New Pics of TF:A Deluxe Optimus Prime & Bumblebee

They look good, especially lumberjack prime.

Battle Axe and Shield FTMFW!

I'm sold

Ok... those aren't that bad. In fact, they both look pretty good.

Excuse me while I go eat my words, lol.

I'm digging BB, but Prime just looks "blegh!" to me. Big ball socket elbows, his 'shield' is his alt roof *kinda like movie Jazz, didn't like it then either*, you can see his popeye arms pretty clearly when he's in alt mode. Just kinda "ewww."

Personally I can't wait for Megatron and Screamer! Thanks for the links though, cool to finally see some good BBee pics.

Malikon wrote:I'm digging BB, but Prime just looks "blegh!" to me. Big ball socket elbows, his 'shield' is his alt roof *kinda like movie Jazz, didn't like it then either*, you can see his popeye arms pretty clearly when he's in alt mode. Just kinda "ewww."

Personally I can't wait for Megatron and Screamer! Thanks for the links though, cool to finally see some good BBee pics.

I doubted the animated toys, but BB does look really good. Like you said Prime got the short end of the stick.

That BB looks fantastic -- a few more paint apps and he'd be perfect. Prime looks good too, though his alt mode is kinda crappy -- I hope he comes with a trailer-like accessory that covers up the robot arms back there. Could use a grille in the front, too.

I think they look great!

...and prime transforms into... what, exactly?

gleek wrote:...and prime transforms into... what, exactly?

A tractor trailer, but a futuristic one...

These are the best toys they've released since Energon IMO, these look amazing, I am still amazed there are people who don't like them.

Please those of you who don't make sure you don't buy them so there's lots on the shelves for those of us who do.

These ROCK, I will have them all, at least twice.

They look goood, just wish Prime's faceplate was up, I'm not really liking the mouth for this series

Yeah I'm not feeling these (not surprisingly - I'm a strictly G1 and film fan). I can see my son being into these though. I do like how they have a very classic G1-ish feel about them though. Actually they scream G1 the more I look at them.

Cool though. Not for me maybe, but cool.

Chuckle... Buyers are mad...bidding up till $71 and $75 for loose figures... With idiots like these who needs scalpers?

I love the animated toys, but i honestly dont like these two.
On Prime you can clearly see the arms and legs in alt mode and BBs legs look awkward. I'll skip on these and get Starscream and Prowl instead. The others.. have to see em colored.

Bumblebee looks awesome. Prime looks good too but I'm surprised he's listed as a deluxe. Maybe the other version we saw at Botcon will be bigger.

Prime vs Wild wrote:Bumblebee looks awesome. Prime looks good too but I'm surprised he's listed as a deluxe. Maybe the other version we saw at Botcon will be bigger.

I think, and I could be wrong here, but the one we see in the auction is Prime in Cybertronain form, and the one your talking about that was a prototype shown at Botcon is his Earth Altmode, when he decides to become a futuristic Earth Fire-truck..

I'm kinda getting a Transtech vibe here..I mean there are alot of similarities between the two designs...does anyone else feel that way??

I'm sold.. I actually like the new Prime Cybertronian truck look, he's pretty cool, and has a shield..not bad..and it also looks as if they scaled back the jaw somewhat from the earlier prototypes that we saw.. it used to protrude out farther.. which now doesn't make him look so funky..



is that a silver autobot symbol I see?? Nice!!
Also is the Classics voyager Prime in the picture the Takara one, or did he add the autobot symbols from reprolabels, because they look sweet...Hasbro should have put those on Voyager Classics Prime in the first place...


I may just buy these... I'll have to wait to see Megatron's Earth mode toy.. we have already seen the cybertronain jet prototypes.. and his bot mode, but the animated images we saw of his earthen mode looks like he might be a tank or something like that...

looks like these are real production samples?? quite a different finish than the glossy painted ones shown at botcon. The final plastic colours dont looks quite as saturated as i hoped but still, these are $10 figs and good ones at that. Hopefully the quality is on par with the classics (i only found astrotrain with some looseness issues). I wonder how many other people are eating their words??? I cant wait to see the big voyager prime though! To my mind these are just so much nicer than the AEC toys and a nice alternative parallel to the classics series 2 that will roughly coincide with them.

Prime looks a little... misformed in vehicle mode

Bumblebee looks cool.

Prime does not. Alt mode is pretty terrible.

To end all the speculation about Prime size, mouthplate and altmode:

There will be 2 version of Optimus Prime!

A deluxe version without a mouthplate that transforms in a cybertronian truck.

And a voyager version with the mouthplate that transforms in a earth firetruck.

You can view the BotCon presentation foto's. It's show both prototype with info.

Archanubis wrote:Prime looks a little... misformed in vehicle mode

honestly, I think Prime's truck mode looks like he's kind of a Japanese Electric truck of sorts...In looking at it, I imagine a whirrring sound like that of electric cars.. versus a diesel engine..which makes sense if this is in the future where fossil fuels here on Earth are outlawed..

wow how did that happen?? double post I guess.. but that was just wierd..

skywarp-2 wrote:

Archanubis wrote:Prime looks a little... misformed in vehicle mode

honestly, I think Prime's truck mode looks like he's kind of a Japanese Electric truck of sorts...In looking at it, I imagine a whirrring sound like that of electric cars.. versus a diesel engine..which makes sense if this is in the future where fossil fuels here on Earth are outlawed..

watching the first episode of TF cartoon you get to see the little cybertronian vehicle alt modes and this would be quite at home there!

skywarp-2 wrote:

Archanubis wrote:Prime looks a little... misformed in vehicle mode

honestly, I think Prime's truck mode looks like he's kind of a Japanese Electric truck of sorts...In looking at it, I imagine a whirrring sound like that of electric cars.. versus a diesel engine..which makes sense if this is in the future where fossil fuels here on Earth are outlawed..

watching the first episode of TF cartoon you get to see the little cybertronian vehicle alt modes and this would be quite at home there!

I can't wait for this series to come out. I really like the fact that we can get a deluxe Prime or voyager Prime. I have a 4 yr. old son and I have shown him the clips of the new cartoon and I think he is just as excited as I am. Anyway thats my 2 cents worth.

i notice that the animation toys are a bit like the incredible jizaitoys (wheelie and cyclonus) in style, that can only be a good thing!!

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2FJizaitoys-Transform%20...%20dZViewItem%3C%2Fa%3E%3F


BB has an incredible reconfiguring of parts from the alt mode. In memory of 6 month old comments in relation to these toys: just how can they possibly make toys that look like the anmation but then transform????? remember all that nonsense? a good job the designers have more imagination and skill than those whiners.

I don't know.. the Transtech designs are in a class of their own, and I can't help but go back to that series, I mean it was a good idea, that just never left the ground.. and I think that alot of the designs that come out, still reference back to those early preconceptions..I'm sure alot of the designers would like us to forget that series entirely, because then their work can be determined "Unique" but maybe it's just a coincidence, but I think some artists in designing say the movie characters and the animated toys take some creative inspirations from Transtech, since it was never really released as a full fleged series, they can use what ever they want without being outwardly obvious about it..considering most fans wouldn't recognize it..

still i think there are Similarities.. not exact likenesses mind you.. just some similarities..




what do you guys think??

I haven't paired up Megatron with the transtech designs, though i think the Movie Megatron was more of a homage to that early concept..but the shoulders and the helmet might match up somewhat.. I'll research it...

Overall, i thinkt he animated toys, though different in their proportions are a nice figure line.. and I'm glad I don't have any words to eat.. I'm full of joy...

Shield looks good, everything else look like crap in my opinion.

I like Prime, but I don't quite like Bumblebee's colour, it's a bit faded. His face is quite cute tho

TaiPoh wrote:I like Prime, but I don't quite like Bumblebee's colour, it's a bit faded. His face is quite cute tho

it could be the camera...

on a side note: I love your screen name!!

Venom Phoenix wrote:Shield looks good, everything else look like crap in my opinion.

the perfect toy for you, everything else can hide behind the shield!

I'm not fond of the Optimus, vehicularly challenged as he is, but Bumblebee looks quite neat.

This line also seems to set new standards for articulation, or at least posability.

They are a impresionant toys!!

bumblebee= COOL

Prime= really gay, stupid and a disgrace to the name.

Just had to say that.

skywarp-2 wrote:

TaiPoh wrote:I like Prime, but I don't quite like Bumblebee's colour, it's a bit faded. His face is quite cute tho

it could be the camera...

on a side note: I love your screen name!!

serious? you don't mean me right? why is that? (if you meant me anyway )

bumblebee rocks

They don't look too bad, but I really think that the joints look flimsy. Prime's arms look like they could break pretty easily.

Two questions:

1. Really, how the hell do people get hold of items like these? Do they raid Hasbro's warehouses at night?

2. How is BB's head hidden in car mode? Judging by its fixed position relative to the windshield, I don't see how Hasbro managed to disguise it within the vehicle. Any ideas?

Glitcher wrote:
1. Really, how the hell do people get hold of items like these? Do they raid Hasbro's warehouses at night?

I have been wondering about the same thing.

eh, I guess I'm just not a big fan of ball joints. I think they're ugly. For practical purposes they work great and I don't mind them when they're hidden and not loose. But the way Primes arms look with the big ball in his elbow just reminds me so much of DreadWing **shudder**

Optimus Prime should never remind you of DreadWing.

I may need to reconsider my thoughts about not collecting this line. These look pretty good. Hope this bodes well for the show after the travesty that was Cybertron.

bumblebee looks badass!

Those vehicle modes are just crap.

TaiPoh wrote:

skywarp-2 wrote:

TaiPoh wrote:I like Prime, but I don't quite like Bumblebee's colour, it's a bit faded. His face is quite cute tho

it could be the camera...

on a side note: I love your screen name!!

serious? you don't mean me right? why is that? (if you meant me anyway )

yeah, i'm not joking, its a cool name, its fun to try to pronounce, and I lkike it because of that, not being any kind of sarcastic either.. I like word-play and I like words that sound different from the normal every day..it's a good screen name.. don't let anyone tell you different..

skywarp-2 wrote:

TaiPoh wrote:

skywarp-2 wrote:

TaiPoh wrote:I like Prime, but I don't quite like Bumblebee's colour, it's a bit faded. His face is quite cute tho

it could be the camera...

on a side note: I love your screen name!!

serious? you don't mean me right? why is that? (if you meant me anyway )

yeah, i'm not joking, its a cool name, its fun to try to pronounce, and I lkike it because of that, not being any kind of sarcastic either.. I like word-play and I like words that sound different from the normal every day..it's a good screen name.. don't let anyone tell you different..

actually, TaiPoh means grandma or old woman in mandarin, a nickname my friends gave me in high school, I don't really know why exactly, but I seriously hope I don't look like one thanks anyway

TaiPoh wrote:

skywarp-2 wrote:

TaiPoh wrote:

skywarp-2 wrote:

TaiPoh wrote:I like Prime, but I don't quite like Bumblebee's colour, it's a bit faded. His face is quite cute tho

it could be the camera...

on a side note: I love your screen name!!

serious? you don't mean me right? why is that? (if you meant me anyway )

yeah, i'm not joking, its a cool name, its fun to try to pronounce, and I lkike it because of that, not being any kind of sarcastic either.. I like word-play and I like words that sound different from the normal every day..it's a good screen name.. don't let anyone tell you different..

actually, TaiPoh means grandma or old woman in mandarin, a nickname my friends gave me in high school, I don't really know why exactly, but I seriously hope I don't look like one thanks anyway

some of the nick names I had, I can't repeat here on the forum...

don't care much for prime, but that's ok, thats his cybertron mode i think. wait till his earth mode comes out! HEYYOOO!

bumblebee looks great.

skywarp-2 wrote:some of the nick names I had, I can't repeat here on the forum...

I can't repeat my college nickname here either. But that's because the local thugs gave it to me...

BTW, see how EASY it is to remove all quotes but the one you need?

Stop derailing the thread guys...

On Topic:

These toys are seriously cool. Honestly, that has to be one of the neatest looking Prime's they've made, and that Bumblebee is by far the best one they've ever made from the looks of it. It even looks better than Classics Bumblebee.