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News Credits: 5749 · Mon Apr 16, 2012 11:46 am

Fellow fansite Full Metal Hero has posted some interesting new listing for Takara's Transformers United line. These are scheduled for a September release, let the speculation begin.

We've got some brand new listings for you guys which reveal some interesting new items coming your way this September!

Priced somewhere between the Voyager and Leader price point are

Transformers United EX Combat Master Prime Mode : 6 pcs per case /September 2012

Transformers United EX Jet Master Prime Mode : 6 pcs per case / September 2012

Then at the Voyager price point come

Transformers United EX Roller Master vs Chopper Master : 6 pcs per case / September 2012

News Credits: 1 · Mon Apr 16, 2012 11:52 am

I'll speculate right after I clean up the mess I just made.

News Credits: 3646 · Mon Apr 16, 2012 11:56 am

Thankfully there isn't a Transformer named "Bait", "Bade", "Baiter", "Bait-or", or "Bader".

News Credits: 241 · Mon Apr 16, 2012 11:57 am

Combat Master Prime Mode? Jet Master Prime Mode? Roller Master vs Chopper Master? Those are the silliest names yet. I have no faintly idea what molds they're going to use.

News Credits: 1082 · Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:09 pm

April Fool!!!

Wait this is real? Whatev. [-(

News Credits: 1 · Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:11 pm

Maybe FOC stuff?

News Credits: 4 · Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:18 pm

have we heard anything about the Cyberverse playsets for the Takara Prime line? Combat Master Prime Mode sort of sounds like that kind of thing. The Ark could get repainted as the Jet one. Either Roller or Chopper could be the drill?

If these are brand new things, well, I'll just be generally interested til we hear more (and hopefully see too)

Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:31 pm

Seeing "Master" repeated so much, I feel like listing to "Master of Puppets".

To give a decent guess, maybe these are the 2-pack Power Core Combiners (re: Target "Masters"). Probably will be opaque like the giveaway figures they've been producing lately.

Looking at the solicitation for Artfire, maybe these figures will also have two mini-cons per figure?

News Credits: 462 · Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:39 pm

Ugh, these names are making my head hurt. :HEADHURTS:

Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:47 pm

Ughhh, more prime repaints.

News Credits: 462 · Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:48 pm

Rated X wrote:Ughhh, more prime repaints.

We can't even tell what these are. The "Prime" in their names is vague and ambiguous at best; especially with them being some kind of "Prime Mode", as they say.

News Credits: 241 · Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:51 pm

necr0blivion wrote:Seeing "Master" repeated so much, I feel like listing to "Master of Puppets".

To give a decent guess, maybe these are the 2-pack Power Core Combiners (re: Target "Masters"). Probably will be opaque like the giveaway figures they've been producing lately.

Looking at the solicitation for Artfire, maybe these figures will also have two mini-cons per figure?

And you hit the nail right on the head without even realising it. #-o

Combat Master is PCC Bombshock with Combaticons and Jet Master is PCC Skyburst with Aerialbots, with "Prime Mode" referring to their combined forms! Roller and Chopper could be any of the three Wave 1 2-packs: Huffer, Smolder or Searchlight.

News Credits: 4 · Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:54 pm

JelZe, I think you might have it.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:56 pm

Could have something to do with the store mascot Primes.

News Credits: 462 · Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:58 pm

worldsgreatest wrote:Could have something to do with the store mascot Primes.

Not when this is United and no Prime. JelZe seems to have figured it out as being the PCC figures.

News Credits: 241 · Mon Apr 16, 2012 1:01 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
worldsgreatest wrote:Could have something to do with the store mascot Primes.
Not when this is United and no Prime. JelZe seems to have figured it out as being the PCC figures.

It was necr0blivion's guess that lead me to that conclusion, so I can't take all the credit

If it's true, I hope we:

1) See some new repaints
2) Every Drone Team gets released. I want my Dinobots!

News Credits: 36 · Mon Apr 16, 2012 1:02 pm

If thats the case United is an odd banner for these, no?

I had always interpreted it as a G1-collector themed series on TT's part. Unless they're going to shoehorn it into G1 in the vein of Henkei Hotshot.

Well deduced JelZe.... :APPLAUSE:

News Credits: 1 · Mon Apr 16, 2012 1:02 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
worldsgreatest wrote:Could have something to do with the store mascot Primes.
Not when this is United and no Prime. JelZe seems to have figured it out as being the PCC figures.

I guess you're more in the know then I am, but I took Prime to be chracter names in this case. Especially since the only listed Prime toys in Japan are Micron Arms, and FE.

Mon Apr 16, 2012 1:31 pm

I hope to goodness these are identical to the American release. Tracking down the Prime microns is a burden enough without having these come out simultaneously accompanied by new paint apps and microns.

News Credits: 767 · Mon Apr 16, 2012 1:41 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
necr0blivion wrote:Seeing "Master" repeated so much, I feel like listing to "Master of Puppets".

To give a decent guess, maybe these are the 2-pack Power Core Combiners (re: Target "Masters"). Probably will be opaque like the giveaway figures they've been producing lately.

Looking at the solicitation for Artfire, maybe these figures will also have two mini-cons per figure?

And you hit the nail right on the head without even realising it.

Combat Master is PCC Bombshock with Combaticons and Jet Master is PCC Skyburst with Aerialbots, with "Prime Mode" referring to their combined forms! Roller and Chopper could be any of the three Wave 1 2-packs: Huffer, Smolder or Searchlight.

That sounds pretty convincing actually.

It might also be FOC stuff, but the PCC stuff sounds more convincing.

News Credits: 241 · Mon Apr 16, 2012 1:56 pm

Dead Metal wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
necr0blivion wrote:Seeing "Master" repeated so much, I feel like listing to "Master of Puppets".

To give a decent guess, maybe these are the 2-pack Power Core Combiners (re: Target "Masters"). Probably will be opaque like the giveaway figures they've been producing lately.

Looking at the solicitation for Artfire, maybe these figures will also have two mini-cons per figure?

And you hit the nail right on the head without even realising it.

Combat Master is PCC Bombshock with Combaticons and Jet Master is PCC Skyburst with Aerialbots, with "Prime Mode" referring to their combined forms! Roller and Chopper could be any of the three Wave 1 2-packs: Huffer, Smolder or Searchlight.

That sounds pretty convincing actually.

It might also be FOC stuff, but the PCC stuff sounds more convincing.

With the "Prime Mode" releases between Voyager and Leader prices, like the 5-packs originally were, plus Voyager Class is used for Scout-sized figure 2-packs, I'd say PCC is a pretty safe bet

Besides, wouldn't FOC figures be (roughly) listed under their original US names?

By the by, the "EX" tag may mean these releases will be exclusives, possibly Toys 'R Us.

News Credits: 1082 · Mon Apr 16, 2012 2:07 pm

Unless they do something awesome with the PCC's colors those are easy passes (you can have them Japanese market), a little sad that they didn't hold out longer and make us jump through more ARMS MICRONS hoops before they released them individually.

But they are fun builds.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:27 pm

I preordered a stack of stuff with the intent to cancel if it isn't anything I'm interested in.

I fully intend to cancel the arms microns I don't care about once we can see what's what.