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Sabrblade wrote:

TrypticonCarne wrote:Hey is POTP Nemesis prime under G1 or Armada? this listing on amazon got me questioning things

I'd say it's a G1 Nemesis whose arm guns and sword take some inspiration from Armada Nemesis's arm guns and sword, and whose other sword is merely named after the Prime Nemesis's Arms Micron. After all, the toy is made from the distinctly G1 Optimus Leader class toy of POTP, so it'd make the most sense for this to be that Optimus's doppelganger.

That's an interesting product description, though. Nice to see that it's fairly informative on the history of Nemesis Prime. For even more on said history, I highly recommend Chris McFeely's Transformers: The Basics on Nemesis Prime:

Yeah I saw that video already, and it's only basics I want more in depth for nemesis prime

TrypticonCarne wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

TrypticonCarne wrote:Hey is POTP Nemesis prime under G1 or Armada? this listing on amazon got me questioning things

I'd say it's a G1 Nemesis whose arm guns and sword take some inspiration from Armada Nemesis's arm guns and sword, and whose other sword is merely named after the Prime Nemesis's Arms Micron. After all, the toy is made from the distinctly G1 Optimus Leader class toy of POTP, so it'd make the most sense for this to be that Optimus's doppelganger.

That's an interesting product description, though. Nice to see that it's fairly informative on the history of Nemesis Prime. For even more on said history, I highly recommend Chris McFeely's Transformers: The Basics on Nemesis Prime:

Yeah I saw that video already, and it's only basics I want more in depth for nemesis prime

At the end of the Day, Hasbro leaves this intentionally Vague. This is not exactly Armada Nemesis Prime, since he lacks the Powerlinx plugs and gimmicks. It’s more of a G1 Homage to the Armada character. And in some ways, the Universe character as well, who was a Prime that Unicron tinkered with until he became Nemesis (you could call that Evolution I think)

Flashwave wrote:

TrypticonCarne wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

TrypticonCarne wrote:Hey is POTP Nemesis prime under G1 or Armada? this listing on amazon got me questioning things

I'd say it's a G1 Nemesis whose arm guns and sword take some inspiration from Armada Nemesis's arm guns and sword, and whose other sword is merely named after the Prime Nemesis's Arms Micron. After all, the toy is made from the distinctly G1 Optimus Leader class toy of POTP, so it'd make the most sense for this to be that Optimus's doppelganger.

That's an interesting product description, though. Nice to see that it's fairly informative on the history of Nemesis Prime. For even more on said history, I highly recommend Chris McFeely's Transformers: The Basics on Nemesis Prime:

Yeah I saw that video already, and it's only basics I want more in depth for nemesis prime

At the end of the Day, Hasbro leaves this intentionally Vague. This is not exactly Armada Nemesis Prime, since he lacks the Powerlinx plugs and gimmicks. It’s more of a G1 Homage to the Armada character. And in some ways, the Universe character as well, who was a Prime that Unicron tinkered with until he became Nemesis (you could call that Evolution I think)

Eh, the G1 Nemesis character was pretty much folded into being a minion of Unicron like Armada ever since the release of MP-10B.

Punch is the first Amazon exclusive I've ever been interested in, so how do these things typically work outside the US? Will it be available in the UK later for less than $81?

I was hoping amazon.Co.UK would be selling them but their listing for nem prime remains the same.

Here's something interesting, NemmyP, PCP and Repugnus have all been pulled from my Amazon wish list. Blast-off is still there, the pic has been updated but it's still a dead link. Amazon is so weird sometimes. All my orders are still intact though.

Hopefully Takara will release it, too, in its regular PotP line.

carytheone wrote:Here's something interesting, NemmyP, PCP and Repugnus have all been pulled from my Amazon wish list. Blast-off is still there, the pic has been updated but it's still a dead link. Amazon is so weird sometimes. All my orders are still intact though.

Did you order Nemmy, PCP and Repugnus? As soon as I ordered each, they disappeared from my wish list. Maybe Amazon thought it had granted my wish...?

Sabrblade wrote:

Flashwave wrote:

TrypticonCarne wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

TrypticonCarne wrote:Hey is POTP Nemesis prime under G1 or Armada? this listing on amazon got me questioning things

I'd say it's a G1 Nemesis whose arm guns and sword take some inspiration from Armada Nemesis's arm guns and sword, and whose other sword is merely named after the Prime Nemesis's Arms Micron. After all, the toy is made from the distinctly G1 Optimus Leader class toy of POTP, so it'd make the most sense for this to be that Optimus's doppelganger.

That's an interesting product description, though. Nice to see that it's fairly informative on the history of Nemesis Prime. For even more on said history, I highly recommend Chris McFeely's Transformers: The Basics on Nemesis Prime:

Yeah I saw that video already, and it's only basics I want more in depth for nemesis prime

At the end of the Day, Hasbro leaves this intentionally Vague. This is not exactly Armada Nemesis Prime, since he lacks the Powerlinx plugs and gimmicks. It’s more of a G1 Homage to the Armada character. And in some ways, the Universe character as well, who was a Prime that Unicron tinkered with until he became Nemesis (you could call that Evolution I think)

Eh, the G1 Nemesis character was pretty much folded into being a minion of Unicron like Armada ever since the release of MP-10B.

At least there's some streamlining there, Nemeses Primes and other related characters have got to be the most varied out there. Logging them all here is madness, there's just too many of them! Two in UT, almost one per movie line and at least one every line after that

As for this Nemesis' Evolution, I can't help but think upon opening his Matrix "Over the Evolution!".

The one day to have no funds for either Blast Off or Nemesis...

Just got an update from Amazon about my Repugnus order. The order had been placed but there was no release or arrival date.

Papa 'Zon wrote:Arriving Fri, Aug 3

I just got an email from Amazon stating that my Repugnus preorder would arrive between August 7-10, meaning it should ship out a few days before that. I don't have Amazon Prime, so those that do should be getting him earlier.

I haven't received a shipping estimate yet despite ordering one soon after it went live. But that has me thinking: July - Nemesis Prime; Aug - Repugnus; Sept - P/CP, could that mean October for Blast Off? Kinda weird since BO has already been released in China and the box has him as the first figure in the trilogy.

Emerje

I actually managed to get Punch/Counterpunch, so yay for getting one of them.

Now to wait on Blastoff and Repugnus to come back in stock, Nemesis to be available to non-prime members, and Wreck Gar to do something

So by following a link from an old news post about Blast Off's listing, I managed to get to a working page for him, where I was not only allowed to preorder him, but also discovered that Amazon had listed him as being released tomorrow. Since then, the release date info and purchasing options have been removed, but my order still says he comes out on the 16th.

Here's the working link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077Y ... UTF8&psc=1

Also, first post who dis

Agamemnon wrote:

carytheone wrote:Here's something interesting, NemmyP, PCP and Repugnus have all been pulled from my Amazon wish list. Blast-off is still there, the pic has been updated but it's still a dead link. Amazon is so weird sometimes. All my orders are still intact though.

Did you order Nemmy, PCP and Repugnus? As soon as I ordered each, they disappeared from my wish list. Maybe Amazon thought it had granted my wish...?

Yes and no. My wife ordered NemPrime (I'm not a prime member), and I ordered the others. They all dropped at the same time and I can't find them via searching. Not that it matters, it was just a thing I noticed.

My Repugnus also has a delivery date of early August as well.

carytheone wrote:My wife ordered NemPrime (I'm not a prime member)

If your wife is a Prime member then you're a Prime member, you can set up multiple names and payment sources under a single Prime account. I technically don't have Prime, but I have my own profile under my Brother's Prime account that ships in my name using my debit card. As long as you can log into her account you can treat it like your account.

Oh, and I got my shipping update on Repugnus, Aug. 3 which means probably shipping the 1st.

Emerje

I'll throw in my message of an Aug 3 arrival for Repugnus.

Which one of these was to be a Walgreens exclusive? Maybe that's why no Amazon listing yet?

Emerje wrote:

carytheone wrote:My wife ordered NemPrime (I'm not a prime member)

If your wife is a Prime member then you're a Prime member, you can set up multiple names and payment sources under a single Prime account. I technically don't have Prime, but I have my own profile under my Brother's Prime account that ships in my name using my debit card. As long as you can log into her account you can treat it like your account.

Emerje

Yeah, been meaning to set that up for probably over six months or so now I normally don't order much from Amazon, so it's not really a priority.

The thing to note is how even a thing I didn't order got pulled from my wish list. Another stalkery thing that happened is that Amazon told me someone may have purchased NP for me. Even weirder is that my wish list is private. Same address, so I guess they put it together.

Agamemnon wrote:Which one of these was to be a Walgreens exclusive?

Wreck-Gar.

I was just curious, has anyone notice a possible running change in the paint scheme on Deluxe Rippersnapper? It could just be my imagination, but on Saturday I thought I saw the same old Rippersnapper form months ago at one Walmart, then went to a Target that got a fresh new case of Wave 2, and Ripperssnapper looked different, seemingly *more detailed* paint lines? ON a side note, even though I got Sludge & Snarl from BBTS a couple weeks ago, it was nice to finally see them in a store.

Okay so, just got a MAGA Jazz last night at Walmart. I can confirm that stock is still around for him. Compared the tiny symbols under the insignias and yes, it's actually MAGA Jazz. And yano what? I'm happy to have this meme in toy form.

SillyMcGilly wrote:Okay so, just got a MAGA Jazz last night at Walmart. I can confirm that stock is still around for him. Compared the tiny symbols under the insignias and yes, it's actually MAGA Jazz. And yano what? I'm happy to have this meme in toy form.

I'm completely indifferent on the whole MAGA or no MAGA version. I'm old, my eyes suck and I never would have noticed it as cybertronian letters if there wasn't the whole uproar when it was revealed.

What I do find interesting is that I just saw a couple full cases for wave 3 duluxes stocked at a Walmart near my work. All the Jazz's had the exact same packaging as the wave 1 version including the cross sells. These were the only deluxes they had and there were 4 of each of Jazz, Blot Cutthroat and Sinnerwin, so they all had to be from the same case.

I feel bad for anyone who specifically wants a no MAGA version with Wave 1 still hanging around in a number of places. It is virtually impossible (at least for my eyes) to see whether the MAGA is there or not, so unless you came across a freshly opened case, you are really left guessing whether you have a wave 1 or wave 3 Jazz.

Does anyone remember if other re-releases kept their same original wave packaging, like TR Wolfwire?

william-james88 wrote:

Burn wrote:

Price: $24.99 + $69.30 Shipping & Import Fees Deposit to Australia

FFS...

Its because it uses the weight written in the listing which is 10 pounds and obviously wrong. So by the time it comes out, the shipping price will be lowered and repaid to you. Not guaranteeing that will happen, but its what should happen.

Amazon finally fixed that (now says 4.8 ounces) -- pre-ordered!

Cyberpath wrote:Amazon finally fixed that (now says 4.8 ounces) -- pre-ordered!

Cue a bunch of relieved and happy fans at the Transformers New Zealand forum!

I got an "August 3" shipping notice for Repugnus as well from Amazon. I hope that means my Nemesis Prime and Punch/Counterpunch orders will be going through as planned as well. All that's left now is to snag an order for Blast Off!