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daimchoc wrote:

RodimalToyota wrote:That box shows striker parts, is that a whole set with all shown
Or is it showing other products they intend to KO?

Looks to be the whole kit-and-kaboodle... Jetwing/Striker/Buster parts + Hook/Sword too.

That would be awesome lets get some pre-orders up!

Toymoda has this set up for pre-order for $55 + shipping

http://www.toymoda.com/goods.php?id=415

Shows Silver version...

Remind me again, these wings n guns are from Dark of the Moon, yes?

Can there be any more Movie homages left for 3rd Party players to make?
It would be of interest to see a list of everything 3Ps have done to bring the movies to life in plastic!

So, three sets are required to make the ultimate Optimus. Hmm. I would hope one of those kits would include the modified torso piece to change his abdomen over to the DOTM look.

robotmel wrote::D
Remind me again, these wings n guns are from Dark of the Moon, yes?

Can there be any more Movie homages left for 3rd Party players to make?
It would be of interest to see a list of everything 3Ps have done to bring the movies to life in plastic!

I'm not sure you could consider this an homage. The Buster gun tanks are clearly a direct bootlegging of the TakaraTomy Buster Prime weapons. The Jetwing seems to be the same. Clearly, there will be some mods molded in so they all work with all versions of the figure, but these seem to be 1:1 copies of the original pieces. That's bootlegging, not trying to homage.

Autobot032 wrote:I'm not sure you could consider this an homage. The Buster gun tanks are clearly a direct bootlegging of the TakaraTomy Buster Prime weapons. The Jetwing seems to be the same. Clearly, there will be some mods molded in so they all work with all versions of the figure, but these seem to be 1:1 copies of the original pieces. That's bootlegging, not trying to homage.

So why where the 'Buster' guns and 'Jet Wings' produced by TakaraTomy if they had nothing to do with the movie or anything else really?
Just a bit of fun?

Not knocking it, just wondering about the background of these add-ons which help determine their worthiness of purchasing?

robotmel wrote:
So why where the 'Buster' guns and 'Jet Wings' produced by TakaraTomy if they had nothing to do with the movie or anything else really?
Just a bit of fun?

Not knocking it, just wondering about the background of these add-ons which help determine their worthiness of purchasing?

Well, there were three movies.... The Hook/Sword were based in the first (eventhough the figure was released during ROTF), while Buster was based on the second, and Jetwing was based on the third. Now Striker, is more of an afterthought, in my opinion. It was based on the artworks commissioned for the movies.

robotmel wrote:

Autobot032 wrote:I'm not sure you could consider this an homage. The Buster gun tanks are clearly a direct bootlegging of the TakaraTomy Buster Prime weapons. The Jetwing seems to be the same. Clearly, there will be some mods molded in so they all work with all versions of the figure, but these seem to be 1:1 copies of the original pieces. That's bootlegging, not trying to homage.

So why where the 'Buster' guns and 'Jet Wings' produced by TakaraTomy if they had nothing to do with the movie or anything else really?
Just a bit of fun?

Not knocking it, just wondering about the background of these add-ons which help determine their worthiness of purchasing?

Er...what?

They all had something to do with the movies. The Buster gun was made by TakaraTomy to make him even more accurate as the ROTF Optimus didn't even come with a gun. It was known by watching the films that Prime's guns came from his fuel tanks. TakaraTomy did the best they could and made both tanks into one gun.

The Jetwings are clearly from the film DOTM. I mean, Optimus flies around Chicago with them on for like...40 minutes or so.

The Striker piece (the Mechtech transformation add on that's in the Striker mold) was from a design that never made it to film. The original idea was that Prime and his trailer would become one giant Mechtech vehicle. You can Google for images, it's a good thing they scrapped it.

My point was the items in question are not made to homage anything. These pieces they're selling have already been made by TakaraTomy. This company is bootlegging them in different packaging to cash in. Bootlegging and homages are completely different animals.

This KO set is basically "good" for those who can't get all versions of ROTF/DOTM Optimus Primes.

Autobot032 wrote:Er...what?

They all had something to do with the movies. The Buster gun was made by TakaraTomy to make him even more accurate as the ROTF Optimus didn't even come with a gun. It was known by watching the films that Prime's guns came from his fuel tanks. TakaraTomy did the best they could and made both tanks into one gun.

The Jetwings are clearly from the film DOTM. I mean, Optimus flies around Chicago with them on for like...40 minutes or so.

The Striker piece (the Mechtech transformation add on that's in the Striker mold) was from a design that never made it to film. The original idea was that Prime and his trailer would become one giant Mechtech vehicle. You can Google for images, it's a good thing they scrapped it.

My point was the items in question are not made to homage anything. These pieces they're selling have already been made by TakaraTomy. This company is bootlegging them in different packaging to cash in. Bootlegging and homages are completely different animals.

First of all, as you are part of the news crew I dont expect that sort of shortness with someone asking a question, dont be a dick!
Its been some time since I watch the movies so a little slack wouldnt do no harm when responding to a user of the website you work on?
Guess I will have to pop in DOTM for that 40 minutes Jet Wing flight, in fact all the movies, just so i can feel better about myself maybe!

So which is the 'Striker' piece, perhaps someone can answer or pop a picture in this thread so I and other not quite in the know can remember/understand?
I dont remember Optimus' tanks turning into his gun, but i guess a lot of stuff did happen quickly sometimes?
I remember him flying in ROTF with Jetfires parts, so maybe i just thought the 'Wings' had something to do with that.. but no.

So, these parts do look quite cool as an add-on for Prime, but referencing them as part of little bits from all the movies is a definate advantage to purchasing them.

robotmel wrote:
First of all, as you are part of the news crew I dont expect that sort of shortness with someone asking a question, dont be a dick!
Its been some time since I watch the movies so a little slack wouldnt do no harm when responding to a user of the website you work on?
Guess I will have to pop in DOTM for that 40 minutes Jet Wing flight, in fact all the movies, just so i can feel better about myself maybe!

So which is the 'Striker' piece, perhaps someone can answer or pop a picture in this thread so I and other not quite in the know can remember/understand?
I dont remember Optimus' tanks turning into his gun, but i guess a lot of stuff did happen quickly sometimes?
I remember him flying in ROTF with Jetfires parts, so maybe i just thought the 'Wings' had something to do with that.. but no.

So, these parts do look quite cool as an add-on for Prime, but referencing them as part of little bits from all the movies is a definate advantage to purchasing them.

I don't think he's dicking with you. I guess there's just some miscommunication here. The set is basically a KO of the Takara/Hasbro accessories to the OPs that have been released. Namely, the hook, sword, Buster guns, Jetwing pack, and the Striker Shield and guns. He's just clarifying that these are not homages.

Striker Optimus didn't make it in the movies. It was only shown in movie artworks. The Striker piece are the Guns and Shield (that becomes the hood). Look at the first post. ROTF has OP linking with Jetfire and it is known as Powered Up Optimus Prime. DOTM shows Prime with his trailer, of which the JetWings are supposed to have come off of. The trailer was also a Weapons storage, as shown when Prime was fighting the Driller in the Soviet Union. Hope that helps with the movie trivia.