First Look at Armada Red Alert Robot Mode from Transformers Age of the Primes

Glyph wrote:Via @CsbiaoO_ again, here are some new pictures of the AOTP Armada Red Alert test shot, giving us our first look at the figure in robot mode (still minus the head).

He's shown standing next to Legacy United Silverbolt (Voyager) and next to the AOTP Prima test shot, so this also gives us a relative size reference for them. Quite a difference given that they're both listed as Voyager class in the waves leak!

The original images come from Baidu.

Thanks a bunch for your work and passion, Glyph

cloudballoon wrote:Not seeing the value of a Voyager class figure yet. It's about SS86 Ironhide/Ratchet's height, but nowhere near their complexity from the look of it - it's about as involved as a typical car to bot transformation. Give us a good Minicon Longarm then that should make this worth it.

But, I'll probably get this anyway as I want to complete my main 3 Armada autobot, then I just wish to see Demolishor. That's the only design left that I want in Armada.

It looks like this figure is going for cartoon-accurate scale, in which Red Alert was taller than Hot Shot but didn't tower over him nearly as much as the original toys did.

Sabrblade wrote:It looks like this figure is going for cartoon-accurate scale, in which Red Alert was taller than Hot Shot but didn't tower over him nearly as much as the original toys did.

I like the toon-accurate size, just not its Voyager price. It's kind on like Earthrise Trailbreaker/Hoist - near "Voyager" size but simple "Deluxe" transformation. Unlike Hot Rod where he's "Deluxe" size with complex engineering and came with good number of accessories that's worth the Voyager price (at least I can't imagine it could've been been done with Deluxe budget). What make this Red Alert worth the Voyager price without packing with a Minicon?

I do hold a bit of hope though, as I saw there's an minicon peg in alt mode. Though why it's in the back and not on the hood/bonnet where the 5mm hole is now like the OG toy is beyond me, but I guess DOES make sense if it comes with Longarm and it converts into a towing crane. I'd love to be happily surprised!

This Fallen looks a lot like a heavy Tarn retool.

Looks like we have a first look at Prima's head, from another test shot showing up on Baidu. As with the rest of the design, the head looks quite different from previous iterations of Prima and features an elaborate crown-like upper section.

Glyph wrote:Can't remember, was that a Furmanism originally?

Furmanisms are phrases.

Glyph wrote:Yeah, I know what the term normally means, but somewhat poor approaches to gender have been kind of a cliché for him too. I figured "was that a Furman addition" was clear...

Furman had no hand in any Aligned media. He wasn't writing for Transformers at the time.

"Solus --> Well" was done by the author of the Covenant of Primus book, Justina Robson.

Glyph wrote:

Kind of interesting to me that the face & lower helmet have a classic G1 Megatron bucket look to them

Speaking of Megatron(s), I was staring at his upper lip because the mouth shape looked a little weird and it started looking like a moustache and now all I can see is Soun Tendo staring out of a bucket helmet.

Send help.

Ah, you're right. Nicely updated and embellished, but clearly the biggest design inspiration.

I always forget about that guy, because my brain refuses to process that image as anything other than Cyclonus.

That's actually a pretty cool headsculpt. Even though I'm not a geewunner, I think I'd prefer his cartoon colors as opposed to what I've seen in the colored test figure. And in either color scheme, that's a pretty unique headsculpt