Takara Tomy Movie Advanced AD31 Armored Knight Optimus Prime Prototype Image

So the backpack remains intact? Ok... *hides in her fan rage-proof bunker*

Oh snap, this could be the first movie-accurate version of the Leader mold, since all other releases of it had a chest based on concept art rather than based on the movie's CGI model.

TAKARA, Y U NO REWORK BACKPACK?

...

Still, if the price is relatively reasonable and the final figure is incredible, I may buy it.

-Kanrabat- wrote:TAKARA, Y U NO REWORK BACKPACK?

Probably to avoid the backpack being a floppy mess of hinges and panels. From what I've seen, Prime's backpack is very thin, and it would probably need completely re-engineering from scratch to get it to compress better.

Still, there's always a chance a 3rd party company might release a replacement backpack that folds up better (WITHOUT partsforming, please) like they did for ROTF Prime's hands and swords.

I'll keep waiting until they make a nice voyager version of "Knight" Optimus Prime. It's probably too much to hope for, but if they struck gold once with Battle Blades Optimus Prime, I believe they can do it again.

Wolfman Jake wrote:I'll keep waiting until they make a nice voyager version of "Knight" Optimus Prime. It's probably too much to hope for, but if they struck gold once with Battle Blades Optimus Prime, I believe they can do it again.

At this point, Battle Command Optimus Prime looks to be out best bet for that.

Wolfman Jake wrote:I'll keep waiting until they make a nice voyager version of "Knight" Optimus Prime. It's probably too much to hope for, but if they struck gold once with Battle Blades Optimus Prime, I believe they can do it again.

They basically did with a Voyager version with trailer in Japan. Entirely new mold!

Transformers Lost Age LA01 Battle Command Optimus Prime

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Sabrblade wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:I'll keep waiting until they make a nice voyager version of "Knight" Optimus Prime. It's probably too much to hope for, but if they struck gold once with Battle Blades Optimus Prime, I believe they can do it again.

At this point, Battle Command Optimus Prime looks to be out best bet for that.

Didn't see your post ... beat me to my reply above!

Sabrblade wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:I'll keep waiting until they make a nice voyager version of "Knight" Optimus Prime. It's probably too much to hope for, but if they struck gold once with Battle Blades Optimus Prime, I believe they can do it again.

At this point, Battle Command Optimus Prime looks to be out best bet for that.

If you can get over his simple transformation (basically turning him inside-out) I suppose he could work.

They should try a toy for collectors, at least 1... I beleive will sell more than all the previous crap, include this new backpack.

BERSEKAEL wrote:They should try a toy for collectors, at least 1... I beleive will sell more than all the previous crap, include this new backpack.

These toys are for collectors.

Sabrblade wrote:

BERSEKAEL wrote:They should try a toy for collectors, at least 1... I beleive will sell more than all the previous crap, include this new backpack.

These toys are for collectors.

You know what he means ...

The problem with Battle Command OP is he has WAY to much leg and butt kibble. His bottom half appears to stick out like two inches behind his body. That kinda makes sense if you're using him with the trailer wings, since that adds more stability, but if you intend to show him off like he appeared in the movie without the wings, he looks kind of ridiculous.

i really can't get enthusiastic about all the optimuses. they don't measure up to rotf buster prime, and certainly not with all those different deco's. i'd rather like to see some pictures of takara's Slog

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:I'll keep waiting until they make a nice voyager version of "Knight" Optimus Prime. It's probably too much to hope for, but if they struck gold once with Battle Blades Optimus Prime, I believe they can do it again.

At this point, Battle Command Optimus Prime looks to be out best bet for that.

If you can get over his simple transformation (basically turning him inside-out) I suppose he could work.

Yeah, that's the sticking point. I'd prefer much better and am willing to wait. Battle Command Optimus Prime just has way, way too much back kibble. Some is okay, understandable, but that's just...crossing the line for my tastes.

wilcosu35 wrote:i really can't get enthusiastic about all the optimuses. they don't measure up to rotf buster prime

No version of Knight Prime will measure up to ROTF optimus.
Have you seen the movie? There's practically no truck stuff in his robot mode.
+ the new (great in my opinion) Hasbro idea to make the transformations a bit more simple.
Those two factors make it impossible.

Still, I was excited about Command Optimus untill I saw the video review with the giant back kibble. I can get over the lower legs bit, but the backpack is kind of killing the figure.

Hopefully Hasbro will also make a voyager Knight Prime.
I think it's a good idea for the main dudes to be voyager sized, have Grimlock be bigger and stick to that. Lockdown is smaller in the movie (That almost never happens, that the villain is smaller than the hero, name one) so deluxe vs voyager looks better than deluxe vs Leader (Ultra-ish Leader).

But I think I'll get Command Optimus, because I can't resist a voyager Knight Prime, eventhough I already have the Leader class figure. He's so awesome

noctorro wrote:

wilcosu35 wrote:i really can't get enthusiastic about all the optimuses. they don't measure up to rotf buster prime

No version of Knight Prime will measure up to ROTF optimus.
Have you seen the movie? There's practically no truck stuff in his robot mode.
+ the new (great in my opinion) Hasbro idea to make the transformations a bit more simple.
Those two factors make it impossible.

Still, I was excited about Command Optimus untill I saw the video review with the giant back kibble. I can get over the lower legs bit, but the backpack is kind of killing the figure.

Hopefully Hasbro will also make a voyager Knight Prime.
I think it's a good idea for the main dudes to be voyager sized, have Grimlock be bigger and stick to that. Lockdown is smaller in the movie (That almost never happens, that the villain is smaller than the hero, name one) so deluxe vs voyager looks better than deluxe vs Leader (Ultra-ish Leader).

But I think I'll get Command Optimus, because I can't resist a voyager Knight Prime, eventhough I already have the Leader class figure. He's so awesome

i have rotf buster optimus, and none of them from this movie measure up to that toy. they're so incredibly kibble-tastic.
i've seen the movie and it is true that there are no vehicle parts to be found on the bot mode, but i think they could have tried a bit harder to integrate the stuff in to his body. i think they did quite well with leader sentinel prime.

Very true, I have Buster v2 (with mouthplate) and he's a work of art. Masterpiece quality.
But I also love how they did Evasion Prime. Looks so good in robot mode, no kibble whatsoever and he has an altmode that also looks great.

So they can do great things, in this line as well.
Hopefully they'll put more effort as you say in the next version of Prime.
I'm pretty sure there will be atleast one more version of him.
Takara is already upgrading the Leader.

This OP looks good so far so c'mon Takara, don't go cleaning out our wallets too much!

noctorro wrote:
But I think I'll get Command Optimus, because I can't resist a voyager Knight Prime, eventhough I already have the Leader class figure. He's so awesome

Sorry,but I'm dont understand which Optimus you think its awesome,Command Opitimus or the LEader Class one?

So, Takara is going in and fixing everything but the area that needs it the most. This just keeps getting better. I've got my finger on the cancel button for my preorder of this, but will wait for some more pictures and possibly video.

bah. for some reason i thought that there were just armor bits to attatch to existing leader primes. but now (after actually reading the article) i see i might have to buy another leader prime...

Thanks to a tip from fellow Seibertron.com member Autobot Genocide, and courtesy of the Transformers Addicts Facebook group's Anthony Andrada, we get a look at Takara Tomy Movie Advanced Line EX Wheeljack, both in hand and in its package! Check out the images mirrored below of this Dark of the Moon Que retool and redeco.

That is not a handsome robot..

so sad the figure doesnt have any accesories at all
and being exclusive it is not worth it
and exclusive of a limited japanese figurE(DOTM QUE)
-_- yeah, that sucks

He looks Gorgeous! I love that head-sculpt!

A G1 decoed Wheeljack is always a winner in my book. Shame it has no accessories like Darkside Soundwave, but nothing some repros or borrowed weapons can't fix.

Wheeljack should have looked like this in DOTM to begin with, instead of being a weird Einstein/Doc Brown/Q knockoff. The only problem is that he has no face. Where are his eyes?

the head is an homage to the g1 toy where he didnt have eyes, but if you look at the artwork there is a visor actually

borrow WHAT weapons? the only ones that really work for him are the ones that come with the original mold QUE, so, buy it(which is already difficult to get and expensive)so ONLY one of the two get the weapons? did i mention those weapons, accesories and mechtech are exclusive to QUE? you of course can use any weapon you want bot none will really work as well as those
and while i love that takara did aoe jolt with his signature weapons
what the hell with darkside soundwave that comes with nothing, ratchet with a beasthunter upscaled legends bumblebee dagger, and starscream with beast hunters upscaled smokescreen axes, they have weapons that dont make any sense but at least they HAD something
god, im so mad at takara right now
-_-

Need to see more pics.Its true he doesn't come with any aceesories?Even the mold orginal ones?Thats a bummer.

darkside soundwave doesnt come with dotm soundwave's mechtech either

TulioDude wrote:Need to see more pics.Its true he doesn't come with any aceesories?Even the mold orginal ones?Thats a bummer.

Only the repaints come without accessories, the originals do however.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

TulioDude wrote:Need to see more pics.Its true he doesn't come with any aceesories?Even the mold orginal ones?Thats a bummer.

Only the repaints come without accessories, the originals do however.

You mean orginal molds form DOTM?
And the AOE guys do come with theirs?
Thats what I understood.

basically what jelze meant was
the figures that where released worldwide...kinda, come with a weapon, the ones that where limited, do not

f-primus-unicron wrote:basically what jelze meant was
the figures that where released worldwide...kinda, come with a weapon, the ones that where limited, do not

Exactly. I'm guessing TakaraTomy doesn't want any MechTech in the Movie Advanced line.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

f-primus-unicron wrote:basically what jelze meant was
the figures that where released worldwide...kinda, come with a weapon, the ones that where limited, do not

Exactly. I'm guessing TakaraTomy doesn't want any MechTech in the Movie Advanced line.

Perhaps they want to make it "unique".

Metro Prime wrote:Wheeljack should have looked like this in DOTM to begin with, instead of being a weird Einstein/Doc Brown/Q knockoff. The only problem is that he has no face. Where are his eyes?

Behind his visor?


where else would they be in his chest?

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

Metro Prime wrote:Wheeljack should have looked like this in DOTM to begin with, instead of being a weird Einstein/Doc Brown/Q knockoff. The only problem is that he has no face. Where are his eyes?

Behind his visor?


where else would they be in his chest?

Someone hasn't seen Pans' Labyrinth

(avert your eyes, children, avert them!)

Mindmaster wrote:

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

Metro Prime wrote:Wheeljack should have looked like this in DOTM to begin with, instead of being a weird Einstein/Doc Brown/Q knockoff. The only problem is that he has no face. Where are his eyes?

Behind his visor?


where else would they be in his chest?

Someone hasn't seen Pans' Labyrinth

(avert your eyes, children, avert them!)

Oh god please warn me next time



i get scared very easily in fact when the transformers vid on youtube i was watching ended one of my recommendations was top 10 scariest creepypastas with Jack (or Jeff whatever) the killer the one thing that keeps me up for days besides the Grudge and i have not gone too sleep since.



Its hards to explain but i panic and get paranoid when i do get scared like that.

Mindmaster wrote:

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

Metro Prime wrote:Wheeljack should have looked like this in DOTM to begin with, instead of being a weird Einstein/Doc Brown/Q knockoff. The only problem is that he has no face. Where are his eyes?

Behind his visor?


where else would they be in his chest?

Someone hasn't seen Pans' Labyrinth

(avert your eyes, children, avert them!)

Sweet Primus! Glass-gas it!



(I need to see Pan's Labyrinth...)

That Wheeljack looks pretty good. Shame about the lack of a weapon (I for one love MechTech, mainly because I love universally-usable weapons- for example, my Animated Arcee is wielding a spare pistol from the Energon Combaticon helicopters) but he does still have his 5mm ports, which means he can have a spare weapon. I think G1 Megatron's chromed rifle...thing would look good with him actually. Shame it's kinda hard to find.

*starts drooling over 5mm post weaponry*

i just puked in my mouth......

Eff this guy, the worst looking wheeljack ive ever seen.......

You were saying?

Fellow fan and Seibertron board member, duoduotea, has posted his in hand gallery of the TRU Japan exclusive "Rusty" Optimus Prime, as seen during the farm attack at the beginning of Age Of Extinction. Not only does this version of the Evasion Mode Optimus sport a new deco, he also has a remolded head that features Optimus with his trademark battle mask in place so he's ready to charge into battle!

We've mirrored some of the images below, but you can see the full gallery at this link: Here.























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Best Movie accurate Evasion Prime so far.
It doesn't have the black legs and there's a lot of different colours.
Hopefully I'll be able to get this version of him.

Might be my monitor but that looks less like rust and more like the remains of lots of road kill.

ooh, those arms and hips look sore. He should see a doctor about that.

Nope, still a fail.

Thought this would've looked better than these pix show.. the red spots on hips etc look comical.. which is a pity

I have the standard hasbro version and would've liked he came with a faceplate. It lacks paint detailing especially round the legs but he is a great version of prime and might serve as my generations prime for now

thoroughly recommended toy tho

how nice it must be for japanese fans.. not only do they get the most accurate version thus far, but they also don't need to buy it in a set with two other non aoe toys.. thanks hasbro.. there's nothing i love more than paying an exclusive price for a mold with a paint job that it should've had in the first place, in a set that includes a repaint of a generations figure for a character that wasn'tin the movie, and a repaint of a mediocre figure from the previous movie.. HOW WONDERFUL.

i guess hasbro is just trying to turn people off from buying their products.

wouldn't it have just been easier to throw this version of the mold into the main line and release it world wide?

seriously..