Takara Tomy Transformers TAV 21 Optimus Prime is out now, new pics!
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Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 25th, 2015 @ 5:35pm CDT

Amiami wrote:Hello Kanrabat.
We have confirmed your payment and shipped the following order to you.
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(In-stock)Transformers Adventure TAV21 Optimus Prime | 5,120.- | 1 | 5,120.-
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Posted by Burn on July 25th, 2015 @ 5:47pm CDT
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on July 25th, 2015 @ 5:55pm CDT
Burn wrote:I look at Prime and have nothing but ZZ Tops "Legs" in my head ...
Those are some pretty sexy legs. Somewhere, out there, Elita One is jealous.
Posted by Burn on July 25th, 2015 @ 6:00pm CDT
SW's SilverHammer wrote:Burn wrote:I look at Prime and have nothing but ZZ Tops "Legs" in my head ...
Those are some pretty sexy legs. Somewhere, out there, Elita One is jealous.
Good for her but ... ugh ... it kills the figure for me.
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on July 25th, 2015 @ 6:01pm CDT
Burn wrote:SW's SilverHammer wrote:Burn wrote:I look at Prime and have nothing but ZZ Tops "Legs" in my head ...
Those are some pretty sexy legs. Somewhere, out there, Elita One is jealous.
Good for her but ... ugh ... it kills the figure for me.
Yeah, no, it does for me to. I was just trying to be funny.
Posted by Burn on July 25th, 2015 @ 6:06pm CDT
SW's SilverHammer wrote:Burn wrote:SW's SilverHammer wrote:Burn wrote:I look at Prime and have nothing but ZZ Tops "Legs" in my head ...
Those are some pretty sexy legs. Somewhere, out there, Elita One is jealous.
Good for her but ... ugh ... it kills the figure for me.
Yeah, no, it does for me to. I was just trying to be funny.
Sorry. Sunday morning headache (not alcohol related either!). May come across as grumpy. Don't take too much of what I say to heart today.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 25th, 2015 @ 6:08pm CDT
SW's SilverHammer wrote:Burn wrote:SW's SilverHammer wrote:Burn wrote:I look at Prime and have nothing but ZZ Tops "Legs" in my head ...
Those are some pretty sexy legs. Somewhere, out there, Elita One is jealous.
Good for her but ... ugh ... it kills the figure for me.
Yeah, no, it does for me to. I was just trying to be funny.
C'mon, guys. It's not that bad. It's the price to pay for a working trailer. Plus, it's not as bad as other figures like Original RID Ultra Magnus.

Posted by Burn on July 25th, 2015 @ 6:19pm CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:C'mon, guys. It's not that bad. It's the price to pay for a working trailer.
Nope, don't buy that excuse.

Posted by william-james88 on July 25th, 2015 @ 6:22pm CDT
http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=74106&p=1185625&hilit=rid+ultra+magnus#p1185625
Posted by Emerje on July 25th, 2015 @ 7:09pm CDT
Burn wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:C'mon, guys. It's not that bad. It's the price to pay for a working trailer.
Nope, don't buy that excuse.
Yeah, but you can't do a transformation like that on RID Prime and still have it look like the character. What they could have done is made the lower legs collapse an inch or so, but they clearly wanted to give him height.
Personally I'm not that bothered by the proportions, I don't think the legs are as ridiculously long as RID 2000 Ultra Magnus' legs and the proportions are the same as Warrior class Optimus Prime.
I'm surprised TFYuki didn't compare Optimus to his beloved Star Saber since he's the same size as Superion.
Emerje
Posted by Sabrblade on July 25th, 2015 @ 11:45pm CDT

Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 26th, 2015 @ 12:01am CDT
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on July 26th, 2015 @ 10:08pm CDT
Posted by Cobotron on July 26th, 2015 @ 10:12pm CDT
I don't think so, but he has painted eyes instead of a visor.chuckdawg1999 wrote:Does Runabout have a new head? It's possible I never noticed before.
Posted by william-james88 on July 26th, 2015 @ 10:44pm CDT
They only have the fracture microshooter up for now. Do we know what else is coming out in august?
Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 26th, 2015 @ 10:47pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on July 26th, 2015 @ 11:16pm CDT
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=TAK12170&mode=retail
Posted by fenrir72 on July 26th, 2015 @ 11:45pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:I might have missed it, but did anyone post that runabout was available on amiami? He sold out instantly of course http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=FIGURE-011311&page=top%2Fsearch%2Flist%3Fs_keywords%3Dtav%24pagemax%3D40%24getcnt%3D0%24pagecnt%3D1.
They only have the fracture microshooter up for now. Do we know what else is coming out in august?
He sold out in like nanoseconds the moment he was solicited. managed to score Override..sold out already. Fracture is still available..though I kinda no likey him/it.
http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... agecnt%3D1
Posted by william-james88 on July 26th, 2015 @ 11:57pm CDT
fenrir72 wrote:
He sold out in like nanoseconds the moment he was solicited. managed to score Override..sold out already. Fracture is still available..though I kinda no likey him/it.
http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... agecnt%3D1
I cant even find override on the site.
Posted by fenrir72 on July 27th, 2015 @ 12:24am CDT
william-james88 wrote:fenrir72 wrote:
He sold out in like nanoseconds the moment he was solicited. managed to score Override..sold out already. Fracture is still available..though I kinda no likey him/it.
http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... agecnt%3D1
I cant even find override on the site.


http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... URE-011312
Posted by Sabrblade on July 27th, 2015 @ 11:00am CDT
Nice going, Ami Ami. You once again confuse your customers by listing yet another product by the wrong name.fenrir72 wrote:william-james88 wrote:fenrir72 wrote:
He sold out in like nanoseconds the moment he was solicited. managed to score Override..sold out already. Fracture is still available..though I kinda no likey him/it.
http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... agecnt%3D1
I cant even find override on the site.
I mean't Overrun
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http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... URE-011312

Posted by william-james88 on July 27th, 2015 @ 11:11am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Nice going, Ami Ami. You once again confuse your customers by listing yet another product by the wrong name.fenrir72 wrote:william-james88 wrote:fenrir72 wrote:
He sold out in like nanoseconds the moment he was solicited. managed to score Override..sold out already. Fracture is still available..though I kinda no likey him/it.
http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... agecnt%3D1
I cant even find override on the site.
I mean't Overrun
![]()
http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... URE-011312
He doesnt even appear when you search TAV, which is what I usually do to see the latest offerings http://slist.amiami.com/top/search/list?s_keywords=tav&pagemax=40&getcnt=0&pagecnt=1
Regardless, enough customers found him no problem it seems.
Posted by fenrir72 on July 27th, 2015 @ 7:27pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Nice going, Ami Ami. You once again confuse your customers by listing yet another product by the wrong name.fenrir72 wrote:william-james88 wrote:fenrir72 wrote:
He sold out in like nanoseconds the moment he was solicited. managed to score Override..sold out already. Fracture is still available..though I kinda no likey him/it.
http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... agecnt%3D1
I cant even find override on the site.
I mean't Overrun
![]()
http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... URE-011312
He doesnt even appear when you search TAV, which is what I usually do to see the latest offerings http://slist.amiami.com/top/search/list?s_keywords=tav&pagemax=40&getcnt=0&pagecnt=1
Regardless, enough customers found him no problem it seems.
Weird thing is, it didn't show up in the Pre-orders until it was too late. Good thing I got the "Over-dude" when a stray "available" slot appeared.
You know what guys, I think Amiami is going to the old practice of using two online order pages. Years back, they had a Japan and International page. There were some goods offered at bottom floor prices sale in the former and none in the latter. I thought it was removed already but it seems, they're back to the old practice as Runabout simply evaporated.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on July 29th, 2015 @ 12:53pm CDT
And that Optimus yo. Stilts anyone?

Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 29th, 2015 @ 4:16pm CDT
I can post a few pictures tonight if you guys want them.
Posted by Cobotron on July 29th, 2015 @ 4:19pm CDT
Thanx K.

Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 29th, 2015 @ 4:22pm CDT
Cobotron wrote:I wouldn't mind getting a closer look at him. If you don't mind. Maybe a comparison with a warrior class or something whose size we are all familiar with.
Thanx K.
I do have Warrior Optimus. It will be a nice comparison between the two.
Posted by Cobotron on July 29th, 2015 @ 4:24pm CDT
You also have Jazz.-Kanrabat- wrote:Cobotron wrote:I wouldn't mind getting a closer look at him. If you don't mind. Maybe a comparison with a warrior class or something whose size we are all familiar with.
Thanx K.
I do have Warrior Optimus. It will be a nice comparison between the two.


Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 29th, 2015 @ 4:26pm CDT
Cobotron wrote:You also have Jazz.-Kanrabat- wrote:Cobotron wrote:I wouldn't mind getting a closer look at him. If you don't mind. Maybe a comparison with a warrior class or something whose size we are all familiar with.
Thanx K.
I do have Warrior Optimus. It will be a nice comparison between the two.![]()
True that. I'll do him too.
Hey, keep your mind out of the gutter!
Posted by william-james88 on July 29th, 2015 @ 6:49pm CDT

Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 29th, 2015 @ 6:58pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:You will get a news credit the minute those are posted
Getting to work!
Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 29th, 2015 @ 8:02pm CDT
Despite his finnicky transformation, Optimus is well worth owning and the infamous leg gap don't bother me at all. Also, Takara Jazz is a sight to behold!
So, enjoy!

Seibertron, my photos might make my Photobucket bandwith go "boom". So please save them and re-upload them with your own image hosting site or something.






























And there you go, folks.
Posted by william-james88 on July 29th, 2015 @ 8:25pm CDT
Posted by Wolfman Jake on July 29th, 2015 @ 8:38pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on July 29th, 2015 @ 8:47pm CDT
Posted by fenrir72 on July 29th, 2015 @ 8:52pm CDT

Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 29th, 2015 @ 9:15pm CDT

fenrir72 wrote:What did you use? FedEx or EMS? That was sure fast! Mine is still in the pipeline
I used EMS. It was a whopping 4000y of shipping, but the other option was SAL at 3850y. So, EMS it was. And MAN, that was almost Star-Trek Beam-Me-Up fast!
william-james88 wrote:By the way, I find it amazing how I could barely notice his hallow legs in your pics. From front, side and back it is done so that you cant tell. What are his sounds and lights like? Does he speak Japanese?
It need 2 AAA batteries that I don't have at the moment. I will tell you guys tomorrow once I buy some.
Posted by Sabrblade on July 29th, 2015 @ 9:20pm CDT
I can answer that:william-james88 wrote:What are his sounds and lights like? Does he speak Japanese?
Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 29th, 2015 @ 9:26pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:I can answer that:
Woah... Kinda overkill...
Posted by william-james88 on July 29th, 2015 @ 9:30pm CDT
Posted by Ultra Markus on July 29th, 2015 @ 9:51pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on July 29th, 2015 @ 9:59pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:I can answer that:william-james88 wrote:What are his sounds and lights like? Does he speak Japanese?
You speak japanese right? Care to translate?
Posted by Cobotron on July 29th, 2015 @ 10:07pm CDT
Will - you're right about the legs.
Edit:
I'll take a guess. "Tranformers, roll out!" ?Will wrote:You speak japanese right? Care to translate?

Posted by william-james88 on July 29th, 2015 @ 11:06pm CDT
Looking back at the pics, I realize there is something I dont like, the feet point outward in an odd way rather than inward. Is that normal?
Also, here are some more pics of this beast!



Posted by LOST Cybertronian on July 29th, 2015 @ 11:49pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:What are his sounds and lights like? Does he speak Japanese?
At :50 it sounds like he is throwing up. Probably had too much fermented energon.
Posted by no-one on July 30th, 2015 @ 1:17am CDT
My brain is having a hard time with Peter Cullen's voice not coming from Prime.Sabrblade wrote:I can answer that:william-james88 wrote:What are his sounds and lights like? Does he speak Japanese?
Posted by Optimum Supreme on July 30th, 2015 @ 6:02pm CDT
Ultra Markus wrote:hasbro needs to get on the ball and release this in america this is by far the best optimus prime toy from that show so far
Hasbro needs to get on the ball with a lot of stuff in America.
Posted by Wolfman Jake on July 30th, 2015 @ 6:04pm CDT
carytheone wrote:My brain is having a hard time with Peter Cullen's voice not coming from Prime.Sabrblade wrote:I can answer that:william-james88 wrote:What are his sounds and lights like? Does he speak Japanese?
Try some Gary Chalk as Prime. It might expand your horizons of acceptable voice actors for robots named Optimus.
Posted by william-james88 on July 30th, 2015 @ 7:21pm CDT
Wolfman Jake wrote:carytheone wrote:My brain is having a hard time with Peter Cullen's voice not coming from Prime.Sabrblade wrote:I can answer that:william-james88 wrote:What are his sounds and lights like? Does he speak Japanese?
Try some Gary Chalk as Prime. It might expand your horizons of acceptable voice actors for robots named Optimus.
I was gonna suggest that. He works really well.
Like this for instance:
Optimum Supreme wrote:Ultra Markus wrote:hasbro needs to get on the ball and release this in america this is by far the best optimus prime toy from that show so far
Hasbro needs to get on the ball with a lot of stuff in America.
I am still waiting for the Hasbro release of TF Prime Breakdown...
Posted by Sabrblade on July 30th, 2015 @ 7:50pm CDT
Thank goodness you chose a Cybertron clip and not one from Armada or Energon.william-james88 wrote:Wolfman Jake wrote:carytheone wrote:My brain is having a hard time with Peter Cullen's voice not coming from Prime.Sabrblade wrote:I can answer that:william-james88 wrote:What are his sounds and lights like? Does he speak Japanese?
Try some Gary Chalk as Prime. It might expand your horizons of acceptable voice actors for robots named Optimus.
I was gonna suggest that. He works really well.
Like this for instance:
Though, Neil Kaplan and David Kaye are great Optimuses too, with Kaye working well as a young Optimus and Kaplan being self-proclaimed as "the George Lazenby of Optimus Primes".
