In-Hand Images Transformers Collectors' Club 2015 Exclusive Nova Prime

Heads look so similar I don't see the point in doing a new mold...

A little paint goes a long way to make those side antennae really stand out.

MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:Heads look so similar I don't see the point in doing a new mold...

It's the same headsculpt as Lio Convoy.

MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:Heads look so similar I don't see the point in doing a new mold...

similar to pax or lio convoy? cause its the same head as lio Convoy

Not loving that head. Not at all.

megatronus wrote:Not loving that head. Not at all.

What else is new? Great looking design, small little head... Reason why I didn't renew my membership this year.

mooncake623 wrote:

megatronus wrote:Not loving that head. Not at all.

What else is new? Great looking design, small little head... Reason why I didn't renew my membership this year.

I don't think the head is small, necessarily - just not a great fit for Nova. Leo Prime is fine, IMO.

megatronus wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:

megatronus wrote:Not loving that head. Not at all.

What else is new? Great looking design, small little head... Reason why I didn't renew my membership this year.

I don't think the head is small, necessarily - just not a great fit for Nova. Leo Prime is fine, IMO.

Looks like squished compared to this

I liked these, but not enough to bother renewing this year.

Their server had my CC info all screwed up ... AGAIN, and I decided I was done dealing with these clowns.

If there are any figs I REALLY want, I'll pay the two-bits to get them through BBTS or at a convention.

Wow. I had a lot of worries about these two looking "samey", but wow. Side by side, they look REALLY different. Nice cost-effective way to reuse a mold and head sculpt to deliver two good figures to two different fan groups.

Nova looks pretty good. Between him and Lio Convoy, I kinda regret not resubbing. One free figure isn't worth the subscription to me. I guess I will have to watch eBay for Lio Convoy. I kinda want to see what Orion Pax would look like in Optimal Optimus colors.

mooncake623 wrote:

MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:Heads look so similar I don't see the point in doing a new mold...

similar to pax or lio convoy? cause its the same head as lio Convoy

Obviously. Similar to Pax

Crosscheck wrote:I kinda want to see what Orion Pax would look like in Optimal Optimus colors.

I would LOVE to see that!

Do want, even if the paint on the head doesn't quite line up.

Will probably put it on my Legends shelf. That scale pairing is about right... right?

MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:

MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:Heads look so similar I don't see the point in doing a new mold...

similar to pax or lio convoy? cause its the same head as lio Convoy

Obviously. Similar to Pax

Crosscheck wrote:I kinda want to see what Orion Pax would look like in Optimal Optimus colors.

I would LOVE to see that!

Makes me wish I knew how to digibash.

Crosscheck wrote:

MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:

Crosscheck wrote:I kinda want to see what Orion Pax would look like in Optimal Optimus colors.

I would LOVE to see that!

Makes me wish I knew how to digibash.

Same All I can do are Paint scribbles lol

Mindmaster wrote:Do want, even if the paint on the head doesn't quite line up.

Will probably put it on my Legends shelf. That scale pairing is about right... right?

I have the Orion figure myself but I don't think it goes well with the legends size.



Not due to the size of the mold it just looks to bulky (for lack of better word) compared to legends Bee or Tailgate.

I don't want to hate this, but you're making it so difficult not to. The head doesn't fit for the lineage of nova prime, it's poorly painted, granted that could be because it's a stolen Chinese test shot. It amazingly looks like a monochrome lio convoy, oh and did I mention the head looks terrible, both forthe chcharacter, and in regards to sculpt.

mooncake623 wrote:

megatronus wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:

megatronus wrote:Not loving that head. Not at all.

What else is new? Great looking design, small little head... Reason why I didn't renew my membership this year.

I don't think the head is small, necessarily - just not a great fit for Nova. Leo Prime is fine, IMO.

Looks like squished compared to this

Squished, yes. Small, no. It's not as if he head were miniaturized, a la Protoform X.

The head looks like a badly made Shapeways plastic model.

megatronus wrote:Squished, yes. Small, no. It's not as if he head were miniaturized, a la Protoform X.

Or poor wittle Punch's pimple of a head

MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:

megatronus wrote:Squished, yes. Small, no. It's not as if he head were miniaturized, a la Protoform X.

Or poor wittle Punch's pimple of a head

Doesn't make me want Punch any less, though.

I wish they would do a retail rerelease of RM lio convoy. If you're just displaying them in bot mode, that head would look much better. but of course Legends Commander Lio Convoy is 60+ T.T

I am actually liking that Nova. I make have to try to find a deal on a Lio Convoy and a Nova Prime in the b/s/t threads. If these were regular retail I'd absolutely grab them.

Yeah, I hope Hasbro/Takara designers can take a cue and start PLANNING for future head swaps... leave a little extra space instead of building only enough space for that one head.

Given, I know each toy design is its own set of problems for designers. Just something I hope they are keeping in mind now.

KnightStrike wrote:If these were regular retail I'd absolutely grab them.

Me too! I mean, I'm already all over them, but the appeal would be much wider if they were priced at regular retail. The same could be said of most Club releases.

gothsaurus wrote:Yeah, I hope Hasbro/Takara designers can take a cue and start PLANNING for future head swaps... leave a little extra space instead of building only enough space for that one head.

Given, I know each toy design is its own set of problems for designers. Just something I hope they are keeping in mind now.

Why would Has/Tak accommodate what is essentially a TFCC problem? Hasbro shouldn't have to engineer extra room into things on the chance possibility the Club latches on to that mold for their use.

Rather, the Club should be better at engineering their heads. Or invest the additional money to remold the part(s) the head has to collapse into. Showing awesome concept art and failing to deliver on those expectations hurts the Club more than a $5-10 hike per figure for those retoolings would.

Take Protoform X. Had they done a simple retool to expand the opening the head inserts into for vehicle mode (which would require remolding a single piece) that figure would be epic. As it is, he suffers from shrunken head syndrome. Bummer. And now we have to deal with Lio/Nova's squished heads, too. Grr.

megatronus wrote:Rather, the Club should be better at engineering their heads. Or invest the additional money to remold the part(s) the head has to collapse into. Showing awesome concept art and failing to deliver on those expectations hurts the Club more than a $5-10 hike per figure for those retoolings would.

Take Protoform X. Had they done a simple retool to expand the opening the head inserts into for vehicle mode (which would require remolding a single piece) that figure would be epic. As it is, he suffers from shrunken head syndrome. Bummer. And now we have to deal with Lio/Nova's squished heads, too. Grr.

The Club is only allotted to have one part remolded per mold that get's remolded.

Sabrblade wrote:

megatronus wrote:Rather, the Club should be better at engineering their heads. Or invest the additional money to remold the part(s) the head has to collapse into. Showing awesome concept art and failing to deliver on those expectations hurts the Club more than a $5-10 hike per figure for those retoolings would.

Take Protoform X. Had they done a simple retool to expand the opening the head inserts into for vehicle mode (which would require remolding a single piece) that figure would be epic. As it is, he suffers from shrunken head syndrome. Bummer. And now we have to deal with Lio/Nova's squished heads, too. Grr.

The Club is only allotted to have one part remolded per mold that get's remolded.

What do you mean by allotted? That Hasbro will only let them remold one part, or that they only have the budget for one part?

Why should Hasbro make accommodations for TFCC?... well, it's not JUST TFCC.

Hasbro/Takara are retooling their own toys more than ever... Whether heavy retools like Sandstorm/Springer or GDO/Asia/Cloud exclusives with new heads like Brawn — leaving a little elbow room opens up great options and opportunities for the future. It's just good practice not to paint yourself in a corner, ya know?

megatronus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

megatronus wrote:Rather, the Club should be better at engineering their heads. Or invest the additional money to remold the part(s) the head has to collapse into. Showing awesome concept art and failing to deliver on those expectations hurts the Club more than a $5-10 hike per figure for those retoolings would.

Take Protoform X. Had they done a simple retool to expand the opening the head inserts into for vehicle mode (which would require remolding a single piece) that figure would be epic. As it is, he suffers from shrunken head syndrome. Bummer. And now we have to deal with Lio/Nova's squished heads, too. Grr.

The Club is only allotted to have one part remolded per mold that get's remolded.

What do you mean by allotted? That Hasbro will only let them remold one part, or that they only have the budget for one part?

Mostly budget. Remember, such parts will only be used once, twice if lucky (Breakdown's head, Thrust's wings), and were it not for budget, 2007 Dirge would have gotten new wings too.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

megatronus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

megatronus wrote:Rather, the Club should be better at engineering their heads. Or invest the additional money to remold the part(s) the head has to collapse into. Showing awesome concept art and failing to deliver on those expectations hurts the Club more than a $5-10 hike per figure for those retoolings would.

Take Protoform X. Had they done a simple retool to expand the opening the head inserts into for vehicle mode (which would require remolding a single piece) that figure would be epic. As it is, he suffers from shrunken head syndrome. Bummer. And now we have to deal with Lio/Nova's squished heads, too. Grr.

The Club is only allotted to have one part remolded per mold that get's remolded.

What do you mean by allotted? That Hasbro will only let them remold one part, or that they only have the budget for one part?

Mostly budget. Remember, such parts will only be used once, twice if lucky (Breakdown's head, Thrust's wings), and were it not for budget, 2007 Dirge would have gotten new wings too.

That's a silly point to pick apart, as I mentioned price hikes in my original comment.

^ I'm with you on this. Even if they didn't want to mod it, hand those factory workers some sanding tools and have them shave down a part during the assembly process.

This is of course a statement made as someone totally ignorant to the assembly processes being used, and is made in the hope that this might increase the pay those folks get if it is inhumanely low. Sigh.

Oh, and Edit: What I came here to say was that the Lio Convoy head I could live with, but I think it looks really bad on Nova Prime. Just looks like a White Prime with a funky head now instead of Nova. Bummer too, I was quite looking forward to this one. (Disclaimer: I have no self-control and will still buy it, so take my opinions as you should on club stuff, which is with a grain of salt.)

Well, if the rumor of Nova Prime being Lio Convoy's clone proves true, I can live with the two of them having the same headsculpt.

Sabrblade wrote:Well, if the rumor of Nova Prime being Lio Convoy's clone proves true, I can live with the two of them having the same headsculpt.

Using fiction to justify the club's screw ups only has a novel appeal for so long. This only justifies novae, of a the hyper variety to me.

Sabrblade wrote:Well, if the rumor of Nova Prime being Lio Convoy's clone proves true, I can live with the two of them having the same headsculpt.

Didn't IDW Nova Prime's head already resemble Lio Convoy's a bit?



We are talking the Nova Prime that was turned into (a) Nemesis Prime, not Prime Nova

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Well, if the rumor of Nova Prime being Lio Convoy's clone proves true, I can live with the two of them having the same headsculpt.

Using fiction to justify the club's screw ups only has a novel appeal for so long. This only justifies novae, of a the hyper variety to me.

I was find with the idea even before the text story was posted, so long as the head looked enough like both of them. The notion of the fiction giving in-universe justification for the similarity is a nice bonus.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Didn't IDW Nova Prime's head already resemble Lio Convoy's a bit?

More like Big Convoy's head.

We are talking the Nova Prime that was turned into (a) Nemesis Prime, not Prime Nova

TCC Nova Prime might not be IDW Nova Prime (not sure what Prime Nova has to do with this, though).

We've seen in-hand images for most of the 2015 Transformers Collectors' Club Subscription figures, including the freebie incentive Lio Convoy, and other such as Car-Zap, Krok, Nova Prime, Nacelle and G2 Starscream - but it never hurts to show some more off, right? Especially in combination with the BotCon set reveal! Coming at us via Weibo users Lost-Zzl and 宝哥我们被劫, take a look below at mirrored images of all but Krok and Car-Zap (which you can see here instead). Did you join this year? Are you excited for these? Let us know in the Energon Pub!

I did join this year, and yes, I am excited for these!

Thanks for asking

Yer welcum.

I wanted to join but couldnt make the deadline

Ooooooooooh, that G2 Starscream's starting to get me hot & bothered, I'ma sucker for burnt orange. Though I'll be honest, I hope it isn't the first one to come in.

Yeah, I may be MOST excited about that G2 Starscream. It looks spot on.

Those seekers are boss.

Not liking the paint applications on Leo Convoy's eyes. Looks like someone isn't careful with their paint brush.

good lord. the paint on the heads of leo convoy and nova prime are god awful.

I was thinking it was just me or that I was being a bit picky, but I see everyone is agreeing that the paint on those heads looks very sloppy. For the premium price these command you would think the QC on paint apps would be a bit better. I don't mind so much fixing paint apps on retail releases, but when you fork out that much for a deluxe you'd expect the paint apps to not look like the painter was on their 5th pot of coffee for the day

Doubledealer93 wrote:good lord. the paint on the heads of leo convoy and nova prime are god awful.

With they way the eye's are painted; It looks like they're head molding doesn't include any eye, orbits, or any other structure around that area. It looks like they're painted on a flat surface. However if you look closely, eye "bone" structures are there, they're just really really shallow.

Hot off the heels of a recent batch of reveals, Weibo user Lost-Zzl brings us pics of another Transformers Collectors' Club exclusive figure - Tarantulas! He is based off the Reveal the Shield Wreck-Gar mold, and more specifically the E-hobby retool Scrapheap which has only been released stateside once before as the Shattered Glass Botcon Exclusive Scrap Iron. Tarantulas is sporting his original (pre-Transmetal) deco primarily purple with yellow/green accents. Keep scrolling to see the pics and stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all your Transformers news!

The bike looks nice, but in robot mode, it kinda just looks like a purple scrapheap, or the SG one without the black and less decals.
Pre cybertronian or not, there's allot more detail, and specifically texture, on season one tarantulas than most people think, here's a relatively accurate CG model

Wow, that is a very bluish purple.

That looks much nicer than anticipated! Weird that there aren't pics of the Microns though.