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That coloring definitely seems to confirm that this will be Aligned Prima

Glyph wrote:

Glyph wrote:Via @CsbiaoO_, colour version of the Prima prototype

william-james88 wrote:Via @CsbiaoO_, we now have images of the colour version of the Prima prototype we previously saw.

Would be nice to get credit when you just copy a post like that, you know.

By the way, you've only copied my resized imgur thumbnails into the news post, not the full size originals on the click through.

I didn't have much time, so I did what I could. I'll write you a credit in the news post.

Overcracker wrote:So Prima comes with the matrix from literally everywhere else,. an d transform into... what exactly?

A hover thing?

Interesting choice.

Prima got 6 wheels. So a space truck or something like Kup. But the front profile reminds me of BBM Soundwave hover-crab thingamajig.

There has to be a missing piece from the front of Prima's truck(ish) mode, right? What is there looks so unfinished like something is missing.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:There has to be a missing piece from the front of Prima's truck(ish) mode, right? What is there looks so unfinished like something is missing.

Looks like someone forgot to fold up the front bumper. You can see it on the underside of the vehicle mode.





It's instead folded out and connected to the windshield in this robot mode pic, when it was folded away on the yellow test shot:

they cant steal the heads once they're in the box now so they're stealing them while they're still unreleased

cloudballoon wrote:

Overcracker wrote:So Prima comes with the matrix from literally everywhere else,. an d transform into... what exactly?

A hover thing?

Interesting choice.

Prima got 6 wheels. So a space truck or something like Kup. But the front profile reminds me of BBM Soundwave hover-crab thingamajig.

Yeah, just a random futuristic alien vehicle.

Updated image shows the alt mode more. It's more like a rover, somewhat like Siege's Ironhide/Ratchet but wider & flatter. It's look coherent at least and I'm fine with it. The bot mode looks good, love its size & finger articulation.

But based on what's revealed so far of Prima & Megatronus, I do wish the AOTP Primes have more unique designs than these regular, angular shapes. Oh well, at least they pair well with Legacy Cybertron Vector Prime and TR Alpha Trion.

cloudballoon wrote:Updated image shows the alt mode more. It's more like a rover, somewhat like Siege's Ironhide/Ratchet but wider & flatter. It's look coherent at least and I'm fine with it. The bot mode looks good, love its size & finger articulation.

I wonder if it will/can be retooled into Sentinel Prime. Or would Sentinel need his own mold.

Rodimus Prime wrote:I wonder if it will/can be retooled into Sentinel Prime. Or would Sentinel need his own mold.

I really wish Hasbro will do the 13 right by each having their own molds. But being Cocks' Hasbro, I'm sure a few will be retooled, just wish it's not between the 13.

With Red Alert coming soon, this at least means we can have the Armada game trio until Smokescreen and the rest show up. (Btw Chris Cucks, if you're a true gamer then bring back the Armada game).

Quantum Surge wrote:With Red Alert coming soon, this at least means we can have the Armada game trio until Smokescreen and the rest show up. (Btw Chris Cucks, if you're a true gamer then bring back the Armada game).

For someone who only cares about "shareholder values," and treat Hasbro as an IP farm, you KNOW it'll be endless DLCs, Microtransaction, Gotcha and Live Service reshell games/collabs from now on right?

I wouldn't bring my hopes up getting remasters/re-releases of WFC/FOC or Devastation, let alone Armada.

cloudballoon wrote:

Quantum Surge wrote:With Red Alert coming soon, this at least means we can have the Armada game trio until Smokescreen and the rest show up. (Btw Chris Cucks, if you're a true gamer then bring back the Armada game).

For someone who only cares about "shareholder values," and treat Hasbro as an IP farm, you KNOW it'll be endless DLCs, Microtransaction, Gotcha and Live Service reshell games/collabs from now on right?

I wouldn't bring my hopes up getting remasters/re-releases of WFC/FOC or Devastation, let alone Armada.

Hence why I jabbed Chris.

Via @CsbiaoO_, we have even more images of Prima, this time focusing on their alt mode. The view from the side shows us that it is more functional than some fans thought, with rolling wheels. It ends up being more along the lines of what we’d see from a Cybertronian Ironhide or Ratchet alt mode. The front of the truck appears to be mistransformed though with a panel for the bumper not properly lifted. But that’s just a guess.

Now that we have a better look at the altmode, let us know if you think it looks good or not.

Not a terrible alt-mode, but not awesome either. Overall I dig it though. It'll be interesting to see what the final plastic & paint color choices are.

william-james88 wrote:The front of the truck appears to be mistransformed though with a panel for the bumper not properly lifted. But that’s just a guess.

Now that we have a better look at the altmode, let us know if you think it looks good or not.

I'm not sure the front's mis-transformed, considering that the bumper & fog lights are painted. With 2 unpainted headlights visible too. The prominent hinges are unfortunate, but I have the idea of painting it blue and through the off-white windshield "frame" & roof so they look like racing stripes like Jazz/Bayverse Camaro Bee got.

Not what I wanted as Prima's alt mode, but I like it. It's an aggressive looking rover. And with an apparent 5mm hole and we don't know what the weapon accesory will look like, maybe it pegs into that hole and add a battering ram to it, like Legacy Infernac Magneous? That'll be even cooler.

I wasn't sold on the initial bot mode pics, it looked a hollow and cheap, but in these colors and seeing the alt mode, I like it. We'll see how it goes with the actual reveal, but so far I'm still on board with AOTP.

Kyleor wrote:Not a terrible alt-mode, but not awesome either. Overall I dig it though. It'll be interesting to see what the final plastic & paint color choices are.

What you see in the pics should be the final colors

Horrid.

cloudballoon wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:I wonder if it will/can be retooled into Sentinel Prime. Or would Sentinel need his own mold.

I really wish Hasbro will do the 13 right by each having their own molds. But being Cocks' Hasbro, I'm sure a few will be retooled, just wish it's not between the 13.

As Sentinel isn't one of 'the 13', if he is a retool it shouldn't effect 'the 13' each getting a figure distinct from each other.

ThunderThruster wrote:

cloudballoon wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:I wonder if it will/can be retooled into Sentinel Prime. Or would Sentinel need his own mold.

I really wish Hasbro will do the 13 right by each having their own molds. But being Cocks' Hasbro, I'm sure a few will be retooled, just wish it's not between the 13.

As Sentinel isn't one of 'the 13', if he is a retool it shouldn't effect 'the 13' each getting a figure distinct from each other.

Sentinel isn't part of this line.

True Sentinel isn't part of the Original Thriteen Primes. It's "AGE of the Primes", not "AGES" so the focus should be on the OG. And personally I have no need of a new Sentinel Prime unless it's done really well.

We had promotional poster reveals for the CHUG mainline every year for over a decade, with or without an accompanying show around early Octobers. What do we have for AOTP? Just a logo reveal iirc. Is this non-marketing strategy a means to introduce some mystique to the 13th? Is this winning over fans new & old in anticipation for the line?

I just wish Hasbro can spare a little bit of marketing budget to create some promotional media for the line even if Paramount/Nick/Netflix doesn't want to pickup a TV show. Even a motion comic video uploaded to YouTube will do, something to deepen the lore, back story of the toy line and better detailed bios will get people invested in the characters and buying the figures. It's far better than those one-line blurb in the back of the box.

cloudballoon wrote:We had promotional poster reveals for the CHUG mainline every year for over a decade, with or without an accompanying show around early Octobers. What do we have for AOTP? Just a logo reveal iirc. Is this non-marketing strategy a means to introduce some mystique to the 13th? Is this winning over fans new & old in anticipation for the line?

The reason we already know such much about this line at this time is because of the leakers. Legacy United still isn't done yet, as there's still one more wave of Deluxes, Voyagers, and Leaders that has yet to be released as of this typing. Officially-speaking, we weren't supposed to know as much about this line as we already do at this point, and wouldn't have known as much if it hadn't been for the leakers spoiling so much about the line several months in advance of Hasbro's schedule of official announcements and reveals for it. The original leaks for this line were unprecedented in how early and how abundant they were in giving things away about this line so far ahead of Hasbro's official plans for it. We've been spoiled, and consequently those early spoilers have made us impatient and restless for something we were yet supposed to know so much about.