New Images of Transformers: The Last Knight Premier Edition Optimus Prime
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Posted by Hero Alpha on November 18th, 2016 @ 11:40am CST
Posted by william-james88 on November 18th, 2016 @ 11:50am CST
Paint looks better than what I previously thought though.
Also WOW, that guy is really into Taylor Swift. Reminds me of my crush on Michelle Branch back in highschool.
Posted by Emerje on November 18th, 2016 @ 12:12pm CST
william-james88 wrote:So those hps really have 2 different grey plastics, thats too bad.
Hasbro seems to be having some issues lately in matching shades between two different types of plastic. Like how Wolfwire has thinner yellow plastic (shoulders and legs) in one shade while the thicker plastic used for structure (torso, pelvis, and elbows) is slightly different. Wolfwire's bicep swivel is made of two obviously different shades of yellow just like this Prime's thigh swivel.
Emerje
Posted by Fc203 on November 18th, 2016 @ 1:06pm CST
Posted by bluecatcinema on November 18th, 2016 @ 1:12pm CST
Posted by william-james88 on November 18th, 2016 @ 1:13pm CST
Posted by feifangongzi on November 18th, 2016 @ 1:30pm CST
Posted by Va'al on November 18th, 2016 @ 2:16pm CST
Posted by william-james88 on November 18th, 2016 @ 2:22pm CST
feifangongzi wrote:All movie toy line designer should be Fired! How ugly is this robot!
But that would mean firing the best designer of all time, Hasui, the guy who made all those amazing MP toys (from MP 10 all the way to BB, I think). He also designed movie toys, like HFTD Leader Starscream.
Posted by hinomars19 on November 18th, 2016 @ 2:56pm CST
william-james88 wrote:feifangongzi wrote:All movie toy line designer should be Fired! How ugly is this robot!
But that would mean firing the best designer of all time, Hasui, the guy who made all those amazing MP toys (from MP 10 all the way to BB, I think). He also designed movie toys, like HFTD Leader Starscream.
Yeah, designers are not to blame. Sadly they have to do what they are told within the restrictions set by whatever line they are assigned to. It's the takara/ hasbro boffins that are to blame. Moving Hasui from the MP's to movie toys was absurd.(HFTD Screamer being an exception) RiD toys was absurd.
Posted by Burn on November 18th, 2016 @ 2:56pm CST
Posted by Va'al on November 18th, 2016 @ 3:03pm CST
Burn wrote:It's kinda growing on me but ... I don't feel this screams "The Last Knight" as it looks too "Age of Extinction" to me. I guess I'm use to seeing a different look with each movie and this one doesn't seem to be doing that.
Could that be a good thing, maybe? A sign of some sort of continuity or consistency?
Posted by william-james88 on November 18th, 2016 @ 3:13pm CST
hinomars19 wrote:Yeah, designers are not to blame. Sadly they have to do what they are told within the restrictions set by whatever line they are assigned to. It's the takara/ hasbro boffins that are to blame. Moving Hasui from the MP's to movie toys was absurd.(HFTD Screamer being an exception)
They didnt, he went from movie toys (2007) to MPs (2011) and still kept designing every starscream ever (aside from the MP, ironically). Recently though, they moved him from MPs to RID 3 step toys.
And you thought it was absurd before.
If anyone cares, here are the Movie toys made by the same designer of MP 10 and MP Soundawve and MP Wheeljack and on and on:
Backfire (Human Alliance)/Spike Witwicky
Soundwave (Human Alliance)/Mr. Gould
Starscream (Leader class)
Barricade (Human Alliance)/Frenzy
Jazz (Human Alliance)/Captain Lennox
Bumblebee (Human Alliance)/Sam Witwicky
ROTF Sideswipe (Deluxe class)
ROTF Starscream (Voyager class)
first movie Arcee (Deluxe class)
first movie Barricade (Deluxe class)
first movie Jazz (Deluxe class)
first movie Ratchet (Voyager class)
first movie Starscream (Voyager class) (with Eric Siebenaler)
also, I just realized he designed Animated Lockdown, he really is the genius behind all my favourite toys.
Posted by Randomhero on November 18th, 2016 @ 3:46pm CST
william-james88 wrote:hinomars19 wrote:Yeah, designers are not to blame. Sadly they have to do what they are told within the restrictions set by whatever line they are assigned to. It's the takara/ hasbro boffins that are to blame. Moving Hasui from the MP's to movie toys was absurd.(HFTD Screamer being an exception)
They didnt, he went from movie toys (2007) to MPs (2011) and still kept designing every starscream ever (aside from the MP, ironically). Recently though, they moved him from MPs to RID 3 step toys.
And you thought it was absurd before.
If anyone cares, here are the Movie toys made by the same designer of MP 10 and MP Soundawve and MP Wheeljack and on and on:
Backfire (Human Alliance)/Spike Witwicky
Soundwave (Human Alliance)/Mr. Gould
Starscream (Leader class)
Barricade (Human Alliance)/Frenzy
Jazz (Human Alliance)/Captain Lennox
Bumblebee (Human Alliance)/Sam Witwicky
ROTF Sideswipe (Deluxe class)
ROTF Starscream (Voyager class)
first movie Arcee (Deluxe class)
first movie Barricade (Deluxe class)
first movie Jazz (Deluxe class)
first movie Ratchet (Voyager class)
first movie Starscream (Voyager class) (with Eric Siebenaler)
also, I just realized he designed Animated Lockdown, he really is the genius behind all my favourite toys.
They do the best they can with the movie designs. They went nuts with revenge of the fallen for making them way too complex for kids. That's why dark of the moon was very...well it was what it was. I don't mind the movie lines, they are what they are and I don't buy a movie figure unless it really speaks to me.
If you don't like movie figures just don't buy them. It's simple as that.
Posted by AlbimusPrime on November 18th, 2016 @ 3:49pm CST
Posted by hinomars19 on November 18th, 2016 @ 4:14pm CST
william-james88 wrote:hinomars19 wrote:Yeah, designers are not to blame. Sadly they have to do what they are told within the restrictions set by whatever line they are assigned to. It's the takara/ hasbro boffins that are to blame. Moving Hasui from the MP's to movie toys was absurd.(HFTD Screamer being an exception)
They didnt, he went from movie toys (2007) to MPs (2011) and still kept designing every starscream ever (aside from the MP, ironically). Recently though, they moved him from MPs to RID 3 step toys.
Bell whistles, yes, my mistake. I did know that it was Rid, just made a doozy since I knew he had done movie stuff.
My point still stands though; the designers are not to blame if a toy is bad/ too simple, etc Hasui's repertoire alone proves that.
Posted by Kurona on November 18th, 2016 @ 4:21pm CST
william-james88 wrote:Recently though, they moved him from MPs to RID 3 step toys.
WOW. They couldn't make a bigger step down if they tried.
This figure's looking pretty nice; as someone who doesn't even like the movie aesthetic. Really liking the shape of the head.
Posted by william-james88 on November 18th, 2016 @ 4:24pm CST
Kurona wrote:william-james88 wrote:Recently though, they moved him from MPs to RID 3 step toys.
WOW. They couldn't make a bigger step down if they tried.
He's not complaining though and still finds as much pride in his work as ever.
Posted by Burn on November 18th, 2016 @ 4:39pm CST
Dr Va'al wrote:Burn wrote:It's kinda growing on me but ... I don't feel this screams "The Last Knight" as it looks too "Age of Extinction" to me. I guess I'm use to seeing a different look with each movie and this one doesn't seem to be doing that.
Could that be a good thing, maybe? A sign of some sort of continuity or consistency?
Screw consistency, why start now?
Posted by Va'al on November 18th, 2016 @ 4:46pm CST
Burn wrote:Attempt to steer topic back on track #1 ...Dr Va'al wrote:Burn wrote:It's kinda growing on me but ... I don't feel this screams "The Last Knight" as it looks too "Age of Extinction" to me. I guess I'm use to seeing a different look with each movie and this one doesn't seem to be doing that.
Could that be a good thing, maybe? A sign of some sort of continuity or consistency?
Screw consistency, why start now?
It's a brave new world. With knights. Space Knights.
Posted by Seibertron on November 18th, 2016 @ 5:10pm CST
Posted by Emerje on November 18th, 2016 @ 6:04pm CST
Seibertron wrote:What have they done to Optimus Prime's face? It hardly even looks like Optimus Prime any more.
The sculpt or the paint? To me the sculpt looks perfectly fine, but he needs a considerable amount more silver paint. He strangely has the same paint layout as G1 Prime, what with being dominantly blue with a sliver mouth plate and crest on his head and blue eyes.
I like the sculpt so hopefully Takara Tomy gives us something better painted.
Emerje
Posted by Tyrannacon on November 18th, 2016 @ 7:12pm CST
Posted by Seibertron on November 18th, 2016 @ 7:15pm CST
Emerje wrote:Seibertron wrote:What have they done to Optimus Prime's face? It hardly even looks like Optimus Prime any more.
The sculpt or the paint? To me the sculpt looks perfectly fine, but he needs a considerable amount more silver paint. He strangely has the same paint layout as G1 Prime, what with being dominantly blue with a sliver mouth plate and crest on his head and blue eyes.
I like the sculpt so hopefully Takara Tomy gives us something better painted.
Emerje
The sculpt and the paint. The longer these designs go on, the less recognizable even Optimus Prime has become.
Posted by ubertenorman on November 18th, 2016 @ 11:20pm CST
ugh
Posted by Sabrblade on November 19th, 2016 @ 10:33am CST
But Optimus had the same look across the first three movies, with the only real difference between his look in ROTF and DOTM being his new tummy in DOTM.Burn wrote:It's kinda growing on me but ... I don't feel this screams "The Last Knight" as it looks too "Age of Extinction" to me. I guess I'm use to seeing a different look with each movie and this one doesn't seem to be doing that.
Posted by ScottyP on November 19th, 2016 @ 4:03pm CST
Posted by CdogCdog4 on November 19th, 2016 @ 9:29pm CST
CMI-SillySpringer wrote:Megatron Wolf wrote:Looks just as bad as the leader, only thing it has going for itself is it has some paint apps. But its a test shot & that could change very quickly. Have a feeling this line is going to suck just as bad as AoE did.
Like I said, the toy seems to be built better than the Leader, and is more accurately proportioned. At least that's good. I am just hoping Takara comes out with an "Armor Knight" version of this guy with all that remolding and extra paint apps.
Why remolded it? It's been said that Prime doesn't have the upgraded arms anymore or other knight parts so I see no reason to remold however I completely agree takara is where this mold will shin. I waited for Takara last time and I ended up with Battle Command Optimus Prime AND AD31 remolded good version. (Plus the 2 hasbro leader molds ugh) I'll probably get this one until Takara releases theirs or stick with my non transforming version until takara releases theirs not sure yet
Posted by CdogCdog4 on November 19th, 2016 @ 9:38pm CST
CMI-SillySpringer wrote:Emerje wrote:SillyMcGilly wrote:Well the chest looks completely wrong at least:
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However, that's just in comparison with the one from the last movie. Maybe the CGI render for Prime in this movie is more like this new toy than we think?
Edit: I hope Takara's also paints his sword silver instead of that stupid orange.
It's just mistransformed.
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Apparently the chest panels are meant to be swung up into place properly.
Emerje
Oh my gosh that looks way better. You are awesome Emerje!
I figured that out first over at tfw 2005 the instant the 2nd pic was released. I could see the slide marks no one was catching on so I explained it to everyone
Posted by CdogCdog4 on November 19th, 2016 @ 9:57pm CST
Autobot Roadburn wrote:Are they designing a new Soundwave? I don't recognize the body, Id love it if they were making a new voyager! I still like my Takara FoC one, but an accurately scaled classics version would be great! I do realize that may be just an example of how they do their process rather than an actual figure, though.
Also the Optimus mold looks good, but looks like a lot of the detail might get lost in the blander plastics. I want to see him in hand, but I might get him if he's as complex as he looks.
I guess there is not a multipost option. Eh? Anyways I watched that LONG Chinese talking video of 51 minutes and no thar wss just to show art had nothing to do with action figures. He was showing Tmall (the Chinese girl reporter for a TV show) how Eric does quick art on the computer with the stylus like light pen (or whatever it is) & it was actually really cool. I watched it the day it was shown when we didn't know much about the voyager
Posted by CdogCdog4 on November 19th, 2016 @ 10:23pm CST
transformnerd114 wrote:He looks pretty good. He also seems to be an EXTENSIVE remold of AOE Voyager Galvatron, based on the way the wheels on his legs are, as well as his shoulder armor, and even the backpack is reminiscent of Galvatron's.
as I told you over in TFW it's NOT a retool of Galvatron not even close omg bro u keep thinking thjs
Posted by RAR on November 20th, 2016 @ 2:44am CST
As for 3-steps - I was kinda impresses by how 3-step drift transformed engineering wise it's a shame that they can't make toys that have that quick transformation and that are also more viable Action Figures too.
Posted by Va'al on November 20th, 2016 @ 4:47am CST
CdogCdog4 wrote:I guess there is not a multipost option.
There is! Just add multiple quotes to your post.
Like so:
this is a quote
I don't agree with it.
that quote is not to my liking
I agree with this one though.
silly image
This made me lol.
Posted by Burn on November 20th, 2016 @ 5:30am CST
CdogCdog4 wrote:I guess there is not a multipost option. Eh?
If you hit reply rather than quote you can scroll down to the topic preview where you can multi-quote then.
Posted by RAR on November 20th, 2016 @ 7:23am CST
Burn wrote:CdogCdog4 wrote:I guess there is not a multipost option. Eh?
If you hit reply rather than quote you can scroll down to the topic preview where you can multi-quote then.
Yes this works very well and saves a lot of time too. just press any of the 'quote' buttons in the scrolling window under the composition window and they pop up in the main frame.
You may have to edit them a bit though to remove an original quote or a large block of pictures - but it's still a lot quicker that way.
Posted by CdogCdog4 on November 20th, 2016 @ 7:51am CST
RAR wrote:Burn wrote:CdogCdog4 wrote:I guess there is not a multipost option. Eh?
If you hit reply rather than quote you can scroll down to the topic preview where you can multi-quote then.
Yes this works very well and saves a lot of time too. just press any of the 'quote' buttons in the scrolling window under the composition window and they pop up in the main frame.
You may have to edit them a bit though to remove an original quote or a large block of pictures - but it's still a lot quicker that way.
Burn wrote:CdogCdog4 wrote:I guess there is not a multipost option. Eh?
If you hit reply rather than quote you can scroll down to the topic preview where you can multi-quote then.
Dr Va'al wrote:CdogCdog4 wrote:I guess there is not a multipost option.
There is! Just add multiple quotes to your post.
Like so:this is a quote
I don't agree with it.that quote is not to my liking
I agree with this one though.silly image
This made me lol.
Thanks guys im just testing this out now but I understood so I appreciate it. The order may be a little off though lol
Edit* on track I actually like this figure very much I would love alot more if hasbro would do an accurate optics paint deco with the circles instead of cartoon colors in the entire eye assembly
Posted by Insurgent on November 21st, 2016 @ 3:06pm CST
Posted by Evil Eye on December 8th, 2016 @ 10:54am CST
Dr Va'al wrote:As an update to our previous story about Transformers: The Last Knight Optimus Prime, in his toy form, fellow Seibertronian Fc203 headed to Snapchat to grab some screenshots for the update from Hasbro - check the better quality of multiple angles below!
Something just doesn't look quite right, though I can't put my finger on what exactly. He kinda looks...cheap, especially compared to previous movie offerings. Not quite KO territory but close. Maybe it's the sloppy paint apps?
Posted by Sabrblade on December 8th, 2016 @ 11:00am CST
I don't think it's anything "sloppy" about the paint apps, but rather, it looks to me like it has so much sculpted detail but not enough paint apps to really bring it all out.Black Hat wrote:Something just doesn't look quite right, though I can't put my finger on what exactly. He kinda looks...cheap, especially compared to previous movie offerings. Not quite KO territory but close. Maybe it's the sloppy paint apps?
My guess is Hasbro put most of the toy's budget into the sculpted detail and had to fall back on a lower amount of paint apps as a result, leaving some parts either unpainted or awash in solidly-colored paint apps that obscure those particular sculpted details.
Posted by Va'al on December 10th, 2016 @ 2:09pm CST
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on December 10th, 2016 @ 3:06pm CST
Posted by Emerje on December 10th, 2016 @ 3:47pm CST
Emerje
Posted by Sabrblade on December 10th, 2016 @ 3:49pm CST
Evasion Mode Optimus is the "worst" AOE Optimus to you?Emerje wrote:Did they intentionally use the worst toys for each of those years?
Emerje
Posted by BeastProwl on December 10th, 2016 @ 3:57pm CST
Posted by Emerje on December 10th, 2016 @ 4:12pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:Evasion Mode Optimus is the "worst" AOE Optimus to you?Emerje wrote:Did they intentionally use the worst toys for each of those years?
Emerje
No, but it also isn't the best version of that mold from Hasbro either.
Emerje
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on December 10th, 2016 @ 5:19pm CST
- 2007: Titanium 3"
- 2009: first Voyager (a redeco of the 2007 one!)
- 2011: Voyager (that I kind of agree with for lack of a real alternative)
- 2014: Evasion Mode (uhm...)
- 2017: Premier Edition
Were it up to me, I'd have picked:
- 2007: Voyager or Leader
- 2009: Leader or the HftD Voyager
- 2011: Voyager
- 2014: Leader
Posted by Kurona on December 10th, 2016 @ 5:24pm CST
Posted by Spider5800 on December 10th, 2016 @ 6:01pm CST
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on December 10th, 2016 @ 6:22pm CST
Spider5800 wrote:Yeah, weird that they put a recolor of the 2007 voyager as the RotF toy and didn't include the Battle Blade voyager from HftD as the RotF toy instead. If they did that I could understand doing nothing but Voyager toys. Especially since there hasn't been a Leader figure announced for the new film's toyline yet.
The Leader will be Bumblebee and you know it
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on December 10th, 2016 @ 11:26pm CST
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Spider5800 wrote:Yeah, weird that they put a recolor of the 2007 voyager as the RotF toy and didn't include the Battle Blade voyager from HftD as the RotF toy instead. If they did that I could understand doing nothing but Voyager toys. Especially since there hasn't been a Leader figure announced for the new film's toyline yet.
The Leader will be Bumblebee and you know it
Na, they're reserving the 50 different Bumblebee leader toys for the Bumblebee movie.