X-Transbots MX-39 Origo (Orion Pax)

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  1. Jersey_Steel

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    Rodimus isn't a space winnebago, he is a Futuristic box truck. Just like Kup is a Futuristic pickup truck etc..
     
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    I’d say they didn’t go full out though. The cab clearly is X-Transbots Kup, just with a trailer. Orion’s actual cab is significantly different, and for all appearances his trailer becomes his legs.

    X-Transbots MX-39 Origo (Orion Pax)
     
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    Why bother to take the leap of conspiracy when the truth is probably worse. They are making a Rodimus Prime that isn't coming out until 2024 but is pretty far along and said what ELSE can we do with this design while looking at V2.0 of Locke and then said damn I know what we can do with this. Let's stop working on Rodimus and do this one. XTB appears to be the masters of 0-90% but then decides to do something else because they get bored. This is the company that has had test shots come out without a problem only for a problem to appear in the final release.

    They are doing Ariel already. They are doing Elita-1 and can just add the Ariel head and probably pull it off. At the very least it is a recolor. I think it is also obvious they are doing the Fembots to follow up on their Junkions.
     
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    That’d explain it. G1 Orion didn’t really interest me much so I never really did a lot of research into him. I mean literally the only thing he did in the cartoon was go full fangirl on Megatron and nearly die (although seeing how he was reforged into Optimus, it could be claimed he did die).
     
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    I meant for the eHobby set with the original recolored Kup and Wheelie.
     
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    Very, VERY tempting, considering I want a full G1 season 1, 2, and movie cast for my MP collection.
     
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    Johntimus Prime Where's my perfect Legends-scale Ultra Magnus?

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    I do think it's funny how, after Takara put out an absolutely bizarre set of G1 Kup and Wheelie recolored as Orion and Dion, most Kup toys afterwards were destined to be retooled as our favorite sissy with a Decepticon boner. That said, if an official MP Kup happens, I can see TT retooling it into Pax.
     
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    Yeah, it’s become the de facto practice. I’m guilty of it, too— I had no interest at all in the SS86 Kup figure, but I bought it so I could create an Orion Pax. It received the head sculpt of SS86 Hot Rod, another figure that failed to impress me.
     
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    Big shoutout to Hany, Agabyss, and Botcon for not only their input in this figure but showing the FIRST in hand prototype images and actual prototype figures in both botmode and altmode. Without them, it wouldn’t have been shown or even created. Hany pushed Keith to make this and gave design input for this figure. Colors aren’t final but this looks exciting! I’m grateful for the opportunity to shoot these for the panel and help with the reveal.
     

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  10. Johntimus Prime

    Johntimus Prime Where's my perfect Legends-scale Ultra Magnus?

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    The weirdest one for me is POTP Orion: the cab combines with the trailer to become Optimus. I want his workout program.
     
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    It's okay I guess. The new Prototypoe pictures look better than the initial renders but it's still got that XTB boxy awkward look to it. Plus it's gonna be short AF.
    I think this is a pretty easy pass for me. I'll see if one of the newer companies like DS takes a crack at this (assuming they come back) or otherwise wait for FansToys to put their distinctive stamp on it. XTB's style doesn't;t really work for me anymore, for a lot of their stuff at least. They still get the odd decent effort that appeals, but it's becoming rare.

    For now, I'm happy with my repainted OSKO of the POTP Orion Pax. It's not perfect but it's not so much worse than XTB's that I need to replace it.
    Orion Pax.jpg
     
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    Honestly that osko looks better to me design and proportion wise. Less accurate but that ain’t a bad thing here.
     
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    The sarcasm was clearly lost......I thought the last sentence would have clinched it.

    And no. Fuck blue text.
     
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    I think I like Hasbro's version better....
     
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    I agree that this is a more attractive design. It’s not finished to MP levels, but the proportions are definitely better. It’s waaaay too big, though. I don’t think of Orion as tiny, but I wouldn’t think he would be taller than the top of Optimus’ chest, making this one at least a head too tall, IMO.
     
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    In Soviet Russia, blue text fuck you.
     
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    I hate how it looks... I actually don't... :cry 
     
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    Ain't nobody got time for blue text.

    Lol.
     
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    Dion is the only one of the three whose alt mode we saw. Though we can still assume that Orion and Ariel also had alt modes that we just didn't see.
     
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