In-Hand Images: Transformers Prime "Beast Hunters" Voyager Optimus Prime
Saturday, January 12th, 2013 2:22PM CST
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For size comparison the figure has been posed with Transformers Prime "Robots in Disguise" Voyager Optimus Prime, as you can see the "Beast Hunters" mold appears to be quite a bit beefier. A couple of the images also feature his wavemate "Beast Hunters" Voyager Predaking, so more images of him are likely forthcoming.
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Posted by Genocide G2.0 on January 12th, 2013 @ 2:31pm CST
Posted by Dyn@mo on January 12th, 2013 @ 2:31pm CST
Posted by Va'al on January 12th, 2013 @ 2:38pm CST
And he looks bigger than PRiD Voyager OP, which is good.
(I also suspect we'll be getting some in-hand images of Predaking soon.)
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on January 12th, 2013 @ 2:38pm CST
Posted by Twitchythe3rd on January 12th, 2013 @ 2:40pm CST
Posted by mongrel on January 12th, 2013 @ 2:42pm CST
Posted by STngAR on January 12th, 2013 @ 2:43pm CST
Posted by Mindmaster on January 12th, 2013 @ 2:49pm CST
...Dammit.
I planned on Smokescreen (and maaaaybe Starscream) to be my only Beast Hunters figure. Now that we know he actually looks really cool, guess I gotta fish out another twenty bucks. They better make an equally-bulky-and-badass Megatron.
I'm so happy they finally ditched the MechTech-like weapon. Stupidest idea ever.
Posted by Flakmaster on January 12th, 2013 @ 2:59pm CST
I want to like this figure, but it just looks too simple. It doesn't even appear as though the feet can be placed flat.
This would be better as a Deluxe.
This must be a move on Hasbro's part to purposefully dumb down TFs; I can't imagine that the toy designers could get this bad at making interesting, poseable TFs in only a few years, especially after seeing the level of complexity in the ROTF figures and post-ROTF Generations figures.
Posted by butterflyboy on January 12th, 2013 @ 3:00pm CST
Posted by Mindmaster on January 12th, 2013 @ 3:04pm CST
Flakmaster wrote:the level of complexity in the ROTF figures and post-ROTF Generations figures.
Hey man, ROTF Jetfire and Rampage are pretty tough to transform. That's why I rarely touch Rampage nowadays.
Posted by frogbat on January 12th, 2013 @ 3:06pm CST
Fortunately I'm content with my fe prime.
Posted by njb902 on January 12th, 2013 @ 3:12pm CST
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on January 12th, 2013 @ 3:12pm CST
Posted by Cybertronus on January 12th, 2013 @ 3:16pm CST
Posted by Noideaforaname on January 12th, 2013 @ 3:24pm CST
Posted by Nemesis Maximo on January 12th, 2013 @ 3:25pm CST
frogbat wrote:I was initially put off by the cartoony alt mode but I can see this as a worthwhile figure. The robot mode gives me a very Japanese old school robot vibe in its proportions kinda like mazinga z etc. he's pretty nice size wise too
I was getting the same vibe. I couldn't quite place my finger on it.
butterflyboy wrote:Does anyone else notice that Hasbro seems to be skimping less on the plastic? He's bigger than PRID Optimus, with beefy accessories. Also, the back of his legs aren't all hollowed out like PRID OP. I for one am really glad to see that.
I was thinking that too when I picked up Voyager Soundwave. Not the best fig, but pretty hefty. Hav'n't got a deluxe fog since Vehicon, but Smokescreen looks big as well.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on January 12th, 2013 @ 3:57pm CST
HE'S SO METAL!
I love the Madmaxesque garbage truck mode.
That robot mode is pure concentrated baddassery. And that head sculpt... look like OP is tired of playing nice!
I'm looking forward to see him in store.
What's more, the voyagers are starting to look like voyagers again!
Posted by PrymeStriker on January 12th, 2013 @ 4:02pm CST
Dammit, Hasbro. Stop stealing my money.
Posted by mick1122 on January 12th, 2013 @ 4:10pm CST
Posted by Tigertrack on January 12th, 2013 @ 4:26pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on January 12th, 2013 @ 4:35pm CST
Posted by Mindmaster on January 12th, 2013 @ 4:39pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:He's here to chew gum and take faces names, and he's all out of chewing gum.
Posted by Doubledealer93 on January 12th, 2013 @ 4:52pm CST
Posted by #Sideways# on January 12th, 2013 @ 5:00pm CST
Please, please don't look like this in the show...
Posted by Mindmaster on January 12th, 2013 @ 5:03pm CST
#Sideways# wrote:Please, please don't look like this in the show...
Don't waste your breath: Optimus, and every character getting the spike treatment is most likely going to look like their package artwork.
Posted by PrymeStriker on January 12th, 2013 @ 5:23pm CST
Mindmaster wrote:Optimus, and every character getting the spike treatment is most likely going to look like their package artwork.
But Optimus got killed owned. It makes sense for him to upgrade.
Posted by Mindmaster on January 12th, 2013 @ 5:29pm CST
PrymeStriker wrote:Mindmaster wrote:Optimus, and every character getting the spike treatment is most likely going to look like their package artwork.
But Optimus got killed owned. It makes sense for him to upgrade.
If the Autobots are up against Cybertronian dinosaurs/Yautjas, they would upgrade, no? And if the Autobots upgrade, then the Decepticons have to beef up their defensive and offensive capabilities as well, amirite?
Posted by PrymeStriker on January 12th, 2013 @ 5:57pm CST
Mindmaster wrote:PrymeStriker wrote:Mindmaster wrote:Optimus, and every character getting the spike treatment is most likely going to look like their package artwork.
But Optimus got killed owned. It makes sense for him to upgrade.
If the Autobots are up against Cybertronian dinosaurs/Yautjas, they would upgrade, no? And if the Autobots upgrade, then the Decepticons have to beef up their defensive and offensive capabilities as well, amirite?
...
Right... so you just contradicted yourself. You told him to save his breath because everyone getting the "spike treatment" was most likely going to look like their package artwork. Well, this is their packaging artwork:
Posted by Mindmaster on January 12th, 2013 @ 6:01pm CST
PrymeStriker wrote:
That's not exactly what I meant...
More along the lines of this:
Just now remembered that the Deluxe packaging doesn't have package art on them besides that one...
Posted by PrymeStriker on January 12th, 2013 @ 6:04pm CST
Mindmaster wrote:Just now remembered that the Deluxe packaging doesn't have package art on them besides that one...
Exactly. Except, none of the Deluxe packaging have art...it's the Voyagers.
Posted by Mindmaster on January 12th, 2013 @ 6:12pm CST
PrymeStriker wrote:Mindmaster wrote:Just now remembered that the Deluxe packaging doesn't have package art on them besides that one...
Exactly. Except, none of the Deluxe packaging have art...it's the Voyagers.
I'm such a derp most of the time...
Posted by Burn on January 12th, 2013 @ 6:21pm CST
Wonder who he butchered for the upgrades this time?
Posted by PrymeStriker on January 12th, 2013 @ 6:32pm CST
Burn wrote:Wonder who he butchered for the upgrades this time?
I think Knock Out's going to rebuild Optimus and pump him up with Synth-En.
Posted by XDMan on January 12th, 2013 @ 6:37pm CST
Somethings not right around here...oh yeah. Cliffjumper ain't getting his upgrade.PrymeStriker wrote:Mindmaster wrote:PrymeStriker wrote:Mindmaster wrote:Optimus, and every character getting the spike treatment is most likely going to look like their package artwork.
But Optimus got killed owned. It makes sense for him to upgrade.
If the Autobots are up against Cybertronian dinosaurs/Yautjas, they would upgrade, no? And if the Autobots upgrade, then the Decepticons have to beef up their defensive and offensive capabilities as well, amirite?
...
Right... so you just contradicted yourself. You told him to save his breath because everyone getting the "spike treatment" was most likely going to look like their package artwork. Well, this is their packaging artwork:
Posted by Mindmaster on January 12th, 2013 @ 6:37pm CST
PrymeStriker wrote:Burn wrote:Wonder who he butchered for the upgrades this time?
I think Knock Out's going to rebuild Optimus and pump him up with Synth-En.
What I wanna know is why would Knock Out building Optimus into a mean, red-blue-and-green, Decepticon/Predacon-killing machine? Perhaps as an effort to make a zombie puppet of death to do his (or Megatron's) bidding? Making death-machines for evil purposes (and to an extent, good purposes) almost never goes well...
Posted by PrymeStriker on January 12th, 2013 @ 6:41pm CST
Mindmaster wrote:What I wanna know is why would Knock Out building Optimus into a mean, red-blue-and-green, Decepticon/Predacon-killing machine?
What I had in mind was a mean, red-blue-and-green, Autobot/Dinobot-killing machine.
Posted by Mindmaster on January 12th, 2013 @ 6:43pm CST
PrymeStriker wrote:Mindmaster wrote:What I wanna know is why would Knock Out building Optimus into a mean, red-blue-and-green, Decepticon/Predacon-killing machine?
What I had in mind was a mean, red-blue-and-green, Autobot/Dinobot-killing machine.
Dammit, done derped again.
Go home me, you're drunk.
Posted by griftimus prime on January 12th, 2013 @ 8:22pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on January 12th, 2013 @ 8:28pm CST
griftimus prime wrote:man i love this figure. hope he looks as awesome in the show
Who are you and what have you done with griftimus?
Posted by RAcast on January 12th, 2013 @ 8:36pm CST
Posted by gavinfuzzy on January 12th, 2013 @ 8:36pm CST
Posted by kirbenvost on January 12th, 2013 @ 9:42pm CST
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on January 12th, 2013 @ 10:11pm CST
kirbenvost wrote:I still hate the green windows and have never been big on mouthy Primes, but this just went from 'sorta want' to 'totally badass'. Hasbro, I (mostly) approve. I agree this is sort of a return to the simplicity of the Unicron Trilogy lines (Cybertron mostly), but to me that's not such a bad thing, as long as the figures look cool.
Me too on the mouth thing. I must be getting soft in my age. I assume the repaint will have a closed face plate.
Posted by Manterax Prime on January 12th, 2013 @ 10:25pm CST
Posted by Mechastrike on January 12th, 2013 @ 11:10pm CST
Posted by xyl360 on January 12th, 2013 @ 11:28pm CST
Manterax Prime wrote:If he had a mouthplate he'd be perfect.
Paging Dr Wu...Dr Wu to the operating room please...
This thing looks way more badass than I initially thought (though I was already sold on him). I just wish Hasbro would start painting the damn feux parts already, that or just not bother including them. It's dumb as hell to put fake wheels/tires in the bot mode only to leave them unpainted. Either shell out for the paint or don't bother with the cheats because blue wheels on the inner legs aren't fooling anyone.
Posted by jamarmiller on January 13th, 2013 @ 12:49am CST
Posted by rpetras on January 13th, 2013 @ 1:28am CST
Posted by Bounti76 on January 13th, 2013 @ 3:07am CST
Speaking of packaging, what's up with the Prime bios? They're barely a sentence or two long on the Deluxes, and as far as I've seen, non-existent on the Voyagers. Is that a new trend? Bumblebee's was barely even a sentence, and one that said he was a scout, and found some weapons. It's like Hasbro fired the copywriters and used the savings to make the toy bigger.