New Optimus Prime Concept Art from Bumblebee Film

New Optimus Prime Concept Art from Bumblebee Film

Thursday, February 28th, 2019 9:02pm CST

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For those of us who continue to be captivated by the character design of Transformers Bumblebee, we have some possible news of interest in the form of new concept art of Optimus Prime himself. Courtesy of Shane Baxley's Instagram account, the images are simple profiles of an early Prime's face, featuring some minor differences in detailing which truly does require a side-by-side to notice. It truly does go as a testament to how decided upon the character designers were to keeping the basic designs of the original animated series in mind while drawing up their own designs.

The photos are provided below, so be sure to let us know what you think in the forums below, and be sure to stay tuned to Seibertron.com for more Transformers news and reviews!


Transformers News: New Optimus Prime Concept Art from Bumblebee Film

Transformers News: New Optimus Prime Concept Art from Bumblebee Film

Credit(s): Shane Baxley on Instagram


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Re: New Optimus Prime Concept Art from Bumblebee Film (2012875)
Posted by william-james88 on March 1st, 2019 @ 12:43pm CST
The Bumblebee movie is coming to Japan soon and as part of the promotion, there will be an official Bumblebee themed Café. Takara is promoting it on their website. There will be some Transformers themed treats like a Bumblebee parfait, and an Autobot omelet as well as other drinks. The menu is around the $10 range. You can find images of the café and food items below. Takara has also provided information regarding an easter egg within the café for Japanese fans who want to get the full experience:

"secret message" from Bumblebee hidden
inside the store Multiple QR codes are hidden inside the store, and messages from Bumblebee flow when reading them. There are seven kinds of messages in all, and the voice of Bumblebee is the voice actor Ryohei Kimura who plays the role of Bumblebee in the movie "Bumblebee".


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Re: New Optimus Prime Concept Art from Bumblebee Film (2012879)
Posted by no-one on March 1st, 2019 @ 12:54pm CST
Transformers executive to the marketing department: "Let's really go HAM on Bumblebee this time!"

The icing on the cake would be if they had a toy section and it was nothing but Bumblebee toys on the pegs :michaelbay:
Re: New Optimus Prime Concept Art from Bumblebee Film (2012976)
Posted by Evil Eye on March 2nd, 2019 @ 6:56am CST
I need to go there. That's awesome.

Question is, do the waitresses/waiters dress as Bumblebee and take your order via clips from songs?
Re: New Optimus Prime Concept Art from Bumblebee Film (2012982)
Posted by Ig89ninja on March 2nd, 2019 @ 9:19am CST
Black Hat wrote:I need to go there. That's awesome.

Question is, do the waitresses/waiters dress as Bumblebee and take your order via clips from songs?

Sounds like something you would find at a convention ;)
Re: New Optimus Prime Concept Art from Bumblebee Film (2013701)
Posted by william-james88 on March 6th, 2019 @ 11:24am CST
CharlesBMoore01 wrote:I bumped into this film on Popcorntime which i got from top1apk.com. And, i only could finish the first part. In my opinion, the comics are better than live action films.

I dont think anyone would disagree with that last part. The comics could explore aspects of the lore and fiction a 2 hour film could never dream of conveying.
Re: New Optimus Prime Concept Art from Bumblebee Film (2015191)
Posted by william-james88 on March 19th, 2019 @ 10:32am CDT
Bumblebee is out today for digital purchase. So you can get it on Google Play, or Itunes or wherever you pay for digital films. We get to see the special features which includes more from the Cybertron scene. We get all that footage at once and full body character shots. Below you will see the full CG models for Wheeljack, Blitzwing Starscream, Cliffjumper, Brawn, Shockwave, Soundwave, Arcee, Ironhide and Ratchet. The alt modes listed are all well researched easter eggs for fans. This is all part of the feature called Bee Vision: The Transformers robots of Cybertron, which is part of the bonus features on the Digital, 4K Ultra HD Combo and Blu-ray Combo releases of BUMBLEBEE. You can see those shots below, coming from both Jon 3.0 and Paramount enjoy!



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Re: New Optimus Prime Concept Art from Bumblebee Film (2015194)
Posted by Quantum Surge on March 19th, 2019 @ 10:40am CDT
Thiccformers! More than meets dem hips!
Re: New Optimus Prime Concept Art from Bumblebee Film (2015195)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 19th, 2019 @ 10:42am CDT
william-james88 wrote:The alt modes listed are all well researched easter eggs for fans.
Or, just, copy-pasted from Wikipedia infoboxes. :-|


(Not TFWiki, Wikipedia)
Re: New Optimus Prime Concept Art from Bumblebee Film (2015201)
Posted by Nathaniel Prime on March 19th, 2019 @ 11:45am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:The alt modes listed are all well researched easter eggs for fans.
Or, just, copy-pasted from Wikipedia infoboxes. :-|


(Not TFWiki, Wikipedia)


It could happen, but I like that they listed the alt modes of multiple storylines, like how Cliffjumper has a reference to Alternity, Arcee has a reference to Beast Wars, and Shockwave has a reference to the Marvel comics

References! ;)^
Re: New Optimus Prime Concept Art from Bumblebee Film (2015202)
Posted by Rodimus Knight on March 19th, 2019 @ 11:49am CDT
I know they list the alt modes, and pretty much all the alt modes the characters had, but It would be cool if they had images of what the alt modes would have been in the movie.
Re: New Optimus Prime Concept Art from Bumblebee Film (2015204)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 19th, 2019 @ 12:29pm CDT
Nathaniel Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:The alt modes listed are all well researched easter eggs for fans.
Or, just, copy-pasted from Wikipedia infoboxes. :-|


(Not TFWiki, Wikipedia)


It could happen, but I like that they listed the alt modes of multiple storylines, like how Cliffjumper has a reference to Alternity, Arcee has a reference to Beast Wars, and Shockwave has a reference to the Marvel comics

References! ;)^
Rodimus Knight wrote:I know they list the alt modes, and pretty much all the alt modes the characters had, but It would be cool if they had images of what the alt modes would have been in the movie.
Like I said, they pretty much just took the altmodes given in the following articles:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcee
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brawn_(Transformers)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliffjumper
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironhide
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratchet_(Transformers)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shockwave_(Transformers)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starscream
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheeljack

That's bare minimum research with hardly any thought or effort put into it.
Re: New Optimus Prime Concept Art from Bumblebee Film (2015211)
Posted by Sarahthecutevixen on March 19th, 2019 @ 1:49pm CDT
how weird, Arcee has the thinnest hips of all of them and shockwave has the thickest ones, normally it would be reversed
Re: New Optimus Prime Concept Art from Bumblebee Film (2015225)
Posted by DeadCaL on March 19th, 2019 @ 2:56pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:That's bare minimum research with hardly any thought or effort put into it.


It's better than doing zero research, like with the Bay movies.
Re: New Optimus Prime Concept Art from Bumblebee Film (2015229)
Posted by Emerje on March 19th, 2019 @ 3:27pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:That's bare minimum research with hardly any thought or effort put into it.

Especially when it's missing actual movie alt modes like Shockwave's tank mode from DotM.

Emerje
Re: New Optimus Prime Concept Art from Bumblebee Film (2015230)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 19th, 2019 @ 3:32pm CDT
DeadCaL wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:That's bare minimum research with hardly any thought or effort put into it.


It's better than doing zero research, like with Bay movies.
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*takes deep breath*

Those movies, as bad as most of them are, clearly wouldn't be what they are if there was truly no research done for any of them, otherwise there would no information in any of these reference sections.
Re: New Optimus Prime Concept Art from Bumblebee Film (2015231)
Posted by william-james88 on March 19th, 2019 @ 3:32pm CDT
Emerje wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:That's bare minimum research with hardly any thought or effort put into it.

Especially when it's missing actual movie alt modes like Shockwave's tank mode from DotM.

Emerje

Would you guys rather the wrote nothing?
Re: New Optimus Prime Concept Art from Bumblebee Film (2015232)
Posted by william-james88 on March 19th, 2019 @ 3:35pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:sections.

There was someone called Trench in TLK?! I watched the film and this is no joke the first time I ever see that bot.
Re: New Optimus Prime Concept Art from Bumblebee Film (2015233)
Posted by noctorro on March 19th, 2019 @ 3:42pm CDT
Oooooh my god. They look amazing. I'm so in love with Arcee (sorry pregnant fiance).
Brawn is soooooo cute in the movie. They all look so amazingly cool, I love the style!

I would love to see toys of them. And to see their return in Bumblebee 2.
I would love to see Bumblebee 2. Man I hope they find a good and invested director like Travis Knight for the sequel and the (rumored or anounced) Optimus Prime solo movie.

Just keep doing that, I don't mind if they keep a little Bay designs in them (detailed joints etc.) but continue from Bumblebee onward.

For the Bayhem fans and Bumblebee dislikers. You people have 5 movies, don't be selfish and want the next one to be a Bayformers again. At least break try to break even with 5 decent to good Bumblebee like movies before you Bayform again.

Loving the designs, SO happy they have Optimus Prime from the Bumblebee movie as a toy, can't wait to get him at the coming Comic Con Holland!
Re: New Optimus Prime Concept Art from Bumblebee Film (2015235)
Posted by william-james88 on March 19th, 2019 @ 3:49pm CDT
noctorro wrote: Man I hope they find a good and invested director like Travis Knight for the sequel and the (rumored or anounced) Optimus Prime solo movie.


There will be no Prime solo film. Prime will be with Bee in the Bee sequel.
Re: New Optimus Prime Concept Art from Bumblebee Film (2015236)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 19th, 2019 @ 3:53pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:sections.

There was someone called Trench in TLK?! I watched the film and this is no joke the first time I ever see that bot.
He wasn't named onscreen.

*In 2017, not long after the release of ''The Last Knight'', Caterpillar ran a company-wide vote to give a name to the "Excavator Autobot" seen in the movie, with "Trench" being the winner.

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