Takara Tomy have uploaded a brief commercial for the Transformers Prime toys to their Youtube channel. This 15 second commercial shows the Autobots and Megatron transforming and fighting in stop motion. Check it out below:
by Sol Fury under Transformers Prime
Wadeledge
Split Lip I know you don't care for the cartoon but that actually made me laugh so thanks!
xanthax
Those mincrons are all kinds of awesome looking. I kind of wish Hasbro would make some decent toy commercials.
Stepper
But the paintjob does not seems to be metallic green anymore compare to the TakaraTomy FE version
[Wing_Saber-X]
wow, yet another neat TF: Prime Takaratomy commercial. ooooooohhhhh. :3
Fishdirt
You can explain until you're blue in the face, some people can't seem to reason what an IP is.
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Anyway, I wasn't the least bit interested in these toys (like the series) but damn if I want them now. Are you taking notes on proper marketing there Hasbro?
SouthtownKid
The toys aren't the franchise. The franchise is the universe built with the toys and around the toys.
bchorean
is there a difference in the takara tomy EZ prime figures compared to the hasbro cyberverse figures? i haven't seen the hasbro ones in person at a store yet
twiztidRodimus
I was thinking the same when Primes changed into his gun. Awesome
Gaokaiser
Transformers orignated in Japanese (Takaratomy, Takatoku…) toys.
Hasbro JUST bought them and hold a copyright…
SouthtownKid
Transformers doesn't have a Japanese glory. It's an American franchise.
It's like saying the name "Rick Hunter" gives Macross its American glory. Macross doesn't have an American glory.
Convoy (and related Convoys) will always continue to be called Convoy in all Japanese G1 continuity shows/books/toys/whatever. Japanese G1 (up to and including all continuities connected to Japanese G1, like Car Robots and whatever else) will never be changed.
But think about it. It would have made ZERO sense to call Optimus Prime in Animated, "Convoy". He wasn't Supreme Commander or anything even approaching it, and Prime was used as a rank held by multiple people.
And calling movie Prime "Optimus Prime" helps differentiate between the movie characters and the characters older Japanese fans grew up with in the 1980s. It makes things less complicated for Takara.
Roanstalker
I agree. I hope they dont just replace the name Convoy.
Mrvash104
wait if they dont have the light up LED why is prime arms still clear
and im kinda happy where not getting the mini cons cuz that would mean that the figs would be covered in ports they did those selfhiding ones on the dotm figs couldnt they do some on these guys ? and watching the whole vid only makes me want that skywarp
Ribieconvoy
I wish American commercials were this cool. Instead we just get some kid with a ridiculous voice-over transforming the toys at what we are constantly reminded is not actual time. I also wish we got a better look at Bulkhead, although between this and the packaged samples we should be seeing more pics of him very soon.
Hey, what you got against convoys?
Primus00
But Convoy gives Transformers its japanese glory. I mean most of the Cybertron leaders can be recognized easily more than using the Optimus Prime name over again. (Ex: Grand Convoy, Galaxy Convoy, Fire Convoy vs. Optimus Prime named 3 times)
Transformed
And the Mini-con naming continues…
Are you calling them Mini-cons because you are unaware of their name or just because they remind you of something Armada (I think it was that show) did?
Arms Microns are Takara's attempt at updating Target Masters of old, but with an additional gimmick; these guys can combine and make super weapons like the Star Saber )
DPrime
I gotta say, I totally agree. It was always a stupid name.
alfred p. sloan
Oh how Love the stop motion
Might Gaine
More Japanese TF media should be three word sentences that I can understand.
Primus00
The stop motion was smoother in the past. Though I'm glad stop motion is being used again.
CG76
awesome. reminds me of the old g1 commercials.