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Sun Mar 30, 2025 7:54 pm

"Big Prime" would be hysterical, however unlikely. :lol:

I was going to suggest "Mammuthus Prime" as a joke, but that actually works, the more I think about it.

News Credits: 332 · Sun Mar 30, 2025 8:56 pm

Big Convoy, that's what all the ladies call me!

News Credits: 9 · Sun Mar 30, 2025 9:02 pm

The more I've seen of the new Aerialbots, the better and better they're looking to be. While there are a few glaring issues for me with the combined form, even that is looking good, and it's a huge improvement over the CW version; while show/screen accuracy isn't a factor for everyone like it is for me and others, the engineering and combining system alone makes this new set better. It was a pretty decent letdown that these "ginormous, powerful robots" ended up so flimsy and unstable in toy form with the CW versions. I'm 98% sure I'll be selling my UW Superion. And for that matter, same for my UW Bruticus. As much as I wanted to like that set, the combined form just didn't deliver; not only does it lack in terms of appearance, again, the stability issue pretty much ruined it for me.
I think it's a safe bet that the Protectobots will be next. After Menasor, Defensor was the weakest CW combiner imo. I just hope these all get released next year. Maybe Onslaught will be the CC release for April, and Hot Spot will be the CC figure for August.

For anyone who preordered Silverbolt through Amazon, keep an eye out; my copy is supposed to arrive this Thursday.

Sun Mar 30, 2025 10:09 pm

Supposedly Powerglide and Swerve are coming next year so that sounds great! Finally be able to knock a big one off the list with I think leaving only Seaspray left.
Can't say I'm all that interested in the others on this list though.

Haven't fully decided on getting any Combaticons yet so Blast Off and brawl are an uncertainty as well as Quintus and Amlagamous Prime.

News Credits: 9 · Sun Mar 30, 2025 10:24 pm

Till-all-R1 wrote:Supposedly Powerglide and Swerve are coming next year so that sounds great! Finally be able to knock a big one off the list with I think leaving only Seaspray left.
Can't say I'm all that interested in the others on this list though.

Haven't fully decided on getting any Combaticons yet so Blast Off and brawl are an uncertainty as well as Quintus and Amlagamous Prime.

Just heard about these leaked listings as well.

Onslaught will be a Commander Class release. I'm sure there's at least a bit more coming as well; I would think Swindle will be released next year to finish the Combaticons.

News Credits: 4880 · Sun Mar 30, 2025 10:48 pm

Thanks to JTPrime17, we have the entire Age of the Primes line currently scheduled for 2026. It has Big Convoy, of course, but the other leader that year is Universe Razor Claw. The Commander for 2026 is Onslaught, which was easily guessed by us already getting Vortex. The Primes will be rounded out with Quintus (deluxe), Amalgamus and Nexus (both voyagers). And we also get a beloved Beast Wars character Quickstrike. Here is the list, let us know which you are most looking forward to.

Deluxe:
Tra Gen Prime Dlx Quintus Prime
Product Number: G2004

Tra Gen Prime Dlx Sureshot
Product Number: G2005

Tra Gen Prime Dlx Blast Off
Product Number: G2006

Tra Gen Prime Dlx Quickstrike
Product Number: G2007

Tra Gen Prime Dlx Smokescreen
Product Number: G2008

Tra Gen Prime Dlx Powerglide
Product Number: G2010

Tra Gen Prime Dlx Swerve
Product Number: G2011

Tra Gen Prime Dlx Animated Ratchet
Product Number: G2012

Tra Gen Prime Dlx Prime Cliffjumper
Product Number: G2018

Voyager:
Tra Gen Prime Voy Amalgamous Prime
Product Number: G1996

Tra Gen Prime Voy Brawl
Product Number: G1997

Tra Gen Prime Voy Animated Wreckgar
Product Number: G1998

Tra Gen Prime Voy Armada Sideways
Product Number: G1999

Tra Gen Prime Voy Nexus Prime
Product Number: G2001

Leader:
Tra Gen Prime LDR Big Convoy
Product Number: G1906

Tra Gen Prime LDR Universe Razorclaw
Product Number: G1907

Commander:
Tra Gen Prime Cmdr Onslaught

News Credits: 22 · Mon Mar 31, 2025 12:26 am

So Brawl is a voyager but Blast Off isn't? I guess Onslaught won't have the same setup as Motormaster and Silverbolt. And this means we're getting a voyager Swindle.

Will that Prime Cliffjumper be the one from the Target 4-pack?

Sureshot is getting a release, I thought he was cancelled.

Still no Seaspray, but it's good to see Quickstrike. Probably pass on all the others.

News Credits: 462 · Mon Mar 31, 2025 12:31 am

Rodimus Prime wrote:Sureshot is getting a release, I thought he was cancelled.

IIRC, I think the canceled release was for one of the Legacy lines, meaning it's getting revived for AOTP instead.

News Credits: 22 · Mon Mar 31, 2025 12:44 am

Sabrblade wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:Sureshot is getting a release, I thought he was cancelled.
IIRC, I think the canceled release was for one of the Legacy lines, meaning it's getting revived for AOTP instead.

But we can assume it's the figure that was intended earlier, correct?

Now I wonder if we'll get a new, actual Targetmaster Crosshairs.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Mar 31, 2025 1:39 am

Rodimus Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:Sureshot is getting a release, I thought he was cancelled.
IIRC, I think the canceled release was for one of the Legacy lines, meaning it's getting revived for AOTP instead.
But we can assume it's the figure that was intended earlier, correct?

Now I wonder if we'll get a new, actual Targetmaster Crosshairs.

That would me nice, but I think Point Blank's in more need of another redo, preferably a Voyager if that's what it takes to get all his accessories and proportions right. Someday.

But yeah, Crosshairs also deserves a better vehicle mode than Siege gave him. It's kind of an inversion of how the 3 '87 'Con Targetmasters came out so good in TR, but only Triggerhappy was easy to find. I have high hopes for Sureshot, but I always liked PB and CS so much better that a perfect AotP toy of him would ironically be kind of frustrating.

Then again, I've hung onto my Roulette this long to reenact the sharpshooting competition from his TFU entry...

News Credits: 4 · Mon Mar 31, 2025 2:17 am

I’m disappointed that Nexus will almost definitely not be a combiner. I know that in the AOTP box arts he’s based on his Aligned iteration, I was just hoping that they would do something combinery.

News Credits: 101 · Mon Mar 31, 2025 4:38 am

Finally, Powerglide! I wonder what his release in the E-Hobby "Gobots" colors would be? :-?

News Credits: 149 · Mon Mar 31, 2025 6:00 am

No Aerialbots? So we'll have Bruticus and Superion missing two limbs each?

~ Grim

Mon Mar 31, 2025 8:20 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:Finally, Powerglide! I wonder what his release in the E-Hobby "Gobots" colors would be?

Wouldn't it be this guy?

G1-toy_BadBoy.jpg

Mon Mar 31, 2025 8:57 am

william-james88 wrote:Tra Gen Prime Voy Armada Sideways
Product Number: G1999

This is the most surprising one to me for a few reasons

First of all, with Cybertron Sideways coming out, I had all but given up hope of an Armada Sideways releasing.

Secondly, he's a Voyager? That makes me wonder if he might be deluxe-sized and come with his Minicons.

News Credits: 14 · Mon Mar 31, 2025 10:28 am

Definitely looking at Blastoff,
Maybe Smokescreen to complete my Datsuns.
Brawl, though why is he a voyager? Is he including the Bruticus thigh?
Powerglide definitely
Hopefully, Armada Sideways is not a Walmart capsule elusive like Cybertron Sideways.
And Onslaught.

Swindle is going to be the last guy?

#1 Signal Lancer fan wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Tra Gen Prime Voy Armada Sideways
Product Number: G1999

This is the most surprising one to me for a few reasons

First of all, with Cybertron Sideways coming out, I had all but given up hope of an Armada Sideways releasing.

Secondly, he's a Voyager? That makes me wonder if he might be deluxe-sized and come with his Minicons.

He's the only one that actually requires his mini-cons. So it makes sense to make him a voyager to be able to include them.

Without his minicon his main gimmick is rendered moot.

I just hope he's not a Walmart capsule exclusive.

News Credits: 101 · Mon Mar 31, 2025 1:19 pm

RiddlerJ wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Finally, Powerglide! I wonder what his release in the E-Hobby "Gobots" colors would be?

Wouldn't it be this guy?
G1-toy_BadBoy.jpg

Yup.

But it would most likely be part of a 2 pack or a 3 pack, exclusive to Amazon or whatnot. I wonder who his box partner(s) would be? :-?

Mon Mar 31, 2025 1:45 pm

Whifflefire wrote:"Big Prime" would be hysterical, however unlikely.

I was going to suggest "Mammuthus Prime" as a joke, but that actually works, the more I think about it.

On this topic, I was just reading that the character was named 'Slammoth' in Beast Wars: Uprising.

Perhaps Slammoth Prime?

Or they could name him Domitius Major, after this Maximal sharing the mold from IDW's 2005 run

News Credits: 462 · Mon Mar 31, 2025 1:49 pm

#1 Signal Lancer fan wrote:
Whifflefire wrote:"Big Prime" would be hysterical, however unlikely.

I was going to suggest "Mammuthus Prime" as a joke, but that actually works, the more I think about it.

On this topic, I was just reading that the character was named 'Slammoth' in Beast Wars: Uprising.

That was done because "Slammoth" was one of the names Hasbro was considering for the Fan Built Combiner poll back in Combiner Wars that resulted in the creation of Victorion, and Jim Sorenson liked the name so much that he wanted to give it some form of official use since it didn't win the name poll over "Victorion".

Mon Mar 31, 2025 2:07 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
RiddlerJ wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Finally, Powerglide! I wonder what his release in the E-Hobby "Gobots" colors would be?

Wouldn't it be this guy?
G1-toy_BadBoy.jpg

Yup.

But it would most likely be part of a 2 pack or a 3 pack, exclusive to Amazon or whatnot. I wonder who his box partner(s) would be?

They could do like the did with the Puffer/Road Ranger two pack, and give two versions of the same mold. Bad Boy and Viper.

Mon Mar 31, 2025 2:25 pm

Aside from Bug Bite haven't they already covered all of those that came in the 5-pack with Bad Boy?
Seems to me there's not many left for multipacks unless they go with Tailgate or maybe Outback?

Maybe the Walmart retro subline will offer them there, be nice I don't much care for multipacks as I tend to only want one of the bots.

News Credits: 332 · Mon Mar 31, 2025 2:29 pm

Could Smokescreen be the Armada version? We already got the G1 design twice.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Mar 31, 2025 2:40 pm

So it seems out of all the Combaticons, they're saving Swindle for last. And I'm looking forward to seeing what they do with Quickstrike.

Mon Mar 31, 2025 3:39 pm

Beyond ecstatic to see Quickstrike on this list, I was concerned this slate wouldn’t have any beasties. With Quickstrike, we will have every (barring Transmetal forms) original Maximal and Predacon except Depth Charge and Rampage. With only two of the cast remaining now, I can’t imagine we won’t be getting a release of them. Would prefer individual release but it’s a pretty obvious 2-pack.

Mon Mar 31, 2025 3:46 pm

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Could Smokescreen be the Armada version? We already got the G1 design twice.

I was wondering if it could be Armada or Prime Smokescreen.

Similarly, the last G1 Cliffjumper was in 2022, so perhaps he could be Animated (using the Bumblebee mold) or even Energon

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