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Re: Transformers: Age of the Primes 2025 Transformers Generations Line Discussion

by chuckdawg1999 » Wed Sep 17, 2025 3:45 pm

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Re: Transformers: Age of the Primes 2025 Transformers Generations Line Discussion

by Razorbeast88 » Thu Sep 18, 2025 11:35 pm

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Re: Transformers: Age of the Primes 2025 Transformers Generations Line Discussion

by chuckdawg1999 » Thu Sep 18, 2025 11:47 pm

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Re: Transformers: Age of the Primes 2025 Transformers Generations Line Discussion

by Sabrblade » Fri Sep 19, 2025 6:11 pm

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Weapon: Saber Blade

New Images and Details for upcoming Amalgamous Prime figure from Age of the Primes

by Seibertron » Sun Sep 21, 2025 7:51 pm

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Weapon: Twin Shock-Concussion Missiles

Transformers fans got a treat this week when Hasbro lead product designer Mark Maher shared a big batch of photos and insights on Amalgamous Prime through his Instagram page markclonus. The post not only showcased the figure from multiple angles but also pulled back the curtain on the inspirations that guided its creation.

Amalgamous Prime comes to the Age of the Primes line with a design that leans into his shapeshifting legacy. Takara Tomy's Yuki-san brought new engineering twists that give the toy more flexibility than past Primes, while Ken Christiansen's Covenant of Primus artwork influenced the use of the T-Cog as a defining feature of the character. The result is a Prime loaded with unique connections and clever details that underline his ever-changing nature.



As designer Mark Maher explained, "Unique connections along with strong versatility clearly makes this character a must have." He also encouraged fans to imagine the Prime's limitless possibilities: "Such a fun challenge to sit there and imagine him constantly changing and shifting into things as he talks to his brothers and sister."



You can check out Maher's full post on Instagram here:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C_yvfbqJnWE/

And follow his page here:
https://www.instagram.com/markclonus/

Join the discussion about Amalgamous Prime and the Age of the Primes line on our forums:
https://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/transformers-age-of-the-primes-2025-transformers-generations-line-discussion-t120629.php

Here are some additional images. You can view the rest of his gallery of Amalgamous Prime on Mark's Instagram page.

Re: Transformers: Age of the Primes 2025 Transformers Generations Line Discussion

by Omegatron. » Mon Sep 22, 2025 4:51 am

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Re: Transformers: Age of the Primes 2025 Transformers Generations Line Discussion

by Kyleor » Mon Sep 22, 2025 10:23 am

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Re: Transformers: Age of the Primes 2025 Transformers Generations Line Discussion

by -Kanrabat- » Mon Sep 22, 2025 10:58 am

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It's that simple."

Weapon: Vibro-Axe

Kyleor wrote:I can't wait to see how creative/wild people get with 2-3 (or more) Amalgamous Primes. Imagine getting enough copies to build an Amalgamous Titan.

For starter, I can't believe the thing is a voyager. There's no scaling in the pictures on the net, but he must be at the very least the same size as that Legacy Junkion garbage truck. Those two together may wield interesting results.

Come see my latest creation, R63 Megatron, the gender-swapped Megatron

---under construction--

Re: Transformers: Age of the Primes 2025 Transformers Generations Line Discussion

by chuckdawg1999 » Mon Sep 22, 2025 5:18 pm

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Re: Transformers: Age of the Primes 2025 Transformers Generations Line Discussion

by Bumblevivisector » Wed Sep 24, 2025 1:29 am

Kyleor wrote:I can't wait to see how creative/wild people get with 2-3 (or more) Amalgamous Primes. Imagine getting enough copies to build an Amalgamous Titan.

At the moment, that's just making me imagine never being able to find this guy in on any shelf.

Titan would be pushing it, but the vehicles in these pics are making me consider him the patron Prime of Diaclone-heritage, which could justify getting 3 or 4 to make a total of 14 components...

And I like how the kinda' flattened Shockwave head and slightly Straxus-esque pickaxe give him Marvel prehistory vibes as well.

But more than anything, this thread keeps making a ditty replay in my head, pondering if she was also an inspiration:

Though probably not, since I'm probably the only person who actually liked that movie.

Re: Transformers: Age of the Primes 2025 Transformers Generations Line Discussion

by chuckdawg1999 » Wed Sep 24, 2025 1:32 am

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Re: Transformers: Age of the Primes 2025 Transformers Generations Line Discussion

by bluecatcinema » Wed Sep 24, 2025 2:36 pm

Re: Transformers: Age of the Primes 2025 Transformers Generations Line Discussion

by chuckdawg1999 » Wed Sep 24, 2025 3:43 pm

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Re: Transformers: Age of the Primes 2025 Transformers Generations Line Discussion

by adamage1 » Wed Sep 24, 2025 5:55 pm

Mark Mahar's Instagram page posted a shot of Brawl's combiner leg mode:



It will be interesting to see how this attaches to the Onslaught skeleton, since Bruticus appears to be a hybrid of the Menasor/Superion system for the upper torso and the SS86 Devastator system for the lower torso and legs, with voyager-class figures that have ratchets for the combiner mode ankle tilt.

I will also say those complaining about the skeleton/frame system are frankly nuts if you think the Combiner Wars system was better. You can actually pose these combiners which are far sturdier and present a much better silhouette. And no, I don't care about 3rd-party options, which are a completely different animal cost-wise, don't support the official brand, and not to mention tend to be EXTREMELY fiddly. I am talking solely about mainline official releases.

Re: Transformers: Age of the Primes 2025 Transformers Generations Line Discussion

by Omegatron. » Thu Sep 25, 2025 2:05 pm

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Re: Transformers: Age of the Primes 2025 Transformers Generations Line Discussion

by Rodimus Prime » Mon Sep 29, 2025 12:39 am

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Re: Transformers: Age of the Primes 2025 Transformers Generations Line Discussion

by ZeldaTheSwordsman » Mon Sep 29, 2025 4:15 am

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adamage1 wrote:I will also say those complaining about the skeleton/frame system are frankly nuts if you think the Combiner Wars system was better. You can actually pose these combiners which are far sturdier and present a much better silhouette.

Spoken like someone who's only handled Menasor. Menasor sucked, because the CW Optimus Prime mold was clearly designed as Optimus Prime first and a combiner torso second.

But the only weakness of the Combiner Wars/PotP system was the lack of ratcheting hips in the limb robots, and even that wasn't really too bad in most cases. Most CW/PotP combiners are perfectly poseable, thanks, and do have good silhouettes. And anything without the Optimus mold as a torso is plenty sturdy.

Volcanicus and Abominus weren't the problem children when setting up this photo.

The skeleton/frame system brings ratcheted elbows, but at the cost of the modernized Scramble City functionality - characters are now locked into being either an arm or a leg, and unless skeleton connectors are shared they can't swap between combiners either. It only even exists because Hasbro were going off Menasor being badly drawn 90% of the time in the cartoon, to the point where the Stunticons were clipped on like Armada Mini-Cons to generic blocky limbs
It's a tolerable tradeoff in Menasor's case because of just how HOPELESS the Combiner Wars Optimus mold was as a torso, but disappointing to see it foisted on the guys whose limb members were actually drawn as the limbs and whose CW versions functioned fine. It hurts Superion's look.
Frankly, the main appealing thing about the AotP Aerialbots IMO is that the limb robots no longer suffer from severe IDW1-itis.

Interesting that the Combaticon limbs are being designed to be less dependent on the skeleton and not have it painfully visible. Maybe they'll even actually be able to swap between being arms and legs. They better be, considering. They also better not try too hard to avoid representing the combiner kibble feet.

I'm frustrated that we haven't seen anything of the Armada Jetfire that was mentioned in the leaked listings from a while back (from before "Age of the Primes" dropped as a name). Or any more of that Brave Maximus we've had a tease of.

Re: Transformers: Age of the Primes 2025 Transformers Generations Line Discussion

by Sabrblade » Mon Sep 29, 2025 6:31 am

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