Transformers: Tribute Movie Optimus Prime Pre-order

Kurona wrote:The pre-order listings tonight just keep on coming, as online retailer Robot Kingdom has one up for the Movie 1 Optimus Prime re-issue from the Transformers: Tribute line. A redeco of the Leader-class toy from the toyline of the very first 2007 live-action movie, this figure is set for release on July 13th as a celebration of 10 years of Live-action Transformers movies. Click on the image below to pre-order this figure for $89.90 if you wish and tell us what you think in the forums!

carytheone wrote:That just screams Target exclusive

I kinda want that Orion repaint but I don't need a second Linebacker Prime. Is the WfC OP deco any different?

Seibertron wrote:

carytheone wrote:That just screams Target exclusive

I kinda want that Orion repaint but I don't need a second Linebacker Prime. Is the WfC OP deco any different?

Do we know where this set can be found?

william-james88 wrote:
Yup, TF Scoure has it for $60

https://tfsource.com/transformers-tribu ... orion-pax/

whip_it wrote:so nasty, i feel sorry for anyone who spends even a dollar towards this

whip_it wrote:

Kurona wrote:The pre-order listings tonight just keep on coming, as online retailer Robot Kingdom has one up for the Movie 1 Optimus Prime re-issue from the Transformers: Tribute line. A redeco of the Leader-class toy from the toyline of the very first 2007 live-action movie, this figure is set for release on July 13th as a celebration of 10 years of Live-action Transformers movies. Click on the image below to pre-order this figure for $89.90 if you wish and tell us what you think in the forums!

so nasty, i feel sorry for anyone who spends even a dollar towards this

Deadput wrote:

william-james88 wrote:
Yup, TF Scoure has it for $60

https://tfsource.com/transformers-tribu ... orion-pax/

Is this a good store to get it from for a Canadian like myself?

Cobotron wrote:That Leader Prime is the only Movie Prime I own (well, OK, I have EMOP, but...) and while I'm not a movie fan, I adore that toy. It is a cool symbol of the switch in design from the Cybertron line to the first movie toys. It's design carry's over so many things that make the Cybertron toys great toys.
It may not seem great to the die hard movie fans, but if you are a fan of how well designed toys are made, it's a magnificent toy.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Cobotron wrote:That Leader Prime is the only Movie Prime I own (well, OK, I have EMOP, but...) and while I'm not a movie fan, I adore that toy. It is a cool symbol of the switch in design from the Cybertron line to the first movie toys. It's design carry's over so many things that make the Cybertron toys great toys.
It may not seem great to the die hard movie fans, but if you are a fan of how well designed toys are made, it's a magnificent toy.

I agree completely. Also, RUBBER TIRES!
I own the Premium version so I've no need for that one. Still, anyone who is not rigid in their TF collecting habits and want some oddballs here and there, that leader OP is a solid purchase.

Terrsolpix wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Cobotron wrote:That Leader Prime is the only Movie Prime I own (well, OK, I have EMOP, but...) and while I'm not a movie fan, I adore that toy. It is a cool symbol of the switch in design from the Cybertron line to the first movie toys. It's design carry's over so many things that make the Cybertron toys great toys.
It may not seem great to the die hard movie fans, but if you are a fan of how well designed toys are made, it's a magnificent toy.

I agree completely. Also, RUBBER TIRES!
I own the Premium version so I've no need for that one. Still, anyone who is not rigid in their TF collecting habits and want some oddballs here and there, that leader OP is a solid purchase.

I've got an entire shelf of oddballs, might as well add another well, that's assuming it isn't more than a kidney and 3 fingers.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:MaverickPrime, think you can give us the product code for this? It should be where the bar code is on the box.

-Kanrabat- wrote:One again, Cherafron is the first kid on the block to review a TF product. Namely the Evolution of Optimus Prime set:

ExciKaiser wrote:Mailman just delivered them :

Not sure if the box picture is still necessary as everybody has saw it, but..




The Two guys together.

It's really a strange set. One of the most detailled and complex Generation Deluxe, with ... ok not the worse, but at least the most simplistic looking and less detailled of TR line.
They don't match at all.







Time for comparison with their counterparts :









VS T30th Orion Pax :






So in the end ?

I initially planned to resell the WFC Prime as I already had the original.
Except now I have it, I think I'll keep it. I can't choose which one is the best. I like the more vivid colors, as well as the neon blue instead of neon pink.
It's the same conflict as between the orginal Supercon armada Prime and the Galaxy force vivid repaint.

For Orion Pax, I decided to prefer him to Kup because of the head before even buying it.
Now I got it, I'm a bit deceived by this head (the T30th was more detailled aven if smaller), but it's still far better from the Kup's one.
The plastic remains the same, whic means this strans porous-looking cheap plastic. Strange considering the WFC got the same high grade plastic as the first release.
And he is as floppy as Kup..

Oh and if you need one more reason to prefer Orion instead of Kup :

Carnivius_Prime wrote:I think the Prime definitely looks better than the original release.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:The Pax just looks awful to me.

ExciKaiser wrote:
In fact, that's it, since my post/review, the new one replaced the original on my shelves.

He is correct compared to other titans return.
Not the best, but correct.

Putting him on the same box was really unfair. Even the FOC prime for the same era would look bad next to the WFC.

Lore Keeper wrote:I have my set ordered and it should be getting to me tomorrow!
Times like this do make me miss Fun Pub and the Ask Vector Prime segments. This two pack is a continuity curiosity, and I would love to be able to get an official answer on which fiction these figures are intended to belong to. My collection display depends on it!

Kurona wrote:It's weird, since not only do we have different design ethics behind the two; we have very different colour schemes and hues as well -- making it all the more harder to believe they're from the same universe.

william-james88 wrote:

Lore Keeper wrote:I have my set ordered and it should be getting to me tomorrow!
Times like this do make me miss Fun Pub and the Ask Vector Prime segments. This two pack is a continuity curiosity, and I would love to be able to get an official answer on which fiction these figures are intended to belong to. My collection display depends on it!

These are technically his G1 incarnation since the back of the box calls him a data scientist and both it is supposed to show his evolution (as said in the back). So yeah, this is G1 Prime.