New Images for Transformers Age of the Primes Star Optimus Prime

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One of Hasbro's main Transformers designers, Mark Maher, has been posting several posts on Instagram regarding the Age of the Primes line. His latest is Star Convoy (now called Star Optimus Prime and revealed to be this line's 13th Prime) and you can see it below. It includes lots of wonderful images showcasing his many features. We also included his previous post on commander Silverbolt. Enjoy!

The Thirteeth Prime has arisen, Star Optimus is ready to utilize his ancient mystical zodiac orb to overpower your collection. His stark appearance clearly commands a new shelf in your collection and I can’t wait for you to build out the entire 13 primes to once and for all have the great gods of Transformers!

The almighty Shu san worked on this titan with me and boy oh gosh oh golly, he turned out divine! As always, working with Takara Tomy’s amazing team of designers is always a great honor and privilege that I do not take for granted.

I think I’m going to be making 2 posts on this behemoth. The anime style aesthetic that this guy embodies makes him so photogenic, of course mixed with some high class articulation and detailing to really make ya drool! Oh did I forget to mention the 3 killer modes, the long awaited appearance of Micromaster Hotrod (compared him to the core Hotrod), the plethora of weaponry, the first energon bullet accessory(I photoshopped in some extra’s),the matrix hilt with a multitude of metallic tinted blast effects that will keep ya entertained until moms calls ya in for an energon replenishment

Transformers News: New Images for Transformers Age of the Primes Star Optimus Prime

The Age of the Primes welcomes the Aerialbot Commander Silverbolt, a heroic Autobot that’s a descendant of the great god Nexus Prime. Silverbolt’s ability to combine with his team of Aerialbots to form the powerful combiner Superion to defeat Legacy’s Menasor and all who stand before him! Let the combiner wars continue

Worked with Hasui san on this great character and he really brought him to life. Every combiner is such a heavy lift for all parties involved but the pay off of seeing it brought to life in such a smooth and articulated impactful way, well, it really speaks for itself.

I might be making 2 posts for this power packed toy because theres so much to show off. The extra thruster, that was designed from scratch, houses the combiner skeleton, which enables powerful strengthened and sturdy joints for dynamic posability and genius level smooth transformation sequences, to the immense joy we all get in every amazing crick of a ratchet joint, welp, again, speechless.

The big jet has the capability to lean the front nose to not only be more accurate to the actual jet but also pay homage to the transformation sequence in the g1 animated series. Its so satisfying to be able to open the cockpit and slide in any titan master for a classic wave of “bon voyage”. Almost as satisfying as having an accurate long range rifle that has multiple position fits with the capability of becoming a wicked cool blaster turret base for all the team to use. How glorious it finally feels when you put him up to an animated accurate Motormaster just so you can bodyslam that fool after he questions “So, who are you going to be a partial of next”?

I feel like Ive always had a great respect and admiration for Commander Silverbolt. Theres somthing about being an autobot leader to a team of bad ass aerialbot jets. Theres somthing about his head design that holds such a stern authoritarian gaze, maybe because of the low helmet brow and the handsome lips? If that wasnt enough, they made them combine into a wicked cool combiner named Superion As we all know, the jet alt mode always felt like an immediate decepticon thing, I meannn the seekers had some heavy air time in the g1 animated series so it just makes an autobot with a flight mode that much more appealing!

Alright, enough of my reminiscing, onward with the rebirth of the scramble city functionality! Since the skeleton system is much like Menasor in many ways I thought the swamping capabilities were crucial to keep and Hasui san being the genius he is, enabled that feature while adjusting other things to make this posable giant ready for a great showdown with his stunticon combiner nemesis.

The various places to utilize his long range rifle blaster really gives the look that I think all of us always wanted. Had to avoid the maize yellow thighs tho cause dont get me wrong, I love me some g1, but to not do the toy homage gold would of been a miss in my eyes. Suped about how the gold actually molded this time around and it blends together nicely with the painted gold. The unpainted extra piping on the thighs Hasui san suggested in order to avoid scratching in transformation ! Also the autobot sculpt that appears on the inside of his split tailwing to connect with the thruster booster really gives you a cool pyramid of autobot insignias.

Next up, I finally got my samples of the almighty thirteeth prime back from Cybertron Con, so next up, Star Optimus Prime. Make sure you let me know what you’d like to see!

New Images for Transformers Age of the Primes Star Optimus Prime

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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Jan 21, 2025

Is it bad that I think core Hot Rod looks much better than the micromaster?

Either way though, Star Convoy looks fantastic

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Comment by Emerje Jan 21, 2025

Prime looks so good! And I'm surprised "Micromaster" Hot Rod is actually bigger than Core Hot Rod!

Teasing a glimpse at G2 Wildrider? Hard to see much, but that looks like a yellow peg that would go to gun peaking out from behind the leg.

Also what's up with the gray jet on Superion's right arm? It's not a gray model, just looks to be a gray Slingshot standing in for Skydive.

Emerje

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Comment by blackeyedprime Jan 21, 2025

Starconvoy is an easy pass but better than the last uneffort they did.

Wanting to pass on silverbolt but then they have made him titan master compatable, dang. Not wanting the deluxes though as they look ugly as limbs/planes. If they go crazy and realease silverbolt in star saber minicon colors/c-thru plastic (any of the bazillion versions) then that will be the one I'll buy.

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Comment by Overcracker Jan 21, 2025

Star Convoy is great. Does everything Star Convoy needs to do.

The only thing it doesn't do is motorized treads. Outside of that, it's pretty much an updated articulated version of the original.

Not sure how much more effort could have gone into it.

The Aerial Bots don't really interest me.

May get just Silverbolt if they ever repaint him in G2 colors.

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Comment by TOO MUCH ENERGON! Jan 21, 2025

I am so not hyped for this line.

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Comment by -Kanrabat- Jan 21, 2025

Star Convoy look amazing and I saw it coming that the "micromaster" Hotrod was a Core. A Core+ even.

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Comment by chuckdawg1999 Jan 21, 2025

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Is it bad that I think core Hot Rod looks much better than the micromaster?

Either way though, Star Convoy looks fantastic

I think it does too, you're not alone.

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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Jan 22, 2025

Overcracker wrote:May get just Silverbolt if they ever repaint him in G2 colors.

That is my current philosophy with the new combiners: I will get the G2/Diaclone/SG/Nexus Prime repaints only. I'm doing it with Menasor, and will do it for Superion and Devastator

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Comment by Nemesis Destron Jan 22, 2025

Why oh why couldn't you be a Commander Class Star Convoy? :-(

Damn you HasTak!!! :michaelbay:

Anyway sadly to say I've opened Motormaster except all the other Stunticons but it's still a new year! 8-}

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Comment by -Kanrabat- Jan 22, 2025

Nemesis Destron wrote:Why oh why couldn't you be a Commander Class Star Convoy? Damn you HasTak!!!

Well, that's easy. The original G1 toy is pretty much a Commander, but is still way too small for the current Generations scale. So, having him to be "Titan lite" was the best way to do it.

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Comment by Sabrblade Jan 22, 2025

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Nemesis Destron wrote:Why oh why couldn't you be a Commander Class Star Convoy? Damn you HasTak!!!

Well, that's easy. The original G1 toy is pretty much a Commander, but is still way too small for the current Generations scale. So, having him to be "Titan lite" was the best way to do it.

And comparison pics with Superion show this figure to be roughly the height of Armada Unicron.

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Comment by Emerje Jan 23, 2025

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Nemesis Destron wrote:Why oh why couldn't you be a Commander Class Star Convoy? Damn you HasTak!!!

Well, that's easy. The original G1 toy is pretty much a Commander, but is still way too small for the current Generations scale. So, having him to be "Titan lite" was the best way to do it.

Really he should be somewhat taller than Powermaster Optimus Prime, but definitely not a full on, full priced Titan since he's a Micromaster base the same way PM Prime is a Powermaster base. They probably got him right, though HasLab Victory Saber is feeling pretty undersized now.

It was a weird choice to make "Micromaster" Hot Rod a Core since he's so cramped inside the chest now.

Sabrblade wrote:And comparison pics with Superion show this figure to be roughly the height of Armada Unicron.

Can you share with the class? I can only find shots of him behind Silverbolt.

Emerje

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Comment by -Kanrabat- Jan 23, 2025

That's why Starry is not a "full sized, full priced" titan.
We could call him "Titanish" or Commander-plus.

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Comment by Rtron Jan 23, 2025

Emerje wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Nemesis Destron wrote:Why oh why couldn't you be a Commander Class Star Convoy? Damn you HasTak!!!

Well, that's easy. The original G1 toy is pretty much a Commander, but is still way too small for the current Generations scale. So, having him to be "Titan lite" was the best way to do it.

Really he should be somewhat taller than Powermaster Optimus Prime, but definitely not a full on, full priced Titan since he's a Micromaster base the same way PM Prime is a Powermaster base. They probably got him right, though HasLab Victory Saber is feeling pretty undersized now.

It was a weird choice to make "Micromaster" Hot Rod a Core since he's so cramped inside the chest now.

Sabrblade wrote:And comparison pics with Superion show this figure to be roughly the height of Armada Unicron.

Can you share with the class? I can only find shots of him behind Silverbolt.

Emerje

Loving the power rangers vibe of the new version's picture.

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Comment by Sabrblade Jan 23, 2025

Emerje wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:And comparison pics with Superion show this figure to be roughly the height of Armada Unicron.

Can you share with the class? I can only find shots of him behind Silverbolt.

Emerje

From this news post:

Also, this other news post says he's 15 inches tall.

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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Jan 23, 2025

Now that I do think about it, Hot Rod really should've been a new micromaster and not a core size. Would've helped me feel better about how bad he looks too

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Comment by chuckdawg1999 Jan 25, 2025

Wanted to share this as it gives some great insight from two former Hasbro employees about the opinions on 3rd party, customs, and why no MP Mirage.

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Comment by Sabrblade Jan 25, 2025

That video embed was broken.

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Comment by chuckdawg1999 Jan 25, 2025

Sabrblade wrote:That video embed was broken.

https://youtu.be/T21OO-rVRW4?si=ophEYhGKZ-JSgPYo

There's the full link, no idea what I'm doing wrong.

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Comment by Emerje Jan 25, 2025

chuckdawg1999 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:That video embed was broken.

https://youtu.be/T21OO-rVRW4?si=ophEYhGKZ-JSgPYo

There's the full link, no idea what I'm doing wrong.

I'll watch it later, but I think I can guess the stance of the guy that's made a living making G.I.Joe lookalikes. :lol: