First Look at Armada Red Alert Robot Mode from Transformers Age of the Primes

Glyph wrote:Via @CsbiaoO_ again, here are some new pictures of the AOTP Armada Red Alert test shot, giving us our first look at the figure in robot mode (still minus the head).

He's shown standing next to Legacy United Silverbolt (Voyager) and next to the AOTP Prima test shot, so this also gives us a relative size reference for them. Quite a difference given that they're both listed as Voyager class in the waves leak!

The original images come from Baidu.

Thanks a bunch for your work and passion, Glyph

Not seeing the value of a Voyager class figure yet. It's about SS86 Ironhide/Ratchet's height, but nowhere near their complexity from the look of it - it's about as involved as a typical car to bot transformation. Give us a good Minicon Longarm then that should make this worth it.

But, I'll probably get this anyway as I want to complete my main 3 Armada autobot, then I just wish to see Demolishor. That's the only design left that I want in Armada.

cloudballoon wrote:Not seeing the value of a Voyager class figure yet. It's about SS86 Ironhide/Ratchet's height, but nowhere near their complexity from the look of it - it's about as involved as a typical car to bot transformation. Give us a good Minicon Longarm then that should make this worth it.

But, I'll probably get this anyway as I want to complete my main 3 Armada autobot, then I just wish to see Demolishor. That's the only design left that I want in Armada.

It looks like this figure is going for cartoon-accurate scale, in which Red Alert was taller than Hot Shot but didn't tower over him nearly as much as the original toys did.

Ooooh... new gallery & commentary for AOTP Megatronus / The Fallen from Mark Maher! (Instagram link, via TFW2005)

Sabrblade wrote:It looks like this figure is going for cartoon-accurate scale, in which Red Alert was taller than Hot Shot but didn't tower over him nearly as much as the original toys did.

I like the toon-accurate size, just not its Voyager price. It's kind on like Earthrise Trailbreaker/Hoist - near "Voyager" size but simple "Deluxe" transformation. Unlike Hot Rod where he's "Deluxe" size with complex engineering and came with good number of accessories that's worth the Voyager price (at least I can't imagine it could've been been done with Deluxe budget). What make this Red Alert worth the Voyager price without packing with a Minicon?

I do hold a bit of hope though, as I saw there's an minicon peg in alt mode. Though why it's in the back and not on the hood/bonnet where the 5mm hole is now like the OG toy is beyond me, but I guess DOES make sense if it comes with Longarm and it converts into a towing crane. I'd love to be happily surprised!

Glyph wrote:Ooooh... new gallery & commentary for AOTP Megatronus / The Fallen from Mark Maher! (Instagram link, via TFW2005)

Mark seems to be implying that all of the non-Prime toys in the line (like Armada Red Alert and such) are supposed to be direct bloodline descendants of the 13 Primes themselves.

New lore: The Well of Sparks was created by the 13 uniting all of their artifacts together. No more "Murdered Girl Prime melts down to become Cybertron's babymaker."

Mister Meg T. Fallen's staff is the Spark Fuser instead of the Void Scepter.

This Fallen looks a lot like a heavy Tarn retool.

Sabrblade wrote:Mark seems to be implying that all of the non-Prime toys in the line (like Armada Red Alert and such) are supposed to be direct bloodline descendants of the 13 Primes themselves.

New lore: The Well of Sparks was created by the 13 uniting all of their artifacts together. No more "Murdered Girl Prime melts down to become Cybertron's babymaker."

Mister Meg T. Fallen's staff is the Spark Fuser instead of the Void Scepter.

Good spot on the staff, I missed that.

Bloodline lore is meh, I assume that'll be valid for the duration of the AOTP line and retconned at will by other media later on. (And will come with own set of issues in the meantime, I'm sure.)

It's good to see an update to the founding lore - even if it gets a bit close to "unite the planet keys!"-type McGuffinery that could maybe factor into a "collect the artifacts" idea sometime in the future? - to cancel out one of Aligned's ickier additions. Can't remember, was that a Furmanism originally?

Looks like we have a first look at Prima's head, from another test shot showing up on Baidu. As with the rest of the design, the head looks quite different from previous iterations of Prima and features an elaborate crown-like upper section.

Kind of interesting to me that the face & lower helmet have a classic G1 Megatron bucket look to them, versus the Optimus-style helmet from TFOne. Because of the sharp lines I did go back and check the Geoff Senior original version from the Marvel comic, but aside from the chin plate there's no real resemblance there either.

Glyph wrote:Can't remember, was that a Furmanism originally?

Furmanisms are phrases.

Yeah, I know what the term normally means, but somewhat poor approaches to gender have been kind of a cliché for him too. I figured "was that a Furman addition" was clear...

Glyph wrote:Yeah, I know what the term normally means, but somewhat poor approaches to gender have been kind of a cliché for him too. I figured "was that a Furman addition" was clear...

Furman had no hand in any Aligned media. He wasn't writing for Transformers at the time.

"Solus --> Well" was done by the author of the Covenant of Primus book, Justina Robson.

OK, cheers. I was a bit out of the deep fandom around that time and lose track of where the threads came together for Aligned/Covenant stuff.

Glyph wrote:

Kind of interesting to me that the face & lower helmet have a classic G1 Megatron bucket look to them

Speaking of Megatron(s), I was staring at his upper lip because the mouth shape looked a little weird and it started looking like a moustache and now all I can see is Soun Tendo staring out of a bucket helmet.

Send help.

Glyph wrote:

It's the "Powerful Robot" from "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4".

Ah, you're right. Nicely updated and embellished, but clearly the biggest design inspiration.

I always forget about that guy, because my brain refuses to process that image as anything other than Cyclonus.

After getting images of headless test samples of Transformers Age of the Primes Prima, we finally have a test shot that includes the head. It first showed up on on Baidu. Unlike the body, which was inspired by the Alligned Continuity design, the head is an homage to a character from the G1 Episode, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4". This character was known as "Powerful Robot" and shared Cyclonus' body, but was later retconned to be "G1" Prima.

Now we know that there are at least 2 different heads on the same spru when making the toy, so with this being a test, we don't know if this is the head Prima will have at retail or a second head to be used for a G1 inspired redeco.

That's actually a pretty cool headsculpt. Even though I'm not a geewunner, I think I'd prefer his cartoon colors as opposed to what I've seen in the colored test figure. And in either color scheme, that's a pretty unique headsculpt

-Kanrabat- wrote:This Fallen looks a lot like a heavy Tarn retool.

Nope. It's a different sized figure for starters. It might share some engineering cues, but it's no retool.

ThunderThruster wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:This Fallen looks a lot like a heavy Tarn retool.

Nope. It's a different sized figure for starters. It might share some engineering cues, but it's no retool.

Thank God. Tarn is really thin.

So this means it is a leader?
A small leader like Primal and Bee Megs, or a larger one like Dragon Megs and the SS86 Dinobots?

-Kanrabat- wrote:So this means it is a leader?
A small leader like Primal and Bee Megs, or a larger one like Dragon Megs and the SS86 Dinobots?

Yes, he's a Leader. Going by the original list and wave breakdown, so far we have:

• Leader: Megatronus, Onyx
• Voyager: Prima, Alpha Trion
• Deluxe: Solus, Alchemist, Micronus

Couple of size references from the gallery:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

ThunderThruster wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:This Fallen looks a lot like a heavy Tarn retool.

Nope. It's a different sized figure for starters. It might share some engineering cues, but it's no retool.

Thank God. Tarn is really thin.

So this means it is a leader?
A small leader like Primal and Bee Megs, or a larger one like Dragon Megs and the SS86 Dinobots?

should be the same size/bulk as leader galvatron

Glyph wrote:

Oh, he will feel like a REAL leader at least.

There's high chances I'll pre-order him.

I don't know anything about AOTP, other than a brief mention in Transformers One, but that Megatronus figure looks very cool and like a must have!

We have even more images of Prima coming to us from Baidu. While one shows the body with the head, the others have a random Megatron head as substitute to show the articulation and scale. We also see how some of the joints work with the arms being attached to the clear plastic windshield.

Oh boy, can't wait for the endless complaints about clear plastic... But anyway, Prima is looking pretty cool. I like the grey version that's been going around, it's an interesting cybertronian alt mode and the robot looks good despite some hollowness.

The Fallen is looking impressive as heck, didn't realize he was that big! Gonna go check out that gallery right now...

kirbenvost wrote:Oh boy, can't wait for the endless complaints about clear plastic... But anyway, Prima is looking pretty cool. I like the grey version that's been going around, it's an interesting cybertronian alt mode and the robot looks good despite some hollowness.

The Fallen is looking impressive as heck, didn't realize he was that big! Gonna go check out that gallery right now...

I don't mind clear plastics. As long that they are not used for thin tabs or joints that have to endure stress.

BTW, despite all the fears, SS86 Ratchet and Ironhide remains rock solid even after numerous transformations.

On one hand, that's some chunky clear plastic that they seem to have reenforced it well so it's probably fine... but that test is already broken all the way around where it screws on. Hopefully that's from stress testing it and not something to watch out for.



Emerje

#1 Signal Lancer fan wrote:I’ve done some thinking and gathered my best guesses on which design each of the Thirteen is likely to be based on...

Prima: This one has to be either his G1 appearance or Aligned, but I would lean towards Aligned

In light of the head reveal, I guess that's both.

Between that and the other two confirmed guesses below, I'm 3-0 right now

#1 Signal Lancer fan wrote:The Fallen: Dreamwave Comics


Liege Maximo: Marvel Comics

Some leaked info regarding upcoming AOTP toys and more:



JTPrime17 has reportedly verified this information.

A properly colored version of the prototype/test shot of Age of the Primes voysger Red Alert has appeared on Baidu:




No view of the head here, it's probably still missing (like the uncoloured test shot seen previously) but could just be hidden by the chest panel being flipped up.

Glyph wrote:A properly colored version of the prototype/test shot of Age of the Primes voysger Red Alert has appeared on Baidu:




No view of the head here, it's probably still missing (like the uncoloured test shot seen previously) but could just be hidden by the chest panel being flipped up.

I'm not sure whats up with all the leaks photos. Its either some abstract art I don't get, or they are just bad at taking pics. I understand they prolly are not the biggest action figure fans with posing and such, but damn, lol.

Looking better and better, but what I really would like is a Prowl recolor and a 2-pack please. C'mon Hasbro.

Overcracker wrote:Looking better and better, but what I really would like is a Prowl recolor and a 2-pack please. C'mon Hasbro.

They even have a possible multi-layered name ready: Mach Alert.

Overcracker wrote:Looking better and better, but what I really would like is a Prowl recolor and a 2-pack please. C'mon Hasbro.

So you just jump from site to site to post the same stuff when the same news gets released huh?

Randomhero wrote:

Overcracker wrote:Looking better and better, but what I really would like is a Prowl recolor and a 2-pack please. C'mon Hasbro.

So you just jump from site to site to post the same stuff when the same news gets released huh?

You just like to stalk people?

Can I not comment on different sites?

Overcracker wrote:Looking better and better, but what I really would like is a Prowl recolor and a 2-pack please. C'mon Hasbro.

I'd be all over that, I use that Starscream as my Armada Thrust. If only we had a Dirge proxy...

Emerje

We have a (blurry) look Age of the Primes commander class Superion and titan class Star Convoy revealed. Though not great images, these are our first look at the toys. They are screenshots of a leaked Hasbro Pulse video. So that means we should be getting our first good and full look soon. Star Convoy has the typical chest so he isn't the same look we saw on AOTP Megatronus' box. JT Prime 17 said that this titan class figure should cost $40 less than this year's titan, but the price is yet to be officially revealed.

Let us know what you think!

Adding (presumably) box art for Silverbolt & Slingshot (@CsbiaoO_):

Red Alert too:

Update from known reliable leaker JTPrime17:

"Star Convoy will debut the new Titan price point. Which is CHEAPER than the usual $199.99. If I recall correctly his MSRP is $159.99


titans also now come packed in cases of 3 and not 2 anymore"

In other words, "Titan" now equals "HasLab but for mass retail".

Is it just me, or are those Menasor-based limbs I see?

Ah, looks like TFW2005 have a gallery of all the Wave 1 box art reveals!

By my count, this gives us our first looks at Solus Prime, Silverbolt & Slingshot, plus Animated Wasp, G2 Grimlock (and Wheelie!), Star Convoy, and proper images of Prima and Red Alert.

Images (click to embiggen):

Ahh they're gonna make me buy Star Convoy aren't they...

Wallet will hurt....

Slingshots brick mode is probably the worst alt mode any slingshot has ever had. Star convoy better be motorised at the price they are charging.

blackeyedprime wrote:Slingshots brick mode is probably the worst alt mode any slingshot has ever had.

Animation accurate, he wasn't precisely aerodynamic in the cartoon.

blackeyedprime wrote:Star convoy better be motorised at the price they are charging.

Ha!, you must be new, or just very naive.

Probably just large enough to not feel totally overpriced.

blackeyedprime wrote:Slingshots brick mode is probably the worst alt mode any slingshot has ever had. Star convoy better be motorised at the price they are charging.

He won't be. And the price is cheaper than other titans.

So if Titan Grandus ever does come to be, he'll be this downsized-Titan-class as well?

And here I was so sure "Titan" Star Convoy would be smaller but come with Sky Garry to bulk him up to $200, because then a Titan Grandus in 2026 would match the relative scale of their G1 toys. Sigh.

Sabrblade wrote:Update from known reliable leaker JTPrime17:

"Star Convoy will debut the new Titan price point. Which is CHEAPER than the usual $199.99. If I recall correctly his MSRP is $159.99


titans also now come packed in cases of 3 and not 2 anymore"

In other words, "Titan" now equals "HasLab but for mass retail".

Does it? The price drop indicates otherwise. It's cheaper so I'm pretty sure it will be smaller than 2 feet. Yeah, so is HasLab Omega Prime, but he contains 2 separate figures.

I'm much more interested in Superion. He looks good and beefy. But I thought silverbolt himself was a commander class figure. Shouldn't Superion be larger? Or will they incorporate the same setup Menasor got?