New Leader Class Holiday Optimus Prime Revealed

Oh. Oh my. That's awesome.

Re-using the mould...could that be the Amazon Prime Optimus Prime that was mentioned months ago?

That did cross my mind as well

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:How the transformation is essentially reversed with the cab becoming the legs, one figure jumps to mind:


Transformers Generation 2 Sureshot Gallery

My mind instantly jumped to Hero Prime as well, I do not doubt this will be reused in proper Hero colours one day, much like with Buzzworthy Bumblebee's Goldbug.

SpaceEagle wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:How the transformation is essentially reversed with the cab becoming the legs, one figure jumps to mind:


Transformers Generation 2 Sureshot Gallery

My mind instantly jumped to Hero Prime as well, I do not doubt this will be reused in proper Hero colours one day, much like with Buzzworthy Bumblebee's Goldbug.

It would have to be a special release, considering it's a VNR Truck licensed from Volvo.

Looks like the trailer has a candy cane genital


Can see it pulling off hero prime if the legs are reversible but not sure what else it could be used for. Probably passing on this but I've liked some of the star wars holiday repaints (that I've also passed on).

MaximalNui wrote:

SpaceEagle wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

SpaceEagle wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:How the transformation is essentially reversed with the cab becoming the legs, one figure jumps to mind:


Transformers Generation 2 Sureshot Gallery

My mind instantly jumped to Hero Prime as well, I do not doubt this will be reused in proper Hero colours one day, much like with Buzzworthy Bumblebee's Goldbug.

It would have to be a special release, considering it's a VNR Truck licensed from Volvo.

Oh definitely, hence why I mentioned Goldbug. Probably will be annoying to track down when it happens but I'll still gladly pay up for a new Hero Prime.

If that's the case, I hope they at least manage to somehow flip the calves kibble in the Hero mold. Not a big deal, but it'd be much more accurate than as it is now.

For sure! Reminds me of how Unite Warriors Blast-Off and Shuttler have reversed torsos to better match their respective source material, so I could see them reversing the legs somehow someway to better match Hero Prime/Sureshot.

I mean, I get where everyone is coming from saying Hero Optimus prime. But I can't help but think it looks like a "G1"ified version of AoE/TLK Optimus Prime. The truck cab is behind the legs. The trailer hitch area is the backpack. It just doesn't have the samurai armor-esque kibble flaps or a sword.

Other than that it looks like a mishmash of different designs. The pelvis, hips and thighs looks like Earthrise Prime but they're not. The lower arms and chest look like Legacy Prime but they're not. The backpack looks like Motormster's but it's not. The shoulders look like TR Prime's without the kibble but they're not. This is all upon a first glance at a picture of a picture as seen on a Facebook post though. Clearly, none of those parts are reused despite what the people commenting on those posts are saying. Someone thinks the entire thing is a retool of Motormaster and that we're getting a Christmas themed combiner.

I just wish the trailer was also new. That Earthrise trailer sucks. Maybe if they added in the entire weapons pack from the Centurion set it would be more worth it. You'd get the three additional Optimus Prime specific parts and then a bunch of other cool stuff...and a cage.

They can't say "Christmas" can they?

Christmas Optimus Prime.

The Santa hat on the Autobot symbol is a nice touch.

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SpaceEagle wrote:I think it works better to say "Holiday" Optimus Prime, makes it feel less specific for people who don't celebrate it. Kinda helps with it feel more in tune with the season of winter than just Christmas itself even if it's got some very Christmas-y aesthetics.

Yes but we can still troll the designers for it.

Not sure about this deco. I get the cab is supposed to look like it has snow on the top of it, but the trailer looks more like red licks than a candy cane and the red and white motif on the gun is almost garish.