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Extra in hand image of Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Optimus Maximus

Posted by william-james88 Aug 4, 2015 at 11:26pm CDT 26,674 views
This is a tiny bit of news while we wait for a cool new reveal of some kind. When it comes to Optimus Maximus and in hand images, we have almost seen it all.

We have seen him with a closed chest:

Transformers News: Extra in hand image of Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Optimus Maximus

Here he is with Rodimus in his chest and his specific combiner team:

Transformers News: Extra in hand image of Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Optimus Maximus

But what about "open chest"? Well here it is with an all white limb theme (the hands and feet are not the ones which comes with the figure though):

Transformers News: Extra in hand image of Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Optimus Maximus

This photo came from Transformers Colombia's facebook page and features Optimus Maximus with Air Raid, Quickslinger, Rook, and Alpha Bravo. As you can see, the chest is the very same chest (plastic color and all) found for Ultra Prime:

Transformers News: Extra in hand image of Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Optimus Maximus

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Comment by Sabrblade Aug 4, 2015
So in the end, Grand Scourge remains the only version of this Optimus mold whose inner torso doesn't look outrageously boring.
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Comment by william-james88 Aug 4, 2015
Sabrblade wrote:So in the end, Grand Scourge remains the only version of this Optimus mold whose inner torso doesn't look outrageously boring.


Yup:

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Although I do feel that the dull grey works for the design in Menasor's open chest (dont know if yo consider him the same Optimus mold).
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Comment by Editor Aug 4, 2015
Well based on these pics, I'm glad I went back to get the wave 1 Prime. I'm OK with skipping Ghost Prime.....
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Comment by Autobot032 Aug 5, 2015
Wow. That's a LOT of white and man, is it ugly. Geez, that's ugly.

I hope the actual in hand combiner with the correct limbs will look better. Ugh.
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Comment by Shuttershock Aug 5, 2015
Editor wrote:Well based on these pics, I'm glad I went back to get the wave 1 Prime. I'm OK with skipping Ghost Prime.....


Plus, if trying to copy comic Optimus Maximus, you can always just paint the regular's head white. More or less the same if not better effect.

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Comment by Rodimus Prime Aug 5, 2015
william-james88 wrote:Well here it is with an all white limb theme (the hands and feet are not the ones which comes with the figure though):

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So where do those feet and hands come from? They look so much better. Are they the Perfect Effect add-ons?
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Comment by Autobot032 Aug 5, 2015
Rodimus Prime wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Well here it is with an all white limb theme (the hands and feet are not the ones which comes with the figure though):

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So where do those feet and hands come from? They look so much better. Are they the Perfect Effect add-ons?


They are indeed and they're fantastic. Well worth the $33.00. (You can get them cheaper at Scramblecore, though.) Absolutely worth the purchase. So much so, I ended up buying a color set that matches all three combiners so far.

Black for Defensor, Purple for Menasor and white for Superion as it should be. Although my Superion set had a very strong odor when they came out of the box. It was from the paint and it's dissipated, but it was there at first.
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Comment by Rodimus Prime Aug 5, 2015
Autobot032 wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:So where do those feet and hands come from? They look so much better. Are they the Perfect Effect add-ons?


They are indeed and they're fantastic. Well worth the $33.00. (You can get them cheaper at Scramblecore, though.) Absolutely worth the purchase. So much so, I ended up buying a color set that matches all three combiners so far.

Black for Defensor, Purple for Menasor and white for Superion as it should be. Although my Superion set had a very strong odor when they came out of the box. It was from the paint and it's dissipated, but it was there at first.
That's good to know. I planned on doing the same. Except I'm getting 2 black sets, because I think the black looks better on Superion. Strangely, I like that all-white Op Max. We can expect Bruticus to get a gray/silver set, correct?
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Comment by Mkall Aug 5, 2015
I think this has guaranteed that I'll be cancelling my preorder.

I'll be waiting for Grand Scourge.
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Comment by Autobot032 Aug 5, 2015
Rodimus Prime wrote:
Autobot032 wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:So where do those feet and hands come from? They look so much better. Are they the Perfect Effect add-ons?


They are indeed and they're fantastic. Well worth the $33.00. (You can get them cheaper at Scramblecore, though.) Absolutely worth the purchase. So much so, I ended up buying a color set that matches all three combiners so far.

Black for Defensor, Purple for Menasor and white for Superion as it should be. Although my Superion set had a very strong odor when they came out of the box. It was from the paint and it's dissipated, but it was there at first.
That's good to know. I planned on doing the same. Except I'm getting 2 black sets, because I think the black looks better on Superion. Strangely, I like that all-white Op Max. We can expect Bruticus to get a gray/silver set, correct?


Oh, I'd imagine. By the time PE's done, that mold should have a rainbow of colors and be falling apart. By the time we get to Computron (c'mon, you know Takara's going to make one), they should be held together by chewing gum wads and wishes. lol

Although...I must say, the Superion set is the third use of the mold and it's actually a bit tighter and stronger than the first two uses of it. So, I may be wrong on the mold degradation front.
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Comment by King Kuuga Aug 5, 2015
william-james88:
What makes sense to me is Blast Off being an attack vehicle like his teammates, rather than a craft which primarily operates in orbit. If Takara makes a space shuttle Blast Off, I'll try to get it. If they don't, I won't shed any tears for what could have been. Ditto for Hasbro's offering getting a new head. I speculated on that because the only pictures of him we have are a computer render and a literal repainted Quickslinger. I'm not getting my hopes up, but I'm not ruling it out as a possibility either. I still think legends Groove makes sense, but deluxe Groove looks like a good toy as well.
Now yes, "sense" and "transformers" have historically not been synonymous, and they still aren't, but you seem to be painting me as someone who harbors false hopes, which I am not. I'm easy to please. Combiner Wars has pleased me, more or less. I don't claim complete immunity to mold reuse, because yes, even I'm annoyed at the extent of it, but I'm also satisfied by the combiners we've got. Maybe I don't feel it as much because my only combiner right now is a Superion with Dragstrip filling in for Fireflight. Point is, unlike Ultra Magnus, I can deal with it. Except for "Betatron". That can go burn.
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Comment by peaces Aug 5, 2015
the more i see of white prime, the more i love him. definitely an ultra magnus combiner to me.
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Comment by RAR Aug 5, 2015
I have Optimus, I have Grand Scourge on order, and I anticipate I'll see a White Optimus on the shelf by October around here. Yet I still don't have any Combiner limbs - I really must do something about that.

Oh and considering that Groove is white I'd be interested to see if you can jam groove in to White Optimus' chest cavity or not as that might look better than Rodimus does perhaps.

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As to the under-decorated chest - I'm reminded of how the Energon Optimus has unpainted chest interior and the Superlink one has those parts painted. perhaps when some sort of Optimus set comes out in Japan what ever version they do will have similar paint inside the chest to Grand Scourge.
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Comment by william-james88 Aug 5, 2015
That Bot wrote:william-james88:
What makes sense to me is Blast Off being an attack vehicle like his teammates, rather than a craft which primarily operates in orbit. If Takara makes a space shuttle Blast Off, I'll try to get it. If they don't, I won't shed any tears for what could have been. Ditto for Hasbro's offering getting a new head. I speculated on that because the only pictures of him we have are a computer render and a literal repainted Quickslinger. I'm not getting my hopes up, but I'm not ruling it out as a possibility either. I still think legends Groove makes sense, but deluxe Groove looks like a good toy as well.
Now yes, "sense" and "transformers" have historically not been synonymous, and they still aren't, but you seem to be painting me as someone who harbors false hopes, which I am not. I'm easy to please. Combiner Wars has pleased me, more or less. I don't claim complete immunity to mold reuse, because yes, even I'm annoyed at the extent of it, but I'm also satisfied by the combiners we've got. Maybe I don't feel it as much because my only combiner right now is a Superion with Dragstrip filling in for Fireflight. Point is, unlike Ultra Magnus, I can deal with it. Except for "Betatron". That can go burn.


Thanks for your response. And I can totally see where you are coming from. I have 3 combiners so maybe that's why I am feeling it more. And I am in total agreement with Betatron :)
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Comment by ThunderThruster Aug 5, 2015
The more I see of the BC Prime, the more I'm glad I skipped the original prime release. Looking forward to this guy being released.

RAR wrote:I have Optimus, I have Grand Scourge on order, and I anticipate I'll see a White Optimus on the shelf by October around here. Yet I still don't have any Combiner limbs - I really must do something about that.

Oh and considering that Groove is white I'd be interested to see if you can jam groove in to White Optimus' chest cavity or not as that might look better than Rodimus does perhaps.


Groove can 'hang on' to the Optimus mold's nipple pegs with his hand holes. Configuring how he looks in that space is down preferential asthetic.
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Comment by william-james88 Aug 5, 2015
ThunderThruster wrote:
Groove can 'hang on' to the Optimus mold's nipple pegs with his hand holes.


:shock: That sounds so....dirty :oops:
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Comment by Rodimus Prime Aug 5, 2015
I wonder when ToysRUs will have the Protectobots up on their website.
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Comment by william-james88 Aug 5, 2015
Rodimus Prime wrote:I wonder when ToysRUs will have the Protectobots up on their website.


They never got them? In Canada, they came for one day and then disappeared and have yet to reappear.
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Comment by joeprime276 Aug 5, 2015
I'm sorry if this has been talked about before (which I'm sure it has), but what does everyone think of the next wave of CW featuring Ironhide, Prowl, Sunstreaker, and Mirage?
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Comment by Shuttershock Aug 5, 2015
joeprime276 wrote:I'm sorry if this has been talked about before (which I'm sure it has), but what does everyone think of the next wave of CW featuring Ironhide, Prowl, Sunstreaker, and Mirage?


Mostly toys that have more iconic deluxes, but built around a solid design and allows you to field at least one more combiner.
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