^The battle damage 2 pack version is deluxe sized. s

Anyway...looks great......wish we could see who the co-sells are.

 

apparently Hasbro decided to put him in the biggest box they could find at the ugliest angle possible.

 

he has a spatula!

 

That may be, but Classics Prime's "spatula" is better.

 

nice toy in a way too big box... i'll buy it when it comes out anyway( to my gf's disappointment).

 

Yeah, pretty much my reaction as well. It's really inexcusable.

That said, I'm totally buying it of course.

 

agreed on the smaller box, more room in the closet!!

 

maybe you can elaborate on the gravity conversion!!

 

tf fans uniquely to toyworld are never happy.

 

agreed, the boxes are too big and ungainly, takara usually has nice boxes, think BW and energon.

 

Has anyone asked seller for larger pics?

 

I've asked the seller if they could get some more pictures of it up there (specificaly the sides of the box), so they might put some bigger pictures up too. I honesty don't see why people are getting so upity about the amount of space in the box. We went threw this with Classics Optimus Prime (seems to be something Prime deals with). He compacts down when he transforms into alt-mode. Personally, the only thing I don't like is the angle they put him in. It would have looked better, imo, if he was positioned like Bulkhead is in his packaging. It would probably also make him look at least a little bit bigger in the packaging.

 

people griping about big boxes or small toys! are fighting a losing battle, hasbro want the toys to look impressive on the shelves.....to 8 year olds, thats what its all about.

 

I really like the box. It's not too big IMO. I especially like the box art. I'll be getting 2 or 3 of these definitly.

 

This box doesn't make the toy look impressive at all, thats the gripe. Sure its a minuscule detail, but anyone who took one class of high school art can tell you that it would make the little block of a truck mode look more flattering to show it at a dynamic or at least more visible angle (like classics prime) and in a box that is scaled a little more "snugly."

Kids might be drawn to the big box but I'm sure they are going to be just as weirded out to see that the toy isn't that big. No one's complaining about the figure, its just that its presented a little wierd- especially for a company that can do so much better.

I mean, forget the box size, that top-down view is just weird  

 

fair points. ultimately hasbro has designed a one size fits all (!) box that will allow the largest alt mode to fit in, probabaly starscream. BUT.... its about looking impressive on the shelf and i'll agree that the toy itself doesnt look any better in a large roomy box but the average unsophisticated buyer: mum/mom and an 7 year old looking for tf generally just isnt going to mind all that space in the box. In fact the mum might even like the big box guessing her kid might play with the box even more than the toy itself!! lets just say that when the hasbro design team put voyager OP in the test box they didnt look and think 'oh dear the box looks too big thats an issue' they thought 'the box looks too big but thats not a problem' and hence here it is!!

 

The fact that it's Optimus might have some say in it's consumer attractibility factor.

 

I'm betting a lot of it is due to Lugnutz. He looks like he's going to have more bulk to him in vehicle mode than Starscream does.

 

Too true. Any Transformer product having the name Optimus (Or Bumblebee, for that matter) is going to attract consumers...

 

yes, luggy could well have a lot of length!