TFPrime Wave 1 figures being found and reviewed

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Wheeljack in-hand pics and mini-review.

[griffin]

The launch of TFPrime is only weeks away, and the toys are slowly leaking its way into the hands of fans... with a few of the first wave figures already being posted up on fansites.
The one of interest for Wave 1 though, as it is a new mould, is the new Cliffjumper, which for some reason warranted two versions within two waves.
A video review can be seen here.

It sounds like a store or two in the UK have jumped the gun on their release, which would be the first time ever that England weren't several months behind America. Expect to see these popping up on ebay in coming days, and in other stores in coming weeks (including here).

[kaiden]

yeah there's a review for the second version bumblebee as well.

can I suggest a single thread for all the new TF Prime toy news? (with maybe a temporary sticky) I actually wanted to discuss all the new stuff in the forums but there are so many new topics its hard deciding which thread to post in.

Added: Soundwave review

[SMHFConvoy]

Ugh, that 2nd version of BB isn't very nice. The Hotshot retool looks nice. I hope we get the First edition figures here, otherwise I my TF:P collection will be made up of cyberverse figures (that's not a bad thing mind you.)

[Doubledealer]

Hasbro Soundwave MIB .

The two Cyb Prime variants.

[Gutsman Heavy]

hot shot retool?

[Paulbot]

hot shot retool?

See here

.can I suggest a single thread for all the new TF Prime toy news? (with maybe a temporary sticky) I actually wanted to discuss all the new stuff in the forums but there are so many new topics its hard deciding which thread to post in.

+1

[kaiden]

cyberverse optimus prime + variant

apparently there's a version with no faceplate

[griffin]

can I suggest a single thread for all the new TF Prime toy news? (with maybe a temporary sticky) I actually wanted to discuss all the new stuff in the forums but there are so many new topics its hard deciding which thread to post in.

I can't have everything in the one topic for three reasons:
1 - New news posts get lost among the many pages of comment posts... it makes it a lot easier to scroll through the main table instead, or do a search, for topics of specific subject matter.
2 - Most people don't come back to a topic after they've read the first post because the majority, if not all, is expected to be just comments or essay-length debates.
3 - I need separate topics for each news items for the Weekly News emails (which archives news items).

The compromise I can offer however, is to have an "all in topic" for the Early Waves of Prime toys (while they are coming out frequently) for those who prefer to just comment once... and, each distinctly different news item (not minor updates to existing news) will be copied into its own news topic for easy locating by those who aren't much interested in other peoples comments.

This duplication will only continue while there is demand (if there is demand), and while there is a frequent number of new Prime toy info/details making their way to the fansites.
People posting a new bit of news don't have to post it twice if they don't want to, and can post it in or out of the "all in topic" - as I will be keeping track of the news postings, and will paste copies into or out of the "all in topic" as deemed necessary, or while there is demand for it.

This is pretty much in line with the guidelines for the news sections, as significantly different news deserves its own topic for recognition and awareness of the members and guests of its existence... I'm just allowing for temporary grouping of news items into one topic, like the Fall of Cybertron Topic (it was convenient for the people wanting to post comments, but I'm sure I wasn't the only one who had trouble knowing about, or finding all the news posts buried among that 241 postings topic - hence testing the idea of duplicating news posts this time).

[griffin]

(copied some posts here, as most of these first wave toys haven't been "revealed completely" before now)