Official Images of SDCC 2018 Exclusive POTP Throne of the Primes Set with Missing Prime Masters

DecepticonFinishline wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:SDCC 2018 it is.

*twitch*




Amalgamous: retool of Cloudburst/Micronus Prime (so he gets the Waverider shell...)
Nexus: retool of Submarauder/Alchemist Prime
"Matrix": retool of Metalhawk/Vector Prime, as extensive as Bludgeon
Prima: retool of Octopunch/Solus Prime

So mean, Hasbro, so mean...

So. If this is the way we're getting the remaining primes (based on Predaking's card, I think that it is (additionally, we are already getting a Special Edition of Prima)), what in the hell was the point in the pretender shells... What was the GODDAMN POINT?!

And why the Special Editions of the ones that have special editions?!

Hasbro has done a lot of good things to appease the fans this year. But man... This is so... tonedeaf...

Flashwave wrote:Interestinf to note, the staff has slots for 4 Prime Masters in it Omega Lock style. Aai like that.

I want this. I want this a lot. But I bet it sells out immediately and is impossible to find.

EDIT: And you uys got it up while I was writing that post. Stupud work

DecepticonFinishline wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:SDCC 2018 it is.

*twitch*




Amalgamous: retool of Cloudburst/Micronus Prime (so he gets the Waverider shell...)
Nexus: retool of Submarauder/Alchemist Prime
"Matrix": retool of Metalhawk/Vector Prime, as extensive as Bludgeon
Prima: retool of Octopunch/Solus Prime

So mean, Hasbro, so mean...

So. If this is the way we're getting the remaining primes (based on Predaking's card, I think that it is (additionally, we are already getting a Special Edition of Prima)), what in the hell was the point in the pretender shells... What was the GODDAMN POINT?!

And why the Special Editions of the ones that have special editions?!

Hasbro has done a lot of good things to appease the fans this year. But man... This is so... tonedeaf...

The point of the Pretender Shells was to have Pretender Shells. Hasbro (arguably rightfully) believed that they couldbt justify a line of non transfirm8ng $18 Action Hero toys in their pimary toyline, but they knew the Fandom wanted the Pretenders and didnt want them in the dtyle of Classics Skullgrin and Thunderwing, or TR Metalhawk. So they did what they thought would be fair, but wouldnt cist them a ton if they didnt catch on with the Kids majority of the market. Sure they were CAALLED something different, and had odd power up abilities , but those Prime Master dudes are 100% the Pretender they are Pretending to Be so the Fandom can repurpose them. Its not any more complicated than that.

Sabrblade wrote:"What if Optimus Primal, instead of Megatron, had been the one who seized total domination over Cybertron following his return to the planet from after Beast Wars?"

Sabrblade wrote:I see this thing and just think "Supreme emperor monarch Optimus Primal". Like, some dark alternate universe scenario of

Sabrblade wrote:"What if Optimus Primal, instead of Megatron, had been the one who seized total domination over Cybertron following his return to the planet from after Beast Wars?"

o.supreme wrote:Yeah, not sure what Hasbro was thinking, other than a way to make more $$$ by possibly packaging a Big Item that fewer fans would want (Movie BB and PotP OpOp Repaint) with smaller items Many fans would want (Dino Casettes & remaining Prime Masters)... . If I do see the PM's selling individually for a reasonable price, I may try to get them. Otherwise, it is what it is...

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:Yeah, not sure what Hasbro was thinking, other than a way to make more $$$ by possibly packaging a Big Item that fewer fans would want (Movie BB and PotP OpOp Repaint) with smaller items Many fans would want (Dino Casettes & remaining Prime Masters)... . If I do see the PM's selling individually for a reasonable price, I may try to get them. Otherwise, it is what it is...

That largely depends on the fans. I'm not into the movie line, but if I was, I would want the Bumbleebee way more than the obscure cassette's. Don't get me wrong, they are very cool, but without a G1 Soundwave/Blaster, they are virtually useless to me.

As for the generations line, I have a much different take on this. I was just meh on the regular release Primal. This one I like much better and ti comes with bonus prime masters and a cool looking scepter. Instant buy for me, and regular release is history, no interest any more.

Latebrus-K wrote:Hang on, have we ever seen this symbol before? I don’t have the original reference handy, but this not being one of the 13 we know or Optimus’s face suggests Unicron or something else entirely. Could this mean there are even more prime masters to be released?

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:We currently have 15 symbols, 12 confirmed for the Prime Masters and 3 of an unknown identity, until now: the blue and yellow one is one of those. We just need a name for the guy.

itscramtastic wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:We currently have 15 symbols, 12 confirmed for the Prime Masters and 3 of an unknown identity, until now: the blue and yellow one is one of those. We just need a name for the guy.

Pat. Pat Prime.

Flashwave wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:We currently have 15 symbols, 12 confirmed for the Prime Masters and 3 of an unknown identity, until now: the blue and yellow one is one of those. We just need a name for the guy.

Pat. Pat Prime.

Uh, how about Simon at least. Simon Prime. We try to forget about Pat.

as in Pat Lee, if you missed my drift.

Flashwave wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:We currently have 15 symbols, 12 confirmed for the Prime Masters and 3 of an unknown identity, until now: the blue and yellow one is one of those. We just need a name for the guy.

Pat. Pat Prime.

Uh, how about Simon at least. Simon Prime. We try to forget about Pat.

as in Pat Lee, if you missed my drift.

-Kanrabat- wrote:SDCC exclusive then. All right. I'll get that black ape. But MAN, will this thing be expensive. Especially if I have to buy this through HST.

Speaking of convention exclusives, anyone know if there will be some repaints of the deluxe PotP fembots? Because having only two suck big time for E1.

-Kanrabat- wrote:SDCC exclusive then. All right. I'll get that black ape. But MAN, will this thing be expensive. Especially if I have to buy this through HST.

Speaking of convention exclusives, anyone know if there will be some repaints of the deluxe PotP fembots? Because having only two suck big time for E1.

kurthy wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:SDCC exclusive then. All right. I'll get that black ape. But MAN, will this thing be expensive. Especially if I have to buy this through HST.

Speaking of convention exclusives, anyone know if there will be some repaints of the deluxe PotP fembots? Because having only two suck big time for E1.

Kind of expecting a windblade at some point before they put this technology to bed, maybe arcee.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

kurthy wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:SDCC exclusive then. All right. I'll get that black ape. But MAN, will this thing be expensive. Especially if I have to buy this through HST.

Speaking of convention exclusives, anyone know if there will be some repaints of the deluxe PotP fembots? Because having only two suck big time for E1.

Kind of expecting a windblade at some point before they put this technology to bed, maybe arcee.

I don't really expect any Windblades or other fembots for SDCC or in PotP for the rest of the year. But I do think that Hasbro will keep sprinkling in combiner limbs in the new lines and as other exclusives in the future. So I think eventually Elita-1 will have a full fembot team, but it might just take a while.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Latebrus-K wrote:Hang on, have we ever seen this symbol before? I don’t have the original reference handy, but this not being one of the 13 we know or Optimus’s face suggests Unicron or something else entirely. Could this mean there are even more prime masters to be released?

Kinda reminds me of upsidedown Fallen face But no, 15 is all we got.

kurthy wrote:

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

kurthy wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:SDCC exclusive then. All right. I'll get that black ape. But MAN, will this thing be expensive. Especially if I have to buy this through HST.

Speaking of convention exclusives, anyone know if there will be some repaints of the deluxe PotP fembots? Because having only two suck big time for E1.

Kind of expecting a windblade at some point before they put this technology to bed, maybe arcee.

I don't really expect any Windblades or other fembots for SDCC or in PotP for the rest of the year. But I do think that Hasbro will keep sprinkling in combiner limbs in the new lines and as other exclusives in the future. So I think eventually Elita-1 will have a full fembot team, but it might just take a while.

Yes, this is what I'm expecting, something before the technology is revamped but not this year.

Burn wrote:Can safely say that I have zero interest in either of the SDCC sets. And releasing the remaining Prime Masters as exclusives just means that the Prime Masters I have will stay in their Pretender shells and keep this little gimmick buried.

As a collector I shouldn't have to jump through hoops to get what should be general releases so I simply refuse to shell out a good chunk of my weekly wage for it.

So yeah, well done Hasbro, you might get a bunch of fanboys wetting their pants over this and willing to sell a kidney for it, but I won't be one of them.

Caelus wrote:I feel like the Pretender shells shouldn't have been paired with the Prime Masters.

Ideally [sigh], they would have been released with Titans Return style figures based on their inner robot modes. Even half@$$ing it, Bludgeon could have been a decent recolor of TR Megatron, and his pretender shell could have housed his Titan Master while in tank mode, or become his weapon while in robot mode. If one's willing to stretch a bit (i.e., reinvent a bit), Bombburst could have been made from Mindwipe, Iguanus from Skullsmasher, etc.

Then the Power of the Primes line would have actually included all of the Primes, with the Prime Masters being their included relics. It wouldn't have been impossibly costly to do the Thirteen either. Optimus is always on the docket. PotP Alpha Trion could have been a recolor of TR Alpha Trion, PotP Vector Prime could have been a re-release of Cybertron Vector Prime with a cyberkey retooled to hold his Prime Master.

Flashwave wrote:

itscramtastic wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:We currently have 15 symbols, 12 confirmed for the Prime Masters and 3 of an unknown identity, until now: the blue and yellow one is one of those. We just need a name for the guy.

Pat. Pat Prime.

Uh, how about Simon at least. Simon Prime. We try to forget about Pat.

as in Pat Lee, if you missed my drift.

Madeus Prime wrote:Guys...the rest of the Prime Masters after Megatronus, Solus, and Quintus aren't seeing individual release, are they?

starrhero wrote:So, any idea on what this version of Primal's name should be? are we going to stick with OpOp, call him just Optimus Primal, or something else? We can't call him Primal Prime, as he doesn't share the same colors.

Eh, I'm just going to call him Optimal Primal & pray to Primus (or in this case, Primal) that I can get him.

RustedCross wrote:Wait....if there are 15 symbols (that we may or may not get), are they suggesting there are 15 Primes?
I'm so confused.

kurthy wrote:

Madeus Prime wrote:Guys...the rest of the Prime Masters after Megatronus, Solus, and Quintus aren't seeing individual release, are they?

Highly unlikely.

Randomhero wrote:

Caelus wrote:Then the Power of the Primes line would have actually included all of the Primes, with the Prime Masters being their included relics. It wouldn't have been impossibly costly to do the Thirteen either. Optimus is always on the docket. PotP Alpha Trion could have been a recolor of TR Alpha Trion, PotP Vector Prime could have been a re-release of Cybertron Vector Prime with a cyberkey retooled to hold his Prime Master.

True but I don’t think you’re gonna convince anyone to buy a 13 year old mold of Vector prime now. No matter how you retool him he was a shelfwarner.

Caelus wrote:

Randomhero wrote:

Caelus wrote:Then the Power of the Primes line would have actually included all of the Primes, with the Prime Masters being their included relics. It wouldn't have been impossibly costly to do the Thirteen either. Optimus is always on the docket. PotP Alpha Trion could have been a recolor of TR Alpha Trion, PotP Vector Prime could have been a re-release of Cybertron Vector Prime with a cyberkey retooled to hold his Prime Master.

True but I don’t think you’re gonna convince anyone to buy a 13 year old mold of Vector prime now. No matter how you retool him he was a shelfwarner.

I figured that had more to do with market saturation. I love that toy. Though it was one of the few figures I've taken a paint brush to.