Energon Igniters Speed Series "Wolf"? Power Series "Power Ram"?

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  1. Nevermore

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    Found listed at ToyWiz:

    Transformers Bumblebee Movie Energon Igniters Speed Wolf Action Figure (Pre-Order ships February)

    UPC is 630509712953.

    Doesn't match any known figure.

    Also found on Walmart's website, under a rather generic title:
    TRANSFORMERS MV6 ENERGON IGNITERS SPEED SERI

    Also found in Target's systems via Brickseek.

    DPCI is 087-06-0660.


    Meanwhile, Entertainment Earth is listing Energon Igniters Power Series wave 2 revision 1:

    Transformers Bumblebee Movie Energon Igniters Wave 2 Rev. 1 - Free Shipping

    We've seen the (code?) name "Power Ram" before, at Amazon Australia:
    Transformers Power Ram Action Figures: Amazon.com.au: Toys & Games

    That listing is now also working at Amazon US, with an even more generic title:
    Amazon.com: Transformers Action Figures: Toys & Games

    UPC is 630509795260.


    And just for the record, the Nitro Series Camaro Bumblebee mentioned in the original Geekdad story from back in July is still AWOL.

     
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    I could be wrong but I could of swore “Wolf” was the code name for Movie Megatron for one of the prior bumblebee movie listings but then again I could just be remembering nothing.
     
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    Megatron's Studio Series code name was "Fox". Studio Series shares its code names with the Bumblebee Movie line.
     
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    Wolf is probably Dropkick helicopter mode and Power Ram is probably one of the cybortronian characters we see in the trailers, maybe Shockwave I guess?
     
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    i'm intrigued to see what wolf ends up being. wolf was the codename for lockdown's, well, wolves in the aoe toyline, and we were supposed to get a sparker toy of it but that never materialized. i can't see them revisiting that for a gimmick based off making vehicles roll quickly, but stranger things have happened.

    oh fuck, maybe they're bringing back beast riders from beast machines
     
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    Wasn’t “Wolf” also the codename for Ravage from the ROTF line?
     
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    Completely baseless speculation, but could 'wolf' be Helicopter Dropkick as a reference to the show Air Wolf (which was about an experimental military helicopter)?
     
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    Wolf, Ram, and what now?
     
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    Dropkick's code name is "Blue Light".
     
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    And Powerglide, obviously! ;) 

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    Yes, and more specifically, Blue Light 1 is his helicopter mode while Blue Light 2 is his car mode; similarly Red Light(ning) 1 has turned out to be Shatter's jet mode and Red Light(ning) 2 her car mode too (both forms fit with the Australian race horse code names). Hornet 2 is Blitzwing as a tank, so presumably there will be a Hornet 1 with his jet mode.

    As for Wolf and Power Ram, Wolf is also the name of an Aussie race horse, but not Ram (presumably the 'Power' part just denotes the price point as it's present in the other three characters' names). I guess with the inclusion of Megatron and Hot Rod in the line it really could be anyone from the movies. It wouldn't surprise me, though, if one or other of the Bumblebee moulds gets repainted as Cliffjumper.

    Interesting that these have shown up, but the 1-step changers that Takara have revealed are yet to show up on any Hasbro listings.

    'Wolf' was Steeljaw's code name in the AOE one step line and an unreleased Spark Jouster/Dino Sparker.
     
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    I think this could be Cliffjumper or Barricade
    but also it could be sound wave or Shockwave.
     
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    Maybe blitzwing or barricade. I can’t think of anyone else more relevant.
     
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    Blitzwing's code name is "Hornet". Barricade is "Destroyer".
     
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    \"Speed series\" probably for how fast they made them with how they look..
     
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    Cool. Then probably somebody from the cybertron battle.
     
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    [​IMG]confirmed
     
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    Ram might be Ironhide, but no clue on Wolf.

    Ram is likely a truck, or otherwise a vehicle style battering ram. Though "Ram" could be the codename because of a play feature too.
    Wolf suggests something of a lone wolf, or something of a pack style. Not much that I can think of that'd fit that.
    Likely connected to the movie in some way, or are more material from previous movies like Tank Megatron.

    Wolf makes me think of RID's Steel Jaw. But I don't think they'd go that left field for a movie figure. Though they could since they are trying to maintain kid interest with characters they know.
     
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    Once again, these code names are not an intricate mystery with cleverly placed clues for us fans to figure out. None of the code names we know of are thematically related to the characters. Most of them are randomly applied names of Australian race horses.
    Optimus Prime = Radar
    Bumblebee = Stryker
    Hot Rod = Destroyer
    Megatron = Fox
    Barricade = Destroyer
    Blitzwing = Hornet
    Shatter = Red Light
    Dropkick = Blue Light

    Literally the only character relations are the colors for Shatter and Dropkick (red and blue, respectively). Everything else is completely (presumably deliberately) random. Because again, this is not a puzzle Hasbro has created so some clever fans can feel smart when they figure it out. I cannot stress this enough.
     
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    Didn't say it was. But for inter-design codenames, usually you do want to use something that relates in some non-obvious but inter-office obvious enough matter. Didn't say it was a puzzle for fans. Most of the codenames do relate in different non-obvious ways though. (Most are used to avoid fans figuring it out right away deliberately. But these were fun ways to screw around about with.)

    Radar being the communications character in MASH, Optimus with his constant messages at the end or beginning as well as his message stored in bumblebee in the trailer.
    Bumblebee as a stryker, which is a common term for a boxer/fist fighter and the boxing quote Bee uses.
    Megatron as a Fox "cunning like a fox" or "fox god" or any other fox word play.
    Blitzwing as a hornet which is a plane.
    Shatter and Dropkick because of their colors. And how if you add "special" at the end they also reference retail sales/diner menu specials as one time offers or one time deals. Or "all-new original characters."

    Same as previous codenames that used planets also related in an obscure whatever way that was loosely but not always obvious to maintain secrecy. These are meant more for Hasbro inter-office to avoid big reveals too early or leaks. Though it is fun to guess and try to figure out how they relate or who it might be.

    If your Hot Rod one is correct though, that's kind of funny as it could relate to what he did in TFTM. xD
    And barricade is obvious too if his is correct because of his slogan on the car mode.
    Which then them sharing a codename makes it harder to guess which is which, but both relate to bumblebee in opposite ways.

    But I do kind of agree with someone else on "Ram" could be a cliffjumper too. It does fit with his "mess with the bull, get the horns" quote from Prime. Ironhide stuck out because there is a truck called a Ram. But you're right, it could be anyone. Sometimes codenames are obvious, sometimes they aren't. That's why they're codenames.
     
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