GCreation GDW01 Optimus Prime

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by Scaleface, Feb 8, 2016.

  1. ZEGR

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    yeah the TW one failed to realize that dynamic the comic book model has..This one excels at it .Also the weird colors and the headsculpt were bad
     
  2. JohnMurdock

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    Just gave my TW Orion to my Son.....
     
  3. swOd

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    Should make tham at a Classics scale. These just might be too big to go with the Dinos they just made. ....That, and they just shoulda made em CHUG to be cool like that. IDW Classterpiece.
     
  4. The New Guy

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    These look great, but they wouldn't fit well into either my MP Autobots shelf (which already has a Prime and a Prowl), or my CHUG Autobots shelf, and I don't have room to put them somewhere else right now. Might be able to shoehorn Prowl in somewhere depending on how he turns out...
     
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  6. Exousia

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    Yeah, I've got an MP collection, which is also my G1 collection, a CHUG-size comics collection (mainly IDW and WfC/FoC), and a little TF Prime/Aligned corner. This guy is, as currently planned, going to be too big for my comics collection, and the wrong style for my MP collection. And as much as I love the IDW comics and their [recent] designs, there's only a handful that I'd get in MP scale. IDW just has so many characters, far more than G1, which I'm already being pretty selective about.

    This Optimus design is one of the few I might get in MP size. Prowl isn't. I'm not sure Bomber Megatron would be, either. I really think GC should have gone with a smaller size for these guys. I know MP is the "in" thing right now, but that's mostly a G1 thing, and there's a fair number of IDW CHUG figures already, both official and 3P.
     
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    It's good that I don't have MP-10 yet, so either size is fine with me.
     
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    This definitely has my attention!
     
  9. Megatron118

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    OH MY GOD.

    I need that Optimus in my life. That thing is 100% bought
     
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    I think this is a good idea. In my ideal world, I'd routinely swap out MP10 with this OP figure. It's all just different flavors of G1. It's a fun way of keeping a collection interesting.
     
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    these guys have my attention. mp level attention paid to source material and hopefully execution in the best chug style prime design yet. i don't even collect non mp anymmore but will probably get this
     
  12. sideswipe29

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    I know a lot of collectors would want this to be a voyager size figure to fit better for CHUG but that's where I'm torn.

    Obviously the great majority of IDW figures are in CHUG scale so it would be great if these could fit into that but looking at the attention to detail and the articulation that I can make out from the pictures these need to be MP size and I'm okay with that. I'm definitely excited for Optimus and will get him for sure and maybe even Prowl. He was always one of my favorite characters as a child because of his Police car mode. And ultimately I think this might help collectors in the long run. If these succeed, which I highly anticipate they will, it will put IDW figures in the spotlight and maybe prompt other companies from producing similar sized figures.

    This is all my two cents but I think this is a good call on GCreations part. And who knows if these sell well enough maybe they'll be scaled down and released in a CHUG scale. Either way I'm staying glued to this thread.

    And keeping my fingers crossed for a Stealth Bomber Megatron.
     
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    Gimme gimme gimme that truck mode reveal!! Really excited for this.
     
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    No they don't. I mean, you generally need to make some concessions when doing smaller figures, but from what we see on these guys (and honestly most, if not all, MPs), that wouldn't really kick in until you get to less-than-deluxe sized. Look at MP Bumblebee and MMC's IDW Arcee, those figures both have amazing levels of articulation and detail. The only thing you really lose at Voyager (and I think Prime here should be Ultra) and lower scale is the hand pose-ability, and that's still a problem with the bigger MPs.

    Also IIRC wasn't it outright stated that these guys were both originally designed to be CHUG-ish size, but the company/bosses wanted them to be upscaled to MP? In which case these are only MP because that's the "in" thing for 3Ps to do right now. Which sucks for those of us that still enjoy CHUG-size figures.
     
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    For me prowl should be voyager and optimus prime a leader class figure because we might wanna start saving room for those other guys that could be made also I kinda wish they would release an chug and masterpiece veriosns of the figures
     
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    i kinda wish it was the current Prowl design [cuz I love the alt mode] but this'll still be pretty cool :D 
     
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    I love the IDW Prime design! I'm definitely picking this up
     
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    Thank you GCREATION! Thank you!
     
  19. Razor72

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    If he's as tall CW Megatron, then I sold.
     
  20. Megatron118

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    It's been said by others, but I'll repeat it:

    GCreation, if you can make Stealth Bomber Megatron in the same scale (preferably a little bigger than Prime), and with the same accuracy and quality, you will win me over forever.

    Just take some time to think about it...