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by **griftimus prime** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 8:44 am

kinda pricey. will these be available in stores?

News Credits: 3 · by **Kyleor** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 8:45 am

Kurona wrote:As the buzz from the reveals at Hascon 2017 this weekend winds down, it might be easy to forget that the brand new convention had an exclusive Transformers figure and an early access Transformers figure - Power Bank Optimus Prime and Titans Return Arcee respectively! While many have gotten their hands on the two by now, they will be sold online as of September 20th. Click here for Arcee ($24.99), click here for Power Bank Optimus Prime ($49.99), and click the image below to go to the entire Hascon Exclusives shop before telling us what you think in the forums!

Hopefully they won't be all gone in 5 seconds like Primitive Prime was.

News Credits: 13 · by **kurthy** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 9:29 am

Kyleor wrote:Hopefully they won't be all gone in 5 seconds like Primitive Prime was.

Good luck with that. These may go faster given its a smaller price point of a figure fans have been craving.

News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 9:39 am

griftimus prime wrote:kinda pricey. will these be available in stores?

Arcee might be a retailer exclusive (like BBTS exclusive or Amazon exclusive or something like that) but that power bank wont be available anywhere else.

News Credits: 2 · by **Rodimus Knight** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 9:47 am

It would be nice to know more about the production number of Arcee / Ultra Magnus. Is it more or less them Primitive Prime? I would hope that they'd planned on making a lot of these considering the characters and the number of people who want them.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 10:07 am

I'm hoping all your Florida guys are riding it out ok. Frikkin hurricanes. Stay safe!

WreckerJack wrote:This year's fan favorites have been determined. The favorite Transformers character this year is Galvatron, while Barricade has won the Favorite Transformers Movie character category. Lastly, Trypticon has won the Toy of the Year award. It has been a good year for Decepticons!

I'm glad Barricade won. Love him as a movie guy!

Kurona wrote:People were trying to use the glossy wall's reflection to sneak a peak at the back of Starscream's box, so Hasbro later put a sheet of paper behind the box to stop that.

Looking at this image, it appears that Starscream is set to follow a Silverbolt/Cyclonus styled transformation and combining Shtick. After all, Galvatronus' chest always did look like a seekers and his head crest could pass for a starscream crown!

Sabrblade wrote:
Sunburnninja wrote:Inferno as a redeco of Soundwave looks amazing, I really wish they released that.
That's Blaster.

That Blaster actually looks really cool. I like it! And the Scraplet is adorable!

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 10:10 am

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:I'm hoping all your Florida guys are riding it out ok. Frikkin hurricanes. Stay safe!

We (me and the family) just got through the worst of it last night. Turns out it barely did anything to us. No loss of electricity. No real damage. No flooding. Nothing really. We're good here.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 10:14 am

Sabrblade wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:I'm hoping all your Florida guys are riding it out ok. Frikkin hurricanes. Stay safe!
We (me and the family) just got through the worst of it last night. Turns out it barely did anything to us. No loss of electricity. No real damage. No flooding. Nothing really. We're good here.

Great to hear.

News Credits: 18 · by **leokearon** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 10:39 am

Hopefully Arcee will be an online exclusive since the Hasbro Shop doesn't ship to Europe

News Credits: 12 · by **nycPrime** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:36 am

Don't forget that HTS doesn't allow promo codes for exclusives. If applicable to Arcee, total cost will be north of $30 after shipping and tax. A little harder to swallow for basically a deluxe.

News Credits: 1 · by **YRQRM0** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:42 am

Here's my review of power bank prime:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQZJoU3JiPM

Overall I think he's a super fun awesome figure.

News Credits: 1 · by **YRQRM0** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:42 am

Here's my review of power bank prime:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQZJoU3JiPM

Overall I think he's a super fun awesome figure.

EDIT: sorry for the double post!

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 1:19 pm

FYI the links for the exclusives go to Hasbro.com and not Hasbro Toy Shop. Unless they're hidden away somewhere that I can't find on the site the exclusives aren't up yet on HTS.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 1:20 pm

chuckdawg1999 wrote:FYI the links for the exclusives go to Hasbro.com and not Hasbro Toy Shop. Unless they're hidden away somewhere that I can't find on the site the exclusives aren't up yet on HTS.

As the story says, they will be available from 20 September.

by **CircuitBreaker** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 1:58 pm

Who's that Lockdown remold? An early Hot Rod?

News Credits: 4 · by **Quantum Surge** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 2:05 pm

I'll share my thoughts on the reveals now that Hascon is over.

-The Dinobots look really good, and I'm glad to get versions of them instead of having to use the AOE repaints or any 3rd party versions. While I'd prefer the FOC designs so they can go with FOC Grimlock, these are still great to get; after all, what better way to make a Dinobot group after we got the AOE versions (which I regret selling bar Grimlock). Volcanicus is something I could care less for. Unless I am really bored or if there is a heavy retool of the Dinobots, I won't be combining the Dinobots anytime soon.

-Jazz and Starscream are figures I would really use, since I don't have a Special Ops Jazz and Classics Starscream is too small next to my Voyager Megatron (from the same line), so I'll happily make do with these figures. Onto eBay for Classics Starscream (unless someone here wants to buy mine). Plus, I like the IDW design of Starscream more than the G1 cartoon version; makes him look more like a threat (oh, and I'm a sucker for F-22 Raptors thanks to Movie Starscream).

-Not into Dreadwind and Blackwing; planning on finding G2 Dreadwing and Smokescreen instead.

-I actually want Beachcomber over Slash. Compared to most of the Minibots, I like Comby a lot since his pacifist charm makes me like him more than a lot of Season 2 Autobots. Golden Lagoon is my #1 favorite G1 episode of all time, and I'm dying to buy another one and paint his hand gold. Slash is neat, but I'll wait until I get 'Comber, Bee, Brawn, Windcharger, Powerglide, and Wheelie.

-Leader Optimus and Rodimus aren't too bad; I'm more into getting Hot Rod from TR as a normal Hot Rod and use the POTP version as a Rodimus if he scales well with Voyagers. Optimus will have to wait until I get MPM-04 Optimus AND a Voyager scaled Prime for the altmode (POTP Prime is gonna be small, I feel). Shame there's no Combat Deck.

-Not into getting the bots shown in gray prototype form EXCEPT for Optimus Primal. I'm bummed that Hasbro opted to not release the BW Masterpieces here (which would be great instead of rereleasing MP-10 for the 100th time), so I guess this Leader will make do (hope Hasbro releases BW Megs or I'm customizing TLK Scorn). Sorry, Terrorcons and etc.

-Could care less for Prime Masters lol.

-Predaking from what's seen is looking good. Hope HasTak learn from their mistakes with Devastator.

-Disappointed that we didn't get any info on Onslaught, Mohawk, and Dreadbot. Also bummed out that there was no info on the 2018 Movie toys since The Bumblebee Movie won't have much to offer, toywise. And what about MPM-5 Barricade? I'm hoping that HasTak gets onto makimg him now that he won "Best Movie Character".

-Speaking of, yay for all Decepticons winning the poll! Still funny how Trypticon won best toy of the year despite having crappy hip ratchets. I'd more likely vote for TR Nautica, Leader Blaster, or the MPM figures if they were available.

So that concludes my thoughts on Hascon. Hopefully, we'd get more stuff shown at NYCC 2017.

News Credits: 30 · by **DeathReviews** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 2:29 pm

Exclusive Arcee is already sold out at HasbroToyShop.com. Meaning she joins the many other exclusives like Primitive Optimus, which are also sold out, but being kept up as a tease of what they COULD be selling us, IF they had any.

Not that I was particularly fussed about getting a pink retool of TR Blurr anyway, but I weary of HTS.com's constant shortages and their strange desire to put up huge lists of figures that they DON'T have in stock....

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 2:31 pm

DeathReviews wrote:Exclusive Arcee is already sold out at HasbroToyShop.com.

How can she be sold out now when she won't even be available to order until next Wednesday?

News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 3:08 pm

Short Circuit wrote:Who's that Lockdown remold? An early Hot Rod?

Yeah, its definitely hotrod since he has the remolded arms. But that light piping visor above his actual eyes had me scratching my head. Its probably Hot Rod but they ended up painting over that visor thing in the final product.

News Credits: 79 · by **Sigma Magnus** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 4:36 pm

Over the weekend at Hascon, there were more than toys on display! We have a new gallery of all the real Transformers vehicles seen at the show: Optimus Prime, Bumblebee (both old and new), and Barricade, all from the '07 movie; as well as the first car of the Dawson Transformers Racing Team (reported here)! Check out the full gallery here, or by clicking on any of the images below, and let us know what you think in the Energon Pub!

News Credits: 4 · by **Quantum Surge** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 4:40 pm

Beautiful vehicles. I miss 2007 so badly; whenever I saw those altmodes, I've always gotten a bright smile on my face. Even the Dawson car reminds me of Cybertron Override!

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 4:54 pm

Va'al wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:FYI the links for the exclusives go to Hasbro.com and not Hasbro Toy Shop. Unless they're hidden away somewhere that I can't find on the site the exclusives aren't up yet on HTS.

As the story says, they will be available from 20 September.

Yes I know, but I want to make sure people know that those links don't go to a placeholder page on HTS that they can pin to their tab bar, and reload only for the buy link to never load so you have to go back to the main page and follow the link there only to get to the page too late and it's sold out. Ya know, like what happened with the SDCC exclusives.

by **Sunburnninja** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 5:08 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Sunburnninja wrote:Inferno as a redeco of Soundwave looks amazing, I really wish they released that.
That's Blaster.

Yeah, I know, I was really tired last night, xD

News Credits: 54 · by **Deadput** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 5:37 pm

It really bothers me that the 2007 old Camaro Bee is so...clean.

Should be more like this

News Credits: 30 · by **DeathReviews** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 6:01 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
DeathReviews wrote:Exclusive Arcee is already sold out at HasbroToyShop.com.
How can she be sold out now when she won't even be available to order until next Wednesday?

Beats me - but apparently HTS did it somehow

The listing is up at HTS: https://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/en/htsusa/-c3542as00

But you can't order it, you can only put it on a 'wish list'. So it was either available, but sold out immediately. Or it was never available in the first place because it isn't being sold till later, and the listing is just a tease. Either way, [eyeroll][/eyeroll]