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Yeah I never ordered from TFSource...until yesterday that is. $130 for UW Megatronia was a pretty good deal . I wait for sales, which is fine.

Every time I look at those Pretenders I think of TR Repignus and think "See? Seperate Leg assemblies and a chest cavity wasn't impossible for you guys to have done!" Oh well. I am buying one to stuff in Overlord's cjest cavity. Not sure who. The matrix from Grimmy goes in jis other hole, and I may end up getting a spare or two to fill out cockpits, but I have 0 love for the Pretender Shells. I do like those guns though. Widh that 5mm peg wasnt so Hidden.

o.supreme wrote:Yeah I never ordered from TFSource...until yesterday that is. $130 for UW Megatronia was a pretty good deal . I wait for sales, which is fine.

Thats a sale for that? Sheesh...

Lore Keeper wrote:

ThunderThruster wrote:

Caelus wrote:All in all, though, I wish Predaking had been one of standard combiners, and Volcanicus had been the Titan Class combiner for the line. Having the Dinobots each be Voyager-sized would have been good, and having their combiner come in at the same height as Devastator would have also been nice. But then we go down the rabbit hole of wishes and wants (e.g., Sludge/Slog should be the torso component, and Grimlock an arm).

This.
It would have been so much better as you've described here.

I second this. I found it weird that Predaking was what they chose for the Titan class. The dinobots would have been much more appropriate given their generally larger statures.

i have always seen Predaking as the biggest combiner. I tjink the problem here is ot that Predakimg is so ig, but all his foes are so small. I woulda loved Voyager Dinobots, but that means the entire Voyager line is Dinobots. Better that we are getting them at all than none.

Aimless Misfire wrote:This same **** happened with Grotusque. The front page says IN STOCK, I race over to the site with absolutely no chance of the **** actually being IN STOCK. It's like you're trying to frustrate the piss out of everybody on purpose. Next time Hasbrotoyshop gets something in stock don't even bother reporting it. Because it's going to be sold out by the time most people see it.

Wow, after 6.5 hours it sold out and this surprises you? Its up, that's news. If Seibertron DIDNT report it, then the folks who would've gotten it are upset they didnt know, and the folks from other boards bought them all.

Sorry you missed out, been there done that.

Every time I look at those Pretenders I think of TR Repignus and think "See? Seperate Leg assemblies and a chest cavity wasn't impossible for you guys to have done!" Oh well. I am buying one to stuff in Overlord's cjest cavity. Not sure who. The matrix from Grimmy goes in jis other hole, and I may end up getting a spare or two to fill out cockpits, but I have 0 love for the Pretender Shells. I do like those guns though. Widh that 5mm peg wasnt so Hidden.

o.supreme wrote:Yeah I never ordered from TFSource...until yesterday that is. $130 for UW Megatronia was a pretty good deal . I wait for sales, which is fine.

Thats a sale for that? Sheesh...

Lore Keeper wrote:

ThunderThruster wrote:

Caelus wrote:All in all, though, I wish Predaking had been one of standard combiners, and Volcanicus had been the Titan Class combiner for the line. Having the Dinobots each be Voyager-sized would have been good, and having their combiner come in at the same height as Devastator would have also been nice. But then we go down the rabbit hole of wishes and wants (e.g., Sludge/Slog should be the torso component, and Grimlock an arm).

This.
It would have been so much better as you've described here.

I second this. I found it weird that Predaking was what they chose for the Titan class. The dinobots would have been much more appropriate given their generally larger statures.

i have always seen Predaking as the biggest combiner. I tjink the problem here is ot that Predakimg is so ig, but all his foes are so small. I woulda loved Voyager Dinobots, but that means the entire Voyager line is Dinobots. Better that we are getting them at all than none.

Aimless Misfire wrote:This same **** happened with Grotusque. The front page says IN STOCK, I race over to the site with absolutely no chance of the **** actually being IN STOCK. It's like you're trying to frustrate the piss out of everybody on purpose. Next time Hasbrotoyshop gets something in stock don't even bother reporting it. Because it's going to be sold out by the time most people see it.

Wow, after 6.5 hours it sold out and this surprises you? Its up, that's news. If Seibertron DIDNT report it, then the folks who would've gotten it are upset they didnt know, and the folks from other boards bought them all.

Sorry you missed out, been there done that.

And a very helpful Target employee helped me get the entire first wave of Legends and Deluxes. The DPCIs that were posted were the only way. FWIW, they had to search quite a bit, but if it shows in stock, they definitely should have it now. I believe this is part of Black Friday preparation for them.

Even better news, I got them with the Buy 1 Get 1 50% deal. So I paid the same for them as I would just the deluxes online. Win for me.

mordhelm wrote:And a very helpful Target employee helped me get the entire first wave of Legends and Deluxes. The DPCIs that were posted were the only way. FWIW, they had to search quite a bit, but if it shows in stock, they definitely should have it now. I believe this is part of Black Friday preparation for them.

Even better news, I got them with the Buy 1 Get 1 50% deal. So I paid the same for them as I would just the deluxes online. Win for me.

It also all depends on who you ask. Some will go in the back. Others say they have them but can't sell them. I had to ask for the BOGO when they rang up my Legends. They don't seem to automatically qualify. At least they didn't yesterday.

Kyleor wrote:

Qwan wrote:(Heeheehee if you open all three images and switch between them quickly it looks like the Prime Masters are doing a little stop-motion walk, this will entertain me for at least the next half an hour)

Make them into a GIF and share

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:

mordhelm wrote:And a very helpful Target employee helped me get the entire first wave of Legends and Deluxes. The DPCIs that were posted were the only way. FWIW, they had to search quite a bit, but if it shows in stock, they definitely should have it now. I believe this is part of Black Friday preparation for them.

Even better news, I got them with the Buy 1 Get 1 50% deal. So I paid the same for them as I would just the deluxes online. Win for me.

It also all depends on who you ask. Some will go in the back. Others say they have them but can't sell them. I had to ask for the BOGO when they rang up my Legends. They don't seem to automatically qualify. At least they didn't yesterday.

Yep, I had to request the BOGO as well. I think it is tied to the DPCIs

Correct me if I'm wrong but we currently don't know which Pretender shell will be associated with Prima, don't we?

Here's my look at Dreadwind and Jazz from POTP. Gotta say I'm not feeling the vehicles.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Here's my look at Dreadwind and Jazz from POTP. Gotta say I'm not feeling the vehicles.

I have yet to transform any of the PotP figures.Gonna hafta get on that....

Skritz wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong but we currently don't know which Pretender shell will be associated with Prima, don't we?

Prima, Onyx, Nexus and Amalgamous have no associated Suits yet, but we do know one of them has the Waverider one.

Thanks to various site sponsors and fellow Seibertron.com community members, we have a round-up of links leading to listings on various retailers for the first wave of Transformers: Power of the Primes - from Legend class to Deluxe, via Prime Masters and Voyagers, but no Leader class yet. You can choose where to shop for these, but do note that some of the prices vary, and several of these figures are also making their way to physical stores too (at least in the US for now).

As a reminder, the first wave consists of the following:

Prime Masters - Liege Maximo and Skullgrin Decoy Armor, Micronus and Cloudburst Decoy Armor, Vector Prime and Metalhawk Decoy Armor
Legends - Beachcomber, Windcharger, Slash, Skrapnel (redecoed from the Generations version).
Deluxe - Slug, Swoop, Jazz, Dreadwind
Voyager - Grimlock, Starscream


TFSource: https://tfsource.com/power-of-the-prime ... _by=oldest

BBTS: http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Search?Se ... Brand=1971

RobotKingdom: http://www.robotkingdom.com/transformer ... l?___SID=U

The Chosen Prime: http://www.thechosenprime.com/Hasbro-Po ... c_260.html

Ages Three and Up: http://www.agesthreeandup.com/generatio ... he-primes/

AJ's Toychest: http://www.ajstoychest.com/hasbro-trans ... he-primes/

why is metalhawks inner robot master blue? shouldn't he be gold?
going by the others that show the accurate colors for the inner master

Ultra Markus wrote:why is metalhawks inner robot master blue? shouldn't he be gold?
going by the others that show the accurate colors for the inner master

Gang-molding. Each Prime Master, like the Titan Masters before them, only have two plastic colors. Also, making him gold will not only activate the fandom's paranoia of GPS, but it will make him look too much like his mold-mate Landmine.

And, after bouncing around from target to target for a couple weeks, finally snagged Slug and Swoop. They're going up in stasis to the top shelf of the closet for a while, though, as they're destined to be Minibot's Christmas gifts.

The target employee that grabbed them for me had obviously been asked about them before. He knew exactly what I was talking about and knew exactly what characters they were. He couldn't find the legends, though, so the hunt continues!

As far as the online voyager pricing... I wouldn't get too up in arms until we get a physical siting in Brick and Mortar.

Also... considering Grimmy will be harder to find, I'm pretty sure i'll save (gas) money in the long run nipping this in the bud.

As for "they always over-stock the first wave". Wasn't that NOT the case for Combiner Wars?

While preorders have gone up at several of our site sponsors for Power of the Primes Wave 1 Figures (that list can be seen here), they had yet to show up on Amazon-until now, that is, thanks to a tip from fellow Seibertronian boyatlarge! Currently, only Wave 1 Voyagers (Grimlock and Starscream), and Wave 1 Legends (Slash, Windcharger, Beachcomber and Shrapnel Skrapnel) are available to preorder, as well as Wave 1 figure Jazz. Set to be available on December 15th (with free two-day shipping for Amazon Prime members), this is a great way to start your Power of the Primes collecting!

It should be noted that while full cases of the Wave 1 Deluxes are shown by clicking the "available on December 15th" link above, those are not sold by Amazon, which means they are generally sold at a higher price (via a 3rd party seller) and are also not eligible for Prime shipping- not to mention that the cases aren't expected to be available until February.

Also, if you're out shopping for whatever holiday you celebrate, and you come across any Power of the Primes figures, let us know on in our Sightings Section (which appears on Seibertron's front page), an also on our Sightings Forum. where you can share your finds with local fans!

Are you ready to capture the Power of the Primes? Click on each picture below to be taken to that particular product's Amazon listing, and happy hunting!

Slash


Beachcomber


Windcharger


Shrapnel Skrapnel


Jazz


Grimlock


Starscream

Pre-ordered Grimlock, Slash, and Jazz. Now the wait begins.

Well this ruined bbts and tfsources day since they jacked up the price of the voyagers. Im still gonna wait for target since I already scored the deluxes and legends from them early.

So the dinobots are one of the biggest points of controversy with this line. So much agonizing over the fact that they are not voyagers.

Well, I did a quick comparison between Slags (G1/G2 vs PotP) and PotP in bot mode is nearly a head taller. Here is my breakdown:

Bot mode:
Size: PotP Slag is noticeably taller, G1 is thicker.
Poseability: PotP, not even close

Dino:
Size: G1 is thicker but PotP is just about as long. Basically the different is the head and hind quarters (the bot feet part).
Poseability: PotP slightly wins out here do to the arms being more poseable.

Transformation:
Kibble: PotP wins because the found something to do with the darn tail. The only purpose it served on the G1 figure was to stabilize him so he could stand upright.
Faithfulness: less of a "which is better" and more "does it transform how I expect him to based on the old toy and animation". His transformation is 95% spot onn except one omission. The dino back does not turn into wings. A minor gripe from a stellar toy.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d-A7Fa ... RRS_B/view

So maybe my opinion won't sway you on the deluxes, but I will leave you with this thought... there is so much detail on these figures that an oversized KO (was it Wei Jiang doing them for TR deluxes?) is still going to look fantastic.

Oops, posted in the wrong tab and forum. Sorry!

Autobot N wrote:Pre-ordered Grimlock, Slash, and Jazz. Now the wait begins.

Dude, just wait for them to show up in stores. Wave 1 is ALWAYS overstocked. It's the later waves you have to worry about.

Ironhidensh wrote:

Autobot N wrote:Pre-ordered Grimlock, Slash, and Jazz. Now the wait begins.

Dude, just wait for them to show up in stores. Wave 1 is ALWAYS overstocked. It's the later waves you have to worry about.

From my very limited experience, having gotten back into collecting recently from the start of Titans Return, I've found it was middle waves which are the worst. The first two waves generally gets a lot of stuff out there and in stock but then come the inevitable shelf-warming and crappy product rotation which result in the new mid-line stuff being understocked. The later stuff meanwhile gets to clog shelves too. How bad you may ask? Well, bad enough that if I wanted to I could army build deluxes.

HTS is now showing more PotP figures. As of right now (approx 2:30pm EST) Legends and Deluxes are in stock at HTS and the others are not.

https://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/SearchDis ... pageSize:&

mordhelm wrote:HTS is now showing more PotP figures. As of right now (approx 2:30pm EST) Legends and Deluxes are in stock at HTS and the others are not.

https://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/SearchDis ... pageSize:&

.......and it's all out of stock again.