We’ve got word of two lots of new toy sightings at UK retail today!
The big news is that Power of the Primes Legends Wave 2 has made its western debut in the UK – with much of Wave 1 yet to hit retail in the UK. Legends Wave 2 is something for fans to get excited about – there’s a new Legends class Tailgate in there, a retool of the new Windcharger from Wave 1, along with two new characters, Battleslash and Roadtrap. The latter two are a combiner – pick them both up, and you get an almost Deluxe sized, Classics / Generations version of the Duocon, Battletrap – except unlike his 1987 original, he’s now got individual robot modes. All three were spotted in the Burton Toy Planet by TFW2005 members returner and Shockscream!
That’s not all though – Wave 1 of the Prime Masters have also hit UK retail. Wave 1 has neat updates of Pretenders Metalhawk, Skullgrin, and Cloudburst – with the Prime Master figures Vector Prime, Liege Maximo, and Micronus. These are also showing up in Toy Planet stores, this time in Derby, as well as Burton.
Happy hunting my friends across the UK! Enjoy all the new, cool toys!
rlmiddleton
So basically he’s like one of those dicks on the motorway who likes to hoon it at 100mph and then…tailgate…people…ahhhhh.
Oniconvoy
Right. He’s already doing that. He’s been gifted the powers of a God and he…just keeps doing it?
payres
Have you read his 1986 TFU entry? Who's Who in the Transformers Universe
kaszal
Well for FS was is the point of living anymore!
MelodiousGiant04
Takara is combining production with Hasbro, they will be the exact same.
kaszal
Yeah, I heard that Takara aren't changing much but surely the white paint will be even, like the yellow on TR Bumblebee?
Seems Takara used to be better e.g. RTS Jazz vs United Jazz.
Oniconvoy
He’ll be the same.
kaszal
I just got Tailgate from the Nottingham Robot Comany…
Transformers Power of the Primes Tailgate
He looks good in both modes and is fun to transform. I like the G1 head and chest. I think the mold suits him better than POTP Windcharger but obviously not as good as the old Scout RTS Windcharger mainly because they insist on the stupid gimmick that Legends size vehicles must fit a driver. Unfortunately it makes the bot mode hollow and dumpy.
As usual Hasbro failed to match patch properly and the white is different on the doors. Also, would it kill them to paint the wheel rims?
I'm looking forward to what Takara do with him.
ultramagnus1
All the cards have variations on speed for him.
Doesn't bother me really.
rlmiddleton
Every injustice of bots being forced to obey speed limits? Jezuz. They really ran out of ideas.
ultramagnus1
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payres
Toys in hand. I've got no camera at the moment s don't ask for pictures but…
Card scans at Power of the Prime collector cards: Post scans here!
Other images which may be of interest:
Battleslash and Roadtrap's insert side image is Battletrap!
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ultramagnus1
It will be the weekend before I get a chance but I will.
payres
Power of the Prime collector cards: Post scans here! could do with pictures of the cards!
ultramagnus1
So these guys came out here today. I literally left work early to get them in bamba toymaster in Dublin. So stoked to have these guys View attachment 27904590
ultramagnus1
Picked up wave 2 legends today. Pics incoming. So happy lol
payres
Orbital Comics on Twitter
Euro carded stock again.
payres
The reason it's so cheap is that is either a knock off or, at best, factory seconds.
See See TR Legends on ebay from China: fakes? and TMUK Forum: Transformers Generations Legends for more.
I'm pretty convinced they're KOs, each has of the TR ones has a trading card with the same stats on the back.
BB Shockwave
Ah that explains it. Anyway, hope chinese sellers will list them soon. For some reason, Legends stuff from TR and PotP (but not much else) is available super cheap from there.
Guess they follow the same logic Steam or Amazon does, that 12$=12EUR=12Ł… regardless of how much the currency exchange is at the time. Sigh…
payres
Primemasters: Now found in ASDA, which means a more widespread distribution: the end of January UK toy thaw is starting
United Kingdom Transformers Sightings
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Worth keeping an eye on ASDA for Legends and to see WHICH Legends they get.