Transformers: Age of Extinction Optimus Prime Deluxe Sword at Retail, Peter Cullen Voice Chip

Having a helicopter version of Drift makes so much sense.

I mean really, why not? We've hardly seen him in any of the footage we've seen, but we've seen that awesome shot of Crosshairs and his parachuting skills.

Parachutes operate in the sky ... helicopters operate in the sky ... totally makes sense to use Drift.

Skyhammer was the only figure I bought from the DotM line and as bad@$$ as he looked originally the blue just doesnt do it. Sludge (cant bring myself to call him Slog) had a lot of potential and I am sure I will pick him up to add to my ever growing dinobot collection but the bot mode is just... meh >:oP

Drift as DOTM Skyhammer?


What the hell? I mean, I knew Hasbro was getting cheap on us, but slapping a coat of paint on some random mold and calling it something it is not is pretty low.


On the other hand, Sludge is AWESOME. Definitely picking it up.

SlyTF1 wrote:What... the hell? Unless Drift is going to transform into a helicopter at some point in AOE, I don't see the point of that repaint, at all.

I see the point.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!!!

That silver OP looks terrible.
I'm really betting parents are going to be looking at this figure like "WTF, it's a white optimus. Fuck this kid, you're not getting a $60.00 repaint!"

Drift looks... okay.
Slog looks awesome.

AHEM....Uh Earth to Hasbro...Um why in the hell did Slog get the proper silvery grey treatment and Galvatron did not? I guess it would have been too much to ask for right. I mean sheesh...only 1 of 7 dinobots is the proper coloring and who knows if Slog is even in the movie. What's that Hasbro... @#$% Me? Speak any English? @#$% You! That is all I have to say about that.

~reluctantyouth~

I picked up Voyager Grimmy yesterday because he looks better in person than in pics. I like him better than I thought I would based on pics and video reviews, but he's still inferior to Scorn, IMO. The most disappointing aspect of the figure is the lack of articulation in the bot mode, especially compared to his Voyager-companion, EM OP.

All-in-all, it's a decent figure. And I plan on buying more Dinobots, so I figured I can't have all the other Dinobots and NOT Grimlock.

"Silver"

I'm sharing everyone's sentiment that Platinum Silver Knight Optimus Prime looks... bland, but not unpainted. It does have paint (less than it should) but the main culprit is lack of variety in plastic colors: only two are used, and one is only visible in robot mode. Also, Hasbro, silver grey does not equal real silver. I understand your apprehension of paint or chrome overdose (make no mistake, it can get costly), but the figure just looks half-baked here. >:oP

Skyhammer as Drift is one of the rare Hasbro curve balls, but it's not a good one. I do love the Skyhammer mold, and I appreciate the new sword, but... That mold just isn't Drift.

Slog/Sludge is a Brachiosaurid now, and it's a good change for him, taller rather than long. I know, Brachios are the new Brontos I'll be getting him regardless.

reluctantyouth wrote:AHEM....Uh Earth to Hasbro...Um why in the hell did Slog get the proper silvery grey treatment and Galvatron did not? I guess it would have been too much to ask for right. I mean sheesh...only 1 of 7 dinobots is the proper coloring and who knows if Slog is even in the movie. What's that Hasbro... @#$% Me? Speak any English? @#$% You! That is all I have to say about that.

~reluctantyouth~

Hasbro said it made each dnio different colors for the children so they can differentiate between the different dinos. Makes sense, as these are children's toys.

GuyIncognito wrote:I picked up Voyager Grimmy yesterday because he looks better in person than in pics. I like him better than I thought I would based on pics and video reviews, but he's still inferior to Scorn, IMO. The most disappointing aspect of the figure is the lack of articulation in the bot mode, especially compared to his Voyager-companion, EM OP.

All-in-all, it's a decent figure. And I plan on buying more Dinobots, so I figured I can't have all the other Dinobots and NOT Grimlock.

I feel the same way. I don't really like Grimlock's dragon look, but I think I will pick it up anyhow, because as you said, can't have the six and miss the seventh.

shockblast2 wrote:

reluctantyouth wrote:AHEM....Uh Earth to Hasbro...Um why in the hell did Slog get the proper silvery grey treatment and Galvatron did not? I guess it would have been too much to ask for right. I mean sheesh...only 1 of 7 dinobots is the proper coloring and who knows if Slog is even in the movie. What's that Hasbro... @#$% Me? Speak any English? @#$% You! That is all I have to say about that.

~reluctantyouth~

Hasbro said it made each dnio different colors for the children so they can differentiate between the different dinos. Makes sense, as these are children's toys.

Makes sense, tho my wife thinks it's a silly ideas when I asked her opinion on it. Guess that's where we agree to disagree

So far we have:

Grimlock: gold
Swoop/Strafe: blue
Slag/Slug: purple
Scorn: red
Slash: turqoise
Snarl: green
Sludge/Slog: grey

We almost have a rainbow here

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Makes sense, tho my wife thinks it's a silly ideas when I asked her opinion on it. Guess that's where we agree to disagree

So far we have:

Grimlock: gold
Swoop/Strafe: blue
Slag/Slug: purple
Scorn: red
Slash: turqoise
Snarl: green
Sludge/Slog: grey

We almost have a rainbow here

And almost have Dino Knights/Dinosoldiers too.

Just swap out the Spinosaurus and Raptor for a Saber-Toothed Tiger and a Mammoth.

I know Hasbro changed the colors on purpose. If you look at my comment more closely I was centering on the fact that Slog is the color we should have gotten on Galvatron. That was the point. What would happen in a perfect world would be a complete G1 homage set of 7 Dinobots showing up in a Costco gift pack at Christmas...that would be EPIC!! Also worth whatever they wanted to charge. Knowing Costco...$99.99 for an entire set of 2 Voyager and 5 deluxe G1 themed Dinobots seems fair right?

~Reluctantyouth~

Hahahahahaa!!! These new TF's are such crap! This grey Optimus Prime is hilarious.

Voyager Drift from Dark of the Moon Skyhammer? Talk about unexpected.

I like him a lot, but it just doesn't seem like Drift to me. Drift is a samurai car that is kickass, not a samurai helicopter that is kickass. More like what Windblade looks for in a male.

Also, better headscuplt FTW!

Mindmaster wrote:Voyager Drift from Dark of the Moon Skyhammer? Talk about unexpected.

I like him a lot, but it just doesn't seem like Drift to me. Drift is a samurai car that is kickass, not a samurai helicopter that is kickass. More like what Windblade looks for in a male.

Also, better headscuplt FTW!

Oh, you just made me think of an awesome duo for samurai flyers. I might get this helicopter drift afterall. Then again, they are different scales so it wouldnt work out. I have no problem with Drift as a helicopter BUT I do have a HUGE problem with using an existing mold for a character which has a very specific design. There is no samurai esthetic apart from the headsculpt, so what gives!

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

shockblast2 wrote:

reluctantyouth wrote:AHEM....Uh Earth to Hasbro...Um why in the hell did Slog get the proper silvery grey treatment and Galvatron did not? I guess it would have been too much to ask for right. I mean sheesh...only 1 of 7 dinobots is the proper coloring and who knows if Slog is even in the movie. What's that Hasbro... @#$% Me? Speak any English? @#$% You! That is all I have to say about that.

~reluctantyouth~

Hasbro said it made each dnio different colors for the children so they can differentiate between the different dinos. Makes sense, as these are children's toys.

Makes sense, tho my wife thinks it's a silly ideas when I asked her opinion on it. Guess that's where we agree to disagree

So far we have:

Grimlock: gold
Swoop/Strafe: blue
Slag/Slug: purple
Scorn: red
Slash: turqoise
Snarl: green
Sludge/Slog: grey

We almost have a rainbow here

They do the same thing with the Imaginext dinos, which are a remake of the 80's dino rider line (remember them??)and the Switch and Go dinos. I personally do not get it, because most dinos look different from one another, unless you get into species subcategories, but people in general can remember things when they are color coded better than when they are the same color. I personally would have liked to see them all look similar to Sludge's paint apps, but its ok, because they are all still really cool. Wish I could say the same for the rest of the line, but better than nothing. You can tell most agree with my ideology on this, because if you look at the pegs almost one week out or online giants like Amazon, they are sold out of Scorns and Slags, and yet have plenty of BB's and Crosshairs. Which kinda sucks, because the future waves will have to wade themselves past these two shelfwarmers to make retail. As far as online, either preorder or check Amazon every day until theya re in stock and nab them up before they are gone.

thedistinctroom wrote:Hahahahahaa!!! These new TF's are such crap! This grey Optimus Prime is hilarious.

Most of them are, yes, but you are missing out if you do not get the dinos. They are cool!

Now that were finally getting a blue version of that mold, will headrobots please make that highbrow set ? Ill buy one of those figures and rip that ugly drift head right off and make him classics highbrow. Sludge is a must buy for my generic characters collection as with all the AOE dinobots.

I had a quick flick through the thread and didn't see these posted but i might have skipped over them .

Here's a couple of in hand pics of Takara AOE Dispenser

Pics by Peter Kamoske posted at Transformers Addicts .

How does this work? Does the cab separate from the rest of the truck, or fold down somehow? Or is this a mod?

GuyIncognito wrote:How does this work? Does the cab separate from the rest of the truck, or fold down somehow? Or is this a mod?

The cab transforms into his feet but the grill is part of the gimmick on his back it's attached to the end of the plunger type gimmick

In other words, can that "vending machine" mode be done without any modifications, like popping off parts?

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:In other words, can that "vending machine" mode be done without any modifications, like popping off parts?

Ah right , got ya

Pic by Peter Kamoske .

welcometothedarksyde wrote:Is anyone buying that Optimus? Anyone?

Yeah. But only if I can get it for around $35-$40 like I did Magnus.

That "Silver" Optimus:

That "Platinum Edition" Optimus Prime is so drab. THE FREAKING TRUCK MODE LOOKS LIKE A NON TRANSFORMING GENERIC TRANSFORMERS RIPOFF!!!!

TFU2014 wrote:That "Platinum Edition" Optimus Prime is so drab. THE FREAKING TRUCK MODE LOOKS LIKE A NON TRANSFORMING GENERIC TRANSFORMERS RIPOFF!!!!

Wow. All-caps and emoticons. Could this comment possibly get any louder?

Metro Prime wrote:

TFU2014 wrote:That "Platinum Edition" Optimus Prime is so drab. THE FREAKING TRUCK MODE LOOKS LIKE A NON TRANSFORMING GENERIC TRANSFORMERS RIPOFF!!!!

Wow. All-caps and emoticons. Could this comment possibly get any louder?

THAT "PLATINUM EDITION" OPTIMUS PRIME IS SO DRAB.THE FREAKING TRUCK MODE LOOKS LIKE A NON TRANSFORMING GENERIC TRANSFORMERS RIPOFF!!!! Yes, yes it can!

Found these little guys at Target today...



Closer pic of Grimlock...

I'd rather it didn't. But hey.

Grimlock should NOT be cute.

Well, you could make him into an angry plush, if you want to. The bully of your bedside. Use your imagination, the sky is the limit.

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Va'al wrote:

Wonder if this has anything to do with that Drift Skyhammer repaint we saw the other day?

Metro Prime wrote:

Va'al wrote:

Wonder if this has anything to do with that Drift Skyhammer repaint we saw the other day?

I have no doubt about it. The color placement is about right (though this is a dark gray rather than the blue we're used to seeing on Drift toys), it's almost the right shape, and it's got missile pods like the Skyhammer mold has. Plus, it's got an Autobot faction symbol slapped on the side, so that narrows it down some.

Do you remember the TV commercial for Transformers: Age of Extinction One Step Change Optimus Prime? Now, the official Transformers YouTube channel have uploaded a behind the scenes video, showing the Western Star Optimus Prime truck and GM Chevrolet 2014 Camaro Bumblebee car - check it out below!

Mindmaster wrote:

Metro Prime wrote:

Va'al wrote:

Wonder if this has anything to do with that Drift Skyhammer repaint we saw the other day?

I have no doubt about it. The color placement is about right (though this is a dark gray rather than the blue we're used to seeing on Drift toys), it's almost the right shape, and it's got missile pods like the Skyhammer mold has. Plus, it's got an Autobot faction symbol slapped on the side, so that narrows it down some.

Remember on deluxe Drifts toy it says he used to be a decepticon.


I believe this is when Drift is a Decepticon in the early part of the movie but for marketing sake they package him as an Autobot so they can get him off the shelf because for some reason kids dont buy decepticons anymore despite them having good guys with no bad guys to fight.

Or they have an Autobot symbol on it to try and avoid spoilers about it starting the movie as a Decepticon, like they did in the ROTF line releasing the Blackout repaint as Grindor to cover that Blackout was back for the sequel

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Or they have an Autobot symbol on it to try and avoid spoilers about it starting the movie as a Decepticon, like they did in the ROTF line releasing the Blackout repaint as Grindor to cover that Blackout was back for the sequel

I'm not sure how this relates to Drift possibly being the mystery chopper.

Not sure if this belongs here, but I picked up Leader Grimlock the other day, interesting comparison to MP Grimlock. Note that Leader Grimlock is slightly modified to shorten his dino-torso and hand-wield his shield. Heh-heh, poet.

Mindmaster wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Or they have an Autobot symbol on it to try and avoid spoilers about it starting the movie as a Decepticon, like they did in the ROTF line releasing the Blackout repaint as Grindor to cover that Blackout was back for the sequel

I'm not sure how this relates to Drift possibly being the mystery chopper.

They put an autobot symbol on the chopper to not spoil the plot point that Drift starts the movie as a Decepticon then switches sides.

While Scorn is arguably the best of the AOE wave 1 deluxes I'm pleased to say that it's Constructbots counterpart holds up just as well. The colors really pop and need to be seen in hand to fully appreciate the brightness. Crosshairs is really fun and I think it's great how you can tilt the car hood to get a trench coat like flow going. Highly recommended.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Or they have an Autobot symbol on it to try and avoid spoilers about it starting the movie as a Decepticon, like they did in the ROTF line releasing the Blackout repaint as Grindor to cover that Blackout was back for the sequel

I'm not sure how this relates to Drift possibly being the mystery chopper.

They put an autobot symbol on the chopper to not spoil the plot point that Drift starts the movie as a Decepticon then switches sides.

But I still don't understand how Blackout and Grindor have to do with anything. For the record, Blackout and Grindor are completely separate characters.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Or they have an Autobot symbol on it to try and avoid spoilers about it starting the movie as a Decepticon, like they did in the ROTF line releasing the Blackout repaint as Grindor to cover that Blackout was back for the sequel

Blackout never came back plus Grindor was in the trailers and it was said they are separate.



We never saw Blackout come back to life (cons had one shard)

While similar Grindor is a different chopper from Blackout

The games call him Grindor so do the toys and he is never called Blackout in rotf so I'm sure it is safe to call him Grindor.

If the helicopter toy has an Autobot symbol to hide the fact that Drift used to be a Decepticon, then that is a pretty pointless thing to do since the bio for Drift on Hasbro.com already explicitly gives away that he used to be a Decepticon.

Drift is a master of ancient weaponry who always remains calm and controlled during combat. Long ago, he fought for the DECEPTICONS. The scars of battle changed his thinking, and now Drift wields his swords for good as a member of the AUTOBOTS!

RhA wrote:Well, you could make him into an angry plush, if you want to. The bully of your bedside. Use your imagination, the sky is the limit.

You would think a T-rex was a good bedside bully

I'd much rather take him to work and hurl him at my work mates head.

Hopefully she's too stunned to throw him back at me.