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Power Battlers Wave 3 sighted at US retail

Posted by william-james88 Dec 17, 2014 at 7:42pm CST 25,585 views
Fellow Seibertronian Bounti76 has spotted wave 3 of the Power Battlers with a picture to confirm it:

I found the latest wave of Power Attackers at a Target in Salt Lake City, UT.






Wave 3 features the following figures:

Dinobot Slug (Smash and Slash!)
Dinobot Snarl (Hammer Strike!)
Galvatron (Spinning Grinder!)
Grimlock (Spinning Mace!)
Lockdown (Missile Blast!)

If ever you spot them, make sure to report it in the appropriate sightings thread.
Power Battlers Wave 3 sighted at US retail
Power Battlers Wave 3 sighted at US retail

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Re: Power Battlers Wave 3 sighted at US retail (view post)
Comment by BERSEKAEL Dec 18, 2014
I think that G1 colors Slag is a must have, besides I've finding already clearance of AoE all around
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Comment by MaverickPrime Dec 18, 2014
Wait, they just recently spotted them in the US??? we got them a couple of weeks ago in Mexico! WE GET THIS CRAP EARLIER BUT WE JUST THIS WEEK GOT THE FIRST VOYAGER WAVE AND THE SECOND (without the first) WAVE OF DELUXES??? :-x
Ok, I hope whoever is in charge of the distribution here in Mexico gets fired, (s)he is doing a god-awful job. :sad:
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Comment by crimsondeception Dec 18, 2014
Since Age of Extinction's toy lines is coming to an end I'm guessing there won't be a platinum edition re-deco of Snarl now will there?
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Comment by william-james88 Dec 18, 2014
crimsondeception wrote:Since Age of Extinction's toy lines is coming to an end I'm guessing there won't be a platinum edition re-deco of Snarl now will there?


Doesnt look like it. But thena gain, he got the G1 treatment that others didnt get. That's better than Slash, he got nothing at all aside from his deluxe release.
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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat Dec 18, 2014
crimsondeception wrote:Since Age of Extinction's toy lines is coming to an end I'm guessing there won't be a platinum edition re-deco of Snarl now will there?


He, Slog and Slash to an extent never even appeared in the movie as I've heard so no point in making "movie-accurate" decos for them. :lol: Slash did have concept art, but that's it.
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Comment by crimsondeception Dec 18, 2014
Awww but they would have looked so good together!

http://imageserver.moviepilot.com/trans ... height=419

Now that I think about it, I am surprised Slog got in the Dinobots Unleashed pack.
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Comment by Bounti76 Dec 18, 2014
crimsondeception wrote:Awww but they would have looked so good together!

http://imageserver.moviepilot.com/trans ... height=419

Now that I think about it, I am surprised Slog got in the Dinobots Unleashed pack.


I'm guessing that they included him so they'd have another Voyager-Class figure in the package to justify the price.
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Comment by -Kanrabat- Dec 20, 2014
I dunno if it was mentioned before and I'm too lazy to check. I thought the AoE line was over. Then lo and behold, there's some new 1step changers at my local TrU. On sale to boot! There's the Dog, Crosscut and two I never expected: ROTF Megatron and a very classic looking Prowl! Got the doggie, Megs, and Prowl:

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Dog is funny, but his non-gimmick front leg is too loose so he have a hard time standing on all four. Prowl is based on Drift and he's quite nice. Megatron is quite big and he got a very minimalist but effective transformation.

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Comment by Sabrblade Dec 20, 2014
And short of his actually making it into a movie, that's likely to be the only toy that Movie Prowl will ever get. :P
Re: Power Battlers Wave 3 sighted at US retail (view post)
Comment by -Kanrabat- Dec 22, 2014
WTF would they KO standard toys that are available everywhere for cheap? It make no sense. The only KO I would accept and buy is an upscaled voyager AOE Galvatron to AoE Leader size.
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Comment by robotmel Dec 22, 2014
-Kanrabat- wrote:WTF would they KO standard toys that are available everywhere for cheap? It make no sense. The only KO I would accept and buy is an upscaled voyager AOE Galvatron to AoE Leader size.
:-?
The moulds could have been copied or stolen while everything was new and at full price, which could explain that. :???:

If it becomes anything like the various TF Prime figures that got knocked off, we will probably see recolours and upscales, probably with Optimus Primes head attached to all of them! :lol:

If the Voyager Hound and Galvatron had actually been released over here in the UK at Toys R Us or Smyths then I would have picked them up but as Hasbro couldn't be bothered I will be ordering these come pay day! :michaelbay:
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Comment by william-james88 Dec 22, 2014
robotmel wrote:
If it becomes anything like the various TF Prime figures that got knocked off, we will probably see recolours and upscales, probably with Optimus Primes head attached to all of them! :lol:


Do you have any links to these or pictures to show? It's the first time I hear of this for the Prime line.
Re: Power Battlers Wave 3 sighted at US retail (view post)
Comment by robotmel Dec 22, 2014
william-james88 wrote:
robotmel wrote:If it becomes anything like the various TF Prime figures that got knocked off, we will probably see recolours and upscales, probably with Optimus Primes head attached to all of them! :lol:

Do you have any links to these or pictures to show? It's the first time I hear of this for the Prime line.
;)
http://sirtoys.com/
All sorts of Prime good ness to be seen here bud, big ones, small ones, some as big as your head! :lol:

Heres a few for you to me going on with...

http://sirtoys.com/toys.php?c=1&p=1398&t=TFP_OS_Wheeljack_V2_Yellow.html
http://sirtoys.com/toys.php?c=1&p=373&t=TF_Prime_Oversized_Optimus_Prime.html
http://sirtoys.com/toys.php?c=1&p=1358&t=TFPBH_Predaking_Leader_Red.html

On topic: I have finally picked up my first AoE figure, the Evasion Mode Optimus as part of the Evolution 2 pack, flames and all!
As the regular version is no longer available via Toys R Us (at least online or in my local store) I might get the KO of that as well, but will have a little fiddle with the Flamin Evasion one first! ;)
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Comment by Peridot Dec 22, 2014
robotmel wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
robotmel wrote:If it becomes anything like the various TF Prime figures that got knocked off, we will probably see recolours and upscales, probably with Optimus Primes head attached to all of them! :lol:

Do you have any links to these or pictures to show? It's the first time I hear of this for the Prime line.
;)
http://sirtoys.com/
All sorts of Prime good ness to be seen here bud, big ones, small ones, some as big as your head! :lol:

Heres a few for you to me going on with...

http://sirtoys.com/toys.php?c=1&p=1398&t=TFP_OS_Wheeljack_V2_Yellow.html
http://sirtoys.com/toys.php?c=1&p=373&t=TF_Prime_Oversized_Optimus_Prime.html
http://sirtoys.com/toys.php?c=1&p=1358&t=TFPBH_Predaking_Leader_Red.html

On topic: I have finally picked up my first AoE figure, the Evasion Mode Optimus as part of the Evolution 2 pack, flames and all!
As the regular version is no longer available via Toys R Us (at least online or in my local store) I might get the KO of that as well, but will have a little fiddle with the Flamin Evasion one first! ;)

I'd be more wary of those KO AOE figures if I were you. The plastic on them looks terrible, overly bendy and cheap.
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Comment by Overcracker Dec 23, 2014
Just got the Prime Evolution 2 pack. While I had the Ultra Magnus repaint of the Classics Prime Mold, I wanted a Prime colored one to go with my other Primes .
I love the chromed grill and legs, However the wind vane is completely devoid of paint. For some reason. A silver Sharpie should remedy that, but it puzzles me why the Wind vane / Gun has no paint. In any case, the hinge it pegs on to is quite loose, so it drops back in truck mode, and has a hard time staying up in robot mode if you choose to keep in on his back. Not sure if I can tighten a pin hinge though.

Other than that, Evasion mode prime is very nice. The silver feet are a nice improvement over the thick blue feet of the original Hasbro release. The blue shoulders still scream for some paint though.

All in all a petty decent set.
Not sure I can say the same about the Grimlock set though. Still debating whether the set is worth buying if I only want the Energon Mold. Not to interested on Movie Grimlock. and I'd need to go hunt an Energon Swoop to go wit him. Maybe I can find a 2 pack on clearance after Christmas. They don't seem to be moving around here.
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Comment by Sabrblade Dec 23, 2014
Overcracker wrote:However the wind vane is completely devoid of paint. For some reason. A silver Sharpie should remedy that, but it puzzles me why the Wind vane / Gun has no paint.
For G1 toy-accuracy. G1 Prime's gun was solid black and the top of his truck cab was solid red.
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Comment by william-james88 Dec 23, 2014
Sabrblade wrote:
Overcracker wrote:However the wind vane is completely devoid of paint. For some reason. A silver Sharpie should remedy that, but it puzzles me why the Wind vane / Gun has no paint.
For G1 toy-accuracy. G2 Prime's gun was solid black and the top of his truck cab was solid red.


Yup, totally agree with that. However, that doesnt excuse the vane from being super loose.
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Comment by Autobot032 Dec 23, 2014
KOs already? That's pretty quick... Might be the fastest turn around I've seen so far.
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Comment by Peridot Dec 23, 2014
Autobot032 wrote:KOs already? That's pretty quick... Might be the fastest turn around I've seen so far.

There was an Animated Voyager Optimus KO released before the Hasbro one came out.
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