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News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Tue Mar 13, 2018 6:22 pm

Pink feet will look weird not matching with the hands. Then again the way the terrorcons hands/armour is, makes me irtated slightly that the colours aren't matching. (I know you can swap'em around to get matching colours but it annoys me for no good reason that they don't on the promo pics)

News Credits: 13 · by **mordhelm** » Wed Mar 14, 2018 9:10 am

Dang, Moonracer just went up for sale for the normal price of 16.99 from Amazon (with Prime) at 10am. As of 10:09am, she is sold out and back to the $30 scalper price. Yikes. I got lucky and got one before they sold out.

Edit: Nope she's back. Get her while she's there. You will need to be signed in to see the Amazon price:

https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Gen ... B072MZ4FN9

News Credits: 194 · by **RodimusConvoy13** » Wed Mar 14, 2018 9:13 am

mordhelm wrote:Dang, Moonracer just went up for sale for the normal price of 16.99 from Amazon (with Prime) at 10am. As of 10:09am, she is sold out and back to the $30 scalper price. Yikes. I got lucky and got one before they sold out.

Edit: Nope she's back. Get her while she's there. You will need to be signed in to see the Amazon price:

https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Gen ... B072MZ4FN9

Rippersnapper is still 16.99. Don't know for how long.

I was able to snag Sludge and Blackwing. Was able to get Snarl on there the other day at $16.99. Can't wait for them to get here.

News Credits: 13 · by **mordhelm** » Wed Mar 14, 2018 9:21 am

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:
mordhelm wrote:Dang, Moonracer just went up for sale for the normal price of 16.99 from Amazon (with Prime) at 10am. As of 10:09am, she is sold out and back to the $30 scalper price. Yikes. I got lucky and got one before they sold out.

Edit: Nope she's back. Get her while she's there. You will need to be signed in to see the Amazon price:

https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Gen ... B072MZ4FN9

Rippersnapper is still 16.99. Don't know for how long.

I was able to snag Sludge and Blackwing. Was able to get Snarl on there the other day at $16.99. Can't wait for them to get here.

The price monitor sites (such as camelcamelcamel) are a lifesaver with finding these guys.

News Credits: 194 · by **RodimusConvoy13** » Wed Mar 14, 2018 9:23 am

mordhelm wrote:
RodimusConvoy13 wrote:
mordhelm wrote:Dang, Moonracer just went up for sale for the normal price of 16.99 from Amazon (with Prime) at 10am. As of 10:09am, she is sold out and back to the $30 scalper price. Yikes. I got lucky and got one before they sold out.

Edit: Nope she's back. Get her while she's there. You will need to be signed in to see the Amazon price:

https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Gen ... B072MZ4FN9

Rippersnapper is still 16.99. Don't know for how long.

I was able to snag Sludge and Blackwing. Was able to get Snarl on there the other day at $16.99. Can't wait for them to get here.

The price monitor sites (such as camelcamelcamel) are a lifesaver with finding these guys.

That's what alerted me to Blackwing and Sludge.

News Credits: 3 · by **bodrock** » Wed Mar 14, 2018 4:48 pm

I'm so tempted to order wave2 online....but I will wait a bit longer, and be happy my Hun-Gurrr is satisfied.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed Mar 14, 2018 5:02 pm

Ok, so far exclusive-wise we have:

- Shuttle Blast Off with Megatronus
- Repugnus
- Wreck-Gar
- Counterpunch

What other exclusives do you hope to see, outside of boxsets? Personally, I'm hoping for a release of red Swoop with the alternate toy-accurate head with the visor... and that he's called Dinobot Strafe :lol:

That's all I'm asking. O, and the rest of the Prime Masters in a set.

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Wed Mar 14, 2018 5:14 pm

I would like either monstructor or dinoking (I'm not fussy, either or will do me)

by **Skritz** » Wed Mar 14, 2018 5:37 pm

Frankly at this point I don't expect any boxset.

News Credits: 3 · by **bodrock** » Wed Mar 14, 2018 6:39 pm

ZeroWolf wrote:I would like either monstructor or dinoking (I'm not fussy, either or will do me)

I'd love both of these, but am also not so optimistic....

by **Skritz** » Wed Mar 14, 2018 7:36 pm

I mean is Dinoking doable? Absolutely, he'd just be recolored Dinobots with new heads. Thing is, he's really obscure so a Dinobot boxset would make more sense as, say, a 'G2 Dinobots' set. Monstructor, while slightly more famous on the other hand, would require quite a bit more retooling from Terrocons and Dinobots mold since he's invariably depicted with the focus put on the inner robot mode of the Monster Pretenders as opposed to Dinoking who would make more sense being based on the Pretender shells or else they don't really look like dinosaurs.

So, in other words: despite their original G1 toy being the same at it's core, these two combiners would require a different set of molds to be pulled off properly.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed Mar 14, 2018 8:44 pm

Skritz wrote:I mean is Dinoking doable? Absolutely, he'd just be recolored Dinobots with new heads. Thing is, he's really obscure

So was Liokaiser, and yet...

News Credits: 6 · by **Dr. Caelus** » Wed Mar 14, 2018 9:20 pm

Got Elita-1 at Wal-Mart today - mine has the painted feet.

News Credits: 4836 · by **william-james88** » Wed Mar 14, 2018 9:39 pm

Caelus wrote:Got Elita-1 at Wal-Mart today - mine has the painted feet.

They all do

News Credits: 1 · by **Hotconvoy** » Wed Mar 14, 2018 9:46 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Ok, so far exclusive-wise we have:

- Shuttle Blast Off with Megatronus
- Repugnus
- Wreck-Gar
- Counterpunch

What other exclusives do you hope to see, outside of boxsets? Personally, I'm hoping for a release of red Swoop with the alternate toy-accurate head with the visor... and that he's called Dinobot Strafe That's all I'm asking. O, and the rest of the Prime Masters in a set.

I just want Sideswipe, Rachet, Silverstreek, and maybee a Jazz repaint of somekind

News Credits: 6 · by **Dr. Caelus** » Wed Mar 14, 2018 9:49 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Caelus wrote:Got Elita-1 at Wal-Mart today - mine has the painted feet.

They all do

Sorry, I should have specified: my Elita's shoes are painted in a shade of black between jet-black and baby-seal-black.

by **Skritz** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 12:17 am

Sabrblade wrote:
Skritz wrote:I mean is Dinoking doable? Absolutely, he'd just be recolored Dinobots with new heads. Thing is, he's really obscure
So was Liokaiser, and yet...

Liokaiser clearly only happened so they could find a second use for that Sky Lynx mold. Then again, the Dinobot molds seem under used, so mabe they could use them as Dinoking. In which case it would be the second Combiner from Transformers Victory released in a boxset.

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 12:21 am

Just a thought, the line symmetry that we are now experiencing, could this be a mandate from Hasbro due to a belief of lost sales from people buying the Takara product instead? Basically Hasbro telling Takara to fall in line?

by **Skritz** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 12:28 am

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Just a thought, the line symmetry that we are now experiencing, could this be a mandate from Hasbro due to a belief of lost sales from people buying the Takara product instead? Basically Hasbro telling Takara to fall in line?

I could see that happening, especially given the general consensus during CW and TR that Takara was constantly putting out superior products. Which it technically was, but at a higher price obviously.

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 3:00 am

I'm not so sure that's what happened as it would mean that takara would be more than willing to throw the legends line under the bus. I think money has something to do with it, but just not in that sense. It could be more about takara wanting to focus internal resources to support their imminent restart of the zoids franchise for example.

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 10:38 am

I'm really torn. I know the toys I want, but have no clue about the best, most cost effective way to obtain them especially since retail stores are becoming less and less reliable and inconsistent. One walmart close to me just got in a fresh case of wave 1 PM's, another across town is now clearancing them for $3.00..??? these just came out... :HEADHURTS:

News Credits: 11 · by **Munkky** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 1:18 pm

So I managed to get Wave 2 of the POTP Prime Masters, but Alpha Trion's knee joint is really loose, so when I try to stand him up out of his Pretender shell he just flops backwards. Does anyone on here know the best way of fixing this?

News Credits: 4836 · by **william-james88** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 2:17 pm

We have some new in-hand images of upcoming toys from Transformers Power of the Primes. These were all found on Notrab Weibo. We see Optimal Optimus and Optimus Primal in all their possible modes. Thre is one particular shot where we see both bots interacting with oneanother, something no other leader class figure can do. We also get our best look yet at the stickers, which continue to look off on the leaders (and voyagers). There is a sticker detail found on the smaller Optimus Primal cargo ship alt mode which is an homage to the sticker detail on G1 Optimus Prime's trailer. Do you feel it clashes with the rest of the style when combined to form the Optimal Optimus robot mode?

About the robot mode, this is our very first seeing the right look of the robot mode aside from a render. Here, we actually see the shoulder extensions which help change the look from gorilla to robot (in both the shoulders and forearms). We also get a very good look at the matrix he comes with. We do wan to note that this is a factory model, as evident from the stamp on the chest. Though with the presence of stickers, this is closer to the finished product than anything we have seen so far.

Also, we have a bonus image, it is all the Prime Master pretender decoy armours all lined up. We are still unsure where the remaining four will come from.

Enjoy!

by **Ultra Markus** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 2:42 pm

That's a must have for me
And looks like we have 4 more prime masters left to reveal or are they going to short us on that too?

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 2:50 pm

There is an exclusive Onyx Prime coming with Predaking (no prime armor though, just the PM itself) that was shown at NYTF last month. But fans are still hoping to get the remaining 4 with Pretender Shells/Prime Armor. I know a couple fans have speculated/mentioned getting them as a set, but I'd prefer individual releases for these just for the sake of consistency, but as we know, Hasbro is anything but consistent

. Wardens team stated there are still some reveals left for PotP, despite it ending this year, ...what those are is anybody's guess, since everything in the leak of last July has now been officially promoted.