Transformers Bumblebee Movie Takara Leader Optimus Prime Revealed #ACGHK2018 Updated

This looks cool. Notice the forearms look all new too, the hands are better looking and no longer have truck panelling blocking the underneath of them (I hated that on the original mold).

That actually looks really nice and it's interesting to see Takara Tomy has some original stuff coming for this line. Since it's all in Japanese packaging I'm assuming Hasbro isn't releasing this, otherwise it'd be a SS release. Then again I could see it as an exclusive from Hasbro like the Target Bumblebee stuff.

Emerje

Also am wondering what the two blue sections are on his back shown on the top left of the back of the box. I don't see anything shaped like that on my AoE Evasion Prime. Also look at the wheels on the legs. It has one of the lower one raise up to meet the higher ones like on the Studio figure and not like on the Evasion figure.

This is certainly a more interesting product than a simple redeco.

The side door windows are different, instead of a small one and an angular one it's a single square one. The truck mode as a new grill as well. They've really done a lot to make this look more like G1 Optimus in movie style.

Emerje

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Also am wondering what the two blue sections are on his back shown on the top left of the back of the box. I don't see anything shaped like that on my AoE Evasion Prime. Also look at the wheels on the legs. It has one of the lower one raise up to meet the higher ones like on the Studio figure and not like on the Evasion figure.

This is certainly a more interesting product than a simple redeco.

All of the new changes make this a heck ton more similar to Weijiang's upscaled knockoff. Although, I am really happy for this. If we can get an american release at all, even if this is just an exclusive, I will most definitely get him.

Suddenly I don’t feel so bad about not having the original evasion mode Optimus! I hope this gets a US release somehow.

I just noticed that among all the thing they improve, smokestacks is not one of them. They improve a lot of parts, but still use the one side, impaired smokestacks which while it make sense on AOE, not so much here.

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oh man... Leader class? Well, my interest in it has dropped significantly. I've no use for Leader Class Optimus Primes.

Leader Class... are we sure?

I have the Wei Jiang version which is brilliant but will check this out.

shajaki wrote:Leader Class... are we sure?

Your Cheetor needs some straighening out in that pic.

Here is a composite someone did on TFW, which shows that this is an upscale:

william-james88 wrote:News story updated with MAJOR update:



BOUGHT!

Well.

I hope they'll release an american version of this, with different paint apps.
Sincerely, while the mold is great, I don't like much the blue feet and the chromed abdomen.

william-james88 wrote:

shajaki wrote:Leader Class... are we sure?

Your Cheetor needs some straighening out in that pic.

Here is a composite someone did on TFW, which shows that this is an upscale:

But I don't waannnnaaa un-pose my Cheetor
And the new Prime wasn't standing up straight either, so I figured it would all cancel out.

Anyways, if it is an upscale, it's very slight. Kinda odd.

This is an absolute buy for me. I too wonder if this will be released in the states, but I will pick him up regardless...

I'm really hoping we get this over seas!

What's Crackin'? wrote:I'm really hoping we get this over seas!

No if we were getting this in this line, it wouldn't have it's own Japanese text covered packaging. That's a dead giveaway in today's day & age that it's TakaraTomy only. Let alone THE paint aps and many gimmicks plus the parts count on this I'm betting is higher then todays leader classes.

It may however be exclusive down the road.

Posable fingers!

Yeah I'll be doing my best to get this guy, import cost or not. They upscaled/modded my favorite movie Prime mold, gave him chrome in the right places (finally) and he should scale near perfectly with VW Bee. I love it.

That is a nice figure, and hopefully the price is right. If hasbro bring him over hopefully he won't be a pain in the bum exclusive, if they don't well, I'll still try to get him

Damn you Takara, stop making me want to buy Movie Primes.

Too much stuff to buy. Still haven't gotten around to picking up PotP Prime. Want to get Seige Prime, now this Prime, and SS Prime.

So... many... Primes.

If he's Leader scale then this is basically another case of Takara Tomy making a Masterpiece level figure without actually having to make a MP. He should look good with the expected MP VW Bee since he's too big for the Studio Series line and the previous MP Prime was also Leader size.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:should look good with the expected MP VW Bee since he's too big for the Studio Series line and the previous MP Prime was also Leader size.

Yeah, I like the improvements in the parts on this figure but it being Leader class means it's way out of scale for my collection and my income doesn't stretch to Masterpiece prices. If it had been voyager as at first assumed I would be looking at importing as soon as possible but as a Leader I can't really justify the cost when it won't fit in my (mostly Studio based) collection. Never mind. Enjoy it when you get it, folks.

Anyone else getting an Armada Starscream vibe here?

Anyone else getting an Armada Starscream vibe here?

So Wei Jiang'd themselves.

I'm not complaining.

Emerje wrote:If he's Leader scale then this is basically another case of Takara Tomy making a Masterpiece level figure without actually having to make a MP.

What are other examples? I could argue MB 11 but not sure about the others.

shajaki wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

shajaki wrote:Leader Class... are we sure?

Your Cheetor needs some straighening out in that pic.

Here is a composite someone did on TFW, which shows that this is an upscale:

But I don't waannnnaaa un-pose my Cheetor
And the new Prime wasn't standing up straight either, so I figured it would all cancel out.

Anyways, if it is an upscale, it's very slight. Kinda odd.

That's the opposite of cancelling out, my dude. If this new Prime was stood up all the way, he'd be even taller than he is in that photo - probably around the expected Leader-class size. So I think the upscale is fairly significant, though I guess the best way to tell for sure is to wait for actual comparison images!

Man I really kinda want this.

william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:If he's Leader scale then this is basically another case of Takara Tomy making a Masterpiece level figure without actually having to make a MP.

What are other examples? I could argue MB 11 but not sure about the others.

No specific movie examples, but I look at things like Encore God Fire Convoy or Encore BM Optimus Primal as a "close enough" for things they aren't likely to make MPs of.

Emerje

CdogCdog4 wrote:

What's Crackin'? wrote:I'm really hoping we get this over seas!

No if we were getting this in this line, it wouldn't have it's own Japanese text covered packaging. That's a dead giveaway in today's day & age that it's TakaraTomy only. Let alone THE paint aps and many gimmicks plus the parts count on this I'm betting is higher then todays leader classes.

It may however be exclusive down the road.

Don't be so sure. The toys may be the same between regions now, but the packaging is not: while PotP's is just the US packaging with some stickers, the Studio Series is all new, in Japanese. The same may be the case for Optimus Prime here, and other Bumblebee movie toys.

A Leader Class-priced Optimus Prime was listed on Amazon AU, with a Hasbro product code (E4522). If this "Legendary Optimus Prime" (yes, that's the actual name of the figure) fits within Leader Class pricing, there we have it. Doesn't fit in Studio Series that well, too expensive to be Cyberverse, only other option is War for Cybertron... where scale is now important (imagine that). The reason he wasn't shown may have been because he's too far into the line if the product code is any indication.

The fandom is currently puzzled over the new reveal from Takara Tomy of an Evasion Mode Optimus Prime toy for their upcoming Transformers Bumblebee Movie toyline. How different is it from the previous mold? How much of a retool is it, along with it being an upscale? Well, from certain angles, the changes seem minimal, but at others, as you will see, it might be a completely new mold sharing some transformation steps.

By comparing to images of the Age of Extinction toy, you will notice that everything related to the arms is completely different. The shoulder armour is made of individual pieces, giving further proof that this does have a parts count more akin to a leader class toy. The forearms are completely different too and none of the details match.

Another huge difference, where it seems the transformation itself differs, is when we look at the back. Not only does the back of the top half have different pieces, but in the legs we can see that instead of him having two wheels at his calves, he has two wheels near his hips. So, judging by all this, it is far more likely that this is a new mold using some tricks and design cues of the first toy, like the foot transformation.

These new photos come to us from the Toyswalker facebook page.

Now that is weird, it looks awesome, but still...weird. If hasbro were to bring this over, how would they advertise it?

Studio Series perhaps?

Va'al wrote:Studio Series perhaps?

Whats weird is that Takara and Hasbro both share the studio series line, so if it would be studio series, why wouldnt Takara release it through taht instead of their own BUmblebee movie line?

I am thinking if Hasbro releases it, it would be an exclusive, like the amazon stuff we saw. Target has its own BB exclusive toys, this could be amazon's.

It might be me but this figure reminds me of the Wei Jiang Masterpice KO of Evasion prime. Particularly the wheels, note how, like WJ, one of the rear wheels clearly rotates around the knee, giving prime 2 wheels at the hips and one at the ankle, like trilogy prime.

Finding that Optimus in store, I'd buy it. But if I have to just order it online, it's an easy pass. For me, such a figure would be an impulse of the moment purchase only.

ugh i still kinda want it even though it's too big.

Funny that some folk are complaining that with all those changes it's STILL only got one truck mode smokestack.

Not sure why the feet are grey/white inside. Serves no purpose in robot mode and makes the feet rather obvious in truck mode.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:ugh i still kinda want it even though it's too big.

Funny that some folk are complaining that with all those changes it's STILL only got one truck mode smokestack.

Not sure why the feet are grey/white inside. Serves no purpose in robot mode and makes the feet rather obvious in truck mode.

Because normally, a truck barely have anything on the back. And the little there is is either bare metal or unpainted. So I guess that's what they are going for.

I'm just weirdly excited for Speed Series/Legends Bug Bee and Barricade!

Japan has one of its biggest toys shows happening right now, Wonderfest Summer, and while we had some juicy reveals for you MP fans, the Takara releases of the toys tying in with the Bumblebee film were also on display. This includes the Studio Series of course, since the more collector oriented toys for the film will also be released in the Stdio Series line in Japan. There is one exception that that is the puzzling but awesome new Evasion Mode Optimus Prime toy that seems Takara exclusive at the moment. Its proper name is Legendary Optimus Prime and while previous images revealed it to be a new mold, different from the previous release, other images show it to be bigger than the original release as well. We included an image of the previous Evasion Mode Optimus toy next to Masterpiece Cheetor as reference. The Takara display at Wonderfest does not help us more with the scale though, since the toys he is shown next to are the big gimmicky Bumblebee movie toy, who's scale is still not assessed, and a much elevated Movie Masterpiece Ironhide. However, it was stated on Twitter that "legenday Optimus prime is humongous after all" so that should help clarify things. You can see that specific tweet here along with the images that we posted below, which also partly come from Dengeki Hobby.

Well, it seems that the large gimmicky bumblebee and the legendary optimus prime have similar packaging, which, to me, implies that we might get an American release of him in the same class as that bumblebee figure.

DaXtraLargeRobot wrote:Well, it seems that the large gimmicky bumblebee and the legendary optimus prime have similar packaging, which, to me, implies that we might get an American release of him in the same class as that bumblebee figure.

Sure seems to, fingers crossed!

Emerje

After all the display images from Takara Tomy's Transformers booth at Wonderfest 2018 in Japan, rolled out in the past couple of hours on our front page, too, we now also have official images of the majority of the new figures - if you're in for the Bumblebee Movie above all others, that is, with a touch of Studio Series and Movie Masterpiece!

Mirrored from the Dengeki Hobby site, below you can find images of the Power Charge Bumblebee, the newly revealed Legendary Optimus Prime from the movie's line, from a variety of angles, and sporting MP-10's trailer, plus Studio Series Volkswagen Bumblebee we saw revealed at San Diego Comic Con 2018, along with its line-mates KSI Sentry and the tattooed Starscream. Check it all out below, including the official Volkswagen license for the beetle car modes, and let us know what you think in the Energon Pub!

It is a perfect deformation figure of Bumblebee popular character of Autobot appearing in the new movie "Bumblebee". It is Bumblebee which I mimicked as a yellow Camaro in the movie so far, but in this movie I mimic it as a yellow Volkswagen and it is active. It is possible to wear a battle mask of the head, withdraw weapons from the left arm, different sounds are activated in the vehicle mode and robot mode, and the gimmick of the front light is also carried.


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Release date: Scheduled to be released in the fall of 2018
Price: TBD
Publisher: Takara Tomy

This is also a perfect deformation figure of Optimus Prime of the new movie "Bumblebee". Vehicle mode is as you can see! If it is a transformer fan influenced by the first animation, it will take in the hand without hesitation, a nostalgic "box type" tractor head. Transform from robot mode to vehicle mode! The whole body is fully movable in robot mode. You can also reproduce the state of the battle mask on and off.
* Containers that are towing in the vehicle mode are those of the MP-10 Convoy. Actual product is not included.


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Release date: Scheduled to be released in the fall of 2018
Price: 6,800 yen (excluding tax)
Content of commodity: main body × 1, ion blaster × 1
Product size: When robot deforms W120 × H220 × D65 mm
Publisher: Takara Tomy

The latest work of the "Studio Series" which transforms the transformers who appeared in the movies into a unified scale. It is a perfect deformation figure of Bumblebee appearing in a new movie "Bumblebee". Not only the deformation of the robot mode from the vehicle mode, but also the head at the time of attaching the battle mask can be reproduced.


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Release date: Scheduled to be released in the fall of 2018
Price: 2,800 yen (excluding tax)
Product Details: Body × 1, Stinger Sword × 1, Stinger Blaster × 1, Battle Mask × 1
Product size: When robot deforms W90 × H120 × D50 mm
Publisher: Takara Tomy

This product is also a newcomer of the "Studio Series"! Vehicle mode is Italian super car, Pagani. It is a perfect deformation figure of mass production type transformer, KS Eye Warrior, which appeared in the fourth movie "Transformer / Lost Age".


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Release date: Scheduled to be released in the fall of 2018
Price: TBD
Publisher: Takara Tomy

The star scream of Decepticon, who fought with Autobots as Megatron's right arm, participated in a splendid "studio series" of both vehicle mode and robot, both proportions! Not only alien tattoos applied to the whole body, marks of foreheads in robot mode are also reproduced.


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Release date: Scheduled to be released in the fall of 2018
Price: TBD
Publisher: Takara Tomy

It is a perfect deformation figure of Ironhide in charge of weapons of Autobot who appeared from the first movie "Transformers". It completely deforms to the robot mode from the vehicle mode (pickup truck made by US GMC company). The appearance and expression of robot mode is the image itself in the play. The brave appearance of that iron idea is revived in the "Masterpiece Movie Series".


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Release date: Scheduled to be released in the fall of 2018
Price: TBD
Publisher: Takara Tomy

That big Bug Bee is a MUST WANT for me. Skipping on MP Ironhide and I'd take the deluxe Bug Bee only when on sale. As for the Optimus, it could be a "must buy" but only if I can find it live in store.

It's amazing how different the marketing is between the two on the large Bee. Hasbro is all, "check out all the things this figure can do. The lights, the sounds, the play value! It's also not bad looking, but listen to those movie sounds!" while Takara Tomy is like, "Check out how detailed this figure is! It's big and has pop out weapons and a battle mask! Oh, and it has light sand sounds or something too, but just look at how cool it is!"

Emerje

Emerje wrote:It's amazing how different the marketing is between the two on the large Bee. Hasbro is all, "check out all the things this figure can do. The lights, the sounds, the play value! It's also not bad looking, but listen to those movie sounds!" while Takara Tomy is like, "Check out how detailed this figure is! It's big and has pop out weapons and a battle mask! Oh, and it has light sand sounds or something too, but just look at how cool it is!"

Emerje

My interests in that Big Bee was FIRST how it look. The think look fantastic. Even better than the deluxe. And I don't give a crap about the innacuracy of the center part of the chest. That's what the MP will be for.

The second reason why I want this be the most are indeed all the gimmicks. It will go very well with my Battle Ops bumblebee and my Weaponiser Prime talking black Bee.

Emerje wrote:It's amazing how different the marketing is between the two on the large Bee. Hasbro is all, "check out all the things this figure can do. The lights, the sounds, the play value! It's also not bad looking, but listen to those movie sounds!" while Takara Tomy is like, "Check out how detailed this figure is! It's big and has pop out weapons and a battle mask! Oh, and it has light sand sounds or something too, but just look at how cool it is!"

Emerje

Good indication of intended target audiences, I suppose!

Hm I kinda wish the Studio Bee's lower legs were as compact and tidy as those on the large gimmick figure but overall it looks great for the size. I also kinda wish the CGI Bee model had the door-wings the toys have cos I find him a bit odd looking the trailer without them. Movie Bee had the wings for so long that it's strange when they're gone.

Any likelihood we will see that Leader Optimus in the rusty colors?