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by **autoride** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 1:35 pm

The Optimus is proberly a homage to the unreleased G2 combat hero Optimus prime because of the blue and red colour scheme and having a :G2BOT:

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I don't like him because he looks meh :SICK:

Jazz isn't that bad but the Reprolabels G2 Jazz upgrade sticker set when applied to him looks better than this version but still quite good.
With the legands I'm not bothered because I've got one of them allready.

Website · by **STngAR** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 1:45 pm

They dont look too bad. Even though it may be a homage the dual logos on prime still doesnt look right in my eyes. :MAXIMAL:

by **gothsaurus** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 1:49 pm

maybe these are the mockups... and the real ones will have the correct tampos. Hope so. Would prefer the G2 logos all around. If they aren't present, will get repro ones to fix it, I suppose.

These will display wonderfully with that G2 Botcon set. Not to mention, this makes a great stand in for Diaclone Convoy. :grin:

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 1:57 pm

The dual logos are probably intentional, as the first G2 repaints of G1 toys had both symbols present as well. The G2 symbols were usually hidden in the legs however.

News Credits: 317 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 2:09 pm

I'm a bit confused. Are the Asian exclusive legends still coming to TRU or are these the only way to get Motormaster and Thundercracker?

by **Godzillabot Primal** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 2:21 pm

First of all: AWESOME!

Second: I'm smelling a lot of custom SG Magnus's coming from the Prime

by **gothsaurus** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 2:33 pm

I was thinking that I would want them to more strictly adhere to the old G2 Jazz design... but looking at it again and comparing, I'm glad they gave it a little facelift. That old design is pretty over the top. Looks like someone went nuts with the rainbow colors and sticker-fied it all over. Wugh. Too much.

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 3:23 pm

Really liking the Jazz repaint, as usual with repaints of that toy. They can just slap any old colours on that thing and it looks good. Toss a sticker or some paint over the spoiler and he could be someone else though. Searchlight maybe?

Prime is almost okay, again, as usual with this mold and repaints of it, they get 87% of the way there, then screw something up. It's not actually the G1/G2 logo clash that puts me off, but the horrible teal. Doesn't go well at all.

by **gothsaurus** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 3:29 pm

I'm pretty sure Horrible Teal was the b-side to NIN's Terrible Lie. Seriously! Look it up!

by **XDMan** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 5:23 pm

Looks like we have some scale issues (Prime, TC and Motormaster are supposed to be the same size while Jazz is supposed to be shorter than them).

News Credits: 1235 · by **LOST Cybertronian** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 6:04 pm

XDMan wrote:Looks like we have some scale issues (Prime, TC and Motormaster are supposed to be the same size while Jazz is supposed to be shorter than them).

They are not supposed to be in scale being as they are two different size classes of figures. Prime and Jazz are deluxe while Motorbreath and Thundercracker are legends.

News Credits: 11 · by **joevill** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 8:19 pm

Love it! Pre-ordered it! The fourth quarter is going to be expensive.

News Credits: 1 · by **njb902** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 8:30 pm

I just wish jazz had a better weapon than that tiny itty bitty pistol.

by **RAcast** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 8:33 pm

njb902 wrote:I just wish jazz had a better weapon than that tiny itty bitty pistol.

No love for the 1989 rifle? You can clip the speakers onto it to make it bigger.

News Credits: 1 · by **njb902** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 8:49 pm

RAcast wrote:
njb902 wrote:I just wish jazz had a better weapon than that tiny itty bitty pistol.

No love for the 1989 rifle? You can clip the speakers onto it to make it bigger.

meh jazz is an officer so he should have a smg type weapon at the least....he wouldn't look right with a bfg like optimus has though, but no way does that pistol work, at least for me.

News Credits: 317 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 8:50 pm

RAcast wrote:
njb902 wrote:I just wish jazz had a better weapon than that tiny itty bitty pistol.

No love for the 1989 rifle? You can clip the speakers onto it to make it bigger.

It's also not fully extended.

Website · by **Flux Convoy** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 9:06 pm

I like that Jazz much less than I expected to. Legends, I don't collect. That Prime is a cool concept of a cool figure that wasn't produced but I still don't think I need one. If I were to find them marked down eventually, I might pick up a set. Not at $40 for figures I don't actually need though.

by **Micronautsdeep** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 10:10 pm

Not sure how I missed this, but I got my pre-order in. Compared to other exclusive sets, TFCC for example, this is very reasonably priced, and they are very nice looking redecos.

News Credits: 3 · by **Samsonator** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 10:30 pm

Man that G2 Jazz is boss! I had a G2 Jazz back in the day, always liked how he looked. This is a welcome repaint!

As for that Prime... like I know with the name and colours he's SUPPOSED to resemble that unreleased G2 Hero Prime... but I can't look at him without thinking of Armada Powerlinx Optimus Prime

by **Philthy** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:21 am

I was pretty underwhelmed with that RTS OP mold, but I really like those colors.. :-?

News Credits: 10 · by **gavinfuzzy** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 3:43 am

No real use for them in my collection... Cool, but unless it's on clearance I can live without it... They just don't fit anywhere. >:oP

by **Micronautsdeep** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 8:33 am

Philthy wrote:I was pretty underwhelmed with that RTS OP mold, but I really like those colors..

Same, but this mold with the BTS Battle Tanker kit is pretty awesome, albeit expensive ($104.99 at the usual spots.)

by **gothsaurus** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 8:38 am

oooh. Hadn't thought of that. I'd love to see the Battle Tanker with each of these myriad Primes and Prime repaints/retools. BTS, snap to it! LOL.

by **Micronautsdeep** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 8:42 am

gothsaurus wrote:oooh. Hadn't thought of that. I'd love to see the Battle Tanker with each of these myriad Primes and Prime repaints/retools. BTS, snap to it! LOL.

ReproLabels made an awesome sticker kit for Battle Tanker. Even cooler if they made a few different ones for the redeco's.

News Credits: 9 · by **triKlops** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 10:47 am

i have been wondering about this one since it was reported.
while the Legends size guys i am not that interested in, the dlxs intrigue me quite a bit.
at least with WM, i have a shot of getting this for a decent price.