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by **Altertron** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:49 pm

from all the pictures of optimus prime by takara i seen online has darker red skin, but however hot until i saw prime with longer smakestacks and silver chrome on the grill, i know it's not the US version.
here's the picture

News Credits: 2 · by **Basketball Jones** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:54 pm

That photograph has strange lighting. Red can be a difficult color to photograph.

by **Altertron** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 4:03 pm

no i don't think so cuz mine also has a orange paint, the hasbro version of last year. the one came with the stand.
they look exactly the same as mine except for the chrome, the tail lights which is clear instead of black, the blue gun, and the sparkle eyes.

News Credits: 2 · by **CyberTooth** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 4:19 pm

So... both Takara versions of MP Prime are identical save that one comes with a trailer. These figures are, paint-wise, the same as the original 20th Prime released by Hasbro. The Movie version of Prime is red-orange and no where close to looking like the other three figures.

I'm lazy or I'd take pictures.

News Credits: 5 · by **decepticonjon** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 4:26 pm

Altertron wrote:no i don't think so cuz mine also has a orange paint, the hasbro version of last year. the one came with the stand.
they look exactly the same as mine except for the chrome, the tail lights which is clear instead of black, the blue gun, and the sparkle eyes.

i think you might be confused my poor boy

News Credits: 2 · by **CyberTooth** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 4:47 pm

Nah, I think the pictures are just throwing him off. They do make the figure look lighter in color than he really is thanks to the light background.

by **Altertron** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 5:34 pm

here's two pictures which i like to compare with

by **Altertron** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 6:52 pm

the early release of the 20th anniversary dvd edition was indeed red, here's the proof!!! god did they ran out of red paint so they use orange paint instead???

News Credits: 5 · by **decepticonjon** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 7:17 pm

take a picture of yours, and post it on here please.
i have never seen any orange ones.
and i still see them all over the place.

News Credits: 2 · by **CyberTooth** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 7:52 pm

Sometimes we want things so badly we can't help but believe they're out there when they really aren't. Those photos of the "Darker" Movie Prime are old Promo pictures pre-release of the product and may be the result of the photography. For example, a picture of Movie Prime still in box next to the Japanese MP-04:

I can assure that none of the Movie Releases were darker than the one you own. And yes it is a more washed out red leaning towards orange in color.

And as for a photo of the Orange Prime, one need look no further than Seibertron's galleries:

http://www.seibertron.com/toys/fullsize ... 1&image=59