Transformers Power of the Primes Wave 2 and 3 Figures Listed at Hasbro Toy Shop

Hey o.supreme, your bringing up the topic of the combiners and all the limbs was with me tonight while I was doing some final cleaning and organizing of my apartment, and I figured I'd share my current combiners.

These are all my scramble city style combiners. Volcanicus is still using Jazz and Dreadwing, and StarKaiser is filling in for Liokaiser at the moment. Devastator and Defensor are chilling elsewhere, but this is it. By the end of PotP, I hope to have Megascream with his con flyers (and Dragstrip or gold Scream), Abominus, and maybe Elita Inf!nite or Infernocus, I don't know if I will actually leave them combined with the remaining bot limbs including Wreck-Gar. And Predaking, but he's not scramble, so slightly different there.



Actually, here are the remaining of my combiners:

That is an awesome display d-max I'm quite envious you also reminded me that I was coming in here to point out that people wanting an extra limb for their combiners could use the gold lagoon starscream...if they didn't mind one fifth of the combiner being total bling.

ZeroWolf wrote:That is an awesome display d-max I'm quite envious you also reminded me that I was coming in here to point out that people wanting an extra limb for their combiners could use the gold lagoon starscream...if they didn't mind one fifth of the combiner being total bling.

That will be my dilemma! If I get Gold Scream, it would round off a combiner of flyers with 2 Starscreams in it, plus the Dread bros and Blastoff. But then the Dragstrip I have sitting around wouldn't have a spot, even if he would be a bit out of place as a F1 car on a flying combiner. But then Gold Scream will be a bit pricey, so I'm uncertain at this point.

But he would look really cool. I wouldn't put it past someone to somehow get 4 and make a golden Megascream

Darn it, was hoping that they would have Elita One. Oh well... she can't hide forever.

With Toys R US out of action, where are some good places to check for figures? My local Target and Walmart never has anything. BBTS, TFSource, and Robot Kingdom are a little expensive right now. HTS is always out of stock.

Anyone find any of these in Texas stores? I have yet to find any there.

Yo, I found pictures of POTP (well, CW) Blast Off on here: http://www.robotkingdom.com/e1796as02.html

Ugh, you're killing me, Hasbro! You give this figure a much nicer deco than the UW version, but then you have to go and ruin it with those hideously tacky-looking stickers.

Also, bizarre decision in its using the Shuttler transformation instead.

Sabrblade wrote:Ugh, you're killing me, Hasbro! You give this figure a much nicer deco than the UW version, but then you have to go and ruin it with those hideously tacky-looking stickers.

Also, bizarre decision in its using the Shuttler transformation instead.

I don't have that mold. Can you chose which transformation to use or is it fixed a certain way?

RiddlerJ wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Ugh, you're killing me, Hasbro! You give this figure a much nicer deco than the UW version, but then you have to go and ruin it with those hideously tacky-looking stickers.

Also, bizarre decision in its using the Shuttler transformation instead.

I don't have that mold. Can you chose which transformation to use or is it fixed a certain way?

I think the arms are swapped between the original Blast Off and every other version (Strafe, Shuttler, this new Blast Off), so they only orientate correctly in one direction depending on which way they're assembled facing.

Sabrblade wrote:Ugh, you're killing me, Hasbro! You give this figure a much nicer deco than the UW version, but then you have to go and ruin it with those hideously tacky-looking stickers.

Also, bizarre decision in its using the Shuttler transformation instead.

They are tampographs, not stickers, though they are meant to mimic some G1 toy sticker detailing. No Deluxe sized figures or smaller have yet had stickers in the Generations line, outside of smaller partner figures included with some Titan Class releases. Stickers have mostly come on only Voyager, Leader, and Titan figures for now.

Man, why did they have to make me want this. I was quite content with my Baldigus being slightly different than my Bruticus. But the box display, the colors, I want this.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Ugh, you're killing me, Hasbro! You give this figure a much nicer deco than the UW version, but then you have to go and ruin it with those hideously tacky-looking stickers.

Also, bizarre decision in its using the Shuttler transformation instead.

They are tampographs, not stickers, though they are meant to mimic some G1 toy sticker detailing. No Deluxe sized figures or smaller have yet had stickers in the Generations line, outside of smaller partner figures included with some Titan Class releases. Stickers have mostly come on only Voyager, Leader, and Titan figures for now.

I hope ypu are right but I am not convinced

Flashwave wrote:Man, why did they have to make me want this. I was quite content with my Baldigus being slightly different than my Bruticus. But the box display, the colors, I want this.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Ugh, you're killing me, Hasbro! You give this figure a much nicer deco than the UW version, but then you have to go and ruin it with those hideously tacky-looking stickers.

Also, bizarre decision in its using the Shuttler transformation instead.

They are tampographs, not stickers, though they are meant to mimic some G1 toy sticker detailing. No Deluxe sized figures or smaller have yet had stickers in the Generations line, outside of smaller partner figures included with some Titan Class releases. Stickers have mostly come on only Voyager, Leader, and Titan figures for now.

I hope ypu are right but I am not convinced

Look at the picture of the figure in the box again. Check the lines between the colors on all the shapes on those chest details. You'll find that the lines aren't crisp and that there is paint slop and bleed over. There is some bad alignment on some of the details two when you compare one side to the other. They should be mirror images, but some details are offset a bit. This is common with tampographed paint details that are very intricate. Stickers would have perfectly clean lines between all the different colored details, because they're printed with much more sophisticated machines with laser accuracy. People were making the same assumptions about the Dinobots in PotP, but they were wrong too. It's all paint and no stickers with Deluxe and below (for the most part).

Sabrblade wrote:

RiddlerJ wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Ugh, you're killing me, Hasbro! You give this figure a much nicer deco than the UW version, but then you have to go and ruin it with those hideously tacky-looking stickers.

Also, bizarre decision in its using the Shuttler transformation instead.

I don't have that mold. Can you chose which transformation to use or is it fixed a certain way?

I think the arms are swapped between the original Blast Off and every other version (Strafe, Shuttler, this new Blast Off), so they only orientate correctly in one direction depending on which way they're assembled facing.

I think the point is better made with some lovely pics. Before that, it's worth mentioning that when TakaraTomy first designed it, they went for cartoon-accuracy. They achieved it by having the shuttle's nose compress into the (stuck-out) chest.



They did have the foresight to sculpt chest-like detailing where the port is, which was used for his retool Strafe:



... and again for Shuttler aka Movor, as Car Robots aka RiD 2001 suddenly went toy-accurate which the G1 cartoon was not. Note the orientation of the arms compared to Blast Off, emphasis on the elbows and hands.



It's the "toy-accurate" Shuttler orientation Hasbro used, but you can still get the cartoon-accurate one by switching the arms and turning the upper body 180. Finally, Hasbro Blast Off should benefit from a minor retool introduced by Strafe, that made the head panel less prone to popping off.

Me needs Blast Off so badly, my Onslaught is lonely.

Thanks to several fellow Seibertronians for pointing us towards this bit of news! Site sponsor Robot Kingdom has updated their preorder listing for Prime Wars Blast Off with new images, which give us our first look at the final deco of the figure, which is a recolor and redeco of Unite Warriors Blast Off.



It's more faithful to the G1 toy colors, and also sports some significant changes from the UW version- the arms and physical orientation of the figure have been switched to give the figure an even closer match to his original toy, and there are tampographed details on his chest that mimic the stickers found on his 1986 toy release. The change from the shuttle-gut to a more G1 toy accurate look aren't entirely new, though; this chest orientation had been used for the UW Baldigus use of the mold, Movor.

As we can also see from the photos, Blast Off will come in a box with a front panel featuring him in space shuttle mode, that will open to showcase the figure in package.




We also get our very first look at the included Prime Master, Megatronus, who sports a very nice looking deco of translucent red plastic and two different shades of grey.



It's interesting to note that while he's being released during the Power of the Primes line, with POTP style artwork, the text inside the box flap refers to Combiner Wars, and that line's logo appears on the packaging, along with a Prime Wars Trilogy logo.

 


So what do you think of these new images? Are you more excited to get this figure than before? Please let us know in the comments below!

That looks really good, shame they couldn't have gave him prime armour so he could use megatronus

Not seeing any links or images in the news or forum post?

This may be an odd place/method of saying this but, nice article Bounti! It reads really well IMO

Man, I was really hoping this Blast Off wouldn't be in the Hasbro CW toy colors... because now that I know he is, it means I definitely have to get him. That purple is just so delicious, I can't pass it up! Fingers crossed I find some not-impossible method of obtaining him down here.

(Although... did they just do what they did for CW Lightsteed as well, and glop a huge swathe of paint over the clearly-sculpted windows to try and pretend like it's one big canopy? Ick.)

Call me nitpicky, but I just can't get over the obvious in-your-face arms for the shuttle mode.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Call me nitpicky, but I just can't get over the obvious in-your-face arms for the shuttle mode.

...Actually, you know what you just made me realize? In that stock image his arms are the "Unite Warriors" way around, with the forearms and fists facing upward, instead of the Strafe/Movor/This-Very-Toy orientation which should have the backs of the forearms facing up instead.

Not only interesting, but it also means his arms won't be as bad and obvious on the toy as they are in that image. So if the arms on Movor above look less disagreeable to you (I know they do to me), then your complaints can be at least slightly remedied

Qwan wrote:(…)then your complaints can be at least slightly remedied

Well, I don't think it will ever be. There's no places for those arms to go not to make them conspicious. A shuttle should have a perfect round shape or it's not a shuttle. I could have forgiven it if the wings were hiding the arms like for the other jets and it's forgivable for a spaceship like Computron's Strafe. But it just look out of place on a shuttle. I can understand some undercarriage for transformers jets and planes, but when the obvious bots bits are anywhere else than the bottom, it just make me facepalm... or make me rage. Like that FAUX-KING RotF Starscream.




That jet was the cleanest ever, but they just had to REMOVE the hinges for the wrists to give us a big fat FA-Q.

Really love that space shuttle deco. Much better than takara in my opinion.

yeah Hasbro wins this one over Takara but i won't it as i already have my shuttle boobs Blast-Off.

I propose Jet Blast-Off be made a canon Combaticon Off-Blast

-Kanrabat- wrote:
That jet was the cleanest ever, but they just had to REMOVE the hinges for the wrists to give us a big fat FA-Q.

That was a beautiful jet. I still miss that mold just for the front and front 3/4 view of him! Wonderful stuff.

Also, I'm excited for Blast Off! I should probably buy 4 so I can finally have some semblance of Bruticus as I missed the other bots for Bruticus and 4 of these would be cheaper than buying one of these and three of the others most likely

We have some more Blast Off goodness coming to us from site sponsor Robot Kingdom. They posted on their Facebook page some new in hand images of Blast Off out of his box.

While, he comes packaged with his chest in a certain orientation, as can be seen here, the images show that it is more than possible to give the toy the same look that the Unite Warriors version had, with the shuttle front being on his chest.

Is this a look you will give your toy? Or will you stick to the Movar configuraton? And what will you do with your previous Hasbro Blast Off? Let us know!

Darn. I wanted to use the Takara version transformation but he kinda looks plain with the all brown chest.

Ick that cockpit. Ick, ick, ick.

Otherwise, he looks awesome! I'll be sticking to the Movor-style chest personally, but he looks decent enough either way around. I haven't been this hyped for an exclusive since TR Brainstorm - hopefully I'll have an easier time getting Blast Off than I did trying to get him!

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Ugh, you're killing me, Hasbro! You give this figure a much nicer deco than the UW version, but then you have to go and ruin it with those hideously tacky-looking stickers.

Also, bizarre decision in its using the Shuttler transformation instead.

They are tampographs, not stickers, though they are meant to mimic some G1 toy sticker detailing. No Deluxe sized figures or smaller have yet had stickers in the Generations line, outside of smaller partner figures included with some Titan Class releases. Stickers have mostly come on only Voyager, Leader, and Titan figures for now.

If that's the case, their being tampos is even worse.

I have my Takara Blast Off transformed this way. I didn't like having that big belly on him.

Found Inferno Yesterday. Just want to make sure though...the back of the box shows similar Prime Armor/Feet as Hun-Gurrr, only black, but what he actually came with was the same prime armor/feet as Starscream and Elita-1, does that match up with anyone else who has Inferno?

Now just to find those wave 2 Deluxe Dinobots and I'll be caught up with everything that's been spotted in the U.S. so far.

o.supreme wrote:Found Inferno Yesterday. Just want to make sure though...the back of the box shows similar Prime Armor/Feet as Hun-Gurrr, only black, but what he actually came with was the same prime armor/feet as Starscream and Elita-1, does that match up with anyone else who has Inferno?

Yeah, that was a switch made seemingly late in production. Oddly, while the Prime Armor is made from the Seeker type, the Enigma is still redecoed from Hun-Gurrr's.

The cockpit glass needs work. Looks unfinished.

Aimless Misfire wrote:The cockpit glass needs work. Looks unfinished.

They colored it toy-accurately.

Sabrblade wrote:

Aimless Misfire wrote:The cockpit glass needs work. Looks unfinished.

They colored it toy-accurately.

They overdid it. I guess coloring the individual sections and leaving the struts(?) as is would have been too complicated compared to a single smear.

Requesting comparisons with Jetblast in advance.

Still hate the junky-looking obvious arms in shuttle mode but eh at least it's still the shuttle and not the extra-lazy aerialbot repaint from combiner wars. Slight nostalgia for my old G1 Combaticons wasn't enough for me to buy any of them though.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Still hate the junky-looking obvious arms in shuttle mode but eh at least it's still the shuttle and not the extra-lazy aerialbot repaint from combiner wars. Slight nostalgia for my old G1 Combaticons wasn't enough for me to buy any of them though.

At least the jet scaled better than a shuttle

Excuse me if this has been answered before but can blast off do a rook and do hulk hands?

ZeroWolf wrote:

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Still hate the junky-looking obvious arms in shuttle mode but eh at least it's still the shuttle and not the extra-lazy aerialbot repaint from combiner wars. Slight nostalgia for my old G1 Combaticons wasn't enough for me to buy any of them though.

At least the jet scaled better than a shuttle

Well yeah, scale was one of the things I hated most in G1 and the Combaticons were one of the biggest offenders since they didn't even look right with their own team-mates in alt-mode. Stunticons did (but then combiners have their own issues in combined form too like a lorry with car limbs wouldn't actually be as tall as a concorde with jet limbs).

Transformers as a concept is a headache in itself.

ZeroWolf wrote:

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Still hate the junky-looking obvious arms in shuttle mode but eh at least it's still the shuttle and not the extra-lazy aerialbot repaint from combiner wars. Slight nostalgia for my old G1 Combaticons wasn't enough for me to buy any of them though.

At least the jet scaled better than a shuttle

Excuse me if this has been answered before but can blast off do a rook and do hulk hands?

He can indeed.

The glass painting is kinda shoddy but otherwise I actually like this better than the Takara deco. I never minded the ochre-brown of Takara Blastoff but this is definitely nicer looking. Even the tampos are kinda cool in that old-timey toy way. Having them be optional stickers on a separate sheet for the consumer to apply if they wanted them might have been better, but they look cool.

Now I almost want to get him and the rest of CW Bruticus. Or at least, I would if I hadn't already decided I like the look of the UW Baldigus/Ruination set better. Still, this is cool.

I think I'll try getting this Blast Off, I like it more than the Combiner Wars jet, and the Megatronus Prime Master looks great, though part of me wishes it was Nexus Prime instead. I'm also slightly disappointed that the HFG isn't a newer one that fits a Prime Master, I was hoping to give Bruticus a pimp hand infused with the power of The Fallen, but I suppose I can borrow a hand from one of my other POTP Deluxes.

I’m down to get one as I’ve yet to experience actual Blast Off or Strafe. I just hope it won’t be a major pain in the ass to get one.

Also, translucent hinge joints on something as small as a Titan/Prime Master is a little worrying...

Mindmaster wrote:I’m down to get one as I’ve yet to experience actual Blast Off or Strafe. I just hope it won’t be a major pain in the ass to get one.

Also, translucent hinge joints on something as small as a Titan/Prime Master is a little worrying...

Which reminds me, any reports of broken ghosts or spikes?

Glad they went with Strafe's design instead of that UW version of Blastoff with the barrel chest.

So the only question now is, is only Robot Kingdom selling this figure?

I don't like ordering from them.

Blast off is a good figure but felt very different from the other CW/UW figures. Could never figure out why. This version looks REALLY good. If it has the head fix then this might be better than Takara's version. Now, where did I put my UW set...

YoungPrime wrote:Glad they went with Strafe's design instead of that UW version of Blastoff with the barrel chest.

So the only question now is, is only Robot Kingdom selling this figure?

I don't like ordering from them.

Blastoff and Strafe are the same design, just with the arms switched. Anyone can choose and use whichever chest they want for Blastoff (both Takara and Hasbro) and Shuttler/Movor. All you have to do is swap the arms then rotate the head and waist 180 degrees.

Amazon has a placeholder listing for Blast Off so I'd keep your eye on them.

UW Blasty was a pain in the ass. But this looks pretty awesome.... guess I need it

Blastoff looks good! He will go great with Megascream!

Also found this guy yesterday. So far, I think he feels better than the other uses of the mold, and love how you can get the cannons up over his shoulders

We have some great news for fans looking forward to completing their Abominus. The third wave of Power of the Primes deluxes have been found in the US. Scottimus Prime found them at Walmart in Centereach Long Island, New York. This wave contains the remaining Terrorcons Cutthroat, Sinnertwin and Blot the troll. A MAGA-less Jazz is also repacked in this wave.

So, have all you fans found the wave 2 deluxes yet and thus ready for this new wave? Which of the three new toys are you most excited for? If you find these toys too, let the community know through the sightings section and your respective regional sightings forums!

Can I find the wave 2 Deluxes first, please?

william-james88 wrote:So, have all you fans found the wave 2 deluxes yet and thus ready for this new wave?

Nope

william-james88 wrote:Which of the three new toys are you most excited for?

Any that show up in my area, if ever.

william-james88 wrote:If you find these toys too, let the community know through the sightings section

Been doing just that.

Oh also, I forgot to ask earlier. one of the ankle tilts on the Prime Armor/Feet for Inferno was really loose. This is the first one I've had like this. Anyone else experience this?

Mindmaster wrote:Can I find the wave 2 Deluxes first, please?

Frikkin exactly. At this point, we have half of 2018 left, and only a single deluxe to look forward to since Wave 3 is being found. and so many figure are not being spotted by many, merely a blink and you miss it appearance.

I hate this distribution shite so so so much right now. Volcanicus is screaming for limbs that he should have had 6 months ago.

Splitting up the teams was a dumbass decision on Hasbro, especially since there were only 2 firkkin teams! and you broke 1 up by having a 3 member wave and a 5 member wave which could easily have been 4 and 4!