Classics deluxe Optimus Prime revealed!
Sunday, March 1st, 2009 3:10AM CST
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Posted by Dreadwinglord on March 1st, 2009 @ 3:26am CST
Btw, Deadmetal, what on earth are you talking you about?
Posted by astig on March 1st, 2009 @ 3:42am CST
Dead Metal wrote:Why did we get the stupid helicopter Prime instead of this?
because voyager size toys makes more money for hasbro and with a similar deluxe design, they are giving their voyager sized prime some competition in the market. and because prime is a "must buy" other people would settle on just buying the smaller sized toy to save money. So by not releasing the deluxe, all the payments they get are voyager prices!($_$)...they released the crappy one instead...just IMO
i wonder if there is a deluxe megatron with voyager design.
Posted by Megatron Wolf on March 1st, 2009 @ 3:49am CST
Posted by Dead Metal on March 1st, 2009 @ 3:51am CST
Megatron_Wolf wrote:I had no clue this even existed. Wish we got em. Should've been part of a two or three pack. That way hasbro wouldnt have needed to worry about losing money. Oh and the Helicopter Prime mentioned above is the Prime from the Classics Megatron Vs Prime 2 pack that came with a DVD.
And he sucks, royally!
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on March 1st, 2009 @ 6:14am CST
Dreadwinglord wrote:Looks good
Btw, Deadmetal, what on earth are you talking you about?
The deluxe Prime we got had a punching action which involved him spinning around his chest wildly; thus helicopter.
Posted by mattyc1007 on March 1st, 2009 @ 7:53am CST
EDIT; crap i didnt see that photo i was looking at the far left on their website, strange why it didnt load that photo on here or my computer, anyway now seeing it, i quite like it.
Posted by Valandar on March 1st, 2009 @ 8:58am CST
Posted by PlasticAddict on March 1st, 2009 @ 10:28am CST
mattyc1007 wrote:to me it looks like the two pack prime, cant see a difference between the two aprt from the colour, anyone explain to me how the difference is?
EDIT; crap i didnt see that photo i was looking at the far left on their website, strange why it didnt load that photo on here or my computer, anyway now seeing it, i quite like it.
I guess you don't know what the "2-pack prime" is referring to. No, it's not the 2 optimus primes in the background of this picture. There was never such 2-pack. The 2-pack that the previous posters were referring to is the classics deluxe 2-pack with a fugly green megatron (that turns into a tank) and a pathetic looking prime with a wide-eye confused look. Look it up and you'll know why they suck so bad.
Posted by Swiftpaw on March 1st, 2009 @ 10:38am CST
astig wrote:because voyager size toys makes more money for hasbro and with a similar deluxe design, they are giving their voyager sized prime some competition in the market. and because prime is a "must buy" other people would settle on just buying the smaller sized toy to save money. So by not releasing the deluxe, all the payments they get are voyager prices!($_$)
And yet, in several of the other lines in recent years we get a crap-load of various sizes or recolors that are pretty much the same thing for the Movie line and so fort. There were HOW many versions of both Leader and Voyager size Prime released? I know he's awesome and popular, but still...
Armada is excluded from this rant, because Bendimus Prime is awesome enough to make up for it, and I'm not a big fan of the autoforming trailerbasepants anyways.
Posted by Solrac333 on March 1st, 2009 @ 10:40am CST
Posted by Deszaras on March 1st, 2009 @ 11:54am CST
Dead Metal wrote:Why did we get the stupid helicopter Prime instead of this?
What the hell is "helicopter prime"? Anyone have a pic?
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on March 1st, 2009 @ 12:46pm CST
Deszaras wrote:Dead Metal wrote:Why did we get the stupid helicopter Prime instead of this?
What the hell is "helicopter prime"? Anyone have a pic?
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:The deluxe Prime we got had a punching action which involved him spinning around his chest wildly; thus helicopter.
I hate it when I have to quote myself for people who don't read the whole thread
Posted by harvester on March 1st, 2009 @ 12:53pm CST
If this thing does come out though, Im sure he's roughly the same scale so it'd be awesome to have a bot mode Prime that's in scale with what I mentioned above =P
Right now my classics voyager Prime is standing next to G1 Ultra Magnus and the autobots that are to scale with that.
Posted by mattyc1007 on March 1st, 2009 @ 3:05pm CST
PlasticAddict wrote:mattyc1007 wrote:to me it looks like the two pack prime, cant see a difference between the two aprt from the colour, anyone explain to me how the difference is?
EDIT; crap i didnt see that photo i was looking at the far left on their website, strange why it didnt load that photo on here or my computer, anyway now seeing it, i quite like it.
I guess you don't know what the "2-pack prime" is referring to. No, it's not the 2 optimus primes in the background of this picture. There was never such 2-pack. The 2-pack that the previous posters were referring to is the classics deluxe 2-pack with a fugly green megatron (that turns into a tank) and a pathetic looking prime with a wide-eye confused look. Look it up and you'll know why they suck so bad.
i wasnt talking about that after my edit, secondly i know what their on about ive got the set, and i dont know whats wrong with em, the megatron is one of my favourites and the prime wasnt that all bad in truck mode, the bot mode was great.
Posted by Primacron's Little Helper on March 1st, 2009 @ 4:35pm CST
Posted by Bumblethumper on March 1st, 2009 @ 8:57pm CST
And I'm quite happy with the 2 pack deluxe Optimus we did get, love the headsculpt, and I think the bot mode proportions are much better.
Truck mode needed some work, I'll give you that.
Posted by Overcracker on March 2nd, 2009 @ 10:11am CST
Megatron's arm on the other hand will just keep popping off
Anyway, while the mold looks good in Deluxe size, I think it works much better as a Voyager.
I did notice the similarity in the kneecaps of this deluxe Prime and Helicopter Prime.
Posted by Mykltron on March 2nd, 2009 @ 10:19am CST
Overcracker wrote: and unlike Megatron, the spinning gimmick doesn't actually hinder the figure since it can be locked.
Can It? How? I wedged a piece of card in the back.
I love the way the delux looks in bot mode, and he is so poseable.
Posted by Overcracker on March 2nd, 2009 @ 10:29am CST
Mykltron wrote:Overcracker wrote: and unlike Megatron, the spinning gimmick doesn't actually hinder the figure since it can be locked.
Can It? How? I wedged a piece of card in the back.
I love the way the delux looks in bot mode, and he is so poseable.
Yes it can, just pull the black tab on his back out until it locks or clicks. This locks the spinning mechanism.
Posted by *Soundwave* on March 2nd, 2009 @ 11:03am CST
Overcracker wrote:Mykltron wrote:Overcracker wrote: and unlike Megatron, the spinning gimmick doesn't actually hinder the figure since it can be locked.
Can It? How? I wedged a piece of card in the back.
I love the way the delux looks in bot mode, and he is so poseable.
Yes it can, just pull the black tab on his back out until it locks or clicks. This locks the spinning mechanism.
Is it made to do that? I wanna make sure I'm not breaking it before I do it.
Posted by Overcracker on March 2nd, 2009 @ 11:33am CST
Just pull it out slightly until it clicks.