Transformers Prime Arms Micron AM-18 Airachnid and AM-17 Swoop Listed
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Still no word on what character will fill the AM-15 and AM-16 slots.
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Comment by BeastProwl
Apr 11, 2012
I hope pics come soon for Swoop. I want to know whats up! If they are doing the dinos, and swoop is the first one, that means they have to do more!
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Comment by Sabrblade
Apr 11, 2012
I'm betting Swoop will be another case like Skywarp: A redeco of an existing mold. And given his airborne name, I'm thinking a redeco of either Voyager Starscream or Dreadwing.
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I hope this isn't the case. Do we know whether or not he abandoned his dino mode from FoC? My hope is not, but I haven't heard anything.
Comment by F Prime
Apr 11, 2012
Sabrblade wrote:I'm betting Swoop will be another case like Skywarp: A redeco of an existing mold. And given his airborne name, I'm thinking a redeco of either Voyager Starscream or Dreadwing.
I hope this isn't the case. Do we know whether or not he abandoned his dino mode from FoC? My hope is not, but I haven't heard anything.
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Comment by Sabrblade
Apr 11, 2012
Well, I'm only thinking this since there's been no Dinobot molds announced by Hasbro yet, and Takara's only using existing molds for the figures (model kits don't count) in the Prime AM line. So what's left for Takara to use? Existing molds. And, unless Hasbro pulls a Pteranodon mold out of thin air pretty soon, Starscream and Dreadwing may be the best ones available to use.F Prime wrote:Sabrblade wrote:I'm betting Swoop will be another case like Skywarp: A redeco of an existing mold. And given his airborne name, I'm thinking a redeco of either Voyager Starscream or Dreadwing.
I hope this isn't the case. Do we know whether or not he abandoned his dino mode from FoC? My hope is not, but I haven't heard anything.
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My hope would be that they wouldn't treat this character that way, but you never know. They have made worse decisions in the past.
Comment by F Prime
Apr 11, 2012
Sabrblade wrote:Well, I'm only thinking this since there's been no Dinobot molds announced by Hasbro yet, and Takara's only using existing molds for the figures (model kits don't count) in the Prime AM line. So what's left for Takara to use? Existing molds. And, unless Hasbro pulls a Pteranodon mold out of thin air pretty soon, Starscream and Dreadwing may be the best ones available to use.F Prime wrote:Sabrblade wrote:I'm betting Swoop will be another case like Skywarp: A redeco of an existing mold. And given his airborne name, I'm thinking a redeco of either Voyager Starscream or Dreadwing.
I hope this isn't the case. Do we know whether or not he abandoned his dino mode from FoC? My hope is not, but I haven't heard anything.
My hope would be that they wouldn't treat this character that way, but you never know. They have made worse decisions in the past.
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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat
Apr 11, 2012
It's also entirely possible that Swoop is the Japanese name of Dreadwing. TakaraTomy isn't above changing names to suit their needs, US Animated Bulkhead into Ironhide, and Ironhide into Armorhide being good examples.
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Comment by Sabrblade
Apr 11, 2012
The full name of the toy listing is AM-17 Autobot Swoop (not on Kapow Toys, but on other place like the Planet Iacon Facebook).JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:It's also entirely possible that Swoop is the Japanese name of Dreadwing. TakaraTomy isn't above changing names to suit their needs, US Animated Bulkhead into Ironhide, and Ironhide into Armorhide being good examples.
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Huh. Color me surprised
Comment by Jelze Bunnycat
Apr 11, 2012
Sabrblade wrote:The full name of the toy listing is AM-17 Autobot Swoop (not on Kapow Toys, but on other place like the Planet Iacon Facebook).JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:It's also entirely possible that Swoop is the Japanese name of Dreadwing. TakaraTomy isn't above changing names to suit their needs, US Animated Bulkhead into Ironhide, and Ironhide into Armorhide being good examples.
Huh. Color me surprised
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TFP Voyager Breakdown was revealed by Takara 1st, and not Hasbro.
Comment by gavinfuzzy
Apr 11, 2012
Sabrblade wrote:Well, I'm only thinking this since there's been no Dinobot molds announced by Hasbro yet, and Takara's only using existing molds for the figures (model kits don't count) in the Prime AM line. So what's left for Takara to use? Existing molds. And, unless Hasbro pulls a Pteranodon mold out of thin air pretty soon, Starscream and Dreadwing may be the best ones available to use.F Prime wrote:Sabrblade wrote:I'm betting Swoop will be another case like Skywarp: A redeco of an existing mold. And given his airborne name, I'm thinking a redeco of either Voyager Starscream or Dreadwing.
I hope this isn't the case. Do we know whether or not he abandoned his dino mode from FoC? My hope is not, but I haven't heard anything.
TFP Voyager Breakdown was revealed by Takara 1st, and not Hasbro.
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Comment by Sabrblade
Apr 11, 2012
That was a dual Hasbro/Takara panel. Both companies were present for that convention.gavinfuzzy wrote:TFP Voyager Breakdown was revealed by Takara 1st, and not Hasbro.
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Comment by Hypershock
Apr 11, 2012
swoop's probably just gonna be a repaint of dreadwing or starscream :/
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Yes, both companies were present, but it was revealed in the Takara panel, as part of the AM line, but not showed in subsequent hasbro presentations. Well, takara does create most of the molds anyways. But I still doubt it's the Dinobot swoop. More like Skyquake-repaint-swoop.
Comment by gavinfuzzy
Apr 11, 2012
Sabrblade wrote:That was a dual Hasbro/Takara panel. Both companies were present for that convention.gavinfuzzy wrote:TFP Voyager Breakdown was revealed by Takara 1st, and not Hasbro.
Yes, both companies were present, but it was revealed in the Takara panel, as part of the AM line, but not showed in subsequent hasbro presentations. Well, takara does create most of the molds anyways. But I still doubt it's the Dinobot swoop. More like Skyquake-repaint-swoop.
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Comment by Sabrblade
Apr 11, 2012
It was still the Hasbro version of the prototype, as, like you said, Takara makes the molds.gavinfuzzy wrote:Sabrblade wrote:That was a dual Hasbro/Takara panel. Both companies were present for that convention.gavinfuzzy wrote:TFP Voyager Breakdown was revealed by Takara 1st, and not Hasbro.
Yes, both companies were present, but it was revealed in the Takara panel, as part of the AM line, but not showed in subsequent hasbro presentations. Well, takara does create most of the molds anyways.
It'll probably be like a "what if" body, since it'll be an Aligned Swoop toy. Or, then again, since Japan isn't getting the video games, it'll be a Japanese Prime coninuity version of Aligned Swoop, who is a jet instead of a dino.gavinfuzzy wrote:But I still doubt it's the Dinobot swoop. More like Skyquake-repaint-swoop.
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Takara has revealed plenty of figures before Hasbro, like for instance Airachnid and PRID Voyager Bulkhead.
Comment by Dead Metal
Apr 11, 2012
Sabrblade wrote:It was still the Hasbro version of the prototype, as, like you said, Takara makes the molds.gavinfuzzy wrote:Sabrblade wrote:That was a dual Hasbro/Takara panel. Both companies were present for that convention.gavinfuzzy wrote:TFP Voyager Breakdown was revealed by Takara 1st, and not Hasbro.
Yes, both companies were present, but it was revealed in the Takara panel, as part of the AM line, but not showed in subsequent hasbro presentations. Well, takara does create most of the molds anyways.It'll probably be like a "what if" body, since it'll be an Aligned Swoop toy. Or, then again, since Japan isn't getting the video games, it'll be a Japanese Prime coninuity version of Aligned Swoop, who is a jet instead of a dino.gavinfuzzy wrote:But I still doubt it's the Dinobot swoop. More like Skyquake-repaint-swoop.
Takara has revealed plenty of figures before Hasbro, like for instance Airachnid and PRID Voyager Bulkhead.
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And the only pics we've seen of Airachnid have been of the Hasbro version in scans of a Chinese magazine.
Comment by Sabrblade
Apr 11, 2012
When did they reveal Bulkhead first?Dead Metal wrote:Takara has revealed plenty of figures before Hasbro, like for instance Airachnid and PRID Voyager Bulkhead.
And the only pics we've seen of Airachnid have been of the Hasbro version in scans of a Chinese magazine.
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http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... nid/23767/
It's just concept art from the show, but we heard of the existence of these by Takara first. And Swoop is a likely repeat.
There are even older cases than these, like Universe Ratchet, and Dinobot.
Comment by Dead Metal
Apr 11, 2012
Sabrblade wrote:When did they reveal Bulkhead first?Dead Metal wrote:Takara has revealed plenty of figures before Hasbro, like for instance Airachnid and PRID Voyager Bulkhead.
And the only pics we've seen of Airachnid have been of the Hasbro version in scans of a Chinese magazine.
http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... nid/23767/
It's just concept art from the show, but we heard of the existence of these by Takara first. And Swoop is a likely repeat.
There are even older cases than these, like Universe Ratchet, and Dinobot.
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So, it could be a new mold, yes. Though, if it is, we'll probably see Hasbro's version before we see Takara's.
Comment by Sabrblade
Apr 11, 2012
Okay, I'll concede on new molds being announced by Takara. You got me on that. Though, it's lately been the Hasbro versions that have been revealed (as in "seen") first.Dead Metal wrote:Sabrblade wrote:When did they reveal Bulkhead first?Dead Metal wrote:Takara has revealed plenty of figures before Hasbro, like for instance Airachnid and PRID Voyager Bulkhead.
And the only pics we've seen of Airachnid have been of the Hasbro version in scans of a Chinese magazine.
http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... nid/23767/
It's just concept art from the show, but we heard of the existence of these by Takara first. And Swoop is a likely repeat.
There are even older cases than these, like Universe Ratchet, and Dinobot.
So, it could be a new mold, yes. Though, if it is, we'll probably see Hasbro's version before we see Takara's.
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Comment by kirbenvost
Apr 11, 2012
Swoop, eh... interesting news, hopefully it'll be a new mold! 
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Irrelevant, fact is Takara often announces stuff before Hasbro does, even brandnew molds. That was the whole point behind this, that the possibility of this being a new mold is there.
Comment by Dead Metal
Apr 11, 2012
Sabrblade wrote:Okay, I'll concede on new molds being announced by Takara. You got me on that. Though, it's lately been the Hasbro versions that have been revealed (as in "seen") first.Dead Metal wrote:Sabrblade wrote:When did they reveal Bulkhead first?Dead Metal wrote:Takara has revealed plenty of figures before Hasbro, like for instance Airachnid and PRID Voyager Bulkhead.
And the only pics we've seen of Airachnid have been of the Hasbro version in scans of a Chinese magazine.
http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... nid/23767/
It's just concept art from the show, but we heard of the existence of these by Takara first. And Swoop is a likely repeat.
There are even older cases than these, like Universe Ratchet, and Dinobot.
So, it could be a new mold, yes. Though, if it is, we'll probably see Hasbro's version before we see Takara's.
Irrelevant, fact is Takara often announces stuff before Hasbro does, even brandnew molds. That was the whole point behind this, that the possibility of this being a new mold is there.
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Comment by craggy
Apr 11, 2012
if it isn't a new mold, and I hope it is, but if it isn't, I'd like them to make whatever they repaint look as much like the G1 comic version of Divebomb as possible. Especially since he seems to already be Swoop in the FOC game.
