Australian Transformers Power of the Primes Reveal and Fan-Play Event Images

Monday, December 18th, 2017 3:09am CST

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We have images, news, and information - though nothing entirely new, given the release of most of the first wave of the toyline already in a number of countries - of Transformers Power of the Primes coming at us from Australia by means of fansite Ozformers and its admin griffin, where Hasbro held an event in their offices to share the first toys from the wave with participating fans, in a hands-on event!

The images, mirrored below from this major post on Ozformers, show a number of figures from the second wave of the line too, which we had already seen here in official stock photography. They also had some of the original G1 toys (including Pretenders) for comparison and general merchandising and other collectables from the Transformers brand. Check it all out below!

Today Hasbro Australia hosted a product reveal for Power of the Primes (due in stores here mid January), at their offices in Sydney, for 15 fans to test drive, review and give their feedback (in person and on social media).

This has spawned from two years of a similar product reveal to fans during the Australian Toy & Hobby Fair in Melbourne, so this was the next step, so that we could hopefully have two each year on the Global reveals calendar for Hasbro - early year in Melbourne, late year in Sydney.
Unfortunately, this first Sydney event didn't end up allowing us to give a world first reveal of wave 2 Legends, as Hasbro in America have other plans for their official reveal... but as a consolation, it was still a lot of fun for a handful of Australian fans to be some of the first in this country to have seen in person, and held/played with some Power of the Primes toys (well... those, who hadn't already imported them from Asia or America).

The event was scheduled for 90 minutes from 11am, but since it started a little late, it ended up going for about 2 hours.

You know you've found Hasbro offices when you see big Nerf and Playdoh displays in the windows on one of the top floors.

Transformers News: Australian Transformers Power of the Primes Reveal and Fan-Play Event Images

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Re: Australian Transformers Power of the Primes Reveal and Fan-Play Event Images (1927157)
Posted by Hotconvoy on December 18th, 2017 @ 3:40am CST

Stupid gray circles

Re: Australian Transformers Power of the Primes Reveal and Fan-Play Event Images (1927161)
Posted by Mr.MicroMaster on December 18th, 2017 @ 5:46am CST

I guess it would be correct to assume the ones that are blurred out are battleslash, roadtarp aka Battletrap, and tailgate.

Re: Australian Transformers Power of the Primes Reveal and Fan-Play Event Images (1927162)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on December 18th, 2017 @ 6:05am CST

Did anyone go that G1 Jazz sure has a lovely curvey Porsche vehicle mode whereas the brand spanking new one... looks a bit cruddy? Cos I would have

There's still something oddly appealing I find about the those original chunky Pretenders. They weren't great Transformers but they were fun toys themselves and I really liked the designs of both the shells, the inner robots and most of the simplistic vehicle modes. I don't feel the same way about the Prime Masters at all.

Re: Australian Transformers Power of the Primes Reveal and Fan-Play Event Images (1927163)
Posted by Dr Lockdown on December 18th, 2017 @ 7:27am CST

Yes indeed, they were the wave 2 Legends, and we arrived expecting to see them. Hasbro of America literally cancelled an hour before, which is why we were late.

Re: Australian Transformers Power of the Primes Reveal and Fan-Play Event Images (1927164)
Posted by Kyleor on December 18th, 2017 @ 7:59am CST

Budder Prime wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Budder Prime wrote:I was at Universal Studios Orlando today, Got the Exclusive snarl, and got see that all of Wave 1 Power of the primes is Available there for those interested.

Including leaders? If you have a picture that would be front page news right away.

Sadly I didn't see any Leaders, But I guess I should've thought to take a Picture, I was too excited to actually FIND them available.
However all the Legends, Prime Masters, and Deluxes were there for certain. I was actually trying to see anything related to the Prime1 Studios Onslaught, sadly Nothing new has happened since It was teased.

Lucky, I was there earlier this month and the only things of the Prime line I saw they had out were two of the Prime Masters.

Re: Australian Transformers Power of the Primes Reveal and Fan-Play Event Images (1927174)
Posted by durroth on December 18th, 2017 @ 9:26am CST

Hotconvoy wrote:Stupid gray circles

thats what happens when you let john baldesari do your photography.

Re: Australian Transformers Power of the Primes Reveal and Fan-Play Event Images (1927180)
Posted by Agamemnon on December 18th, 2017 @ 9:49am CST

william-james88 wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:Yogurt? I hate yogurt! Even with strawberries!

I gotta say...if I had more self control, I'd skip the Voyagers so far. I'm liking nearly everything else I have seen so far. But, Will is doing a nice job of convincing me to not invest in Grimmy and Screamer...

If you need some more convincing, here is a shot at Grimlock's scale in dino mode

Wow, Grimmy's.....short....

On another note, I got a bonus. My Vector Prime came with a Prime Master already inside the pretender shell. That makes two in the one package.

Re: Australian Transformers Power of the Primes Reveal and Fan-Play Event Images (1927181)
Posted by bodrock on December 18th, 2017 @ 9:53am CST

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Did anyone go that G1 Jazz sure has a lovely curvey Porsche vehicle mode whereas the brand spanking new one... looks a bit cruddy? Cos I would have

There's still something oddly appealing I find about the those original chunky Pretenders. They weren't great Transformers but they were fun toys themselves and I really liked the designs of both the shells, the inner robots and most of the simplistic vehicle modes. I don't feel the same way about the Prime Masters at all.

Not a fan of the Prime Masters, Carnivius?

There's no replacement for the G1 Pretenders, but I like the Prime Cores and the scale for the humanoid Pretenders represented by the Prime Masters.

I can't wait to receive Metalhawk and Cloudburst from HTS to see for myself....I really liked the Titan Masters.

Re: Australian Transformers Power of the Primes Reveal and Fan-Play Event Images (1927182)
Posted by Sarahthecutevixen on December 18th, 2017 @ 9:56am CST

Mr.MicroMaster wrote:I guess it would be correct to assume the ones that are blurred out are battleslash, roadtarp aka Battletrap, and tailgate.

Affirmative

Re: Australian Transformers Power of the Primes Reveal and Fan-Play Event Images (1927185)
Posted by o.supreme on December 18th, 2017 @ 10:16am CST

Went to my local TRU yesterday. They had all of Potp wave 1 PM's, Legends, and Deluxes. No Voyagers however. at 5.99 for the PM's though, I still saved money getting them from HTS, so I am satisfied. My shipment should be coming Thursday. I'm really hoping around January 1 we should have some news from

about their plans for the combiners. I have nothing to back this up with, it just seems like a good time to make an announcement.

Re: Australian Transformers Power of the Primes Reveal and Fan-Play Event Images (1927192)
Posted by mordhelm on December 18th, 2017 @ 11:17am CST

Well I now have all of Wave 1 of PotP, save for the Leaders. Volcanicus is a lot better in person. He is just not photogenic. The Dino mode of Grimlock is a bit awkward, but the rest works out pretty well actually. Fwiw, Jazz is a good arm for Volcanicus, as his arm mode makes it seem like the shoulder isn't as wide. Oh, and the spare arms are necessary to support the shoulders.

All in all I am satisfied with this interpretation of Grimlock. Yes, they could have done better in some areas, but once you set Volcanicus up correctly, he looks pretty mean. Now about the missing weapons... who is going to step up and give us all the dinobot's swords/guns that were not included? PE maybe?

Re: Australian Transformers Power of the Primes Reveal and Fan-Play Event Images (1927198)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on December 18th, 2017 @ 11:42am CST

I'm actually like the look of Grimlock with more photos and reviews. He's the voyager I'm most excited for at this point.

Starscream still look pretty good in bot mode to me. I'm also glad to have the voyager. Jet mode is kinda crummy, but I like the stylized robot mode.

I'm really hoping Flywheels happens like Battletrap is about to. And I want to see his figure dangit!

Re: Australian Transformers Power of the Primes Reveal and Fan-Play Event Images (1927200)
Posted by steals_your_goats on December 18th, 2017 @ 12:10pm CST

Everyone is asking for Flywheels and I'm just sitting here hoping for Slamdance and Squawkbox.

Re: Australian Transformers Power of the Primes Reveal and Fan-Play Event Images (1927201)
Posted by leokearon on December 18th, 2017 @ 12:13pm CST

steals_your_goats wrote:Everyone is asking for Flywheels and I'm just sitting here hoping for Slamdance and Squawkbox.

Legout and Decibel would be good choices given we have the Dinobots

Re: Australian Transformers Power of the Primes Reveal and Fan-Play Event Images (1927202)
Posted by steals_your_goats on December 18th, 2017 @ 12:17pm CST

leokearon wrote:
steals_your_goats wrote:Everyone is asking for Flywheels and I'm just sitting here hoping for Slamdance and Squawkbox.

Legout and Decibel would be good choices given we have the Dinobots

I would love nothing more than to get updates of those two sets but because of their obscurity I feel like it's a long shot

Re: Australian Transformers Power of the Primes Reveal and Fan-Play Event Images (1927203)
Posted by leokearon on December 18th, 2017 @ 12:20pm CST

steals_your_goats wrote:
leokearon wrote:
steals_your_goats wrote:Everyone is asking for Flywheels and I'm just sitting here hoping for Slamdance and Squawkbox.

Legout and Decibel would be good choices given we have the Dinobots

I would love nothing more than to get updates of those two sets but because of their obscurity I feel like it's a long shot

It would be nice given they could really do with an update

Re: Australian Transformers Power of the Primes Reveal and Fan-Play Event Images (1927204)
Posted by steals_your_goats on December 18th, 2017 @ 12:22pm CST

leokearon wrote:
steals_your_goats wrote:
leokearon wrote:
steals_your_goats wrote:Everyone is asking for Flywheels and I'm just sitting here hoping for Slamdance and Squawkbox.

Legout and Decibel would be good choices given we have the Dinobots

I would love nothing more than to get updates of those two sets but because of their obscurity I feel like it's a long shot

It would be nice given they could really do with an update

Idk what you're talking about those two are masterpieces

but yeah they suck and need updates badly

Re: Australian Transformers Power of the Primes Reveal and Fan-Play Event Images (1927216)
Posted by ebo716 on December 18th, 2017 @ 2:48pm CST

We could probably get a good Doubledealer out of that system, given that it would allow for both alt-modes

Re: Australian Transformers Power of the Primes Reveal and Fan-Play Event Images (1927218)
Posted by Emerje on December 18th, 2017 @ 3:17pm CST

ebo716 wrote:We could probably get a good Doubledealer out of that system, given that it would allow for both alt-modes

Technically Doubledealer's only alt mode is the missile truck. The robot is his Autubot mode and the bird is his Decepticon mode. Also the only reason why this is working with Battletrap is because they basically made him like a Landcross member giving each of his vehicle modes their own bot modes as well.

Now that I write that I have to wonder if Battleslash can be retooled into Tackle and maybe Roadtrap into Mach?

Emerje

Re: Australian Transformers Power of the Primes Reveal and Fan-Play Event Images (1927221)
Posted by o.supreme on December 18th, 2017 @ 3:24pm CST

SDCC revealed there is a combiner mode for Dreadwind & Blackwing despite being both Deluxe and serving as combiner limbs. Has there been any evidence that the *duocon* Legends class figures can even combine?

Emerje wrote:The only reason why this is working with Battletrap is because they basically made him like a Landcross member giving each of his vehicle modes their own bot modes as well.

Now that I write that I have to wonder if Battleslash can be retooled into Tackle and maybe Roadtrap into Mach?

Emerje

The thought of a Landcross made from 6 Legends class members never even crossed my mind, but it is an interesting idea....Still I'd like to see any future Combiners be the same size scale as the current ones. It would be a nice chance for some that did not get their proper due originally to be done right this time around, if its even in the plan.

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