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Postby Rodimus Prime » Thu Jan 23, 2014 6:36 am

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Re: Transformers: Age of Extinction Platinum Edition Optimus Prime Exclusive

Postby Autobot032 » Thu Jan 23, 2014 7:14 am

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We won't know for sure until Toy Fair hits NYC, but this is craziness. First Edition and a Leader Class and now we don't know which one is which have the time. This is craziness.

It looks some better in these pictures, but still nothing I'd buy. I just don't feel it, like at all.

Perhaps the Voyager or the correctly transformed other Leader might do it for me. (Doubt it.)
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Re: Transformers: Age of Extinction Platinum Edition Optimus Prime Exclusive

Postby autobotOG » Thu Jan 23, 2014 7:34 am

I think this was asked before, but did anybody actually get an order in for this guy?? Since the link is down already, my guess is someone goofed on the release date...just a hunch. But I was wondering if the link worked at all from the get go?
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Re: Transformers: Age of Extinction First Edition Optimus Prime Exclusive

Postby GuyIncognito » Thu Jan 23, 2014 9:11 am

OK, now I can see the figure clearly enough to comment on it. It's pretty bad. I was optimistic that we had only seen it mistransformed or that we were seeing a Voyager instead of a Leader or something like that. But now it's clear. He has big pants and a huge backpack; things that might be forgivable on a Deluxe or Voyager, but not a Leader, let alone a $60 Leader. The chrome is nice and the truck mode is alright, but those are the only positives I can see.
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Re: Transformers: Age of Extinction Platinum Edition Optimus Prime Exclusive

Postby Seibertron » Thu Jan 23, 2014 9:56 am

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autobotOG wrote:I think this was asked before, but did anybody actually get an order in for this guy?? Since the link is down already, my guess is someone goofed on the release date...just a hunch. But I was wondering if the link worked at all from the get go?


The link was up for a few hours yesterday. I placed an order and went back to the link several times to reference the toy's packaging when I created the homepage spotlight image for this.

When I clicked on the link last night to see if the toy had sold out, the link no longer worked.

I just double checked my Amazon.com orders. It's still showing.
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Postby Seibertron » Thu Jan 23, 2014 9:58 am

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I think you guys are being extremely tough on this toy. I don't think it's a bad looking figure. I'm looking forward to it and can't wait to do a gallery of it in a couple of weeks. I do think it looks odd that the smokestacks aren't chromed but I'm hoping that is an error with the official product images and/or early prototypes.
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Re: Transformers: Age of Extinction First Edition Optimus Prime Exclusive

Postby Sabrblade » Thu Jan 23, 2014 10:41 am

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GuyIncognito wrote:He has big pants and a huge backpack; things that might be forgivable on a Deluxe or Voyager, but not a Leader,
Movie 1 Leader Optimus had those same faults, yet he was well received back when he came out.
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Postby Seibertron » Thu Jan 23, 2014 10:49 am

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Sabrblade wrote:
GuyIncognito wrote:He has big pants and a huge backpack; things that might be forgivable on a Deluxe or Voyager, but not a Leader,
Movie 1 Leader Optimus had those same faults, yet he was well received back when he came out.


Not everyone has to like this toy. More for you and me Sabrblade. Were you able to pre-order it yesterday?
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Re: Transformers: Age of Extinction First Edition Optimus Prime Exclusive

Postby Sabrblade » Thu Jan 23, 2014 10:56 am

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Seibertron wrote:
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GuyIncognito wrote:He has big pants and a huge backpack; things that might be forgivable on a Deluxe or Voyager, but not a Leader,
Movie 1 Leader Optimus had those same faults, yet he was well received back when he came out.


Not everyone has to like this toy. More for you and me Sabrblade. Were you able to pre-order it yesterday?
Sadly, no. I didn't get home from work to see the news until after the link was dead.

I'll be one of those who will just wait for the store version. I've spent enough large sums of money lately that I really need to take a step back and just let my wallet breathe (which is why I've yet to go get the new Generations Waspinator/Skids/Dreadwing/Goldfire Deluxes). I must put financial stability first. :)
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Re: Transformers: Age of Extinction First Edition Optimus Prime Exclusive

Postby GuyIncognito » Thu Jan 23, 2014 12:18 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
GuyIncognito wrote:He has big pants and a huge backpack; things that might be forgivable on a Deluxe or Voyager, but not a Leader,
Movie 1 Leader Optimus had those same faults, yet he was well received back when he came out.


7 years ago, we didn't mind because we had not yet seen the superior ROTF Leader-class OP. The bar has been raised since then. I think it's fair and reasonable to expect a new $60 figure to at least measure up to the $45 one released five years ago.
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Re: Transformers: Age of Extinction First Edition Optimus Prime Exclusive

Postby amtm » Thu Jan 23, 2014 11:16 pm

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Re: Transformers: Age of Extinction First Edition Optimus Prime Exclusive

Postby Tsutsukakushi » Fri Jan 24, 2014 1:15 pm

Seibertron wrote:The link was up for a few hours yesterday. I placed an order. I just double checked my Amazon.com orders. It's still showing.


Please keep us all updated on this. My gueses were it sold out or Hasbro asked Amazon to remove the link.

I'm hoping I get a second chance to order this at regular non ebay higher prices. hopefully its a shared exclusive that BBTS or TRU is also selling. if not,hopefully Amazon puts it back up.

Seibertron wrote:I think you guys are being extremely tough on this toy. I don't think it's a bad looking figure.


I thought the same. Especially considering HasTak has created far worse for the TF toy lines.

Seibertron wrote:Not everyone has to like this toy. More for you and me Sabrblade. Were you able to pre-order it yesterday?


I'm interested in this. Sadly,I was to late & got the broken link thing.
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Re: Transformers: Age of Extinction First Edition Optimus Prime Exclusive

Postby TimothyR » Sat Jan 25, 2014 12:26 am

Seibertron wrote:I think you guys are being extremely tough on this toy. I don't think it's a bad looking figure. I'm looking forward to it and can't wait to do a gallery of it in a couple of weeks. I do think it looks odd that the smokestacks aren't chromed but I'm hoping that is an error with the official product images and/or early prototypes.


i'm almost certain that the smokestacks not being chrome is NOT an error.. they're probably a softer plastic and won't be chromed.. same reason movie 1 takara premium prime's smokestacks weren't chromed, same with buster prime's smokestacks.

why they decided to go with such a dark grey for the stacks just makes them that much worse.

but hey, you can always hope.. even if they are a hard plastic.. it still seems like one of those things that hasbro would overlook or simply not do just to cut on costs. they've done it before.

i think it looks okay.. the mold REALLY doesn't lend itself well to being chromed. unlike the previous chromed primes, there were enough separate parts on it that they were able to simply chrome the right parts, whereas on this figure, they needed to chrome the entire torso because it's all one piece.. so the parts that are painted just don't look right and i envision a ton of quality control problems with the red and blue paint..

also.. while i enjoy chrome.. too much of it, and not paying attention to detail can really hurt the look of the figure.

i think the chrome really hurts this figure.. you've got the bright chromed chest and thighs, with painted red and blue.. then you've got the darker grey arms and stacks, mixed with dull blue plastic, and non metallic red painted on the arms. it just really doesn't have the cohesive look that buster prime has.. not to mention with buster prime we got the attention to detail on the entire figure.. with the pin-striping around the flames and what not.. for this, they threw in a bunch of chrome and called it a premium figure, when in reality it just looks like a figure that has bunch of chrome rather than a figure that is trying to accurately represent prime as best as they can.

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GuyIncognito wrote:He has big pants and a huge backpack; things that might be forgivable on a Deluxe or Voyager, but not a Leader,
Movie 1 Leader Optimus had those same faults, yet he was well received back when he came out.


7 years ago, we didn't mind because we had not yet seen the superior ROTF Leader-class OP. The bar has been raised since then. I think it's fair and reasonable to expect a new $60 figure to at least measure up to the $45 one released five years ago.


yup.. that's EXACTLY what i was going to say.

back in '07.. the movie designs were a major change for most of us, and we found ourselves wondering how they were going to make a toy that looked anything like what we saw on screen.. so, at the time, '07 leader prime looked great because there was nothing to compare it to.

then with rotf we get an incredible looking mold. one that looked pretty accurate in both modes.

so.. when we see something like this, and we know they're capable of producing leader class figures like rotf prime, dotm ironhide, dotm bumblebee, and dotm sentinel prime.. this figure REALLY doesn't stack up. and if you think it does than you're really fooling yourself.

this figure looks closer to dotm voyager sentinel. where you basically had a robot laying down with a firetruck shell on top that became its back in robot mode. this looks right in line with that, possibly worse. besides the wheels on the legs, i don't see any recognizable truck parts making up any part of his body.

now, that's not entirely hasbro's fault. we can blame whoever designed prime for this movie as well. they REALLY REALLY didn't give hasbro much to work with in terms of recognizable truck parts in robot mode. that being said.. that backpack is just absolutely unforgivable. there is no reason to have a backpack like this. it's seriously sickening, especially considering space wasn't used for a battery pack or electronics. it looks like most of the truck is on his back and the rest of the panels reside on the back of his legs.

it's such a shame to see stuff like this.. especially for a figure that costs so much. at retail this should be a $29.99 toy.. but it won't be.. it'll be, what, like $45? .. that's insane.

and sure.. i'd probably be excited if i got this thing for free.. but not all of us have that luxury. so, the price tag is a bit difficult to stomach for some of us.

i'll probably get the retail release of this and PRAY that takara gives us a DMK AOE prime. i LOVE DMK prime.. it's probably my favorite piece of movie merchandise.
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Re: Transformers: Age of Extinction First Edition Optimus Prime Exclusive

Postby Sabrblade » Sat Jan 25, 2014 9:59 am

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One thing to keep in mind is that the people designing these new movie toys are NOT the same team of people who worked on the previous movie toys. Not even the same people who worked on the pre-2014 Prime Beast Hunters toys. Aaron Archer's gone, Rik Alvarez is gone, Joe Kyde is gone, Eric Siebenaler is gone, etc. etc.

The first toys we've seen to come out of this new design team are the 2014 upscaled Cyberverse Beast Hunters toys (all the recent Generations were designed by the old team), so there's no way to say for certain that this team has the same level of capability as the old team. Hasbro might have even brought in these people because of their ability to make simpler designs.

Even though it's still the same company behind these toys as the one behind the toys of yesteryears, the inmates are no longer running the asylum.
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Re: Transformers: Age of Extinction First Edition Optimus Prime Exclusive

Postby Tsutsukakushi » Sun Jan 26, 2014 9:54 am

Sabrblade wrote:One thing to keep in mind is that the people designing these new movie toys are NOT the same team of people who worked on the previous movie toys. Not even the same people who worked on the pre-2014 Prime Beast Hunters toys. Aaron Archer's gone, Rik Alvarez is gone, Joe Kyde is gone, Eric Siebenaler is gone, etc. etc.

The first toys we've seen to come out of this new design team are the 2014 upscaled Cyberverse Beast Hunters toys (all the recent Generations were designed by the old team), so there's no way to say for certain that this team has the same level of capability as the old team. Hasbro might have even brought in these people because of their ability to make simpler designs.

Even though it's still the same company behind these toys as the one behind the toys of yesteryears, the inmates are no longer running the asylum.


Did you ever ponder,Hasbro let go all of those guys due to there terrible jobs on these TF toy lines.DOTM,TFA,Kreo,Rescuebots,TFP,BH, Constructbots.

Classics,RTS,Generations biggest negative. Was giving wrong sized toys to Characters. If this was the let go Hasbro's team idea,Then I'm glad they are gone.

So these let go Hasbro guys created the first few waves of 2014 30th toy? do you know for certain it wasn't these let go Hasbro guys ideas to upscale some BH toys? I find it amusing you give them possible credit for the good but not the bad.

Simplier isn't a bad thing,if it only affects the transformations. AEC had simplier transformations. as long as simplier doesn't take away articulation or sculpt,I have no problem with it.

The Takara TF designers are the masterminds. They don't needs Hasbro's team. Hasbro took more control away from Takara for the TF movie lines,TFA,TFP,BH,Kreo & Constructbots. That is why these lines were terrible. Takara has more control over AEC,Binaltech & MP,That is why these lines are superior.
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Re: Transformers: Age of Extinction First Edition Optimus Prime Exclusive

Postby Sabrblade » Sun Jan 26, 2014 2:48 pm

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Tsutsukakushi wrote:Did you ever ponder,Hasbro let go all of those guys due to there terrible jobs on these TF toy lines.DOTM,TFA,Kreo,Rescuebots,TFP,BH, Constructbots.
Not in the least, because a lot of those lines you mention had really GOOD quality stuff.

DOTM's biggest fault was the MechTech stuff, but the figures themselves were not too shabby.

Animated... WHAT IS THAT DOING HERE?! Animated had a FANTASTIC toyline! Say what you want about the aesthetic, but nearly every one of those figures was spot-on show-accurate and loaded with articulation and features. That line was a winner!

Kre-O's a different department from the main lines.

Prime's only really bad figure was Deluxe Airachnid.

Prime Beast Hunters toys were just as good as, if not better than, the PRID line toys.

Like Kre-O, Construct-Bots is a different thing.

Tsutsukakushi wrote:Classics,RTS,Generations biggest negative. Was giving wrong sized toys to Characters. If this was the let go Hasbro's team idea,Then I'm glad they are gone.
So, the people who made Springer, Sandstorm, Trailcutter/Hoist, Waspinator, Skids, Metroplex, and more all deserved the boot just because of a few past misses? >:oP

Tsutsukakushi wrote:So these let go Hasbro guys created the first few waves of 2014 30th toy? do you know for certain it wasn't these let go Hasbro guys ideas to upscale some BH toys? I find it amusing you give them possible credit for the good but not the bad.
The upscaled BH toys are the first things to come out of the new design team, yes.

Tsutsukakushi wrote:Simplier isn't a bad thing,if it only affects the transformations. AEC had simplier transformations. as long as simplier doesn't take away articulation or sculpt,I have no problem with it.
I agree. A simple toy can still be of good quality and playability so long as it isn't "too" simple. :)

Tsutsukakushi wrote:The Takara TF designers are the masterminds. They don't needs Hasbro's team. Hasbro took more control away from Takara for the TF movie lines,TFA,TFP,BH,Kreo & Constructbots. That is why these lines were terrible. Takara has more control over AEC,Binaltech & MP,That is why these lines are superior.
Do you know what the last completely original TF designs Takara made on their own without any input from Hasbro were? The Swordbots and Optimus Exprime from Transformers Go!, and look at the kind of reception those get.

AEC was a joint-effort between both teams. The only big difference between how those toy designs were made vs the movie/Animated/Prime lines was that for the AEC lines, Hasbro and Takara worked from a vehicle mode design first to start with before figuring out how the robot modes would look. Whereas nowadays it is the opposite, with groups like ILM or Hasbro Studios first creating robot mode designs and then working backwards to first those designs into workable altmodes.

With Masterpiece, Takara works with the using the original Generation 1 cartoon animation models, which were created decades ago and are not original designs.

Binaltech was a similar process to Masterpiece only with using real life vehicles as a base instead of cartoon sketches.

The only TF toylines that Takara has created brand new originally-designed molds for without any input from Hasbro or external existing media were Victory, Zone, Return of Convoy, Gattai Daisakusen, Beast Wars II, Beast Wars Neo, Car Robots, Cap Bots, and Go!.
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Re: Transformers: Age of Extinction First Edition Optimus Prime Exclusive

Postby Tsutsukakushi » Tue Jan 28, 2014 3:59 am

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Tsutsukakushi wrote:Did you ever ponder,Hasbro let go all of those guys due to there terrible jobs on these TF toy lines.DOTM,TFA,Kreo,Rescuebots,TFP,BH, Constructbots.
Not in the least, because a lot of those lines you mention had really GOOD quality stuff.

DOTM's biggest fault was the MechTech stuff, but the figures themselves were not too shabby.

Animated... WHAT IS THAT DOING HERE?! Animated had a FANTASTIC toyline! Say what you want about the aesthetic, but nearly every one of those figures was spot-on show-accurate and loaded with articulation and features. That line was a winner!

Kre-O's a different department from the main lines.

Prime's only really bad figure was Deluxe Airachnid.

Prime Beast Hunters toys were just as good as, if not better than, the PRID line toys.

Like Kre-O, Construct-Bots is a different thing.

Tsutsukakushi wrote:Classics,RTS,Generations biggest negative. Was giving wrong sized toys to Characters. If this was the let go Hasbro's team idea,Then I'm glad they are gone.
So, the people who made Springer, Sandstorm, Trailcutter/Hoist, Waspinator, Skids, Metroplex, and more all deserved the boot just because of a few past misses? >:oP

Tsutsukakushi wrote:So these let go Hasbro guys created the first few waves of 2014 30th toy? do you know for certain it wasn't these let go Hasbro guys ideas to upscale some BH toys? I find it amusing you give them possible credit for the good but not the bad.
The upscaled BH toys are the first things to come out of the new design team, yes.

Tsutsukakushi wrote:Simplier isn't a bad thing,if it only affects the transformations. AEC had simplier transformations. as long as simplier doesn't take away articulation or sculpt,I have no problem with it.
I agree. A simple toy can still be of good quality and playability so long as it isn't "too" simple. :)

Tsutsukakushi wrote:The Takara TF designers are the masterminds. They don't needs Hasbro's team. Hasbro took more control away from Takara for the TF movie lines,TFA,TFP,BH,Kreo & Constructbots. That is why these lines were terrible. Takara has more control over AEC,Binaltech & MP,That is why these lines are superior.
Do you know what the last completely original TF designs Takara made on their own without any input from Hasbro were? The Swordbots and Optimus Exprime from Transformers Go!, and look at the kind of reception those get.

AEC was a joint-effort between both teams. The only big difference between how those toy designs were made vs the movie/Animated/Prime lines was that for the AEC lines, Hasbro and Takara worked from a vehicle mode design first to start with before figuring out how the robot modes would look. Whereas nowadays it is the opposite, with groups like ILM or Hasbro Studios first creating robot mode designs and then working backwards to first those designs into workable altmodes.

With Masterpiece, Takara works with the using the original Generation 1 cartoon animation models, which were created decades ago and are not original designs.

Binaltech was a similar process to Masterpiece only with using real life vehicles as a base instead of cartoon sketches.

The only TF toylines that Takara has created brand new originally-designed molds for without any input from Hasbro or external existing media were Victory, Zone, Return of Convoy, Gattai Daisakusen, Beast Wars II, Beast Wars Neo, Car Robots, Cap Bots, and Go!.


I don't rate a decent TF toy based off of it being more show accurate or not. If a TF toy looks show accurate but has thin hollow plastic,loose joints,too small,bad engineering,bad sculpt,I will not consider it a decent toy home run like you would.

While AEC was a joint effort between HasTak. Takara had more say,more control & the upper hand in the joint effort. This is why the AEC toys were so superior. Thinks went down hill real fast. When Hasbro gained more control,more say. When Hasbro lead the joint effort on the movie verse,TFA,TFP,BH.

It goes without saying the team of guys that Hasbro let go. were the team leaders who created all the failures like Rescue bots,Kreo,Constructbots,TFA,Movie verse,TFP & BH.

Letting those guys go was a smart decision by Hasbro. as you don't reward failure with more work. you give give it a pink slip & get rid of it.

Having classics generations toys in the wrong sizes was inexcusable. there is no doubt the let go guys had big says in this & ruined stuff here.

I'm happy those let go guys are gone. This means they can't ruin anything anymore.

The reason why 3rd party TF companies are thriving & are growing. Is due to all the bad decisions Hasbro has made in the past few years of all the recent Transformers toy lines from the Movie verse,TFA,TFP,BH,Constructsbots & Kreo. Fans got fed up,buy less Hasbro TF toys & are now buying more 3rd party TF toys.

While Kreo,rescuebots & constructbots are not considered part of the main Transformers toy lines. when these lines perform badly in sales & get clearanced. this makes retail stores lose more faith in all the TF brands. lost faith,means all the TF toy lines suffer the faith of lower volume ordering. As most retail stores are not smart enough to put stuff in categories & weed out the failures. most of these retail stores have lazy workers who rush through things & put everything into one big category rather than take the additional time to weed out the failures & successes.

Hasbro knows they are creating inferior TF product. for the past few years. The let go guys theme was,as long as the retail stores order. then they've made there money already. hasbro sales rest on stores ordering not buyers buying. getting stuff sold in stores is the stores problems. What hasbro does,'t realize is inferior products affects stores ordering future assortment waves. stuffing stores full of inferior product might get hasbro some fast big bucks in the short term. Stuffing stores full of inferior products takes its eventual toll in the quartly & yearly ordering. Stores will order less in future quarters & years when they notice all this inferior products not selling. A perfect example of this is the Kreo toy lines. Stores over ordered based off high sales of other TF toy lines. When Kreo bombed in sales & had to get clearanced to sell. Most stores refused to oder anymore of Kreo. Only Toys R us stores stock Kreo now. Stores ordered much lower volume of the TFP & BH toys based off bad toys sales of DOTM,TFA,Rescuebots,Kreo. Once the faith is lost,it goes downhill.

Once the economy went sour in 2008. Hasbro's team needed to up there game to create more superior TF toys product. because with people getting fired,losing there jobs,getting hours reduced. It was going to be a uphill battle to get these people to open up there wallets & buy something not deemed a necessity. Instead the Hasbro team did the exact oppossite. the hasbro teams decisions to cut corners,downsize. create products less wanted,raising prices,bad ideas,ugly sculpts,inferior,ugly colors.
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Re: Transformers: Age of Extinction First Edition Optimus Prime Exclusive

Postby El Duque » Tue Jan 28, 2014 8:50 am

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The folks over at the TF Upgrader Facebook page have posted new images of the recently revealed Amazon Exclusive Transformers: Age of Extinction First Edition Leader Class Optimus Prime. The figure appeared as a pre-order on Amazon last week and quickly sold out. These images gives us a nice comparison with the last Leader Class Movie Universe Optimus Prime mold and the MP-10 Optimus Prime. Check out the mirrored image below. For those who managed to get a pre-order in before the figure sold out, this figure will supposedly ship with the next couple of weeks.

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Re: Transformers: Age of Extinction First Edition Optimus Prime Exclusive

Postby paul053 » Tue Jan 28, 2014 9:13 am

Is it just me or ......? :-? This comparison shot just made the new FE Prime look even worse. The chrome isn't really well applied.
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Re: Transformers: Age of Extinction First Edition Optimus Prime Exclusive

Postby Jones » Tue Jan 28, 2014 9:15 am

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El Duque wrote:The folks over at the Planet Iacon Facebook page have posted a new image of the recently revealed Amazon Exclusive Transformers: Age of Extinction First Edition Leader Class Optimus Prime. The figure appeared as a pre-order on Amazon last week and quick sold out. This image gives us a nice comparison with the last Leader Class Movie Universe Optimus Prime mold and the MP-10 Optimus Prime. Check out the mirrored image below. For those who managed to get a pre-order in before the figure sold out, this figure will supposedly ship with the next couple of weeks.

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This is just a huge piece of 'nope'. Seeing it side-by-side with the previous Leader highlights this even more. Bottom line; it just looks cheap.

Fingers crossed that this figure is simply the DOTM Voyager Sentinel of the AoE line and the rest of the figures are more 'Transformer-ish'.
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Re: Transformers: Age of Extinction First Edition Optimus Prime Exclusive

Postby Rated X » Tue Jan 28, 2014 9:21 am

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That looks ugly. More like a knight than a robot. Why did the pre orders sell out ? Why is everybody so interested in paying top dollar for something that will warm the shelves of every walmart, target, and TRU in the continential US ? I remember getting ROTF Prime on clearance for 35 bucks. And that was the best leader Prime. From there the aesthetic kept going downhill.
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Re: Transformers: Age of Extinction First Edition Optimus Prime Exclusive

Postby El Duque » Tue Jan 28, 2014 9:24 am

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Well, unfortunately from what I've heard this is one of the best figures from the AOE line. They are really embracing this whole simplified concept. This is one of the collector aimed "more complex" figures, which is why it's an Amazon exclusive. :michaelbay:
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Re: Transformers: Age of Extinction First Edition Optimus Prime Exclusive

Postby First Gen » Tue Jan 28, 2014 9:35 am

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Ugh.

I am Sent.......Optimus Prime.

This is terrible. Just terrible.
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Re: Transformers: Age of Extinction First Edition Optimus Prime Exclusive

Postby mooncake623 » Tue Jan 28, 2014 9:39 am

Weapon: Concussion Rifle
Looks fine, like any other Movie prime. what are people bitching about? Don't like the chrome? wait for a non first edition version?
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Re: Transformers: Age of Extinction First Edition Optimus Prime Exclusive

Postby megatronus » Tue Jan 28, 2014 9:40 am

Motto: "I would have waited an eternity for this."
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I understand that this is in response to the previous overly-complicated movie figures (I'm looking at you, Leader Class Sentinel Prime), but this strikes me as an over-correction.
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