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News Credits: 10 · by **gavinfuzzy** » Sat May 17, 2014 10:55 am

So AOE toys just hit asian shelves last night and we had a launch "party".

Just wanted to highlight the existence of these chromed AOE deluxe wave 1 figures.

Spend $250 (SGD) and get one. Limited to 100pcs total per country (varies per country)

Some countries only had bumblebee, while we had all 4 from wave 1.

http://transformers2014.toysrus.com.hk/ ... ion-SG.htm

The figures themselves were basically the AOE figures, sprayed chrome in what it came out of the box. Some sets were pretty decent, while some had defects like uncoloured parts. The alternate mode was not painted. Some who tried to transform just got the stock colour showing through.

Came packed in the cut up deluxe bubble slotted in a black cardboard box.

I managed to pick up a Bumblebee.

Pictures by others:

Slug by "Nyto" on facebook

The unpainted robot mode:

Scorn by Stanley

Interestingly i could not find anyone with crosshairs. You got to choose, and slug sold out first.

Probably the "rarest" thing I'll ever own. :lol:

News Credits: 217 · by **Diem** » Sat May 17, 2014 12:07 pm

Those are neat but I wouldn't even dare breathe near that thing at the risk of chrome flakes.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Sat May 17, 2014 2:54 pm

Our fellow Seibertron.com member gavinfuzzy, based in Singapore, has shared some images from a promotional launch of the Transformers: Age of Extinction toyline in Asia. Included in the launch were some intriguing offers, including chromed versions of certain Generations Deluxe Wave 1 figures (limited to 100 pieces per country) with a minimum spend of 250 SGD. See what they had to say about the promotion below, and check out some images from the event!

The figures themselves were basically the AOE figures, sprayed chrome in what it came out of the box. Some sets were pretty decent, while some had defects like uncoloured parts. The alternate mode was not painted. Some who tried to transform just got the stock colour showing through. Came packed in the cut up deluxe bubble slotted in a black cardboard box.
I managed to pick up a Bumblebee. Slug sold out first.

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Sat May 17, 2014 3:22 pm

The Dinobots look surprisingly good.

by **ILL-Star** » Sat May 17, 2014 3:23 pm

Wow. They just sprayed chrome on regular releases. How terribly cheap. That is a really low move. I'm going to assume that this isn't the first time something like this has happened though. Or is it?

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sat May 17, 2014 3:25 pm

ILL-Star wrote:Wow. They just sprayed chrome on regular releases. How terribly cheap. That is a really low move. I'm going to assume that this isn't the first time something like this has happened though. Or is it?

Gold and Silver chrome figures are usually handed out as limited pieces, mostly as raffle or contest pieces. This is exceptional I'll admit (especially that only the outer shell is chromed!), but chromed figures have a certain status to them thanks to their rarity.

by **dreadwing95** » Sat May 17, 2014 3:44 pm

that chrome looks magnificent on the dinobots

by **The Thuggernaut** » Sat May 17, 2014 5:23 pm

DINOZONE-ish

Website · by **STngAR** » Sat May 17, 2014 5:51 pm

I will say the silver chrome dinobots look better than that gold chrome Optimus

:MAXIMAL:

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sat May 17, 2014 7:26 pm

Power of the Ancients! Dino Knight ready!

by **TimothyR** » Sun May 18, 2014 12:38 am

paint the purple and red silver on scorn.. and man, those would look incredible.

.. i whole hell of a lot more accurate than the damn regular release.

i really wish they had used a nice pearlish grey plastic with silver paint, and maybe some color accents.

i went out with my mom today to help her get mulch, soil, and plants, and we ran into TRU.. and even she asked why they don't look the same as they do on the rendering that's on the card.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Wed May 21, 2014 4:18 am

We've seen the silver chromed Transformers: Age of Extinction Wave 1 Deluxes from the Singapore launch of the toy line last week. Now, thanks to local fan IZreloaded, we get a closer look at the top prize of the evening: a gold chromed Leader Class Optimus Prime with display case! Also included below is a report on the event and some images showing off the Bumblebee and Optimus walking suits; a video of the gigantic queue for the launch and ensuing robot madness can be found here!

Transformers Age Of Extinction Toy Madness @2200

More than 1000 fans showed up at Hasbro's Transformers Age of Extinction Toy Madness @ 2200 event at Toys R Us at Forum The Shopping Mall, Singapore to be the first to own the toys from the new Transformers movie. The top spender of the night walked away with a Gold-Chrome Transformers 4 Optimus Prime Leader (with display case) which is limited to Toys R Us Star Card members only. Fans also put their skills to the test in a race against fellow fans to convert Transformers figurines and have their photos taken with their favourite Transformers characters. Casts from local movie Ah Boys To Men were also there to interact with the fans.

Website · by **STngAR** » Wed May 21, 2014 9:30 am

Seems weird to see a Toys"R"Us in a mall. I'm wondering how much the winner of the Optimus spent?

:MAXIMAL:

by **noctorro** » Wed May 21, 2014 10:51 pm

Wut?! Does that Evasion Prime have a new face?

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed May 21, 2014 10:51 pm

noctorro wrote:Wut?! Does that Evasion Prime have a new face?

Yeah, that's the Platinum Edition.

News Credits: 10 · by **gavinfuzzy** » Fri May 23, 2014 11:11 am

STngAR wrote:Seems weird to see a Toys"R"Us in a mall. I'm wondering how much the winner of the Optimus spent?

Heh. In asia its weird to see a Toysrus NOT in a mall :lol:

Ive been to the US once a year ago so i got a feel of what your malls were like there. Vastly different.

Also, the winner of the gold prime is only announced in june. But i know the guys i was queuing with racked up at least $2k sgd that night.

News Credits: 461 · by **mooncake623** » Fri Jun 13, 2014 7:48 pm

A few weeks ago we brought you news of the existence Gold-Chrome Transformers 4 Optimus Prime Leader that will be given away to the top spender of the night at the Singapore promotional launch of the Transformers: Age of Extinction toy-line in Asia. Tonight curiosity of youtube reviewer OptimusPrimeSG we get a first in-hand review of this awesome looking figure.

Please check out his video below.

News Credits: 2 · by **ConBotFormer** » Fri Jun 13, 2014 8:31 pm

Why the F did this figure get this kind of treatment?

News Credits: 461 · by **mooncake623** » Fri Jun 13, 2014 9:00 pm

ConBotFormer wrote:Why the F did this figure get this kind of treatment?

Cause it's awesome! =D

by **OmegaPrime273** » Fri Jun 13, 2014 9:35 pm

"Awesome" or "not awesome", if they can do it they'll do it

News Credits: 118 · by **megatronus** » Sat Jun 14, 2014 12:11 am

I just think it's generous and wonderful that this guy would take his lucky draw out of the premium casing to give us a close look at this insanely neat figure. Very cool of him.

I do hope, as he speculates, that we get a Silver Knight version of this down the line.