Transformers Robots in Disguise Hyperchange 3-step Optimus Prime In-package / Robot Mode Image

Decent amount of merchandise for a guy who's dead and at most will be acting as a blue Jedi spirit mentor.

Shuttershock wrote:Decent amount of merchandise for a guy who's dead and at most will be acting as a blue Jedi spirit mentor.

He'll be having his own (most possibly onscreen) adventure in the afterlife.

Shuttershock wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Shuttershock wrote:Decent amount of merchandise for a guy who's dead and at most will be acting as a blue Jedi spirit mentor.

He'll be having his own (most possibly onscreen) adventure in the afterlife.

Well that's kind of disappointing if it's true. Especially if it somehow results in him being reborn again.

It's Peter Cullen voicing him. You know how he feels about Optimus staying dead. He'll be back at some point as Optimus Supreme.

Sabrblade wrote:

Shuttershock wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Shuttershock wrote:Decent amount of merchandise for a guy who's dead and at most will be acting as a blue Jedi spirit mentor.

He'll be having his own (most possibly onscreen) adventure in the afterlife.

Well that's kind of disappointing if it's true. Especially if it somehow results in him being reborn again.

It's Peter Cullen voicing him. You know how he feels about Optimus staying dead. He'll be back at some point as Optimus Supreme.

Well I didn't discount that Optimus would be back, I just figured they'd wait until a new show came along (new continuity that is). If the stated story of RID is to have Bee as a leader in his own right, then it would only discredit him to bring back Prime.

As always time will make prophets or fools of each of us speculators, but it's a curious thought to consider with this ostensibly new approach.

prjkt wrote:This is the aligned continuity, he's already died and been reborn once before.

When?

Shuttershock wrote:Well I didn't discount that Optimus would be back, I just figured they'd wait until a new show came along (new continuity that is). If the stated story of RID is to have Bee as a leader in his own right, then it would only discredit him to bring back Prime.

As always time will make prophets or fools of each of us speculators, but it's a curious thought to consider with this ostensibly new approach.

Don't forget that right before Optimus sacrificed himself he retired the title of Prime and essentially ended the age of Primes. So if he comes back, he's no longer got any real authority to take command from the leaders who'd be already in charge during his inevitable return. Just cuz he's Optimus Prime doesn't mean he's automatically made the boss.

prjkt wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

prjkt wrote:This is the aligned continuity, he's already died and been reborn once before.

When?

Ok, maybe not exactly "died" but according to the Covenent of Primus he took himself into the Well of Allsparks, basically sacrificing everything he was to be reborn as one of the new Cybertronians. Only regained his memory was he received the Matrix, centuries later.

Oh that. Right. Thought you meant something else.

LOST Cybertronian wrote:Thanks to the Polish retailer Merlin, we get a small in-package image of the Transformers Robots in Disguise 3-step Hyperchange Optimus Prime. The image also reveals what Optimus looks like in his robot mode and gives you a peek as to what his transformation is like. Previously, Hyperchange Optimus Prime was only seen in his vehicle mode.

The way his chest layers, it almost looks like Prime's wearing a mech-suit. Kinda like Cloud Brawn.

crimsondeception wrote:Thunderhoof looks pretty cool, if there's a Warrior Class figure for him I might get it. Are all the Decepticons going to be animals though? Probably means we'll see Spittor sometime soon.

Well, so far all of them seem to be based on animals, though made humanoid. Yes, that would technically made them robotic furries... The Japanese releases of Knock Out and Dreadwing would fit kinda too, with their animal armor from the predicted Beast Hunters molds.

william-james88 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Well, so far all of them seem to be based on animals, though made humanoid. Yes, that would technically made them robotic furries... The Japanese releases of Knock Out and Dreadwing would fit kinda too, with their animal armor from the predicted Beast Hunters molds.

Excellent point, Jelze, I had not thought of that. That makes the current decepticons a certain evolved form of where the Prime toys were going

Don't you mean devolved?

I caved. I bought Grimlock, Steeljaw and Strongarm. Grimlock is A+, Steeljaw is actually quite nice and deserves a B+, while Strongarm is a mild C+ at best.

She's ridiculously hollow and looks awful in vehicle mode on the underside. (I realize no one looks at their figures in vehicle mode from the bottom, but you do need to retrieve her weapon from it for transformation purposes, so...) Just this giant gaping hollowness that uses plastic thin enough to allow light to shine through to some extent. Fortunately, aside from the ridiculous backpack, her robot mode is quite nice, which is why she received the + instead of -...

I normally don't have a problem with shellformers, especially when they're designed like she is (and her shell isn't really that terrible, neither is her kibble) but the hollowness and how much wasted space is left behind, egads.

Steeljaw is ridiculously light, but when you transform him just right, he's quite a nice looking fella, especially when sporting that Wolverine claw (which I would love TWO of).

Grimlock, though, wow. Dinobots are not my favorite, honestly. Never really have been, but he's a ROCK SOLID figure. Transformation is complex enough to keep you happy, easy enough to master and everything pegs in nice and solid in beast mode. (Robot mode is a different story. That leg design is just...no. No.) I'm only saddened by the fact he has no weapon to use, but the articulated mouth is AWESOME.

I have no desire to buy Douchy McDoucherson. Er, I mean Bumblebee. That smirking face of his just makes me want to slap it so hard. Repeatedly. Until he cries.

And now that I've seen the comparison photos a few posts above, I see why the toys work for me. The show models aren't anything to write home about, at least not in my book, but in plastic form, they seem to fit quite well with the FE/PRID/BH figures and it's nice to see a universal theme to them to make them cohesive. It has enough elements of Animated to keep those fans happy, and enough Prime elements to keep those fans happy.

In vehicle mode, I don't see how Steeljaw is anymore out of place than Breakdown or the Vehicons. Even Bumblebee looks like he stole a Vehicon's body as a costume, so these work for me quite a bit. I wasn't expecting to get into this line, but when I opened Steeljaw and he impressed me, I was all like "Dang it."