Oof. I checked eBay for Energon Ultra Magnus and don't see a single one.
Did my TroopBuilder senses start tingling?
Maybe, if they are indeed Autobots, then it be the first Autobot troop builder, outside of Junkions and they need to stand against the old Prime Vehicon drones as troop builders
Didn't we get an Autrooper in that troop builder pack?
Which is odd, because he was an eBay exclusive back in the day.
Overcharge is Quintesson-aligned.
I went and looked for him too. Usually there is one somewhere around the $200 mark.
Sureshot and Ramjet look interesting to me; the rest I'll probably pass on.
And for his last trick, Jtprime17 reveals what comes after Legacy. Get ready for Generations Prime! Not that Prime, though.
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Never would have guessed we'd start getting the 13.
2025 New Mainline Found – Legacy Ends, Enter The Thirteen, Combiners & More In Generations Prime!
Finishing off leak week with with a bang, following on from Legacy United's 5th wave, we have new product intel many fans have been waiting with bated breath for thanks once more to TFW's Jtprime17: The next Generations mainline. In short, Legacy looks to be coming to an end, and it seems its...
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Never would have guessed we'd start getting the 13.
Wow.
1) Even more than the last list of United toys from yesterday this feels like a made up fake list of all the awesome stuff folks have asked for. If it wasn't from the source it's from I'd be a bit incredulous.
2) I'm happy that it seems real though because this stuff is WAY up my alley. Gonna be an expensive year.
The 13 Primes - I LOVE the idea of getting all of these guys as a set. Can't wait to see where they go with the designs and alt modes. Half of them in the first year is ambitious and I like it.
-Solus Prime
-Alchemist Prime
-Micronus Prime
-Prima
-Alpha Trion
-The Fallen
-Onyx Prime
Aerialbots - Yay, my favorite Combiner team. Because it was my first Scramble City team and Sky Dive has always been my favorite Combiner guy. I'm pretty happy with the CW versions, but if they improve it as much as Legacy Menasor I'm pretty likely on board.
-Air Raid
-Fireflight
-Sky Dive
-Slingshot
"And All The Rest..." - Surprised the other RiD Bros or a couple RiD Preds aren't here. That said I like a lot of people who are. I'll take Animated Wasp even though I havn't bought the other Animated toys. Venom is one of my most wanted figures. Heatwave is awesome. Love the idea of a Skybyte not crippled by kibble (please?) and Flatline is cool. The odd Bot out is Swindle. Feels like they should save him for the next year with presumably the other Combaticons. And weird no Silverbolt here, unless he's the Commander and not included.
-Animated Wasp
-Crasher
-Swindle
-Venom
-Armada Red Alert
-Rescue Bots Heatwave
-RID Skybyte
-Flatline
G2 Grimlock
-ZacWilliam, I'm sad show model BM Jetstorm and Botanica aren't here but that particular unlikely desire of mine aside this is a really awesome list.
1) Even more than the last list of United toys from yesterday this feels like a made up fake list of all the awesome stuff folks have asked for. If it wasn't from the source it's from I'd be a bit incredulous.
2) I'm happy that it seems real though because this stuff is WAY up my alley. Gonna be an expensive year.
The 13 Primes - I LOVE the idea of getting all of these guys as a set. Can't wait to see where they go with the designs and alt modes. Half of them in the first year is ambitious and I like it.
-Solus Prime
-Alchemist Prime
-Micronus Prime
-Prima
-Alpha Trion
-The Fallen
-Onyx Prime
Aerialbots - Yay, my favorite Combiner team. Because it was my first Scramble City team and Sky Dive has always been my favorite Combiner guy. I'm pretty happy with the CW versions, but if they improve it as much as Legacy Menasor I'm pretty likely on board.
-Air Raid
-Fireflight
-Sky Dive
-Slingshot
"And All The Rest..." - Surprised the other RiD Bros or a couple RiD Preds aren't here. That said I like a lot of people who are. I'll take Animated Wasp even though I havn't bought the other Animated toys. Venom is one of my most wanted figures. Heatwave is awesome. Love the idea of a Skybyte not crippled by kibble (please?) and Flatline is cool. The odd Bot out is Swindle. Feels like they should save him for the next year with presumably the other Combaticons. And weird no Silverbolt here, unless he's the Commander and not included.
-Animated Wasp
-Crasher
-Swindle
-Venom
-Armada Red Alert
-Rescue Bots Heatwave
-RID Skybyte
-Flatline
G2 Grimlock
-ZacWilliam, I'm sad show model BM Jetstorm and Botanica aren't here but that particular unlikely desire of mine aside this is a really awesome list.
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One interesting thing someone pointed out. Micronus is a deluxe and not a core... which made me realize there's no core class figures on that list... Is Hasbro getting rid of the core class?
So my interest in the franchise has been waning a bit; RotB was a return to the bay style movies missing all of the lessons from Bumblebee, Earthspark is great but is being woefully represented by it's toyline, and I'm trade waiting on the comics because I don't want to deal with Amazon's comixology. (I get to read the TF book in MAY, yippee) Meanwhile Legacy and Studio Series have each been slowly amassing toys I don't care that much about. (G1-ified versions of non-G1 aesthetics, endless versions of various Optimus', Megatron and Starscream)
I cannot being to express how utterly devastating this week of announcements has been for my apathy, and today's announcement is just going to destroy my bank account.
One, possibly TWO combiners and a new Sky-Byte, possibly our first actual hearse Transformer (I'm not counting Ectotron) would have been a strong showing, but the fact they're delving in the 13 is just.. Transformers prehistory is a particular favorite setting of mine. I've wanted the 13 for ages and figured, at best, I'd have that recent Alpha Trion retool, Vector Prime and MAAAAAYBE a Fallen somewhere down the line. But Solus? Alchemist? Micronus? Holy cow!
My only regret is we're likely not going to get any fiction for this!
There's less figures that I don't want on that list than ones I do. A LOT less.
My poor wallet!
Though I guess I have a year to prepare, at least.
I cannot being to express how utterly devastating this week of announcements has been for my apathy, and today's announcement is just going to destroy my bank account.
One, possibly TWO combiners and a new Sky-Byte, possibly our first actual hearse Transformer (I'm not counting Ectotron) would have been a strong showing, but the fact they're delving in the 13 is just.. Transformers prehistory is a particular favorite setting of mine. I've wanted the 13 for ages and figured, at best, I'd have that recent Alpha Trion retool, Vector Prime and MAAAAAYBE a Fallen somewhere down the line. But Solus? Alchemist? Micronus? Holy cow!
My only regret is we're likely not going to get any fiction for this!
There's less figures that I don't want on that list than ones I do. A LOT less.
My poor wallet!
Though I guess I have a year to prepare, at least.
They have REALLY got to get some new damn names for these toylines.
I'm very intrigued about the possibilities, and I suppose the old combiners are indeed due a fuller redo by now. But a lot of my eagerness for this line rests on how much these things will cost by this time next year, and that's a sentence that honestly hurts to say.
I'm very intrigued about the possibilities, and I suppose the old combiners are indeed due a fuller redo by now. But a lot of my eagerness for this line rests on how much these things will cost by this time next year, and that's a sentence that honestly hurts to say.
Next Year: Rise of the Armada of Prime Masters of the War of the Energon Beast Matrix that Sparks the Buzzworthy Robots in Disguise of Titans of Cybertron Animate the EarthRise of the Legacy of the Classics of Generation 2.
The line has only one toy, it's a one-step changer. It's two modes are Bumblebee and Shockwave. He has long smokestacks and his hands are blue.
The line has only one toy, it's a one-step changer. It's two modes are Bumblebee and Shockwave. He has long smokestacks and his hands are blue.
They might just not be posted yet. Core has always seemed to on the “lower tier”, and I think it only exists, largely, to have something less than $25 for that “pillar” of the brand. That, and Hasbro’s decision to refocus on “major characters, cheap“ seems to reflect on fewer new figures, but more package refreshes and carry over.
Micronus might be a “core with accessories”, as we’ve seen Hasbro be more liberal with what a retail offering can entail.
Legacy United Wave 5- The listing is interesting to me, given the amount of “old stuff, new packaging” appears to be going on. My “gut” is telling me that this is a measure by Hasbro to extend United to the spring to avoid launching a new initiative right around the holidays. Between new episodes of Earthspark AND Transformers One both being major fall media initiatives, they might be eyeing to extend United to give more time to sell down inventory and Prime its own “launch window” in the spring (where “casual buyers” are lighter, perfect to target collectors). Still going to preorder Armada Wheeljack, given the retail backlog I’m seeing.
Generations Prime(s)-
I’m surprised to see a big push on The Thirteen. Even more so that so many are being hit in the 3 waves that seem to cover the 2025 line up. The 13 don’t particularly trip any of MY triggers, but I know they do for many. I don’t know if I’m getting “burned out” on Transformers, but there isn’t a lot appealing to me from that list as “must buys”.
Of what’s listed?
Venom- Well, I got Ransack, with two more slated for the Amazon Mayhem set…so I guess I’ll have to complete the set? Depends on if he gets a full new mold or is a glorified Waspinator retool.
Swindle- This is an odd listing. Is he a “preview” for the Combaticons in 2026…or a stand alone? FWIW, I’d LOVE to see an Animated Mercenary Swindle be a thing. It would give a nice Swindle in an Animated homage. I guess it will depend on what the Primes end up being.
Flatline- An interesting character is always a plus for me. Wiki says he was based on a Trailbreaker design, but given the other listings, my bet is that he’ll be an Armada Red Alert retool.
It’s hard to make any early decisions since I don’t believe that we’ll see the Primes take on the abstract designs they’ve typically been portrayed as, much less comprise AS MUCH of a retail line as they are in this instance.
MY BOY SKY-BYTE!!!!!
The Reckoning of the Electric Boogaloo
I guess we have been having a good run of late.
Legacy, while itself not a very impressive or novel name, is at least new to TF toylines, and turned into Legacy ___ , which is also new, and follow in the spirit of the toyline.
Siege, Earthrise, and Kingdom were neat, although the trilogy being debuted as "War for Cybertron" and announced as leading off with Cybertronian designs was a little confusing. "It's WFC and it has Cybertronian designs! No, not those ones, wait a few years to see those again."
Selects is an unexpected name, but it's fine. Studio Series is new and a nice way to capture what's being presented that cleverly also lends itself well to some variation, as we've seen. Collaborative nails what it does.
So I guess rather than continuing a pattern of samey toyline names, it's more that this sticks out. Although in general, we've seen a ton of reuse of certain terms.
Also, I suppose there is always room for this to just be a prelim name, anyway. Maybe it's Prime (something).
Watch it be "Prime Wars" just to really screw with us.
