Today, we take a look at Transformers Prime Robots in Disguise Wheeljack from Wave 1 and his repaint Dead End from a later wave.

NOTE: The articulation in the joint below the shoulder and at the elbow are both hinge joints. I misspoke when I said they were swivel joints.

It was first revealed in the Transformers Collector Club Roundtable panel at Botcon 2012, that the Club would be putting together a Figure Subscription Service (FSS). Largely seen as a shot across the bow of MattyCollector.com, the subscription will feature six figures shipped out over the course of a year.

To order you can visit this link.

Here are some of the details:
You have to be a member to subscribe.
This is built to order. No limits on quantities. However much is ordered will be made.
The ordering period will end on September 10th at midnight.
You can pay in full ($282) or in three installments ($94) plus shipping and service fee.
Items will be shipped in random order. Everyone will receive the same figure each month.
If credit card or address changes, you change it on your club account only. Change will effect everything else.
Some extra figures may go up in the club store after shipment at a higher price point. Availability not guaranteed.

  

The figures included in the subscription are:
Transformers Animated Jackpot
Transformers Prime Slipstream
Transformers Generations Circuit
Transformers Generations G1 Breakdown
Transformers Generations RID Scourge
Transformers Beast Wars Neo Ultra Mammoth

  

Welcome to the Powet Top 5, where we explore the top (and bottom) 5 items we think are relevant to any of a variety of topics that span the imagination. Sit back, read, and respond.

We’ve listed the Top 5 Botcon Sets here at Powet, but Fun Publications does more than just Botcon. They also run the Official Transformers Collectors’ Club, and with that comes it’s own rich assortment of exclusive toys. With the impending commencement of the new Club Subscription Service, we thought we’d look back at the last few years of Transformers Club Exclusives.

Here are 5 of the best exclusives Fun Publications has released through the Transformers Club. This is sure to be a contentious list, so be sure to let me know what you think of it!
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We’ve been teased about Hasbro’s Return of Marvel Legends Wave 3 for some time now. We’ve seen a few of the figures and heard the line up, but now we finally get our first look at the entire wave along with some sneak previews of Wave 4 (Wave 1 for 2013).

Join us after the break for pictures, reveals and lineups!
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SDCC 2012 is here! As ever, Powet.TV strives to bring you the latest and most relevant news to you, our readers. If you want to keep up with all the coverage, bookmark this post. We’ll be dropping a link here for each news items we post. You can also click on the SDCC 2012 News Coverage Roundup image in the left sidebar to get back to this post.

SDCC 2012: Exclusives Checklist
SDCC 2012: Preview Night reveals MOTU Classics Granamyr, third Accessories Pack and more
My Little Pony Trolley carries fans to SDCC 2012
SDCC 2012: Design a My Little Pony contest winner announced
SDCC 2012: Preview Night – Marvel Legends
SDCC 2012: My Little Pony Royal Wedding crown tiaras at Shout Factory booth
SDCC 2012: Limited Comic Con MLP poster featuring all 10 Design a Pony finalists
SDCC 2012: My Little Pony Comic Book coming from IDW
SDCC 2012: Season 3 preview: A Spike and Twilight Sparkle song
SDCC 2012: Legend of Korra Season 2 News
Guardians Of The Galaxy Movie Coming 2014
SDCC 2012: Derpy toy sells incredibly well
SDCC 2012: Thomas Jane reprises role as The Punisher in fan film ‘Dirty Laundry’
SDCC 2012: Kaitlyn Leeb, the woman with three boobs from Total Recall

SDCC 2012 is just a few short days away. The news should be starting to flow even sooner than that thanks to preview night and all the companies trying to steal each other’s thunder. To start the festivities for Powet.TV’s coverage we have put together a rather extensive checklist of exclusives available at the convention. There are over a hundred images in this post of cool things you can find at the con, but there may still be some gaps. If you see any, add it in the comments!

Join us after the jump for plenty of exclusive goodness!

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Furby is back and he looks absolutely amazing! Furby toys were hugely popular when they first hit the market in 1998. They interacted with children who played with them in various ways and learned along the way. Needless to say the new Furbies look to be a vast improvement over the original toys. While the form factor is a bit different and one that some fans may take getting used to the things Furby can do are nothing short of fantastic. Check out this video from Engadget, as well as the article that went along with it.

Furby’s learning and degrees of motion seem quite superior to his nearly 15 year old counterpart. The eyes are replaced with two mini LCD screens allowing for many variations where little was available previously. His interaction with music and other devices is a real welcome change. It really seems like Furby is singing along with the music. How is this done? I’m sure it took quite a few smart guys at Hasbro to figure all of this out. Based on the box art Furby appears to come in solid blue, red, yellow and black colours. At $60 a piece it remains to be seen if Furby is ready to be the must have toy of this holiday season, but I’ll certainly be knocking over children and soccer moms to get my mitts on one!

The scheduled release date of GI Joe: Retaliation has been moved back nine months from June 29th, 2012 to March 13, 2013. According the Deadline, the reason is reportedly a decision to do a post-production conversion to 3D.

Choice quote:

We’re going to do a conscientious 3D job because we’ve seen how it can better box office internationally, … Jim Cameron did all of Titanic‘s 3D in post — and look how well that movie turned out.

As a fan, I’m utterly disappointed. As a business decision, I think they are foolishly ignoring the positive hype they’ve worked so hard to build around this movie. The move may allow the film to perform better, though, due to fewer blockbuster movies opening around the same time and the better performance of 3D films internationally, added to the increased cost per ticket.

I am curious to see how this year’s JoeCon will procede since it seemed pretty clearly scheduled to coincide very closely with the movie’s release. You can imagine the fan disappointment in that circle. How about Hasbro? They have an entire toy line planned for release this summer with no movie to support it for another nine months. I’m going to go ahead and call this a totally inconsiderate move by Paramount to all of its partners.