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by **DvDqNoC** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:03 pm

Is it just leader Prime repainted for the fun of it? Does it have a significance from the movie? Just money making tool?

by **Deadpool.** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:04 pm

It's just a money-making figure.... And it has no link to the movie.

News Credits: 1 · by **Agent 007** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:05 pm

no just hasbro trying to grab ur hard erned $$ not really worth buying unless u can't find prime

News Credits: 6 · by **bran10** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:06 pm

DvDqNoC wrote:Is it just leader Prime repainted for the fun of it? Does it have a significance from the movie? Just money making tool?

No link to the movie, thats why hes in the all spark line, why does his feet look different?

by **zemper** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:08 pm

the feet aren't fully-transformed in the pic.

:MAX:

by **Deadpool.** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:08 pm

bran10 wrote:
DvDqNoC wrote:Is it just leader Prime repainted for the fun of it? Does it have a significance from the movie? Just money making tool?

No link to the movie, thats why hes in the all spark line, why does his feet look different?

The feet Automorph wasn't activated. So the one in the pic doesnt have "toes".

by **travicon** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:10 pm

im a sucker for repaints (g1 style, metallic) but i can pretty much say with confindince that i will not be buying this one, its cool and all but... eh, pass

by **zemper** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:13 pm

they coulda repainted it ala First Strike Voyager Prime, but i dunno what went with Hasbro and their stupid money-making schemes.

:MAX:

by **Deadpool.** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:15 pm

zemper wrote:they coulda repainted it ala First Strike Voyager Prime, but i dunno what went with Hasbro and their stupid money-making schemes.

If they did a G1 deco on it, more people will go buy it rather than the Nightwatch deco.

by **Sportimus Prime** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:24 pm

It is Hasbro wanting another repaint, but too afraid to call him Ultra Magnus, Nemesis Prime, or even Scourge. :grin:

News Credits: 972 · by **i_amtrunks** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:26 pm

zemper wrote:the feet aren't fully-transformed in the pic.

Hasbro having mistransformed figures in their own galleries for display on their own website? No Way!!!

Night Vision Prime is a way for Hasbro to make money with another Prime figure on the shelves for those who missed him first time around, for completionists, or those who like the toy, but hated the superior original Paint scheme.

It's also a way for them to justify creating the toy mold in the first place, as it means that production costs for the mold are effectively cut in half when 2 versions of the toy are made in comparison to only 1.

News Credits: 1 · by **Leonardo** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:36 am

I wish there were more Transformers this colour. :-(

by **zemper** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:38 am

Sportimus Prime wrote:It is Hasbro wanting another repaint, but too afraid to call him Ultra Magnus, Nemesis Prime, or even Scourge.

LMAO!!!!! well said!!!! :lol:

maybe someday after all these, there'll be another official variant of prime in future toy lines called "Nightwatch Prime". WORD. :shock:

News Credits: 198 · by **DevastaTTor** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:11 am

Deadpool. wrote:It's just a money-making figure.... And it has no link to the movie.

But wait, I thought that it was Prime after he was "bathed in the energy of the Allspark". You mean that didn't actually happen in the film?

Me personally, I would have loved to see a chrome/metallic G1 repaint. And give me that damn sword to go on his arm too!

by **zemper** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:23 am

DevastaTTor wrote:
But wait, I thought that it was Prime after he was "bathed in the energy of the Allspark". You mean that didn't actually happen in the film?

uh...no. didn't happen at all.

:MAX:

by **AlienQuiksilver** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:23 am

Even Hasbro hesitates to make another repaint to Ultra Magnus. They wouldn't be able to sleep at night ... hence, the name ... "Nightwatch Prime."

by **Ramrider** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:29 am

Leonardo wrote:I wish there were more Transformers this colour.

I think instead of this, they should have gone with an Armada Powerlinx Prime-style scheme. I think that's the only time so far where I've liked a repaint Prime better than the original.