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[El Duque]

Hasbro's official Transformers YouTube channel has uploaded a product demo of the recently released Transformers Prime Cyberverse Optimus Maximus playset. Check out the video embedded below.

[Cobalt Prime]

I'm glad they threw in the "subject to availability" part.

Of course, nothing has been more "subject to availability" as the Prime RID deluxes!

[CycL3Bot-'[O.o]']

Bot mode looks alright
Battle station mode?? thats a joke right TOTALLY looks like he's sitting down with no head

[Alpha Weltall]

Bot mode looks alright
Battle station mode?? thats a joke right TOTALLY looks like he's sitting down with no head

Hey, it worked for G1 Metroplex.

[dedcat]

Some customizer somewhere is going to do amazing things with this otherwise awful toy.

[CycL3Bot-'[O.o]']

i totally agree bro. like you said, it worked in G1 but now its 2012 thats just lazy of them in my part

[Megatron Wolf]

Bot mode looks alright
Battle station mode?? thats a joke right TOTALLY looks like he's sitting down with no head

Hey, it worked for G1 Metroplex.

Actually Metroplex was a bit more complex than this thing is not to mention he was a solid figure & not hollow like this. When Metroplex transformed he actually looked like something unlike prime here who dose just look like hes sitting down with no head and a flat chest.

[Super Megatron]

Bot mode looks alright
Battle station mode?? thats a joke right TOTALLY looks like he's sitting down with no head

Hey, it worked for G1 Metroplex.

Actually Metroplex was a bit more complex than this thing is not to mention he was a solid figure & not hollow like this. When Metroplex transformed he actually looked like something unlike prime here who dose just look like hes sitting down with no head and a flat chest.

True. Metroplex had many more steps to transform him from robot to a rolling battle station - the "city mode" was just a bonus (but it did tried to look like a city). This Optimus barely looks like a robot, much less a "battle station". The simplicity of its transformation is almost as bad as something you get from a happy meal toy.

[Ultra Markus]

yeah but imagine what this looks like to a 5 -6 year old kid
who these toys are designed for

[Cobalt Prime]

yeah but imagine what this looks like to a 5 -6 year old kid
who these toys are designed for

True, but following that train of thought, why didn't they always just make lazy, crappy offerings like this since this is all it takes to impress the target audience? Why'd we have to go from stuff that adult collectors could actually appreciate to THIS after so many years?