In-Package Images - Hasbro Platinum Edition Year of the Monkey Optimus Primal

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After we saw some tiny cropped images of the upcoming Platinum Edition release of Year of the Monkey Optimus Primal, a blog post on Autobase Aichi brings us an actual look at the figure in its packaging, too - check them out mirrored below, including the new Monkeybot symbol and the window box!

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Re: In-Package Images - Hasbro Platinum Edition Year of the Monkey Optimus Primal (1727646)
Posted by RAR on September 21st, 2015 @ 3:26am CDT

I wish to know if he still speaks in Garry Chalk's Voice ?

Re: In-Package Images - Hasbro Platinum Edition Year of the Monkey Optimus Primal (1727651)
Posted by Kup98ss on September 21st, 2015 @ 4:30am CDT

I'll pass. Never a fan of this mold and those colors are terrible.

Re: In-Package Images - Hasbro Platinum Edition Year of the Monkey Optimus Primal (1727653)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on September 21st, 2015 @ 4:44am CDT

Kup98ss wrote:I'll pass. Never a fan of this mold and those colors are terrible.

Come on, yours for only 120$US! That's a bargain!

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Posted by budmaloney on September 21st, 2015 @ 5:01am CDT

You have Wreckers, Lightning Strike Coalition, Minicons, Omni-bots, Unicron people, Predacons, Maximals, and now apparently Monkey bots.

Still to this day I have no idea who the omni-bots were and it was handled so badly.

Very cool looking boxart. The colors are meh, don't know how good the mold is really.

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Posted by reluctantyouth on September 21st, 2015 @ 8:24am CDT

I was a fan of the mold just not the screaming head sculpt. It would be very nice if Gary Chalk's voice was still used. :-?

"The seeds of the future lay buried in the past"
"Primal Scream"

I do not remember what else the voice chip said. I think it would have looked much better with a remolded head. I remember picking up the original mold in Target at half price. Wasn't he $29.99 back then originally or $39.99? I don't remember. I wouldn't pay what they are asking for him now...just like the Supreme Starscream that clogged the shelves forever. Back in the day I got Screamer for $15.00 and sold him two years later on Ebay for $55.00.

~reluctantyouth~

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Posted by Optimizzy on September 21st, 2015 @ 8:25am CDT

If they did this in Primals colors I would have been a little interested. But those colors and that mold are awful. And I would never pay $120 for it. It pains me to say it, as I would be interested in a cool version of Primal, but this just looks like a knock-off to me.

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Posted by william-james88 on September 21st, 2015 @ 9:01am CDT

I am surprised nobody mentioned the big "20th Anniversary" emblem on the box. I guess this is how hasbro is commemorating Beast Wars' 20th anniversary. Feels like the 30th anniversary all over again.

Re: In-Package Images - Hasbro Platinum Edition Year of the Monkey Optimus Primal (1727689)
Posted by ZeroWolf on September 21st, 2015 @ 9:50am CDT

What was wrong with thrilling 30?

Re: In-Package Images - Hasbro Platinum Edition Year of the Monkey Optimus Primal (1727691)
Posted by RhA on September 21st, 2015 @ 9:55am CDT

ZeroWolf wrote:What was wrong with thrilling 30?

I do not recall being thrilled in the slightest.

And I hope that this isn't Hasbro's best and last effort to remember BW by.

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Posted by Railbomb on September 21st, 2015 @ 10:01am CDT

william-james88 wrote:I am surprised nobody mentioned the big "20th Anniversary" emblem on the box. I guess this is how hasbro is commemorating Beast Wars' 20th anniversary. Feels like the 30th anniversary all over again.

Here's to hoping that this isn't the only thing with that emblem next year.

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Posted by Sabrblade on September 21st, 2015 @ 10:02am CDT

budmaloney wrote:You have Wreckers, Lightning Strike Coalition, Minicons, Omni-bots, Unicron people, Predacons, Maximals, and now apparently Monkey bots.

Still to this day I have no idea who the omni-bots were and it was handled so badly.

How does that have anything to do with this thread?

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Posted by william-james88 on September 21st, 2015 @ 10:14am CDT

RhA wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:What was wrong with thrilling 30?

I do not recall being thrilled in the slightest.

And I hope that this isn't Hasbro's best and last effort to remember BW by.

Zero Wolf, the thrilling 30 exclusives were lame beyond belief. Hasbro said we would be getting 30 exclusives that year. And we did, but a few of them were ridiculous repeats (2 exclusive Metroplexes?!) and some were just downright nonsensical. I don't see how silver knight optimus from AOE would be considered relevant to the 30 years of transformers history, when that deco only ever appeared as the exclusive toy itself. All it really did was just add a number to every exclusive released that year at Comiccon, Botcon or to specific retailers. It was the same as any other year really. Just imagine that this year, Devastator had a number next to him, and so did SDCC Devastator, as well as the platinum coneheads or the G2 box-sets coming out later, the TRU Clash of Transformer RID toys and the TOTG platinum Optimus and Soundwaves too. Any year's exclusives could have substituted for those without being less or more special.

The actual Generations line which had thrilling 30 on it was nice though with callbacks to G1, RID, Armada, BW and BM, fully new figures (Windblade, which is also one of the 30), as well as a redo of G1 toys we can never see reissued (Whirl, Roadbuster and Jetfire).

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Posted by Sabrblade on September 21st, 2015 @ 10:22am CDT

Railbomb wrote:
william-james88 wrote:I am surprised nobody mentioned the big "20th Anniversary" emblem on the box. I guess this is how hasbro is commemorating Beast Wars' 20th anniversary. Feels like the 30th anniversary all over again.

Here's to hoping that this isn't the only thing with that emblem next year.

I wouldn't be surprised if this were the only BW 20th thing we'd get from Hasbro, given how next year is also the 30th anniversary of the 1986 G1 movie, which I'd sooner expect to see Hasbro want to commemorate instead.

Re: In-Package Images - Hasbro Platinum Edition Year of the Monkey Optimus Primal (1727700)
Posted by ZeroWolf on September 21st, 2015 @ 10:26am CDT

Admittedly it was the generations line I was thinking of mire then there exclusive list

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Posted by william-james88 on September 21st, 2015 @ 10:34am CDT

ZeroWolf wrote:Admittedly it was the generations line I was thinking of mire then there exclusive list

Since this Primal is an exclusive, I was comparing him to the thrilling 30 exclusives. I WISH we will be able to have anything worth comparing to the generations line of last year in terms of Beast Wars. Though, we did get some Beast Wars as part of the thrilling 30.

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Posted by hinomars19 on September 21st, 2015 @ 11:30am CDT

It's Primal Prime

I like this mold in beast mode a lot. I like Gorilla's, and this one is nice and big. 'Robot' mode not so much. I mean, it's an impressive action figure and cool toy, but I was never a fan of Primal's robot mode from BM. Wonder what this could look like with a more traditional 'Prime' head? :-?

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Posted by LegendaryAntiHero on September 21st, 2015 @ 2:07pm CDT

I'm glad Hasbro is repainting this. I always keep forgetting to pick up the original

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Posted by RhA on September 21st, 2015 @ 2:15pm CDT

LegendaryAntiHero wrote:I'm glad Hasbro is repainting this. I always keep forgetting to pick up the original

Does the same for me, but are you picking up this one or the original?

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Posted by Leader_Ultra_Magnus on September 21st, 2015 @ 2:32pm CDT

This is more hideous than I imagined.

I will likely pass on this.

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Posted by Robogeek1973 on September 21st, 2015 @ 2:33pm CDT

The punching gimmick ruins this figure for me as it basically makes his arm useless with posing.

It does look pretty neat though.

Re: In-Package Images - Hasbro Platinum Edition Year of the Monkey Optimus Primal (1727768)
Posted by william-james88 on September 21st, 2015 @ 2:35pm CDT

RhA wrote:
LegendaryAntiHero wrote:I'm glad Hasbro is repainting this. I always keep forgetting to pick up the original

Does the same for me, but are you picking up this one or the original?

I chose to get the original the moment I saw what price this was going for. The original is cheaper than this new guy discounted.

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Posted by william-james88 on September 21st, 2015 @ 2:40pm CDT

Robogeek1973 wrote:The punching gimmick ruins this figure for me as it basically makes his arm useless with posing.

It does look pretty neat though.

He also makes a fun grunt sound when he punches.

I would say that while most of his many many gimmicks are unintrusive, that unposeable arm is the exception.

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Posted by -Kanrabat- on September 21st, 2015 @ 5:15pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
budmaloney wrote:You have Wreckers, Lightning Strike Coalition, Minicons, Omni-bots, Unicron people, Predacons, Maximals, and now apparently Monkey bots.

Still to this day I have no idea who the omni-bots were and it was handled so badly.
How does that have anything to do with this thread?

Pretty relevant. Monkey-faced faction symbold is kinda like a new faction of it's own.

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Posted by Sabrblade on September 21st, 2015 @ 5:22pm CDT

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
budmaloney wrote:You have Wreckers, Lightning Strike Coalition, Minicons, Omni-bots, Unicron people, Predacons, Maximals, and now apparently Monkey bots.

Still to this day I have no idea who the omni-bots were and it was handled so badly.
How does that have anything to do with this thread?

Pretty relevant. Monkey-faced faction symbold is kinda like a new faction of it's own.

All of the Chinese New Year toys get special Autobot symbols.

Though, what Omnibot symbol is there?

Re: In-Package Images - Hasbro Platinum Edition Year of the Monkey Optimus Primal (1727870)
Posted by Zeedust on September 21st, 2015 @ 9:14pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:I wouldn't be surprised if this were the only BW 20th thing we'd get from Hasbro, given how next year is also the 30th anniversary of the 1986 G1 movie, which I'd sooner expect to see Hasbro want to commemorate instead.

Sad, but true. And them using a toy made for Beast Machines (and actually released in RiD1) to represent Beast Wars just makes me feel like they don't rea;;y care. I'm glad it still has its electronics, and I'm one of the few who doesn't hat the colors, but at that price, I can't see myself going for it.

What happened between Platinum Magnus and now that caused the prices to skyrocket?

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Posted by -Kanrabat- on September 21st, 2015 @ 9:32pm CDT

Nemesis Primal wrote:What happened between Platinum Magnus and now that caused the prices to skyrocket?

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Posted by LOST Cybertronian on September 21st, 2015 @ 9:59pm CDT

blacklai@TFND.net has posted a plethora of pics of the recently revealed Year of the Monkey Platinum Edition Optimus Primal. One might even call it a shrewdness of pics to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Beast Wars. Also included are many videos detailing the sounds this toy makes. Some of the sounds and Garry Chalk phrases have been changed. Many of the images are mirrored below. Check out our gallery of the original Air Attack Optimus Primal for comparison.

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Posted by william-james88 on September 21st, 2015 @ 10:15pm CDT

A few things to note:

1. Those pictures are mistransformed. He is mistransformed in the package since his chest should be the one you see in Gorilla mode. That is why the maximal sign is inverted. I dont know why they didnt see that, I mean the proper chest is right there on the cove of the BOX!

2. It's reall sad how unpaited he is compared to the original. Look at his gorilla head, or his thighs or even hose hands across his elbows, its all unpainted.

3. The box art is different than what we originally saw since it now has a silver outline over the figure while this original picture didnt:

I am incredibly happy I chose to get the original release instead. His sounds are also way mre kickass with Gary Chalk's actual voice being used (first time a figure ever had the voice of the actual voice actor).

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Posted by Hellscream9999 on September 21st, 2015 @ 10:49pm CDT

That thing is so under-painted, as to be insulting :roll:

Glad to see they kept the electronics, and am not surprised they jacked up the price even more than others; at least mp soundwave was like $60-80 so $120 was not a huge increase; but $100+ for this thing? not happening, not ever happening >:oP

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Posted by william-james88 on September 21st, 2015 @ 11:05pm CDT

Hellscream9999 wrote:That thing is so under-painted, as to be insulting

Glad to see they kept the electronics, and am not surprised they jacked up the price even more than others; at least mp soundwave was like $60-80 so $120 was not a huge increase; but $100+ for this thing? not happening, not ever happening

I am totally there with you.

However, there are a few things you and others should know since the distinction presented in all the comments I read is not clear.

Firstly, Soundwave was a much better deal than that. Because you are comparing prices for an MP which was not released with all his casettes with an MP that was. If you bought all the cassettes Takara issued in individual 2 packs, it would have cost more than Hasbro Soundwave.

Now, the deal with these Zodiac releases. There is no point in comparing since these are not the same kinds of releases (you can only compare the prices to previous zodiac releases inorder to make sense of it all). The Chinese new year releases, unlike the other platinums, are made for wide distribution in the asian markets, and are sold as exclusives here (sometimes online shared or with tru). I dont get why everyone understands why their Hasbro Asia Thundercrackers cost 200$ but are boggled with these prices. It is the very same kind of "exclusive".

They arent looking at how much toy you are getting. They just see a big figure, a special edition paintjob and voila: 150$ collectable for the asian market.

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Posted by Heckfire on September 21st, 2015 @ 11:40pm CDT

Probably already been noted, but he kinda looks like a Beast Machines version of Primal Prime. Not a negative, mind you, just an observation.

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Posted by Sabrblade on September 21st, 2015 @ 11:47pm CDT

That is a great bio. Despite any misgivings we might have towards this figure and its possibly being the only representation we might get from Hasbro to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Beast Wars, I am glad to see that this bio is courteous enough to acknowledge Primal's significance as a memorable, well-made, beloved, and accomplished character.

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Posted by Hellscream9999 on September 21st, 2015 @ 11:53pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:That thing is so under-painted, as to be insulting

Glad to see they kept the electronics, and am not surprised they jacked up the price even more than others; at least mp soundwave was like $60-80 so $120 was not a huge increase; but $100+ for this thing? not happening, not ever happening

I am totally there with you.

However, there are a few things you and others should know since the distinction presented in all the comments I read is not clear.

Firstly, Soundwave was a much better deal than that. Because you are comparing prices for an MP which was not released with all his casettes with an MP that was. If you bought all the cassettes Takara issued in individual 2 packs, it would have cost more than Hasbro Soundwave.

Now, the deal with these Zodiac releases. There is no point in comparing since these are not the same kinds of releases (you can only compare the prices to previous zodiac releases inorder to make sense of it all). The Chinese new year releases, unlike the other platinums, are made for wide distribution in the asian markets, and are sold as exclusives here (sometimes online shared or with tru). I dont get why everyone understands why their Hasbro Asia Thundercrackers cost 200$ but are boggled with these prices. It is the very same kind of "exclusive".

They arent looking at how much toy you are getting. They just see a big figure, a special edition paintjob and voila: 150$ collectable for the asian market.

I get all that, but 'special edition paint job' that is just barely painted, still knida insulting >:oP

I mean he looks cool, has the gimmicks, and was actually a decent figure with a fun and interesting - yet delightfully simple - transformation. I still despise the arm gimmick, but I probably wouldn't have said no if he had a more equitable price. Now omega supreme was a special case with all the remolding and the actually great paint scheme, but these just seem like hasbro trying to see how little paint they can apply and get away with, I see it in cw and rid too - screw it all :BANG_HEAD:

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Posted by william-james88 on September 22nd, 2015 @ 8:18am CDT

Hellscream9999 wrote:
I get all that, but 'special edition paint job' that is just barely painted, still knida insulting I mean he looks cool, has the gimmicks, and was actually a decent figure with a fun and interesting - yet delightfully simple - transformation. I still despise the arm gimmick, but I probably wouldn't have said no if he had a more equitable price. Now omega supreme was a special case with all the remolding and the actually great paint scheme, but these just seem like hasbro trying to see how little paint they can apply and get away with, I see it in cw and rid too - screw it all

I couldnt agree more. And I love the way you eloquently describe his transformation, I will probably be using that in my lists.

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Posted by welcometothedarksyde on September 22nd, 2015 @ 8:21am CDT

First Transformer ever to come with his own soundtrack?

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Posted by ScottyP on September 22nd, 2015 @ 8:51am CDT

Whenever Transformers toys have sound bites that are just them saying their own name, all I can think of is Matt Damon from Team America. Yes, I know you are Optimus Primal, thanks for letting me know I guess.

Heckfire wrote:Probably already been noted, but he kinda looks like a Beast Machines version of Primal Prime. Not a negative, mind you, just an observation.

I know what you mean here, really I do, but I still have to be a smart alec and point this out

Transformers Beast Machines Primal Prime Gallery

Sabrblade wrote:That is a great bio. Despite any misgivings we might have towards this figure and its possibly being the only representation we might get from Hasbro to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Beast Wars, I am glad to see that this bio is courteous enough to acknowledge Primal's significance as a memorable, well-made, beloved, and accomplished character.

Yep, it's very on point. While there's a lot of noise about changes in the brand resulting from corporate/budgeting decisions (see: this thread), you can tell the actual people behind this stuff really do care about the brand and are doing what they can to celebrate its history in these special releases.

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Posted by MaverickPrime on September 22nd, 2015 @ 10:59pm CDT

I wonder why they changed the electronics, did they lose the original recording? Do they have to pay Garry Chalk again? I really wish I could know what leads to changes like these.

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Posted by Sabrblade on September 22nd, 2015 @ 11:09pm CDT

MaverickPrime wrote:I wonder why they changed the electronics, did they lose the original recording? Do they have to pay Garry Chalk again? I really wish I could know what leads to changes like these.

Different release = different electronics. It's to offer something new rather than recycling what's old and been done. How often do the same electronic phrases of one toy get carried over to its redeco later on nowadays?

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Posted by william-james88 on September 22nd, 2015 @ 11:26pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
MaverickPrime wrote:I wonder why they changed the electronics, did they lose the original recording? Do they have to pay Garry Chalk again? I really wish I could know what leads to changes like these.
Different release = different electronics. It's to offer something new rather than recycling what's old and been done. How often do the same electronic phrases of one toy get carried over to its redeco later on nowadays?

Theres also the factor that this toy is aimed at asian audiences and thus has a far more international appeal, meaning that speaking in english might not be the best bet.

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Posted by Zeedust on September 23rd, 2015 @ 12:47am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:How often do the same electronic phrases of one toy get carried over to its redeco later on nowadays?

We haven't been getting a whole lot of toys with sound lately in general, so that may not be a fair question.

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Posted by GuyIncognito on September 23rd, 2015 @ 8:18am CDT

This is one of those figures I'd buy in a heartbeat at regular retail price, but not at special-edition-import price.

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Posted by william-james88 on September 23rd, 2015 @ 8:22am CDT

Nemesis Primal wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:How often do the same electronic phrases of one toy get carried over to its redeco later on nowadays?

We haven't been getting a whole lot of toys with sound lately in general, so that may not be a fair question.

Well, we will see when the redeco of TAV 21 Optimus Prime comes out. Pretty sure the sounds will be different.

Aside from him the only other I can think of would be the dozens of rereleases of ROTF Optimus Prime. Do they all just say his name or do some say more than that?

Also, I am wondering if the MP Movie Starscream said different stuff from the original HFTD deco?

I realize that in the end, there havent been too many talking Transformers toys.

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Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on September 23rd, 2015 @ 7:09pm CDT

Nemesis Primal wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:How often do the same electronic phrases of one toy get carried over to its redeco later on nowadays?

We haven't been getting a whole lot of toys with sound lately in general, so that may not be a fair question.

From the top of my head, here are the toys that had sounds or phrases changed between redecos:

- Armada Megatron into Galvatron
- RotF Leader Optimus Prime into 2010 Leader Battle Blade Optimus Prime

There may be more.

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Posted by Sabrblade on September 23rd, 2015 @ 7:39pm CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Nemesis Primal wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:How often do the same electronic phrases of one toy get carried over to its redeco later on nowadays?

We haven't been getting a whole lot of toys with sound lately in general, so that may not be a fair question.

From the top of my head, here are the toys that had sounds or phrases changed between redecos:

- Armada Megatron into Galvatron
- RotF Leader Optimus Prime into 2010 Leader Battle Blade Optimus Prime

There may be more.

ROTF Leader Megatron's "I. Am. MEGATRON!" phrase got changed into Shadow Command Megatron's "There is no command but MINE!" phrase.

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Posted by william-james88 on September 23rd, 2015 @ 8:24pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:ROTF Leader Megatron's "I. Am. MEGATRON!" phrase got changed into Shadow Command Megatron's "There is no command but MINE!" phrase.

Yeah but like only 5-10 people ever heard him say it

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Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on September 23rd, 2015 @ 8:45pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:ROTF Leader Megatron's "I. Am. MEGATRON!" phrase got changed into Shadow Command Megatron's "There is no command but MINE!" phrase.

Yeah but like only 5-10 people ever heard him say it

My RotF Leader Megatron says "Megatron! <Evil laughter>", which is quite significant, being from Europe. The full quote was truncated for the US release, omitting the laughter and truncated differently for EU, leaving out "I. Am.".

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Posted by william-james88 on September 23rd, 2015 @ 9:03pm CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:ROTF Leader Megatron's "I. Am. MEGATRON!" phrase got changed into Shadow Command Megatron's "There is no command but MINE!" phrase.

Yeah but like only 5-10 people ever heard him say it

My RotF Leader Megatron says "Megatron! <Evil laughter>", which is quite significant, being from Europe. The full quote was truncated for the US release, omitting the laughter and truncated differently for EU, leaving out "I. Am.".

I am full aware of those. Being in Quebec, we get the same versions you get for the sound bits. So my DOTM Sentinel Prime also just says Sentinel Prime. I was lucky to get both a fully english speaking HFTD Starscream and Optimus Primal (see, right back on topic). I must say, removing that "seeds of the future" line is quite a big loss. We rarely get such detailed and long sentences and it was such a trademark of the character. And plus it was the first time the voice actor ever voiced a toy, it was perfect. Big spoiler, but I am making a "best gimmicks" list and this toy (the original release) is all over it!

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Posted by Rodimus Prime on September 24th, 2015 @ 1:43am CDT

Sentinel Prime TALKS? The Leader Class? I've had that figure since 2011 and never knew that!

And I already have all the other Chinese Primes, I'll probably get this one, just to keep the collection going.

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Posted by -Kanrabat- on September 24th, 2015 @ 4:11am CDT

Rodimus Prime wrote:Sentinel Prime TALKS? The Leader Class? I've had that figure since 2011 and never knew that!

And I already have all the other Chinese Primes, I'll probably get this one, just to keep the collection going.

Make sure there's some batteries in it. Then, that big gray button under his head is hard to miss. Especially in packaging, with that big opening and TRY ME written on it. >:oP

It also have other light and sounds features using his mechtech ports. 8-)

Re: In-Package Images - Hasbro Platinum Edition Year of the Monkey Optimus Primal (1728509)
Posted by william-james88 on September 24th, 2015 @ 8:12am CDT

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:Sentinel Prime TALKS? The Leader Class? I've had that figure since 2011 and never knew that!

And I already have all the other Chinese Primes, I'll probably get this one, just to keep the collection going.

Make sure there's some batteries in it. Then, that big gray button under his head is hard to miss. Especially in packaging, with that big opening and TRY ME written on it.

It also have other light and sounds features using his mechtech ports.

It also does different sounds depending on if the mech tech weapon is attached or not.

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