Hong Kong Ani-Com and Games OniToys Hero of Steel Optimus Prime Exclusive

Looks awesome! Also looks non-transforming... but I'll take the black repaint

Fellow Seibertronian fenrir72 notified us of an update on the officially licensed OriToys Hero of Steel Optimus Prime we reported on from the Hong Kong Ani-Com - as the company have released a 3D print of the product in its prototype stage on their blog, and which you can check out below! There is still no confirmation as to whether this impressively posable figure will transform, but from the pictures, it seems unlikely at this stage.

With new presentation and super articulations, Hero of steel will be an ultimate collection series of our dream super robots!

HOS 01 - Optimus Prime is the first Hero we bring to you. The preliminary prototype is under motion test and final prototype will see you soon in HKACG 2015!

Displaying and pre-ordering Booth : Asia Goal (Booth C18-21)

SillySpringer wrote:Does this thing transform?

*looks in her Crystal Call*

I see a lot of hate in this figure's future...

Sabrblade wrote:So, wait, is this the first time a convention exclusive has ever been a completely new mold figure from Hasbro? (Oilmaster's shell was an accessory, and was made by Boss Fight Studios)

Licensed by Hasbro, not made by Hasbro or any affiliate like FunPub. ORITOY is the manufacturer, which makes sense given Hasbro's penchant for outsourcing products only big fans will likely buy.

Sabrblade wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:So, wait, is this the first time a convention exclusive has ever been a completely new mold figure from Hasbro? (Oilmaster's shell was an accessory, and was made by Boss Fight Studios)

Licensed by Hasbro, not made by Hasbro. ORITOY is the manufacturer, which makes sense given Hasbro penchant for outsourcing products only big fans will likely buy.

Ah, so it's a similar case to Oilmaster's shell, then.

Yup. Basically when a company has no experience in a certain field or finds the development of a certain product to risky, outsourcing part of it to a different company with more experience in that field is the way to go. Hasbro has plenty of experience in Toys, but for fan-oriented products they turn to companies like FunPub and other manufacturers of such items to mitigate the risk. I do wonder if it was commissioned by Hasbro, or if ORITOY presented the design and asked Hasbro for the license.

Man, that looks awesome. I may like this more than the new Hot Toys Optimus Prime coming out

Amelie wrote:9 inches. $139.00. Non-transformable.

No.

This.

Courtesy of TAG Hobby, we have some new colour images of the officially licensed Ori Toy non-transforming (but fully posable) Hero of Steel Optimus Prime, with a provisional release date of Spring 2016 and the Megatron gun accessory. Check them out below!

PRODUCT SPEC:
- HERO OF STEEL 01 – OPTIMUS PRIME
- Around 23cm tall
- Over 40 points of articulation
- ABS, DIECAST
- 15 years and up
- Suggested Retail Price : HKD 950
- Estimated releasing date : SPRING 2016

Meh. Looks like poo.

That figure looks pretty boss... I'm always impressed by strong poseability. It doesn't seem any 'puffier' than the Revoltech figures, and most folks were over the moon about those.