Movie Optimus Prime Soon to get Potentially Rare Bingo Sports Release Exclusive to Japan

Interesting, Studio Series Crosshairs makes a shockingly good Prime. If I am able to get a hold of this easily then I will. It reminds my a lot of the Alternity GT stuff in a way.

Wishful thinking, they could have made this the same scale as Alternity/Alternators. You would certainly get the details in car mode to be close as the real car. Look forward to seeing more photos of this though.

SGM

Overcracker wrote:Very, very interesting. Why did they go for the Last Knight / AOE Prime design?

Probably because he's the most recognizable version of Prime without a truck chest. Sure they could have just made up a new design like they did in Alternity and GTS or whatever, but then it wouldn't have the recognition appeal.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

Overcracker wrote:Very, very interesting. Why did they go for the Last Knight / AOE Prime design?

Probably because he's the most recognizable version of Prime without a truck chest. Sure they could have just made up a new design like they did in Alternity and GTS or whatever, but then it wouldn't have the recognition appeal.

Emerje

They have made new Prime designs from nee collaborations. like the Moon rover prime, so picking a 7 year old design, have not seen since in any thing else seems awkward at best.

I think more than likely the usage of movie molds is predicated on them being movie characters, so basically they may have had no choice if they wanted it to be Prime.

Realized I never commented on this, I absolutely LOVE this! I will do what I can to get this guy for sure!

Studio Series Crosshairs it's my favorite mold, but I like this idea a lot and it keep a eye on when the orders go up.

Kinda reminds me of binaltech but using a much cheaper mold to be sold at a loot more than the original use. Lots of paint though, it's nice and different even for me that doesn't want it.

I was thinking about this but I remembered how fiddly the mold is.

-Kanrabat- wrote:I completely forgot that I ordered this thing.

I just got my shipping notice from Amazon.jp.

Let's hope it will be worth the total price.

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I hope that for you too. Take some pics when you get it, I'll make a news story

I got my Bingotimus! How is it? Let's see.

First, the box is the smallest possible, without window, but brightly colored.








Unboxing...



The manual show a transformation that will be simple enough to do.




Despite the kibbles, the bot mode is pretty cool. However, I think it would need more paint on the head and chest.






Bingotimus is a obvious retool of SS Crossair. And he can sport the "trenchcoat" look pretty well too.



His neck collar prevent his head from turning more than just a bit. No waist articulation too.



Comparing him to his elders, Silver Knight Optimus, and the TLK voyager Optimus.



Now, remember that I said previously that his transformation look simple?
It is simple... In theory.
In reality, the transformation is a nightmare of annoying panels that keep pushing each other, the whole roof section keep popping off from its single balljoint, things go in, things pop out, panels massage, panels massage, then
SNAP!
Off a side-view mirror goes.



They could have made the side-mirrors as a separate part made out of rubber to prevent this. But NOOOOOOOOO. Let's make them fragile things that are like a model kit part on a sprue.


If you conveniently ignore the misaligned panels (I gave up), the painting of the car mode is magnificent. But what's the point of all that paint if the car looks like it crashed?






I tried my best to repair that mirror.



In the end, this whole thing is
OVERPRICED GARBAGE.
86$CAN into the trash.

Amazon.JP does not take any returns from foreign sales so I'm stuck with it.
I will put that waste of plastics back into its box, and in due time, I'll dump it onto my local geek store. I hope to get back at least 50% of what I paid.

TlDr; be warned. This thing is NOT GOOD even if it was a 30$ deluxe. Now imagine for double or triple that price. Not worth it.
At all.