Reports are reaching us from online retailers (and Facebook group Planet Iacon) of two future releases in the Takara-Tomy Arms Micron range of Transformers Prime. Arriving in August are:
AM-17 Autobot Swerve (スワーブ)AM-18 Airachnid
Both are said to come with Arms Microns. Airachnid is potentially the same toy we have seen previously – she is described as a Deluxe class – while Autobot Swerve is a Voyager class. Speculation abound as to what this one actually is – hopefully we can update you soon with further information.
No word yet either as to what the July releases are, other than there will be two of them, and they will be numbered AM-15 and AM-16.
Update – The Allspark has posted that the katakana for AM-17’s name is スワーブ, which translates as Swerve, not Swoop. We can verify that this is the case – AM-17 will be a Voyager Class Autobot Swerve, not Swoop.
Starfire22
Seeing as how RK had listings up for deluxe ironhide a while back, a repaint sounds likely.
Though I don't like the trend of the 2nd characters getting the toys first. (Like dreadwing, and in this case kup)
Thundershot
So far, we've had no actual confirmation of a deluxe Prime Ironhide.
We have a deluxe Prime Kup scheduled for wave 5. Chances are, we'll get a deluxe Prime Ironhide remold of Prime Kup.
Asia Exclusive Swerve is a remold of Generations Deluxe Kup.
Prime Swerve is going to be a Voyager.
Starfire22
Are you talking about a commander repaint, or is there actually going to be a deluxe ironhide?
bossprime
There's still that Kup repaint Swerve coming out next year from japan.
Stepper
Looking forward to AM-18 Airracchnid
Arashistorm
true true, forgot about him as well. ah well, seems trying to make sense out of it is harder than it looks lol.
CelticMutt
Well, there's also Kup, who's going to be a repaint of Ironhide with a new head.
Arashistorm
Probably they don't want to use the same mold on the same faction at all, that's how it seems to me. Wheeljack's mold is being repainted to become a decepticon, ratchet's with the new head in the instructions seems like it will be a decepticon too…so Breakdown's decepticon mold becoming a package listed autobot doesn't seem too out of whack–but the except IS Hotshot who is a repaint and in the same faction..i dunno.
Stepper
Wow,there is Jet Vehicon,at last.
Ravenxl7
That would definitely be interesting, but unless the
I have a hard time seeing that being the case. I doubt that
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Being a Breakdown repaint makes sense. Should be interesting to see how the deco turns out, and whether or not it'll have a different head sculpt. If there is any in-show connection, I hope they repaint the Legion figure too.
Hypershock
the robot kingdom news post
Sy-Rein
Looks like it's true that there will be a Takara Jet Vehicon and from the RK description, Swerve will be a Breakdown repaint.
Thundershot
As long as he has a new head, I'm all for a Breakdown repaint.
Ratchets Hatch
Source?
2ndSndWve
I'm pretty sure it's a BD repaint.
Infosaur
Damn, no Lost Light Swerve?
Hypershock
Well its officially been announced that Swerve is a Breakdown repaint, as well as an official jet vehicon
Sinnertwin
Maybe Swerve in-show is
Makes sense that he'd repaint himself so as to have a new identity.
Crobot91
So Swerve is Breakdown according to Robotkingdom; interesting…
Gaokaiser
Oh, thank you, Razor24!
AM-15Megatron
AM-16Jet Vehicon
AM-17Swerve
AM-18Airracchnid
Jet Vehicon!!