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News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:33 am

Walgreens exclusive? I wonder if my accountant will let me spend a $grand on an exclusive... :-?

(#hyperbole If this is a Walgreens exclusive, I do wonder just how expensive this will be... :shock:

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News Credits: 14 · by **DecepticonFinishline** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:39 am

I wouldn't count on it being a Walgreens exclusive. I can't speak for all Walgreens, but in my area, at least, I have never seen a Transformer bigger than Deluxe class. I would be very surprised if it was a Walgreens exclusive.

by **Yweggo** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:41 am

Every time I see the PotP Optimus I can't help thinking that looks so good and I want it, but I really don't need another Optimus. If only it came in black and grey... Needless to say if this real I will be a very happy man.

News Credits: 19 · by **Carnivius_Prime** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:47 am

Well it looks kinda cooler than the regular one but never been fond of black repaints. They often just seem kinda drab and the nice details get too hidden unless you got right kind of light shining on it.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 8:54 am

ScottyP wrote:
Emerje wrote:Looks like a fake/custom to me, that's Toxitron's head
Nah, it's close to it but look at the cheeks. Toxitron doesn't have those vents.

But if it is a fake, nice render of Armada OP forearm guns/smokestacks!

If it's real then someone put a lot of work into designing a near identical head. His forehead crest has the exact same pattern. Looking back the early photoshop FunPub made for Toxitron did have the vents, but the actual figure didn't. Plus the paint was pretty thick on the figure, not as sharp looking as this image. So it's either real and at some point Hasbro transferred the head render from that figure to this one or it's an amazing photoshop.

I find the sword in his left hand intriguing, it has a lot of joints on it. Maybe turns into a jet?

Agamemnon wrote:Walgreens exclusive? I wonder if my accountant will let me spend a $grand on an exclusive...

(#hyperbole If this is a Walgreens exclusive, I do wonder just how expensive this will be... )

Maybe $50? Their other exclusives weren't ridiculously overpriced. Brainstorm was the same price as their other Deluxe figures ($17.99) and the clones cost less then two Legends (also $17.99). But I doubt it'll be a Walgreens exclusive, it's bigger and more expensive than most of the toys they sell. I'd sooner believe Target or a convention for something like this.

Emerje

by **Rated X** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 9:13 am

Not something I would buy but interesting to see if the pax inside gets a new head. A dark pax is incredibly stupid.

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 9:27 am

This is odd...usually HTS doesn't discriminate prices between toys of the exact same size, unlike 3P sellers who will jack up the price of toys who are short packed in an assortment, or not sell them individually at all. Especially since Optimus is available both in wave 1 and Wave 2....also don't get your hopes up, these are NOT in stock, even though it says *add to cart*

News Credits: 26 · by **MaverickPrime** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 9:59 am

ARE THOSE SWORDS BASED ON THE PREDACON'S?!? :BANG_HEAD:

by **Blitzwing is bae** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:24 am

I told my self I would wait to get the evil hot rod and would only get optimis if they did an evil vesio so the wait is over!!! :SG-BOTS:

News Credits: 654 · by **ScottyP** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:26 am

Emerje wrote:I find the sword in his left hand intriguing, it has a lot of joints on it. Maybe turns into a jet?

Oh, nice catch! It looks like maybe a bird head there on the hilt, with that blade definitely splitting up to become wings.

Deathsaurus has been rumored for ages, maybe it's a recolored Eaglebreast?

News Credits: 460 · by **Sabrblade** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:30 am

The red sword looks like the Armada Star Saber.

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:39 am

That actually looks kinda cool. I just hope that the Orion Pax mold has been heavily retooled so he's not just "Nemesis Pax".

News Credits: 4868 · by **william-james88** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:40 am

ScottyP wrote:
Emerje wrote:I find the sword in his left hand intriguing, it has a lot of joints on it. Maybe turns into a jet?
Oh, nice catch! It looks like maybe a bird head there on the hilt, with that blade definitely splitting up to become wings.

Deathsaurus has been rumored for ages, maybe it's a recolored Eaglebreast?

I see it more as an original mold homaging the armada minicon that came with nemesis prime

EDIT: The original minicon was a plane, not a bird oops.

News Credits: 14 · by **DecepticonFinishline** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:43 am

ScottyP wrote:
Emerje wrote:I find the sword in his left hand intriguing, it has a lot of joints on it. Maybe turns into a jet?
Oh, nice catch! It looks like maybe a bird head there on the hilt, with that blade definitely splitting up to become wings.

Deathsaurus has been rumored for ages, maybe it's a recolored Eaglebreast?

Could be. Pretty sure this one is meant to reference Run-Over. This is clearly based on Armada Nemesis Prime.

Additionally, the new weapons are the only thing that makes me think this is real. (Well that AND every Optimus is inevitably going to be painted black.)

Additionally additionally, instead of making me lose sleep thinking that Onyx Prime will ONLY come with Predaking, they totally could have released this sword-with-birdish-face-molding as the unnecessary-but-still-kinda-nice-to-have sixth combiner member. Like Ion Scythe.

News Credits: 4868 · by **william-james88** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 10:57 am

Emerje wrote:
ScottyP wrote:
Emerje wrote:Looks like a fake/custom to me, that's Toxitron's head
Nah, it's close to it but look at the cheeks. Toxitron doesn't have those vents.

But if it is a fake, nice render of Armada OP forearm guns/smokestacks!

If it's real then someone put a lot of work into designing a near identical head. His forehead crest has the exact same pattern.

Wouldn't be the first time. Hasbro's new sweep head in the platinum line is so similar to the Botcon Devcon head, people thought it was the same. But no, totally new. And that exclusive was so exclusive, it never came to the US.

News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 11:08 am

william-james88 wrote:
Emerje wrote:
ScottyP wrote:
Emerje wrote:Looks like a fake/custom to me, that's Toxitron's head
Nah, it's close to it but look at the cheeks. Toxitron doesn't have those vents.

But if it is a fake, nice render of Armada OP forearm guns/smokestacks!

If it's real then someone put a lot of work into designing a near identical head. His forehead crest has the exact same pattern.

Wouldn't be the first time. Hasbro's new sweep head in the platinum line is so similar to the Botcon Devcon head, people thought it was the same. But no, totally new. And that exclusive was so exclusive, it never came to the US.

If I remember correctly, the TFSS Toxitron head isn't a sculpt that FunPub did. It was already tooled into the Optimus Prime Combiner Wars mold as an alternate "evil character" head. Hasbro themselves never used it, so they may be using that design now. The head is obviously going to be a little bigger overall on a leader sized figure that on a voyager sized figure. Now that Hasbro is designing with computer modeling, it's a snap to just upsize an old design they had sitting around. I bet Hasbro was considering a Nemesis Prime release in Combiner Wars during development, but the idea never went further than the head sculpt.

Also, I TOLD ALL OF YOU SO! A Nemesis Prime version of Power of the Primes Leader Optimus Prime was ALWAYS a given! :-P

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 11:13 am

Pardon my disbelief, but didn't the Russian advertisement for Wreck-Gar say something about "March", but here we are in April, with no way of knowing when that toy is coming out, if at all...Not that I plan to get Nemesis Prime, but I wouldn't be to happy at least until we get the first one...

by **Skritz** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 11:13 am

Yet another exclusive to never get my hands on. >:oP

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 11:19 am

The bird sword definitely has my interest piqued. Was planning on skipping Evo Prime, but maybe I'd consider Evil Prime.

Curious to see what they do with Pax.

News Credits: 2 · by **Rodimus Knight** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 12:24 pm

Rated X wrote:Not something I would buy but interesting to see if the pax inside gets a new head. A dark pax is incredibly stupid.

I myself am wondering how they will handle the Orian Pax part of this with it being Nemesis. It might be cool for Pax to have a prime head variation as well.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 12:50 pm

Wolfman Jake wrote:Also, I TOLD ALL OF YOU SO! A Nemesis Prime version of Power of the Primes Leader Optimus Prime was ALWAYS a given!

I don't know if it was a given since they've passed over so many opportunities over the years. But yes, you were right about this one. Or at least you seem to be right.

I imagine the Orion Pax body would come with a head similar to the original figure. Bonus points if it comes with a new chest.

Emerje

News Credits: 4868 · by **william-james88** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 1:01 pm

Looking at the Evil Rodimus we are getting, I am expecting orion to look the exact same but in a different deco. Also, I thought it was a given we would get a black prime repaint of this optimus. How many recent Optimus molds have not gotten a black repaint?

News Credits: 3 · by **bodrock** » Mon Apr 02, 2018 1:07 pm

Nemesis Prime looks wicked-cool! My goto for Nemmy is his Universe incarnation, but for those who prefer trucks over mammoths, this is a sweet option.