Empire Magazine January Edition Cover Reveals First Official Look at Transformers: Age of Extinction Optimus Prime CGI Model

has to be the worst looking bayformer ever, seriously how do you look at that and think "transformer"? And the only thing that says optimus prime is the head. When they said redesign i was hoping for more transformer looking bots with transformations that actually make sense but instead they're going more towards generic robot that will probably just morph randomly into a vehicle. Well i had no hope for this movie and i still dont.

Sabrblade wrote:

Megatron Wolf wrote:has to be the worst looking bayformer ever, seriously how do you look at that and think "transformer"? And the only thing that says optimus prime is the head. When they said redesign i was hoping for more transformer looking bots with transformations that actually make sense but instead they're going more towards generic robot that will probably just morph randomly into a vehicle. Well i had no hope for this movie and i still dont.

In other words "GEEWUN!"

Sabrblade, I think that's a bit unfair. I agree with him on this. Look at movie Bumblebee's cgi model, and then to, what I think anyone would agree is the best movie bumblebee figure we got, deluxe Battle Blades Bumblebee and it shows Bayformers CAN have logical working transformations that result in a robot that looks like it transforms into a car and still be complex and not the boxes of G1.

Prime here might as well be a robot from Pacific Rim. Cool in and of themselves, but nothing that says it's a Transformer. I'm from '84, and I KNOW transformers can be transformers without being 'G1' Think of it as the difference between Beast Wars designs and those of Beast machines (animation model wise) Beast Wars still mechanically transformed, on the other hand beast machines shape-shifted, or morphed. Big difference. Prime 'looks' like the latter.

I like the design, but honestly it tires me that people expect a robot that turns into a truck to not have truck parts. The first trilogy Prime design did it. Why can't this one?

Pacific rim look in the sense that it doesn't look like it transforms, if you ask me. I can't see a single piece of truck on him, and it doesn't have to be kibble, come on. Let's not start misinterpreting to avoid what is really being said. It's pretty generic indeed, with the body detailing being so randomly placed. Pretty eh overall.

A chest that happens to look like a trucks windshield is NOT kibble.

MINDVVIPE wrote:A chest that happens to look like a trucks windshield is NOT kibble.

Indeed, for that serves the function of being a chest and the core of the body, holding it together.

But, not everyone's chest has to look like their altmode.

Sabrblade wrote:

MINDVVIPE wrote:A chest that happens to look like a trucks windshield is NOT kibble.

Indeed, for that serves the function of being a chest and the core of the body, holding it together.

But, not everyone's chest has to look like their altmode.

galvatron?

it looks good no enrgon sword no more prefer bots look like this than big g1 bulky ness to them

Megatron Wolf wrote:has to be the worst looking bayformer ever, seriously how do you look at that and think "transformer"?

And, unfortunately, he's one of the best looking in TF4. No joke, you better get used to a full-on, mechanized, Tron Samurai. Oh, and your villain is basically Agent Smith from the Matrix (minus the sunglasses) just made into a robot. There's a lot of robot clothes (including coats, helmets, and glasses) and a lot more "faces" (ala Starscream, but they don't look good).

People are hating on a movie that nobody's even seen based on a few pictures where you can't really see much of anything... This is why purists ruin everything. No wonder Unicron didn't eat Earth. All that whine would give him indigestion.

...You know what? I kinda like it the design [collective surprise gasp from the audience].

My only thing is that the only thing recognizable as Optimus Prime is the head. Needs more window boobies.

SlyTF1 wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:...You know what? I kinda like it the design [collective surprise gasp from the audience].

My only thing is that the only thing recognizable as Optimus Prime is the head. Needs more window boobies.

Armada Optimus didn't have windows on his chest. I don't see too many people complaining about that.

He's the exception.