Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Hello Transformer fans!
I hope you all enjoyed today's Haslab reveal of OMEGA PRIME!
I did once say that "We'd never do an Optimus as a Haslab!" Boy am I glad to have been so wrong.
Making this a Haslab really allowed us to plus up the offering and make the figures the best they can be.
It was such an honor to work on this set of figures with Yuki san over at Takara Tomy. He 100% took the reigns on this one with his passion on how to improve over the original figures that he himself worked on back in the day. Whenever he would send video updates of how the model was functioning, he would play the japanese theme song in the background and hum along (it was adorable). If you've never heard the original Japanese Car Robots opening theme song, I really recommend you look it up as it's an absolute bop. The singer did the songs of another franchise I dearly love and put his heart and soul in every song he did.
Back to these amazing figures, they are an absolute joy to play with and a complete distraction that I need to store away from my office or I just don't get any work done.
Deco wise, we based it off the Animation/ Encore figures which is why Optimus has the C-001 license plate and the white coloring will be a more pure metallic white instead of the vanilla off color white of the original toy release.
Tires are all molded ABS plastic so they will not degrade like the original figures (my originals have all started to crack so I know the pain many have gone through.).
There are no electronics or spring loaded gimmicks in these figures which really allowed us to better utilize the space they took up and make these the best they can be. Each figure has ankle joints so posing them is a dream.
Combined modes feel solid and I hope you all will be pleased with playing and posing them out.
Please be on the lookout for Backer updates as we continue forward!
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:If I did have any one nitpick to make about this set, it's that I was hoping it would be smaller...
Yes. Apparently, the guys at Hasbro are under the belief that Star Saber needs to combine with Victory Leo in order to match Deathsaurus in height, instead of already being at that height on his own while being even taller as Victory Saber.Grahf_ wrote:Otherwise why are Victory Leo and Star Saber so damn small compared to Deathsaurus if not to stick to that scale. Isn't Victory Saber supposed to be taller than Deathsaurus and not the same height?
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
So you're saying you're basically like the kids in this commercial:Immortal Starscream wrote:Also, hunting that ultra magnus is how I met my best bud. So I kinda feel obligated to get this.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
3x more expensive than the originals were at retail twenty-three years ago, sure. But certainly not 3x more expensive than they are complete on eBay years later, or than they'd be as reissues.blackeyedprime wrote:Well it ticks some boxes...
3x more expensive then the originals...
There, you have more of a point. Although who knows? Maybe firing missiles (the feature it particularly hurts to lose) can be added as a stretch goal. And frankly, losing Ultra Magnus' electronics will be a net gain.blackeyedprime wrote:removal of features...
1. What are you even pronouncing "removal of quality" based on? Aside from giving up on the rubber tires, which even you are admitting didn't last well.blackeyedprime wrote:removal of quality (though the rubber wheels of the original might be debatable with them mostly not surviving time)
The front of Optimus' truck mode is probably a bit of further making sure he doesn't resemble any real models of truck.blackeyedprime wrote:Not sure i'm keen on the front of Optimuses truck mode but looks pretty good otherwise,
1. Doing them at retail would probably have required two Commander slots in the same line in the same year or else shoehorning one of them into Studio Series, and they likely would have more sacrifices made instead of being able to do anything to improve on the originals.blackeyedprime wrote:Could these have been done at retail? With the £90 Commnder classes, yeagh thye probably could have.Plus then we might have got the yellow Optimus repaint.
How was Star Saber "superfluous"? Don't forget that MP Star Saber has multiple joint issues by most accounts w/o aftermarket upgrades, and still has no accompanying Victory Leo without resorting to 3P toys. And last time I was looking at it on eBay, that 3P Victory Leo was like $300.blackeyedprime wrote:Not really convinced on this over the originals but it's nice enough for those that want it and it's not superfluous like starsaber was so bonus points for that.
I get it as well.kurthy wrote:Not really getting some of the carping about this figure.
It's cheaper than the overpriced encore from 6 years ago that had to be recalled.
The originals, while amazing, still have a lot of issues that seem to be fixed in this version. I get why Evan was very emphatic about not having rubber tires because I've owned a couple of these.
I mean, they could have shoehorned one of them into Studio Series. But there would have been sacrifices made for sure, instead of being able to take steps to improve on the originals where possible.kurthy wrote:Let's face it, these were never coming out at retail, even at the commander price point with some slimmed down packaging and the loss of blue bolt. Optimus, yes, absolutely could have been done at commander, probably the loss of moveable missiles and some other things in favor of blast effects. Ultra Magnus, no way in hell was any retailer signing off on a commander who mostly is designed to be armor for another commander that wouldn't be on store shelves at the same time. This would have been released over at least two years and retailers wouldn't have bitten.
1. Shadow Striker seems to be only a smidge shorter than OG Side Burn, so I disagree with you there.Grahf_ wrote:Sabrblade wrote:If I did have any one nitpick to make about this set, it's that I was hoping it would be smaller...
Indeed. I was somewhat shocked when reading their heights. The scale with this set is definitely thrown off by quite a bit. Especially against Scourge and Shadow Striker.
I don't think they actually are bigger than the originals, though. The OG RiD Optimus is 8" from bottom of foot to top of head... and putting the missile pods on adds almost another half inch. So, I'm pretty sure that 8.5" being boasted of on the Pulse page, is the height with the missile pods on and he's pretty much the same size as the original.Grahf_ wrote:The problem is though that if they made them to scale better, more people would be vocally against the set. As it is some don't seem to think this is even any bigger or has any more articulation.
Those people are just plain unobservant lmao.Grahf_ wrote:Some seem to think it's just a slight retool of the original.
Considering that Omega Prime's stability problems are due in part to the added weight of Ultra Magnus' big fat soundbox, that's a dumb thing to complain about. Not to mention how badly Takara screwed the pooch with the soundboxes on the Encore release.Grahf_ wrote:Others are complaining about the lack of sounds as if that even matters.
I'd say you're wrong on that score. It seems very much the right size compared to Megatron IMO, and based on pictures Hot Shot as well. I'd say it's only too big next to Starscream, because Legacy Armada Starscream is too small (Putzwing's slot would have been better spent on him, IMO).Grahf_ wrote:But yeah, as someone who thinks Legacy Armada Optimus' super mode is too big
You're wrong about Armada Optimus and Omega Prime, and Deathy is only too tall because Victory Saber is too small. I suspect Victory Saber was scaled relative to Legends God Ginrai.Grahf_ wrote:Isn't Victory Saber supposed to be taller than Deathsaurus and not the same height? So Armada Prime, Deathsaurus and now Omega Prime are all too tall.
Ouch. That's rough.Burn wrote:The bastion of Haslab in Australia, EB Games and Zing have decided to price gouge.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Honestly, if it wasn't for space I'd still be tempted to get these (once I had the spare $) despite owning and being very happy with the originals because they do bring some substantial upgrades when it comes to articulation-based play. But between what I already have and what's still on my "to get" list, it's probably best I pass.
Part of it's because the originals were already fairly well articulated. It's not the same massive tradeoff seen with Legacy Armada Optimus.
If this set makes it (and better yet, makes it all the way into the stretch goals), I wonder if they'll do Rail Racer or Landfill next. Those, I'd definitely go for.
Sabrblade wrote:Ouch. That's rough.Burn wrote:The bastion of Haslab in Australia, EB Games and Zing have decided to price gouge.
If some place like RobotKingdom were carry him, would that be a workable alternative for you?
Shout never released RID2001 on DVD. The show has never had any official English DVD release outside of the UK.chuckdawg1999 wrote:in an interview on one of the Shout sets.
That is beautiful.chuckdawg1999 wrote:Kids were writing to him wanting to know where Prime was, and some asking if Prime was one of the fire trucks saving people.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Burn wrote:The bastion of Haslab in Australia, EB Games and Zing have decided to price gouge.
$749AUD Pre-order
In the past they've been the best way for Australian's to source the Haslab figures as we never had to pay up front and could take our time paying them off before the release date.
But for this set to be nearly the price of Unicron's original release price and twice that of Victory Sabre and Deathsaurus, I'll be sitting this one out. I have the original, I don't have $750.
Sabrblade wrote:And 17 hours after the reveal, it looks like the backers have finally called it a night at 47.95% funded.
-Kanrabat- wrote:TF-fan kev777 wrote:First-Aid wrote:Okay, did anyone else notice that we all get a wonderful shot of Starscreams crotch anytime he sits in that throne? That's unnerving. Couldn't they have put n extra flap in there? It's....weird.
Its kind of like Basic Instinct, but not in a good way...
Goddammit, now I can't unsee it.
I_AM... MEGATRON! wrote:So if this gets funded that means we're getting a RiD Megatron/Galvatron/Gigatron too...right?
First-Aid wrote: VS and DS were both more than 75% funded before the usual "slowdown".
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