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News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 11:50 am

While it is a test shot, its not far from what the finished product will look like. The paint aps are all the same you can find in the leaked colour sheet:

Just look at Breakaway for instance. This was the leaked colour sheet:

And here is the finished product (and not a prototype):

And the two match as perfectly as this Prime does.

He has as much paint apps in proportion as any other toy, with Breakaway as a perfect example. However, remember that lighting can be an issue.

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 12:08 pm

Mold looks great. Color looks... :SICK:

News Credits: 37 · by **SlyTF1** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 12:24 pm

I hate how the neck armor is blue. Would it have been so hard to leave it grey?

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 12:42 pm

SlyTF1 wrote:I hate how the neck armor is blue. Would it have been so hard to leave it grey?

This is definitely a toy that looks really bad color-wise from Hasbro, but can look amazing from Takara.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 12:47 pm

SlyTF1 wrote:I hate how the neck armor is blue. Would it have been so hard to leave it grey?

Maybe it was gangmolded with another part that did need to be blue. Or maybe it's unpaintable plastic. Or both.

News Credits: 21 · by **dragons** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:26 pm

Figure looks ok don't like color blue

Like xXMaster-PrimeXx on Facebook · by **xXMaster-PrimeXx** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:54 pm

I hope this grey plastic will not be in the the final product....
But for what I see, I think this is going to be cool.
I love this new mold :-D

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:57 pm

Looks just as bad as the leader, only thing it has going for itself is it has some paint apps. But its a test shot & that could change very quickly. Have a feeling this line is going to suck just as bad as AoE did.

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 2:01 pm

Megatron Wolf wrote:Looks just as bad as the leader, only thing it has going for itself is it has some paint apps. But its a test shot & that could change very quickly. Have a feeling this line is going to suck just as bad as AoE did.

Like I said, the toy seems to be built better than the Leader, and is more accurately proportioned. At least that's good. I am just hoping Takara comes out with an "Armor Knight" version of this guy with all that remolding and extra paint apps. =P~

News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 2:10 pm

SillySpringer wrote:
Megatron Wolf wrote:Looks just as bad as the leader, only thing it has going for itself is it has some paint apps. But its a test shot & that could change very quickly. Have a feeling this line is going to suck just as bad as AoE did.

Like I said, the toy seems to be built better than the Leader, and is more accurately proportioned. At least that's good. I am just hoping Takara comes out with an "Armor Knight" version of this guy with all that remolding and extra paint apps.

This toy already has the takara remolding found on the previous leader (as you can see from the image comparison). So it would be mainly paint apps that differ.

by **Ultra Markus** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 9:21 pm

is this going to another redesign the same toy 5 different times like bumblebee :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 11 · by **RAR** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 10:06 pm

A Lighter Grey and a dark blue would be nice - but if their past habits are anything to go by they under-decorated or miss-decorated it on purpose so as to justify another go later one in some hugely expensive platinum set.

Since they keep leaking them by listing or prototypes etc.. I'd say don't buy this at all - and wait for the "Premium deco" version that is sure to show up.

I do wish they'd given him a trailer again though I like Optimus with a Trailer it make him look neat in Truck mode and it give the Autobots something to congregate around too when it's in Battlestation mode.

Also having the Autobots have their pet humans in the Battlestation mode would be a nice nod to Diaclone too.

I'll be interested to see if they've made bee a bit more complex this time the previous Concept one was a bit basic looking I thought.

I'd not mind a Voyager Bee either - (to heck with scale) - not that it matters as I'm sure there will be a Voyager Size KO of what ever they do anyway.

Perhaps Wei Jiang are already rubbing their hands and thinking about over-sizing that Voyager Optimus as soon as possible.

Speaking of KO's I think I'd best remember to chase up the Downscaled AOE Optimus' that exist while they are still around as they'd be a nice complement to the Official toy I think.

Perhaps this time they might make a Leader Megatron or Hound - that would be nice to have - though perhaps that slot is reserved for the Dragon.

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Would people mind to much if they skipped the Leader Optimus for a while and did mainly villains - would Hasbro even consider it ?

As it's not a case of there being a want for a larger Megatron so much as a NEED for one. They have consistently dropped the Ball with their Megatron toys - the closest to being a good figure was the DOTM Voyager and that was just to small. But again the Improved KO should be out in 2017 and Is leader size so I guess that will do is Hasbro doesn't come through on that point.

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 10:09 pm

william-james88 wrote:
SillySpringer wrote:
Megatron Wolf wrote:Looks just as bad as the leader, only thing it has going for itself is it has some paint apps. But its a test shot & that could change very quickly. Have a feeling this line is going to suck just as bad as AoE did.

Like I said, the toy seems to be built better than the Leader, and is more accurately proportioned. At least that's good. I am just hoping Takara comes out with an "Armor Knight" version of this guy with all that remolding and extra paint apps.

This toy already has the takara remolding found on the previous leader (as you can see from the image comparison). So it would be mainly paint apps that differ.

Well the chest looks completely wrong at least:

However, that's just in comparison with the one from the last movie. Maybe the CGI render for Prime in this movie is more like this new toy than we think?

Edit: I hope Takara's also paints his sword silver instead of that stupid orange.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 10:50 pm

SillyMcGilly wrote:Well the chest looks completely wrong at least:

However, that's just in comparison with the one from the last movie. Maybe the CGI render for Prime in this movie is more like this new toy than we think?

Edit: I hope Takara's also paints his sword silver instead of that stupid orange.

It's just mistransformed.

Apparently the chest panels are meant to be swung up into place properly.

Emerje

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 10:54 pm

Emerje wrote:
SillyMcGilly wrote:Well the chest looks completely wrong at least:

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However, that's just in comparison with the one from the last movie. Maybe the CGI render for Prime in this movie is more like this new toy than we think?

Edit: I hope Takara's also paints his sword silver instead of that stupid orange.

It's just mistransformed.

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Apparently the chest panels are meant to be swung up into place properly.

Emerje

Oh my gosh that looks way better. You are awesome Emerje! ;)^

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Mon Oct 24, 2016 11:12 pm

Emerje wrote:Apparently the chest panels are meant to be swung up into place properly.

Yeah, you should always have a comfortable well fitting bra. :-P

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 12:23 am

Ultra Markus wrote:is this going to another redesign the same toy 5 different times like bumblebee

They kinda have to, it's not only to sell toys, but also to advertise the latest vehicle model.

Bumblebee has at least two per movie: previous or an older model, and next year's.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 4:51 am

Burn wrote:
Emerje wrote:Apparently the chest panels are meant to be swung up into place properly.

Yeah, you should always have a comfortable well fitting bra.

They were looking rather saggy.

Emerje

News Credits: 13 · by **OptimalOptimus2** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 8:12 am

So...remember when I said that I liked this figure? Well, now looking at the Voyager Optimus in a higher definition photo, it is pretty disturbing. :SICK:

The blurry image of it made it look better.

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 6:36 pm

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:So...remember when I said that I liked this figure? Well, now looking at the Voyager Optimus in a higher definition photo, it is pretty disturbing. The blurry image of it made it look better.

Molding is amazingly accurate. Paint is awful.

by **User897** » Wed Oct 26, 2016 11:25 pm

Which one am I supposed to be looking at? Oh well, they both look like **** anyway.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Wed Nov 09, 2016 2:41 pm

We have seen the colour test, a possible slapdash prototype, and now - via fellow Seibertronian AzT - we get a look at Hasbro Transformers's John Warden himself presenting the prototype for the upcoming The Last Knight Optimus Prime figure, on what looks to be a Chinese TV show or segment. Check out the screenshots below, courtesy of the Snakas blog!