Toy Fair 2018 - Gallery of Transformers: Power of the Primes Optimal Optimus #HasbroToyFair #NYTF
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The gallery, which you can view in full here, accompanies the initial look we reported on here and the official image posted by Transformers Facebook earlier today. Check out a selection below, spotlighting the two main modes for the Evolved version, and the Optimus Primal sk8r munky mode looking proud!
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Posted by ZeroWolf on February 17th, 2018 @ 6:39pm CST
Glarryg wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:shocksound96 wrote:Still no star saber? WTF!!!
There's been nothing to substantiate that he's coming out, he's never even been rumored, I wouldn't get my hopes up too high
Well, nertz. Star Saber's a perfect candidate for the Evolution gimmick, and it's not like they'd have to make him a psycho like in IDW.
I hope we'll be getting some more combining Legends guys, though, because I'm super stoked for Battletrap. Come on, Flywheels/Slamdance/Beastbox/someone else!
Glarryg
I would have loved a star saber in this evolution gimmick but alas it was not meant to be apparently. Though I'm curious is primal getting put out on his own or is one of the other leaders being re-released alongside him.
Also I share yourhope for the other duocon and I think it would be neat if you could mix and match with them...wouldn't be that hard to pull off right?
Posted by Lore Keeper on February 17th, 2018 @ 6:39pm CST

Posted by Zaries on February 17th, 2018 @ 6:41pm CST

Posted by Lore Keeper on February 17th, 2018 @ 6:43pm CST
Posted by Va'al on February 17th, 2018 @ 6:56pm CST
Check out below a selection of the newer figures from the displays, including the original names of the Terrorcon team, with Voyager and torso Hun-Gurrr, and limbs Rippersnapper, Blot, Cutthroat, and Sinnertwin. You also get closeups of Prime Masters and Decoy Suits featuring Bludgeon, Octopunch, and more. Click on any image for the full gallery!











Posted by Overcracker on February 17th, 2018 @ 7:02pm CST
Posted by ebonyleopard on February 17th, 2018 @ 7:05pm CST
Posted by SG Roadbuster on February 17th, 2018 @ 7:08pm CST
Lore Keeper wrote:I know many clues point to PotP not being long for this world, but I really hope we get enough deluxes to round out complete combiners. Abominus is already set, but we need at least one more Autobot or two more Decepticons in order to have more than ONE complete combiner in the whole toyline. Ideally, we'd get two more fembots to complete Elita Infin1te, three more carbots for the Inferno torso, and two more cons for Starscream. Unless they've really been keeping things under wraps, this isn't looking very likely.
you could always take some rejects from other teams to fill out Inferno and Starscream.
Alpha Bravo and Rook are homeless now that Slingshot and deluxe Groove took their jobs back, so there's 2 limbs for Inferno.
if the rumors anout UW shuttle mode Blastoff getting a us release are true, then you can kick CW jet Blastoff off of your Bruticus, pair him up with Offroad and toss them onto Starscream.
Posted by Skritz on February 17th, 2018 @ 7:08pm CST
Edit: Btw I may be in the minority but I actually think this Optimal Optimus is looking quite nice. It was never intended to be a 1:1 remake of the original toy and I'm fine with the compromises it take given that beside the new gimmick they fully committed to keeping it's overall design very close to the original. Plus, in spite of how little he used in in the show, the robot and beast mode were always the main attraction for a Beast Wars figure. And, oh man, does he look like one.
Posted by Albatross250 on February 17th, 2018 @ 7:21pm CST
Skritz wrote:Do we have any proof that PotP is ending after Wave 4? That and I wonder if there is anything new in that wave or if it's repack-and-one-new-figure (which makes me damn glad I don't intend to chase down Novastar becasue Slugslinger was a P A I N to chase down at retail)? Is that reallly it for Potp?
Edit: Btw I may be in the minority but I actually think this Optimal Optimus is looking quite nice. It was never intended to be a 1:1 remake of the original toy and I'm fine with the compromises it take given that beside the new gimmick they fully committed to keeping it's overall design very close to the original. Plus, in spite of how little he used in in the show, the robot and beast mode were always the main attraction for a Beast Wars figure. And, oh man, does he look like one.
Hmmm. some of the bots on the wave is missing, Flywheels and other Duocons were missing in this wave.
Posted by Albatross250 on February 17th, 2018 @ 7:23pm CST
Posted by Vic Zanzibar on February 17th, 2018 @ 7:25pm CST
Posted by Overcracker on February 17th, 2018 @ 7:26pm CST
Ebonyleopard wrote:Aw, you man the Inner Primal won't have a gorilla mode? I'm a little sad now (or am I looking at this wrong?)
No. The inner Primal turns into a skateboard for the larger monkey mode.
Combined they form the full Optimal Optimus Robot Mode.
Posted by Skritz on February 17th, 2018 @ 7:27pm CST
It's a shame because these are both combiners which are well within the possibility of (relatively) cheap engineering. Especially since we've seen that Hun-Gurr shares a skeleton with Silverbolt. Snaptrap would have been plausible out of Grimlock or Hun-Gurr, really. The rest of the Seacons are a joke to retool compared to that. Alas, it seems unlikely unless they announce them in Wave 5. Which may not even exist.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on February 17th, 2018 @ 7:27pm CST

... and this is evidence Hasbro just reuses display models from the previous show

But fear not:

Posted by Skritz on February 17th, 2018 @ 7:30pm CST
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
... and this is evidence Hasbro just reuses display models from the previous show
This guy right here is such a tease. I bet they had some Wildfly/Yokuryu plan down the line but scrapped it, at this point.
Posted by Albatross250 on February 17th, 2018 @ 7:35pm CST
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
... and this is evidence Hasbro just reuses display models from the previous show
But fear not:
i wish one of these have a running change.

Posted by Skritz on February 17th, 2018 @ 7:40pm CST
To the child in me, they're the coolest stuff ever. Even the lackluster (by comparison) Dinobots of PotP have been a blast.
Posted by EmirateXaaron on February 17th, 2018 @ 7:40pm CST




I picked up the Rippersnapper, but didn't have the money or desire to get the Dinobots.
Posted by Albatross250 on February 17th, 2018 @ 7:40pm CST
Skritz wrote:As much as people complained about retool abuse in CW, I'd say it would be a serious shame if those new Dinobot and Terrorcons molds aren't reused for Piranacon and Monstructor. The two of which seem sadly less and less plausible, especially since they scrapped those big boxset halfway into Titans Return.
It's a shame because these are both combiners which are well within the possibility of (relatively) cheap engineering. Especially since we've seen that Hun-Gurr shares a skeleton with Silverbolt. Snaptrap would have been plausible out of Grimlock or Hun-Gurr, really. The rest of the Seacons are a joke to retool compared to that. Alas, it seems unlikely unless they announce them in Wave 5. Which may not even exist.
Don't forget, Leozack for the Starscream/Elita-1 mold too.