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Eh, never liked the design in the first place. Seems an odd choice of figure to use, at least G2 Prime had some pedigree to him.

I just had a thought. What if this one toy alone is counted as Hasbro's attempt to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Beast Wars?

Sabrblade wrote:I just had a thought. What if this one toy alone is counted as Hasbro's attempt to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Beast Wars?

There is also an MP Optimus Primal in the works.

SkyWarpt wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:I just had a thought. What if this one toy alone is counted as Hasbro's attempt to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Beast Wars?

There is also an MP Optimus Primal in the works.

That's all Takara's doing, not Hasbro. I'm talking about Hasbro alone.

People want Hasbro to do something in addition to Takara's MP Primal, and if this is the only thing Hasbro does, then a lot of BW fans ain't gonna be happy.

Sabrblade wrote:

SkyWarpt wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:I just had a thought. What if this one toy alone is counted as Hasbro's attempt to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Beast Wars?

There is also an MP Optimus Primal in the works.

That's all Takara's doing, not Hasbro. I'm talking about Hasbro alone.

People want Hasbro to do something in addition to Takara's MP Primal, and if this is the only thing Hasbro does, then a lot of BW fans ain't gonna be happy.

Well they only revealed two waves for next year, so it is possible that they could squeeze a wave or two in between CW and TW

Otherwise, I guess we'll have to wait 5 more years to see if hasbro thinks we collectively care about anything other than G1 stuff

Sabrblade wrote:

SkyWarpt wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:I just had a thought. What if this one toy alone is counted as Hasbro's attempt to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Beast Wars?

There is also an MP Optimus Primal in the works.

That's all Takara's doing, not Hasbro. I'm talking about Hasbro alone.

People want Hasbro to do something in addition to Takara's MP Primal, and if this is the only thing Hasbro does, then a lot of BW fans ain't gonna be happy.

You know Hasbro, they can be lazy, but they're never below pulling out a rabbit out of a hat.

Honestly, who did not expect a G1-Prime themed redeco of an Optimus Primal this year Now we wait for his companion piece.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

SkyWarpt wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:I just had a thought. What if this one toy alone is counted as Hasbro's attempt to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Beast Wars?

There is also an MP Optimus Primal in the works.

That's all Takara's doing, not Hasbro. I'm talking about Hasbro alone.

People want Hasbro to do something in addition to Takara's MP Primal, and if this is the only thing Hasbro does, then a lot of BW fans ain't gonna be happy.

You know Hasbro, they can be lazy, but they're never below pulling out a rabbit out of a hat.

Honestly, who did not expect a G1-Prime themed redeco of an Optimus Primal this year Now we wait for his companion piece.

Since it is the 20th ann. they should release optimal o/p as the companion for those of us who don't wan the fairly terrible (imo) air attack primal prime.

I would think a proper companion piece would be either Megatron or Cheetor. (Personally I would love a Tigatron.)

Also, all the other Year of The ____ Primes come with a trailer. This one obviously does not. Does that mean there will be additional stuff included, perhaps a hoverboard or another, smaller, figure? (Megabolt Megatron in G1 colors would be cool.) Or if he will be by himself, will the price be about half of the others?

And yes, I do own the other 4. I am planning on collecting all 12. Should make for a colorful display.

And if Hasbro does NOTHING ELSE to commemorate Beast Wars, that will be very pathetic on their part. It was Beast Wars that got a lot of people interested in Transformers again. Not sure just how much Hasbro has to do with BotCon, but next year's BotCon theme should be Beast Wars as well.

Rodimus Prime wrote:I would think a proper companion piece would be either Megatron or Cheetor. (Personally I would love a Tigatron.)

Also, all the other Year of The ____ Primes come with a trailer. This one obviously does not. Does that mean there will be additional stuff included, perhaps a hoverboard or another, smaller, figure? (Megabolt Megatron in G1 colors would be cool.) Or if he will be by himself, will the price be about half of the others?

And yes, I do own the other 4. I am planning on collecting all 12. Should make for a colorful display.

And if Hasbro does NOTHING ELSE to commemorate Beast Wars, that will be very pathetic on their part. It was Beast Wars that got a lot of people interested in Transformers again. Not sure just how much Hasbro has to do with BotCon, but next year's BotCon theme should be Beast Wars as well.

Naw, he wil probably include nothing extra, and probably will not even include the electronics, and will have an even higher asking price than those he follows; this is hasbro after all

Primal Prime?

I love the colors, nevervhad the fig. Not crazy about the head and the white is making it wash out details or looks like it on my phone, but this figure is a definate maybe.

Flashwave wrote:Primal Prime?

I love the colors, nevervhad the fig. Not crazy about the head and the white is making it wash out details or looks like it on my phone, but this figure is a definate maybe.

I own the original, it has a bunch of cool gimmicks and a slick transformation, if you can look past the immobile arms in beast mode and the gear-punching gimmick arm - and the price is fair to you - I say go for it.

Sabrblade wrote:I just had a thought. What if this one toy alone is counted as Hasbro's attempt to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Beast Wars?

I am pretty certain that is what Hasbro is doing. Wouldnt be the first time they do something like this. It's like how they commemorated the 30th anniversary with 30 (31) random exclusives (and Windblade).

I had this mold once, its pretty great and I regret to have sold it when I sold all my tfs 4/5 years ago. I am not excited for this due to how the colour scheme seems to drown out the really cool sculpting details this guy has as well as the price I expect him to be. If G2 prime would be 179$, this mold wont be less than 100$. And it isnt worth more than 50$. Will only get it at a deep discount though I hope Hasbro learns from how much the pverpriced this year's collectables. I mean, come on MP Starscream is 60$ and just as exclusive, how does this make any sense?!

Rodimus Prime wrote:And if Hasbro does NOTHING ELSE to commemorate Beast Wars, that will be very pathetic on their part. It was Beast Wars that got a lot of people interested in Transformers again. Not sure just how much Hasbro has to do with BotCon, but next year's BotCon theme should be Beast Wars as well.

There is, however, another anniversary next year that Hasbro can (and, if present rumors prove true, more likely will) commemorate: The 30th anniversary of the 1986 movie.

It just so happened that Beast Wars came out in the same year as that movie's 10th anniversary, so Beast Wars and the 1986 movie will always be in direct competition with each other when it comes to their anniversary decades.

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:And if Hasbro does NOTHING ELSE to commemorate Beast Wars, that will be very pathetic on their part. It was Beast Wars that got a lot of people interested in Transformers again. Not sure just how much Hasbro has to do with BotCon, but next year's BotCon theme should be Beast Wars as well.

There is, however, another anniversary next year that Hasbro can (and, if present rumors prove true, more likely will) commemorate: The 30th anniversary of the 1986 movie.

It just so happened that Beast Wars came out in the same year as that movie's 10th anniversary, so Beast Wars and the 1986 movie will always be in direct competition with each other when it comes to their anniversary decades.

If that's the case...


Transformers Generations Unicron (25th Anniversary) (Universal Dominator Unicron) Gallery

Year of the Rooster Unicron?

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:And if Hasbro does NOTHING ELSE to commemorate Beast Wars, that will be very pathetic on their part. It was Beast Wars that got a lot of people interested in Transformers again. Not sure just how much Hasbro has to do with BotCon, but next year's BotCon theme should be Beast Wars as well.

There is, however, another anniversary next year that Hasbro can (and, if present rumors prove true, more likely will) commemorate: The 30th anniversary of the 1986 movie.

It just so happened that Beast Wars came out in the same year as that movie's 10th anniversary, so Beast Wars and the 1986 movie will always be in direct competition with each other when it comes to their anniversary decades.

Yeah, god forbid they stop regurgitating the same G1 stuff over and over again to focus on the other parts of the franchise that fans want

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:And if Hasbro does NOTHING ELSE to commemorate Beast Wars, that will be very pathetic on their part. It was Beast Wars that got a lot of people interested in Transformers again. Not sure just how much Hasbro has to do with BotCon, but next year's BotCon theme should be Beast Wars as well.

There is, however, another anniversary next year that Hasbro can (and, if present rumors prove true, more likely will) commemorate: The 30th anniversary of the 1986 movie.

It just so happened that Beast Wars came out in the same year as that movie's 10th anniversary, so Beast Wars and the 1986 movie will always be in direct competition with each other when it comes to their anniversary decades.

If that's the case...


Transformers Generations Unicron (25th Anniversary) (Universal Dominator Unicron) Gallery

Year of the Rooster Unicron?

I never got the updated version, I could use a good reason to get one in some awesomely hideous color scheme

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:And if Hasbro does NOTHING ELSE to commemorate Beast Wars, that will be very pathetic on their part. It was Beast Wars that got a lot of people interested in Transformers again. Not sure just how much Hasbro has to do with BotCon, but next year's BotCon theme should be Beast Wars as well.

There is, however, another anniversary next year that Hasbro can (and, if present rumors prove true, more likely will) commemorate: The 30th anniversary of the 1986 movie.

It just so happened that Beast Wars came out in the same year as that movie's 10th anniversary, so Beast Wars and the 1986 movie will always be in direct competition with each other when it comes to their anniversary decades.

Well, I'm a big fan of the 86 movie, but the only commemoration I can think for it is having it released on blu-ray finally. I have the 20th anniversary 2-disc set, and I'm quite happy with it. Beast Wars needs more attention.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:And if Hasbro does NOTHING ELSE to commemorate Beast Wars, that will be very pathetic on their part. It was Beast Wars that got a lot of people interested in Transformers again. Not sure just how much Hasbro has to do with BotCon, but next year's BotCon theme should be Beast Wars as well.

There is, however, another anniversary next year that Hasbro can (and, if present rumors prove true, more likely will) commemorate: The 30th anniversary of the 1986 movie.

It just so happened that Beast Wars came out in the same year as that movie's 10th anniversary, so Beast Wars and the 1986 movie will always be in direct competition with each other when it comes to their anniversary decades.

Well, I'm a big fan of the 86 movie, but the only commemoration I can think for it is having it released on blu-ray finally. I have the 20th anniversary 2-disc set, and I'm quite happy with it. Beast Wars needs more attention.

The rumors I referred to are the Titan Wars ones that include characters from the 1986 movie.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:And if Hasbro does NOTHING ELSE to commemorate Beast Wars, that will be very pathetic on their part. It was Beast Wars that got a lot of people interested in Transformers again. Not sure just how much Hasbro has to do with BotCon, but next year's BotCon theme should be Beast Wars as well.

There is, however, another anniversary next year that Hasbro can (and, if present rumors prove true, more likely will) commemorate: The 30th anniversary of the 1986 movie.

It just so happened that Beast Wars came out in the same year as that movie's 10th anniversary, so Beast Wars and the 1986 movie will always be in direct competition with each other when it comes to their anniversary decades.

Well, I'm a big fan of the 86 movie, but the only commemoration I can think for it is having it released on blu-ray finally. I have the 20th anniversary 2-disc set, and I'm quite happy with it. Beast Wars needs more attention.

Every line other than G1 needs more attention. While I maintain that many molds didn't need 'updating' that doesn't mean that I and many others wouldn't appreciate a second run of 'Universe' old figures in cool new color schemes, with slightly re-sculpted heads or something.

Sabrblade wrote:The rumors I referred to are the Titan Wars ones that include characters from the 1986 movie.

Such as...?

This looks neat, but I'm more excited for the yet-to-be-revealed MP

(I'm assuming there will be one. Please... No more Seekers...)

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:The rumors I referred to are the Titan Wars ones that include characters from the 1986 movie.

Such as...?

Scourge, Blurr, Galvatron...

Another one checked off the "molds that never got repainted" list. This one's not my favorite, but hey, it's appropriate. Although thinking about how big, bulky, and heavy the mold is I shudder to imagine what this is going to cost.

ScottyP wrote:Another one checked off the "molds that never got repainted" list. This one's not my favorite, but hey, it's appropriate. Although thinking about how big, bulky, and heavy the mold is I shudder to imagine what this is going to cost.

He shouldn't be that much bigger than Omega Supreme of yesteryear, both being in the same Size Class (Supreme).