New Images: Art Storm EX Gokin Optimus Prime and Grimlock

I will require that Optimus to be available in Canada. I passed on the Revoltech transformer figures (they were ugly as hell), but these look awesome!

I really like them. They look very cool. But then I saw the price tag. They cost round and about $100 ??? What's up with that? The price doesn't justify what you get IMHO. They are still non transforming pvc figures. Don't know how tall they are but I will pass on these.
I really like them very much that I would like to purchase them, but at that amount, and after including shippingcost, is at least to me, not worth it.

PVC? I thought Gokin figures by definition had die cast metal in places ("gokin" is Japanese for "alloy" or "combined metal").

I want them, but YOWCH!!!

Optimus Prime = 9,800.00 JPY = 104.352 CAD
Grimlock = 12,800.00 JPY = 136.312 CAD

Too rich for my blood.

'Nuff said.

The way AM should be........a balance of die-cast and ABS/PVC plus poseability.

Seibertron wrote:

'Nuff said.

That just makes me want them MORE!

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

'Nuff said.

That just makes me want them MORE!

It'd be really awesome if Hasbro or Takara would license out the name "Action Masters" for a line like this. I think fans of the original Action Masters would go crazy for new stuff. I know I would if it was done right.

Action Masters had fans?

I have quite a few Action Masters toys, I like these two new statues but MP Grimlock can pose like that and transform too.. Does not mean that I do not want them though.. LOL

HobbyLinkJapan.com now has both Ex Gohkin Optimus Prime and Grimlock available for pre-order!

Optimus Prime: http://www.hlj.com/product/FEW96436/Act?utm_source=seibertron.com&=&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news%20post
Grimlock: http://www.hlj.com/product/FEW96435/Act?utm_source=seibertron.com&=&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=news%20post

Little too expensive for an Action Master unfortunately.
*goes off to spend half that money on a transforming pen*

Burn wrote:Little too expensive for an Action Master unfortunately.
*goes off to spend half that money on a transforming pen*

That's a nice pen. Can I borrow it?

It Is Him wrote:

Burn wrote:Little too expensive for an Action Master unfortunately.
*goes off to spend half that money on a transforming pen*

That's a nice pen. Can I borrow it?

Yeah you just ask my co-workers what happens when my pens are borrowed ...

Burn wrote:Action Masters had fans?

Why you gotta hate?

Thanks to Weibo user 北马伊斯力 we get a first look at Prototype images of Art Storm's EX Gokin God Ginrai! From the guys that brought you the EX Gohkin Alpha Trion.




Check out their stylized non-transforming version of God Ginrai and let us know what you think and remember keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates, plus the best galleries around!

damn... he's lookin very anime. not complaining though.

OK, why the katana?

cool. but it does not transform. not interested

griftimus prime wrote:cool. but it does not transform. not interested

Looking at stomach how copact and slender it is I say no, but it is still possibitly having surprise be nice to have transform this will be sold out

griftimus prime wrote:cool. but it does not transform. not interested

Looking at stomach how copact and slender it is I say no, but it is still possibitly having surprise be nice to have transform this will be sold out

So it's a non-transforming figure with less detail than the tranforming version... and let me guess, it only costs three times more than the transforming version. If they removed all the articulation and cut the legs off, they could call it a "bust" and sell it at double the price.

GuyIncognito wrote:So it's a non-transforming figure with less detail than the tranforming version... and let me guess, it only costs three times more than the transforming version. If they removed all the articulation and cut the legs off, they could call it a "bust" and sell it at double the price.

"Less detail"? Whaddya mean "Less detail"?! Look at all that complex sculpting all over his body! His crotch is more detailed than the 1988 brick.

Now that you mention crotch, looks like that's a brick too yea let's talk about that katana again.

That thing looks slick, love the design of the God Cannon, less enthused about the lack of a second rifle, and utterly confused by the inclusion of a katana.

At least Hasbro didn't charge $100 each for Action Masters.

GuyIncognito wrote:At least Hasbro didn't charge $100 each for Action Masters.

Action Masters were simplistic kids stuff. This isn't.

can we all agree that, yes theyre TF characters that dont transform. yes its expensive. yes its very niche. can we leave out all the rage involved in those views?

i think super deformed anime stuff is stupid. i dont enter every thread about them and rage about how much i dislike them.

action masters rabble rabble rabble. we get it.

shajaki wrote:can we all agree that, yes theyre TF characters that dont transform. yes its expensive. yes its very niche. can we leave out all the rage involved in those views?

i think super deformed anime stuff is stupid. i dont enter every thread about them and rage about how much i dislike them.

action masters rabble rabble rabble. we get it.

It's like some people think $100 for an action figure is never heard of... I mean Play Arts? Hot Toys? Figmas? LOl Japan's been charging $100 for action figures for a while now...

If I had any familiarity with Masterforce at alI I would be all over this. As it stands, it's an awesome figure I wish I could justify buying.

GuyIncognito wrote:At least Hasbro didn't charge $100 each for Action Masters.

a better comparison would be like Revoltech, but this is more like
a finely sculpted statue that looks poseable

I posted these already in the MP Rerelease thread because they feature the new MP-10 Vector Sigma but I think they show how good a figure Alpha Trion is. Since the character doesn't transform anyway the lack of altmode just means they could make the figure as true to the cartoon a possible. I highly recommend him at least and it does make me interested in other figures but I don't see myself getting them. Trion's stand does work great for the Vector Sigma orb itself as a plus.

shajaki wrote:can we all agree that, yes theyre TF characters that dont transform. yes its expensive. yes its very niche. can we leave out all the rage involved in those views?

i think super deformed anime stuff is stupid. i dont enter every thread about them and rage about how much i dislike them.

action masters rabble rabble rabble. we get it.

Amen to that bro'

I wonder when Elita and Arcee are gonna be release? Them first then Ginrai.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 038&type=1

So, the first three they make look super cartoon accurate, then their God Ginrai goes into a completely different direction and is all "Super Stylized Super Gundam Hyper Action" like with details on details on detailed details.
That thing is just sick and incredibly awesome.

Dead Metal wrote:So, the first three they make look super cartoon accurate, then their God Ginrai goes into a completely different direction and is all "Super Stylized Super Gundam Hyper Action" like with details on details on detailed details.
That thing is just sick and incredibly awesome.

Just noticed Godginrai sporting a samurai. So this incarnation of his probably from Victory?

fenrir72 wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:So, the first three they make look super cartoon accurate, then their God Ginrai goes into a completely different direction and is all "Super Stylized Super Gundam Hyper Action" like with details on details on detailed details.
That thing is just sick and incredibly awesome.

Just noticed Godginrai sporting a samurai. So this incarnation of his probably from Victory?

Good point, but after looking at the few Victory pics with him on tfwiki, they don't really seem to match up.

God Ginrai was the same guy in Victory as he was at the end of Masterforce.

This redesign with a sword is more likely just Art Storm having some fun with his look.

Though, word is getting around that it might not be what we think it is. That is, not another EX Gokin figure, but something else like a model kit.

Sabrblade wrote:God Ginrai was the same guy in Victory as he was at the end of Masterforce.

This redesign with a sword is more likely just Art Storm having some fun with his look.

Though, word is getting around that it might not be what we think it is. That is, not another EX Gokin figure, but something else like a model kit.

But this time no "Ginrai".

Model kit? Must be a very expensive one.

fenrir72 wrote:But this time no "Ginrai".

I don't follow.

No soft chewy "human" Godmaster center.

fenrir72 wrote:No soft chewy "human" Godmaster center.

So? The Transtector was brought to life with the same name and personality as the human who once powered it.

Sabrblade wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:No soft chewy "human" Godmaster center.

So? The Transtector was brought to life with the same name and personality as the human who once powered it.

I surmised "Victory" incarnation because iirc, Ginrai never used a sword in Masterforce. A lot of the TFs in Victory either had swords, javelins and melee weapons.......not included in their original toys.

fenrir72 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:No soft chewy "human" Godmaster center.

So? The Transtector was brought to life with the same name and personality as the human who once powered it.

I surmised "Victory" incarnation because iirc, Ginrai never used a sword in Masterforce. A lot of the TFs in Victory either had swords, javelins and melee weapons.......not included in their original toys.

No sword for him in Victory either.

The inclusion of this figure's sword is probably just artistic license.

I'm totally down for getting Arcee and Elita-1! If they're the same height as Trion, that puts them at the size of the MP cars making them perfect for my collection! If they make an Orion Pax I'll just start mailing them my paychecks directly.

Sabrblade wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:No soft chewy "human" Godmaster center.

So? The Transtector was brought to life with the same name and personality as the human who once powered it.

I surmised "Victory" incarnation because iirc, Ginrai never used a sword in Masterforce. A lot of the TFs in Victory either had swords, javelins and melee weapons.......not included in their original toys.

No sword for him in Victory either.

The inclusion of this figure's sword is probably just artistic license.

That artitistic license again Here it looks bad@ss but on MP Starscream ver.1 it kind of got screwed.

I do hope the reports are wrong that this is a kit. If this is the regular TF Ex Gokin, then I'm in!

/unlurk



Just a quick Photoshop halfassery to get an idea when it's finally coloured...

/lurk

Hmm, that looks pretty nice. I'm digging the Obari-esque proportions a lot, and that photoshop (nice job by the way!) gives me the impression he's gonna look pretty sweet when he's coloured.

I'm looking forward to Arcee too. She's always been one of my favourite female robot designs (perhaps eclipsed only by Charming Drossel) and it's good to see a proper representation of her robot mode. I hope the headsculpt isn't too pointy though- one of my favourite things about her head design is how rounded, gentle and "cute" it looks, and a pointy chin could somewhat detract from that.

Whisper wrote:/unlurk



Just a quick Photoshop halfassery to get an idea when it's finally coloured...

/lurk

I'm working on the same exact thing, guess I can stop now XD

A little more than a month ago, pictures of the prototype for Art Storm's EM Gokin God Ginrai had surfaced, and now we have images of the finished product.

These new images of the now colored figure come from a post on twitter by the designer of Art Storm's EM Gokin line, Alan Moriguchi.

This is a stylized non transforming figure representing God Ginrai from the Transformers Masterforce series, who we know in the west as Powermaster Optimus Prime.

I just wet myself.