Another site update from Takara Tomy reveals their plans for the 30th Anniversary of the Transformers Franchise.
4 projects will be carried out to celebrate this wonderful event:
Project 1: A special edition Optimus Prime toy featuring the likeness of his G1 self (news post image). The truck and the trailer is slightly modernized but overall a good update to the Autobot Leader.
Update: As it turns out Google Translator has incorrectly translated Project 1. The G1 Optimus Prime is not a toy according to 2005 Boards Member PoweredConvoy but rather a modified actual truck and a trailer.
Project 2: Midnight Launch of Transformers Movie Advance Line on May 16th. The launch is titled “Transformers Celebration 2014” and will be held at Toys ‘R’ Us, Sunshine City.
Project 3: A convention titled “Transformers Expo” is also organized and is set to become the biggest Transformers Expo ever held. The expo will feature dioramas and holographic images. As a part of this project G1 colored AOE Slug will be available for purchase. For more info about the Expo and about G1 Slug, you can read our News Post.
Project 4: The 4th project is dedicated to apply an Optimus Prime inspired deco to a SUPER GT car belonging to the Team Mach. A fictional story of Optimus Prime scanning a Mach will serve as a backstory.
You can find out more at Takara Tomy. More images can be found, after the jump.
Stepper
Damn it, it looks like another Optimus Prime that I must have.
grimlockgravez
Yea its the G1 style head, See my Sig. It is an actual re imagining of Grimlock. Like the Classics Grimlock should have been.
Fort Max
I'd be surprised if they aren't at least considering it, Bandai merchandised the hell out of that 1:1 Gundam statue.
ArmadaSentinel
They should make a toy of it anyway, I'd certainly buy that.
PoweredConvoy
Thanks for making the correction!
Randy
Kraken
Awww, dammit. I was just going to say how sweet that Prime looked. Never mind.
Stepper
Just what is with the Speed Racer GT car although i still prefer the original Speed Racer Mach 5 model,that retro look.
SPLIT LIP
Sweet. That went from lame news to sweet news.
ERodimusPrime
Bummer that the Project 1 Prime is not a toy. Still cool to look at, may pass on buying at the moment.
JukeOutlander
Depending on what the Robot Mode of that Optimus Prime would look like, Evasion Prime wins the Thrilling Thirty Crown for the best O.P. design for me.
SilverOptimus
Update: As it turns out Google Translator has incorrectly translated Project 1. The G1 Optimus Prime is not a toy according to 2005 Boards Member PoweredConvoy but rather a modified actual truck and a trailer.
Stepper
Kind of expecting a little bit more for the 30th anniversary than all these but oh well.
[Wing_Saber-X]
ahh, nuts. oh well…. at least Bandai/Sunrise has something awesome planned for their 35th anniversary celebrations for Mobile suit GUNDAM.
Stepper
I am feeling for that G1 inspired Optimus Prime in Project 1
BWfan86
this. G1 fans have been spoiled with generations and the MP line. How bout letting some other TF series get some love in the generations line? I mean Beast Wars has SIGNIFICANTLY less characters in all 3 seasons combined than in the first season of G1, yet it's taken this long to get 3 decent BW figures (Rhinox, Waspinator, Rattrap).
The anniversary should celebrate the series over the last 30 years, not just the first 3…
Prime135
When is this TF expo, all I know about is the one in Kansas in August.
Prime135
I grew up way after g1 and I don't mind that much. But like you said I wouldn't mind a few updates from other series, I picked up my armada megaton about a month ago (don't have that much display room) and couldn't believe how much of a brick it was. I also don't think there's ever been an updated figure from energon so that would be nice.
SPLIT LIP
But why should we think taht's good?
G1 gets slavish updates and homages constantly, and we struggle to even get a handful of decent updates from anything else? Especially now that Generatiosn is being headed by a guy who JUST likes G1 and begrudgingly plopped a few non-G1 updates in?
Why is that just something we're conditioned to accept? It's total bullshit how fans who didn't grow up with G1 or accept it as the end-all be-all get shit for Christmas.
Underwear
Can't wait for Takaratomy to make a surprise announcement during the TF expo.
Single Elegant Machine
Well, I'm not going to argue with that. Still, some is better than none.