Flame Toys Optimus Prime and Sketches of Tarn, Drift, Star Saber

Posted by Tyrannacon Jul 29, 2017 at 11:52am CDT 18,793 views

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As reported in our earlier post, about the non-transforming Tarn figure, the Flame Toys Twitter account is bustling with all sorts of new images today! Here we get a peak at an Optimus Prime from their booth at AGCHK!

Transformers News: Flame Toys Optimus Prime and sketches of other figures!

So far the sketches represent their designs for IDW incarnations of Tarn, Star Saber, Drift, plus Optimus Prime, who does not follow the same aesthetic, for some reason. What else do they have in store? Keep your optics here as we post them here for your viewing pleasure.

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Re: Flame Toys Optimus Prime and Sketches of Tarn, Drift, Star Saber (view post)

Comment by Carnivius_Prime Jul 29, 2017

Hm that Prime would be a weird looking truck if it did transform.

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Comment by Kurona Jul 29, 2017

I'd guess something similar to FoC -- I can't imagine this is meant to be anything but a Cybertronian robot mode.

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Comment by Carnivius_Prime Jul 29, 2017

Do they need wheels like that on Cybertron?

Re: Flame Toys Optimus Prime and Sketches of Tarn, Drift, Star Saber (view post)

Comment by Kurona Jul 29, 2017

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Pretty cool design either way.

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Comment by Carnivius_Prime Jul 29, 2017

Kurona wrote:¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Pretty cool design either way.

I dunno. Looks like he's really trying to hold his gut in. Also the chest reminds me more of RotF Bludgeon than Prime.

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Comment by returnofplex Jul 30, 2017

That Optimus Prime reminds me of a piece of art I saw a long time ago. It featured a giant profile of Megatron's face on the left side and a hyper anime style Optimus Prime on the right.

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Comment by Kurona Aug 22, 2017

Flametoys has revealed via tweet that their non-transforming but fully licensed figure of Drift - based on the original IDW design as he appeared in All Hail Megatron and his own original miniseries - has gone up for pre-orders on their official website, D4Toys for the fairly hefty price of $276. In addition, they've revealed that pre-ordering or purchasing the figure on their website also nets you an exclusive bonus Helmet piece for the figure; complete with pointy yellow spikes. Check out the image of it below and click on said image if you want to pre-order the figure before telling us what you think in the forums!

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Comment by Deadput Aug 22, 2017

Is that helmet even based on anything?

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Comment by lowman_x Aug 23, 2017

Deadput wrote:Is that helmet even based on anything?

Going out on a limb and saying "Yeah. Reindeer." :-P

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Comment by primalxconvoy Aug 23, 2017

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Comment by Microraptor Aug 23, 2017

He could kill a bot with those!

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Comment by Va'al Oct 13, 2017

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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Oct 14, 2017

Va'al wrote:

This is awesome

Re: Flame Toys Optimus Prime and Sketches of Tarn, Drift, Star Saber (view post)

Comment by Bronzewolf Dec 12, 2017

It was back in July when we first saw a prototype for the upcoming Flame Toys Tarn figure, and now we finally have more word about it's release. Coming as a tweet from the official Flame Toys Twitter account, we not only get an additional shot of Tarn, but also confirmation that we will be seeing more in regards to him at the upcoming TOYSOUL 2017 event in Hong Kong this upcoming weekend. If any news is broken from that event, you'll be sure to hear about it here on Seibertron.com!

Take a look at the new image they provided below, and then tell us if you are interested in picking up this non-transforming figure in the future, or if you'll wait to see more. One of the largest critiques of their previous Transformers figure, Drift, was the large price tag. It will be interesting if that changes at all with their new figure, Tarn.

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Comment by Jack Hallows Dec 12, 2017

Tarn looks dope. probly gonna cost a good $400 beans.

i anticipate the day they add Impactor to the design queue. :WRECKERS:

Re: Flame Toys Optimus Prime and Sketches of Tarn, Drift, Star Saber (view post)

Comment by Rated X Dec 12, 2017

I already have a great Tarn figure and he transforms...

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Comment by primalxconvoy Dec 12, 2017

Rated X wrote:I already have a great Tarn figure and he transforms...

Primalxconvoy likes this.

Re: Flame Toys Optimus Prime and Sketches of Tarn, Drift, Star Saber (view post)

Comment by Va'al Dec 14, 2017

Back in July, we saw sketches of some of products - both shown off in prototype form and not - by non-transforming action figure license-holding makers Flame Toys, who have come back into the news cycle recently with a teaser for their IDW Tarn (late leader of the late Decepticon Justice Division) figure, seen here.

As they announced, they will be attending this weekend's Hong Kong event Toysoul 2017, and it looks like someone took photos during show set up and we found that not only Tarn is ready to be shown off in full colour, but we also get a white prototype of the Star Saber figure, reminding us all that yes, Primus does indeed hate us. Check out the images below via Twitter user DkunDX and Ben Lai of HKTF!

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Comment by Plastic Hero Dec 14, 2017

That Drift and Tarn were both really nice, but I didn't feel I needed either of them. But this. THIS!

It's nice to see my favorite character get some love besides the masterpiece, and I don't care HOW MUCH I have to pay, Imma buy this sucker!

Re: Flame Toys Optimus Prime and Sketches of Tarn, Drift, Star Saber (view post)

Comment by Carnivius_Prime Dec 14, 2017

Still just looks like a Gundam copy but then I've never liked Star Saber in any form.

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