Transformers: Age of the Primes toyline discussion || update: stock renders of upcoming Alpha Trion, Micronus, Flatline, Fireflight, Skydive, ++

So my amazon Heatwave order just moved from end of June to Tuesday (he's in stock to ship now.)

And my Silverbolt/Superion preorder moved from November to July 15th.

Both of which I thiiink should be fine, financially speaking though it gives me huge agita when preorders make sudden jumps closer to now.


-ZacWilliam, The Commander would be an issue if I hadn't used a gift card to knock it down to $45

Oh, I hope that doesn't happen for Amazon.ca yet... I'm not ready. We just got the Switch 2, and I had to miss my pre-order of Capcom Fighting Collection 2 AND the Krispy Kreme Pac-Man donuts for that... D=

Even before I read the description I could tell Horri-Bull would be a redo of Skullcruncher.

That's was clear since the Fangry 4 pack figure.

Official pics of AotP Wave3 (Deluxe Micronus, Fireflight, Skydive and Venom, Voyager Alpha Trion and Flatline and Leader Onyx Prime.) plus the Sandstorm vs Slugslinger 2-pack.


I was about to go "They massacred my boy" about Micronus untiI realized that's just a big suit for a minicon!

I like the one shot of Alpha Trion ready to shank a someone with a feather

Thoughts:

Alpha Trion: I should have guessed it'd be the A-3 style design. It's not my favorite look for him but it's neat to go with the Aerialbots and we already got his baseline look. He's a maybe for me, but I'd like to.

Micronus: AMAZING. Love the creativity. Love the Pretender-y shell. Love that it's the Apex armor. Love the monocycle. Love him turning into a Minicon disk. Love that he'd make an awesome Scrounge remold. Must Buy.

Fireflight/Sky Dive - My two favorite Aerialbot characters. And they look exactly like they should. Sold.

Onyx - Great design. Definitely want.

Venom - Loved his toy as a kid. And he's the last Insecticon I need. Paranoid Insecticon Leader is must own. (Now do a Beet Papil homage.)

Flatline - He looks beautiful color wise but I don't know the character and don't need him.


ZacWilliam, and I like Sandstorm but not sure I want to pay for a second Slugslinger to get him.

who the hug is flatline

waste of a slot imo

The only real issue with Flatline is he doesn't have a hearse for an altmode. I'll still buy him to go with Smolder and Chopster.

Princess Viola said:

who the hug is flatline

waste of a slot imo

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Decepticon medic from the comics.

ZacWilliam1 said:

Alpha Trion: I should have guessed it'd be the A-3 style design.

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It's actually the younger Alpha Trion from "War Dawn". A-3 had a more minimalistic design with a little black mustache.

Undead Scottsman said:

Official pics of AotP Wave3 (Deluxe Micronus, Fireflight, Skydive and Venom, Voyager Alpha Trion and Flatline and Leader Onyx Prime.) plus the Sandstorm vs Slugslinger 2-pack.

Age Of The Primes Wave 3 + Exclusives First Look

Just in from Amazon France is our first look at Age Of The Primes Wave 3 + Exclusives! -Voyager Alpha Trion -Deluxe Micronus Prime -Leader Onyx Prime -Deluxe Fireflight -Deluxe Skydive -Voyager Flatline -Deluxe Venom -Voyager Sandstorm vs Slugslinger Check it all out after the break and stay...

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I was about to go "They massacred my boy" about Micronus untiI realized that's just a big suit for a minicon!

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So... is Micronus Jetfire's dad?

LordGigaIce said:

So... is Micronus Jetfire's dad?

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Oh, so the first wheel was a Mini-Con storage panel all along.

Yeah, excepting the Sandstorm/Slugslinger set, all of these are BOUGHT for me.

Woo, new toys!

Deluxe- I’m pleasantly surprised Hasbro committed to a 4 figure wave here. I was almost expecting Venom to get bumped out.
Fireflight and Skydive are what they are. If you’re big into Aerialbots or have already been collecting the parts, these will “check off” the boxes. I’m passing this time around.
Venom is solid, and I’m glad to see Hasbro get him out. Especially keeping with his bold colors, really refreshing in the product range, IMO.
Micronus I’m quite enamored with. I wondered how Hasbro was going to do this character, but I’m thrilled to see some out of the box thinking. The “Apex Armor” is wonderful addition that adds play value without sacrificing the “nature” of the character.

Voyager-
Alpha Trion is high on my list. I’ve been waiting years for a solid, mainline, Alpha Trion not derived from someone else that actually looks like the original series. He looks great, and I’m a bit tickled that his “Prime gimmick” was actually interpreted so literally for his toy.
Flatline is sexy. Black and red usually are, but he turned out nice.

Wreck N’ Doom Sandstorm and Slugslinger: I don’t have that much need for Sandstorm, new cartoon face or not. He’s not someone that is high on my want list. But that Slugslinger? I missed him back in Titans Return, and I won’t lie that dark blue is just sexy AF. Probably going to have to dig out my Ransack and see if I can use him as trade fodder.

Mark Maher updated his Instagram with fresh pics and commentary on the upcoming Target 4 pack

I like Micronus and Venom. Probably buying those. Micronus is a neat use of the Minicon gimmick but I do wish the smaller robot turned into something other than an easily marketable logo. They went all out for venom; he even has little clear orange inserts inside the holes in his shins. Wing placement looks awkward as hell though. Really should find a Ransack.

Don't care about frame combiners. Aerialbots don't do enough for me to change that.

Alpha Trion I'm iffy on since I don't like the moustache without a beard look on him. That said, actually painting the thing a darker color might help. I wonder why they photographed his triangle mode from so many angles.

Flatline is eh. I want to try the mold out but his colors are on the bland side. If they wanted to commit to the bit, black with bits of white would evoke a mortician. Might be a decent custom project.

Onyx looks good, buying him.

The two pack's okay. I don't have a Sandstorm and the navy blue on Slugslinger looks great so if it's a decent price, I could bite.

Venom is a definite get.

I'm still sitting out the Primes for now due to budget and space, but Micronus may be the exception.

Flatline looks good, but I don't have an attachment to the character and I may hold out for another Red Alert version. I figure this will hang around longer anyway since people will just be all about the Primes and combiner bots.

Aerialbots look damn good, but still on the fence about the overall thing. They're such leaps above the CW ones in some ways but I just don't know.

Wow, I am LOVING the look of Flatline! I've always felt Armada Red Alerts legs were waaaaaaay too long, but when it's all in black it's much less noticeable. Loving all the translucent red, new head sculpt is nice, different paint deco, and all the hand/gun attachments remind me of his spiritual brother, Cannonball. That said, he needs a lick of silver paint here and there to break up all the black, probably on the arms and legs, but I trust Toyhax will think of something good.

Wonder if Hasbro will do like a pink swoop and yellow Sludge to complete the set or just make the unreleased boxart colors to go with Greymon Grimlock