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Tue Feb 01, 2011 12:20 pm

I remember quite a while a back it had been mentioned that there was supposed to be a Voyager Prime and Jetfire combo. It was going to use the same Voyager Optimus mold from 2007 and the Jetfire parts would be an add-on.

Here's a pic and some links:

http://tformers.com/article.php?sid=13264

http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-new ... on-169151/

News Credits: 2 · Tue Feb 01, 2011 12:38 pm

I think, canceled.

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/297540-rotf-unite-universe-series-discontinued.html
http://www.cybertron.ca/boards/showthread.php?t=26743

But seems like Takara kept the name, "United".

Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:20 pm

It's cancelled, bud. Sorry.
However, for DOTM, Hasbro is releasing a new legends class Optimus that does include the Jetfire parts to combine with. nd yes, it's a totally new mold. It's not just the Jetfire that sticks to Optimus's back either, the Jetpack is a customized piece to resemble Jet Optimus more. I know it's not a voyager, but it's something.

News Credits: 2 · Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:44 pm

If I remembered right, wasn't that Hasbro's plan screwed up this Takara's set? By the time Takara was designing this set (along with the silver voyager Megatron) and even put it up on Figure King, Hasbro released the voyager Battle Blades Optimus Prime. Or maybe something else that I got the timing wrong.

Tue Feb 01, 2011 2:05 pm

I still see it listed on hlj. That canceled topic is nearly a year old at this point. hlj says they expect it february 16th. Maybe the site is totally and completely wrong, but I would hope not. I dont see them trying to swindle anyone either.

News Credits: 1235 · Tue Feb 01, 2011 4:59 pm

Screamfleet wrote:I still see it listed on hlj. That canceled topic is nearly a year old at this point. hlj says they expect it february 16th. Maybe the site is totally and completely wrong, but I would hope not. I dont see them trying to swindle anyone either.

I wouldn't get your hopes up too high. It's kinda suspect that hlj expects it in two weeks and we haven't heard anything of this set since it was rumored to be canceled and no other online stores have any pre-orders.

News Credits: 241 · Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:20 pm

LOST Cybertronian wrote:
Screamfleet wrote:I still see it listed on hlj. That canceled topic is nearly a year old at this point. hlj says they expect it february 16th. Maybe the site is totally and completely wrong, but I would hope not. I dont see them trying to swindle anyone either.

I wouldn't get your hopes up too high. It's kinda suspect that hlj expects it in two weeks and we haven't heard anything of this set since it was rumored to be canceled and no other online stores have any pre-orders.

I tried looking for it the hard way: no results.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Feb 01, 2011 7:25 pm

I had hoped it was going back to the drawing board so that the armor could be reworked to fit Battle Blades Prime. But alas, no such news ever surfaced. Complete shame, I'd have grabbed this set.

Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:43 pm

Aye, it's a shame. Would've been affordable and have a jet without 99% of the robot hanging underneath it.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Feb 01, 2011 11:35 pm

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Aye, it's a shame. Would've been affordable and have a jet without 99% of the robot hanging underneath it.

That's the exact reason my Jetfire has never seen his alt mode again after one quick transformation out of the box. Looks awful IMO. Now he just stays permanently joined to my original ROTF Prime and I use my Buster Prime as my display Prime.

I'd surely liked to have had this set still.

News Credits: 6 · Wed Feb 02, 2011 1:13 am

I teared up a little. 'Twas a beautiful set. :sad:

Okay, not that big of a deal, actually.
It bums me out a little, but it's not that important.

Wed Feb 02, 2011 3:50 am

I sent an e-mail to hlj asking them about their listing of the figure, with the figure being removed from listings on other sites.

Hello-

Thanks for alerting us! We contacted Takara-Tomy and learned that this is unfortunately a phantom and won't be produced.

News Credits: 2 · Wed Feb 02, 2011 11:11 am

Screamfleet wrote:I sent an e-mail to hlj asking them about their listing of the figure, with the figure being removed from listings on other sites.

Hello-

Thanks for alerting us! We contacted Takara-Tomy and learned that this is unfortunately a phantom and won't be produced.

Phantom!? That's a really nice word to use it. It would be fantastic if my leader class can look like that. Like Pontimax 01 said, my Jetfire won't even see his own robot mode that often also.

Wed Feb 02, 2011 11:23 am

Well, that's a bit disappointing!

I was really hoping for something like this to happen as I haven't owned any leader class figures since Cybertron. I still can't get around telling my wife I want to drop $200 on 4 leader class figures. I had the horrible TF addiction before and put us into much debt, so there's not much of a chance I'll be picking up OP and Jetfire in their leader class forms.

Here's hoping to that above rumored legends combiner figures!

Thanks for the info, guys!