In-Hand Images - Takara Tomy Movie Advanced AD-31 Armor Knight Optimus

Prime looks great, but that sword and shield...

oh man. it's beautiful. do we know a release date?

Autobot032 wrote:I wish his shield didn't look so stupid, though. Ugh.

I just wish the shield didn't take up half the box! Compact packaging is important for my compact living space...

Autobot032 wrote:Part of me feels stupid for buying the same mold twice, plus nearly double the cost

This is my 3rd version of the mold, between the Hasbro & Takara versions I already have. Double Ugh.


But he does look awesome, and worth it, and the definitive version of the mold (much as I consider my APS Prime to be the definitive version of the ROTF Leader mold).

Siger wrote:could care less, could care a lot less about this Backpacktimus Prime.

So you care a lot about it, is what you're saying.

That's exactly it,,, he does care lol.. it's funny how people get so anal hurt off of someone's opinion. I guess I hit it where it hurts.

megatronus wrote:

Autobot032 wrote:Part of me feels stupid for buying the same mold twice, plus nearly double the cost

This is my 3rd version of the mold, between the Hasbro & Takara versions I already have. Double Ugh.

But he does look awesome, and worth it, and the definitive version of the mold (much as I consider my APS Prime to be the definitive version of the ROTF Leader mold).

at this point, im SO happy i didnt buy takaras first leader prime. i agonized over it for a couple days but ultimately passed due to getting hasbros for half price. and there just wasnt enough of a difference between the two to pass up that price for a leader prime, or pay almost 100 bucks for takaras few extra paint apps.

shajaki wrote:

megatronus wrote:

Autobot032 wrote:Part of me feels stupid for buying the same mold twice, plus nearly double the cost

This is my 3rd version of the mold, between the Hasbro & Takara versions I already have. Double Ugh.

But he does look awesome, and worth it, and the definitive version of the mold (much as I consider my APS Prime to be the definitive version of the ROTF Leader mold).

at this point, im SO happy i didnt buy takaras first leader prime. i agonized over it for a couple days but ultimately passed due to getting hasbros for half price. and there just wasnt enough of a difference between the two to pass up that price for a leader prime, or pay almost 100 bucks for takaras few extra paint apps.

I think I ended up paying $80 for Takara's Leader Prime... which is the same as this one costs. Fail.

It's definitely an ugh, but not a regret. Had this new version not been announced, I would have been really annoyed that I let Takara's first version go. It's covered in silver paint, and the paint apps and chrome are much more strategically placed.

G1OPT1MU5PR1M3 wrote:Is it just me, or was this not the worst release of TF toys (movie wise) ever made? What happened to transforming them and the wheels going in the right place or even kibble being in the right place (if there even WAS kibble). The AOE toys are nothing but vehicle on top and robot on the bottom.. the best movie toys were the 2007 and revenge of the fallen movie release toys,from optimus prime leader class, right down to the jetfire leader class connecting to optimus and, even iron hide all the way up to part 3 was awesome (leaders class for sure)... I'm sorry, all of the AOE toys are not cool at all

What about the dinobots and voyager hound and Platinum edition OP and grimlock?Sure,there are pieces of garbage in the AOE line but these are the best.The Platinum edition OP that comes with grimlock is soo complicated. I hate transforming it .The wheels go right in voyager hound.All the dinobots except DLX Strafe hide their robot kibble very well.BTW,I agree with you on Optimus and Galvatron.I am let down by those two.Leader OP?A leader class with 20 steps?Seriously?Good grief!Still, I think the simplifying was a good job.So overall,I think Hasbro was okay with the simplifying but,they really went too far on Leader OP.

megatronus wrote:Had this new version not been announced, I would have been really annoyed that I let Takara's first version go. It's covered in silver paint, and the paint apps and chrome are much more strategically placed.

i hear ya. even minute differences make me buy doubly expensive toys all the time. i think my aversion to this particular one is because i had already designated myself to dislike the mold. had takaras been even a little bit cheaper, id have gone for it. better to pay more for something youll actually like right?