Second Edition First Edition Optimus Prime - Fewer Paint Apps

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by Matt Booker, Nov 3, 2012.

  1. thedrknss48

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    Has anyone else who got theirs from BBTS have this issue? I got mine today and haven't opened it yet. There's no way to check in package I don't think since that door is on OP's back. Though...looks like mine are all colored.
     
  2. Mixmastah

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    Mine has this too
     
  3. anikenvader

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    That is pretty dumb. Though I can see this driving up the ocst of the "Original rare release-hurdurdur" FE Prime. But i kinda like it... :eek:  Though I don't expect anyone else to think so.
     
  4. jametron

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    No, there wasn't, I know. But here's the thing, I'm not all-knowing about these things. The FE's were cancelled QUICKLY last year. I guess my question should have been this...

    Are these LEFTOVER stock from either A) the cancelled american releases or B) the Takara releases OR are these ALL NEW produced expressly for this re-release?
     
  5. brr-icy

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    new, they wouldn't have changed the paint apps in the middle of a run, and that looks like crap
     
  6. Matt Booker

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    No worries. I was laughing because I thought I'd made a mistake. :) 

    A) The American releases shouldn't be different from the Canadian ones aside from possibly multi-lingual packaging. B) They aren't the Takara versions. They're all new and produced for this release.

    So, more and more reports of them not having paint and not one report of one with paint. Why isn't this news?

    ~Matt Booker
     
  7. PowermasterJazz

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    very disappointing
     
  8. justamaze

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    Thanks for sharing this. Still bought on sight. Can't wait til bbts puts the clear one on clearance.
     
  9. Erland

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    If anyone was as clueless as I was, I thought it was all of the brown section.

    Here is a comparison pictures between the 2.

    First Run:

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    Second Run:

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  10. SG hailstorm

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    Im just excited to be getting FE bulkhead ^_^ i love the PRID version but i love FE more
     
  11. Rexidus

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    Eh, it sucks but it's easy enough to paint. Besides, he needs some paint on his grill and wheels while you're at it. I painted my FE grill and wheels.
     
  12. msterling21

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    ugly! Glad I canceled my preorder. BBTS needs to update the product page, it's showing the true First Edition's paint app.
     
  13. seali_me

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    Pic please. :) 
     
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    If you compare the two pictures, it looks like the plastic is originally brown on the "first" first edition, and they simply painted it over with red. (And badly, on that pic)

    Looks like Hasbro was trying to save money by not painting those parts at all for the "second" first edition, unless it's simply a QC/factory error that gets through since you can't see it in robot mode
     
  15. Matt Booker

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    This is correct. It's a missing paint application on both sides, and the brown plastic is the color of the torso in bot mode.

    ~Matt Booker
     
  16. Gilgamesh

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    Looking at this, it honestly doesn't even look that bad. Still excited as hell to get these figures. I even have some red paint if I really felt like fixing it.
     
  17. harrismonkey

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    Why am I not surprised?
     
  18. agentofprime

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    If I have to lose some paint to get a FE Prime at a good price, I'm fine with it. I'm more worried about what people are saying about FE Bulkhead.
     
  19. Matt Booker

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    I've only seen one other complaint about Bulkhead, though it was the same one that I had.

    Other than that, my FE Bulkhead is in excellent shape. I know the arm sliding off the swivel joint is a pretty big drawback for it, but there are a lot of little hinges that would seem like they would be more of a problem than a thick peg like that, and they are all fine.

    ~Matt Booker
     
  20. yami4ct

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    That's really sucky and dumb, but it should be easy to fix. A quick once over with a red gundam marker and it will look as good as hasbro's. Well, I like the darker plastic at least. I think it looks better on the blue. Overall, it's kind of a draw. If bot mode looks the same, it won't be a huge issue. The alt mode was never that good anyway.