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Rumored Legacy Commander Class Armada Optimus Prime Images

Posted by Bounti76 Feb 22, 2023 at 3:57am CST 92,974 views
While there's no official confirmation of the Commander Class figure for the Legacy Evolution line, it's widely speculated to be Optimus Prime from the Transformers: Armada cartoon. Thanks to Seibertronian Casey280, we have an image from a Twitter account, though the exact account isn't currently known. The image shows what appears to be Armada Optimus Prime in robot mode, truck mode, and super robot mode. While the origin of the image is unknown, it looks to be a similar style to previously leaked figures. It also doesn't appear to be the Armada Optimus figure shown some years back, but a brand new mold.



Additionally, thanks to a tip from Seibertronian Omegatron., we were pointed in the direction of the Transformers Botposting group on Facebook, we have an in hand image of the toy in truck mode.

Transformers News: Rumored Legacy Commander Class Armada Optimus Prime Images

Hopefully, we'll get a confirmation or reveal of this toy soon, but until we do, what do you all think? Let us know in the comments below!
Rumored Legacy Commander Class Armada Optimus Prime Images
Rumored Legacy Commander Class Armada Optimus Prime Images

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Comment by ZeroWolf Feb 22, 2023
I really hope this is real
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Comment by Perceptor1996 Feb 22, 2023
I want this just to see how the trailer works.
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Comment by Emerje Feb 22, 2023
If this is fake then it's a really good fake. Hands are done the same way Hasbro does a lot of large hands with a thin 5mm hold in them and smoke stacks of effect part posts on them. Super mode crotch is a little low, but overall looks just like the original with more articulation. I wonder if there's any chance of a cartoon version that replaces the gold with yellow like the Japanese version? Just an observation, but the missile array on his back being removable makes for a good place to stick Overload.

Bring on all the crazy repaints!

Emerje
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Comment by -Kanrabat- Feb 22, 2023
If this Armada Optimus is the next Commander, I'll pre-order him so hard!

Let's hope for a leader Armada Jetfire and a (Leader or voyager?) Armada Overload to go with him!
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Comment by Immortal Starscream Feb 22, 2023
Bendy Prime 2.0 looks good. will have to snatch this one up methinks.
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Comment by TulioDude Feb 22, 2023
Looks cool!
The truck mode and Super Prime look amazing, I will reserver my thoughts on the cab Optimus after we get more images of him.
Until we get an official confirmation, I will assume there is mistransformation in the stock pictures.,


Day 1149 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.
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Comment by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 Feb 22, 2023
Of course it is real, probably even the one mentioned on transformers wiki from a few years ago.
Here is a slightly less obscured image. Not much better, but a little clearer.
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Comment by Solrac333 Feb 22, 2023
12 bucks for these? These look like these should be Happy Meal toys.
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Comment by Sentinel_Primal Feb 22, 2023
Armada Prime looks really good! I bet Hasbro's gonna throw together a stream or something real quick to try and get a proper reveal out before the usual suspects get their reviews out
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Comment by Overcracker Feb 22, 2023
Very impressive.

Will definitely have to pick it up.
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Comment by Sabrblade Feb 22, 2023
Tell me something, Hasbro. Why is it so hard for you to get the shoulders right on Armada Optimus's standard robot mode? You failed to get them right on the original Super Base toy, successfully got them right on the Super-Con figure, and have now replicated the failure of the Super Base figure's shoulders on this figure. Heck, even Takara's prototype that they showed off with Selects Star Convoy had correct shoulders. Why, Hasbro? Why, outside of the Super-Con toy, do you insist on making Armada Optimus perpetually lifting his shoulders above his head?

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Comment by ZeroWolf Feb 22, 2023
RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:Of course it is real, probably even the one mentioned on transformers wiki from a few years ago.
Here is a slightly less obscured image. Not much better, but a little clearer.
image (20).jpg

It doesn't look the same as the Takara one, Hasbro probably started afresh to make sure it hit the price point they wanted.
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Comment by Dominus Prime Feb 22, 2023
Super mode fists look to have the same gimmick as siege Jetfire
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Comment by SpaceEagle Feb 22, 2023
ZeroWolf wrote:
RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:Of course it is real, probably even the one mentioned on transformers wiki from a few years ago.
Here is a slightly less obscured image. Not much better, but a little clearer.
image (20).jpg

It doesn't look the same as the Takara one, Hasbro probably started afresh to make sure it hit the price point they wanted.

Looking at the two different images closely of the prototype and this leak, they 100% do not match.
Of course I don't doubt plans may have changed or maybe some parts had to be retooled to match newer safety standards - or heck, like you said it's probably to lessen parts counts to fit into the budget better.
But I also think they might do what the original toyline did by having a special combining OP and then a standard one alongside it with better articulation + the bells and whistles of current Legacy stuff! ;)^
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Comment by Munkky Feb 22, 2023
That looks really good, I'm definitely getting one. Probably unlikely, but I do hope there's an Armada Jetfire made at some point that can combine with this Optimus. Follow that up with a Deluxe or Voyager Red Alert and I'd be pretty much satisfied with the Armada line-up.

Anyway, I got Blitzwing today, there was one going cheap at my local GAME, and he isn't as bad as I initially thought he would be. Yes the jet mode is horrible when looked at from any angle other than the top, but the robot and tank modes are perfectly fine for what they are. I certainly like him a lot more than I did Astrotrain.
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Comment by Flashwave Feb 22, 2023
Sabrblade wrote:Tell me something, Hasbro. Why is it so hard for you to get the shoulders right on Armada Optimus's standard robot mode? You failed to get them right on the original Super Base toy, successfully got them right on the Super-Con figure, and have now replicated the failure of the Super Base figure's shoulders on this figure. Heck, even Takara's prototype that they showed off with Selects Star Convoy had correct shoulders. Why, Hasbro? Why, outside of the Super-Con toy, do you insist on making Armada Optimus perpetually lifting his shoulders above his head?

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There is no secret, except that because the SuperCon version is smaller they can make the engine compartment pieces that make his collarbone and shoulder joints thinner and lighter. Bigger figure, especially one that is supporting the weight of Torso Mode right through that area, needs better reinforcement
So there are thicker pieces that can't collapse as well.
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Comment by Stormshot_Prime Feb 22, 2023
He looks stunning! A faithful but updated iteration of the old toy, hopefully with more possibility than ever. Seriously, this makes me feel like a kid again, waiting for Armada to come on.

Can we have Amrada Megatron now? I say let’s keep Legacy going for as long as we need to get some of those potential gems.
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Comment by SpaceEagle Feb 22, 2023
Stormshot_Prime wrote:He looks stunning! A faithful but updated iteration of the old toy, hopefully with more possibility than ever. Seriously, this makes me feel like a kid again, waiting for Armada to come on.

Can we have Amrada Megatron now? I say let’s keep Legacy going for as long as we need to get some of those potential gems.

Soooooooooon, they did say we're getting Armada Megs officially!
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Comment by Rodimus Prime Feb 22, 2023
Flashwave wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Tell me something, Hasbro. Why is it so hard for you to get the shoulders right on Armada Optimus's standard robot mode? You failed to get them right on the original Super Base toy, successfully got them right on the Super-Con figure, and have now replicated the failure of the Super Base figure's shoulders on this figure. Heck, even Takara's prototype that they showed off with Selects Star Convoy had correct shoulders. Why, Hasbro? Why, outside of the Super-Con toy, do you insist on making Armada Optimus perpetually lifting his shoulders above his head?

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There is no secret, except that because the SuperCon version is smaller they can make the engine compartment pieces that make his collarbone and shoulder joints thinner and lighter. Bigger figure, especially one that is supporting the weight of Torso Mode right through that area, needs better reinforcement
So there are thicker pieces that can't collapse as well.
Beat me to it.

However, I was hoping that in the 20 years the original was released the engineering advanced enough to get around the problem somehow. But in the end, it's the same design as the original, except probably smaller and with lighter plastic. Nonetheless, the torso mode still requires the waist connection (which is the shoulders in non-combined node) to support the entire figure upside down, as well as any weapons he might hold, and hopefully eventually the weight of Overload as well.
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Comment by transformers_va Feb 22, 2023
From Hasbro's Evan Brooks' IG

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