The Energon Pub

ape mode looks quite bad.

hoping for a better bigger mold

Overcracker wrote:That Primal looks great even if it is super simple. Guess I'll be shelling out for Movie Maximals now.

Even this Primal has an interesting transformation to him. I really like him. Might just pick him up while we wait for thew actual movie line.

Tigatron relegated to a filleted crossbow... the indignity.



Anybody getting as feeling that the Legacy Bulkhead repaint is going to just be movie Optimus Prime? The similarities are uncanny.

Yeah, big similarities and we are indeed going to get a Prime redeco of Bulkhead, though I don't think it will be for the movie, since there aren't any voyager movie toys for ROTB coming out this year. I think it's just a coincidence.

As for the Primal toy, I too find that transformation fun. It's a total cheat but it works and I think my 4 year old will have a lot of fun with it.

This is getting me pumped for the eventual studio series figures, since that is one cool looking primal design. Also, I am surprised to see Tigatron, he wasn't said to be in the film nor in the listings.

It's neat that Prime has one of his Bayverse Energon swords! Wonder if he'll use them in the movie.

Primal is looking pretty good. It's nice that they stayed true to the original version. And the tiger/cannon accessory is neat too.

william-james88 wrote:

Overcracker wrote:That Primal looks great even if it is super simple. Guess I'll be shelling out for Movie Maximals now.

Even this Primal has an interesting transformation to him. I really like him. Might just pick him up while we wait for thew actual movie line.

Tigatron relegated to a filleted crossbow... the indignity.



Anybody getting as feeling that the Legacy Bulkhead repaint is going to just be movie Optimus Prime? The similarities are uncanny.

Yeah, big similarities and we are indeed going to get a Prime redeco of Bulkhead, though I don't think it will be for the movie, since there aren't any voyager movie toys for ROTB coming out this year. I think it's just a coincidence.

As for the Primal toy, I too find that transformation fun. It's a total cheat but it works and I think my 4 year old will have a lot of fun with it.

This is getting me pumped for the eventual studio series figures, since that is one cool looking primal design. Also, I am surprised to see Tigatron, he wasn't said to be in the film nor in the listings.

Its too coincidental that movie Prime has such a similar alt mode. I know there are no large movie figures coming out this year as far as we know, but we also don't know when that Bulkhead Reduce is supposed to come out exactly. They may try something like the "Preview" or "First Edition" figures of previous movie lines.

Overcracker wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Overcracker wrote:That Primal looks great even if it is super simple. Guess I'll be shelling out for Movie Maximals now.

Even this Primal has an interesting transformation to him. I really like him. Might just pick him up while we wait for thew actual movie line.

Tigatron relegated to a filleted crossbow... the indignity.



Anybody getting as feeling that the Legacy Bulkhead repaint is going to just be movie Optimus Prime? The similarities are uncanny.

Yeah, big similarities and we are indeed going to get a Prime redeco of Bulkhead, though I don't think it will be for the movie, since there aren't any voyager movie toys for ROTB coming out this year. I think it's just a coincidence.

As for the Primal toy, I too find that transformation fun. It's a total cheat but it works and I think my 4 year old will have a lot of fun with it.

This is getting me pumped for the eventual studio series figures, since that is one cool looking primal design. Also, I am surprised to see Tigatron, he wasn't said to be in the film nor in the listings.

Its too coincidental that movie Prime has such a similar alt mode. I know there are no large movie figures coming out this year as far as we know, but we also don't know when that Bulkhead Reduce is supposed to come out exactly. They may try something like the "Preview" or "First Edition" figures of previous movie lines.

"Movie Universe Beast Hunter Optimus Prime"

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Overcracker wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Overcracker wrote:That Primal looks great even if it is super simple. Guess I'll be shelling out for Movie Maximals now.

Even this Primal has an interesting transformation to him. I really like him. Might just pick him up while we wait for thew actual movie line.

Tigatron relegated to a filleted crossbow... the indignity.



Anybody getting as feeling that the Legacy Bulkhead repaint is going to just be movie Optimus Prime? The similarities are uncanny.

Yeah, big similarities and we are indeed going to get a Prime redeco of Bulkhead, though I don't think it will be for the movie, since there aren't any voyager movie toys for ROTB coming out this year. I think it's just a coincidence.

As for the Primal toy, I too find that transformation fun. It's a total cheat but it works and I think my 4 year old will have a lot of fun with it.

This is getting me pumped for the eventual studio series figures, since that is one cool looking primal design. Also, I am surprised to see Tigatron, he wasn't said to be in the film nor in the listings.

Its too coincidental that movie Prime has such a similar alt mode. I know there are no large movie figures coming out this year as far as we know, but we also don't know when that Bulkhead Reduce is supposed to come out exactly. They may try something like the "Preview" or "First Edition" figures of previous movie lines.

"Movie Universe Beast Hunter Optimus Prime"

You joke, but I would not put it past Hasbro to do something like that. 2 birds with one... Prime so to speak.

Overcracker wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Overcracker wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Overcracker wrote:That Primal looks great even if it is super simple. Guess I'll be shelling out for Movie Maximals now.

Even this Primal has an interesting transformation to him. I really like him. Might just pick him up while we wait for thew actual movie line.

Tigatron relegated to a filleted crossbow... the indignity.



Anybody getting as feeling that the Legacy Bulkhead repaint is going to just be movie Optimus Prime? The similarities are uncanny.

Yeah, big similarities and we are indeed going to get a Prime redeco of Bulkhead, though I don't think it will be for the movie, since there aren't any voyager movie toys for ROTB coming out this year. I think it's just a coincidence.

As for the Primal toy, I too find that transformation fun. It's a total cheat but it works and I think my 4 year old will have a lot of fun with it.

This is getting me pumped for the eventual studio series figures, since that is one cool looking primal design. Also, I am surprised to see Tigatron, he wasn't said to be in the film nor in the listings.

Its too coincidental that movie Prime has such a similar alt mode. I know there are no large movie figures coming out this year as far as we know, but we also don't know when that Bulkhead Reduce is supposed to come out exactly. They may try something like the "Preview" or "First Edition" figures of previous movie lines.

"Movie Universe Beast Hunter Optimus Prime"

You joke, but I would not put it past Hasbro to do something like that. 2 birds with one... Prime so to speak.

Who said I was (completely) joking?

Optimus Primal has a nice enough design, I wasn't expecting him to be this accurate to the original, but I suppose I should've seen it coming with how close to G1 the robots in Bumblebee look. Though his gorilla mode, namely the green eyes, the mouth and the shape of the head, looks quite a lot like Lockdown. I do hope the design of the gorilla in the actual movie changes as time goes on so it looks less like this.
I was surprised to see Tigatron here, I do wonder if he'll be in the movie or if he's just a toyline -only character. I'm also curious to see if he'll have a proper robot mode or if he'll just be a Battlemaster type robot like this toy.

TulioDude wrote:He is looking nice!

DAy 805 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.

Hehehe, I've seen you commenting this before 1 year had even passed, and I've got to say, man... me too, me too.

william-james88 wrote:

Overcracker wrote:
Anybody getting as feeling that the Legacy Bulkhead repaint is going to just be movie Optimus Prime? The similarities are uncanny.

Yeah, big similarities and we are indeed going to get a Prime redeco of Bulkhead, though I don't think it will be for the movie, since there aren't any voyager movie toys for ROTB coming out this year. I think it's just a coincidence.

It may be possible that Bulkhead was created to reuse the engineering (and slap out another Prime using the same engineering).

Nuclearxpotato wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Overcracker wrote:
Anybody getting as feeling that the Legacy Bulkhead repaint is going to just be movie Optimus Prime? The similarities are uncanny.

Yeah, big similarities and we are indeed going to get a Prime redeco of Bulkhead, though I don't think it will be for the movie, since there aren't any voyager movie toys for ROTB coming out this year. I think it's just a coincidence.

It may be possible that Bulkhead was created to reuse the engineering (and slap out another Prime using the same engineering).

We will get a Prime from that Bulkhead, but it won't be for this movie according to the leaks

That Tigatron/crossbow would be pretty cool (and much better utilized) repainted or customized as a Catgut or Lionizer targetmaster/actionmaster weapon. Heck...even seeing it as one of the many cassette-cats such as Ravage or Stripes would be great as well.

Well, as a supporter of the franchise in general, I hope they do well. But I won't be getting any, unless I see better than what they've shown so far.

I was never a fan of the whole 'rotate the feet so the heel is the toe and the toe is the heel' thing. That's just lazy, no matter which line is using it. For this Optimus Primal, it doesn't look like they 'transform' the legs at all, except for spinning the feet around.

That Primal looks like a fun toy, I'm also betting that Tigatron is toy only at this point.

Overcracker wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Overcracker wrote:That Primal looks great even if it is super simple. Guess I'll be shelling out for Movie Maximals now.

Even this Primal has an interesting transformation to him. I really like him. Might just pick him up while we wait for thew actual movie line.

Tigatron relegated to a filleted crossbow... the indignity.



Anybody getting as feeling that the Legacy Bulkhead repaint is going to just be movie Optimus Prime? The similarities are uncanny.

Yeah, big similarities and we are indeed going to get a Prime redeco of Bulkhead, though I don't think it will be for the movie, since there aren't any voyager movie toys for ROTB coming out this year. I think it's just a coincidence.

As for the Primal toy, I too find that transformation fun. It's a total cheat but it works and I think my 4 year old will have a lot of fun with it.

This is getting me pumped for the eventual studio series figures, since that is one cool looking primal design. Also, I am surprised to see Tigatron, he wasn't said to be in the film nor in the listings.

Its too coincidental that movie Prime has such a similar alt mode. I know there are no large movie figures coming out this year as far as we know, but we also don't know when that Bulkhead Reduce is supposed to come out exactly. They may try something like the "Preview" or "First Edition" figures of previous movie lines.

I'm just telling you what leakers said. Legacy Bulkhead will be retooled into a non movie Optimus in a non movie line.

When you post news articles you’re really not supposed to present any bias. This William James guy is always so negative. Oh, the fans don’t like it? How do you know this? Always comparing against “Bayverse” designs. Some fans like me really love those designs. Can you try to be more inclusive of the fan base. If you have an opinion write a review…

william-james88 wrote:

Overcracker wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Overcracker wrote:That Primal looks great even if it is super simple. Guess I'll be shelling out for Movie Maximals now.

Even this Primal has an interesting transformation to him. I really like him. Might just pick him up while we wait for thew actual movie line.

Tigatron relegated to a filleted crossbow... the indignity.



Anybody getting as feeling that the Legacy Bulkhead repaint is going to just be movie Optimus Prime? The similarities are uncanny.

Yeah, big similarities and we are indeed going to get a Prime redeco of Bulkhead, though I don't think it will be for the movie, since there aren't any voyager movie toys for ROTB coming out this year. I think it's just a coincidence.

As for the Primal toy, I too find that transformation fun. It's a total cheat but it works and I think my 4 year old will have a lot of fun with it.

This is getting me pumped for the eventual studio series figures, since that is one cool looking primal design. Also, I am surprised to see Tigatron, he wasn't said to be in the film nor in the listings.

Its too coincidental that movie Prime has such a similar alt mode. I know there are no large movie figures coming out this year as far as we know, but we also don't know when that Bulkhead Reduce is supposed to come out exactly. They may try something like the "Preview" or "First Edition" figures of previous movie lines.

I'm just telling you what leakers said. Legacy Bulkhead will be retooled into a non movie Optimus in a non movie line.

O.k, Fair enough. We'll see.

Is it just me or does Primal seems to have more articulation than Prime?

Anyway, I kinda like these designs. Especially Primal; it's close enough to the original while still being its own thing and has a very Transmetal 2/technorganic vibe in beast mode. Just wish the robot mode had a bit more color, if only to better distinguish it from the gorilla.

Also, I don't really mind Tigatron being a Targetmaster. Part of what I love about Transformers is reinventing characters and concepts anyway, and there's always a chance there's a "proper" robot toy awaiting in the future (movie-wise, that is).

ZeroWolf wrote:That Primal looks like a fun toy, I'm also betting that Tigatron is toy only at this point.

Also this. Kinda like the partners in AoE and Beast Hunters Construct-Bots, I guess.

MaximalNui wrote:Is it just me or does Primal seems to have more articulation than Prime?

He does. Probably because the belong to different classes.

Primal is very likely the Power Alliance version, while Prime is maybe the Smash Changer or some other as of yet undisclosed class.

Just going to be a wet blanket here and point out that these toys would be based on preliminary designs and don't necessarily represent the movie as per the usual with early movie toys. And given that the movie was pushed back a year they could be even further off.

Still seems like a good mini Primal figure though. I hope they give it a BW style repaint later on.

Emerje

Primal is looking good, if a bit monotone.

ThunderThruster wrote:Primal is looking good, if a bit monotone.

Monochrome, yeah. But that's his beast mode deco in the film, at least his deco on the images shown to VIPs during a movie event which revealed several designs.

I wonder how Tyrannosaurus Megatron would look in this style.

TFIta369 wrote:

TulioDude wrote:He is looking nice!

DAy 805 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.

Hehehe, I've seen you commenting this before 1 year had even passed, and I've got to say, man... me too, me too.