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by **Kryptikore** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:35 am

Fortress_Maximus wrote:Yup I concur silver looks better. I wonder if this is significantly smaller than Alt Prime, anyone know? Also why are we getting a new Prime is this a new line? Thanks!

Yes it is a new line called Alternity!

News Credits: 1 · by **Solrac333** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:40 am

WOW!

by **Auto Bot** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 11:08 am

Fortress_Maximus wrote:Yup I concur silver looks better. I wonder if this is significantly smaller than Alt Prime, anyone know? Also why are we getting a new Prime is this a new line? Thanks!

Given the scale of 1:32, i think it's just about the size of Movie Deluxe Bumblebee.

by **JaZzTaStIc** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 11:11 am

i'd pick the red one up if hasbro done a full plastic version, i'm not a big fan of dicast parts.

still wonder wot other figures (if they do any) will look like in thsi line?

by **Tyrenol** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 11:23 am

There's no way this guy should be "Convoy / Optimus."

He should be Runamuck or Runabout. Or another one of the G1 Transformers that hadn't seen the light of day yet.

by **SentinelA** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:31 pm

I'd like the Silver one for like a Classics Downshift or Camshaft. But $50 is waaay too much. I'm unclear about the scale. Is 1:32 on scale with the Classics deluxe?

by **mandingo_rex** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:34 pm

I wasn't keen from the start once I heard the scale was decreased...

I think the best thing to happen to TFs in the last 25 years was the Alternators/Binaltech and the Masterpiece lines, it's sort of the TF-equivalent of the Joe 25th line...

Old favorites, designed like they would have been back in the day, if we had today's toy tech... But updated, and generally well-done, with a few exceptions.

While this line has some nice new design elements, like the collapsing chest and other things I'm sure we're not even aware of, I think it looks too much like a mix between movie, Animated, and Classics, the only 1 of those I like is Classics, and I don't even collect that.

I was so excited to see the Skyline, as it's a badass car and glad that they have new molds of real car licenses again... which I wrongly thought was the return of BT/Alternators.

Also, a car doesn't fit Prime/Convoy, I'm sorry. No matter how badass.

I would have rather them ended the BT line strongly with something like this and given us one last hoorah, than start a new line with an awkward Prime that doesn't really work.

The new design has interesting features, but I stopped liking it long ago.

News Credits: 8 · by **NuclearConvoy** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 4:46 pm

Both versions look much better than I was expecting. I don't know if I'll get it, but if I do it's hard to choose. The "Prime" coloured version looks really nice, and the distribution of colours is great, but I'm kinda tired of that colourscheme, as we're guaranteed at least one in every line like that. But the silver one, while looking very not-primey and great feels a little like it could be less monochromatic.

Seat weapons are aces though.

News Credits: 1 · by **OPTIMUS MAGNUS** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:03 pm

Sweet. i dig the red one. Might have to see about picking one up. It would be kinda sweet to pick up a silver one too and switch the Prime head for a Megs head and switch up the faction symbols. Lol.

News Credits: 335 · by **Down_Shift** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 7:00 pm

I love the look of this line so far. I for one am really glad they did Convoy first. I don't know what everyones talking about when they say the vehicle mode looks poor, I think it looks fantastic. Sure it has breaks in it, but it needs to right. It is a Transformer after all.

For anyone who's wondering why they would release Convoy first, it's mostly because the Japanese Market love Convoy. I wouldn't be surprised if they did Megatron or Starscream next. I will be picking these up for sure when they come out. After Hasbro botched most of the titanium line with poor die-cast placement, it will be nice to get my hands on a figure with good weight.