Transformers: Age of Extinction Optimus Prime In-Hand Image

To be blunt and honest, the shield looks stupid and in fact doesn't really look like a shield at all.

it almost looks like a different toy maybe a different size

I'll wait to see in hand pics of him in robot mode. However I've got a terrible feeling he's going to have a lot of back kibble.

Not bad, not bad at all. I was a little concerned about Hasbro usage of paint and by the looks of this they might not be cheap with their paint app's for this line. That truck mode looks good, imo. But I think I see a blue side window.

Can they bring back the guns already and put an end to this stupid sword and shield nonsense ?

it sucks. the transformation seem to be a big step back from rotf/dotm prime

If this is the leader class I can only hope that the voyager will be better.

His sword looks different from the way it looked in the actual CGI picture we saw on that magazine.

After looking closer, I think these are pics of two different size class Optimus primes. Look at the shields, one is round like the CGI pics and one is a sheild gun. Either way, I'm looking forward mostly for the super coupes.

Va'al did point out that this is the other Optimus Prime toy that we saw pics of after the Leader one shown at NYCC.

horrible no matter what class it is, and just like many others i too am sick of melee weapons.

STngAR wrote:Not a big fan of the movie toys amyway, but can they at least put and end to the flames

what is problem with flames it takes away from him looking like blue block with wheels it gives him some character in truck mode, sowrd will of course look different from cgi version on eompire magazine cover wait for 3rd party to make sowrd screen acute or shapeways.

not excited about 4rth movie toys will keep checking them out in news section find out how much may progress in transformation show us some dinobot figures

These two physical copies look radically different. Just little things like the crotch armor, the weapons, the kibble. Either these are different toys, or the chrome one is a REALLY early prototype, or the stock photographers have topped their already impressive portfolio of mistransformation. We've frequently had different sized Optimuses before, so this might just be a voyager with a similar transformation. It also might be the case that we get a 'First Edition' sort of deal, with some AOE toys popping up in Thrilling 30. And then the main molds appear in a unique toyline.

dragons wrote:

STngAR wrote:Not a big fan of the movie toys amyway, but can they at least put and end to the flames

what is problem with flames it takes away from him looking like blue block with wheels it gives him some character in truck mode, sowrd will of course look different from cgi version on eompire magazine cover wait for 3rd party to make sowrd screen acute or shapeways.

not excited about 4rth movie toys will keep checking them out in news section find out how much may progress in transformation show us some dinobot figures

Its a combination of two things: 1) Prime didnt have flames in G1 and 2) many people feel like flames aresomething that a younger, more reckless autobot would wear, like a tattoo or a piercing, and they feel that Optimus Prime would not wear aomething flashy like that. ( Have nothing against tats or piercings, its an example.)

Flashwave wrote:

dragons wrote:

STngAR wrote:Not a big fan of the movie toys amyway, but can they at least put and end to the flames

what is problem with flames it takes away from him looking like blue block with wheels it gives him some character in truck mode, sowrd will of course look different from cgi version on eompire magazine cover wait for 3rd party to make sowrd screen acute or shapeways.

not excited about 4rth movie toys will keep checking them out in news section find out how much may progress in transformation show us some dinobot figures

Its a combination of two things: 1) Prime didnt have flames in G1 and 2) many people feel like flames aresomething that a younger, more reckless autobot would wear, like a tattoo or a piercing, and they feel that Optimus Prime would not wear aomething flashy like that. ( Have nothing against tats or piercings, its an example.)

Like an Autobot symbol?

I really hope that this is Voyager class because if it's a Leader class than Leader class is going to hell !
Not even close to quality of previous Leader class figures.

njb902 wrote:

Flashwave wrote:

dragons wrote:

STngAR wrote:Not a big fan of the movie toys amyway, but can they at least put and end to the flames

what is problem with flames it takes away from him looking like blue block with wheels it gives him some character in truck mode, sowrd will of course look different from cgi version on eompire magazine cover wait for 3rd party to make sowrd screen acute or shapeways.

not excited about 4rth movie toys will keep checking them out in news section find out how much may progress in transformation show us some dinobot figures

Its a combination of two things: 1) Prime didnt have flames in G1 and 2) many people feel like flames aresomething that a younger, more reckless autobot would wear, like a tattoo or a piercing, and they feel that Optimus Prime would not wear aomething flashy like that. ( Have nothing against tats or piercings, its an example.)

Like an Autobot symbol?

haha! good point, but that's more a badge of office, or a military branch insignia. In some continuities the Rite Of Autobrand has to be completed before a Transformer is supposed to be allowed to wear the symbol.

(or y'know, it's his gang sign)

Easy pass.

If you pain attention they are different! The first one that we have seen is a voyager. Now we are looking at the Leader class!

I still don't like what I see and it's an easy pass, but I will at least take a more detailed look in store, if Hasbro manages to get enough out there.

There is just nothing to surpass my Jetwing Prime with his Annular trailer, and he still remains my only movieformer.

Think I'll save the money for MP's and 3rd Parties this year. The Dinos and all the others would REALLY have to wow me, and I don't think Hasbro cares anymore with their ever-shrinking toys these days.

craggy wrote:

njb902 wrote:

Flashwave wrote:

dragons wrote:

STngAR wrote:Not a big fan of the movie toys amyway, but can they at least put and end to the flames

what is problem with flames it takes away from him looking like blue block with wheels it gives him some character in truck mode, sowrd will of course look different from cgi version on eompire magazine cover wait for 3rd party to make sowrd screen acute or shapeways.

not excited about 4rth movie toys will keep checking them out in news section find out how much may progress in transformation show us some dinobot figures

Its a combination of two things: 1) Prime didnt have flames in G1 and 2) many people feel like flames aresomething that a younger, more reckless autobot would wear, like a tattoo or a piercing, and they feel that Optimus Prime would not wear aomething flashy like that. ( Have nothing against tats or piercings, its an example.)

Like an Autobot symbol?

haha! good point, but that's more a badge of office, or a military branch insignia. In some continuities the Rite Of Autobrand has to be completed before a Transformer is supposed to be allowed to wear the symbol.

(or y'know, it's his gang sign)

I agree with Maximal, the flames never suited Optimus. They said it was to break up the colours on him, but I don't buy that - he was red and blue in TF: Prime without flames and looked perfectly respectable. His character has always been more of a strong, firm-yet-soft-spoken and humble leader. He doesn't wear flames to make himself look cool because, in his mind, he isn't. He thinks of himself as just another Autobot, nothing special, and at best a useful cog in a larger machine, leading by example and inspiring others... NOT by painting himself with flames and essentially saying "Hey, look at how awesome I am!" - something I would associate more with an a-hole like Hot Rod/Rodimus, a character that has always been imbued with a more "smug and youthful" personality. Optimus has always been more of a wise older brother, not the inexperienced, headstrong youth (which is how the flames come across, in my opinion at least). Even his voice, provided by the great P.C., signifies a more mature, reserved personality. With that in mind, I wouldn't consider Autobrand as a showy gang sign either... Simply a statement of his allegiance, with its history as the symbol of hope, strength, integrity and honor of the Transformers who preceded him.

Flashwave wrote:

dragons wrote:

STngAR wrote:Not a big fan of the movie toys amyway, but can they at least put and end to the flames

what is problem with flames it takes away from him looking like blue block with wheels it gives him some character in truck mode, sowrd will of course look different from cgi version on eompire magazine cover wait for 3rd party to make sowrd screen acute or shapeways.

not excited about 4rth movie toys will keep checking them out in news section find out how much may progress in transformation show us some dinobot figures

Its a combination of two things: 1) Prime didnt have flames in G1 and 2) many people feel like flames aresomething that a younger, more reckless autobot would wear, like a tattoo or a piercing, and they feel that Optimus Prime would not wear aomething flashy like that. ( Have nothing against tats or piercings, its an example.)

I'm not saying to get rid of the red but incorporate red in another way.

Just in, we have new images of the TF4 Leader Class Optimus Prime. We previously shared in-hand images from 11-11 of ACToys.com. We now have new pictures from the same source, showing the figure transformed into both vehicle and bot mode. Check them out below, and let us know what you think in the Energon Pub!

So basically all the vehicle mode is sitting on his back or wrapped around the back of his legs.... I'm sorry but this is what happens when you design a Transformer that DOESNT LOOK LIKE IT TRANSFORMS INTO ANYTHING. Yes I will admit that Optimus' new robot mode does look cool but when you make it look like he has no visible vehicle parts(smokestacks excluded) it makes it even harder for the toy designers to make a good representation of him in toy form! The vehicle mode looks amazing, I will give it that, but still the robot mode is just ugly.

CHROME!!! GIMMIE,GIMMIE (THAT is how Hasbro expects people to react )

Paint details: good, truck mode: good, Everything else: monstrous.

I mean honestly, this is a leader class figure? I bet he won't eve be as tall as the weaponizer Prime figure. I don't care that robot mode design based on art released earlier is appealing, this is a sorry excuse for a robot mode. Vehicle mode is accurate and OK looking though. I shudder to think what they did with Grimlock. Fingers crossed that they can make me eat my words.

[quote="Unicronobot"]So basically all the vehicle mode is sitting on his back or wrapped around the back of his legs..../quote]

So, the vehicle mode itself is pants for Prime! That's like Armada...but worse

This is probably the ugliest Prime toy in existence! The stacks should definitely be somewhere else or even possibly a weapon. I hope this is a "work in progress" prototype. I've been mildly ok with a few of the Bay-verse toys but this is a total turn off

Man just remold the existing movie prime with triple stacks (not like it's any better). Throw this in the trash.

Remember when Hasbro said that the simplified line would be out in full force for the movie? Maybe this is the leader class version of Prime from the simplified line. There will be a more mainstream one later

Unicronobot wrote:So basically all the vehicle mode is sitting on his back or wrapped around the back of his legs.... I'm sorry but this is what happens when you design a Transformer that DOESNT LOOK LIKE IT TRANSFORMS INTO ANYTHING. Yes I will admit that Optimus' new robot mode does look cool but when you make it look like he has no visible vehicle parts(smokestacks excluded) it makes it even harder for the toy designers to make a good representation of him in toy form! The vehicle mode looks amazing, I will give it that, but still the robot mode is just ugly.

THIS

I am not a fan of shellformers at all, and this looks like a shellformer to the MAX. It almost looks as if you could take JUST his kibble and just form THAT into the truck mode. Save the smokestacks, there's not a single thing on the robot mode that looks instantly recognizable as a truck part, not even his iconic chest windshield! If this is an indicator of the line as a whole, I probably won't be purchasing even ONE movie toy, and I've got most of the last two movie lines. They're what got me back into Transformers!

But this....sweet cheeses.... it's just revolting.

It's got more back kibble than the other one. It looks especially bad since there's that big flat area in the middle where it could easily be folded in. I hate that chrome too, it works for vehicle parts like the grill and smokestacks, but on the robot parts it's ugly as hell.

Is it just me or do those fist holes look a little big?

Terrible. Neither mold is worth having. What a shame.

Good glorious chrome! I had to put on sunglasses to check this thing ou... Holy kibbles 'n bits Batman! Op's got some junk in his trunk! Not sure how I feel about this figure. I think I'm honestly done with movie figures unless something catches my eye. To be honest, I'm anxious to find out what those beast formers figures from the movie line will look like. I likes me some beast formers. Either way, I think I'll concentrate on Generations for a while.

ROTF leader Prime was epic, this is an epic fail!

I still like it!

And I'm not trying to be that douche who says The Dark Knight wasn't such a good movie, just to get attention.

I have most of the movie trilogy onscreen line and a lot of classics/Prime figures.

So I for one don't mind 1 movie line with easy as hell transformations. Yes, a lot will suffer and here it's the robot mode with its Batman truck cape thing. But still, from what I see I'm dig it.

Also psyched about the new "destroyer" class, how big or does it have some new feature?

I'll probably end up buying the whole onscreen cast + maybe 2 or 3 side characters that look really good in my opinion.



Let the hating and flamewars begin again!!!

Remember when leader class figures had individual finger articulation?

MightyMagnus78 wrote:ROTF leader Prime was epic, this is an epic fail!

Captain obvious to the rescue

It's poop.

i'm really glad i'm not into the movieverse. I have a couple like the original TF1 leader prime and I thought he was awesome in spite of being kibblesome.

The truck mode on this guy looks ok, the robot is very weak. I am not a fan of chrome due to all the issues as a kid with the toys where both the paint and the plastic would be too brittle and get damaged easily. Also on an aesthetic level I don't care for it much.

One thing that surprises me though is the lack of chrome for the smokestacks - the one place i'd expect there to be chrome (maybe the toy pictured isn't the final production version?) Also, the face looks very off - almost as if there's a face within a face and the nostrils are a 2nd pair of eyes.

Honestly, out of sheer curiosity, I would really, really love to know if ROTF Prime didn't sell well or if Hasbro got tons of complaints from parents.

Or is it the economy? Different designers? Please, tell me how a company capable of producing wonders of engineering like ROTF Prime, FE Prime Bulkhead, etc... can fall this low.

Again, I have to preface my comment with a disclaimer. For kids, it's perfectly fine, yada yada yada.

But personally, what I look for in a transforming toy is to be wowed by the engineering and marvel at it's accuracy to the show (looks AND transformation wise). The less 'cheating' the better and this is just disappointing.

So let me see if I'm following.......chrome chest, although its NOT really needed.....no chrome smokestacks or gas tanks, although it IS really needed? And I wonder if prime will have little duck feet in the movie too?

Seriously tho, I am a prime collector. So no matter what angers me about this figure, ill buy it anyway. But the iconic chest windows are one of the oldest, most recognizable features of prime. You mean to tell me they couldn't TRY to fit them in somewhere on this cgi model?? I'm not a bay hater, I actually love watching the movies with my son....but I'm most disappointed about the chest windows. Kibble can be removed for display purposes, but you cant fix a lazy design. I mean.....I have a optimus prime shampoo bottle that has chest windows......just sayin....

So let me see if I'm following.......chrome chest, although its NOT really needed.....no chrome smokestacks or gas tanks, although it IS really needed? And I wonder if prime will have little duck feet in the movie too?

Seriously tho, I am a prime collector. So no matter what angers me about this figure, ill buy it anyway. But the iconic chest windows are one of the oldest, most recognizable features of prime. You mean to tell me they couldn't TRY to fit them in somewhere on this cgi model?? I'm not a bay hater, I actually love watching the movies with my son....but I'm most disappointed about the chest windows. Kibble can be removed for display purposes, but you cant fix a lazy design. I mean.....I have a optimus prime shampoo bottle that has chest windows......just sayin....

[img][http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Optimus-Prime-Revealed-Transformers-Age-Extinction-Cover-Empire-Magazine-40445.html[/img]

Looks close to empire magazine version we saw on cover seeing things are not there

A tall drink of water, he is.

I like it, but I'm perfectly happy with my RotF Leader Optimus.

noctorro wrote:

MightyMagnus78 wrote:ROTF leader Prime was epic, this is an epic fail!

Captain obvious to the rescue

More like Obvious Prime, am I right?!

This is just a really big Fast Action Battler.

And thus, not for me.

Actar wrote:Honestly, out of sheer curiosity, I would really, really love to know if ROTF Prime didn't sell well or if Hasbro got tons of complaints from parents.

Or is it the economy? Different designers? Please, tell me how a company capable of producing wonders of engineering like ROTF Prime, FE Prime Bulkhead, etc... can fall this low.

Again, I have to preface my comment with a disclaimer. For kids, it's perfectly fine, yada yada yada.

But personally, what I look for in a transforming toy is to be wowed by the engineering and marvel at it's accuracy to the show (looks AND transformation wise). The less 'cheating' the better and this is just disappointing.

I believe there was a story where a bunch of ROTF Leader class primes were returned with the sole reason being the transformations were to difficult for younger kids. Logic says to me..
"Then don't by such a complicated figure and get a Voyager class. why should the rest of us have to suffer?"
But after thinking about it that's not entirely fair. I think kids have just as much a right to enjoy these toys as we do. And like you said (and this is something everyone needs to remember). Kids are the target audience. They are the next generation of collectors.
I don't like this figure at all. I won't go into detail as everyone else has pretty much said it already. However, if this is a response to an over whelm of complaints of figures like ROTF Prime being to difficult to transform, then I understand Hasbro's reasoning.