FlameToys Optimus Model Kit

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by hardreturn, Jul 27, 2017.

  1. Shizuka

    Shizuka Optimus Prime's Scriptor

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    I know it's gunpla but my autocorrect doesn't.
     
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  2. Onslaught Phase 2

    Onslaught Phase 2 Know my name and fear it!

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    Very anime-mecha proportioned. It seemed like a sleek version of fire convoy, mostly in the line art. Looks great!
     
  3. MegaDolrailer

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    People who think this looks like a Gundam aren't versed in japanese mech design, so anything really japanese looks like Gundam to them.

    Case closed.
     
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  4. Electro Rush

    Electro Rush Just a guy waiting for the perfect Whirl

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    Oooh I like.

    I hope that I like the price as well, but I'm not holding my breath here.
     
  5. MegaDolrailer

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    Saying "Gundam influenced all of japanese mech design" is like saying "seinfeld influenced the modern sitcom" so whining about it is useless

    And there's no "outer flap hanging down off the top of the shoulder armor". If you looked at G1 Optimus' toy, you'd see he has a flap on his shoulder that points to the back. That's what this is.
     
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  6. Furnace

    Furnace Antroid at a picnic

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    Hey, you read my mind!
     
  7. OriginalFire

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    Did anybody buy the Ori Toy Prime, I was just thinking that I don't think many people did, so perhaps this wasn't such a good idea
     
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  8. dCon

    dCon mecha-former

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    I figured it was the damn modern age of touch pad typing autocorrect bullshit. I have a phone that will change every word every damn time and THEN after I'm done correctly writing everything and proof reading I press send it rearranges it some more!! Its absolutely asinine so I knkw what your dealing with! The worst is when it's important message and the "u"s become "i"s so you look like your blaming someone & that someone won't understand that's what happened even if you tell them.

    Yea so to reiterate, I completely understand what your going through with "autocorrect"
     
  9. IoriYagami288

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    Now that I look at it more (specifically the lineart), he looks more like Masami Obari's style.

    [​IMG]
     
  10. xronhide

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    that's no wonder, because it's designed by Akira Amemiya, gurenn lagan animator.

    I like the fresh look of this optimus, depending on price, maybe I will try to get this.
     
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  11. AMG

    AMG Old School

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    This kills it for me:

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    It looks like he's wearing a speedo.
     
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  12. dCon

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    Ya bro it's a bit un'sightly. So this the same company doing Drift, but is it the same people? It's possible they will rework it OR, I would imagine sometimes they fake stuff or reveal older prototypes so no one will copy their work. Think of it this way, this is a model kit, yes? Say they have a better design, but don't want the KO companies making a full action figure of it til they at least sell their first production runs to the retailers/distributors. So they show off a older more unrefined prototype/or faux parts to avoid copies. I'm just guessing here obviously, but it would make sense. As I just posted in another thread, KO companies are faster, better, and cheaper then the last person they ate KOing at almost every turn now. This is licensed so it costs more money to produce. Maybe they don't want a action figure/transforming figure built of it. I'm just hoping that they can't make something that UGLY at the same time they make something that beautiful (Drift)!

    Edit: actually if uou look at the rest of the design it's pretty solid and incentive/intuitive. I doubt my words are facts but there could be some truth to it.
     
  13. Electro Rush

    Electro Rush Just a guy waiting for the perfect Whirl

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    Banana Hammock Prime
     
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  14. SPLIT LIP

    SPLIT LIP Be strong enough to be gentle

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    It looks like it opens up for something.

    I find kinship in this toy all of a sudden.
     
  15. Razzy

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    Optimus Prime's iconic pelvic thrust cannon shaped like space battleship Yamato.

    Also, I like this design. If the price is right, I might ge-bwahahaha, it's 3p,of course it'll get 10x what it should.

    Cya
    Raziel-chan