Blokees Defender Version 09 Power of the Primes Wave Hits Retail
The new Transformers kit lineup includes a Transmetal II Megatron with dragon mode, Optimal Optimus and a wave of Prime figures.
Blokees has released the Transformers Defender Version 09 Power Of The Primes model kit wave to online retailers and hobby shops, according to cbr.com. The lineup covers characters from across the franchise's Beast and Prime eras.
The wave's centerpiece kits include a Transmetal II Megatron that builds into both robot mode and a dragon beast mode, and an Optimal Optimus kit for the Maximal leader. Also included are kits for Solus Prime, Prima Prime and Megatronus Prime.
Other kits in the assortment cover an Optimus Prime based on his truck mode from Transformers: Armada, Slug in stegosaurus mode and a redeco of the Grimlock T. rex mold. Acid Storm, Overlord and the Shattered Glass Ultra Magnus are included in robot modes.
Blokees has also packed chase variants into the wave: Megatron and Optimal Optimus have Special Galaxy chase figures, while the Super Chase figures are a Special Armor Optimal Optimus and a blue Cryotek repaint of Megatron. Promotional images show Volcanicus, the combined form of the Dinobots.
Background
Transformers is a media franchise produced by Hasbro and Takara Tomy. The Defender Version kits are the smallest of Blokees' Transformers offerings, giving classic characters a chibified makeover. In modern canon, Megatronus Prime, Solus Prime and Prima Prime are members of the 13 Primes.
Quick answers
What is in the Blokees Transformers Defender Version 09 Power Of The Primes wave?
The wave includes Transmetal II Megatron, Optimal Optimus, Solus Prime, Prima Prime, Megatronus Prime, an Armada-style Optimus Prime, Slug, a Grimlock redeco, Acid Storm, Overlord and Shattered Glass Ultra Magnus.
What are the chase figures in this Blokees wave?
Megatron and Optimal Optimus have Special Galaxy chase figures, and the Super Chase figures are a Special Armor Optimal Optimus and a blue Cryotek repaint of Megatron.
Where can I buy the Blokees Defender Version 09 kits?
The wave is being sold through online retailers and hobby shops.