New Alternators Optimus Prime Test Shot Images

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Super_Megatron, Jan 26, 2006.

  1. unafraid

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    Looks great, I'm a bit tired of cars. No wonder why Hound and Skids are my fave Alternators so far.
     
  2. Ktulu

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    I'm with the general opinion so far, these pics make him look pretty good and I'm definitely growing on him. The randomness of the leg design doesn't seem so bad in those pictures for some reason, but they'd still look better with a little more blue.
     
  3. Razerwire

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    I hope there's a way to rotate the leg guards so their correct... Otherwise, I hope there's a way to take them off and put them back on the way they're supposed to be...
     
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    Yeah, really. Not sure what the hell is going on with the legs. Hasbro and one test shot show it one way, and two other testshots show it a different way. Maybe it's a step in transforming him?

    I will say this though, if this was a last minute change on Hasbro's part, then shame on them, cuz they fixed what was not broken.
     
  5. Razerwire

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    It's either that, or they enjoy messing with our minds...:p 
     
  6. Grimlock_13

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    Bingo.

    I'll get it even though it doesn't look that great in robot mode...I'm pretty sure it'll have knees, but I doub't they'll be very useful.
     
  7. Dark_Convoy

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    That truck mode is so badass there is no way I can not buy it.

    It looks like he forgot a step in the transformation, those "vent" looking things on his legs should flip down so they are above his feet.

    I'm still not liking the bot mode much (especially the legs) but as I said, the truck is so badass that I CAN NOT pass it up.
     
  8. Gears

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    I love how everyone is saying he's miss-transformed when nobody has seen his instructions yet. I think he looks better than ever in these pics.:thumb 
     
  9. Sonscreen

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    I e-mailed the seller and he confirms that he does have knee articulation. He doesn't say how much though. make of it what you will. I think the knee movement will be like Dodge Viper mold.
     
  10. Feralstorm

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    Based on the different images, it seems the shin fronts rotate for transformation or something like that, and most of the people with test shots are missing that. On the Hasbro pics where the leg fronts appear right-side-up, the blue bits around the octagonal detail are on the insides of the legs, while on the right-side-up pics the octagon is at the knee, and the blue bits are on the outsides.
     
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    i just dunno. i'm gonna wait till i see some fan galleries of this guy before i consider it. the last 2 alternators i bought were dissapointing.
     
  12. Galaxy Convoy

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    If it quacks like a duck, and looks like a duck... :Gouki: