Hasbro’s Leaked From Cybertron: Power Of The Primes Predaking

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Black Convoy, Jul 27, 2018.

  1. Ra88

    Ra88 Dutchman!

    Joined:
    Feb 6, 2004
    Posts:
    10,283
    News Credits:
    26
    Trophy Points:
    362
    Likes:
    +2,279
    Well I already didn't like the look of Titan Predaking. Now I'm a little bit ticked off that we never got this on top of that. Sigh.
     
  2. Chopperface

    Chopperface Chadwick Forever

    Joined:
    Dec 13, 2009
    Posts:
    19,513
    News Credits:
    8
    Trophy Points:
    337
    Location:
    Chadwick Forever
    Likes:
    +15,306
    Hey Lynsey you doing anything later?

    Oh. Okay. Totally gotcha. Heh.
     
  3. NominusDP

    NominusDP Liking Shockwave is very logical

    Joined:
    Sep 10, 2017
    Posts:
    292
    Trophy Points:
    132
    Likes:
    +466
    YouTube (Legacy):
    Tumblr:
    Nice complaining in this comment section :p 
     
  4. SMOG

    SMOG Vocabchampion ArgueTitan

    Joined:
    May 13, 2006
    Posts:
    23,163
    Trophy Points:
    412
    Location:
    Robot Narnia, Quebec
    Likes:
    +9,486
    I definitely have mixed feelings about POTP Predaking.

    On the one hand, for G1 enthusiasts, it's definitely a big deal. A HUGE G1-style Predaking with all the original component bots, in (mostly) full-on G1 styling? And such a solid, well-proportioned, posable combiner? AND without using a gigantic Razorclaw as the core body? It's impressive, and I'm sure of us never imagined we would see such a thing.

    The engineering alone is what has really sold me on getting this figure (especially that stop-motion review, which was awesome!). I love the originality of the transformation. The individual bots are sadly sort of simplistic and hollow, like CW Devastator. Not ideal, but maybe tolerable.

    On the other hand, seeing this just reminds me of the nagging peeves I have around this set. The weird "lego block" style takes the idea of a retro G1 aesthetic, and then OVERDOES it... giving us Predacons who are even more awkward and blocky than the originals? Just... why?

    Then you look at the more curvy, stylish, Studio OX-style development art Hasbro was using... what could have been... :cry 

    And seriously... those spike-knuckles are one of those unique, memorable design touches that always said "Predaking" to me. It's sort of bewildering that Hasbro didn't go with them.

    I mean, sure... you can buy an upgrade kit. BUT YOU SHOULDN'T NEED TO BUY AN UPGRADE KIT. An upgrade kit usually suggests that there's something essential that is wrong or missing from the original.

    zmog
     
    • Like Like x 2
  5. SMOG

    SMOG Vocabchampion ArgueTitan

    Joined:
    May 13, 2006
    Posts:
    23,163
    Trophy Points:
    412
    Location:
    Robot Narnia, Quebec
    Likes:
    +9,486
    Also, yeah, Titan Class Dinobot combiner... OBVS...

    I don't even like the idea of combining Dinobots, but the notion of making them a Titan set seems so blisteringly obvious (especially as an autobot counterpart to Predaking).

    zmog
     
    • Like Like x 1
  6. Richard McBeef

    Richard McBeef Banned

    Joined:
    Jun 15, 2014
    Posts:
    834
    Trophy Points:
    172
    Likes:
    +659
    Yeah, but if we got Dinobots with the amount of compromises that the induvidual components of Predaking got, the bitching from fans would be LEGENDARY.
     
    • Like Like x 4
  7. YoungPrime

    YoungPrime Herald Of Primus

    Joined:
    Nov 27, 2004
    Posts:
    11,326
    News Credits:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    362
    Likes:
    +14,520
    What's really amusing about this video is that even they didn't show the Beast modes in it, while the individual Bot mode prototypes only got like 2 seconds.

    So they knew where they fcuked up at with this set and it's not just people like me just whining for no reason. LOL!
     
    • Like Like x 1
  8. ultramagnus1

    ultramagnus1 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 30, 2014
    Posts:
    2,306
    Trophy Points:
    222
    Likes:
    +1,232
    Its a very g1 set. I like it. Still waiting for my LCS to get him in and I can't wait.
     
    • Like Like x 2
  9. Richard McBeef

    Richard McBeef Banned

    Joined:
    Jun 15, 2014
    Posts:
    834
    Trophy Points:
    172
    Likes:
    +659
    I can't stop watching that stop motion review of him. It makes the whole set look just so damn cool.
     
  10. Mr Cross

    Mr Cross Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 2, 2011
    Posts:
    139
    News Credits:
    5
    Trophy Points:
    162
    Likes:
    +410
    What stop motion review?
     
  11. Bountyan

    Bountyan Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 19, 2008
    Posts:
    17,243
    News Credits:
    13
    Trophy Points:
    387
    Likes:
    +3,299
    I'm glad they made it a Titan class. I can only stomach so many samey 1 voyager 4 deluxe scramble toys and doing it this way let them get the scale closer to the G1 toys.
     
  12. Richard McBeef

    Richard McBeef Banned

    Joined:
    Jun 15, 2014
    Posts:
    834
    Trophy Points:
    172
    Likes:
    +659
     
    • Like Like x 2
  13. gabumon

    gabumon papertoy designer

    Joined:
    Dec 15, 2006
    Posts:
    4,002
    News Credits:
    4
    Trophy Points:
    312
    Likes:
    +1,359
    Hasbro would sell 10000% more toys if Every Single figure got this type of advertising treatment! Now IIIIIII want Predaking!!!
     
    • Like Like x 2
  14. T-Hybrid

    T-Hybrid Gnodab Kidult (He/Him)

    Joined:
    Aug 19, 2006
    Posts:
    38,099
    News Credits:
    58
    Trophy Points:
    412
    Location:
    Minnesota
    Likes:
    +77,902
    And the bitching that Predaking was a standard CW style combiner instead of five Voyagers to boot.
     
    • Like Like x 1
  15. ultramagnus1

    ultramagnus1 Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 30, 2014
    Posts:
    2,306
    Trophy Points:
    222
    Likes:
    +1,232
    Looks great. As I said waiting patiently for my LCS to get him in.
     
    • Like Like x 1
  16. SMOG

    SMOG Vocabchampion ArgueTitan

    Joined:
    May 13, 2006
    Posts:
    23,163
    Trophy Points:
    412
    Location:
    Robot Narnia, Quebec
    Likes:
    +9,486
    Well, yes and no. I think that if we got a CW-style Predaking, most people would have been fine with that. Obviously, there will always be a few gripes. Clearly, the best-case scenario would be getting a Titan Predaking AND a Dinobot Titan, so the Autobots finally get a large-scale combiner (and you get that nemesis effect, with a clear size-appropriate adversary).

    I've just recently gotten the POTP Predaking set, and despite some simplifications and compromises here and there, the Predacons are actually quite impressive. This set is (IMHO) far superior to the CW Devastator set. The individual bots are generally meatier, and with fewer concessions made to articulation and overall solidity. Of course, this set also is much more expensive than the original CW Devastator set, and comes with fewer figures, so...

    There's something about the thick, chunky tactile experience of this set that is very much like handling the original G1 Preds. Each bot (especially the leg-bots) are so robust in-hand, that it's hard NOT to immediately imagine how nice it would be to have a Dinobot team with similar heft and scale. The Predacons are large voyagers... and probably weigh more than any recent voyager figure we've had! They would have made great Dinobots!

    In terms of build, I wouldn't say that these Predacons are really substantially different in their engineering level or materials than the Deluxe POTP Dinobots we got... and I think that in terms of proportion and overall aesthetic, this Predaking still beats out the stock Volcanicus hands-down (of course, Volcanicus is particularly lame, admittedly).

    So yeah, I think that a Titan Dinobot team would have actually been a really good set, and mostly well-received, as long as they got the aesthetics on-point.

    As it stands, that remains my biggest complaint about POTP Predaking. It's not the engineering. I don't even mind the big backpack kibble. It's just the surface aesthetic. The geometry of the set just doesn't capture the classic style of the Predacons very well. And based on this video and these sketches, it seems like that was less a necessity, than a specific decision that was made at some point in the development process. I think that's what hurts the set most.

    That said, it's still sort of a blast to handle. :D 

    zmog
     
  17. mikequillm

    mikequillm Well-Endowed Member

    Joined:
    Oct 7, 2013
    Posts:
    8,246
    News Credits:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    287
    Location:
    Southern Illinois
    Likes:
    +9,927
    Roll your eyes all you want. If you want this garbage hollow cheap plastic parts-forming pos by all means but it. Hell buy 2

     
  18. T-Hybrid

    T-Hybrid Gnodab Kidult (He/Him)

    Joined:
    Aug 19, 2006
    Posts:
    38,099
    News Credits:
    58
    Trophy Points:
    412
    Location:
    Minnesota
    Likes:
    +77,902
    You know if you pulled that giant stick out of your ass you'd probably find yourself much less grumpy about a children's toyline.
     
  19. SMOG

    SMOG Vocabchampion ArgueTitan

    Joined:
    May 13, 2006
    Posts:
    23,163
    Trophy Points:
    412
    Location:
    Robot Narnia, Quebec
    Likes:
    +9,486
    Do you even know what you're talking about, here? If you'd been paying attention, you'd know that each individual figure is (surprisingly) actually more solid and heavy than any recent Voyager release I can think of. The beast modes are weak, but the bots all have very firm joints and a shocking range of motion (waists, thighs, elbows, swivel arms, head tilts, and even ankle tilts). These things are full of ratchets and tabs that lock things in place.

    Also, the use of parts-forming is kept to a minimum; the wing-pack is an inherent parts-forming element of the original Predaking design (kind of hard to do Predaking without it). The fists and feet parts-form, as does almost every other Combiner ever - though at least in this case, the fists stow inside the feet, and the feet become pretty sweet (if oversized) shoulder cannons. Overall, it's quite innovative and yields probably the most stable and dynamically poseable combiner EVER MADE... 3rd party or official. Credit where credit is due.

    If you wanted to complain about the clunky animal modes, back-kibble, simplified style, or the stiff Lego-brick aesthetics of the set, then you'd have a point, at least. But as it stands, your above complaints are sort of baseless and poorly-informed.

    zmog
     
    Last edited: Jul 30, 2018
    • Like Like x 2
  20. Stepper

    Stepper Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Oct 6, 2011
    Posts:
    10,904
    News Credits:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    307
    Likes:
    +589
    They could have done a better job to this Power Of The Primes Predaking comparing to all the 3rd party Predaking