New Image of Takara Animated Wingblade Optimus Prime

Friday, July 16th, 2010 12:15am CDT

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Once again, Takara is cashing in on the Transformers Animated fans that have waiting on Hasbro to finish the Animated toy line. The newest figure to be released by Takara Tomy will be Wingblade Optimus Prime, a Voyager class figure representing Optimus Prime in the Transformers Animated cartoon finale. He wields a jet pack and the hammer of Ultra Magnus. Courtesy of Tekmen of TFW2005 who was at the International Tokyo Toy Show - check out Wingblade Optimus Prime below!

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Re: New Image of Takara Animated Wingblade Optimus Prime (1098717)
Posted by First-Aid on July 16th, 2010 @ 12:28am CDT

(wets self)

Re: New Image of Takara Animated Wingblade Optimus Prime (1098718)
Posted by Flux Convoy on July 16th, 2010 @ 12:32am CDT

It was mentioned elsewhere but his chest looks transparent. That's kinda weird.

Re: New Image of Takara Animated Wingblade Optimus Prime (1098730)
Posted by Dead Metal on July 16th, 2010 @ 1:15am CDT

What clear plastic and shiny paint?

Damnit!
Still looks pretty awesome tough.

Re: New Image of Takara Animated Wingblade Optimus Prime (1098741)
Posted by Blurrz on July 16th, 2010 @ 1:56am CDT

Optimus Prime suited up.

Re: New Image of Takara Animated Wingblade Optimus Prime (1098758)
Posted by Dead Metal on July 16th, 2010 @ 3:12am CDT

The more I look at him, the more clear plastic I see. It's not just his chest it's his entire body the only thing not made of clear plastic is the armour.

Re: New Image of Takara Animated Wingblade Optimus Prime (1098788)
Posted by Jesterhead on July 16th, 2010 @ 5:34am CDT

Do want!! Translucent or not, I'll likely import this badboy!

Re: New Image of Takara Animated Wingblade Optimus Prime (1098831)
Posted by Flux Convoy on July 16th, 2010 @ 6:51am CDT

Dead Metal wrote:The more I look at him, the more clear plastic I see. It's not just his chest it's his entire body the only thing not made of clear plastic is the armour.

Well, if the armor matches Hasbro's voyager, then I'm cool with that. I detest that the Asian market is getting the rest of the line in jacked up colors while we're twiddling our thumbs hoping to get them in the English speaking market. It just kinda irks me that this guy is another fine WTF example of their version of Animated. Also that I will buy it to complete the run. Sigh.

Re: New Image of Takara Animated Wingblade Optimus Prime (1098838)
Posted by Agamemnon on July 16th, 2010 @ 7:10am CDT

Blurrz wrote:Optimus Prime suited up.

I hope you're not lactose intolerant, because this figure is legen.....wait for it....

Dairy!

I do like the look, kind of a fast pack... It would have been better, IMO, if they could have made this a trailor that morpohed into the armor for him. Like the trailor they had in the toon once or twice.

Re: New Image of Takara Animated Wingblade Optimus Prime (1098843)
Posted by Dead Metal on July 16th, 2010 @ 7:20am CDT

Flux Convoy wrote:
Dead Metal wrote:The more I look at him, the more clear plastic I see. It's not just his chest it's his entire body the only thing not made of clear plastic is the armour.

Well, if the armor matches Hasbro's voyager, then I'm cool with that. I detest that the Asian market is getting the rest of the line in jacked up colors while we're twiddling our thumbs hoping to get them in the English speaking market. It just kinda irks me that this guy is another fine WTF example of their version of Animated. Also that I will buy it to complete the run. Sigh.

I daub it'll match Hasbro's colour scheme, I think the backpack will be too shiny. It looks great on this their version but might look odd on the Hasbro version.
And all because Hasbro decided to wait half a year after the show aired to release the toys.

Re: New Image of Takara Animated Wingblade Optimus Prime (1098844)
Posted by Razorclaw0000 on July 16th, 2010 @ 7:27am CDT

Do not like.

But, I'm going to buy it because I want the mold.

Re: New Image of Takara Animated Wingblade Optimus Prime (1098856)
Posted by solarblaze on July 16th, 2010 @ 7:47am CDT

ok i dont like the clear plastic at all but im still getting this and either repaint him or just use the amour on my hasbro version we will see

Re: New Image of Takara Animated Wingblade Optimus Prime (1098866)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on July 16th, 2010 @ 8:01am CDT

I hate to say but duh, of course his chest is transparent, it was like this on the first Voyager.

I'm glancing over my Voyager Prime and noticed that the plastic colors of his chest does not match up with those on the shoulders. Same story with Wingblade Prime, which is a shame.

Re: New Image of Takara Animated Wingblade Optimus Prime (1098867)
Posted by kookaburra on July 16th, 2010 @ 8:02am CDT

Is this the Voyager version of the mold? Or the deluxe? It seems like it would be the Voyager, because it looks like his mouthplate is tucked beneath his chin but I can't tell on my screen.

Re: New Image of Takara Animated Wingblade Optimus Prime (1098873)
Posted by Jesterhead on July 16th, 2010 @ 8:11am CDT

kookaburra wrote:Is this the Voyager version of the mold? Or the deluxe? It seems like it would be the Voyager, because it looks like his mouthplate is tucked beneath his chin but I can't tell on my screen.

Blurrz wrote: Wingblade Optimus Prime, a Voyager class figure representing Optimus Prime in the Transformers Animated cartoon finale

Re: New Image of Takara Animated Wingblade Optimus Prime (1098874)
Posted by kookaburra on July 16th, 2010 @ 8:12am CDT

Yeah, but I mean, is it "Voyager" like Hydrodive Bumblebee is a "Voyager".

Re: New Image of Takara Animated Wingblade Optimus Prime (1098876)
Posted by Jesterhead on July 16th, 2010 @ 8:17am CDT

kookaburra wrote:Yeah, but I mean, is it "Voyager" like Hydrodive Bumblebee is a "Voyager".

Judging how tall he is compared to Magnus, I'm thinking he's a Voyager "Voyager". It also comes with the Voyager Primes "trailer"/axe/gun.

Re: New Image of Takara Animated Wingblade Optimus Prime (1098879)
Posted by Dead Metal on July 16th, 2010 @ 8:26am CDT

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I hate to say but duh, of course his chest is transparent, it was like this on the first Voyager.

I'm glancing over my Voyager Prime and noticed that the plastic colors of his chest does not match up with those on the shoulders. Same story with Wingblade Prime, which is a shame.

Nope, the Voyager mold has a solid plastic chest, the translucent windows in the chest are a separate piece. And if you look closely you will notice that the rest of his body and weapons are also translucent which makes it odd that they chose to paint some of him with shiny metallic paint.

Re: New Image of Takara Animated Wingblade Optimus Prime (1098883)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on July 16th, 2010 @ 8:30am CDT

Dead Metal wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I hate to say but duh, of course his chest is transparent, it was like this on the first Voyager.

I'm glancing over my Voyager Prime and noticed that the plastic colors of his chest does not match up with those on the shoulders. Same story with Wingblade Prime, which is a shame.

Nope, the Voyager mold has a solid plastic chest, the translucent windows in the chest are a separate piece. And if you look closely you will notice that the rest of his body and weapons are also translucent which makes it odd that they chose to paint some of him with shiny metallic paint.

Weird, you sure it's not the lighting?

Re: New Image of Takara Animated Wingblade Optimus Prime (1098884)
Posted by Jesterhead on July 16th, 2010 @ 8:34am CDT

Dead Metal wrote:And if you look closely you will notice that the rest of his body and weapons are also translucent which makes it odd that they chose to paint some of him with shiny metallic paint.

I'm not convinced of this. It looks pretty metallic to me. bad picture though. Ultra Magnus' blues look about the same finish as Prime's, and I'm pretty sure he's not translucent.