>
>
>

So... what exactly IS Night Watch Prime?

Feel free to discuss anything about any of the thousands of Transformer toys here. Anything from Generation 1 all the way to the soon to be released, the never to be released or the hope to be released is fair game! Want to show off your stuff? Please post your's and see others in the Transformers Collections Forum.

So... what exactly IS Night Watch Prime?

Postby DvDqNoC » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:03 pm

Is it just leader Prime repainted for the fun of it? Does it have a significance from the movie? Just money making tool?

Image
DvDqNoC
Vehicon
Posts: 348
Joined: Mon Jul 09, 2007 7:56 pm

Postby Deadpool. » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:04 pm

It's just a money-making figure.... And it has no link to the movie.
User avatar
Deadpool.
Guardian Of Seibertron
Posts: 5939
Joined: Fri Sep 22, 2006 7:49 pm

Postby Agent 007 » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:05 pm

no just hasbro trying to grab ur hard erned $$ not really worth buying unless u can't find prime
“Ching-a-ling. Come out and get your ice cream. Any bad robot out there better get ready for an ass whoopin’.”
-Skids
remember when all else fails:
Image
ZOMBIE DANCE!!
User avatar
Agent 007
Gestalt
Posts: 2325
News Credits: 1
Joined: Sun Jul 08, 2007 7:36 pm
Location: Chicago, IL

Re: So... what exactly IS Night Watch Prime?

Postby bran10 » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:06 pm

DvDqNoC wrote:Is it just leader Prime repainted for the fun of it? Does it have a significance from the movie? Just money making tool?

Image

No link to the movie, thats why hes in the all spark line, why does his feet look different?
bran10
Gestalt Team Leader
Posts: 929
News Credits: 6
Joined: Thu Aug 02, 2007 9:10 pm
Location: Sacramento

Postby zemper » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:08 pm

the feet aren't fully-transformed in the pic.


:MAX:
all the comments above are the HUMBLE OPINIONS of the said user only. 'nuff sed.
zemper
Godmaster
Posts: 1853
Joined: Sat Jul 28, 2007 7:04 pm

Re: So... what exactly IS Night Watch Prime?

Postby Deadpool. » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:08 pm

bran10 wrote:
DvDqNoC wrote:Is it just leader Prime repainted for the fun of it? Does it have a significance from the movie? Just money making tool?

Image

No link to the movie, thats why hes in the all spark line, why does his feet look different?
The feet Automorph wasn't activated. So the one in the pic doesnt have "toes".
User avatar
Deadpool.
Guardian Of Seibertron
Posts: 5939
Joined: Fri Sep 22, 2006 7:49 pm

Postby travicon » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:10 pm

im a sucker for repaints (g1 style, metallic) but i can pretty much say with confindince that i will not be buying this one, its cool and all but... eh, pass =;
travicon
Vehicon
Posts: 398
Joined: Mon Aug 13, 2007 1:32 pm

Postby zemper » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:13 pm

they coulda repainted it ala First Strike Voyager Prime, but i dunno what went with Hasbro and their stupid money-making schemes.


:MAX:
all the comments above are the HUMBLE OPINIONS of the said user only. 'nuff sed.
zemper
Godmaster
Posts: 1853
Joined: Sat Jul 28, 2007 7:04 pm

Postby Deadpool. » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:15 pm

zemper wrote:they coulda repainted it ala First Strike Voyager Prime, but i dunno what went with Hasbro and their stupid money-making schemes.


:MAX:
If they did a G1 deco on it, more people will go buy it rather than the Nightwatch deco.
User avatar
Deadpool.
Guardian Of Seibertron
Posts: 5939
Joined: Fri Sep 22, 2006 7:49 pm

Postby Sportimus Prime » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:24 pm

It is Hasbro wanting another repaint, but too afraid to call him Ultra Magnus, Nemesis Prime, or even Scourge. :grin:
Sportimus Prime
Headmaster
Posts: 1196
Joined: Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:15 pm

Postby i_amtrunks » Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:26 pm

zemper wrote:the feet aren't fully-transformed in the pic.


:MAX:


Hasbro having mistransformed figures in their own galleries for display on their own website? No Way!!! :P

Night Vision Prime is a way for Hasbro to make money with another Prime figure on the shelves for those who missed him first time around, for completionists, or those who like the toy, but hated the superior original Paint scheme.

It's also a way for them to justify creating the toy mold in the first place, as it means that production costs for the mold are effectively cut in half when 2 versions of the toy are made in comparison to only 1.
Awesomesauce; Use it, you know you want to.
Image
User avatar
i_amtrunks
Guardian Of Seibertron
Posts: 6755
News Credits: 972
Joined: Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:31 pm
Location: Sydney, Australia

Postby Leonardo » Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:36 am

I wish there were more Transformers this colour. :-(
Leonardo
Faction Commander
Posts: 4712
News Credits: 1
Joined: Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:08 am

Postby zemper » Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:38 am

Sportimus Prime wrote:It is Hasbro wanting another repaint, but too afraid to call him Ultra Magnus, Nemesis Prime, or even Scourge. :grin:


LMAO!!!!! well said!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:

maybe someday after all these, there'll be another official variant of prime in future toy lines called "Nightwatch Prime". WORD. :shock: :P



:MAX:
all the comments above are the HUMBLE OPINIONS of the said user only. 'nuff sed.
zemper
Godmaster
Posts: 1853
Joined: Sat Jul 28, 2007 7:04 pm

Postby DevastaTTor » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:11 am

Deadpool. wrote:It's just a money-making figure.... And it has no link to the movie.


But wait, I thought that it was Prime after he was "bathed in the energy of the Allspark". You mean that didn't actually happen in the film?

Me personally, I would have loved to see a chrome/metallic G1 repaint. And give me that damn sword to go on his arm too!
Check out my BST Sales Thread HERE!

Equal Opportunity Transforming Robot Collector
User avatar
DevastaTTor
Gestalt
Posts: 2991
News Credits: 198
Joined: Tue Jul 10, 2007 8:21 am
Location: GA, USA

Postby zemper » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:23 am

DevastaTTor wrote:
But wait, I thought that it was Prime after he was "bathed in the energy of the Allspark". You mean that didn't actually happen in the film?



uh...no. didn't happen at all.



:MAX:
all the comments above are the HUMBLE OPINIONS of the said user only. 'nuff sed.
zemper
Godmaster
Posts: 1853
Joined: Sat Jul 28, 2007 7:04 pm

Postby AlienQuiksilver » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:23 am

Even Hasbro hesitates to make another repaint to Ultra Magnus. They wouldn't be able to sleep at night ... hence, the name ... "Nightwatch Prime."
- AQS
AlienQuiksilver
Gestalt Team Leader
Posts: 960
Joined: Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:25 am
Location: Telford, PA

Postby Ramrider » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:29 am

Leonardo wrote:I wish there were more Transformers this colour. :-(

I think instead of this, they should have gone with an Armada Powerlinx Prime-style scheme. I think that's the only time so far where I've liked a repaint Prime better than the original.
Ramrider
Gestalt
Posts: 2691
Joined: Sun Jul 13, 2003 12:04 pm


Return to Transformers Toys Discussion

Patreon
Charge Our Energon Reserves. Join the Seibertron Elite.
Support SEIBERTRON™