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New Galleries: G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime And Doubledealer

Posted by Autobot032 Jul 2, 2015 at 1:46am CDT 29,552 views
Seibertron.com is proud to present our newest galleries:

G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime and Doubledealer

With this set, we're well on our way to having our biggest year of Transformers galleries, beating out 2014 which was our biggest year to date!

Up first? Powermaster Optimus Prime and his Powermaster Partner Hi-Q. This was a rebirth of Optimus after he died a horrible death at the hands of his eternal enemy Megatron in Transformers The Movie in 1986, and what a rebirth it is! Not only do you get the usual Optimus cab and trailer combo, but instead of a battle platform springing to life like his original trailer, you get a fully armed battle station! And Hi-Q gets to join in on the fun as he can interact with the weapons while Prime mans the main station. The best, however, was still to come because you could now combine Optimus with his trailer to form the biggest, baddest Optimus the US had ever seen... Powermaster Optimus Prime and he rocked it hardcore!

And would you take a look at that price tag from 1988? *sighs* :shock:

Last, but certainly not least, is Doubledealer! This double agent could change from Autobot robot to Decepticon buzzard to a missile carrier truck and back! But, much like Optimus, he could only do so with a little help from his friends Knok and Skar! With a shoulder mounted cannon and rifle formed out of the missile he's carrying, this walking weapon of mass destruction was just as deadly as he was two faced...literally!

Take a trip down memory lane with us and check out their galleries below and when you're done, come to forums and share your thoughts, memories and experiences with these two blasts from the past!

G1 1988 Optimus Prime

Transformers News: New Galleries: G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime And Doubledealer

Transformers News: New Galleries: G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime And Doubledealer

Transformers News: New Galleries: G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime And Doubledealer

Transformers News: New Galleries: G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime And Doubledealer

Transformers News: New Galleries: G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime And Doubledealer

Transformers News: New Galleries: G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime And Doubledealer

Transformers News: New Galleries: G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime And Doubledealer


G1 1988 Hi-Q

Transformers News: New Galleries: G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime And Doubledealer


G1 1988 Doubledealer

Transformers News: New Galleries: G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime And Doubledealer

Transformers News: New Galleries: G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime And Doubledealer

Transformers News: New Galleries: G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime And Doubledealer


G1 1988 Knok

Transformers News: New Galleries: G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime And Doubledealer


G1 1988 Skar

Transformers News: New Galleries: G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime And Doubledealer

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Re: New Galleries: G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime And Doubledealer (view post)
Comment by RhA Jul 2, 2015
Excellent stuff! It's good to see more G1 stuff in the galleries. There's a shortage of powermasters in there.

And that Doubledealer. The bird missilie gets me every time. Yeah.
Re: New Galleries: G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime And Doubledealer (view post)
Comment by Carnivius_Prime Jul 2, 2015
Powermaster Prime is the only G1 figure I still have from my childhood. Was a memorable birthday and I just can't part with that figure yet.

Doubledealer was a fun figure too. My preferred mode for him was the Decepticon bird mode. Is one reason I don't much care for the Generations figure (apart from the issues already common with the Blitzwing mold). Also I liked the lil bat powermaster engine. Was a nice change to get an animal 'master companion.
Re: New Galleries: G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime And Doubledealer (view post)
Comment by Seibertron Jul 2, 2015
RhA wrote:Excellent stuff! It's good to see more G1 stuff in the galleries. There's a shortage of powermasters in there.


Only 3 left! I've had all of these Powermaster galleries finished since before SDCC last year. It was my big gallery push that I did right before SDCC so that I'd have something new to work on for Seibertron.com on the plane and during my travels for SDCC 2014. Unfortunately, that never happened and those galleries, like so many others, just sat on my computer unfinished. Now that I knocked out Doubledealer and Powermaster Optimus Prime, hopefully I can get to the Autobot Powermasters next week during my travels for SDCC 2015.
Re: New Galleries: G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime And Doubledealer (view post)
Comment by RhA Jul 2, 2015
Seibertron wrote:
RhA wrote:Excellent stuff! It's good to see more G1 stuff in the galleries. There's a shortage of powermasters in there.


Only 3 left! I've had all of these Powermaster galleries finished since before SDCC last year. It was my big gallery push that I did right before SDCC so that I'd have something new to work on for Seibertron.com on the plane and during my travels for SDCC 2014. Unfortunately, that never happened and those galleries, like so many others, just sat on my computer unfinished. Now that I knocked out Doubledealer and Powermaster Optimus Prime, hopefully I can get to the Autobot Powermasters next week during my travels for SDCC 2015.

That would be supersweet.

Is there any way you can compare them to their Masterforce versions? In particular the Ranger/Joyride comparison.

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The one, single time when Hasbro made the perverse version.
Re: New Galleries: G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime And Doubledealer (view post)
Comment by Seibertron Jul 2, 2015
RhA wrote:
Seibertron wrote:
RhA wrote:Excellent stuff! It's good to see more G1 stuff in the galleries. There's a shortage of powermasters in there.


Only 3 left! I've had all of these Powermaster galleries finished since before SDCC last year. It was my big gallery push that I did right before SDCC so that I'd have something new to work on for Seibertron.com on the plane and during my travels for SDCC 2014. Unfortunately, that never happened and those galleries, like so many others, just sat on my computer unfinished. Now that I knocked out Doubledealer and Powermaster Optimus Prime, hopefully I can get to the Autobot Powermasters next week during my travels for SDCC 2015.

That would be supersweet.

Is there any way you can compare them to their Masterforce versions? In particular the Ranger/Joyride comparison.

shajaki wrote:Image

The one, single time when Hasbro made the perverse version.


Not yet ... don't have Ranger yet or Doubleclouder. One day!
Re: New Galleries: G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime And Doubledealer (view post)
Comment by LOST Cybertronian Jul 14, 2015
The galleries of Seibertron return to the realm of Generation 1 to bring you high quality galleries of the last 3 Powermasters to pass before the lens. These galleries include Getaway, Joyride and Slapdash as well as their Nebulon partners Rev, Hotwire and Lube.

The Powermaster partners serve as an external power source to give a power boost to the Transformer they are bonded with. Powermasters need their nebulon partners in order to unlock their transformation.

Click the images below to see all the galleries anxiously awaiting you.

G1 1988 Getaway

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G1 1988 Joyride

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G1 1988 Slapdash

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G1 1988 Rev

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G1 1988 Hotwire

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G1 1988 Lube

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Re: New Galleries: G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime And Doubledealer (view post)
Comment by Noideaforaname Jul 14, 2015
*BOMP*

Knowing Getaway only from MtMtE, I'd have never guessed he had a little guy that turned into his engine block.
Or that he had an engine block to begin with.
Re: New Galleries: G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime And Doubledealer (view post)
Comment by RhA Jul 15, 2015
Awesome! :michaelbay: I love these cluncky bricks.
Re: New Galleries: G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime And Doubledealer (view post)
Comment by Carnivius_Prime Jul 15, 2015
I had Joyride. His spoiler in robot mode doesn't even trrrryyy to hide the fact the lower legs are just one big piece. Leg articulation? What's that?


Always thought Hasbro shot themselves in the foot a little by using the Macross figure for Jetfire cos once I had that and it's excellent articulation, pretty much every Transformer following it just felt basic as all hell. But I still got them anyways.
Re: New Galleries: G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime And Doubledealer (view post)
Comment by Deadput Jul 15, 2015
I always misread their group name as



wait for it...





SHOWERMASTERS!
Re: New Galleries: G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime And Doubledealer (view post)
Comment by o.supreme Jul 15, 2015
Nice pictures!

1988 was really when the toys in Japan and the Unites States really started to separate. It would be cool to see comparison photos with their Japanese counterparts Lightfoot, Ranger, and Roadking.
Re: New Galleries: G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime And Doubledealer (view post)
Comment by Sabrblade Jul 15, 2015
o.supreme wrote:Nice pictures!

1988 was really when the toys in Japan and the Unites States really started to separate. It would be cool to see comparison photos with their Japanese counterparts Lightfoot, Ranger, and Roadking.
At the very least, Lightfoot and Road King seem identical to Getaway and Slapdash.
Re: New Galleries: G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime And Doubledealer (view post)
Comment by jogunwarrior Jul 16, 2015
I see some cool design similarities between Powermaster Slapdash and Endergon Prowl. If I could have used a head from the Armada Blur on Prowl, and just a little bit of paint, it would have made a cool custom. Talk about a missed opportunity since I got rid of both that Blur and Prowl last year.
Re: New Galleries: G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime And Doubledealer (view post)
Comment by Va'al Aug 5, 2015
You want some Mini-Bots from Generation 1? We got some Mini-Bots from Generation 1! The latest instalment of the Seibertron.com galleries bring you a look at what Bumblebee's pals (now that the MP gallery for the G2 version is available) looked like in the old days, by showing off IGA Blue Cliffjumper, Bumblejumper, and Micro Change MC04 Mini CAR Robo 02 XG1500 (Yellow).

They all share very similar molds, identical transformations, sport different colours and there are even some head sculpt differences (but no ankle tilt) - take a roll down brick memory lane by clicking on any of the images below to access the full galleries!

G1 1984 Cliffjumper

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G1 1984 Bumblejumper

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Micro Change MC04 Mini CAR Robo 02 XG1500 (Yellow)

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Re: New Galleries: G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime And Doubledealer (view post)
Comment by RhA Aug 5, 2015
Minibots make my head asplode. So many variations! I can never seem to tell what's an actual TF, a Diaclone or a KO.
Re: New Galleries: G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime And Doubledealer (view post)
Comment by Cyberpath Aug 5, 2015
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Nice face sculpt.
Re: New Galleries: G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime And Doubledealer (view post)
Comment by RhA Aug 5, 2015
Cyberpath wrote:
Va'al wrote:Image

Nice face sculpt.

I agree. The blue makes him pop.
Re: New Galleries: G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime And Doubledealer (view post)
Comment by Bounti76 Aug 5, 2015
Aside from the sticker, is there any difference between Bumper and the Microchange Familia?
Re: New Galleries: G1 Powermasters Optimus Prime And Doubledealer (view post)
Comment by Starsaber468 Aug 6, 2015
Something tells me their will be a lot of mp bumblebe repaints...
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