The Energon Pub

News Credits: 1 · by **SkyWarpt** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 2:03 am

Thanks to Planet Iacon’s Facebook page we have our first glimpse at Hasbro’s upcoming 2016 Platinum release of Air Attack Optimus Primal in a very Optimus Prime-y color scheme.

This release continues the Platinum line’s reach WAYYY back into the Transformers mold vault as Air Attack Optimus Primal last saw release in 2002’s Robots in Disguise line.

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 2:07 am

God that mold was pretty terrible, it had some cool gimmicks, and I liked the transformation, but that punching arm ruins it for me.

News Credits: 1 · by **SkyWarpt** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 2:10 am

Hellscream9999 wrote:God that mold was pretty terrible, it had some cool gimmicks, and I liked the transformation, but that punching arm ruins it for me.

You've gotta hand it to them though...Year of the Monkey ties in perfectly for Beast Wars 20th anniversary. MP Optimus Primal is also slated for next year.

News Credits: 1 · by **SkyWarpt** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 2:16 am

The colors look better than this years IMO

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 2:18 am

SkyWarpt wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:God that mold was pretty terrible, it had some cool gimmicks, and I liked the transformation, but that punching arm ruins it for me.

You've gotta hand it to them though...Year of the Monkey ties in perfectly for Beast Wars 20th anniversary. MP Optimus Primal is also slated for next year.

I dunno, the optimal o/p or cybertron o/p or o/minor (I love him), or even bw o/p would've been better, or maybe the blast-punch o/p, but I haven't experienced that one. o/o/p would fit the size class, and I would definitely pick that up.

News Credits: 1 · by **SkyWarpt** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 2:38 am

Hellscream9999 wrote:
SkyWarpt wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:God that mold was pretty terrible, it had some cool gimmicks, and I liked the transformation, but that punching arm ruins it for me.

You've gotta hand it to them though...Year of the Monkey ties in perfectly for Beast Wars 20th anniversary. MP Optimus Primal is also slated for next year.

I dunno, the optimal o/p or cybertron o/p or o/minor (I love him), or even bw o/p would've been better, or maybe the blast-punch o/p, but I haven't experienced that one. o/o/p would fit the size class, and I would definitely pick that up.

Someone must like that mold, it fetches a decent amount of coin on eBay.

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 2:44 am

SkyWarpt wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
SkyWarpt wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:God that mold was pretty terrible, it had some cool gimmicks, and I liked the transformation, but that punching arm ruins it for me.

You've gotta hand it to them though...Year of the Monkey ties in perfectly for Beast Wars 20th anniversary. MP Optimus Primal is also slated for next year.

I dunno, the optimal o/p or cybertron o/p or o/minor (I love him), or even bw o/p would've been better, or maybe the blast-punch o/p, but I haven't experienced that one. o/o/p would fit the size class, and I would definitely pick that up.

Someone must like that mold, it fetches a decent amount of coin on eBay.

If ever there were a scale to base value on worth ignoring...

I mean he has:

-A decent bot mode (but a derpy face)

-A cool beast mode (with immobile arms)

-Cool gimmicks (except for that dumb gimmick arm)

-But an awesome transformation, I love how the beast feet swap with the bot feet.

News Credits: 1 · by **SkyWarpt** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 3:17 am

Hellscream9999 wrote:
SkyWarpt wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
SkyWarpt wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:God that mold was pretty terrible, it had some cool gimmicks, and I liked the transformation, but that punching arm ruins it for me.

You've gotta hand it to them though...Year of the Monkey ties in perfectly for Beast Wars 20th anniversary. MP Optimus Primal is also slated for next year.

I dunno, the optimal o/p or cybertron o/p or o/minor (I love him), or even bw o/p would've been better, or maybe the blast-punch o/p, but I haven't experienced that one. o/o/p would fit the size class, and I would definitely pick that up.

Someone must like that mold, it fetches a decent amount of coin on eBay.

If ever there were a scale to base value on worth ignoring...

I mean he has:

-A decent bot mode (but a derpy face)

-A cool beast mode (with immobile arms)

-Cool gimmicks (except for that dumb gimmick arm)

-But an awesome transformation, I love how the beast feet swap with the bot feet.

Regardless, there are 8 available on eBay (which is the only way of getting hands on one) a ton of people started at Beast Wars. Seeing as we're getting an MP Primal, this is good news on a HTF mold.

News Credits: 1 · by **RhA** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 3:36 am

I always liked that mold. I'm not sure about those colors, though... The classic Optimus colors just clash with organic alt modes.

News Credits: 1 · by **SkyWarpt** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 3:44 am

RhA wrote:I always liked that mold. I'm not sure about those colors, though... The classic Optimus colors just clash with organic alt modes.

It's better than the orange and clear from this year.

News Credits: 11 · by **RAR** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 4:33 am

Kind of like Primal Prime isn't he.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 6:20 am

Weibo.com user Starscream韋 has come across images of a new redeco for the Platinum Edition line, revolving around the Chinese zodiac sign of the Monkey for the next year. Notified by fellow Seibertronians skywarpt and D-Maximus_Prime.

It looks like Beast Machines Air Attack Optimus Primal will be making a return in red and blue - and so very close to the Beast Wars 20th anniversary, and the new Takara MP Optimus Primal. Will you hunting this one out? Let us know in the Energon Pub!

News Credits: 1 · by **RhA** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 6:30 am

SkyWarpt wrote:
RhA wrote:I always liked that mold. I'm not sure about those colors, though... The classic Optimus colors just clash with organic alt modes.

It's better than the orange and clear from this year.

Absolutely.

Anyone else notice the new Apetobot logo? :lol:

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 9:32 am

HA! Called it!

I'll wait for better pictures before passing judgement on the color scheme, but so far, it look fun. Way better than clear and creamy butterscotch.

2 things that will prevent me for ever buying him though. I already have the original mold and I'm sure TrU will want to sell the thing 200$ or something, based on the previous absurd YOTG prices.

News Credits: 1 · by **Janus Prime** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 9:48 am

I dig it. The art looks great and I love the concept.
I wonder if he's suppose to be G1 Prime during the Beat Era, or a new form for BW Primal.

News Credits: 1 · by **Tranzilla** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 10:26 am

I would have loved to see an Optimus Prime rather than BM Primal head on this. AZIM? YOU'RE UP!!!!!

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 10:30 am

Looks a little hokey for my tastes.

Will most likely Pass, but it would be cool for someone to get a Prime collection going for each one of the years.

News Credits: 5 · by **zodconvoy** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 10:45 am

It will be mine. Perhaps the only series I love better than Beast Wars is Beast Machines and I remember how hyped I was to find Air Attack Optimus Primal at the Kay Bee in the Granite Run Mall in my twenties. That sentence is pure nostalgia because none of that exists anymore!

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 10:53 am

This could be the first "Year of the ____" Optimus toy I wind up purchasing! I skipped out on the Dragon, Snake, Horse, and Goat figures, but a G1 Optimus-themed redeco of Optimus Primal (who winds up looking like Primal Prime as a result) is enough to pique my interest!

But then I again, I still don't own the Air Attack Optimus Primal mold, so my lacking that mold could be influencing my wanting of this figure. If I already owned it (or ever track down the original before this comes out), that could deter me from wanting this new one.

by **Gearslide** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 11:10 am

With those colors, he looks exceptionally like Primal Prime.

by **Peridot** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 11:15 am

This guy needs a new head sculpt so badly it's actually painful.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 11:17 am

Peridot wrote:This guy needs a new head sculpt so badly it's actually painful.

Then it wouldn't look like the character it's meant to be. :???:

by **Peridot** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 11:36 am

Sabrblade wrote:
Peridot wrote:This guy needs a new head sculpt so badly it's actually painful.
Then it wouldn't look like the character it's meant to be.

That head just looks really off on such a clearly Prime-like deco. It's already a heavy homage. Might as well finish the homage.

News Credits: 2 · by **munkimus prime** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 11:49 am

I'm very intrigued because I don't own this mold and I've heard he's a some what decent figure. Seeing as he's probably going to be a Toys'R'us exclusive I'll be seeing hundreds of them at retail so I shall wait until then.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sun Sep 06, 2015 11:50 am

Peridot wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Peridot wrote:This guy needs a new head sculpt so badly it's actually painful.
Then it wouldn't look like the character it's meant to be.

That head just looks really off on such a clearly Prime-like deco. It's already a heavy homage. Might as well finish the homage.

It's still Primal's head, whom this figure is meant to be.

Besides, the "Year of the ____" Optimus toys are always straight redecos, never remolds.