Package Image of Takara Tomy Buster Optimus Prime & Jetfire 2 Pack

I passed on Buster OP but geez, if this 2 pack has a repainted Jetfire...

It's getting harder and harder to pass on these guys.

If this pack costs significantly less than the sum of its parts, I may be forced to get it.

if they "busterize" jetfire i'm all over this. I already own 2 busters, but I'd still buy this one.

If its the same ol grey plastic jetfire, then meh, easy pass.

I'm hoping for Jetfire to be a repaint. Imagine the teaming up of Buster Optimus Prime and Somewhat Less Geriatric Jetfire.

The colors on that Jetfire in the box looks different than my Jetfire sitting on my shelf. I don't see the greys and blues that Hasbro used. Looks heavily black like he should have been. even the jet engines in his legs look a different color.

I passed on Buster, but this I may get. I agree with dumbprime about the engine coloration, in particular.

I was going to go and buy Jetfire at TRU this evening as it is reduced by £10 but now I dont know what to do. If Kapow can get this for a decent price then Im in.

I wonder if they'll ever get to the inevitable red and white jetfire repaint.

Good thing I was lazy and never got around to buying Jetfire

Does that Buster Prime have a faceplate? The picture is kinda small, but the headshot on the box seems to be lacking a mouth.

The guy in Hasbro who doesnt want to release this version is the real "BUSTER" !!!

Never heard of a gun being called a buster but here in Miami buster or busta simply means fool.

I wonder if this is how Hasbro would release Buster Prime if the pick it up?

Rated X wrote:The guy in Hasbro who doesnt want to release this version is the real "BUSTER" !!!

Never heard of a gun being called a buster but here in Miami buster or busta simply means fool.

In Gundam wing two of the main gundams had "buster rifles."

Also Cloud from FFVII has a "buster sword."

Its basically a term the japanese use for something big and powerful to make it more interesting.

Megaman and Megaman X's arm blasters were called Mega-Buster and X-Buster respectively.

Well I just wento Kapow's web site and there is a pre-order for this set at £99.95 or about $163 dollars USD. Also you can enlarge the view and Jetfire is most definitely different. No blueish-green, except for on his head where the windows are, they are blue. He has silver parts and gold parts. His crotch plate is silver and so are his knees. There is some grey on his jet engines located on his back. It also looks like he comes with a new accessory. It looks like a gatling gun of sorts. He has his cain in his left hand and this "gun" is located at about Jetfires right shoulder(viewers left side). Buster OP has a face plate. Anyway, this is due to be released in Jan 2010. I hope BBTS gets a hold of this one.

Downshift7 wrote:Well I just wento Kapow's web site and there is a pre-order for this set at £99.95 or about $163 dollars USD. Also you can enlarge the view and Jetfire is most definitely different. No blueish-green, except for on his head where the windows are, they are blue. He has silver parts and gold parts. His crotch plate is silver and so are his knees. There is some grey on his jet engines located on his back. It also looks like he comes with a new accessory. It looks like a gatling gun of sorts. He has his cain in his left hand and this "gun" is located at about Jetfires right shoulder(viewers left side). Anyway, this is due to be released in Jan 2010. I hope BBTS gets a hold of this one.

Yeah, have also checked it out at Kapow. Think £100 is a bit much myself, this will be a miss for me.

I passed on regular Buster, but this I won't.

This just in:

**UPDATE** The Jetfire in fact is redecoed, replacing the blue for dark brown, the yellow for gold, and features additional
details. Optimus Prime is the face plate version, unlike the original Buster Prime, but features the Buster Prime paint job.
No word yet, if this version of Optimus Prime features the Ion Cannon. This set is due for release January 1st, 2010.

Thanks to our sponsor Robotkingdom, we get to see clearer images of Takara Tomy Leader Class Buster Optimus Prime & Jetfire 2 Pack.

From the images, we can confirm that Jetfire will be the new repainted version, as the main difference in colour spotted on his body.
As for Buster Optimus Prime, seems like Takara Tomy giving the collectors a choice by putting the mouth plate back to Optimus! This shall satisfy the need of the fans that dislike the previous version of Buster Optimus Prime.





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Alright, now I'm really struggling to pass on this set. Optional faceplate for OP and a repainted Jetfire? Consider me super tempted.

You had me at 'Exclusive Repaint' until it became movie molds, then I say nay to thee for this expensive monstrosity!!!

I think Takara's next move should be to sell a Buster Optimus Prime head "with the face plate" by itself, similar to the way TFC did the Starscream Coronation Crown & Cape Set. I'm sure there are thousands of people (that have already spent that $80 - $100) who would like the face plate option on Buster Prime as well.

Convotron wrote:Alright, now I'm really struggling to pass on this set. Optional faceplate for OP and a repainted Jetfire? Consider me super tempted.

Its not really an optional face plate is it? You don't get to choose if he has it or not. You only get to choose if you buy the set or not. The optional non face plate comes with the rest of the figure attached, is sold separately and will set you back lots of £££$$$.

Darn it! and I had just bought Jetfire finally last week after waiting so long and I have the original Buster Prime on order with TFsource with other pr-orders. Hopefully it's way more than $119.95 then I won't feel so bad on skipping it.

anyone know if it's easy enough to remove prime's head without hurting the electronics? I was gonna get buster, and swap the heads with my original rotf prime.

Then takara do it for me, but want me to buy jetfire. Not sure if i can afford.

also someone else raised the point they're not sure if the cannons there, but they can't call it 'buster' if it's not that version, can they?

any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

Okay, well I was happy with the Buster Prime I received for about two days, only to find a version with the faceplate coming out with an even better version of Jetfire. This is good and bad news all at once, because I like to have the best of the best.

OK, now this is the set for me. I don't any version of these molds and this looks to be the "perfect" version of each. Now, when's BBTS getting these?

Ravage XK wrote:

Convotron wrote:Alright, now I'm really struggling to pass on this set. Optional faceplate for OP and a repainted Jetfire? Consider me super tempted.

Its not really an optional face plate is it? You don't get to choose if he has it or not. You only get to choose if you buy the set or not. The optional non face plate comes with the rest of the figure attached, is sold separately and will set you back lots of £££$$$.

Oh, that's what I meant.

You can buy the standalone Buster OP for the faceplate-less look or the two-pack for the "normal" look.

Awesome! Glad I've been waiting! Hopefully Hasbro will pick up on the positive feedback (plus the strong 'damn-its' of people who have already got Prime and Jetfire) and release the two figures themselves.

AND hopefully the voice-chip on Jetfire will have changed! I want to 'behold the glory of Jetfire'! The powerful Mark Ryan English accent, not a weedy Scottish-sounding 'Jetfire's my name'!

Does anyone know if the figures in this new twin-pack will have different sound effects/voices/phrases?

Well, if you intend to keep this 2 pack in combined form, then the lack of a gun for Prime is a non-issue, as Prime did not use his gun in the movie when combined with Jetfire. To be movie accurate, just use the gun from Jetfire. You get the benefit of the nice paint job, chrome, and faceplate. It will look schweeet.

If you already have buster prime, then his lack of a faceplate is ideal for recreating the forest fight scene or for when he is not in combat.

Problem solved.

I actually like the head sculpt for buster prime.

Of course, my logic only works if you have unlimited funds available and can afford to buy whatever Has/Tak throws our way. That use to be me, but now that I have a newborn baby and my wife is not working, I have to be much more selective. *Sigh* I will just have to be content with my Hasbro versions of Prime and Jetfire.

BBTS just put a preorder up:

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail

Blurrz wrote:Hahhahahahaha. Wow, what a total lie from Takara. That's not even Buster Prime's original cast to begin with. That's just RotF Prime all chromed up. There's no BMFGun there, making this boxset absolutely useless for me.

Really? How can you tell? If that's the case though, I'm relieved. Not that I would've ever spent this much just for a badass Prime with a faceplate AND a BMFG, but still.

This is bad news for us completists. What is this, the fifth different version of the ROTF Leader Prime mould in just seven months?

I shall buy it, but I'll be more interested in the Jetfire, because I've only got him once already.