Rescue bots Jumbo Jet Racer Optimus Prime

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Fc203, Feb 23, 2021.

  1. Dinobot Snarl

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    Ugh

    Yes I love the basic look of this minus the blue things. Optimus would make a cool Sea plane. Hey 3rd Parties do it right, but keep the cutsie look!
     
  2. Vector Oracle

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    Terribly sorry about that, good sir. Perhaps I should present you with this offering instead?
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    Crocodile? Beast Wars Megatron is gonna sue Prime for this.
     
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    Okay in all seriousness though Fansproject Positum has been on my "if I can find it cheap" list for years
     
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    He’ll have to sue him retroactively. (Or in the future. BW is confusing like that.) Guess we’re in for some more time travel...
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    Genuine question, the big wings on the arms, those look like theyre held on with a single hinge about the elbow. surely thats.... not enough, right? i understand as far as playtime this thing is supposed to be used more as a base than a robot, with all its rolly ramps and static nature, but if a small kid clunked another bot into one of those wings right at the bottom where leverage is at its best, im almost certain the whole wing would just snap right off! Here\'s to hoping its C clipped or something so it can snap back on...
     
  7. ILoveDinobot

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    That\'s certainly a.... design choice.
     
  9. Chainlink

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    Iiiiiinteresting? I don't believe Prime has ever turned into a jumbo jet (unless you want to count Power of the Primes or whatever Octane repaint that was).
     
  10. David Hingtgen

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    That was a sorta-kinda Harrier, not a passenger plane. "Jet", but no other similarities. (and as I mentioned a page or so earlier, this new toy has (bright yellow) propellers, so....)
     
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    Truck not airplane.
     
  12. WishfulThinking

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    I might buy it at ROSS next year for $20.
     
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    I take it the \"intelligent\" folks at Hasbro couldn\'t even transform this pre-school-centric figure into alt-mode correctly?
     
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    ...I'm not sure that's how wings are suppose to work.
     
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    Is there any way to unsee this?
     
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    True true. I just think it's neat to see a familiar face take on a different alt mode.
    ... Good idea or not lol
     
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    This looks great. My 3yr old twins will love this.

    Like others said, at least it's somewhere to store the Rescue bots. Curious how many minibot racers it will fit.
     
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    So... is Rescue Bots as a Brand now dead?

    This is now out in Australia, and as I had pointed out in the Dinobot Adventures news topic, this one also does NOT have the Rescue Bots branding or wording anywhere on the packaging.
    And looking back at the link in the news posting for this topic, it doesn't say "Rescue Bots" anywhere in the article... so I think it was just automatically assumed it was part of Rescue Bots by whomever created the topic title for this topic.

    That said, I think Hasbro has dropped the ball on not having new Branding ready for the youngest demographic toys to unify these kiddie Transformers (this one and all those redeco dinos)... as it makes it harder to market them to retailers, and if they don't get it, the won't buy them... regardless of how much demand their may be from consumers.

    This toy is on sale here in Australia next Thursday, so I haven't bought it yet... when I do next week, I might post some extra out-of-packaging photos if no one else does before then.
    But I can't imagine too many people wanting this toy, as it just looks terrible, all over.

    (the retail price here is au$69, but I think it would normally be about the price of a Leader class toy)

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  19. WishfulThinking

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    This needs a repaint into Fire Dagwon. C'mon Hasbro! It'd be randomly awesome and I'd buy the crap out of it.
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    Nice, I want to get this.