Autobot032 wrote:We ARE getting Leader Class, it seems. Prime? I get. Bumblebee? Again? Didn't the failtastic DOTM version teach them anything? They're going to be terribly out of scale with the smaller Voyagers and Deluxes. And simplified? How simple we talkin'? Granted, I agree it shouldn't be ROTF Optimus/DOTM Sentinel complex, but I sure hope it's not Cybertron Metroplex/DOTM Ironhide simplistic, either. I do like that they kept the Stealth Force mode in. That's a nice carryover from DOTM.
I'd expect something along the lines of Supreme Animated Optimus Prime (only not as big).
And so I bet being out-of-scale will be the least of collectors' objections.
Andy from Full Metal Hero wrote:3) Optimus Maximus - bases make a return to the line with Maximus, a large scale Cyberverse Playset which doubles a fully transforming figure and base for your Cyberverse figures. Featuring light and sound features, firing rockets and launching vehicle this guy was fairly imposing standing somewhere in between Ultimate Op and a regular Leader Class figure. It looked quite bare without any Cyberverse figures locked in but you could see the gun turrets just waiting to be armed by you min faves.
So, basically...we're getting a Fortress Maximus, of sorts? Awe. Some.
This does sound like it might be pretty sweet. Presumably, this being marketed as a
Transformers: Prime tie-in?
Andy from Full Metal Hero wrote:Transformers Prime First Edition will not be hitting UK shelves in anyway shape or form, Cliffjumper and Bumblebee were on display but display is as far as they appear to be going.
That's horrible. Why would you tease somebody like that? Dangit Hasbro, grow up. I'm truly sorry to all of our UK fans and members. You deserve much better treatment than that.
The way this is going, I don't think we're going to see distribution of anything beyond the first wave of three figures in the US, either. Well, except for the online specialty retailers. Recall this was hinted at—and then the first wave showed up at Toys 'R' Us and we thought they'd all have decent distribution.
Oh, Hasbro. You jokers.
After the distribution fiasco last winter/spring, I'm thinking Hasbro is just not even trying to put Transformers toys in the distribution channel right now. It's probably a smart business decision. But if I'm right, it means that what appear to be some of the best
Transformers: Prime toys are going to get very limited distribution.
craggy wrote:Seems the big H is focussing on the little guys a lot. Makes sense given economics.
It's definitely one of the things I'm worried about.
I sure hope Generations figures don't get shrunk.