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by **Skritz** » Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:18 pm

Sabrblade wrote:This image is not mine, but like the one with BotCon Megatron, it's especially awesome for a unique reason:

https://twitter.com/fisitron472/status/1024284481606180864

It's like some kind of untold chapter of the Universe War, in which the Child of Primus Optimus Primal travels to an alternate universe where a tyrannical version of himself had conquered Cybertron either from or instead of Megatron.

Crazy hilarious multi-leveled fanfic grade headcanon 'what if' material: the people saying the black repaint Primal is evil have it wrong. He's not Optimal Optimus, he's BW Megatron pretending to be Optimus! :lol:

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:20 pm

That face is too Primal to be Megatron.

Besides, kinda like the idea of "What if the radical zealot Optimus Primal actually did go too far in an alternate Beast Machines and seized Cybertron for himself?"

by **Skritz** » Sun Aug 19, 2018 7:24 pm

Sabrblade wrote:That face is too Primal to be Megatron.

Besides, kinda like the idea of "What if the radical zealot Optimus Primal actually did go too far in an alternate Beast Machines and seized Cybertron for himself?"

Hey if he could remake Primal's entire Optimal Optimus body for himself and graft his face who says that he can't just make a proper replica?

That said I could see a Shattered Glass Optimus Primal whose Optimal form has the season 1 colors (because SG has weird colors by default, so instead of going from a sane and normal colorscheme he goes from looking funky to eventually looking normal). Thus, Shattered Glass Primal goes back to Cybertron, either because he won or because he got taken back as a prisoner and escaped...but rather than turn the world into a mindless husk inhabited by drones he turns into some techno-organic robo-barbarian kingdom which he rule as king.

Headcanon is fun!

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:31 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:6) Nemesis Prime is now available for purchase by regular Amazon users, but now I don't even know if I want one anymore. I would love to complete the 3 releases and 3 black repaints, but the OP mold is kinda lame and I don't think I want to pay $50 for him, especially since hopefully another Nemesis will come down the line later and I can get him in a mold I don't buy OP in. thoughts?

I have him, and I love him, he's great in pax mode and combined mode, the pax form especially feels like it's own character with the new heads, but if you're not feeling the o/p form, I don't think I can change your mind, but the accessories do go a long way to distinguishing him, that, and the color scheme is way more cohesive, and the truck mode is cool, since you can attach the arm cannons to it and stack the swords on top, and have a total mad-max-mobile 8-)

News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:43 pm

Sabrblade wrote:This image is not mine, but like the one with BotCon Megatron, it's especially awesome for a unique reason:

https://twitter.com/fisitron472/status/1024284481606180864

It's like some kind of untold chapter of the Universe War, in which the Child of Primus Optimus Primal travels to an alternate universe where a tyrannical version of himself had conquered Cybertron either from or instead of Megatron.

Sabr, you are obsessed with the idea of this Optimal Optimus repaint "neededing" to be evil version of the character somehow. :lol:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Kneel Bitches

D-Maximal, could you take a look at the knees on your figure? Does it look like two different tones of red on each side of the seam down the middle?

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:48 pm

Wolfman Jake wrote:Sabr, you are obsessed with the idea of this Optimal Optimus repaint "neededing" to be evil version of the character somehow.

He just looks so darn villainous! Like a fascist tyrant version of the guy. :twisted:

Plus, he looks good with Nemesis and Unicronus in completing their "Dark Prime Trinity" of Potpie Leader class black recolors.

by **Skritz** » Sun Aug 19, 2018 8:56 pm

People are weirdly obssesed with thinking it's an 'evil' version of the character...except Primal always (at least until Optimal Optimus) had a color scheme that was darker and more muted. It even carried over to Beast Machine. Only his Season 3 form is brightly colored and echoes the red and blue of Optimus Prime and even the very subtly, with reddish maroon and orange replacing the bright red

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sun Aug 19, 2018 9:03 pm

I think the whole "villain"/"tyant" vibe people get from this figure can best be explained by any of the following:

A) Noting the comparisons people have been making between this figure and its scepter with the likes of the mad tyrant Thanos and the Infinity Gauntlet.

B) Recalling this line of Optimus Prime's from the G1 episode Triple Takeover: "Thrones are for Decepticons."

C) Recalling the phrase "Absolute power corrupts absolutely", when this is a throne of ultimate godlike power seated upon by a character whose personal history shows him to be the type of person who wouldn't ordinarily take up such a position of absolute dominating power, even if he was voted into it via democratic means.

by **Skritz** » Sun Aug 19, 2018 9:51 pm

Sabrblade wrote:I think the whole "villain"/"tyant" vibe people get from this figure can best be explained by any of the following:

A) Noting the comparisons people have been making between this figure and its scepter with the likes of the mad tyrant Thanos and the Infinity Gauntlet.

B) Recalling this line of Optimus Prime's from the G1 episode Triple Takeover: "Thrones are for Decepticons."

C) Recalling the phrase "Absolute power corrupts absolutely", when this is a throne of ultimate godlike power seated upon by a character whose personal history shows him to be the type of person who wouldn't ordinarily take up such a position of absolute dominating power, even if he was voted into it via democratic means.

What's next, Geewunners who shout that he's #NotMyPrime will say he got voted in via Quintesson manipulation of the votes? :lol:

News Credits: 42 · by **TF-fan kev777** » Sun Aug 19, 2018 9:52 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:Sabr, you are obsessed with the idea of this Optimal Optimus repaint "neededing" to be evil version of the character somehow.
He just looks so darn villainous! Like a fascist tyrant version of the guy.

Plus, he looks good with Nemesis and Unicronus in completing their "Dark Prime Trinity" of Potpie Leader class black recolors.

I was going to make him Nemesis Primal in my collection if I was going to get the regular version too. But I'm kind of just meh on the mold overall and may just skip the regular one unless I come across him on clearance.

Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled with Throne of Primes Primal, in fact, I'm working on some head canon where he becomes a ruthless barbarian-like leader of a 3rd faction. I just find both the other leaders molds to have a more fun transformation, which is my biggest draw. At $50 for the regular release, this one is good enough.

Of course I say this not having seen the regular release in stores. I also think I hear my willpower laughing at me somewhere over there.

News Credits: 42 · by **Autobot N** » Sun Aug 19, 2018 9:52 pm

Sabrblade wrote:A) Noting the comparisons people have been making between this figure and its scepter with the likes of the mad tyrant Thanos and the Infinity Gauntlet.

Dang it, now you've got me trying to figure out which Transformers would represent the Avengers in this story.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Sun Aug 19, 2018 10:49 pm

Skritz wrote:What's next, Geewunners who shout that he's #NotMyPrime will say he got voted in via Quintesson manipulation of the votes?

#MakeApesGreatAgain

Emerje

News Credits: 48 · by **Nemesis Primal** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 1:31 am

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Nemesis Primal

You rang?

News Credits: 2 · by **Crosscheck** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 3:43 am

Despite having the Takara version preordered from Amazon JP, I still think I might get the regular deco version of Primal as well. I honestly could see my preorder getting screwed up with Amazon, so I wouldn't mind a contingency. I am already angry enough about missing the Throne because of HTS had my address wrong (I had fixed it prior to this, but things reverted for some dumbass reason). And considering the number of issue people have encountered regarding this release, I am very apprehensive about ever ordering from them again.

News Credits: 13 · by **mordhelm** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 7:45 am

Has anyone with Throne of the Primes Primal figured out a way to store the crown in Ape mode? I am thoroughly enjoying this figure, but I always prefer if the accessories store nicely in both (all) modes, somehow

News Credits: 42 · by **TF-fan kev777** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 8:18 am

mordhelm wrote:Has anyone with Throne of the Primes Primal figured out a way to store the crown in Ape mode? I am thoroughly enjoying this figure, but I always prefer if the accessories store nicely in both (all) modes, somehow

I've had no luck on the crown in any mode. You can sort of just put it where the gorilla head stores in the chest but it just kind of sits there and isn't secure at all. You can put the scepter into the 5mm hole on the front of the spaceship mode, but it looks pretty dumb if you ask me. I've resigned to needing to keep them aside when he is not in the combined robot mode.

News Credits: 13 · by **mordhelm** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 9:51 am

TF-fan kev777 wrote:
mordhelm wrote:Has anyone with Throne of the Primes Primal figured out a way to store the crown in Ape mode? I am thoroughly enjoying this figure, but I always prefer if the accessories store nicely in both (all) modes, somehow

I've had no luck on the crown in any mode. You can sort of just put it where the gorilla head stores in the chest but it just kind of sits there and isn't secure at all. You can put the scepter into the 5mm hole on the front of the spaceship mode, but it looks pretty dumb if you ask me. I've resigned to needing to keep them aside when he is not in the combined robot mode.

It looks like I found a way for it to be secure in gorilla mode (as long as backpackimus is not installed. The crown can clip in where you suggested. You just need to put it upside down and facing forward. The "cheeks" of the crown can clip to the white neck. Almost appears like it is supposed to.

by **Patrickab7** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 12:27 pm

Brentwood Walmart scores again, they have Blot, Sinnertwin, and Cutthroat.

Still seeking Novastar though...

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 12:53 pm

Well after 3 "back-and forth" e-mails and phone calls between HTS, it was finally deduced that because of a *glitch* my order of "Throne" was not finalized. Of course they were happy to retake the order, but I could not use paypal over the phone, so I just cancelled altogether. Thankfully there's Takara's backup. I'd love to, like others say, be done with HTS, because their service is so awful, but occasionally they do get in the rare item before anybody else does, or at a more reasonable price. Of course they could not say when Throne would be back in stock, but if they could just arbitrarily offer to fill my order over the phone, obviously there are more coming. Whats worse, she offered to compensate by giving me a 20% off code, which is all fine and dandy, but I didn't even get that in my e-mail....., and she even confirmed the address... :-x

News Credits: 1 · by **starrhero** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 1:22 pm

o.supreme wrote:Well after 3 "back-and forth" e-mails and phone calls between HTS, it was finally deduced that because of a *glitch* my order of "Throne" was not finalized. Of course they were happy to retake the order, but I could not use paypal over the phone, so I just cancelled altogether. Thankfully there's Takara's backup. I'd love to, like others say, be done with HTS, because their service is so awful, but occasionally they do get in the rare item before anybody else does, or at a more reasonable price. Of course they could not say when Throne would be back in stock, but if they could just arbitrarily offer to fill my order over the phone, obviously there are more coming. Whats worse, she offered to compensate by giving me a 20% off code, which is all fine and dandy, but I didn't even get that in my e-mail....., and she even confirmed the address...

I was calling back & forth like you. And after around this past week, HTS finally figured out the problem & now I'm actually getting primal. My order went through fully & I should expect him in the next few days. Thank got this disaster is over. But in the end, so many are going to end up without the exclusive because of the error & problems HTS had. Though I'm still grateful they were able to fix the problem.

Seriously, :HASBRO:

needs to fix this problem. This was a horrendous experience & like many others, I'm probably not going to purchase anything off the HTS anytime soon afterthis.

Next stop, OpOp! :KREMZEEK:

News Credits: 42 · by **TF-fan kev777** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 3:12 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:So, infinity gauntlet style, which 4 primemasters would you use if you had it? Mine are A3, Vector prime, quintus, and alchemist.
Ideally, if I had everything, I'd put the 12 normal Prime Masters in the Halo display, and the three Special Edition Prime Masters and the Thirteenth Prime Master in the Scepter.

I will probably do that once Counterpunch arrives next month. In the meantime, I'm having too much fun with the mace of faces.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 4:11 pm

Wolfman Jake wrote:D-Maximal, could you take a look at the knees on your figure? Does it look like two different tones of red on each side of the seam down the middle?

Wolfman, I can confirm for you that his knees are one solid red, there isn't a different at the seams.

That said, I cannot wait for the retail Primal. This mold is very good, and very fun. I hold onto my statement before I owned him: Primal is the best of the 3 leader molds.

News Credits: 48 · by **Nemesis Primal** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 5:46 pm

So correct me if I'm wrong, or this is more appropriate for a different thread, but Wreck-Gar and standard release Primal/OpOp have yet to be found at US retail, right? They're the only PotP figures I'm still waiting/looking for, not counting Punch/Counterpunch who just has to actually ship out.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Mon Aug 20, 2018 6:51 pm

Nemesis Primal wrote:So correct me if I'm wrong, or this is more appropriate for a different thread, but Wreck-Gar and standard release Primal/OpOp have yet to be found at US retail, right?

Sounds right to me.