Via a website and Facebook update from friend site and sponsor Robotkingdom, we finally have our first proper images of the upcoming Power Of The Primes Prime Wars Trilogy Blast Off.
We finally have a look at the first US release of Takara’s Unite Warriors Blast Off mold. This was a new mold which turned into a cartoon-accurate space shuttle instead of a jet like the Combiners Wars Blast Off mold (redeco of Combiner Wars Quickslinger).
The cover flap features Blast Off in shuttle mode with a big “Prime Wars Trilogy” logo on top. Underneath this flap we can see the figure in robot mode with a “Prime Wars Trilogy” logo and a “Combiner Wars” logo. While using the Unite Warriors mold, the figure comes with the configuration of Unite Warriors Shuttler: switched arms in order to use the shuttle’s nosecone on the robot mode’s back. This change and the new colors and tampos bring us a very nice toy-accurate Blast Off. The back of the box reveals the colors of the shuttle mode, once again in sweet G1 toy style colors. We can also spot his weapon/Combiner hand-foot which is the same included with the original Unite Warriors mold. To top it all, we have the Prime Master Megatronus included with this release.
According to the listing, this figure will start shipping by 1st July, 2018. You can check out the mirrored images after the jump and then sound off on the 2005 Boards!
Update: Robotkingdom have shared extra images via their Facebook account. We have now in-hand images of Blast Off in both modes and Titan Master Megatronus. There’s also an image that changed the arms position uses the shuttle’s nosecone as chest like the original Unite Warriors Blast Off mold. All images mirrored after the jump.
ex dtw2003
He hit Amazon where he’s exclusive about a month ago. I think he’s still available too.
Edit: ninja’d
denebian
Amazon exclusive in US, in stock right now. https://smile.amazon.com/Transformers-Combiner-Blast-Megatronus-Master/dp/B077YYP738/
Canbot
Did this guy ever make it to retail in North America?…do we still have a chance?
TFXProtector
Honestly, he's better than the UW version. Holds together better (possibly too tight) and he's toy color accurate. No special mods required, just swap the arms at the ball joints and you're Takara/toon accurate.
prime roller
He’s now available at retail here in Taiwan (at 合川héchuān, aka 大明dàmíng), but I’m still not sure if I’ll pick it up. I have the UW one, and like both versions. Do I want to demote the UW version? Do I want to spend NT$1100 to do it? (CAD$47; USD$36; AUD$49; EUR$31)
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coybrafett
I'm loving this guy so far. He is prime master compatible as long as you borrow from another figure. I couldn't decide which chest I liked better so I got 2. The barrel chest will spend most of his time as an arm. While I like the look of the bulky chest, I'd prefer to have the purple detail that is on the uw version so that the decepticon logo pops.
treatment
Got mine the other day. Came in a brown shipper-box ala TWE.
Anyway, pictarz with UW-07 Combaticons…
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Bot Marley
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TFfangeek
If anyone is interested I got a second Blast Off and painted him into his G2 colors, since I have G2 Bruticus. NO Bruticus images, but here he is next to the G1 space shuttle Blast Off and the first Combiner Wars G2 fighter jet Blast Off, which I have renamed Take Off. What do you think?View attachment 28053594 View attachment 28053594 View attachment 28053594 View attachment 28053594 View attachment 28053594 View attachment 28053594
DeathReviews
Yeah, you have little choice but to swap the arms. Otherwise when turning to a gestalt arm (which is where most people will leave him anyway) those protrusions at the tops of the shoulders will prevent you from folding the elbows all the way in, and getting them to lie flush. Either that, or you rotate the upper arm swivel so that they are facing the other way, but that means they interfere with the gestalt arm rotation because the poke outward the same direction as the combiner peg.
Destructimis Prime
Is this the shoulder swap? No one was posting pictures so I tried swapping the shoulders only leaving the arms on their correct side.![[IMG]](https://i.imgur.com/BCFHNHf.jpg)
Chancellor Todd
Got mine today, and it looks like just in time, too. Amazon now shows him as “currently unavailable.” Anyway, I swapped the arms for the UW configuration. I was pleasantly surprised to find ankle tilts and the (partsforming) option to give him a backfin like the G1 cartoon.
Purple Heart
Oh man. Mine has arrived but I won’t be able to pick it up until Thursday, which is the same day Repugnus gets here!
RotorstormNZ
Thank you for posting an in-hand image of Blast Off in the Blast Off in-hand image thread. It helps to ease the pain for not having one of my own!
Destructimis Prime
T-Hybrid
It's not as noticeable in arm mode (which most people will do because that's what he was on Bruticus in G1) but the moment you try to use him as a leg you realize something is up because his arms and wings can't lay flat against his body when folded up using the joints as they are. And *that* gets annoying in a hurry.
Knightsword
The painted part of the arms isn't meant to be seen in the shuttle mode. It's to replicate the cockpit canopy from the original toy's arms.
2fabdad
Your welcome Canada….lol
Smitty.1981
I don't care for how the backpack pushes the combiner peg out.
JT-bob
Oh, that's not good. That panel is a little loose on mine but it doesn't come off, I just shook the figure by its head and no dice. If you can't see an obvious reason – flash on the joint pins or the slot those go into – then I'd recommend rushing to get a replacement.