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News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 12:50 pm

Site Sponsor Kapow-Toys has been kind enough to send us a copy of a document they received from TakaraTomy, soliciting thier upcoming Transformers Prime figures. Included are new Minicons meant for the TF: Prime line that turn into weapons for the figures.

Oh yeah, also there's Airachnid.

The full list is:
1) Autobots

Voyager Optimus Prime ( Powerizer Version )
Voyager Bulkhead ( Unknown Version, possibly Powerizer due to the light-up effects on his mace and arm )
RID Bumblebee
RID Arcee
RID Ratchet

2) Decepticons

Voyager Megatron ( Powerizer Version )
RID Starscream
RID Vehicon
RID Soundwave
RID Arachnid - alt mode confirmed as an helicopter.

3) Micron Weapons

Check out the pictures below, sorry for the poor quality on the minicon shot, it was blown up slightly to try and glean more information.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 12:55 pm

Wait, are those Arms Microns new molds?! :shock:

Something tells me we'll see them in the US as well.

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:01 pm

Those Minicons look nice. I can't wait to own them.

News Credits: 12 · by **GuyIncognito** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:01 pm

The blue plane: is that Soundwave? It looks like one of those un-manned drone planes like the CIA uses. Cool.

Ratchet looks cool, too.

And although you can't see much, I predict Airachnid is going to be awesome.

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:03 pm

GuyIncognito wrote:The new Vehicon looks like one of those un-manned drone planes like the CIA uses. Cool.

That's Soundwave I think, the vehicon is on the far right.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:04 pm

Airachnid needs to be at least Voyager sized to accompany her spider legs' size. She's too big to be a mere Deluxe size.

News Credits: 1082 · by **Tigertrack** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:06 pm

Looking forward to Airachnid. Hope she has a third mode...

More minicons/microns. Yay. Wonder will they be in the show?

News Credits: 7 · by **Noideaforaname** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:07 pm

New Minicons that could actually pass as actual (toy) weapons? Do want!

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:10 pm

tigertracks 24 wrote:Looking forward to Airachnid. Hope she has a third mode...

More minicons/microns. Yay. Wonder will they be in the show?

Having her robot legs fold up and spin around into her hindquarters to enable her to stand on her spider legs would be excellent.

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:11 pm

Holy, it looks like I was right!
Those arms-microns turn into the cannons and sword we saw on that First Edition Optimus Prime display from TakaraTomy on that recent toy expo!

This is all awesome news!

Can't wait to see what the Megatron will look like, hopefully it looks better than the Hasbro version.

News Credits: 18 · by **leokearon** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:12 pm

The minicon on the far left looks like Shockwave

News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:12 pm

Those are the Mini-cons that were on display here:

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... old/23676/

News Credits: 7 · by **Noideaforaname** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:25 pm

Wow, I thought those were just plain gun accessories, and that the Minicon talk was just about the yellow PCC one there.

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:26 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Airachnid needs to be at least Voyager sized to accompany her spider legs' size. She's too big to be a mere Deluxe size.

I think they'll cut the spider mode out, altogether. I think she'll have the legs for looks in robot mode, but I highly doubt they'll be functional as anything but her rotor blades in vehicle mode.

If so, then Deluxe should work just fine. If she was a triple changer, then yeah, you're right, Voyager would be a better choice.

Although, Hasbro has surprised us in the past, they could pull it off. Might not look good, though.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:34 pm

Autobot032 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Airachnid needs to be at least Voyager sized to accompany her spider legs' size. She's too big to be a mere Deluxe size.

I think they'll cut the spider mode out, altogether. I think she'll have the legs for looks in robot mode, but I highly doubt they'll be functional as anything but her rotor blades in vehicle mode.

If so, then Deluxe should work just fine. If she was a triple changer, then yeah, you're right, Voyager would be a better choice.

Although, Hasbro has surprised us in the past, they could pull it off. Might not look good, though.

It's not really a full on "spider mode" per se, but more like her robot legs just folding up into her butt.

But, I also say a Voyager would be more fitting for her since she's larger than a Deluxe character. She's almost as tall as Starscream, and he's getting a Voyager (Powerizer) later.

News Credits: 6 · by **BeastProwl** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:46 pm

"New Minicons"
Blurzz is gonna blow a gasket! :lol:

by **MINDVVIPE** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:47 pm

airachnid???..... AIRACHNID?!!?!....
...ssSWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!!!

Those minicons and their weapon modes look awesome aswell.

by **Mechastrike** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:51 pm

YESSS! Airachnid has arrived.

News Credits: 2 · by **NovaSentinel** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 2:09 pm

Are those prototype figs in the bottom left of the first pic? looks like prime, starscream and possibly breakdown! hope so, and he better be a voyager to match bulkhead!

by **gothsaurus** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 2:19 pm

those minicons look to be about 1/3 larger than the first wave that came with PowerCore combiners. I'm not keen on the size change, but the molds look like perfection. Shoulder mounted missile batteries and multi-barrel weapons = best idea ever. That's all I ever really wanted for accessories. Mech em out, HasTak.

Hasbro, PLEASE bring these stateside. I don't want to pay out the nose when I could be paying my own home-court team Hasbro.

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 2:25 pm

spiderbotspiderbotspiderbotyeeeaaaarrrgh! :KREMZEEK:

(we need a Waspinator going loco emote)

Airachnid is a must buy unless she looks really bad, and those Microns, ooh, very nice. Tunderwing is already calling dibs on that triple barrelled one.

News Credits: 3 · by **metaphorge** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 2:35 pm

Are we sure this is soliciting Powerizer Prime? This does not look like Powerizer Prime to me at first glance:

(I'm chomping at the bit for this version of Prime and really want to know more details; I'm assuming availability is on 3/15.)

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 2:40 pm

An easy way to discern Powerizer from FE Prime:

red heel pieces: FE Prime
no red heel pieces, translucent bits: Powerizer Prime.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 2:45 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:An easy way to discern Powerizer from FE Prime:

red heel pieces: FE Prime
no red heel pieces, translucent bits: Powerizer Prime.

Red torso: FE Prime
Gray torso: RID Powerizer Prime

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Mon Jan 23, 2012 2:45 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:An easy way to discern Powerizer from FE Prime:

red heel pieces: FE Prime
no red heel pieces, translucent bits: Powerizer Prime.

Or
Looks awesome: FE Prime
Looks like sh*t: Powerizer Prime.