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News Credits: 335 · by **Down_Shift** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:05 pm

An interesting auction has popped up on eBay. This auction is for two unreleased Optimus Prime Busts. One is a bust of Protoform Optimus Prime and the other is Movie Optimus Prime. Both stand about 8 inches and appear to be unfinished.

To see the auction and take a stab at winning these, click here

News Credits: 1 · by **bumblezzz** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:10 pm

well id buy the only they protoform but it is way to scary and the earth version has deluxe primes body! Im still waiting for that statue that blueprints were shown at the toyfair(it is the bumblebee vs barricade one)and it looks nice!

by **CyberCustomizer** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:18 pm

I hate the fact these are called toys..

News Credits: 335 · by **Down_Shift** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:26 pm

I wouldn't really call them toys. I would call them a bust. But the fella selling them might think the word toy may get a few more peeks. Hell, that's how I found it.

by **CloudBreaker22** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:29 pm

I can't belive that the guy wants at least $750 for them, that is a little much, man.

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:49 pm

Those are cool. The "Earth" prime looks more like a cybertron prime. the chest looks a lot like the Protoform toys chest. A little over priced. I think that they may be customs and not done by hasbro. Or this person could have been makeing them and hasbro bought the design.

News Credits: 5 · by **King Henrik** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 11:00 pm

im actually quite surprised these aren't being released...seems we got every other type of item imaginable for this movie...even real cars! so why not busts and statues? anyway the regular pime looks cool but the protoform looks wierd...

News Credits: 335 · by **Down_Shift** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 11:38 pm

King Henrik wrote:im actually quite surprised these aren't being released...seems we got every other type of item imaginable for this movie...even real cars! so why not busts and statues? anyway the regular pime looks cool but the protoform looks wierd...

I'm thinking they will get a release, he most likely has the prototypes and wants to sell them big by calling them "Never to be released!"

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 12:14 am

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News Credits: 1 · by **crazyfists** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 1:00 am

it says unpainted, but it also says painted is extra. so is there a painted version or is this person painting them?

News Credits: 6 · by **City Commander** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 2:33 am

Nice

News Credits: 4 · by **tom brokaw** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 2:40 am

crazyfists wrote:it says unpainted, but it also says painted is extra. so is there a painted version or is this person painting them?

probably these arent the originals, rather these are re-molds of the originals.... and this guy happened to be the one who knew someone who had the originals and probably made a bunch of resin casts of the originals. thats why he gives you the option of a painted or unpainted, cause he has a few. he's pretty good at painting, as seen from the pic.... maybe he works at a hobby shop or an actual sfx studio.... whatever the case, i have a feeling that these arent legit.... if he had painted and unpainted versions, wouldnt you think they would be in two separate listings? just my 2.

News Credits: 1 · by **D-340** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 2:44 am

Those look pretty good. Hopefully they become offical or something, I'd like to get ahold of these.

by **Cyber-Kun** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 2:56 am

I don't understand why Prime's head would look SO different from his Earth form...

News Credits: 8 · by **Liege Evilmus** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 7:41 am

The proto form looks alittle to skiny, but otherwise I realy like those.

News Credits: 8 · by **Liege Evilmus** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 7:48 am

Cyber-Kun wrote:I don't understand why Prime's head would look SO different from his Earth form...

I figure it's just to keep in style with the rest of the figures design, the more traditional head wouldn't look right on ProtoPrime.

Also look at it from the movies point of view, parts of the vehicles make up the bots including the heads. IE, BB having a oil cap for a mouth, and parts of Prime's head transforming in his inital TF scene.

I'm figuring it was just a side effect of incorporating new alt modes.