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by **Nightbeat339** » Sat Nov 18, 2017 4:04 pm

Please stop the politics. I have political views, but I'd prefer not to post them on a PotP Leaks and Rumors forum.
Anyways, I checked Brickseek and it said a Target near me has Legends and Deluxe class. I'll have to look in person. But if they're too lazy to check the stock in the back again... :HEADHURTS:

News Credits: 3 · by **bodrock** » Sat Nov 18, 2017 4:15 pm

Nightbeat339 wrote:Please stop the politics. I have political views, but I'd prefer not to post them on a PotP Leaks and Rumors forum.
Anyways, I checked Brickseek and it said a Target near me has Legends and Deluxe class. I'll have to look in person. But if they're too lazy to check the stock in the back again...

They should have the Deluxes -- call ahead, if possible, and ask if they have it by DCPI -- the Legends weren't anywhere immediately accessible for my Targets, but they said to check again tomorrow (although none will be on the shelves till Black Friday, I guess).

by **Stealth Claw** » Sat Nov 18, 2017 4:20 pm

I haven't seen them near me yet, has anyone from Canada seen the POTP figures yet? (my wife will be buying me them for x-mas if they show in soon)

News Credits: 19 · by **Stuartmaximus** » Sat Nov 18, 2017 4:31 pm

Btw it's nothing to do with politics now! it's been explained away by this guy!

btw it's something to do with Jazz being wrongly named in The Five Faces Of Darkness! and is a nod to that....apparently! so people reading other things into it are waaay off the mark and misconstrue its actual meaning.

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Sat Nov 18, 2017 4:38 pm

Stuartmaximus wrote:Btw it's nothing to do with politics now! it's been explained away by this guy!

btw it's something to do with Jazz being wrongly named in The Five Faces Of Darkness! and is a nod to that....apparently! so people reading other things into it are waaay off the mark and misconstrue its actual meaning.

That's one POSSIBLE explanation.

If that were the case, then why were Hasbro so quick to issue an apology and throw the vendor under the bus? Why not just come out and explain it was an easter egg?

by **Skritz** » Sat Nov 18, 2017 5:13 pm

Burn wrote:
Stuartmaximus wrote:Btw it's nothing to do with politics now! it's been explained away by this guy!

btw it's something to do with Jazz being wrongly named in The Five Faces Of Darkness! and is a nod to that....apparently! so people reading other things into it are waaay off the mark and misconstrue its actual meaning.

That's one POSSIBLE explanation.

If that were the case, then why were Hasbro so quick to issue an apology and throw the vendor under the bus? Why not just come out and explain it was an easter egg?

Because even if it was not a Trump reference after all, it won't convince people out there to farm outrage for the internet's well oiled 'two-minutes-of-controversy-a-day'. In other words, it's probably better to say that yes, it was indeed someone who snuck in a Trump reference without Hasbro's consent and that guy is probably getting punished or something rather than say it's not and suffer accusations of being 'crypto nazis' or something which would be far more damaging to their brand in their eyes that coming under constant suspicion of secretly endorsing Trump.

Edit: In case my point is unclear, to re-iterate: its easier to say there WAS a controversy and its been taken care of than brush it aside and say there is no controversy because then people who want to see a controversy will think Hasbro somehow has 'something to hide'. Hope it make more sense that way.

News Credits: 3 · by **bodrock** » Sat Nov 18, 2017 5:16 pm

Sounds like PR damage control. That's okay, though. I bought MAGA Jazz for the novelty.

Swoop's G1 cartoon coloring is pretty cool. I was actually hunting for Slash, but this one extra exception on my Buy List worked out....he'll be my go-to for Swoop. The Platinum Dinobots version I have is still too Bayverse, despite the G1-style face.

News Credits: 19 · by **Stuartmaximus** » Sat Nov 18, 2017 5:26 pm

cough....

Burn wrote:Just in case you've forgotten, you're ignoring me remember.

cough....

Burn wrote:You know, I distinctly recall a link to the political discussion thread being posted in the Jazz news article ...

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Sat Nov 18, 2017 5:52 pm

Stuartmaximus wrote:cough....
Burn wrote:Just in case you've forgotten, you're ignoring me remember.

cough....
Burn wrote:You know, I distinctly recall a link to the political discussion thread being posted in the Jazz news article ...

Oh hey! Thanks for the reminder. Seeing as YOU dragged the issue up again, you're clearly defying staff directives and attempting to drive the topic off-topic.

What happens to people who do that again? Oh yeah ...

by **Skritz** » Sat Nov 18, 2017 5:59 pm

Since we're on the topic of Jazz, albeit for *cough* different reasons...He'd make a pretty sweet Hurricane, no?

News Credits: 459 · by **Sabrblade** » Sat Nov 18, 2017 6:05 pm

At this point, the best way to move on from the Jazz controversy discussion may be to have every post related to that subject in this thread split out into their own new topic.

News Credits: 2 · by **partholon** » Sat Nov 18, 2017 6:11 pm

probably be a good idea to have the "discuss this topic" link in the article actually LEAD to the thread discusing it instead of this one then.

News Credits: 1 · by **Tranzilla** » Sat Nov 18, 2017 6:12 pm

Skritz wrote:Since we're on the topic of Jazz, albeit for *cough* different reasons...He'd make a pretty sweet Hurricane, no?

I'll take a Stepper/Ricochet repaint, please. :-D

by **Skritz** » Sat Nov 18, 2017 6:13 pm

Tranzilla wrote:
Skritz wrote:Since we're on the topic of Jazz, albeit for *cough* different reasons...He'd make a pretty sweet Hurricane, no?

I'll take a Stepper/Ricochet repaint, please.

That could also work. Bit hard to know for sure what we'll see with POTP given its new.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Sat Nov 18, 2017 6:15 pm

Tranzilla wrote:
Skritz wrote:Since we're on the topic of Jazz, albeit for *cough* different reasons...He'd make a pretty sweet Hurricane, no?

I'll take a Stepper/Ricochet repaint, please.

I'm sure next year we'll be seeing Stepper and Artfire based on Jazz and Inferno in the Takara Tomy Mall complete with their Targetmaster partners.

Emerje

by **Skritz** » Sat Nov 18, 2017 6:22 pm

Emerje wrote:
Tranzilla wrote:
Skritz wrote:Since we're on the topic of Jazz, albeit for *cough* different reasons...He'd make a pretty sweet Hurricane, no?

I'll take a Stepper/Ricochet repaint, please.

I'm sure next year we'll be seeing Stepper and Artfire based on Jazz and Inferno in the Takara Tomy Mall complete with their Targetmaster partners.

Emerje

More cool things I wouldn't even have the money for.

News Credits: 21 · by **dragons** » Sat Nov 18, 2017 6:43 pm

Notesandtabs wrote:Common guys. If this REALLY offends anybody, we need to grow up. Everybody is too offended about silly things. Whatever your political standing, it is crazy to be upset abut this, honestly.

Yeah people do get offended easily and stupid things take people court over and to sue them if all people should be offended and upset it should be black people if Japanese person starts singing black rapper song outloutpd infrom of black people with song having N word in lyrics African American people would beat crap out of Japanese person for using n word out loud but if black person sings same song out loud in front of black people using N word that is song black people have no problem with it it’s black people should be upset black rappers using N word in there music encourages non black people to use N word if black people don’t non black people saying N they should get upset at black rappers having n word in there music that’s origin of it by being easily offended

by **ThunderThruster** » Sat Nov 18, 2017 6:55 pm

Huricane from Jazz is great idea.

Personally, I'm waiting to see the Monster Pretenders done from the terrocons and dinobots.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Sat Nov 18, 2017 6:57 pm

Shall we try this again?

Emerje wrote:I'm not wanting to be a backseat moderator or anything, but as someone that keeps coming into this topic thinking the updates might actually be about PotP figure, I'll just leave this quote here.

Va'al wrote:We encourage any civil political discussion to take place in this other thread, and keep the responses to this story specifically about the toy and the Power of the Primes toyline.

Emerje

News Credits: 2 · by **partholon** » Sat Nov 18, 2017 6:57 pm

on the seeker thing i really DO like the idea of a squadron of em that combines with screamer.

and the molds do look like they can be tweeked for it to happen.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Sat Nov 18, 2017 7:20 pm

These were sent tonus from the Facebook page too! All Legend figures are very much out there.

News Credits: 19 · by **Stuartmaximus** » Sat Nov 18, 2017 7:20 pm

funny? coz I could've sworn that I'm still here :-D

maybe you've gone soft or something :-?

y'know what? I'll save you the trouble....good bye!

call yourself a moderator! you clearly don't have the balls to ban people! instead you procrastinate about the possibilities instead :-P

News Credits: 3 · by **bodrock** » Sat Nov 18, 2017 7:22 pm

Plan to get Slash as soon as possible.....but may need Beachcomber too!

News Credits: 3 · by **bodrock** » Sat Nov 18, 2017 7:27 pm

ThunderThruster wrote:Huricane from Jazz is great idea.

Personally, I'm waiting to see the Monster Pretenders done from the terrocons and dinobots.

YES PLZ

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Sat Nov 18, 2017 7:32 pm

partholon wrote:on the seeker thing i really DO like the idea of a squadron of em that combines with screamer.

So now I'm curious, and I pose this question to anyone willing to chime in with an answer.

With many people opposed to the Dinobots combining, why are so many people then in favour of the Seekers combining?