Transformers Prime Weaponizer Optimus Prime

What size will he be? Voyager?
Funny, he is called weaponizer but Arcee has a bigger gun than him >P

Weaponizers are the new Leader Class, IIRC. He looks decent enough. Better than Bumblebee anyway. Don't see myself getting it though.

This guy is the one with the pop-up gatling style guns, right?
I guess it's the switch on the chest panel.

And I agree with craggy, this should be Leader class.

Looks like he's got quite the backpack there. I'm assuming that's where the pop up guns are stored.

Looks good. Though, the FE Voyager still looks to have the best body proportions of the CGI model.

Ugh, not Energon Optimus Prime again.

YoungPrime wrote:Ugh!

I'm hoping this Toy Fair footage isn't just a Shrek-former (TF: Prime) sausage fest...But sadly odds are we wont get any info about Generations FOC Shockwave until Botcon despite rumors of his release in May.

Cheer up YoungPrime, you might want to tune into the homepage tonight. You will probably get to see all 8 Generations and maybe, a little more.

ta hell with these crap leaders. first editions will always be superior.

Wow, uh....just....wow.

He's a box with limbs and head, basically. Those legs look awful.

How is it that they took an evolutionary step back on almost everything??

2006: Classics. Not perfect (Rodimus), but impressive (Jetfire)
2007: TF1. Not perfect, had gimmicks that were neat the first time.
2008: Universe 2.0. Now...we're getting somewhere. Impressive original molds.
2008: Animated. Mixed bag for the fans, but incredibly show accurate.
2009: ROTF. Complexities that were sometimes necessary, sometimes not, but most could agree that the engineering, at least, was spectacular.
2010: RTS/HFTD. Repaints, repaints, repaints. Of the few new molds, some were really impressive and stood out above the rest.
2011: DOTM. Some figures were nice upgrades, though undersized, while other molds were completely WTF territory.
2011: Generations. Figures look good, but some are waaaay too simplistic, not enough oomph.
2011: First Edition. Figures look good, rather complex, gives you hope.
2012: PRID. Takes several steps back, adds gimmicks that are a waste of money and useless.

The pattern seems to be "We got to a point where we peaked, now we're downhill." Followed by "Oooh, we're gonna try!" followed by "Naw. Let's phone it in."

The Leader Classes are one set of figures that usually impress and wow. They have for quite some time. Energon was a mixed bag, but no one can deny how awesome the Megatron/Galvatron mold was. Cybertron? Optimus and Megatron rocked. Hard. Movieverse, mixed bag, but when they did work, they really wowed everyone.

...now we have a box that unfolds to a truck that looks something like Optimus.

I can't wait to see what's next, at Toy Fair.

Autobot032 wrote:The Leader Classes are one set of figures that usually impress and wow. They have for quite some time. Energon was a mixed bag, but no one can deny how awesome the Megatron/Galvatron mold was. Cybertron? Optimus and Megatron rocked. Hard. Movieverse, mixed bag, but when they did work, they really wowed everyone.

...now we have a box that unfolds to a truck that looks something like Optimus.

I generally steer away from the idea of leader and ultra class figures. Because lets face it, electronics almost always hinder the figure in some way or another. What's worse is that they're trying it on the oddly proportioned and slender designs of TFPrime, at least in the past many of the bots who used electronics were meant to be boxy.

On the other hand there were cases in the past where all the electronics were relegated to a weapon or trailer. For instance, Hasbro is market testing play sets now, how about a voyager Optimus with electronic trailer? Preferably he should not combine with it and hinder the figure, it's not necessary and honestly they've managed to make the trailer a separate gimmick package in the past.