The Energon Pub

[rdrunr89]

I hope they have a Voyager version of this so it will go along with the others my son has. His OP, Megatron, Sentinal and Shockwave are all Voyager with the rest being Deluxe.

Just want continuity.

[QBKiller94]

I was at the press event last night and saw him first hand. Here are my quick thoughts:

Pros:
1) Sweet looking weapons. There were two sets of weapons, one each for the robot and alternate modes. One set had chrome and the other was made of gray/silver plastic. That's troubling. What are the chances we actually get chrome from Hasbro?
2) Vehicle mode. The alt mode had nice lines and looked pretty good despite the missing headlights. I like the new exhaust pipes.
3) Chrome. The chrome looked great on him. Again, I'm skeptical about getting chrome on the finished product.
4) Spring release date. A PR rep said he'll hit the shelves in early May. The movie hits theaters at the end of June.

Cons:
1) "Leader Class" in name only. This Prime is about 15-20 percent smaller than ROTF Leader Class Prime. No price point was given.
2) Giant back pack. There's way too much kibble on his back.
3) Head Sclupt. I don't like the way his face looks. Too alien for my tastes.

[OptimusPrime273]

We have a little over 7 months before the lines release.there's no way this is an official leader...and they said generations line so its just a minor mold. The detail is too underdone to fall in the category of a voyager let alone leader.....so people, let's just wait, and be happy w what we get when we get it

[hinomars19]

Just an update for those not following over on TFW, it seems the story is that this figure is part of the Generations line as a "preview figure".

They choose this as a preview of things to come?? They really have no idea how to sell products.

To those who defend Hasbro-I really don't now how you do sometimes. Due respect to you all, but truly I can't see how or why you do it with a case like this. Somebody somewhere in this company has no idea what they are doing and can't admit it. I don't think it is our job to play along.

This thing is silly. Not kid friendly, silly. There's a big difference, and this is not doing the job. Not every toy has to be collector focused awesome like Generations Springer or Rhinox to be better and have more respect than this.

[ILL-Star]

All of these complaints about the apparent simplicity of this figure as a leader class.
I welcome simplicity as long as its a good figure, screen accurate, and has decent to very good articulation. It's not that I can't transform complex figures. It's just a pain in the butt.

[TheCyclonus]

I gotta say, this is looking pretty sweet! The chrome on it is fantastic (the vehicle mode is just... ), and the new robot mode is looking pretty nice! I do have to agree and say it does look more like a Voyager than a Leader. The back kibble isn't bad, just about as much kibble on this one as the ROTF, just handled differently. Hopefully the rest of the Leaders for this line look as good. Leader Grimlock... dang... the thought of it...

Galvatron... please? I still have hopes that he's gunna be in AOE. XD

[jamesbenjamin]

So no one has really noticed my biggest thought here:

GENERATIONS LEADER CLASS FIGURES

If this really is "Generations" than its part of an assortment. Leaders usually get 3 molds per assortment. If its "Generations" that means what, IDW Prime and Megs as the other two?

[Seibertron]

More pictures have been added of Optimus Prime in our new gallery from last night's Hasbro party. Check out the pictures here: http://www.seibertron.com/events/event.php?event_id=328

[Seibertron]

More pictures have been added of Optimus Prime in our new gallery from last night's Hasbro party. Check out the pictures here: http://www.seibertron.com/events/event.php?event_id=328

[kirbenvost]

Are we really reverting to G1 simplicity for economic reasons?

That, and also Hasbro thinks kids can't handle complex transformations. I can see it if they're going for the 5-7 age group, but I always thought mainline TFs were geared toward a slightly older crowd than that. I guess these days all older kids care about is video games and iPhones.

:HEADHURTS: I don't see why he would be released as a generations figure when he is clearly not, he is a movie line toy figure not a generations figure, Hasbro is very sneaky on putting TF figures from one toy line into another so next thing you know you have this guy from 'another' TF toy line and then you want to get the rest,,, like,,, Generations Soundwave being actually a FOC figure and then boom,,, what did we get ? the FOC line with a bigger soundwave figure wtf.... so this is clearly a strategy for them to mix up the toy lines up a bit and get us all on board... I'm not happy that he will be released in the generations line because I feel 100% sure they will also use him on the TF movie 4 line... however I may end up getting him at some point down the road once he goes on clearance. LOL

Everyone freaking out about it being released under Generations needs to remember that the whole point of that line (and Universe) was originally to showcase characters from different generations of Transformers. Hence why we've seen FoC, Beast Wars, G2 and Armada so far. We've just been lucky that the majority were G1. I personally don't care if this guy is released under Generations as long as Bayverse doesn't completely take over the line. If they still have characters from other continuities, I'm all for it, especially if Hasbro's intentionally keeping them on board for the 30th Anniversary.

[Seibertron]

Some people over on TFW2005 are speculating that this is actually the voyager class. They could be right. W/ that much kibble for no reason, I wouldn't be surprised.

That's what I'm thinking too. Things like the chest, the open slots above the elbows and knees where they swivel, the hollow smokestacks, the ton of back kibble, and the giant screw in the elbow are the kind of things you see on smaller figures.

It's too big to be a Voyager figure. The woman from Hunter PR that I talked to specifically said that it was the Leader Class figure and that retail would be $44.99. It's smaller than previous movie Leader figures, but bigger than Voyager. Looked like an Ultra Class figure to me.

[Sabrblade]

More pictures have been added of Optimus Prime in our new gallery from last night's Hasbro party. Check out the pictures here: http://www.seibertron.com/events/event.php?event_id=328

Of all the pics in that gallery, this one has me the most excited:

[JackStraw]

Robot mode looks awful! Vehicle looks fantastic.....mostly because of the paint and chrome.

[gothsaurus]

I have to say, the charm of the original (arguably simple) G1 toys was discovering how the car/plane parts integrated and BECAME parts of the robot. For this, and many other movie bots, either none of the parts are utilized (like this "shellformer") or the transformation is faked (by duplicating fake vehicle parts molded into the robot mode. ie. cheating)

Either way, it leaves me with the feeling like I've just bought some generic super hero action figure with a truck on its back. Much less fun. I can't understand how Hasbro could lose their play-pattern formula. Puzzling.

That said, I do think this truck looks amazing. If I get this, it will be for the truck alone. Somehow the robot mode seems out of proportion for Prime. It looks like a small child in a suit or something. Maybe it's the head being a little big, legs a little short? Doesn't look bulky or epic or like something that would be towering over you.

So yeah. More money for Masterpieces.

[President-prime]

I noticed from the official hasbro post that this Optimus is a generation line, INSPIRED be the Age of Extinction movie. This toy may not even be the Optimus for tf4. Just saying

[El Duque]

Our full gallery of images from last night's NYCC 2013 Hasbro Press Event is now live. This gallery includes many additional images of the new Leader Class Transformers: Age of Extinction Optimus Prime figure, which was the only real Transformers reveal. Other Transformers products were on display, but mainly things we've seen before. One other highlight was a glimpse at Matthew Reinhart's Transformers The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe Book.

Products from Hasbro's other lines were also on display; Star Wars, Angry Birds, Kre-O Dungeons & Dragons, Marvel, and more.

Check out the full gallery by clicking here or any of the images below.

[gothsaurus]

Ok, the inside of that pop up book looks awesome.

[Noideaforaname]

Whoa, wait, when did this happen?

[rdrunr89]

Whoa, wait, when did this happen?

I think that was a deleted scene from Ep 3 when he was trying on the armor in case something happened on Mustafar. Sidious didn't want to do any tailoring.

[gothsaurus]

Wow, that Darth Vader makes me cringe. Looks like Napoleon Dynamite in a Vader suit.

Ah well, at least they haven't done anything like ret-con all the Stormtroopers into identical clones of some Australian guy. That would really kill my suspension-of-disbelief.

[Tyrannacon]

Don't know how I feel about the yellow... Otherwise not completely terrible.

[GuyIncognito]

Whoa, wait, when did this happen?

When George Lucas lost his mind.




Anyway, I think OP looks even worse now that we can see what he looks like from the back.

On the other hand, that pop-up book looks cool!

[autobotOG]

Has anyone for sure verified that that is a leader class prime yet? I know there was speculation it might be a voyager....if it IS a leader, its definitely a step backwards, with all the kibble and giant rear axle backpack. I've always been optimistic when it comes to the TF movies, but I'm not sure I like this overall design either (just basing on what we can tell from the figure). Where's the chest windows?? Hope the cgi render is better.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Has anyone for sure verified that that is a leader class prime yet? I know there was speculation it might be a voyager....if it IS a leader, its definitely a step backwards, with all the kibble and giant rear axle backpack. I've always been optimistic when it comes to the TF movies, but I'm not sure I like this overall design either (just basing on what we can tell from the figure). Where's the chest windows?? Hope the cgi render is better.

Let me answer that with a quote:

TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS OPTIMUS PRIME Leader Scale Figure
(Ages: 4 & up /Approx. Retail Price: $44.99/Available: May 2014)
The Leader Scale OPTIMUS PRIME figure from Hasbro is part of the TRANSFORMERS brand’s popular GENERATIONS action figure line and is inspired by the upcoming TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION movie from Paramount Pictures.

He looks decent enough, if he really is Leader-sized I will admit he looks too simple to transform for his size.

What some people unfortunately seem to forget that Leader Class and up have been overly simple the past few years, I mean look at Prime's Weaponizers which were roughly the same size.

[SlyTF1]

That looks AWESOME. A bit small for a leader class, though. With a badass sword and shield gun like that, I can't wait to see what he looks like in the movie. His armor kind of looks like a cross between something Medieval and Japanese. Seeing as though Asia is a major part of the movie, apparently, that makes sense.