Gah, you're right! I'd mixed 'em up due to IDW where Blackrock/Sovereign who was a pawn of Onyx was heavily involved with the Enigma of Combination shenanigans. Continuity conflation!

 

Come on now hasbro. Give us at least 2 more pretender/decoy shells to make it 10 in total...

 

5 years ago ? Added spoilers tag in case

 

Thunderwing was rumoured way back at the begining. So hopeful he still has a chance. I struggle to think of the beast pretenders being in this line as has also rumoured because it would mean change suits to four legged creatures. Hopefully for instance catilla who was rumoured is not him and it's actually longtooth.

I have never heard the term "The Arisen" and that did not come from the covenent. Actually neither did "the fallen". Both those terms, being a bit naff came from somewhere else. Fallen came from the movies, although the concept is in the covenant the Fallen name is left out. I think...

 

The 13th prime is the arisen. It's traditionally optimus prime but via play pattern it could be any of the leader class figures i suppose.

Yes vector prime is out. He's the one in metalhawk's armor.

 

It's just the generic power descriptions. The ones you see on the back of the packaging. Kind of a letdown.



MEGATRONUS - Dark Warrior
VECTOR - Time Traveler
PRIMA - Warrior of Light
ALCHEMIST - Mystical Scientist
QUINTUS - Seeder of Life
AMALGAMOUS - Shape-shifter
NEXUS - Power of Combination
SOLUS - Weapons Forger
ONYX - Beast Prime
LIEGE MAXIMO - Trickster
MICRONUS - Power Swap
ALPHA TRION - Infinite Knowledge

 

Spoiler

I meant currently.

 

Infinite knowledge and Time Travel seemed way OP compared to the others.

 

What about infinite combination? Or infinite women?

 

Where does the term "the arisen" originate from do you know? I am curious.

 

Aligned continuity. When they decided to break continuity and make a new thirteen instead of the multiversal singularities they usually are.

 

No, "The Arisen" was first used by IDW. The "censored" name for Optimus used in the Aligned Covenant of Primus book was just "Thirteen".

 

Hasbro said outright when POTP started that "whoever hold the matrix of leadership IS the 13th prime". In other words, the entire leader class is prime #13

 

the fallen comes from dreamwave prior to him having the name megatronus and its also prior to the movies. the arisen comes from idw where there are only 12 ancient primes and the arisen is the 13th true prime that would arise in the modern era

 

This
I was even wondering if they wouldn’t release the last 3 because of optimus, rodimus and optimal optimus having matrixes

 

Infinite Women?

 

Solus, since her entire point is to 1) make cool shit. And b) prove that females exist and that they can be everywhere.

 

Um... I think it's supposed to be the same Matrix of Leadership, just at different points in the continuity timeline. Like how you can put your G1 toys next to your BW toys next to your Armada toys, etc.

 

Even if Hasbro never makes the last few, hopefully Toyhax will release some stickers for us to make our own.  

 

The alternative appears to be that 3-4 of the Primemasters wouldn't get releases.

Also, Prima looks like it could pass for a face (if the render matches the figure enough). Would be kind of cool if they did an end-around by retooling one of the TR figures as someone new and giving them Prima as a head.