New Images of Transformers Cloud TFC-A01 Optimus Prime and TFC-D01 Megatron

fenrir72 wrote:That Convoy mold never grows old.

frogbat wrote:i have bludgeon and it's a fave mould of mine but i'm not feeling it for this megs. Guess of all the recent decepticon leaders my fave was the war for cybertron one.

i'm ashamed to admit i don't have that OP mould : ( was late to the game and he became expensive, hopefully this might come in at a decent price.

Megatron only believes in one thing: absolute power. Not in falsities like peace. "Only the rule of the strong can bring true order." And only the worthy can claim this power for themselves, he honestly believes. Therefore he continues to seek out more powerful forces; no sacrifice is too great. Before the end, either Cloud World or Megatron himself will surely perish by his ambition ... It's enough to say that his sword techniques are at the level of a master. He is a genuine warrior, and no one can stand as his equal. Furthermore, besides his martial prowess, he also excels at strategy, and has backed the Autobots into a corner time and time again.

Optimus Prime is the Autobots' supreme commander. Rugged, valiant, trustworthy, modest, and selfless, he is the driving force behind combating Megatron's insurgency, saving the entire Metropolis from danger a few years ago. Puts preserving the stability of Cloud World above all and never lets his personal feelings interfere with his duties. But sometimes this sense of responsibility gets the better of him, and he makes a habit of shouldering the burden alone, without worrying about backup.

Fights with never uncovered first class technology, its power enough to be reckoned with even by enemy Decepticons. He prefers to use his Ion Blaster, which boasts tremendous power to complement his own marksmanship skills.

At the beginning of time, the Big Bang didn't just create one universe, it created many, each with its own flow of time. In order to manage the space-time continuum, Cloud World and its administrator, SARA, were created. Through eternity, inorganic life on Cloud World evolved from simple robots into shape-changing super robots, an advanced civilization of "Transformers."

To maintain Cloud World requires immense amounts of energy, so SARA delegated Transformers to harness the excess energy from various universes, and to perform police actions to preserve the flow of space-time.

Travel to other dimensions is made possible through the use of a gateway that is controlled by SARA. Use of the gateway is strictly controlled, and everybody understands the importance of this, so they all lived happily ever after.

Except NOT, because anyone who disagreed was banished to the lawless wastelands outside the Metropolis, and now they're revolting against SARA. No one could have possibly seen this coming. At all.

dedcat wrote:More criminally overpriced repaints. Over $100 each (according to BBTS pre-order)

A shame too, I would have snagged that Op at a lower price.

GuyIncognito wrote:

dedcat wrote:More criminally overpriced repaints. Over $100 each (according to BBTS pre-order)

A shame too, I would have snagged that Op at a lower price.

They're not "criminally overpriced"; they're special exclusive repaints that BBTS is importing from Japan, and between exchange rates and import and shipping costs, they end up costing quite a bit for us outside of Japan. But they are not overpriced to begin with. If you want rare exclusive Japan-only repaints, you have to pay more than the actual price for that privilege.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Megatron: HELL YES!
Man, that thing is a pure silver beauty. If it's not too expensive, I may pick him up.

Optimus Prime: Whaaaaaaan....
Sigh, what a boring repaint. It's so boring and unnecessary, it's not even funny. A very easy pass.

robotmel wrote:that head needs replacing with Nerf Gun Megatrons!

robotmel wrote:As for Optimus, he actually looks like the KO version I own, with some spare legs thrown in from Ultra Magnus and the wind vane from Nemesis Prime!

Autobot032 wrote:

frogbat wrote:i have bludgeon and it's a fave mould of mine but i'm not feeling it for this megs. Guess of all the recent decepticon leaders my fave was the war for cybertron one.

i'm ashamed to admit i don't have that OP mould : ( was late to the game and he became expensive, hopefully this might come in at a decent price.

$60.00+ when converted from JPY to USD. I'd say retailers such as BBTS will have them for around $80.00 once all shipping costs are passed on to you.

I'd consider looking for a middleman service based in Japan and go from there.

megatronus wrote:I just had a thought that's one part cynical, one part delusional.

What if Takara is trying to get one last squeeze out of these molds before providing us with new versions of OP/Megatron?

I mean, we saw it with GDO Springer...

xyl360 wrote:

megatronus wrote:I just had a thought that's one part cynical, one part delusional.

What if Takara is trying to get one last squeeze out of these molds before providing us with new versions of OP/Megatron?

I mean, we saw it with GDO Springer...

I've kinda been thinking the same so perhaps you're not so delusional, or at least one other than yourself (me ) shares your delusion .

It's a great, and I mean GREAT mold, but Has/Tak don't generally rest on their laurels when it comes to Primes and Megatrons for too long, and given the fact that so far the only version of Prime we've gotten which is accurate to the comics is a teeny fellow, I'd bet money that they plan on doing a larger version of him (likely much to the chagrin of some of those collectors who've purchased Toyworld's).

ILL-Star wrote:For crying out loud! Just give us a new Voyager Optimus and Megatron. Enough of these repaints.

NecaPrime wrote:

ILL-Star wrote:For crying out loud! Just give us a new Voyager Optimus and Megatron. Enough of these repaints.

Yea is see your point here I wish they would too but it's normal for repaints in the transformers world still. Reading this did disapoint me because I was hoping for new moulds to

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

NecaPrime wrote:

ILL-Star wrote:For crying out loud! Just give us a new Voyager Optimus and Megatron. Enough of these repaints.

Yea is see your point here I wish they would too but it's normal for repaints in the transformers world still. Reading this did disapoint me because I was hoping for new moulds to

As a rule of thumb, special editions or exclusives are always repaints. New molds always debut in a main line where they can make the most bucks.

Sabrblade wrote:Very nice.

Also, e-HOBBY's posted the same for Megatron - http://www.e-hobby.co.jp/shopdetail/000000002675/

Mindmaster wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Very nice.

Also, e-HOBBY's posted the same for Megatron - http://www.e-hobby.co.jp/shopdetail/000000002675/

Edited to include the solo shot on Megatron's packaging. Thanks for the heads-up!

Sabrblade wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Huh. So it is morning. Didn't realize it was after midnight, now.

Shadowstream wrote:Plus he'd turn into an armored car and a helicopter, so that's really off putting

Mindmaster wrote:

Shadowstream wrote:Plus he'd turn into an armored car and a helicopter, so that's really off putting

They can always nip the helicopter bits off. Based on Sandstorm, Hasbro/Takara-Tomy aren't afraid of altering a mold to a high degree if they really want to achieve something different.

Sabrblade wrote:Photoshop job from fellow TF fan ExVee: