TakaraTomy Transformers 4 Movie Advanced AD-01 Optimus Prime Scan

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Shin Densetsu, Mar 20, 2014.

  1. reave

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    Awwww yeah. I might buy two, one for customization.
     
  3. RedAlert Rescue

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    Clear blue sword and clear blue windows would look nicer in both modes and in storage too.

    I think it's inexcusable they didn't put a sprung hinge on his back to fold his dangling kibble under or over his rear wheels in robot mode.

    Just having dangly bits ruins the look for me. Not that I plan on buy very many Optimus or paying much for them - he'll be over produced to death so I can wait for a sale and buy the bog standard (not FE) Hasbro ones.

    It's going to be super hard finding the right balance of cost and look I may have to buy Japanese on the Dinobots the Hasbro ones look like they were bought in a hong kong super market for pennies especially the leader ones with far far far to much chrome on them in all the wrong places.

    Oh and an object lesson here in what happens if you put a thin coat of red paint on a dark surface it nearly disappears. Accurate or not Striker style underpainted bordered flames would have looked nicer and made the red pop more too.
     
  4. Rogzilla

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    You know, this doesn't look horrible. If they had just added one more step to fold up the dangling frame, I think this would be a pretty good figure. Instead, it's just sort of OK.
     
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    Yeah, the wheels don't worry me too much (in fact if you look at the Rise of the Dark Spark model you can see they're there, presumably based on an earlier version of the design), but the tanks hanging down are a bit of an eyesore. It doesn't help that the 'skirt' pieces are attached to them.

    Edit: Scrap that, it looks like they detach so there's no excuse.
     
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    It's defiantly not the worst backpack we've seen, and tolerated. I think Western Star paid a hefty lump to make sure the model was faithfully represented in his alt mode, which hinders things every time. But not terrible, IMHO
     
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    Maybe they are going with the "Silver Samurai" theme announced a few posts back?
     
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    Only thing holding it back is the backpack. Still digging the look of this and I would instantly buy a Scourge repaint.
     
  9. LazyAza

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    If they released a version of this without bays horrific more blue than red flamey design ive hated since the first movie that at least was more red than blue I would potentially be interested. Still least this mold seems nicer than that first piece of over-chromed crap.
     
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    This looks like just a more accurately painted head compared to the almost all blue head of the hasbro version. If you look at the posters and trailers, the silver and blue on his head is about 50/50 in this movie.
     
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    This toy is growing on me pretty hard. As long as I dont look at him from the back.
     
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    I suppose they put slightly more effort into this than they did into 2014 Voyager Beast Hunters Optimus Prime, his head does at least turn.

    Am I being cynical to wonder if they deliberately did silly things like the yellow windows so they can produce a more expensive premium edition one later on for twice the price in a nice box some time in 2015?.

    The problem with that is 2009 or 2001 Leader Prime is a creative and "expensive seeming" toy especially when nicely painted this isn't.

    Save your money people buy one cheap version in a sale maybe and if you don't have a flashy Leader Prime then buy the Striker Bootleg (it's ace).

    I think The Hasbro one is adequate all I might need to do to some of these Optimus is spray the smokestacks of wheelhubs where they forgot to and as such I don't need to go premium - the mould simply isn't good enough to warrant that - It would be like buying a gold chrome 2011 Leader Bumblebee complete with bonkers back pack (I wouldn't bother).


    Oddly I would buy a premium deco Sentinel Prime - they just have neglected to bother making one so far.
     
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    Actually looking back at the Hasbro version at Toy Fair, it seems that the one in truck mode was one of the old prototypes from NYCC, with clear windows and the tanks painted fully in silver, but the bot mode has the yellow windows and the rearmost tanks left blue like this Takara version.

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  14. User_136440

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    And is it me, or does the Takara one have a heart on the left side?!?
     
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    I'll never look at this toy the same, after I seen pics of the kibble removed and it made a COMPLETE truck, and an optimus prime action figure...

    CANNOT...UNSEE
     
  16. Autovolt 127

    Autovolt 127 Get In The Titan, Prime!

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    No matter how I look at it, no deco can make this mold look look good.

    It's just that bad looking.
     
  17. Shin-Gouki

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    Horrible. Really hope the line gets better than this abomination
     
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    I think that's an Autobot insignia.
     
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    Nonononono, you guys are thinking of the terrible First Edition. This is the amazing Generations version. Everything is okay!
     
  20. User_136440

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    I thought it was, but it didn't look right.