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First Look at Beast Combiner Optimus Prime and Lionblade from ROTB Line

Posted by william-james88 Apr 17, 2023 at 8:44am CDT 65,548 views
Looks like we have another connection between Optimus Prime and a white lion coming up in the Transformers Rise of the Beasts line. Below you will see our first look at another upcoming and yet to be revealed toy within the Beast Combiner class which has an animal robot which turns into armor to combine with a deluxe sized bot. This comes just days after we saw the Scourge toy within this class which is also yet to be revealed. The image was posted by Snowman117, an Australian TF fan who found it in a Myer catalog promoting a toy sale sent to their email. The animal here, Lionblade, has the exact same transformation as Snarlsaber, who came with Bumblebee. All these armors are compatible within the same Beast Combiner class.

First Look at Beast Combiner Optimus Prime and Lionblade from ROTB Line
First Look at Beast Combiner Optimus Prime and Lionblade from ROTB Line

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Comment by Perceptor1996 Apr 17, 2023
I love these Beast Combiner figures and would love to get the whole cast in this style. It takes the fun idea that were the the armor figures in Cyberverse and makes them even better. I will love to add them all to the collection. Plus more Lio Convoy call backs are never a bad thing.
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Comment by Emerje Apr 17, 2023
OK, that Optimus Prime is my favorite combiner yet. These are interchangeable right? I want to pair the lion with Primal so badly. Maybe they'll do a repaint of the lion in red, yellow or black later on.

Emerje
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Comment by chuckdawg1999 Apr 17, 2023
I do believe that Prime has elbows! All the other figures had limited joints.
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Comment by DeathReviews Apr 18, 2023
Most of these RotB figures seem targeted at the younger tykes, rather than older collectors. I suppose that's where a lot of the money is. But as with Earthspark, I just don't see much (if anything) in the movie line that motivates me to buy. Ah well.

Guess I'll have to wait for the push on these kiddie figures to ebb out before stores replenish the Legacy line and other figures for those of us looking for something a little less childish. That probably means another 6-8 months with unsold Coronation Starscreams and Studio Series 86 Blurr/Kup figures gathering dust on the pegs.
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Comment by EvasionModeBumblebee Apr 18, 2023
Finally found the Speed Series rereleases! I already have Bee so I planned on getting both Prime and Barricade, but at $9 a piece I ended up just getting Prime. It’s pretty cool! It’s actually Evasion Mode Optimus Prime from Age of Extinction in robot mode (which is why I was interested in it), I’m looking forward to painting it up! The sculpted detail is really nice for a figure of this size.
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Comment by chuckdawg1999 Apr 18, 2023
EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Finally found the Speed Series rereleases! I already have Bee so I planned on getting both Prime and Barricade, but at $9 a piece I ended up just getting Prime. It’s pretty cool! It’s actually Evasion Mode Optimus Prime from Age of Extinction in robot mode (which is why I was interested in it), I’m looking forward to painting it up! The sculpted detail is really nice for a figure of this size.
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What kind of candy is that in the background?
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Comment by william-james88 Apr 18, 2023
EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Finally found the Speed Series rereleases! I already have Bee so I planned on getting both Prime and Barricade, but at $9 a piece I ended up just getting Prime. It’s pretty cool! It’s actually Evasion Mode Optimus Prime from Age of Extinction in robot mode (which is why I was interested in it), I’m looking forward to painting it up! The sculpted detail is really nice for a figure of this size.
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Where did you find him? Were there others from thar sibline in stores?
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Comment by EvasionModeBumblebee Apr 18, 2023
chuckdawg1999 wrote:What kind of candy is that in the background?

Air Heads Extremes! These are the only ones I’ve seen so far but supposedly there’s a couple different types of Air Heads with Transformers branding.

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william-james88 wrote:
Where did you find him? Were there others from thar sibline in stores?

Found him at a Meijer in Michigan, actually the same one I first found Studio Series wave 1 in all those years ago! The others from the same class were there (Bee, Barricade), but none of the larger Energon Igniters like ROTF Megatron and Orange Ironhide/Battletrap.

Here’s the packaging (Optimus is sitting loose inside since I already opened it)
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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Apr 20, 2023
Might need to get that Lion Optimus, depending on what he looks like with a fuller look at the toy.

I have been enjoying the new toys a lot. They are fun to mess with.

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Comment by -Kanrabat- Apr 20, 2023
Still waiting for that voyager Primal to appear in any local store.
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Comment by Ig89ninja Apr 20, 2023
-Kanrabat- wrote:Still waiting for that voyager Primal to appear in any local store.

Same, along with every other mainline Maximal.
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Comment by william-james88 Apr 21, 2023
While the US got wave 1 of the Rise of the Beasts Titan Changers, where only Cheetor is new, Canadian Walmarts got wave 2 and skipped wave 1. Further proof that all these toys were ready months ago and all waves are coming in at once. Wave 2 has Scourge and Cheetor, which makes it so that we can share with you a review for both toys. While Scourge doesn't seem to be a toy one would recommend to even a child, the Cheetor toy is good for what it is, which is a very large toy under $20. The Cheetah mode itself is quite impressive for how cohesive it looks with lots of molded details.




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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Apr 21, 2023
I'm continuing to enjoy these figures, a lot. These are good and fun

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Comment by -Kanrabat- Apr 21, 2023
Both of these Titan Changers looks horrible. But they are for little kids and for heavy play. And they are cheap. So in a sense, they are great.

But that Cheetor shouldn't have a removable tail-weapon. The kid will lose this part instantly.

As for that horrible, horrible Scourge, I really want to buy it and to customise it into a Draugr from Skyrim. A Draugr who can change into a truck. That will be wicked!

Where did you find them, Will?
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Comment by -Kanrabat- Apr 21, 2023
Time for more ROTB with a video review of that absurd Optimus with a lion acting like a chest-burster:

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Comment by Emerje Apr 21, 2023
Walmart had this two sided aisle display outside electronics this morning.

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There was more in the toy aisle that's been there for a few weeks. Shame they didn't have any more Battle Masters.

Emerje
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Comment by -Kanrabat- Apr 21, 2023
You are lucky with your Walmart, Will.

Mine remains Tumbleweed City.
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