a bonus cybertronian mode 'actionmaster' Optimus Primal too.
Posted by fenrir72 on June 18th, 2018 @ 9:07am CDT
Nathaniel Prime wrote:fenrir72 wrote:Nathaniel Prime wrote:I watched Emgo's review of Optimal Optimus yesterday, and I was a teensy bit disappointed. I mean, he only looks great in bot and munky modes, ok in "jet" mode(it gets a pass because that's what the original toy did), but I was most disappointed with Optimus Primal. I was willing to forgive the lack of munky mode for him because I thought he'd look good in spaceship/surfboard/slab mode, but no. It was just Primal folded up, with his giant backpack forming the front half. I was then willing to forgive THAT if Primal himself looked great and integrated into OPOP more, but double whoopsie. Primal only looks good in front,nowhere else, and he is only just a backpack for basically all modes. The cockpit can't fit a Titan/Prime Master, his weapons look awkward, and Optimal Optimus' munky mode only looks great with Primal integrated to it.
All that said, he's not a bad figure. He is definitely not perfect, but good. I like him. Is he worth retail price? For me, no. I might get him if he goes on sale though. For extreme BW fans though, I guess you'd probably like him.
I am not a BW fan. But will still get him. Btw bro, almost ALL TFs look like slag at the back and still look kick azz(and have awesome game play too)
Once you get them in hand, your perspective of him will change. Take PotP Optimus, don't even look at his back but Orion Pax as an individual is an awesome figure(just don't look behind , same with the "evolved" mode., just avoid putting too much looking behind.
I'd imagine the same too for this munkee jet.
I agree with you completely. I mean, I don't even mind POTP Rodimus' backpack for Primus sake! I really like Optimal Optimus, he's cool looking and to have waist articulation on a gimmick filled Hasbro retail figure is unheard of. It's just Optimus Primal himself. That backpack is way too big for me. Everything else though, is fine except that I can't put a Titan/Prime Master in the cockpit. Now, I thought about it, and I might actually get him at full retail price. He's still the best Leader of this line, so I think he's worth it now. That should mean something because I'm not a BW fan
Thanks for hearing me out good to find a not BW fan appreciating the munky not trukk figure
As for getting him full or half price, again, good luck with that given how "efficient" HB is distributing these guys.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on June 18th, 2018 @ 1:29pm CDT
Emerje wrote:Wolfman Jake wrote:william-james88 wrote:All that counts, as well as all those TLK Hot Rod toys which were Walmart exclusives.
I thought most of the TLK Hot Rod figures were actually remolds of AOE Lockdown.
The Deluxe certainly was I'm not sure about the little Legends/Cyberverse/whatever version.
Legion: new mold, but thought to share transformation design with Roadbuster (the car roof works differently tho)
Deluxe: extensive retool of AoE Lockdown
1-Step: retool of AoE Lockdown, keeps the original's model
3-Step: retool of AoE Lockdown, keeps the original's model
Back to the point, exclusives are redecos/retools most of the time, but unique molds have been made for that purpose like the Clones, especially during the movie lines. Also, previously canceled toys have been repurposed as exclusives, like during Animated.
So anything's possible with C/P and Repugnus given past trends, though the chance of them being retools is still higher than them being new molds.
Posted by Cobotron on June 19th, 2018 @ 7:52pm CDT
Thanks to a couple of lone guns and some doubles, Inferno has his own squad.
Now to come up with a name for his combined form.
Infernatron?
Civilservatron?
Posted by Sabrblade on June 19th, 2018 @ 10:52pm CDT
"Firestormer" is implied to be what Hasbro was gonna go with had they released Inferno back in Combiner Wars.Cobotron wrote:Now to come up with a name for his combined form.
Infernatron?
Civilservatron?
Posted by Wolfman Jake on June 20th, 2018 @ 1:31am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:"Firestormer" is implied to be what Hasbro was gonna go with had they released Inferno back in Combiner Wars.Cobotron wrote:Now to come up with a name for his combined form.
Infernatron?
Civilservatron?
Similarly, I just assume that Starscream is "Megascream," again, based on reference to sources of Transformers fiction. In Megascream's case, the name comes up in the IDW "Deviations" Transformers one-shot. I believe "Firestormer" was mentioned in the "Masters and Mayhem" story by the now defunct TFCC (Fun Publications). I don't think we have any torso with an unnamed combiner mode at this point.
Posted by blackeyedprime on June 20th, 2018 @ 4:37am CDT
Posted by mordhelm on June 20th, 2018 @ 7:46am CDT
I see the usual 3rd party amazon sellers have then for double to triple price.
I never saw them in any NW ohio store, and they appeared once at various stores in SE michigan, then huge restocks of wave 1. I snagged them when I saw them, so I am not concerned for myself, but something is definitely weird this time around.
This has never happened with an early Generations wave before to me.
I wonder if anyone could press on the hasbro guys at SDCC as to what the difference is, especially since a lot of the local store shelves are empty of generations figures.
Posted by gothsaurus on June 20th, 2018 @ 8:34am CDT
That may stick as my headcanon name for him, kind of like "Finish Line" is for Loud Pedal. (You know, because the original exclusive was from Finland.)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on June 20th, 2018 @ 8:41am CDT
mordhelm wrote:Sorry to bring this topic back up, but does anyone know where wave 2 deluxes and voyagers actually went?
I see the usual 3rd party amazon sellers have then for double to triple price.
I never saw them in any NW ohio store, and they appeared once at various stores in SE michigan, then huge restocks of wave 1. I snagged them when I saw them, so I am not concerned for myself, but something is definitely weird this time around.
This has never happened with an early Generations wave before to me.
I wonder if anyone could press on the hasbro guys at SDCC as to what the difference is, especially since a lot of the local store shelves are empty of generations figures.
The short theory of it is that Wave 2 was produced in too low numbers compared to Wave 1, and thus "sold out". Not to worry, Hasbro has confirmed in a Facebook post that Wave 2 will reappear in stores this summer.
Posted by william-james88 on June 20th, 2018 @ 8:42am CDT
mordhelm wrote:Sorry to bring this topic back up, but does anyone know where wave 2 deluxes and voyagers actually went?
Yup, they went north to Canada
This pic was taken yesterday at a Canadian Walmart.
mordhelm wrote:
This has never happened with an early Generations wave before to me.
It happened a bunch with Titans Return. I even wrote an article about it when people were struggling to find wave 2 https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... der/36511/
Wave 3 was a blip on the radar and then everyone had to wait 2 months for more. Wave 4 was also a blip with no restock and most places skipped wave 5 and went straight to another small blip for wave 6.
And thats not even the worst. I know you mentioned generations but at least generations was 100% accountedfor in some small capacity in the US. The TLK and RID lines of last year still have prducts the US never saw, as can be seen here:
https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ail/40999/
So no ths is far from being the worst its been for distribution. At least wave 2 saw some distribution even if small. And remember, this is not an early generations wave. With there only being 3 waves of new figures at all classes, wave 2 becomes 2/3 in for the majority of the line.
Posted by mordhelm on June 20th, 2018 @ 9:06am CDT
For what it's worth wave 4 was actually fairly easy for me to find. Wave 5 and 6 were needle in the haystack for sure.
I just hope I am right with my assessment earlier that the reason they are doing less figures is to release more revisions end of year so there is a second chance at all the figures.
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on June 20th, 2018 @ 9:35am CDT
Any way you look at it, something weird happened with Wave 2. There is no way they ran a normal production run and sold them all out that quickly, unless one (or more) of the retailers has a giant supply in a warehouse waiting for all the wave 1 shelf warmers to be bought, which I highly doubt.
That is why I'm glad I jumped on the BBTS preorder for everything I want from wave 3 at just slightly above retail and super cheap shipping (except for Monkey Prime). If I do luck out and find them in stores, I'll just cancel the preorder. Monkey Prime I'll hope to find in stores, but if not, I'm okay with skipping him.
Posted by o.supreme on June 20th, 2018 @ 1:11pm CDT
Posted by ExciKaiser on June 21st, 2018 @ 12:11pm CDT
Man, this is the best potp leader, if not the best potp at all.
I don't understand all criticism about him.
He is not perfect, he suffers all the current hasbro issues : stickers, hollowness.. but it's not specific to this one, it's the current description of hasbro releases.
But outside than that ?
I've the feeling the BW fans who made fun about Geewun guys are just being the same now, they complain not because it's a bad figure, but only because it's not the same as the old one they got during they childhood.
Yes, it's not the old toy, it's a new interpretation of Primal. An interpretation I love a lot.
Optimus Primal does not transform to an ape, but into a shuttle. Is it a problem ? It looks like a bit the classic "truck no monky" but in reversed state from BW fans. "monky no shuttle".
We already had several interpretation of the classic primal who turn into a gorilla, the Cybertron one, the robotmasters one, repainted and re-released several times, and the original one which was already very good, retooled recently for show-accurateness.
After all that did we needed another new version of it ? getting his cybertronian form is a good idea, I always regretted to not have the fantastic 2006 botcon set for that, so it's a good alternative.
Ok this shuttle mode is far from being perfect and I would have been very critical if it was a standalone deluxe release, but itsn't, he's supposed to combine with his armor, so compromises are always necessary in this kind of case.
Then we have the gorilla. Best potp armor until now. Orion and hotrod's armor do nothing. They're either armor or trailer, not even a base mode. Here the armor is independant or cna be merged in several ways.
Let's compare,
Orion/Optimus :
- Cab
- Cab + trailer
- Orion
- Optimus.
Primal/Optimal :
- Shuttle
- Gorilla
- Armored Gorilla
- Surfing Gorilla
- Plane mode
- Optimus Primal
- Optmal Optimus.
Clearly not the same play level.
Tell me it's not the best looking Leader of Potp:
And I've read that Warden team did terrible job because they hate beast wars ? I don't even understand how can people can say this kind of things when a same toy merges Classic Primal and Optimal Optimus while even have some time to hommage Transmetal Optimus.
Get him. Period.
Posted by gothsaurus on June 21st, 2018 @ 1:02pm CDT
How were you saying it homages the transmetal version?
Posted by ExciKaiser on June 21st, 2018 @ 1:20pm CDT
Posted by gothsaurus on June 21st, 2018 @ 1:39pm CDT
Posted by blackeyedprime on June 21st, 2018 @ 2:33pm CDT
Let's compare,
Orion/Optimus :
- Cab
- Cab + trailer
- Orion
- Optimus.
Primal/Optimal :
- Shuttle
- Gorilla
- Armored Gorilla
- Surfing Gorilla
- Plane mode
- Optimus Primal
- Optmal Optimus.
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You missed some...
Optimus/Orion
-Can roll out
Optimal
-Can't roll out (The whole point of him having Optimus Primes spark)
Pretty sure the transforming g1 toy primes had their truck modes... nice that he has a new toy but still an easy pass when the old figure is usually findable cheaper, has electronics, fires missiles plus all of it's modes so the play value is comparable. Hope it sells well all the same, might get more beast wars stuff but figures that don't have all their modes isn't something I want to see in any line with todays standards.
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Posted by gothsaurus on June 21st, 2018 @ 2:51pm CDT
Posted by o.supreme on June 21st, 2018 @ 3:44pm CDT
I still don't quite get Hasbro's strategy. I guess now we know they wanted to do 3 exclusives basing one on each of the previous lines
Blast Off representing CW (though he comes with Prime Armor and a Prime that's already getting a release..?)
Repugnus representing TR (comes with a TM, makes sense...)
and Punch/Counterpunch representing PotP (coming with Solus, a new exclusive Prime)
So...What does Leader Nemesis Prime represent? Deluxe Wreck-Gar? or are these just "more" exclusives? Also...how are Amalgamous and Nexus going to be released?
Part of me still hopes the 4 remaining Primes that don't have pretenders will still get a standard release, but it doesn't seem likely at this point.
Posted by DecepticonFinishline on June 21st, 2018 @ 3:53pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:Blast Off is an easy pass. I already have the UW Blast Off, and Ill wait until PM wave 3 Bomb-Burst to get Megatronus.
I still don't quite get Hasbro's strategy. I guess now we know they wanted to do 3 exclusives basing one on each of the previous lines
Blast Off representing CW (though he comes with Prime Armor and a Prime that's already getting a release..?)
Repugnus representing TR (comes with a TM, makes sense...)
and Punch/Counterpunch representing PotP (coming with Solus, a new exclusive Prime)
So...What does Leader Nemesis Prime represent? Deluxe Wreck-Gar? or are these just "more" exclusives? Also...how are Amalgamous and Nexus going to be released?
Part of me still hopes the 4 remaining Primes that don't have pretenders will still get a standard release, but it doesn't seem likely at this point.
Pretty sure Blast Off is coming with the Combiner Wars HFG. Plus, I'm all for this. I don't mix CW with UW. And I would love to have Shuttle Blast Off in (objectively better) Hasbro colors. PLUS that means that I can put brown-jet-boi on Galvatronus.
Also, I think Wreck-Gar and Nemesis are just 'store' exclusives whereas the other three are released along the lines of Grotusque and Arcee.
I also hope that the remaining Prime Masters will get a proper, non-exclusive, Pretender release. What's the f***ing point if they can't match each other.
Posted by o.supreme on June 21st, 2018 @ 4:00pm CDT
DecepticonFinishline wrote:Pretty sure Blast Off is coming with the Combiner Wars HFG. Plus, I'm all for this. I don't mix CW with UW. And I would love to have Shuttle Blast Off in (objectively better) Hasbro colors. PLUS that means that I can put brown-jet-boi on Galvatronus.
looks at pic above , I guess its possible, though it does say its only a reference and may not indicate the final product appearance . I thought for sure other pics showed him with the Prime Armor Hand. Anyway, I don't mind mixing UW and CW at all, but I am happy for those that don't have him to get a chance to get him.
My CW Plane Blast Off and Vortex (which I consider to be separate characters form the real UW Blast Off and Vortex) are already used as limbs for Grand Scourge.
Posted by Black Bumblebee on June 21st, 2018 @ 4:08pm CDT
Posted by ExciKaiser on June 21st, 2018 @ 4:15pm CDT
blackeyedprime wrote:nice that he has a new toy but still an easy pass when the old figure is usually findable cheaper, has electronics, fires missiles plus all of it's modes so the play value is comparable. Hope it sells well all the same, might get more beast wars stuff but figures that don't have all their modes isn't something I want to see in any line with todays standards.
That's exactly what I'm referring about.
How should we call this ? BeeWuuun ?
This toy has all his modes.
No he doesn't have the same modes of the previous Optimal Optimus incarnation. Because it's not the old toy, it's another incarnation.
If you want the Optimal Optimus who transforms into Gorilla, tank and plane, then get the old toy.
This toy is the version which transforms from Classic Primal to Optimal.
Really, after all these years of BW fans mocking G1 fans who can't accept Optimus to be a gorilla, I never though we would see BW fans not accepting Optimal under a new form.
Posted by Brokebot on June 21st, 2018 @ 4:27pm CDT
Posted by gothsaurus on June 21st, 2018 @ 4:30pm CDT
(Or waiting for them to hit another retailer or ebay.)
Posted by o.supreme on June 21st, 2018 @ 4:31pm CDT
Brokebot wrote:Holy crap. Robot Kingdom wants as much or for shipping than they do for the figure. Screw that. That's as bad as eBay scalpers.
They've always been that way from what I can tell. It's nice that because of their location they can offer cheaper retail price, but the shipping costs to North America more than negate any perceived discount. The only time I've ordered something from RK was only on one occasion when I absolutely knew I could not get it anywhere else for a decent price.
Posted by Brokebot on June 21st, 2018 @ 4:58pm CDT
gothsaurus wrote:thanks for the tip, Brokebot. Guessing that may be a situation where buying three and selling two to help pay for shipping might be the option.
(Or waiting for them to hit another retailer or ebay.)
Hit me up when your three arrive. We'll hammer out a deal.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 21st, 2018 @ 5:56pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:Brokebot wrote:Holy crap. Robot Kingdom wants as much or for shipping than they do for the figure. Screw that. That's as bad as eBay scalpers.
They've always been that way from what I can tell. It's nice that because of their location they can offer cheaper retail price, but the shipping costs to North America more than negate any perceived discount. The only time I've ordered something from RK was only on one occasion when I absolutely knew I could not get it anywhere else for a decent price.
Same with me. Shipping there is very high, and Blastoff has a listing on Amazon, so I am content to wait.
Cannot wait to get him. Now just gotta wait out that golden Starscream (maybe, we'll see, Dragstrip is ok with a no) and Megascream will be perfect.