#Hascon Transformers: Power of the Primes renders - Optimus, Grimlock and more
Friday, September 8th, 2017 1:16PM CDT
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Posted by RustedCross on September 8th, 2017 @ 1:20pm CDT
Posted by Diem on September 8th, 2017 @ 1:22pm CDT
Sludge being smaller than Grimlock doesn't ring right to me but everything else here is neat.
Posted by Sabrblade on September 8th, 2017 @ 1:29pm CDT
Posted by RustedCross on September 8th, 2017 @ 1:30pm CDT
My only complaint is the fear of stickers. I hate stickers, and I see a few there. Hopefully Takara fixes that issue, if it actually is one when the final product hits the shelves.
Posted by Diem on September 8th, 2017 @ 1:32pm CDT
Posted by RiddlerJ on September 8th, 2017 @ 1:37pm CDT
bluecatcinema wrote:"Volcanicus"? As names go, it could have been worse...
Always thought Barbaricus would be a good Dino Combiner name.
Posted by Kurona on September 8th, 2017 @ 1:40pm CDT
Posted by Mr.MicroMaster on September 8th, 2017 @ 1:55pm CDT
Posted by Quantum Surge on September 8th, 2017 @ 2:05pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on September 8th, 2017 @ 2:09pm CDT
Posted by Terrsolpix on September 8th, 2017 @ 2:14pm CDT
Posted by jtanimator on September 8th, 2017 @ 2:15pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on September 8th, 2017 @ 2:25pm CDT
jtanimator wrote:I'M PANICKING I'M SO EXCITED TO GET THE ENTIRE ACCURATE DINOBOT TEAM!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm sure this has been asked everywhere, but when is this line going to begin release? Do we know if all of the listed dinobots will be in the same wave?
Slash, Swoop, Slug and Grimlock are all wave 1.
Snarl, Sludge are wave 2.
Posted by Va'al on September 8th, 2017 @ 2:26pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on September 8th, 2017 @ 2:30pm CDT
Nope. The movie one uses male pronouns in its bios.Terrsolpix wrote:Looks like slash is a fembot, does that mean the movie one is too? I guess that makes the kibble work as a ponytail.
Posted by Diem on September 8th, 2017 @ 2:38pm CDT
Posted by Sigma Magnus on September 8th, 2017 @ 2:49pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on September 8th, 2017 @ 2:50pm CDT
Diem wrote:Given the LeMans-esque car mode on new Jazz I'd really love to see a Deluge from it.
One of the streams/clips/Periscopes I was following earlier mentioned he may have something to do with Mirage, actually!
Posted by Diem on September 8th, 2017 @ 3:03pm CDT
Va'al wrote:Diem wrote:Given the LeMans-esque car mode on new Jazz I'd really love to see a Deluge from it.
One of the streams/clips/Periscopes I was following earlier mentioned he may have something to do with Mirage, actually!
That would be a waste; I'm pretty happy with the two deluxe neo-G1 figures we already got and the chest in robot mode would be totally wrong.
Posted by ArmadaPrime on September 8th, 2017 @ 3:04pm CDT
One of the decos was presumably scrapped last minute in favour of the other, I can only hope that the blue won out!
Also that this doesn't become a repeat of the grey/tan onslaught nonsense from the other year...
Posted by PopCultureGeek2063 on September 8th, 2017 @ 3:12pm CDT
Posted by Graviton on September 8th, 2017 @ 3:19pm CDT
Posted by Kyleor on September 8th, 2017 @ 3:36pm CDT
Dagon wrote:I just noticed this from looking at the images, but the Prime masters or whatever they're being called, the Pretenders...they're basically this as the Titanmaster figures now, right? It looks like the same thing, only with a dedicated robot form, whereas some of the Titanmaster things are dinosaurs or some other type of vehicle. I don't own any of the Titanmaster ones, but I'm thinking of Apeface, whose little vehicle thing is a jet and an ape. These new things are essentially the same thing, right?
And the little guys turn into heads still? I know they're probably supposed to be something else, but that's clearly a headmaster mode....
It looks like they may be an update of Pretenders, but with an outer shell that actually does something this time.
Posted by Optimum Supreme on September 8th, 2017 @ 4:01pm CDT
And there's a 6th dinobot now? Interesting.
Posted by DMSL on September 8th, 2017 @ 4:05pm CDT
Posted by frogbat on September 8th, 2017 @ 4:28pm CDT
I just realised what's bothering me bout the new prime... a lack of shoulder cannons. I find that the figure's weapons often complete the look and feel of a figure that's meant to homage a g1 toy etc. This time they seem to have gotten his hand gun right, but screwed up by not having his shoulder cannons.
Also I'm still pretty smitten by the Previous TR PM prime, was undoubtedly flawed, but it was pretty close to the image I had in my head as a kid. The new one reminds me a bit more of the slmmer version that appeared in the back of box power master artworks.
Posted by partholon on September 8th, 2017 @ 4:34pm CDT
on the dinos im hoping they look a little better in real life than the renders. i probably wouldve prefered them to be more detailed/articulate than have the combiner gimick like what weve got already in the titan master line.
some of the updates there were astounding (im looking at you triggerhapy !)
but hey its a combining dinobot team so i cant really be that sad
i DO think the names daft though. i presume its a nod of the head to G1 cartoon and their origins there, what with the idea of them coming from the discovery of fosils around the ark. it doesnt help that it hardly rolls off the tongue either like abominus or predaking do.
but i like the design of it. funny thing about the class size is now sludge looks like he did in the regeneration one series.
Posted by Kurona on September 8th, 2017 @ 4:34pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on September 8th, 2017 @ 5:11pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on September 8th, 2017 @ 5:17pm CDT
Especially considering how that's a fraction of the turn out at Hasbro toy reveal panels of the past several BotCons.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on September 8th, 2017 @ 5:38pm CDT
Legends slash looks cool. If she combines, Volcanicus will be the 3rd CoEd combiner in a year!! (as in male and females in 1 combined mode. RiD Ultra Bee and Galvatronus are the other 2)
Prime looks cool. I didn't really want to buy him, but he looks like he can be my definitive "G1" Prime, seeing as how every other one I have is G2, Japanese-more based, or combined.
I love dinobots, so all these images excite me. Volcanicus looks alright, though the name is killer, and the head, to quote a friend, is "Like Grimlock's head crossed with a demon" so I am down with that. Just the torso looks a bit... odd. Maybe slash will form chest armor. Or a bombass sword
Posted by COMMANDER on September 8th, 2017 @ 5:43pm CDT
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https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UcpPwSJiT6M/hqdefault.jpg
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I have to say, I am excited about the whole Abominus/Predaking thing. Enjoy
Posted by WreckerJack on September 8th, 2017 @ 6:04pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Man, all that stadium seating accommodating thousands... only for the panel turn out to be about 50-150 people. Ouch.
Especially considering how that's a fraction of the turn out at Hasbro toy reveal panels of the past several BotCons.
Sometimes they do that because it was cheaper to rent or fly everyone to. It also happens with WWE events even though it looks bad it does't mean anything really.
Posted by ebonyleopard on September 8th, 2017 @ 6:58pm CDT
Posted by ebonyleopard on September 8th, 2017 @ 7:00pm CDT
RustedCross wrote:Seriously loving the dinobots. I can't believe we are getting new dinobots that look like the originals, apparently transform roughly the same as the originals, and have the added capability of combining. That's just awesome.
My only complaint is the fear of stickers. I hate stickers, and I see a few there. Hopefully Takara fixes that issue, if it actually is one when the final product hits the shelves.
Hopefully Hasbro lets US put the stickers on, because I love applying stickers. Always did as a kid.
Posted by WreckerJack on September 8th, 2017 @ 7:03pm CDT
Ebonyleopard wrote:Slash is a fembot? (Fist pump) Yes! I always hoped if they made a female dinobot it'd be a raptor.
Yes, that was announced today. I thought how did I miss that? But it turns out that Slash is indeed a lady. (Even though I always think of the guitarist from Guns n Roses)
Posted by griftimus prime on September 8th, 2017 @ 7:19pm CDT
Posted by Kurona on September 8th, 2017 @ 7:25pm CDT
griftimus prime wrote:hoping they make a 2 foot tall scorponok.
... Combiner sized?
I'm personally wanting a Leader-class Scorponok. For many reasons...
Posted by griftimus prime on September 8th, 2017 @ 7:44pm CDT
Kurona wrote:griftimus prime wrote:hoping they make a 2 foot tall scorponok.
... Combiner sized?
I'm personally wanting a Leader-class Scorponok. For many reasons...
plex,max and tryp sized.
Posted by Kurona on September 8th, 2017 @ 7:46pm CDT
griftimus prime wrote:Kurona wrote:griftimus prime wrote:hoping they make a 2 foot tall scorponok.
... Combiner sized?
I'm personally wanting a Leader-class Scorponok. For many reasons...
plex,max and tryp sized.
Oh yeah, they will at some point.
Posted by william-james88 on September 8th, 2017 @ 8:01pm CDT
Sigma Magnus wrote:Is this all there's gonna be for Power of the Primes reveals, or might there be more today or tomorrow?
I wouldnt put my hopes up, though I surely wouldnt mind seeing more
Optimum Supreme wrote:Make a T-rex a bigger class than a brotosaurus?
We are still discussing scale?
Joking aside, Grimlock towered over sludge in their G1 beast modes, so it fits
Posted by Zeedust on September 8th, 2017 @ 8:26pm CDT
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Maybe slash will form chest armor. Or a bombass sword
I don't think she's part of Volcanicus at all, unfortunately. The back of her card just shows that she can carry around Prime Masters.
Posted by Kurona on September 8th, 2017 @ 8:30pm CDT
Posted by fenrir72 on September 8th, 2017 @ 8:45pm CDT
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on September 8th, 2017 @ 9:01pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on September 8th, 2017 @ 9:09pm CDT
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Hate to be that guy, but was there any word on when the exclusives will be available on Hasbro toy shop after the convention?
no, none, sorry
Posted by Tigertrack on September 8th, 2017 @ 10:27pm CDT
I'm in for two sets myself, and the g2 and Diaclone sets. Wants me an official black torsoed Snarl. Blue Slag is cool too. Be fun if they do the concept g2 colors for some of these guys too.
I love seeing the dinobots, but I really want to see Terrorcons. Please Hasbro? You can't tease us like that and not share! I'm also with Chuck, I still need to grab skater-prime.
Posted by X3ROhour on September 8th, 2017 @ 10:41pm CDT
DINOBOT COMBINER!
woot!
Posted by Dagon on September 8th, 2017 @ 10:42pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:Sigma Magnus wrote:Is this all there's gonna be for Power of the Primes reveals, or might there be more today or tomorrow?
I wouldnt put my hopes up, though I surely wouldnt mind seeing moreOptimum Supreme wrote:Make a T-rex a bigger class than a brotosaurus?
We are still discussing scale?
I love that picture. It may be my favorite Transformers image of all time.
Posted by Rated X on September 9th, 2017 @ 3:22pm CDT