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I enjoy having UW Blastoff despite his flaws. But could you imagine tat chest, and add a PotP accessory chest on top of that... .

Anyway, my patience has paid off. The Target layout that was done a couple days ago near my home was *somewhat* stocked today. They had pretty much everything except leaders. So I had my first sighting of Voyagers yay!, and picked up Grimlock. I wont have time to unpackage him until later, but still it was good to see them all on shelves. Now that is no longer a factor, I can plan accordingly. My remaining wants for wave 1 are Voyager Starscream, and Deluxe Swoop, Slag, and Jazz. If I get one per paycheck, that will spread things out nicely until wave 2 starts hitting shelves.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Lunatic Prime wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:As for the HFG piece... I hope it's a CW one, but I wouldn't mind the PotP one: I'd just need to find jet Blast Off and switch them

Why do you prefer the CW one?

Why else? Consistency with the other Combaticon limbs

*grumbles at only having Onslaught*

I got the G2 Combaticons just because I really wanted Swindle in G2 colors
I love that colorscheme

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:Well according to the leaks he'll have his unite warriors hfg as well as an exclusive translucent Megatronus prime master and decoy suit

We did see a different colored Megatronus, didn't we? Of note: he's likely a retool of Liege Maximo because the arms match in design.

Where did you guys see that or get those infos from? I've never read or seen anything of that
And I keep on track with every new info and leak we get.

Great to hear, o.supreme! I wouldn't be surprised if more Leaders come in next week -- I don't expect the Primes should be hard to find once the old TLK, TR figures are cleared from the shelves.

o.supreme wrote:I enjoy having UW Blastoff despite his flaws. But could you imagine tat chest, and add a PotP accessory chest on top of that... .

Another point for the "Movor orientation". The downside is that the hollowed out side of his arms will be visible in shuttle mode.

Lunatic Prime wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Lunatic Prime wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:As for the HFG piece... I hope it's a CW one, but I wouldn't mind the PotP one: I'd just need to find jet Blast Off and switch them

Why do you prefer the CW one?

Why else? Consistency with the other Combaticon limbs

*grumbles at only having Onslaught*

I got the G2 Combaticons just because I really wanted Swindle in G2 colors
I love that colorscheme

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:Well according to the leaks he'll have his unite warriors hfg as well as an exclusive translucent Megatronus prime master and decoy suit

We did see a different colored Megatronus, didn't we? Of note: he's likely a retool of Liege Maximo because the arms match in design.

Where did you guys see that or get those infos from? I've never read or seen anything of that
And I keep on track with every new info and leak we get.

Lunatic Prime wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:Well according to the leaks he'll have his unite warriors hfg as well as an exclusive translucent Megatronus prime master and decoy suit

We did see a different colored Megatronus, didn't we? Of note: he's likely a retool of Liege Maximo because the arms match in design.

Where did you guys see that or get those infos from? I've never read or seen anything of that
And I keep on track with every new info and leak we get.

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And here's a stock render of the regular version as a cosell of Inferno:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I take it a merger is in order?

Well has made it publically known that they are apparently not doing to well financially. The rumors of a merger with habsro previously may have been false, but I would not be surprised. I mean I know owns many more properties besides Transformers, but who knows.

I wonder if Takara would be willing to sell its rights to Transformers to liscense product in Japan to Hasbro? Also if the major lines (Movie Line, Generaitons Line, and mainline animated series line) are all going to be identical...does that mean

MP-41 Dinobot will be the last new Masterpiece figure?
March has a ton of EX releases including Metroplex, Grand Maximus, and Great Shot, as well as Encore God Fire Convoy...will special releases like this come to an end...?

My wallet says . But my spirit of fun in collecting says

Anybody notice you can put Rodimus Prime's rifle on his back?

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I wonder if Hasbro will use the Blast Off orientation, or the Shuttler one

Would it matter? Can't the arm bits be popped off and swapped around, letting us have our cake and eat too

I'm going with Blast-off orientation because it will be easier to peg/clip the prime armor into if he comes with that flavor. I'd guess using the thumb tabs into the sides of his shuttle chesticles.

o.supreme wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I take it a merger is in order?

Well has made it publically known that they are apparently not doing to well financially. The rumors of a merger with habsro previously may have been false, but I would not be surprised. I mean I know owns many more properties besides Transformers, but who knows.

I wonder if Takara would be willing to sell its rights to Transformers to liscense product in Japan to Hasbro? Also if the major lines (Movie Line, Generaitons Line, and mainline animated series line) are all going to be identical...does that mean

MP-41 Dinobot will be the last new Masterpiece figure?
March has a ton of EX releases including Metroplex, Grand Maximus, and Great Shot, as well as Encore God Fire Convoy...will special releases like this come to an end...?

My wallet says . But my spirit of fun in collecting says

I meant a merger of threads...

carytheone wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I wonder if Hasbro will use the Blast Off orientation, or the Shuttler one

Would it matter? Can't the arm bits be popped off and swapped around, letting us have our cake and eat too

I'd rather not, out of fear of breakage. I don't know my own strength at times...

Maaaannnn.....

Was quite happy th Space Shuttle Movor and Jet Blast Off. Added some variety. But if the Hasbro Bladt Off gets that deco and not the Takara one, its gonna be hard to say no

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

carytheone wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I wonder if Hasbro will use the Blast Off orientation, or the Shuttler one

Would it matter? Can't the arm bits be popped off and swapped around, letting us have our cake and eat too

I'd rather not, out of fear of breakage. I don't know my own strength at times...

JelZe rage

I hear ya though.

I have mushroom pegs pop out all the time just when posing figures. Well the brave among us have options then

Definite buy; now I have to decide what to do with jet Blast-off. Even though I find it to be a very attractive figure

william-james88 wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:Like I said in the other potp thread the preorder prices are sightly more than jazz for the deluxe and the voyager prices are closer to that of legends line which came with different decos and accessories. Not saying this means anything but it is something to note. http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Search?HideInStock=false&HidePreorder=false&HideSoldOut=false&InventoryStatus=i%2Cp%2Cso&PageSize=50&SortOrder=New&Series=13137&Company=2

Did you compare it with the varying exchange rate changes of the past 5 months?
Is the price higher for all classes?
And could it be that BBTS has increased its prices on more popular figures in hope to offest the loss of not selling these figures due to the fact that it is now known they are the same a Hasbro's?

Exchange rates fluctuate all the time and yet that had never affected the legends line releases. Over the past year the exchange rate hasn't fluctuated by more than a few yen. All deluxe figures besides Jazz are labeled as $29 so I'm led to believe it's Takara raising the price slightly which they typically don't do without the inclusion of something extra. Prime masters are the only other size we can compare now between wave 1 and 2 and they're the same price still.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Lunatic Prime wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:Well according to the leaks he'll have his unite warriors hfg as well as an exclusive translucent Megatronus prime master and decoy suit

We did see a different colored Megatronus, didn't we? Of note: he's likely a retool of Liege Maximo because the arms match in design.

Where did you guys see that or get those infos from? I've never read or seen anything of that
And I keep on track with every new info and leak we get.

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steals_your_goats wrote:

I don't see a HFG either a decoy suit but I guess you suggest that because of the size of the accessories he's holding in his hands. It would be great if he comes with Megatronus'es decoy suit but is a greedy little bitch and therefore they could make more money by not including it so people have to buy it seperately with the normal release of Megatronus.
Another thing that's going against the Prime armor is that there's no mention of combining with a Prime in his bio unlike it's in the other PotP characters' bios.

carytheone wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I wonder if Hasbro will use the Blast Off orientation, or the Shuttler one

Would it matter? Can't the arm bits be popped off and swapped around, letting us have our cake and eat too

I'm going with Blast-off orientation because it will be easier to peg/clip the prime armor into if he comes with that flavor. I'd guess using the thumb tabs into the sides of his shuttle chesticles.

I'd prefer the Movor orientation. I would swap his arms nonetheless to have the Blast Off orientation but with the Prime armor as a jetpack like it's on my Swoop.

As many have already said, this is not surprising, but still disappointing. Unite Warriors 2.0 would have been nice. Honestly, though, this is better for my budget, being able to buy domestically will save me a LOT of money. It'll allow me to double dip on some of the figures too, so that I can display Volcanicus and Abominus with the rest of my combiners and still have the individual team members on my "Classics" shelves as well. Now, my Takara purchases will be relegated to the Masterpiece line, which is fine. It also helps that the G1 Masterpiece releases are slowing down quite a bit, at least for the first half of 2018.

I think the only big disappointment for me so far with Power of the Primes is that Takara won't be releasing the Dinobots with red helmets for Slag and Swoop and blue eyes for all. Those small changes would have been enough for me, even if some of the other details on the dino or robot modes lean more toy accurate than cartoon accurate. At least we got Swoop with a blue chest, I guess?

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

carytheone wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I wonder if Hasbro will use the Blast Off orientation, or the Shuttler one

Would it matter? Can't the arm bits be popped off and swapped around, letting us have our cake and eat too

I'd rather not, out of fear of breakage. I don't know my own strength at times...

Don't actually eat the arms, JelZe! It's just an expression!

Nice - I can finally retire the CW Jet version and complete Bruticus properly without having to buy another Baldigus set from Takara...!

Lunatic Prime wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Lunatic Prime wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:Well according to the leaks he'll have his unite warriors hfg as well as an exclusive translucent Megatronus prime master and decoy suit

We did see a different colored Megatronus, didn't we? Of note: he's likely a retool of Liege Maximo because the arms match in design.

Where did you guys see that or get those infos from? I've never read or seen anything of that
And I keep on track with every new info and leak we get.

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steals_your_goats wrote:

I don't see a HFG either a decoy suit but I guess you suggest that because of the size of the accessories he's holding in his hands. It would be great if he comes with Megatronus'es decoy suit but is a greedy little bitch and therefore they could make more money by not including it so people have to buy it seperately with the normal release of Megatronus.
Another thing that's going against the Prime armor is that there's no mention of combining with a Prime in his bio unlike it's in the other PotP characters' bios.

There are two sizeable objects in Blast Off's hands so they have to be weapons of some sort and since Blast Off only comes with a small blaster so it makes sense that it's the prime armor and hfg. Blast Off is going to be an exclusive of some sort and was most likely supposed to be released under combiner wars explaining the lack of prime masters in the bio

Really wish Hasbro would've said Blast Off was coming a lot sooner. Could've saved some money.

bodrock wrote:I'm hoping there's an Evolution Megatron planned for PotP...but I won't hold my breath.

He was in the fan vote but didn't make it. There were some really contenders in the vote and I'd like to see some realized in the future waves. I mean the Leader class figures anounced so far are the only Matrix bearers there have been so far (in toy form...from HASBRO).
I didn't vote for Primal because I didn't think about Optimal Optimus but now that we'll get a new one I don't mind. But an Evolution Megatron Prime would be pretty cool. As well as some of the others like Star Saber, Dezarus/Deathsaurus whatever and Thunderwing (who I voted for). And all the empty space in TR Sky Shadow's chest definitely hints at that they already had an Evolution Thunderwingus Prime in mind when they designed him.
Arcee and Hound are also pretty interesting to me but I could them being just cheap retools of Evolution Rodimus Prime.

Lunatic Prime wrote:

bodrock wrote:I'm hoping there's an Evolution Megatron planned for PotP...but I won't hold my breath.

He was in the fan vote but didn't make it. There were some really contenders in the vote and I'd like to see some realized in the future waves. I mean the Leader class figures anounced so far are the only Matrix bearers there have been so far (in toy form...from HASBRO).
I didn't vote for Primal because I didn't think about Optimal Optimus but now that we'll get a new one I don't mind. But an Evolution Megatron Prime would be pretty cool. As well as some of the others like Star Saber, Dezarus/Deathsaurus whatever and Thunderwing (who I voted for). And all the empty space in TR Sky Shadow's chest definitely hints at that they already had an Evolution Thunderwingus Prime in mind when they designed him.
Arcee and Hound are also pretty interesting to me but I could them being just cheap retools of Evolution Rodimus Prime.

I hope it was like this. Both G1 and G2 alike

So if Blast Off is confirmed then what about this version of Strafe? (Retool of UW Blast Off with additional wingspans )

Albatross250 wrote:So if Blast Off is confirmed then what about this version of Strafe? (Retool of UW Blast Off with additional wingspans )

I dont think so since you could also ask for any of the other technobots (barring the motorcycle) since they all had differences. The computrons were completely different versions as opposed to combiners with just 1 of the members being different.