Takara Tomy Transformers Go! Optimus Exprime Promo Poster
Tuesday, December 10th, 2013 7:51PM CST
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Posted by Sabrblade on December 10th, 2013 @ 8:00pm CST
Posted by Powered Convoy on December 20th, 2013 @ 7:23pm CST
Posted by El Duque on December 20th, 2013 @ 8:09pm CST
Posted by Mkall on December 20th, 2013 @ 8:28pm CST
"Is this a KO? I looks like Optimus Prime, but it doesn't transform into a truck?"
It looks rather kibbly, especially around the arms.
Posted by CR71Autobot on December 20th, 2013 @ 9:04pm CST
That is one ugly transformer....
Posted by mattyc1007 on December 20th, 2013 @ 9:50pm CST
They do amazing work with lines such as Alterity... then this!
The train ain't bad, and Im a sucker for Train/TF's, but that dragon is NASTY on so many levels! >.<
Posted by Rated X on December 20th, 2013 @ 10:06pm CST
Posted by durroth on December 20th, 2013 @ 10:13pm CST
Posted by Cobalt Prime on December 20th, 2013 @ 10:25pm CST
Posted by durroth on December 20th, 2013 @ 10:44pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:In response to his claim of "combiners formed by a number of components that's different from 5 are weak".RhA wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Never claimed he did.RhA wrote:He never said there are NO OTHER combiners,
Then what's the use of posting that buttload of combiners?
Tripredacus still looks amazing. Magnaboss would look so much less stupid if they fixed that perpetual looking up thing... I kinda wish they had gone for a set combiner like those instead of the modular teams.
Posted by Sabrblade on December 20th, 2013 @ 11:21pm CST
Seriously, am I the only one on here who sincerely thinks this thing looks cool?
Posted by durroth on December 20th, 2013 @ 11:25pm CST
Posted by fenrir72 on December 21st, 2013 @ 1:50am CST
Posted by VioMeTriX on December 21st, 2013 @ 6:00am CST
Posted by Dead Metal on December 21st, 2013 @ 6:41am CST
Posted by morphobots on December 21st, 2013 @ 7:02am CST
Cobalt Prime wrote:I'm sick to death of all these bladed weapons they're packaging Prime with these days instead of a nice big rifle. Call me a G1 purist if you will, but these are futuristic robots, not knights of old. Even that huge Beast Hunters Prime only comes with that God-awful sword and shield in terms of hand held weapons. A big chunky figure should have had a big chunky hand held high tech beam weapon or something imo. These GO! figures seem to be following the same trend.
Seconded. I miss weapons intended to be so advanced they didn't even make sense, like Skullcruncher's rubberizer rifle for "tenderizing" his opponents. That cracked me up even when I was a kid.
Posted by Cobalt Prime on December 21st, 2013 @ 7:13am CST
morphobots wrote:Cobalt Prime wrote:I'm sick to death of all these bladed weapons they're packaging Prime with these days instead of a nice big rifle. Call me a G1 purist if you will, but these are futuristic robots, not knights of old. Even that huge Beast Hunters Prime only comes with that God-awful sword and shield in terms of hand held weapons. A big chunky figure should have had a big chunky hand held high tech beam weapon or something imo. These GO! figures seem to be following the same trend.
Seconded. I miss weapons intended to be so advanced they didn't even make sense, like Skullcruncher's rubberizer rifle for "tenderizing" his opponents. That cracked me up even when I was a kid.
I know! I wouldn't have been a bit surprised to see "Wheeljack Arms" stamped into every weapon carried by either side, lol
Posted by Mindmaster on December 21st, 2013 @ 7:47am CST
Posted by Sabrblade on December 21st, 2013 @ 8:45am CST
VioMeTriX wrote:this is hands down the worst transformer I've ever seen, in this day and age there is no excuse for shit like this.
Dead Metal wrote:Only way to describe this accurately.
Posted by Megazarak on December 21st, 2013 @ 8:52am CST
Posted by craggy on December 21st, 2013 @ 10:57am CST
If I could have picked up the 3 bot Go! combiners for Hasbro prices (probably £40 or so for the ones with electronics?) I would have because I liked them for the most part, and think this one is decent too. I'd have liked to have seen Decepticons or Predacons in this style as well.
Posted by PrymeStriker on December 21st, 2013 @ 11:55am CST
Sabrblade wrote:VioMeTriX wrote:this is hands down the worst transformer I've ever seen, in this day and age there is no excuse for shit like this.DOTM Mudflap & SkidsDead Metal wrote:Only way to describe this accurately. This sucks more than anything that has ever sucked before.
Come on, guys. We all know that there is one transformer toy that sucks more than this abomination of a figure, or any figure at that.
Don't act like you don't remember her.
Posted by Mindmaster on December 21st, 2013 @ 12:04pm CST
PrymeStriker wrote:
What are you, nuts? That ain't the worst of them all. This is:
Posted by PrymeStriker on December 21st, 2013 @ 12:27pm CST
Mindmaster wrote:PrymeStriker wrote:*snip*
*snippers*
What are you, nuts? That ain't the worst of them all. This is:
Posted by YRQRM0 on December 21st, 2013 @ 3:48pm CST
Posted by Mindmaster on December 21st, 2013 @ 3:50pm CST
YRQRM0 wrote:But I don't think this Prime looks THAT bad.
Agreed. People are just overreacting.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on December 21st, 2013 @ 4:55pm CST
Mindmaster wrote:YRQRM0 wrote:But I don't think this Prime looks THAT bad.
Agreed. People are just overreacting.
For what it has to do:
- Robot Mode
- Dragon Mode
- Train Mode
- Sanjou Gattai (middle only)
I'd say he looks fairly decent, but the forearms... I'll reserve final judgement until in-hand picks arrive in Jan/Feb.
Posted by Sabrblade on December 21st, 2013 @ 9:06pm CST
I think he might have two different torso modes (even if one might possibly be the other just flipped upside-down), so he'd be a five-changer in that case.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Mindmaster wrote:YRQRM0 wrote:But I don't think this Prime looks THAT bad.
Agreed. People are just overreacting.
For what it has to do:
- Robot Mode
- Dragon Mode
- Train Mode
- Sanjou Gattai (middle only)
I'd say he looks fairly decent, but the forearms... I'll reserve final judgement until in-hand picks arrive in Jan/Feb.
Though, with him it's "Renketsu Sanjou Gattai"
Posted by frogbat on December 22nd, 2013 @ 4:40am CST
There are lame figures in every run, heck there are lame series too (pretenders... action masters...) but I think this guy's problem isn't the lameness just that it's rather out there... maybe it might work better if they gave him an original character or recycled one of the trainformers rather than use a prime.
Posted by rpetras on December 23rd, 2013 @ 10:11am CST
I'm saving money by not getting it! ZING!!!
Posted by El Duque on December 23rd, 2013 @ 12:12pm CST
Posted by Autobot032 on December 23rd, 2013 @ 12:38pm CST
Posted by Mindmaster on December 23rd, 2013 @ 12:40pm CST
Posted by GuyIncognito on December 23rd, 2013 @ 12:58pm CST
Posted by Dead Metal on December 23rd, 2013 @ 12:59pm CST
Posted by Mkall on December 23rd, 2013 @ 1:35pm CST
Yup, it's fugly.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on December 23rd, 2013 @ 1:40pm CST
Posted by Mindmaster on December 23rd, 2013 @ 1:43pm CST
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I'll let you guys in on a secret: the more one hates it, the more I love it
Quick, gather all the haters: the immense aura of pure animosity for this figure should allow JelZe to love the figure like a second wife!
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on December 23rd, 2013 @ 1:54pm CST
Mindmaster wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I'll let you guys in on a secret: the more one hates it, the more I love it
Quick, gather all the haters: the immense aura of pure animosity for this figure should allow JelZe to love the figure like a second wife!
Seriously though, the figure may look like it could use more polish but it doesn't look like total garbage. We've all seen way worse, haven't we?
Posted by Mindmaster on December 23rd, 2013 @ 1:56pm CST
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:We've all seen way worse, haven't we?
No disagreement there. Need I bring out Armada Side Swipe again (which I unfortunately own)?
Posted by RhA on December 23rd, 2013 @ 2:05pm CST
Honestly- If you wouldn't have known the dragonmode to be a dragon, would you have guessed it was a dragon?
Posted by T-Macksimus on December 23rd, 2013 @ 2:10pm CST
Mindmaster wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:We've all seen way worse, haven't we?
No disagreement there. Need I bring out Armada Side Swipe again (which I unfortunately own)?
I can't argue the statement either and while, surprisingly, I don't own Armada Sideswipe, I do have many other of the figures from that line (and others) that have left me me saying "WTF was I thinking???"
Still, and much pun intended considering one of his alt modes, this thing is a freaking train-wreck.
Posted by Tronus_Rex on December 23rd, 2013 @ 2:26pm CST
...Dammit, TomyT', has gotta do better than that. Simpler, sturdier, stouter, & heavier at the feet so it can stand, and also give us HEAVY joints.
I'm not spending money on items that are that flawed anymore, not when you at TomyT', know about these issues, & have for years. Especially not at the import or "collector" prices. Even if I will likely see this at Toy's r Us at some point, I still would avoid it.
Posted by Towline on December 23rd, 2013 @ 3:02pm CST
(Okay 2 to 3 other autobots.) While the United States prefer that Optimus Prime be either a truck or monkey?
Posted by frogbat on December 23rd, 2013 @ 3:29pm CST
Posted by craggy on December 23rd, 2013 @ 5:28pm CST
RhA wrote:It looks like something TakaraTomy would have designed in 1990, which is good.
Honestly- If you wouldn't have known the dragonmode to be a dragon, would you have guessed it was a dragon?
Swimming dog mode is what I would have went with if I'd seen it cold.
I still like it.
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on December 23rd, 2013 @ 6:24pm CST
Posted by Autobot032 on December 23rd, 2013 @ 7:05pm CST
GuyIncognito wrote:Power Rangers are like crappy Transformer wannabes, so I can't for the life of me figure out why TT would try to copy them.
Er...what? Sentai came long before Transformers did. Power Rangers just Americanized it for a wider audience.
And ripping off Transformers? No. In some ways, they have more badassery than some recent TFs.
Posted by Manterax Prime on December 23rd, 2013 @ 7:32pm CST
Autobot032 wrote:GuyIncognito wrote:Power Rangers are like crappy Transformer wannabes, so I can't for the life of me figure out why TT would try to copy them.
Er...what? Sentai came long before Transformers did. Power Rangers just Americanized it for a wider audience.
And ripping off Transformers? No. In some ways, they have more badassery than some recent TFs.
Have you seen the new Tokkyuger mecha?
http://img1.ak.crunchyroll.com/i/spire1/404f4f873d63cdf6dde2c58442ffdccb1386375355_full.jpg