Caelus wrote:william-james88 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Skritz wrote:Now I'm no toy engineer but I think POTP could have made good use of the pre-existing engineering of CW and TR to deliver the Thirteen Primes as actual figures while minimizing the engineering cost. Now granted this would have made such an alternate POTP a very, very different line.
If we can imagine for a moment...
On the subject of what-could-have-beens for the Thirteen...
Having so many of them be deluxes would have been a big disappointment to me, not even considering the bad paint jobs. I think I'm glad we didn't get those - at least with most of them unmade that improves the odds of it happening at some point.
And it's a shame, because a true Power of the Primes line would have been pretty great, even if it used a lot of retools and redecos.
SCOUT/Minicon Sets
=> Skyfall from Combiner Wars Powerglide
=> Megatronus's Requiem Blaster from Combiner Wars Shockwave.
=> Prima's Star Saber from Armada Star Saber minicons, recolored blue.
=> Nexus's Omni Saber from Energon Star Saber minicons, recolored black.
=> Solus's hammer from a new set of minicons.
DELUXE
=> Nexus Prime Limbs - seven options to choose from, because Nexus Prime should have lots of combinations!
==> Clocker from Combiner Wars Breakdown
==> Mainspring from Combiner Wars Trailbreaker recolored blue/red
==> Pinion from Combiner Wars Swindle recolored blue/red
==> Chaindrive from Combiner Wars Nosecone recolored blue/red
==> Landquake from Combiner Wars Brawl recolored red/blue
==> Breakaway from Combiner Wars Air-Raid recolored red/blue
==> Topspin from Combiner Wars Alpha Bravo recolored red/blue
=> Various 'lesser' Primes
==> Nova Prime from Energon Rodimus
==> Zeta Prime from Reveal the Shield Scourge
==> Sentinel Prime from Combiner Wars Rook recolored orange and blue (homaging both IDW and Animated)
VOYAGER=> Heatwave/Cannonspring from Combiner Wars Onslaught recolored blue, with Victorion's sword as the Cyber Caliber
=> Solus Prime from combiner Wars Pyra Magna, retooled with a crane instead of a ladder
=> Onyx Prime from a Heavy retool of Animorphs Visser 3
=> Amalgamous Prime from Robots In Disguise 1.0 Galvatron (with a new head)
=> Alchemist Prime from a heavy retool of Age of Extinction Hound
=> Liege Maximo from a retool of ...??? I'll admit, he's so distinctive he's hard to fit.
=> The Last Autobot from a recolor of Cybertron Vector Prime
Leader=> Prima from a pretool of Rodimus Prime, recolored in gold (homage to G1 Primus, pre-Cybertron)
=> Megatronus Prime from a retool of Age of Extinction Megatron
=> Rodimus Prime (same as Power of the Primes)
=> The Fallen from a recolor of Megatronus Prime
'Platinum Edition' store exclusives with improved paint appsTitans Return Alpha Trion => Alpha Trion
Cybertron Vector Prime & Safeguard with => Vector Prime & Micronus Prime