Better Quality Stock Images of Transformers Power of the Primes Optimal Optimus

Posted by Va'al Apr 26, 2018 at 9:28am CDT 28,976 views

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Ready for the latest fan-vote result to make it onto shelves? Transformers Power of the Primes Optimal Optimus is ready to make it at retail in the upcoming months! While this is not the first time we have seen the images, and you can head back here and here to confirm that, a new listing on online retailer Amazon.com has the same without a watermark, and some additional bio and packaging info about the toy.

We get to see the box, several of the Evolution mode (gorilla, empty shell, boarding gorilla, plus a single shot of the Optimus Primal inner robot. Check them out below!

Fan Vote Prime – character chosen by fans
Evolves from Deluxe Class Optimus Primal figure to Leader Class Optimal Optimus figure. Converts between 4 modes.
Works with Prime Master figures (Prime Master figures not included. Each sold separately. Subject to availability.)
Includes Leader Class Optimal Optimus figure with Evolution armor, Matrix of Leadership accessory, 2 accessories, collector card, and instructions.
Ages 8 and up

Optimus Primal was chosen by fans to bear the Matrix of Leadership in the first-ever Fan Vote Prime poll. When Optimus Primal becomes a Prime, he evolves to Optimal Optimus. Celebrate the fan-chosen Prime with this Transformers Generations Power of the Primes Evolution Optimal Optimus figure. Use the included Evolution Armor to evolve the figure from a Deluxe Class Optimus Primal figure to a 9-inch-scale Leader Class Optimal Optimus figure. The included Matrix of Leadership accessory fits inside the Optimal Optimus figure's chest. Insert a Prime Master figure (not included, each sold separately, subject to availability) into the Matrix of Leadership accessory and imagine Optimal Optimus wields legendary power. Also features Mega-Blast Missile Cannons and a hoverboard accessory. Figure Specs: 4 Modes Evolves from Optimus Primal figure to Optimal Optimus figure in 18 steps Includes 3 accessories and a collectible character card Transformers and all related characters are trademarks of Hasbro.

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Comment by Coptur Apr 26, 2018

I don't dislike it but I don't love it

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Comment by o.supreme Apr 26, 2018

TF-fan kev777 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Exactly! Some fans seem to have the memory of a goldfish sometimes. I swear this comes up every year. We had that last year too with people not believing that Titans Return would end so early with only 1 deluxe in the final wave. But it did, and then we got POTP. Same thing will happen again.

I think what is throwing some people is how early (late Novebmer) PotP wave 1 showed up in the US. But I think that had more to do with whatever distribution problems Hasbro had with TR waves 5 and 6.

Additionally PotP is the first of the new shorter brands (1 year) as opposed to CW which was a full 18 months/6 waves, and TR which also was almost 18 months, and had its 6th wave sadly cut short (Yes I know all we ever saw was a Slugslinger, however I think the idea to start annual rebranding was quite a while ago, Hasbro just didn't make it public until last year. The majority of the fan community was positive we'd see more TR revealed at SDCC in 2017, instead they showed PotP...) . T30 was a full 2 years almost, and had what...8 or 9 waves?

Having a 12 months cycle, shorter series, is going to take some getting used to, especially for some of us old fogies who don't like change

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Comment by Blitzwing is bae Apr 26, 2018

Looks a little constipated in gorilla mode :shock:

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Comment by RiddlerJ Apr 26, 2018

I wish he didn't have the same arms in both modes. Looks a little lazy. The original Optimal Optimus had some difference in the arms at least.

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Comment by Carnivius_Prime Apr 26, 2018

I tried but I can't think of even one thing i like about that Optimal figure.

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Comment by Mindmaster Apr 26, 2018

The more I look at Primal, the less interested I am. I think I’ll just get the original to satisfy my Optimal Optimus needs.

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Comment by Rodimus Knight Apr 26, 2018

It doesn't look like his guns will flip over his shoulder either, that's disappointing. I hope there are at least peg holes for it, cause those two guns combined into one in this case looks awful. It really feels like they didn't try

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Comment by Overcracker Apr 26, 2018

Rodimus Knight wrote:It doesn't look like his guns will flip over his shoulder either, that's disappointing. I hope there are at least peg holes for it, cause those two guns combined into one in this case looks awful. It really feels like they didn't try

We've already seen the guns can point forward:

Also he looks really cool to me. I mean in what I expected the line gimmick to offer, and how the toys ae being made now, It's pretty good option.

At least its much better than the last time we got a new figure of that design.

That one didn't even get a correct monkey mode.

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Comment by Randomhero Apr 26, 2018

RiddlerJ wrote:I wish he didn't have the same arms in both modes. Looks a little lazy. The original Optimal Optimus had some difference in the arms at least.

...what?

Yes he did. You just rotated the elbows and flipped the thumbs. It’s the exact same gimmick In both toys. What are you on?

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Comment by Wolfman Jake Apr 26, 2018

Carnivius_Prime wrote:I tried but I can't think of even one thing i like about that Optimal figure.

I've tried, but I can't think of even one thing I don't like about that Optimal Optimus figure. Seriously, I can't wait to have this guy in my collection.

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Comment by Rodimus Knight Apr 26, 2018

Randomhero wrote:
RiddlerJ wrote:I wish he didn't have the same arms in both modes. Looks a little lazy. The original Optimal Optimus had some difference in the arms at least.

...what?

Yes he did. You just rotated the elbows and flipped the thumbs. It’s the exact same gimmick In both toys. What are you on?

There was a difference actually, the panels that cover the forearms in the original version, came off and attached to the shoulders for Robot Mode. It looks like they might be able to do that in this new toy based on the peg holes in the shoulders.

https://static.seibertron.com/images/to ... mus061.jpg

https://static.seibertron.com/images/to ... mus002.jpg

Sorry not sure how to get the image to view on it's own.

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Comment by Overcracker Apr 26, 2018

Rodimus Knight wrote:

https://static.seibertron.com/images/to ... mus061.jpg

https://static.seibertron.com/images/to ... mus002.jpg

Sorry not sure how to get the image to view on it's own.

Surround the url with img tags. There's an img button you can use at the top of the full reply box.

[img]https://static.seibertron.com/images/toys/files/20/r_optimaloptimus002.jpg[/img ]

*left a space there before the last bracket so it would not parse the tags and show the img.

This is the result:

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Comment by william-james88 Apr 26, 2018

The arms do change from one mode to the next since the forearms guards in gorilla mode end up being repositioned as major shoulder pylons in robot mode.

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Comment by Rodimus Knight Apr 26, 2018

Overcracker wrote:
Rodimus Knight wrote:

https://static.seibertron.com/images/to ... mus061.jpg

https://static.seibertron.com/images/to ... mus002.jpg

Sorry not sure how to get the image to view on it's own.

Surround the url with img tags. There's an img button you can use at the top of the full reply box.

[img]https://static.seibertron.com/images/toys/files/20/r_optimaloptimus002.jpg[/img ]

*left a space there before the last bracket so it would not parse the tags and show the img.

This is the result:

Thanks for the info, hopefully I'll remember it next time I want to post an image.

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Comment by Carnivius_Prime Apr 26, 2018

Wolfman Jake wrote:
Carnivius_Prime wrote:I tried but I can't think of even one thing i like about that Optimal figure.

I've tried, but I can't think of even one thing I don't like about that Optimal Optimus figure. Seriously, I can't wait to have this guy in my collection.

Ok well enjoy. I just find it to be one of the ugliest Transformers figures I've ever seen (not this particular toy's fault but the original design). All the modes look hideous (that space ship mode is latter G1 levels of crud) and not helped by that awful colour scheme. Maybe it's just a Beast Wars fan thing of which I never was. Anyways that's just my opinion. Hope the figure does the job for you.

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Comment by RiddlerJ Apr 26, 2018

Randomhero wrote:
RiddlerJ wrote:I wish he didn't have the same arms in both modes. Looks a little lazy. The original Optimal Optimus had some difference in the arms at least.

...what?

Yes he did. You just rotated the elbows and flipped the thumbs. It’s the exact same gimmick In both toys. What are you on?

1524752715-op2.jpg

1524752715-op3.jpg

Am I...am I not seeing it? The arms look the same to me.

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Comment by Sabrblade Apr 26, 2018

RiddlerJ wrote:
Randomhero wrote:
RiddlerJ wrote:I wish he didn't have the same arms in both modes. Looks a little lazy. The original Optimal Optimus had some difference in the arms at least.

...what?

Yes he did. You just rotated the elbows and flipped the thumbs. It’s the exact same gimmick In both toys. What are you on?

1524752715-op2.jpg

1524752715-op3.jpg

Am I...am I not seeing it? The arms look the same to me.

That's because the photographer didn't detach the panels from the arms and attach them to the shoulders like on the original toy.

You can see them on the shoulders here:

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Comment by RiddlerJ Apr 26, 2018

Sabrblade wrote:
RiddlerJ wrote:
Randomhero wrote:
RiddlerJ wrote:I wish he didn't have the same arms in both modes. Looks a little lazy. The original Optimal Optimus had some difference in the arms at least.

...what?

Yes he did. You just rotated the elbows and flipped the thumbs. It’s the exact same gimmick In both toys. What are you on?

1524752715-op2.jpg

1524752715-op3.jpg

Am I...am I not seeing it? The arms look the same to me.
That's because the photographer didn't detach the panels from the arms and attach them to the shoulders like on the original toy.

You can see them on the shoulders here:

Aha. That's better.

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Comment by chuckdawg1999 Apr 26, 2018

TF-fan kev777 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
mordhelm wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:So you think WFC will be released early?

No, what he is saying is that releases are going to the normal schedule Hasbro adheres to in terms of wave releases:

Launch dates
PotP:
Wave 1: Dec 2017/Jan 2018
Wave 2: Mar/Apr 2018
Wave 3: Jun/Jul 2018
Wave 4: Sep/Oct 2018

WfC:
Wave 1: Dec 2018/Jan 2019

Exactly! Some fans seem to have the memory of a goldfish sometimes. I swear this comes up every year. We had that last year too with people not believing that Titans Return would end so early with only 1 deluxe in the final wave. But it did, and then we got POTP. Same thing will happen again.

I think what is throwing some people is how early (late Novebmer) PotP wave 1 showed up in the US. But I think that had more to do with whatever distribution problems Hasbro had with TR waves 5 and 6.

That's what I saying. POTP was found on shelves over a month before the expected release date. If they're going to hold firm with WFC, then there's going to be some time with no new product. I just figured they launch their other line to fill the gap.

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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Apr 26, 2018

So far I am still convinced that Primal will be the best of the 3 leader molds. I am loving him and he is on the very short list once he's out

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