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News Credits: 295 · by **WreckerJack** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 1:40 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
WreckerJack wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Time Stamp of that crack?

It's at 2:33 it appears to be right where the prime armor plugs in so perhaps the stress of that did it.

Ah yes. Occupational hazard as it were. btw I found the video to be a bit too... like it's trying too hard to be different? Not my type of review, sorry.

It's not my review, I think the guy had one too many cups of coffee though. Either way it did provide good info on the figure.

News Credits: 7 · by **Sjeng** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 1:55 am

Bradimus wrote:I think calling him Volcanicus is silly. I prefer King Grimlock.

DinoMight. :michaelbay:

News Credits: 27 · by **Albatross250** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 9:10 am

From Loopaza Facebook Page:
blah blah blah Dinobots, POTP Stuff. i think thats it.

Either

Strascream has the retooled version or not. but we'll see about that.

News Credits: 27 · by **Albatross250** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 9:13 am

Also includes the photo of Hydra and Buster combined (Blackwing and Dreadwind)

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 9:16 am

Albatross250 wrote:Also includes the photo of Hydra and Buster combined (Blackwing and Dreadwind)

Hasbro showed us that back when these were first announced.

Emerje

News Credits: 27 · by **Albatross250** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 9:31 am

Emerje wrote:
Albatross250 wrote:Also includes the photo of Hydra and Buster combined (Blackwing and Dreadwind)

Hasbro showed us that back when these were first announced.

Emerje

Oh yeah, SDCC 2017, Good times ;)^

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 9:31 am

Emerje wrote:
Albatross250 wrote:Also includes the photo of Hydra and Buster combined (Blackwing and Dreadwind)

Hasbro showed us that back when these were first announced.

Emerje

And they're still Dreadwind and Blackwing. Buster and Hydra switch out the teal for red.

TakaraTomy did show off that neck joint for Sludge, but that look painful. :shock:

Sjeng wrote:
Bradimus wrote:I think calling him Volcanicus is silly. I prefer King Grimlock.

DinoMight.

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 10:20 am

william-james88 wrote:
Bradimus wrote:As always my number one complaint with Legends class figures is the lack of weapons.

See, thats why the original release is in fact the superior one. While the deco may slightly be less cool, it did come with a triple changing targetmaster for the exact same price.

Transformers Generations Skrapnel (Shrapnel) Gallery

Honestly I hated that Reflector. It was a cool camera, but a kinda "eh" robot and a horrendous weapon. Also after a few transformations the hinge on mine broke.

I still need to get another Skrapnel (don't ask). Fortunately I have a Shapeways gun for him so when he does eventually come out on shelves over here again I'll nab him.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:18 am

Black Hat wrote:Honestly I hated that Reflector. It was a cool camera, but a kinda "eh" robot and a horrendous weapon.

But that's how Shrapnel's gun is supposed to look.

News Credits: 3 · by **Bradimus** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:18 am

william-james88 wrote:
Bradimus wrote:As always my number one complaint with Legends class figures is the lack of weapons.

See, thats why the original release is in fact the superior one. While the deco may slightly be less cool, it did come with a triple changing targetmaster for the exact same price.

Transformers Generations Skrapnel (Shrapnel) Gallery

I hate that Reflector and that "gun." I hope to go with another option if it stays in production when they hopefully release the Dinobot weapons so I can save on shipping. Also I need to purchase the other Insecticon weapons which all come together, so going in on the original inferior Skrapnel would not have saved me anything. I would have gotten a nice little camera, but I can live without that for the superior deco.

Wolfman Jake wrote:
Bradimus wrote:...I also like his sword. A big plus with Swoop is if those are stickers on his chest and not tampographs mine don't need to be replaced...

I just want to take this opportunity to point out how Hasbro has been handling the "sticker situation" for the past year and a half or so. Only the Voyager and Leader size classes, so far, have sticker details. Everything smaller, which includes Deluxes, Legends, and Prime Masters (formerly Titan Masters) uses ONLY paint applications and tampographs. There seems to be a lot of confusion about this. So, Bradimus, for better or worse (better, IMO), all the details on your Swoop are real paint or tampographs.

Oh thank goodness! I thought those were tampgraphs on Swoop but I wasn't sure. The stickers on Grimlock are just beyond terrible and :HASBRO:

just needs to stop so I don't have to spend more money correcting their unnecessary mistakes.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:41 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:On the side, what should I go for first? Dinobots or the Dreadwing Duocons?

I think you should compromise and get Dreadwind and Swoop, come back for Slug. Dreadwind is beautiful and Swoop is the winner of wave 1.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:48 am

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:On the side, what should I go for first? Dinobots or the Dreadwing Duocons?

I think you should compromise and get Dreadwind and Swoop, come back for Slug. Dreadwind is beautiful and Swoop is the winner of wave 1.

I just may. Pteranodon and Triceratops are my two favorite dinos, plus I love jets, so releasing them together hasnt made my choice any easier. All I need to do is wait for Grimlock.

News Credits: 4836 · by **william-james88** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 12:19 pm

Fello Seibertronian Albatross 250 has sent out way scans of the no. 240 issue of Japanse collector's magazine Figure King, which features the upcoming Power of th Primes toys. As stated before, this is a unique situation where this sort of promotion now targets everyone in the world, regardless of which is disributing the toy. It is pretty cool to see the bulk of 3 pages of a Japanese magazine feature toys you (and anyone else) will be able to purchase locally with no need to import.

This does give us images of toys no one has handled yet, like Moonracer and the remaining Dinobots (with Volcanicus getting a whole page to himself). We also get a nice shot of the combined Dreadwing mode and more of Blackwing and the Submarauder decoy armour.

Alsong with Power of the Primes, there is also Masterpiece Shadow Panther and the Takara versions for the Knight Armour Turbo Changers.

Below are all three images from the magazine, brought to us by Loopaza, enjoy!

News Credits: 3 · by **Lunatic Prime** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 12:25 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:On the side, what should I go for first? Dinobots or the Dreadwing Duocons?

I think you should compromise and get Dreadwind and Swoop, come back for Slug. Dreadwind is beautiful and Swoop is the winner of wave 1.

I just may. Pteranodon and Triceratops are my two favorite dinos, plus I love jets, so releasing them together hasnt made my choice any easier. All I need to do is wait for Grimlock.

If you want all of them anyway, why hesitate and don't get them at once?

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 12:46 pm

Lunatic Prime wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:On the side, what should I go for first? Dinobots or the Dreadwing Duocons?

I think you should compromise and get Dreadwind and Swoop, come back for Slug. Dreadwind is beautiful and Swoop is the winner of wave 1.

I just may. Pteranodon and Triceratops are my two favorite dinos, plus I love jets, so releasing them together hasnt made my choice any easier. All I need to do is wait for Grimlock.

If you want all of them anyway, why hesitate and don't get them at once?

Budget concerns.

by **Sabrewing** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 1:05 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Pteranodon and Triceratops are my two favorite dinos,

Pteranodon is not a dinosaur.

News Credits: 3 · by **Lunatic Prime** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 1:14 pm

Sabrewing wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Pteranodon and Triceratops are my two favorite dinos,

Pteranodon is not a dinosaur.

I saw that review from TFormers ENI I think where he said that like 20 times but why isn't it one?

News Credits: 4836 · by **william-james88** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 1:16 pm

Sabrewing wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Pteranodon and Triceratops are my two favorite dinos,

Pteranodon is not a dinosaur.

They are according to the 80s which this line is based on.

News Credits: 4836 · by **william-james88** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 1:21 pm

Lunatic Prime wrote:
Sabrewing wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Pteranodon and Triceratops are my two favorite dinos,

Pteranodon is not a dinosaur.

I saw that review from TFormers ENI I think where he said that like 20 times but why isn't it one?

Its just classification, like where books go in a library. It often gets revised as well. As of right now, scientists say that pteranodons do not belong in the same group called Dinosaurs (and neither do others like the plesiosaur).

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 1:50 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Lunatic Prime wrote:
Sabrewing wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Pteranodon and Triceratops are my two favorite dinos,

Pteranodon is not a dinosaur.

I saw that review from TFormers ENI I think where he said that like 20 times but why isn't it one?

Its just classification, like where books go in a library. It often gets revised as well. As of right now, scientists say that pteranodons do not belong in the same group called Dinosaurs (and neither do others like the plesiosaur).

To clarify, I aiming at the pop culture definition, which is always a lot broader than the scientific one (I mean, Power Rangers called the Mastodont and Saber Tooth Tiger dinosaurus, while they're mammals and came way after their extinction)

The clade Dinosauria is land-based for the most part, with the included current birds and some ancient Maniraptorians capable of powered flight. Flying reptiles are in the separate, but on the same level, Pterosauria, while marine reptiles are either part of Ichtyosauria or Plesiosauria.

And now back to our regularly scheduled programming.

News Credits: 3 · by **Lunatic Prime** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 2:01 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Lunatic Prime wrote:
Sabrewing wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Pteranodon and Triceratops are my two favorite dinos,

Pteranodon is not a dinosaur.

I saw that review from TFormers ENI I think where he said that like 20 times but why isn't it one?

Its just classification, like where books go in a library. It often gets revised as well. As of right now, scientists say that pteranodons do not belong in the same group called Dinosaurs (and neither do others like the plesiosaur).

I know but you can't just say "Hey, I want this one to be a dinosaur and this one not.". As books they have to have/fulfill some specific charecteristics. >:oP

News Credits: 4836 · by **william-james88** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 2:11 pm

Lunatic Prime wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Lunatic Prime wrote:
Sabrewing wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Pteranodon and Triceratops are my two favorite dinos,

Pteranodon is not a dinosaur.

I saw that review from TFormers ENI I think where he said that like 20 times but why isn't it one?

Its just classification, like where books go in a library. It often gets revised as well. As of right now, scientists say that pteranodons do not belong in the same group called Dinosaurs (and neither do others like the plesiosaur).

I know but you can't just say "Hey, I want this one to be a dinosaur and this one not.". As books they have to have/fulfill some specific charecteristics.

They simply chose to only call the land based ones Dinosaurs and the others to have their own group.

News Credits: 3 · by **Decepticon Stryker** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 2:40 pm

It might be the scans, but Moonracer is very brightly green. That's as bright as the colors on Megatronia. Mintracer would be a better name.

by **angtre** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 3:00 pm

I didn't know that the "American Darkwings brothers" could merge, it's a nice feature that surely sells them to me. Also I like Moonracer, while I shall wait for superior-sized Dinobots (the combining gimmick still disturbs me, even if Volcanicus is totally-not-The-Beast).

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed Jan 24, 2018 3:20 pm

mentre83 wrote:I didn't know that the "American Darkwings brothers" could merge, it's a nice feature that surely sells them to me. Also I like Moonracer, while I shall wait for superior-sized Dinobots (the combining gimmick still disturbs me, even if Volcanicus is totally-not-The-Beast).

Here's a better picture from HasCon 2017: