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News Credits: 62 · by **#Sideways#** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 6:00 pm

That vehicle mode is awful. The robot mode could be acceptable, but I prefer the other form. This is coming from someone who is accepting of new modes.

Please, please don't look like this in the show... :PRAY:

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 6:03 pm

#Sideways# wrote:Please, please don't look like this in the show...

Don't waste your breath: Optimus, and every character getting the spike treatment is most likely going to look like their package artwork.

News Credits: 15 · by **PrymeStriker** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 6:23 pm

Mindmaster wrote:Optimus, and every character getting the spike treatment is most likely going to look like their package artwork.

But Optimus got killed owned. It makes sense for him to upgrade.

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 6:29 pm

PrymeStriker wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:Optimus, and every character getting the spike treatment is most likely going to look like their package artwork.

But Optimus got killed owned. It makes sense for him to upgrade.

If the Autobots are up against Cybertronian dinosaurs/Yautjas, they would upgrade, no? And if the Autobots upgrade, then the Decepticons have to beef up their defensive and offensive capabilities as well, amirite?

News Credits: 15 · by **PrymeStriker** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 6:57 pm

Mindmaster wrote:
PrymeStriker wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:Optimus, and every character getting the spike treatment is most likely going to look like their package artwork.

But Optimus got killed owned. It makes sense for him to upgrade.

If the Autobots are up against Cybertronian dinosaurs/Yautjas, they would upgrade, no? And if the Autobots upgrade, then the Decepticons have to beef up their defensive and offensive capabilities as well, amirite?

...

Right... so you just contradicted yourself. You told him to save his breath because everyone getting the "spike treatment" was most likely going to look like their package artwork. Well, this is their packaging artwork:

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 7:01 pm

PrymeStriker wrote:

That's not exactly what I meant...

More along the lines of this:

Just now remembered that the Deluxe packaging doesn't have package art on them besides that one... #-o

News Credits: 15 · by **PrymeStriker** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 7:04 pm

Mindmaster wrote:Just now remembered that the Deluxe packaging doesn't have package art on them besides that one...

Exactly. Except, none of the Deluxe packaging have art...it's the Voyagers.

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 7:12 pm

PrymeStriker wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:Just now remembered that the Deluxe packaging doesn't have package art on them besides that one...

Exactly. Except, none of the Deluxe packaging have art...it's the Voyagers.

I'm such a derp most of the time... :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 7:21 pm

Alt mode is utter crap but the robot mode is so much better than the original TF:Prime version.

Wonder who he butchered for the upgrades this time?

News Credits: 15 · by **PrymeStriker** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 7:32 pm

Burn wrote:Wonder who he butchered for the upgrades this time?

I think Knock Out's going to rebuild Optimus and pump him up with Synth-En.

by **XDMan** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 7:37 pm

That face looks kind of like Magnus to me. And the toy's face looks angry. :grin:

PrymeStriker wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:
PrymeStriker wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:Optimus, and every character getting the spike treatment is most likely going to look like their package artwork.

But Optimus got killed owned. It makes sense for him to upgrade.

If the Autobots are up against Cybertronian dinosaurs/Yautjas, they would upgrade, no? And if the Autobots upgrade, then the Decepticons have to beef up their defensive and offensive capabilities as well, amirite?

...

Right... so you just contradicted yourself. You told him to save his breath because everyone getting the "spike treatment" was most likely going to look like their package artwork. Well, this is their packaging artwork:

Somethings not right around here...oh yeah. Cliffjumper ain't getting his upgrade.

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 7:37 pm

PrymeStriker wrote:
Burn wrote:Wonder who he butchered for the upgrades this time?

I think Knock Out's going to rebuild Optimus and pump him up with Synth-En.

What I wanna know is why would Knock Out building Optimus into a mean, red-blue-and-green, Decepticon/Predacon-killing machine? Perhaps as an effort to make a zombie puppet of death to do his (or Megatron's) bidding? :-?

Making death-machines for evil purposes (and to an extent, good purposes) almost never goes well... :-s

News Credits: 15 · by **PrymeStriker** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 7:41 pm

Mindmaster wrote:What I wanna know is why would Knock Out building Optimus into a mean, red-blue-and-green, Decepticon/Predacon-killing machine?

What I had in mind was a mean, red-blue-and-green, Autobot/Dinobot-killing machine.

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 7:43 pm

PrymeStriker wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:What I wanna know is why would Knock Out building Optimus into a mean, red-blue-and-green, Decepticon/Predacon-killing machine?

What I had in mind was a mean, red-blue-and-green, Autobot/Dinobot-killing machine.

Dammit, done derped again. #-o

Go home me, you're drunk. :BANG_HEAD:

by **griftimus prime** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 9:22 pm

man i love this figure. hope he looks as awesome in the show

News Credits: 460 · by **Sabrblade** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 9:28 pm

griftimus prime wrote:man i love this figure. hope he looks as awesome in the show

Who are you and what have you done with griftimus?

by **RAcast** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 9:36 pm

This is amazing and I absolutely cannot wait!

News Credits: 10 · by **gavinfuzzy** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 9:36 pm

Black repaint, and then I'll get it. It looks like a pretty decent mold. Looks kinda big (at last). >:oP

News Credits: 11 · by **kirbenvost** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 10:42 pm

I still hate the green windows and have never been big on mouthy Primes, but this just went from 'sorta want' to 'totally badass'. Hasbro, I (mostly) approve. :APPLAUSE:

I agree this is sort of a return to the simplicity of the Unicron Trilogy lines (Cybertron mostly), but to me that's not such a bad thing, as long as the figures look cool.

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 11:11 pm

kirbenvost wrote:I still hate the green windows and have never been big on mouthy Primes, but this just went from 'sorta want' to 'totally badass'. Hasbro, I (mostly) approve. I agree this is sort of a return to the simplicity of the Unicron Trilogy lines (Cybertron mostly), but to me that's not such a bad thing, as long as the figures look cool.

Me too on the mouth thing. I must be getting soft in my age. I assume the repaint will have a closed face plate.

News Credits: 3 · by **Manterax Prime** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 11:25 pm

If he had a mouthplate he'd be perfect.

by **Mechastrike** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 12:10 am

NICE! too bad no mouthpiece.

News Credits: 2 · by **xyl360** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 12:28 am

Manterax Prime wrote:If he had a mouthplate he'd be perfect.

Paging Dr Wu...Dr Wu to the operating room please...

This thing looks way more badass than I initially thought (though I was already sold on him). I just wish Hasbro would start painting the damn feux parts already, that or just not bother including them. It's dumb as hell to put fake wheels/tires in the bot mode only to leave them unpainted. Either shell out for the paint or don't bother with the cheats because blue wheels on the inner legs aren't fooling anyone.