The Energon Pub

News Credits: 11 · Fri Sep 08, 2017 12:36 pm

That leader Optimus prime looks dope af!!

News Credits: 191 · Fri Sep 08, 2017 12:37 pm

Honestly, I totally agree with you Micromaster -- aside from the chest, this guy's a shoe-in for MP-10. And even then there's something vaguely IDW-esque about it I can't quite pin down... either way, he's totally going with Leader Soundwave, Leader Jetfire and Leader Thundercracker for the ex-RiD display

News Credits: 191 · Fri Sep 08, 2017 1:16 pm

With reveals for Power of the Primes coming from every angle today, Hasbro have posted new renders of some of those reveals to their Facebook today -- namely, those of Leader-Class Optimus Prime; Voyager-Class Grimlock; Deluxe-Class Swoop, Slug, Sludge and Snarl; Legends-Class new character Slash; and Prime Master-class Cloudburst. Check the renders out below, keep an eye out for more Hascon and Power of the Primes news on Seibertron later today; and tell us what you think of the new Dinobots in the forums!

Fri Sep 08, 2017 1:20 pm

Red swoop here?

News Credits: 217 · Fri Sep 08, 2017 1:22 pm

Takara will probably do an anime accurate version.

Sludge being smaller than Grimlock doesn't ring right to me but everything else here is neat.

News Credits: 462 · Fri Sep 08, 2017 1:29 pm

The change of Swoop's chest from red to blue must have been a last-minute one, explaining why his stock render was kept hidden at the panel.

Fri Sep 08, 2017 1:30 pm

Seriously loving the dinobots. I can't believe we are getting new dinobots that look like the originals, apparently transform roughly the same as the originals, and have the added capability of combining. That's just awesome.

My only complaint is the fear of stickers. I hate stickers, and I see a few there. Hopefully Takara fixes that issue, if it actually is one when the final product hits the shelves.

News Credits: 217 · Fri Sep 08, 2017 1:32 pm

Judging by Orion Pax's legs the rear of the cab mode will look like a joke...but then even MP-10's trailer hitch looks a little funky

Fri Sep 08, 2017 1:37 pm

bluecatcinema wrote:"Volcanicus"? As names go, it could have been worse...

Always thought Barbaricus would be a good Dino Combiner name.

News Credits: 191 · Fri Sep 08, 2017 1:40 pm

We have had a Combiner made from dinosaur Transformers from the not-to-distant-past that went by a similar name...

News Credits: 8 · Fri Sep 08, 2017 1:55 pm

Everything looks fantastic :HASBRO:

you've really knocked it out of the park. I want everything so bad.

News Credits: 4 · Fri Sep 08, 2017 2:05 pm

So far, so good. Dinobots look rad (if not simplistic). While they look a little too similar to their G1 toys, but given that we barely get the other four members, I'll let that slide. Optimus looks alright, but the altmode looks pretty unfinished to me; still hope to get it for an MP-10 substitute.

News Credits: 462 · Fri Sep 08, 2017 2:09 pm

I find it a little sad that the first question asked at the panel's Q&A was about the Brave Series.

News Credits: 10 · Fri Sep 08, 2017 2:14 pm

Looks like slash is a fembot, does that mean the movie one is too? I guess that makes the kibble work as a ponytail.

Fri Sep 08, 2017 2:15 pm

I'M PANICKING I'M SO EXCITED TO GET THE ENTIRE ACCURATE DINOBOT TEAM!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm sure this has been asked everywhere, but when is this line going to begin release? Do we know if all of the listed dinobots will be in the same wave?

News Credits: 6188 · Fri Sep 08, 2017 2:25 pm

jtanimator wrote:I'M PANICKING I'M SO EXCITED TO GET THE ENTIRE ACCURATE DINOBOT TEAM!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm sure this has been asked everywhere, but when is this line going to begin release? Do we know if all of the listed dinobots will be in the same wave?

Slash, Swoop, Slug and Grimlock are all wave 1.

Snarl, Sludge are wave 2.

News Credits: 6188 · Fri Sep 08, 2017 2:26 pm

It's nice of Hasbro to actually have a full 'through the ages' mini-exhibition though, I'll give them that.

News Credits: 462 · Fri Sep 08, 2017 2:30 pm

Terrsolpix wrote:Looks like slash is a fembot, does that mean the movie one is too? I guess that makes the kibble work as a ponytail.

Nope. The movie one uses male pronouns in its bios.

News Credits: 217 · Fri Sep 08, 2017 2:38 pm

Given the LeMans-esque car mode on new Jazz I'd really love to see a Deluge from it.

News Credits: 79 · Fri Sep 08, 2017 2:49 pm

Is this all there's gonna be for Power of the Primes reveals, or might there be more today or tomorrow?

News Credits: 6188 · Fri Sep 08, 2017 2:50 pm

Diem wrote:Given the LeMans-esque car mode on new Jazz I'd really love to see a Deluge from it.

One of the streams/clips/Periscopes I was following earlier mentioned he may have something to do with Mirage, actually!

News Credits: 217 · Fri Sep 08, 2017 3:03 pm

Va'al wrote:
Diem wrote:Given the LeMans-esque car mode on new Jazz I'd really love to see a Deluge from it.

One of the streams/clips/Periscopes I was following earlier mentioned he may have something to do with Mirage, actually!

That would be a waste; I'm pretty happy with the two deluxe neo-G1 figures we already got and the chest in robot mode would be totally wrong.

News Credits: 3 · Fri Sep 08, 2017 3:04 pm

Dang, perhaps my excitement over blue swoop was premature
One of the decos was presumably scrapped last minute in favour of the other, I can only hope that the blue won out!
Also that this doesn't become a repeat of the grey/tan onslaught nonsense from the other year...

Fri Sep 08, 2017 3:12 pm

it bothers me that Frank Welker still hasn't attended a convention yet in California or the West Coast, he's been a priority of mine to meet for several years now.