Title:

WFC-16 Spoiler Pack Nemesis Prime Giza Fangtron Netflix

Description:
Spoiler Pack (Leader Unboxing, 2020)
TakaraTomy ID number: WFC-16
TakaraTomy release date: March 27, 2021

Accessories: Dark Saber, ”W-M3 RF Ion Blaster”, two forearm blasters, shield/ramp, artillery robot, trailer/Combat Deck, Giza, Fangtron Battle Master, Fire Blast effect, 3 energon cubes, compound

Promoting the Earthrise chapter of the War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon, this War for Cybertron Trilogy Leader Unboxing set contains a redeco of Siege Voyager Class Optimus Prime as Nemesis Prime. The figure comes with Siege Optimus’s ”W-M3 RF Ion Blaster” (but not his ”W-50 Dual-Mech Energon Strikeshield”) plus a sizeable number of extras that beef up the price. These include: a redecoed trailer from Earthrise Optimus Prime; the Dark Saber, Giza, and large forearm blaster accessories, all from the Power of the Primes Evolution Leader Class toy; Fangtron, a redeco of Earthrise Battle Master Slitherfang, along with their blast effect part; and a compound through which a buyer can dig to reveal energon cubes, rereleased from those included with War for Cybertron Trilogy Ultra Magnus’s Spoiler Pack. Fangtron and the Combat Deck ramp are both compatible with the A.I.R. Lock System, as the former can turn into a ramp or a shield for Nemesis Prime. This toy also features a different deco compared to the TakaraTomy Mall exclusive. Namely, he is in fact molded in very dark gray plastic as opposed to the deep black of the Takara version, and the vehicle stripes, bumper guns, and wheel rims are silver instead of teal.

An additional, undocumented but confirmed third ”hover truck” mode exists, which is achieved by folding all of his wheels under his vehicle mode. While the back wheels don’t lock in anywhere, the two front wheels actually have small tabs that plug into slots on the back of the wheel sections that aren’t used for either of his other modes.

The Hasbro stock photography for the truck mode is also laughably mistransformed, with the robot mode crotch being plainly visible, an error that actually requires a considerable amount of effort to replicate with the actual toy. In addition, neither the truck windows nor panels that cover the robot mode hands are compressed fully.
Like the toyline’s Soundwave and Megatron, this Nemesis Prime is the latest sufferer of photodegradation, with all of his unpaintable POM joints being yellowed after a long time or so.

”Fangtron” is an opaque Sith red redeco of the Earthrise Battle Master Slitherfang, transforming from a cobra into a shield holdable by any C.O.M.B.A.T. System-compatible figure. They also possess an A.I.R. Lock System connector in their snake mode, allowing them to form ramps by connecting to compatible bases, including Nemesis Prime’s Combat Deck. An included blast effect can be attached to their shield mode to emulate gunfire colliding with it.

Numerous online descriptions for this Leader Unboxing set refer to Fangtron as ”Slitherfang”

War for Cybertron Trilogy Giza is available alongside Fangtron and Nemesis Prime in this second Spoiler Pack. Along with the rest of the parts redecoed from the Power of the Primes Evolution Nemesis Prime that are included, Giza is cast in a lighter, less pearlescent gray. Giza’s eyes are unpainted for this release.

Bizarrely, Giza is not present in Hasbro’s stock photography or product descriptions for the set, leading many to believe that Giza wasn’t included and Fangtron’s full name was actually ”Fangtron Giza” for just over a month’s time, due to the previously mentioned Ancient Autobot text on the box.

Notes:

Despite being a bird, Giza recycles the name of the original Giza (itself an animal-sword for a Nemesis Prime), whose name is derived from nokogirizame (ノコギリザメ), the Japanese term for the saw shark. However, conveniently enough, it is coincidentally similar to gizagiza (ギザギザ), the Japanese word for ”jagged”... though this Giza has a much smoother cutting edge. Oh well!
Line artist Robby Musso drew Giza (at the top of this page) for the lateral packaging art depicting Evolution Nemesis Prime’s Nemesis Pax form, though the final cropping does not have Giza in view.

Much like previous Spoiler Pack, this set is in a windowless box designed to look like an ammo crate and features translatable Ancient Autobot. The text on the package reads ”FANGTRON” and ”GIZA”, while the ’spoiler’ text inside features a Decepticon-themed quote: ”YOU MUST STAY TRUE / TO WHOM THE MATRIX HAS / CHOSEN, FOR IF YOU / DON’T, A MUCH / DARKER FUTURE AWAITS” and an Autobot-themed one: ”THE DEAD UNIVERSE IS / UNLIKE ANYTHING YOU’VE / EXPERIENCED, PRIME”, which are both quotes from Sky Lynx in Earthrise episode 5. The lateral side of the package also features the artwork of Nemesis Prime, edited from the art of Earthrise Optimus Prime. Compared to the previous Spoiler Pack, the packaging itself has no plastic insert.

This set is a shared exclusive between online retailers and Walmart in Canada and the USA. In New Zealand, the set was sold exclusively at Toy World and Mighty Ape. Like the previous Spoiler Pack, the TakaraTomy release is packaged in a standard windowed box.

Within the War for Cybertron Trilogy animated series, this figure represents an Optimus Prime fallen to darkness, not an evil clone.
Theme:
Transformers War For Cybertron Netflix
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Barcode:
5010993771981
Year:
2020
Country:
United States
Release Date:
2021-03-27
Series:
War For Cybertron Trilogy
Asst. Number:
WFCS12
Model Number:
WFC-E16
Date Added:
2021-01-02 10:40:18
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$200.00
Automatic Estimated Date:
2025-11-15
Date Added:
2021-01-02 10:40:18

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