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New Color Images: Super GT Optimus Prime and Star Saber

Posted by El Duque Nov 16, 2012 at 7:48am CST 28,515 views

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Re: New Color Images: Super GT Optimus Prime and Star Saber (view post)
Comment by SKYWARPED_128 Nov 16, 2012
Almost sold on OP. Aw, who am I kidding?! I'm definitely buying the toy! Alt mode looks nice, and it even comes with a race queen fig!
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Comment by RodimalToyota Nov 16, 2012
Sexy, and I haven't even seen the race queens yet. /snark
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Comment by Solrac333 Nov 16, 2012
I WANT! :grin:

But not for $119.95. :-( :BOOM:
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Comment by RodimalToyota Nov 16, 2012
That price is all the paint tampos and stickers.
Look how much work will have to go into each model coming out.
Those are basically 1:32 scale replica's, that transform into highly articulated robots.
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Comment by kirbenvost Nov 16, 2012
Damn, these things look amazing in color. I want! But yeah, too rich for my blood. :(
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Comment by President-prime Nov 16, 2012
Yep! Preordered both. Got $20 off, plus free shipping. Yeah...gonna sell my unwanted to get new want.
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Comment by Manterax Prime Nov 16, 2012
Shiny! But I need color images of the bot modes before I make a call.
Re: New Color Images: Super GT Optimus Prime and Star Saber (view post)
Comment by Kibble Nov 16, 2012
These actually look pretty good...but not $100+ a pop good. Maybe if they were alt/BT size they could get away with the asking price. Probably have 3rd Party to blame for that, though. We're dumb enough to pay those prices there, why not here, too? Glad these are pretty insignificant figures to anything outside their own strange continuity.
Re: New Color Images: Super GT Optimus Prime and Star Saber (view post)
Comment by RodimalToyota Nov 16, 2012
President-prime wrote:Yep! Preordered both. Got $20 off, plus free shipping. Yeah...gonna sell my unwanted to get new want.


Thanks for the heads up, I did the same, great deal!
Re: New Color Images: Super GT Optimus Prime and Star Saber (view post)
Comment by KNM2012 Nov 16, 2012
RodimalToyota wrote:That price is all the paint tampos and stickers.
Look how much work will have to go into each model coming out.
Those are basically 1:32 scale replica's, that transform into highly articulated robots.


Actually, the extra price goes towards both the content and share of profits. The tampos and stickers are said to be part of the collaboration, while everything else will cost money.

More importantly, I am wondering if they had made an extra effort into fixing the issues tied to the original Alternity model. However... I have to pull out of the race, when it comes to these, for two reasons.

1) I have one of two possible 2013 trips to plan out and pay for.

2) In three weeks, my first anniversary (as a collector) will be here, and I have decided that I want to be focusing on Generation One for most of "Year Two." :-B

Now if you do not mind...I have a conundrum to figure out. :BOOM:
Re: New Color Images: Super GT Optimus Prime and Star Saber (view post)
Comment by RodimalToyota Nov 16, 2012
KUMA-NIN Maximus wrote:
RodimalToyota wrote:That price is all the paint tampos and stickers.
Look how much work will have to go into each model coming out.
Those are basically 1:32 scale replica's, that transform into highly articulated robots.


Actually, the extra price goes towards both the content and share of profits. The tampos and stickers are said to be part of the collaboration, while everything else will cost money.

More importantly, I am wondering if they had made an extra effort into fixing the issues tied to the original Alternity model. However... I have to pull out of the race, when it comes to these, for two reasons.

1) I have one of two possible 2013 trips to plan out and pay for.

2) In three weeks, my first anniversary (as a collector) will be here, and I have decided that I want to be focusing on Generation One for most of "Year Two." :-B

Now if you do not mind...I have a conundrum to figure out. :BOOM:


I mean the actual act of having those tampos put on the toy, that's a lot of paint, stickers, human labor per piece to do.
Re: New Color Images: Super GT Optimus Prime and Star Saber (view post)
Comment by KNM2012 Nov 16, 2012
RodimalToyota wrote:
KUMA-NIN Maximus wrote:
RodimalToyota wrote:That price is all the paint tampos and stickers.
Look how much work will have to go into each model coming out.
Those are basically 1:32 scale replica's, that transform into highly articulated robots.


Actually, the extra price goes towards both the content and share of profits. The tampos and stickers are said to be part of the collaboration, while everything else will cost money.

More importantly, I am wondering if they had made an extra effort into fixing the issues tied to the original Alternity model. However... I have to pull out of the race, when it comes to these, for two reasons.

1) I have one of two possible 2013 trips to plan out and pay for.

2) In three weeks, my first anniversary (as a collector) will be here, and I have decided that I want to be focusing on Generation One for most of "Year Two." :-B

Now if you do not mind...I have a conundrum to figure out. :BOOM:


I mean the actual act of having those tampos put on the toy, that's a lot of paint, stickers, human labor per piece to do.


Oh yeah... Increased labor costs. #-o

I forgot that they are not producing all their pieces in China these days. :HEADHURTS:
Re: New Color Images: Super GT Optimus Prime and Star Saber (view post)
Comment by guarayakha Nov 16, 2012
I might just cave in and get myself a prime...

StarSaber, as much as I love the guy, just looks off with the plain blue. Needs more white and red to balance it out, IMO.
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Comment by KNM2012 Nov 16, 2012
guarayakha wrote:I might just cave in and get myself a prime...

StarSaber, as much as I love the guy, just looks off with the plain blue. Needs more white and red to balance it out, IMO.


I was thinking the same about Star Saber! I mean with Ultra Magnus and Dai Atlas, their Alternity colors fit them like a glove (even though many thought that Dai Atlas should have gotten a head sculpt). But with Saber, I felt that they should at least have considered reversing the color scheme so the red would have better complicated the blue.

But on the bright side... They are not sporting a large Autobot symbol that tends to explain why most of the Autobots (*cough*Sideswipe*cough*) were killed off long before season 3 happened. :lol:
Re: New Color Images: Super GT Optimus Prime and Star Saber (view post)
Comment by El Duque Nov 17, 2012
From the twitter feed of Bluesmobile325 we have additional color images of Takara Tomy's upcoming Super GT Optimus Prime and Star Saber, who are currently on display at the Fuji Speedway, in their race car modes. These figure are remold/repaints of their previously released Alternity Convoy mold that will include a race queen figure. Images mirrored below.

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Comment by robotmel Nov 17, 2012
:-?
Whos that silver fella to the right, is it Megatron? :D
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Comment by Sabrblade Nov 17, 2012
robotmel wrote::-?
Whos that silver fella to the right, is it Megatron? :D
Looks like the regular Alternity Convoy Ultimate Silver figure. Same spoiler and such.
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Comment by lonrac Nov 18, 2012
Mini race queen figure.......is this Kiss Players all over again???????

(stop kiddding myself, that's the clincher for the sale)
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Comment by Anonymous Nov 18, 2012
Gotta admit, these guys (and girls) are growing on me
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Comment by eyl Nov 18, 2012
I was very interested in the original Alternity Convoy until I saw the side profile. Shoulders not aligned with head and body, like Titanium Ultra Magnus. Not acceptable for such high priced toy.
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