The Energon Pub

[Sentinel_Primal]

so why the hell is roller out of the picture

Possibly holding him back for a Micromaster release? A small part of me is hoping we'll see a G1 styled IDW Roller released, with one accesory being the standard Roller, but I know that that's very unlikely

[STngAR]

The only thing that bugs me about this figure are those trailer wheels. Maybe its because I deal with tractors/trailers pretty much on a daily basis but those are not ok in my eyes.

[cloudballoon]

The bot's torso proportion is not as balanced as Siege's version, the rest of him is equal/better than Siege OP IMO.

But I got my MP, and a custom painted Siege OP as my go-to G1 OP already. With maxed out shelf space and limited toy spending budget, unless it changes my mind in-hand, I really don't need to pick this one up...

It'd be a different story if I never had the Siege version. Maybe if it's on sale and shelfwarming, I might pick it up to help clear my local toy store space... if I feel generous.

[syntax_error25]

Here are some thoughts:

Worst case scenario: There was no way to rectify the blue hands, so a 3rd party company will likely make an upgrade kit.

Medium case scenario: The hands are blue, yet the eyes remain yellow, so I will use a gel pen to blueify them.

Best case scenario: The in-hand photos are not customized and the prime will have the blue hands and eyes.

About roller: Roller might likely be sold at the battle master price point.

I am currently thinking of ways that Hasbro could pull a siege and release a superior version of this mold. The only thing I can think of at the moment is a classic animation counterpart which seems rather unlikely. I do hope that there is a Nemesis prime repaint possibly released through selects.

[Microbot]

In Demand Toys have posted, on their Facebook page, images of Leader Class Optimus Prime both in and out of package! As you can see, he's packaged with his trailer opened up to repair bay mode, in order to accommodate it in the packaging space.



Additionally, we have images of Optimus out of packaging and giving us some action poses, as well as showing us what is likely the final deco for the figure. A while back, there were images posted of what now seems to be a custom painted figure, with blue hands and codpiece, as well as blue eyes, rather than the G1 toy accurate yellow eyes.










What do you think of these pictures? Will Optimus end up with grey hands and yellow eyes? Or were those previous images a hand painted sabine of what the figure will turn out to look like? Feel free to speculate below!

I really don't want grey hands....was perfect with blue .....damn Hasbro gives us a perfect OP is too hard!???!?

[TFfangeek]

Even though this list is a fake, the one toy I hope gets released in the Earthrise toy line, and is shown for the first time at New York Toy Fair in February is a Voyager Class toy of Snapdragon.

[Bioformer Grr]

Honestly I’m gonna skip on this figure, yes it’s looks good, but I like siege just the way it is. Plus I am going to make a lego trailer for siege prime just like lazy eyebrows review did on youtube. It just isn’t worth the money honestly and I might be in the minority on this, but the torso on this one is just a little odd. But that’s just me

[Wolfman Jake]

I am a bit hopeful that these "in-box" images are still early mock-ups and not finalized products. For one, the "out of box" pics are the same ones from Hasbro's press release about Earthrise at NYCC, so the in-box shots might be similarly old and out of date. Second, looking at the figure in the box, it looks like it's not really carefully posed at all. Optimus Prime's legs are extremely spread out, and all that's securing him in place is two paper ties around the torso. In a package like this, we'd more likely get two clear plastic trays fitting one atop the other, the bottom one to hold the trailer in place, and one over that to keep Optimus Prime and his accessories in place. The box art and actual cardboard is likely finalized product, but I'd not be surprised if they still didn't have a finalized production sample of Optimus Prime or the inner packaging ready by the time they shot these pictures.

[noctorro]

I thought Siege Optimus was the greatest normal line Optimus Prime we ever got, absolutely love him.

Then Hasbro made Earthrise Optimus... with trailer.

Born in 1985, Hardcore Transformer fan, will die march 2020 of happiness when he's released.

[william-james88]

John Warden said the hands would be grey since day 1 and even said why. I wouldnt expect anything different.

[sol magnus]

John Warden said the hands would be grey since day 1 and even said why. I wouldnt expect anything different.

Hope against hope.

I'm still getting at least one for my boy.

[MadProject]

videoreview of Optimus!BLUE HANDS!

[Microbot]

YES!! YES!!! BLUE HANDS!!!!!

[william-james88]

John Warden said the hands would be grey since day 1 and even said why. I wouldnt expect anything different.

Hope against hope.

You might get what you hope for afterall.

[william-james88]

We have an English language review of the upcoming Transformers War for Cybertron Earthrise WFC E11 leader class Optimus Prime. This toy looks rather different from what we have seen previously. For comparison, we have posted below the official image from Takara (which should be the same as the Hasbro version). Not only are the hands in the review blue but the peg between his legs is split. This shows that there were indeed some last minute changes done here, and more than just one. Let us know what you think and if these changes are enough to woo you into paying 50$ for this figure. We thank fellow Seibertronian Madproject for letting us know of this review.

[cirrusstratus1]

The elbow pieces should've been red.

[Jeddostotle7]

Ok, with Phamduc, the random Instagram pics, and Tonton all separately showing the hands and codpiece as painted blue, I think we can all safely assume it's not some other earlier version like a handful elsewhere were saying, and is in fact the final figure. I am SO grateful. So so so so so grateful. He's basically perfect. I could've done with the yellow eyes, but blue's fine too.

Now the only thing it needs is the middle pelvis rectangle to be yellow and to have the yellow arrow decal on the forearms, which Reprolabels will likely fix easily.

[Wolfman Jake]

John Warden said the hands would be grey since day 1 and even said why. I wouldnt expect anything different.

Hope against hope.

You might get what you hope for afterall.

Sometimes hope pays off, Will!

[sol magnus]

John Warden said the hands would be grey since day 1 and even said why. I wouldnt expect anything different.

Hope against hope.

You might get what you hope for afterall.

Sometimes hope pays off, Will!

Now I don't have to explain to my son why the hands are gray. WIN!

[toycave_studios]

I understand that they want to make it different than the Siege figure, but if you're going to make a seminal OP figure in the Earthrise line that comes with the trailer:

1: why break up the trailer with a shield gimmick and not have functional regular doors?
2: the colors of plastic and lack of paint literally make the trailer look like it died in the 86 movie.. lolz
3: eyes are blue now, but the face behind the mask is a dark blue? meh yay for blue hands at least.
4: elbows should be red, I agree with previous commenter
5: reprolabels can fix the yellow arrows and center rectangle on crotch piece, but couldn't they have too?
6: those gray panels on the insides of the legs where the trailer connector port REALLY bother me.. they were blue in one of the promo images, and it really made the legs feel cohesive. Now I can't unsee them.
7: where is ROLLER?
8: enough with the transforming gun gimmick..
9: definitely should've had the tires in the back fold up in a way that you don't see the rectangle in the back
10: final thoughts: the mold is good, but lack of Roller and the back door on the trailer bleh, and the need to get a professional custom painter to repaint it would be a hassle. do we even know if the siege cars fit inside the trailer? I hate to say it, but with the reprolabels on Siege Prime that I have... I think I'm going to pass on this one.

[TulioDude]

I wonder if studio series Optimus Prime can use this trailer?

[Wolfman Jake]

The trailer doors are like that likely to give the trailer base mode compatibility with the rest of the base playsets in Earthrise, like Ironworks. The friction hinges on the top of the shield are of the A.I.R. Lock style that is the new line-wide "gimmick" for Earthrise. I would have rather had the normal doors and have the shield be a pull out ramp for the trailer, but Hasbro likes to keep it's "parts count" low nowadays.

Blue eyes is always a yay for me with Optimus, though I can certainly agree that yellow provides a better contrast.

The elbow joints should be red in Optimus, yes, but the dark grey doesn't look bad, at least. Not like the blue plastic elbows we saw in some of the recent Takara Tomy photography!

It would have been nice had they colored in the yellow rectangle on the pelvis. That's a weird omission, but the lack of yellow arrows on the wrists isn't as big a deal to me. That's not a detail from either the show or the original toy. I'd have to do some digging, but I think it's one of those weird things that happened because of the old Studio OX promotional drawings and such, kind of like the silver painted shin vents that should be solid blue like the rest of the lower legs.

The gray panels on the insides of the legs did bother me at first, but they bother me much less so now. I think the additional blue paint apps on the fists and pelvis have helped make that issue much less drastic instead of "one more thing wrong" with the deco.

It would be nice to have Roller with the whole package, but he might be a later Battle Master release, or part of a Micromaster set. There are a few other modern Roller options out there too, like the one that came with Legends Optimus Prime in Thrilling 30.

I think the way this Earthrise Optimus Prime transforms is just fine. The kibble on the back is no worse than what we've seen with other iterations. He's had a big bumper butt before with "Classics," Combiner Wars prime had a bunch of combiner-related compromises, and Siege Prime has a huge flat panel on his back that you can see clearly from the front. The tires in the small of the back I think may be another Studio OX thing, too.

[DMSL]

Great figure, hate the trailer, hope the Fansproject G3 trailer can attach to it.

[blackeyedprime]

Would have been nice if the trailer control room could have all the options of the g1 toy plcement wise and if it could have had an opening canopy/fit a titan master. The hands being jointed doesnt really seem to have a purpose or to be able to pose fingers other than slightly open or closed fist with out it looking weird.

[Jeddostotle7]

Would have been nice if the trailer control room could have all the options of the g1 toy plcement wise and if it could have had an opening canopy/fit a titan master. The hands being jointed doesnt really seem to have a purpose or to be able to pose fingers other than slightly open or closed fist with out it looking weird.

The hands open to hold the Matrix.