In-Hand Images - Takara Tomy TRU Japan Exclusive Movie Advanced Black Knight Optimus Prime

Fan of Nemesis Prime who don't already have the mold will jump on him for sure!

I already got that Optimus retool so I will pass. However, I will have a pair of AOE Nemesis Primes in the form of the Power Battler version thanks to HLJ's flash sale. One I will open, the other will be kept sealed.

This guy looks so badass. Definitely another Nemesis to add to the (eventual) shelf.

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:Surprising how many people confuse Black Optimus/Convoy for Nemesis.




At least were not confusing him for Scourge.

PotAYto, PotAHto.
A black & teal Optimus is just an EVIL sonnova. No matter his name.
Including this one, who is called "Night Watch".



Optimus is in black and/or teal?
RUN!

Hellscream9999 wrote:
I'm not confusing them, I honestly don't care about their names. Nemesis Prime has one of the best names and "characters" ever. I don't care what his name is, if I get any of these figures I will call them Nemesis Prime - always.

Nemesis sounds boring and cliche to me.



i think Scourge is a better name and character (In that he is more then just an evil Optimus and doesn't look exactly like him just similar)

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:
I'm not confusing them, I honestly don't care about their names. Nemesis Prime has one of the best names and "characters" ever. I don't care what his name is, if I get any of these figures I will call them Nemesis Prime - always.

Nemesis sounds boring and cliche to me.



i think Scourge is a better name and character (In that he is more then just an evil Optimus and doesn't look exactly like him just similar)

Hellscream9999 wrote:

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:
I'm not confusing them, I honestly don't care about their names. Nemesis Prime has one of the best names and "characters" ever. I don't care what his name is, if I get any of these figures I will call them Nemesis Prime - always.

Nemesis sounds boring and cliche to me.



i think Scourge is a better name and character (In that he is more then just an evil Optimus and doesn't look exactly like him just similar)

I grew up with BW, so I prefer my Scourges to be sadistic chemists - and while I probably won't get one ever again (outside Oil Slick), I still prefer it that way.

Ah head canon... convincing fanboys their imaginary rules are right and everybody else is wrong since 1984.

This isnt Scourge... or Nemesis, its Black Knight Optimus Prime. Getting into a debate over which name you will call your toy because you need to compartmentalise it with all the other black repaints seems futile.

I will call him Alpha Bravo. Back from the ether and reformatted for revenge. Because thats how I roll.

Just enjoy the toy

Stumpybot wrote:Ah head canon... convincing fanboys their imaginary rules are right and everybody else is wrong since 1984.

This isnt Scourge... or Nemesis, its Black Knight Optimus Prime. Getting into a debate over which name you will call your toy because you need to compartmentalise it with all the other black repaints seems futile.

I will call him Alpha Bravo. Back from the ether and reformatted for revenge. Because thats how I roll.

Just enjoy the toy

That, not what I'm doing, I was simply answering a question he posted about something else that no one bothered to look into - that is, I was simply asking why we don't get any nemesis characters through hasbro. For the purposes of being concise, I lump all 'nemesis prime' types together under the umbrella name nemesis.

And head canon, please; there's just as much reason for me to want a sadistic chemist scourge as there is for you to want a starscream that is a conniving back-stabber

Moosey wrote:If I can find this nemesis for less than $100, I'm in. How is the Leader prime/Armor knight Prime figure? I remember people being lukewarm about the leader class, but I haven't really seen any reviews for the armor knight version.

3 seconds of search on Youtube, dude.



And yes, that remold improve significantly on the original.
Get that one and/or the Nemesis version, you'll win either way.

I donno, this figure just seems like a step backwards from the engineering and quality of the Movie2 Optimus. There are so many bits and bobs there that just seem to get in the way. The legs especially just seem off somehow.

When we got 2007 Leader Optimus he was good for the time but not super accurate - they fixed that with the subsequent versions making a pretty darn close to the Movie Leader for ROTF (later tweaked several times).

I have to notice the many versions of the AOE Optimus the Modified Takara one being the best of the bunch - but there is still some work that could be done to free the leg skirts up a bit and hide some more of the truck kibble especially the wheels..

So I have to wonder will the 5th Movie's Optimus be a improvement over the Takara (face swapping) one or will it be a toy like the RID-15 5 step changer Optimus that will likely have a more limited appeal to adults.

I so want to believe Transformers will get better - but in all honesty I don't think I can say that any longer.

So I'm a little concerned that if we have any chance of getting a good optimus at all it will only be if they make a very very very expensive 5th Movie ; 'Movie Masterpiece' version for a very premium price.

Shockwave7 wrote:

megatronus wrote:

Shockwave7 wrote:I donno, this figure just seems like a step backwards from the engineering and quality of the Movie2 Optimus. There are so many bits and bobs there that just seem to get in the way. The legs especially just seem off somehow.

Is this news to you? I mean, this mold has been out for nearly a year and half at his point. I'd rather appreciate it for what it is rather than fruitlessly compare it to ROTF Optimus, especially since this version incorporates Takara's awesome remolded bits.

(shrug) You go right ahead and appreciate it for what it is, then. Not taking that away from anybody. You should be appreciative then that I actually gave movie2 Optimus a veiled compliment, given my oft-voiced opinion that I think the Bayverse toys in general are a waste of plastic....

nice figure but simple repaint does not work for me