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Kapow Toys, our valued sponsor has sent us the information of the wave 1 toy figures for the Transformers Prime:

Release - 1st November 2011 - US & China

Deluxe

1) Bumblebee x 4
2) Starscream x 2
3) Arcee x 2


Voyager

1) Optimus x 3
2) Bulkhead x 1


Entertainement Battle Packs

1) Optimus & Megatron + Human Characters x 2

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Bumblebee 4x

No Ratchet or Knockout love? ;_;

Excellent Bulkheads in there the only one i realy wanted so far, ive only seen up to episode 5 of tf prime so i dont know who im waiting on yet and i dont have a bulkhead so he's first pick.

Looks like TF Prime got a case of the Surplus Bumblebee bug. No pun intended, hah. Primus forbid they could have stuck a Cliffjumper in there or something.

not going to hit hts for these. with so few figures in the beginning. they will be easy to find in stores.

Frickin' Bumblebee and Prime...

Seriously lacking in Decepticons. Bastards.

Can someone tell me what is in the Entertainement Battle Pack? Is it deluxe Prime and Megatron?

LadyBug wrote:No Ratchet or Knockout love? ;_;

Not yet. We've seen a knockout prototype:



But I bon't think we've seen anything about Ratchet.

And of course, there are four Bumblebees.

FOUR Bumblebees?
ONE Bulkhead?

Aw, come on. This is ridiculous.

There's a **** ton of Voyager and Deluxe Optimii on the pegs and shelves, and they want to clog 'em more?
Bumblebee? There are no words.

The worst part of this toy line: I haven't seen a toy so far that I DON'T like.

November instead of December? I'm down with that! I've been drooling over these toys since the first time I saw pictures of them. I can't wait!

Starscream, Arcee and maybe Bulkhead are a go when seen.
Anyone know price points?

somthing tells me i will have trouble getting bulkhead...

Starscream, The only must-have for me so far, is the sole Decepticon in this wave? And he's only two a box?

Fanf*%&ingtastic.

Im gonna stay away from these things. Maybe I will get Starscream, but thats it.

WANT them all.

LadyBug wrote:No Ratchet or Knockout love? ;_;

kirbenvost wrote:Frickin' Bumblebee and Prime...

Mykltron wrote:Seriously lacking in Decepticons.

We've known for a long time that these specific ones would be part of the first wave of Prime figures. This isn't anything new.

Mykltron wrote:Can someone tell me what is in the Entertainement Battle Pack? Is it deluxe Prime and Megatron?

Okayish Deluxe Optimus Prime, gorgeous Deluxe Megatron, decent figurines of the three human teens, and a DVD.

prowl123 wrote:But I bon't think we've seen anything about Ratchet.

There's a Deluxe Ratchet coming later. We were shown a concept sketch of it at BotCon 2011 (no prototype yet, though).

TheDownshift wrote:The worst part of this toy line: I haven't seen a toy so far that I DON'T like.

Amen! Though, other than Arcee, I think I can pass on the Prime Cyberverse figures.

hasblow is realllly pushing those bumblebees. more shelf warmers. i will be getting them all!

Man, I am hyped about this line. I'd like to make a crack at how much they're pushing OP and the Bee, but the fact is, they're the best-looking figures in this wave!
(And I love Arcee, Starscream, and Bulkhead, too!)

And dang it, why can't we get these a couple months earlier? No one likes DOTM anyway!

I wouldn't be surprised if these started popping up next month by the end of September. From what I can remember, DOTM was the only TF line that had a fairly strict street date. Animated toys were released almost a month before Hasbro said they'd hit the shelves. Same with ROTF and the first movie toylines.

oh bulkhead i try so hard

Bumblebee x 4
Starscream x2
Optimus Prime x 3
Bulkhead x 1
WTF! This Bumble-sh!t and prime explosions are carrying on from the movie toy line? You'd think hasblow would learn, not EVERYBODY WANTS A BUMBLEBEE!
I'll probably never see a bulkhead...
Although, that Voyager OP Is pretty cool, and he will be mine... But still, It's just frustrating.

Sabrblade wrote:WANT them all.

LadyBug wrote:No Ratchet or Knockout love? ;_;

kirbenvost wrote:Frickin' Bumblebee and Prime...

Mykltron wrote:Seriously lacking in Decepticons.

We've known for a long time that these specific ones would be part of the first wave of Prime figures. This isn't anything new.

But did we know the cases were going to be filled mostly with Prime & Bumblebee? That's the part I have an issue with. If they shipped everything in an even ratio it would be fine. I was hoping now that Bayformers is over Hasbro would get over their sick Bumblebee obsession, but that is clearly not happening. And to think, people used to clamor for a new Bumblebee...

kirbenvost wrote:But did we know the cases were going to be filled mostly with Prime & Bumblebee? That's the part I have an issue with. If they shipped everything in an even ratio it would be fine. I was hoping now that Bayformers is over Hasbro would get over their sick Bumblebee obsession, but that is clearly not happening. And to think, people used to clamor for a new Bumblebee...

If the past few years were any indication, I figured it would be obvious that Hasbro would continue to milk the BB and OP toys even after the Movie stuff, since that seems to have become their standard fetish. Recall how many BB and OP toy releases there were in Animated. Sure, not as many as those of the Movie lines, but still a noticeably large quantity compared to the other characters in that toyline.

I guess Hasbro's obsession with Bumblebee isn't limited to the Movie lines...

The only figures I'm interested in in the first wave are Bulkhead and possibly Optimus. I'm more excited for later figures, like Knock-Out, the Vehicon, and Cliffjumper.