It's that time again: New York Comic-Con is over, and so now it's time to go over what exactly we know about the figures in next year's Generations line, Power of the Primes. At this point, it's quite a lot! Some blanks were filled in at NYCC, some leaks confirmed, and even a couple minor surprises as to the nature of the Deluxe and Voyager accessories. Keep reading to see it all!
Deluxes are the most-known size class at present, officially speaking. They are: Blackwing(G1 Darkwing), Dreadwind, Jazz, Snarl, Slug, Swoop, Sludge, Terrorcon Rippersnapper, and female Autobot Moonracer. Officially, we only know that the Dinobots can combine, even though Combiner pegs are clearly visible on nearly everything and Rippersnapper was a limb for G1 Abominus. The hand parts, already discussed at SDCC as "armor" along with the non-Dinobot Deluxes, were rendered absent from those figures' cards though the spaces in the blisters were clearly visible. Argh.
Deluxe prices were mentioned in a press release given to some sites, and holds steady at $16.99.
We've seen all four of the Terrorcons in color: Rippersnapper, Cutthroat, Blot, Sinnertwin. It's been revealed that the original names for the entire team have been secured. Hasbro also didn't even pretend that the Terrorcons aren't combiners! Progress. They didn't out and out say all Deluxes are limbs... but they don't have to, since they said at the outset that all Deluxes have the breastplates that turn into hands.
We learned a couple things about hands, too! On the upside, now we know that every hand comes with a block to stick in the back to obscure the Prime Master port when it's not occupied. That was a completely new thing, and a nice touch! On the downside, every Terrorcon comes with a differently-colored hand that matches their own body... but not Abominus' feet. And worse, no two are the same color. Argh.
To compound the Argh, we found out that as we feared, Deluxes will at some point increase to the $19.99 price point pioneered by Transformers: The Last Knight. Meaning every Combiner you assemble will cost you at minimum $110.
Oh, also? Cutthroat, seen above, seems to be sporting one of the mold's alternate heads, which would be perfect for Monstructor member Wildfly. So... will the Pretender Monsters be for 2019, a Boxset, the Collectors Club, or Unite Warriors? It's entirely too soon to say!
There is a mystery item that has not been formally announced, and both Grimlock and Starscream were spotted with one. They look similar to a Prime Master, but a Prime Master is not named on the package front. With the one carded instance we've seen so far, Skullgrin, Prime Masters continue the Titan Master precedent of being packaged in Robot Mode and called out by name. The leaked product slides referred to a "Unique Enigma" being included with each Voyager, which leads us to believe that the Enigma of Combination that featured into the Combiner Wars storyline was, er, not unique. Attempts to see the back of Starscream's box were thwarted by a piece of paper presumably employed by Hasbro.
The side panel for Starscream's box (as seen here in a photo by Eric Crownover) did give us a brief glimpse of his combined mode; he seems to have a glowing item hidden in his chest's cockpit hatch. RAC's hypothesis: each Combiner torso will have a central spot to store its Enigma. Given Grimlock's big mouth, and the ability to open it in the combiner mode, that seems a good choice. There's even a spot for a "Titan Master Heel Spur" style of tab!
Three Voyagers have officially been shown: Grimlock, Starscream, and Terrorcon Hun-Gurrr. The SRP released to the press is $29.99, same as Transformers: The Last Knight Voyagers, but given the fact that we're seeing added complexity here with a minimum of 3 accessories per figure (foot bucklers, Enigma), that's a little bit easier to swallow than it was with TF5.
Also, we learned at some point after the writing of the previous article that Combiner hands are designed to plug into the back of the feet, making the feet larger and, hopefully, more stable.
The three known Leaders are Orion Pax to Optimus Prime, which features an extremely Sunbow Orion; Hot Rod to Rodimus Prime, who looks absolutely fantastic, and Optimus Primal to Optimal Optimus, who incorporates elements from all three seasons of Beast Wars, as the central robot turns into a Transmetal-esque jet surfboard instead of a more organic-looking gorilla. The SRP has gone up five dollars to US $49.99.
We've gotten our first official hint beyond a silhouette confirming the previously-leaked Titan Class Predaking. The wings of Divebomb were shown off both on the stream and as part of the display. It's difficult to say how large the Predacons will be at this point but at minimum, those wings don't look small!
There's still some questions to be answered: Moonracer was not shown, and there's still more leaked figures that we haven't seen. And we still don't know Starscream's combiner name. Heck, we're only up through Wave 1 on Legends, in fact! So there's still more to be revealed for Power of the Primes. Will that be at Toy Fair 2018, or will we get a sneak peek conference call sooner?
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