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News Credits: 5749 · Thu Mar 01, 2012 8:52 am

Takara Tomy have updated their website with official images of their upcoming Transformers Prime Micron Arms figures. Below we see AM-01 Optimus Prime, AM-02 Bumblebee, AM-03 Cliffjumper, AM-04 Ratchet, AM-05 Megatron, AM-06 Skywarp, and their respective Microns. Earlier reports have indicated the Microns will come unassembled and the figures will come with sticker sheets.

Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:14 am

The Optimus Micron reminds me of Shockwave

Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:16 am

Love ratchet blade micron, probably best one there

News Credits: 12 · Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:24 am

Those are cool! They're an improvement over the PCC microns. Any change Hasbro will make these for the US market?

Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:27 am

Think I prefer Ratchets little friend. Curious what Arcee will get.

Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:38 am

It's a living knife... A LIVING KNIFE.

News Credits: 11 · Thu Mar 01, 2012 10:00 am

OMG THOSE ARE AMAZING!

News Credits: 5 · Thu Mar 01, 2012 10:07 am

Is it just me or is Megatrons minicon Lugnut?

News Credits: 241 · Thu Mar 01, 2012 10:24 am

--B-- wrote:Is it just me or is Megatrons minicon Lugnut?

With a literal *POKE* :lol:

Thu Mar 01, 2012 10:29 am

Wow, these are a-w-e-s-o-m-e! The fact that they are made to look like the characters actual weapons and not just some random weapon raises the coolness factor to 11.

PLEASE. PLEASE. PLEASE. PLEASE. PLEASE, HASBRO! Bring these to the US!

News Credits: 1 · Thu Mar 01, 2012 10:29 am

Like the microns

Do NOT like the ports on the figures. :SICK:

News Credits: 3 · Thu Mar 01, 2012 10:30 am

breakthru wrote:The Optimus Micron reminds me of Shockwave

Yeah! I already thought: "Is it me, or is that Shockwave?" :shock:

lol
Would be a nice addition to a classics/g1 legends collection.

News Credits: 1 · Thu Mar 01, 2012 10:43 am

Looking at Cliffjumper in vehicle mode, is there any ambiguity as to which side he's allied to, lol?

I do think the alterations Takara have made to Ratchet would be worth paying the premium for, but the rest aren't.

If Hasbro bring the Microns over to the west then that'd be grand. If not, no big loss. Still thinking I might skip PRIME altogether.

News Credits: 1 · Thu Mar 01, 2012 10:48 am

rpetras wrote:Do NOT like the ports on the figures.

They'll be removable. Perhaps not easily, but I don't think they're molded into the design.

Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:14 am

Spunky wrote:Love ratchet blade micron, probably best one there

He looks happy to see you, too.

Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:44 am

i'd really like to see voyager megatrons weapon.. to see if it's more accurate than the hasbro version. i could be interested in that.

News Credits: 3 · Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:57 am

Uncanny!

News Credits: 3 · Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:58 am

TimothyR wrote:i'd really like to see voyager megatrons weapon.. to see if it's more accurate than the hasbro version. i could be interested in that.

There is no Takara Voyager Megatron.

Thu Mar 01, 2012 12:26 pm

Sodan-1 wrote:Looking at Cliffjumper in vehicle mode, is there any ambiguity as to which side he's allied to, lol?

I do think the alterations Takara have made to Ratchet would be worth paying the premium for, but the rest aren't.

If Hasbro bring the Microns over to the west then that'd be grand. If not, no big loss. Still thinking I might skip PRIME altogether.

According to Peaugh a lot of the decals are stickers on the figures so the obnoxious Autobot logo may just be a sticker.

I agree about the Microns, they'd be cool to have here but I'm pretty apathetic towards them.

Thu Mar 01, 2012 12:34 pm

metaphorge wrote:
TimothyR wrote:i'd really like to see voyager megatrons weapon.. to see if it's more accurate than the hasbro version. i could be interested in that.
There is no Takara Voyager Megatron.

son of a bitch.

do you know why?

News Credits: 97 · Thu Mar 01, 2012 1:12 pm

Ratchet looks pretty sweet with the giant blade.

Prime's micron looks like Shockwave. That makes me want it, even though I'm not impressed with that Optimus. It's the paint job. Only the FE version puts red on his chest under the windows, which is more show accurate.

Skywarp looks fantastic. I could go for a trio of TFP Seekers.

News Credits: 11 · Thu Mar 01, 2012 1:13 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
--B-- wrote:Is it just me or is Megatrons minicon Lugnut?

With a literal *POKE*

Lol, I was thinking the exact same thing. And it appears that Shockwave defected to the Autobots and now fights as Prime's personal weapon.

As for the figures, the only one I'm really interested in is Ratchet (well, Skywarp too), but instead of dropping $40 on each of these nub-infested piles of plastic, I'll just invest in some Reprolabels and skip on Skywarp entirely, unless Hasbro gets off their lazy asses and releases him too. I do kind of hope the minicons get a release over here somehow though.

News Credits: 1082 · Thu Mar 01, 2012 1:19 pm

Lookin' good. Good enough to buy.

News Credits: 3 · Thu Mar 01, 2012 1:37 pm

As far as I'm concerned, Megatron is the must-have here, especially if you don't already have a variant of the Deluxe mold. His Micron is easily my favorite, and it's bulky enough it just might look good on the Hasbro RID Voyager Megs as well.

I was probably going to nab Skywarp anyway, but the Micron seals the deal.

No interest in Cliffjumper since he's dead and doesn't need a Micron. The other Autobots I'm still up in the air on; I like all three of their Microns quite a lot, but I'm not so sure I dig the wart-like apendages all over their partners. If they featured improved deco to Hasbro's versions in addition to the Microns it would be easier to justify the expense.

I wonder how well Perfect Effect figures would fit into those ports in their weapons modes?

Hopefully these won't sell out immediately so I can think on it a bit, and see if any or all of the Microns' sculpts turn up in future gashopan assortments.