Seibertron Member Bass X0 has reported that Big Bad Toy Store have updated their listing for the upcoming FAB figures Ramjet, Ironhide, Optimus Prime and Smokescreen with some new pictures:
Ironhide is neither his Movie repaint Blue, nor his G1 Red, while Optimus Prime is a homage to G1 Hot Rod/Energon Rodimus.
All of these repaints are either vastly different or better than the Original (looking at you Ramjet).
Add this to the Stormsurge and Evac repaints we have seen lately, and could Hasbro be finally understanding what to do to make repaints worth a purchase?
Actualy, I like the silver, I just figured be the voice for all the horse beaters who'll never see this
They look awesome though, I realy like the SmokeScreen homage.
Well, ya see, he isn't red simply because the ramifications of such a thing, modified by the quasi-reality of the possibility of there being a "red version" of this figure compounded by the the fact that he..most likely...will be repainted red at some point...then Umm...
< pokes LE in the eyes and grabs the FAB Ironhide, then runs away laughing maniacly>
besides movie Iron Hide would look like a can of crushed tomatoes in Hasbro's hands, personaly, I hope it never happens. Besides, if he was named anything else, no one would care if he was red or not.
FAB Optimus = Awesome Rodimus, way better than an RV Smokescreen is fantastic except for the jazz head. G1 colors! not blue and white/green, red! They should release a normal version of him.
Wow... I'm pretty much loving all of these. Smokescreen is wicked, Optimus rocks (and is it me, or did they find some way to remove the hole in his grille in truck mode?), Ironhide looks way better with silver than the blue Allspark-powered version, and Ramjet's colors are far superior to Starscream's. I'd have preferred Thrust or Dirge instead of Ramjet considering that those two went to Botcon, but for all I know those repaints are on the way too.
Holy WOW, those rock. I thought I had finished with the movie toys, but it looks like I'm gettin' the new FABs also. I love how Prime is not only a nod to Rodimus, but to his G1 self as well. The blue legs, red chest and arms totally scream G1 Prime. Awesome.