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by **Dazzimuz** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 4:03 am

The POTPs Starscream robot mode looks a bit like Popeye to me, with big forearms and calves.

The evolution Rodimus looks i nteresting, as does Darkwing/Dreadwind.

The new Skullgrin Pretender looks cool as well, I've got a feeling that it is a part of another combiner.

News Credits: 27 · by **Albatross250** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 9:38 pm

DestronMirage22 wrote:Waitaminute.
I just realized something.
If that Starscream is indeed a Voyager, and his arms kinda look like they'd house combining ports, does this mean we could get a Starscream combiner???

That's already predicted since the Combiner Wars Machinima series :lol:

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 9:42 pm

Can't say I'm surprised, but I'm guessing Hasbro had the leaked info scrubbed from the site? :-?

Oh well, I was going to reserve judgement until we had clearer images anyway.

On the speculative side of things, is it safe to assume that rumor of an Amazon exclusive BW line from PotP was fake since Hasbro has expressly said that there were no Headmasters in PotP, but the rumor said Primal and Megatron would be based on PotP Apeface and Snapdragon with their Headmaster gimmicks removed?

Emerje (run-on sentences, wheee!)

News Credits: 27 · by **Albatross250** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 9:45 pm

Is it me, or i found Octopunch looks like a very smol figure?

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 9:46 pm

Wow. Really? >:oP

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 9:49 pm

Emerje wrote:Can't say I'm surprised, but I'm guessing Hasbro had the leaked info scrubbed from the site? Oh well, I was going to reserve judgement until we had clearer images anyway.

On the speculative side of things, is it safe to assume that rumor of an Amazon exclusive BW line from PotP was fake since Hasbro has expressly said that there were no Headmasters in PotP, but the rumor said Primal and Megatron would be based on PotP Apeface and Snapdragon with their Headmaster gimmicks removed?

Emerje (run-on sentences, wheee!)

I think that info is fake. Especially since we are getting a Primal in the mainline.

News Credits: 11 · by **Lore Keeper** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 9:50 pm

Eww.... censorship. Gross... The people must know! :-(

News Credits: 9 · by **Rysquad** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 9:51 pm

Removing is confirmation?

News Credits: 11 · by **Lore Keeper** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 9:59 pm

Anytime information is scrubbed from somewhere, it's almost certainly confirmation of its legitimacy. :-D

News Credits: 27 · by **Albatross250** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 10:04 pm

Emerje wrote:Can't say I'm surprised, but I'm guessing Hasbro had the leaked info scrubbed from the site? Oh well, I was going to reserve judgement until we had clearer images anyway.

You mean that huge leak that was deleted?, Gosh. :roll:

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 10:07 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Emerje wrote:Can't say I'm surprised, but I'm guessing Hasbro had the leaked info scrubbed from the site? Oh well, I was going to reserve judgement until we had clearer images anyway.

On the speculative side of things, is it safe to assume that rumor of an Amazon exclusive BW line from PotP was fake since Hasbro has expressly said that there were no Headmasters in PotP, but the rumor said Primal and Megatron would be based on PotP Apeface and Snapdragon with their Headmaster gimmicks removed?

Emerje (run-on sentences, wheee!)

I think that info is fake. Especially since we are getting a Primal in the mainline.

I'm not so sure that would have been a factor, it's never prevented exclusive Primes from happening. Plus if PotP Primal represents the original and Optimal Optimus, then the exclusive could represent TM2 which would give us "Deluxe", Voyager, and Leader versions of Primal.

BTW, has Hasbro said what the extra parts of the Leader figures do when not combined? Rodimus Prime's trailer is pretty obvious, I imagine it has a base mode like the G1 figure when it isn't a trailer or combined, same with Optimus Prime's trailer, but have the base modes been confirmed? And I wonder what else Optimal Optimus' extra parts can do? Maybe take the jet and tank modes for Primal to ride around on?

Emerje

News Credits: 3 · by **bodrock** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 10:13 pm

We share the same joy when it comes to TFs, Will! Masterpieces, CHUGs -- mix 'em all into the Melting Pool for maximum cool. 8-)

: Titans Return with a Masterpiece

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 10:36 pm

bodrock, I know you love spreading your pictures all across the site, but can you at least keep them on topic?

News Credits: 3 · by **bodrock** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 10:40 pm

Oops, sorry Burn, we must've been talking about mixing TRs and MPs in the TR topic -- sorry for the mis-post! :HEADHURTS:

News Credits: 419 · by **Bronzewolf** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 10:46 pm

Yes, shame they were scrubbed, but it's gonna happen with stuff like this, obviously. I will say I loved what I saw!

Literally everything was astonishingly good. Consider me convinced, Hasbro, you've won me over.

News Credits: 23 · by **Bumblebee21** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 10:50 pm

If you want to see them, its still on another site I won't name because that would be a slap in the face to this website for which I am more than happy to be a part of.

News Credits: 27 · by **Albatross250** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 11:00 pm

Bronzewolf wrote:Yes, shame they were scrubbed, but it's gonna happen with stuff like this, obviously. I will say I loved what I saw! Literally everything was astonishingly good. Consider me convinced, Hasbro, you've won me over.

Not to worry, but we can still see that on Facebook lol :APPLAUSE:

Say... who's gonna make an army full of Insecticons again? perhaps an Army of Darkwings? :lol:

News Credits: 3 · by **bodrock** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 11:00 pm

I can imagine Hasbro would do a better job at keeping things tight......but when you know secrets like these and you're a manufacturer of TFs, leaks are bound to happen!

I hope Hasbro can give us some big surprises when it's their event to run. At this point, confirmation of the leaked bots wouldn't be quite enough....but I trust they'll still wow us at Hascon.

News Credits: 27 · by **Albatross250** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 11:03 pm

bodrock wrote:I can imagine Hasbro would do a better job at keeping things tight......but when you know secrets like these and you're a manufacturer of TFs, leaks are bound to happen!

I hope Hasbro can give us some big surprises when it's their event to run. At this point, confirmation of the leaked bots wouldn't be quite enough....but I trust they'll still wow us at Hascon.

Man i hope the 3 Insecticons are going to be reissued at Hascon, can't wait to get those 3 :-D

News Credits: 9 · by **Rysquad** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 11:06 pm

I'm excited for Optimal Optimus.

News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 11:31 pm

I'm sure one Mr. "Raffy" Rodriguez has got a lot of explaining to do right now. Hope the poor guy is working on his resume. Poor Hasbro too, for that matter. They obviously wanted to show this stuff off at HasCon and blow us away with their first fan and family brand convention. The cat's already out of the bag, though. We can take down a news story here, scrub a forum thread there, but the internet never really forgets. There is no "damage control" for this one, but I can understand why they have to do "something" to deal with the situation. At least they can take solace in the fact that fans are generally HYPED for Power of the Primes now like no other modern Transformers toy line before!

News Credits: 3 · by **bodrock** » Mon Jul 24, 2017 11:43 pm

Albatross250 wrote:
bodrock wrote:I can imagine Hasbro would do a better job at keeping things tight......but when you know secrets like these and you're a manufacturer of TFs, leaks are bound to happen!

I hope Hasbro can give us some big surprises when it's their event to run. At this point, confirmation of the leaked bots wouldn't be quite enough....but I trust they'll still wow us at Hascon.

Man i hope the 3 Insecticons are going to be reissued at Hascon, can't wait to get those 3

Good call Albatross! If they did a Platinum pack of the TR Legends Insecticons, that'd be sweeeeet.

News Credits: 27 · by **Albatross250** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 12:11 am

bodrock wrote:
Albatross250 wrote:
bodrock wrote:I can imagine Hasbro would do a better job at keeping things tight......but when you know secrets like these and you're a manufacturer of TFs, leaks are bound to happen!

I hope Hasbro can give us some big surprises when it's their event to run. At this point, confirmation of the leaked bots wouldn't be quite enough....but I trust they'll still wow us at Hascon.

Man i hope the 3 Insecticons are going to be reissued at Hascon, can't wait to get those 3

Good call Albatross! If they did a Platinum pack of the TR Legends Insecticons, that'd be sweeeeet.

WE ALL WANTED IS TO CREATE AN ARMY OF MODERNIZED INSECTS! :BOWDOWN:

Don't forget Chop Shop too, he's also an insecticon and eats scrap :lol:

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 12:15 am

Wolfman Jake wrote:I'm sure one Mr. "Raffy" Rodriguez has got a lot of explaining to do right now.

There is the chance that he was authorised to show them to a select group of people and just didn't realise someone was happily snapping away.

It could even have been deliberate to build up hype for Hascon. How many of us were "meh" towards it, but are now "HURRY THE **** UP HASCON AND GIVE US HIGH QUALITY PHOTOS OF YOUR GOOD ****!!!!"?

News Credits: 3 · by **bodrock** » Tue Jul 25, 2017 12:29 am

Albatross250 wrote:
bodrock wrote:
Albatross250 wrote:
bodrock wrote:I can imagine Hasbro would do a better job at keeping things tight......but when you know secrets like these and you're a manufacturer of TFs, leaks are bound to happen!

I hope Hasbro can give us some big surprises when it's their event to run. At this point, confirmation of the leaked bots wouldn't be quite enough....but I trust they'll still wow us at Hascon.

Man i hope the 3 Insecticons are going to be reissued at Hascon, can't wait to get those 3

Good call Albatross! If they did a Platinum pack of the TR Legends Insecticons, that'd be sweeeeet.

WE ALL WANTED IS TO CREATE AN ARMY OF MODERNIZED INSECTS!

YES! A whole army!

I only managed to make a trio of sharkticons from the recent Legends!

I wouldn't mind seeing more of the deluxe insections remade for PotP. They gave us ChopShop, but what about Venom?!?