New G1 Optimus Prime Costume Available Soon
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 3:42AM EDT
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Seibertron.com's very own news hound Real Devastator has posted an image of a new adult-sized Halloween costume for G1 Optimus Prime/Convoy. Although it's somewhat stylized, it bears a very strong resemblance to the MP figure. No word yet on the manufacturer but it's expected to be available by September of this year. To check out a full image of the costume, click on the "Discuss This Topic!" link above.
UPDATE: This costume is listed online at www.buycostumes.com. The list price is 99.99 USD and is supposed to be available on Sept. 15. The site allows you to zoom way in to take a closer look.
To see it close up, click HERE
Look for a lot of these in future Transformer conventions and get-togethers and as always, stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all the latest Transformers news!
UPDATE: This costume is listed online at www.buycostumes.com. The list price is 99.99 USD and is supposed to be available on Sept. 15. The site allows you to zoom way in to take a closer look.
To see it close up, click HERE
Look for a lot of these in future Transformer conventions and get-togethers and as always, stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all the latest Transformers news!
Credit(s): Real Devastator, Buycostumes.com
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Re: New G1 Optimus Prime Costume Available Soon (963320)
Posted by Jacob P. Galvatron on July 28th, 2009 @ 4:00am EDT
Posted by Jacob P. Galvatron on July 28th, 2009 @ 4:00am EDT
Do not want.
Re: New G1 Optimus Prime Costume Available Soon (963321)
Posted by DevastaTTor on July 28th, 2009 @ 4:10am EDT
Posted by DevastaTTor on July 28th, 2009 @ 4:10am EDT
I like the helmet... but not big on the rest.
Re: New G1 Optimus Prime Costume Available Soon (963330)
Posted by astig on July 28th, 2009 @ 4:46am EDT
Posted by astig on July 28th, 2009 @ 4:46am EDT
nice. i particularly like the helmet. the arms and legs are kind of not proportioned. still nice though 
Re: New G1 Optimus Prime Costume Available Soon (963360)
Posted by Unlucky_Owl on July 28th, 2009 @ 6:34am EDT
Posted by Unlucky_Owl on July 28th, 2009 @ 6:34am EDT
Did G1 Prime and Animated Prime have some sort of weird and wrong robot love to make this abomination?
At least the helmet is awesome.
At least the helmet is awesome.
Re: New G1 Optimus Prime Costume Available Soon (963364)
Posted by Down_Shift on July 28th, 2009 @ 7:01am EDT
I dare you to do better.
Posted by Down_Shift on July 28th, 2009 @ 7:01am EDT
Unlucky_Owl wrote:Did G1 Prime and Animated Prime have some sort of weird and wrong robot love to make this abomination?
At least the helmet is awesome.
I dare you to do better.
Re: New G1 Optimus Prime Costume Available Soon (963404)
Posted by Hip-Hoptimus Rime on July 28th, 2009 @ 8:55am EDT
Posted by Hip-Hoptimus Rime on July 28th, 2009 @ 8:55am EDT
I would buy that, but I hope they come in a slightly larger size than the ROTF Prime costume, for the more zaftig TF fan... *blushes*
Re: New G1 Optimus Prime Costume Available Soon (963409)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on July 28th, 2009 @ 9:02am EDT
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on July 28th, 2009 @ 9:02am EDT
So many wrong and inapropriate comments. So little time.
Re: New G1 Optimus Prime Costume Available Soon (963415)
Posted by skywarp-2 on July 28th, 2009 @ 9:15am EDT
Posted by skywarp-2 on July 28th, 2009 @ 9:15am EDT
all it needs is someone to hem in some boxy shoulders and it would look fine..
that is why it looks off, it has no shoulders built into the chest area..they wouldn't even have to move with the arms, just sit there and the stretchy fabric can allow arm movement..
that is why it looks off, it has no shoulders built into the chest area..they wouldn't even have to move with the arms, just sit there and the stretchy fabric can allow arm movement..
Re: New G1 Optimus Prime Costume Available Soon (963423)
Posted by Robinson on July 28th, 2009 @ 9:26am EDT
Posted by Robinson on July 28th, 2009 @ 9:26am EDT
Prime needs me spinach.
Re: New G1 Optimus Prime Costume Available Soon (963425)
Posted by Convotron on July 28th, 2009 @ 9:28am EDT
Posted by Convotron on July 28th, 2009 @ 9:28am EDT
I'm liking the helmet. Obviously a mass produced halloween costume isn't going to be great so the body is discardable but I can see modding the helmet if it is decent in person. Put blue transparent plastic over the eye areas, maybe use a different hue of blue on the helmet.
Re: New G1 Optimus Prime Costume Available Soon (963440)
Posted by Requiem Prime on July 28th, 2009 @ 10:03am EDT
Posted by Requiem Prime on July 28th, 2009 @ 10:03am EDT
...Eww...
With the styling they handle the "blocky" parts, and Animated Optimus might have worked better.
With the styling they handle the "blocky" parts, and Animated Optimus might have worked better.
Re: New G1 Optimus Prime Costume Available Soon (963474)
Posted by Sabrblade on July 28th, 2009 @ 11:12am EDT
Posted by Sabrblade on July 28th, 2009 @ 11:12am EDT
Re: New G1 Optimus Prime Costume Available Soon (963500)
Posted by Convotron on July 28th, 2009 @ 11:55am EDT
Effort usually shows through so a custom built project that probably took hundreds of man hours should be better than a mass produced costume. The linked video shows a costume that's fine for display purposes but you can't do a lot in it. I've seen other videos of the guy plodding around and scaring people, hehe.
Updated:
I found this home made costume that I think is pretty good. At least the wearer is more mobile. Unfortunately, due to average human proportions, most people who wear such a costume will look like Mighty Muggs Optimus Prime. I think with some tweaking, slim down the costume in areas like the boots, it could look less chunky. Get someone particularly tall and you'd have a pretty good Optimus Prime.
Posted by Convotron on July 28th, 2009 @ 11:55am EDT
Effort usually shows through so a custom built project that probably took hundreds of man hours should be better than a mass produced costume. The linked video shows a costume that's fine for display purposes but you can't do a lot in it. I've seen other videos of the guy plodding around and scaring people, hehe.
Updated:
I found this home made costume that I think is pretty good. At least the wearer is more mobile. Unfortunately, due to average human proportions, most people who wear such a costume will look like Mighty Muggs Optimus Prime. I think with some tweaking, slim down the costume in areas like the boots, it could look less chunky. Get someone particularly tall and you'd have a pretty good Optimus Prime.
Re: New G1 Optimus Prime Costume Available Soon (963592)
Posted by Street-Convoy S0S on July 28th, 2009 @ 2:35pm EDT
Posted by Street-Convoy S0S on July 28th, 2009 @ 2:35pm EDT
you know what guys, i thingk what we need to do is look at it as a toy. yes a toy why cuss as we know ppl sure love to fiddle with the toys and make improvements or fixes. so i say buy it and then look at it as a toy and kidbash it or make improvements so it can the the costume that you would like to have. after all we all love how some transformers turn out when they are kidbash or work on for improvements. i do love the helmet but with some improvements, this costume will be the prime.
Re: New G1 Optimus Prime Costume Available Soon (963615)
Posted by Convotron on July 28th, 2009 @ 3:14pm EDT
Posted by Convotron on July 28th, 2009 @ 3:14pm EDT
If the helmet is as good as it looks in the promotional photo, I may get the costume just for the helmet. I don't normally have any interest in costumes/cosplay but I'm thinking that a home made costume could be a fun project. I haven't looked around but I don't recall ever seeing a Black Convoy home made costume. It could be worth a shot at attempting. 
Re: New G1 Optimus Prime Costume Available Soon (963631)
Posted by Powermaster Jazz on July 28th, 2009 @ 3:41pm EDT
Posted by Powermaster Jazz on July 28th, 2009 @ 3:41pm EDT
I always modify costumes that i buy. If I were to buy this, I would make the shoulders bigger and add smokestacks. Put some blue lenses in the eyes and make the feet more blocky. Depending on how the back looks, I'd add the "backpack" he has.
Re: New G1 Optimus Prime Costume Available Soon (963637)
Posted by Kibble on July 28th, 2009 @ 3:51pm EDT
Posted by Kibble on July 28th, 2009 @ 3:51pm EDT
I can't see the what the youtube links are in this thread where I'm currently at so I don't know if that's what they're linking, but wasn't there some homemade G1 Prime costume that the dude was able to transform to alt mode in? It looked fairly straight forward to make and could have been made to look much better than this attempt...
Re: New G1 Optimus Prime Costume Available Soon (964405)
Posted by g2grimmy64 on July 29th, 2009 @ 8:19pm EDT
Posted by g2grimmy64 on July 29th, 2009 @ 8:19pm EDT
Meh...
Re: New G1 Optimus Prime Costume Available Soon (964407)
Posted by LiKwid on July 29th, 2009 @ 8:30pm EDT
Posted by LiKwid on July 29th, 2009 @ 8:30pm EDT
Adult as in .. Grownup costume? Unless it is merely for the semi-cool helmet, Any Adult who would by that should be dropkicked.
Re: New G1 Optimus Prime Costume Available Soon (964437)
Posted by Jazz Reborn on July 29th, 2009 @ 9:24pm EDT
Posted by Jazz Reborn on July 29th, 2009 @ 9:24pm EDT
Not sure if want
