Thanks to the Weibo account of Toyspie and TFW2005 boards member daimchoc, we’ve got our first look at in-hand images of the Transformers Collector’s Club Nova Prime. It does look like the head sculpt may have been altered a bit from the earlier concept images we saw, trimming the trademark horns to fit the constraints of the mold, similar to what we have seen on the membership figure Lio Convoy.
Nova Prime will be available for purchase through the Club Store in the coming months. Stay tuned for more updates when available!
Laser_Optimus
Not a fan of Lio or Nova being made from a deluxe. Also, the changes to the head really take away from Nova's look. Which is a shame.
mapatel
If only this had been a voyager class, id have jumped on it. It does look nice though. Good use of the mold
Jalaguy
It's most likely Galva-Lio Convoy, who's been teased to turn up in the club prose stories as an evil clone of Lio.
DesertDog
Yay, my Nova Prime arrived today! He looks pretty good. Not great, his black paint is a wee bit rough edged here and there, but the rest of his paint is good. It would have been nice if they could have kept the more distinct antennae, but definitely not a deal breaker. Looking forward to Lio Convoy. And what looks like another Shattered Glass Prime on the front of the box?
If my Lio Primes eyes come like that he's going back. Wtf?
Nice! I'll probably do that if I can't use Iron Factory's City Commanders drones for wings.
Lumpy
ha, yeah. I'm just giving him a hard time. He's one of my best bros IRL.
yeah you will.
flux convoy
Yeesh. I'm really forgiving on head sculpts for club figures. These are freaking terrible though. I'm fine with the figures overall but the heads turned out poor. That's incredibly disappointing.
Autovolt 127
Exactly.
You know what this actually works for me. This looks pretty good to me.
DarkPrinceofKaon
I would like to add:…"Why that head?"
I admit that I had some negative premonitions on how this figure would turn out, but once I saw the pics it far exceeded my fears. Even the paint apps on the figures body are spotty at best. Who is FunPub working with over there ("there" being China) and more importantly WHY are they allowing them to do this???
deliciouspeter
Yeah, the head does look like a happy meal toy. The original Orion Pax head is great. I would have just kept the original head and have Nova be a pre-teen Nova Prime, a la Orion Pax.
Lbsammills51
Yeah, seeing those additional pics, the rest of Nova looks great, but you covered my feelings on the head.
Lio looks nice but I hope the eyes are not going to look like that on all of them.
Jacer
The mold is amazing, the colors are nice. I'll show you mine when I get him.
col
The colors look great on both characters, but that head just looks so amateur. It doesn't have any sharp edges to the sculpt, giving it a really gummy appearance, and the colors are super sloppy. I know FunPub's had problems with headsculpts in the past, but I thought they were better quality than this.
Fallout
haha man they just did not give a shit with lio convoy's eyes.
daimchoc
c/o 宝哥我们被劫.
Anguirus
Cause the lower body and the alt mode are really quite accurate to the character, and that's about as much as you can expect given what they have to work with
DarkEyes
Why that mold?
daimchoc
c/o 宝哥我们被劫 on weibo.
megatronski
Yeah, this does seem more like a pre-Prime "Nova Pax".
Purple Heart
While I must admit I am dissapointed in how the head turned out I will be glad to get him, being the first official Nova Prime figure ever. He shall be the "Young" Nova and has a place next to Hyper Novae.
The13Primes
Pretty sure most of us are nerds.