Transformers: The Last Knight Voyager Optimus Prime and Grimlock Spotted at Target in US

I was actually quite shocked to see these there. Really was hunting for new Titans Return & RID stuff. Didnt expect these until later this month, but you never know... Thats the thrill in hunting, coming across stuff unexpectedly. The figure itself looks remarkable. The paint app's alone make it worth the extra $5, believe me. And the molded detail is incredible. Seldom do i use these type words to describe, but WOW! What a great figure. They knocked it out of the ballpark on this one.

Dammit. I neeeeeed this Prime to appear at Cambridge Toys R Us nooow. Though it's a £6.40 bus ride everytime I wanna go check so I can't just pop in every day to look if it's appeared before the 24th.

I hope toyhax gets some stickers for the missing flames on the chest and such quickly!

So further proof that the price truly is $30 for voyagers in the US for the entire movie line.

That pricing is just atrocious. No matter how cool Scorn looks I just can't justify him at that price.

hm. $30 works out at about £25 which is the current RRP for voyagers here in UK but the early Argos listings had them at £32. I'm not buying them all anyways... well... Prime is a must. I think I'm happy with my current Grimlock but I do like that silver one. Depends how I feel when I actually see them on the shelves

Carnivius_Prime wrote:hm. $30 works out at about £25 which is the current RRP for voyagers here in UK but the early Argos listings had them at £32. I'm not buying them all anyways... well... Prime is a must. I think I'm happy with my current Grimlock but I do like that silver one. Depends how I feel when I actually see them on the shelves

You dont want to wait to see if they will release one with a better deco? And by better deco I mean one that has flames on the chest and doesnt look like he is an anime character crying.

william-james88 wrote:

Carnivius_Prime wrote:hm. $30 works out at about £25 which is the current RRP for voyagers here in UK but the early Argos listings had them at £32. I'm not buying them all anyways... well... Prime is a must. I think I'm happy with my current Grimlock but I do like that silver one. Depends how I feel when I actually see them on the shelves

You dont want to wait to see if they will release one with a better deco? And by better deco I mean one that has flames on the chest and doesnt look like he is an anime character crying.

And how much would that cost? Would it be part of some expensive Platinum box set of figures? Or a Takara figure that would add much more cost for shipping? I'm not made of money. Or employed. And unlikely to be in the foreseeable future cos health stuffs. I can't afford all the super pretty toys. I often just have to make do with what I can afford and do my best to pretty them up myself. And this Prime toy has a great mold and decent colours for the most part and I can have fun pimping it up.

I still prefer my custom AoE Evasion Prime over any of the official ones I've seen and the factory version of that was way worse looking than this Last Knight Prime in paint and colouring.

Honestly with this level of inflation, I'm fully expecting the price gap between buying at retail and of importing a Takara version not being very large. Should be interesting to see, at the very least...

Carnivius_Prime wrote: And this Prime toy has a great mold and decent colours for the most part and I can have fun pimping it up.

As I tell Black that, if you have the skills and plan on doing touch ups then you are always better off getting the less expensive version.

And, sadly, the takara version is not better than this one. they are the same toys (as is the rest of this entire line) so a better version would have to come from a boxset of some kind. it will be hard for me, but I plan on waiting to get a good idea of what will be offered. Since I dont do touch ups and dont want more than one of this mold, I really want to know what all the options are before I buy it because nothing pains me more than buying a toy only to find out that a better version is released not too long after.

Kurona wrote:Honestly with this level of inflation, I'm fully expecting the price gap between buying at retail and of importing a Takara version not being very large. Should be interesting to see, at the very least...

Problem is you cant import that Prime from takara.

william-james88 wrote:

Kurona wrote:Honestly with this level of inflation, I'm fully expecting the price gap between buying at retail and of importing a Takara version not being very large. Should be interesting to see, at the very least...

Problem is you cant import that Prime from takara.

Wait, what? How come? Is that the same for all TLK toys?

william-james88 wrote:

Carnivius_Prime wrote: And this Prime toy has a great mold and decent colours for the most part and I can have fun pimping it up.

As I tell Black that, if you have the skills and plan on doing touch ups then you are always better off getting the less expensive version.

And, sadly, the takara version is not better than this one. they are the same toys (as is the rest of this entire line) so a better version would have to come from a boxset of some kind. it will be hard for me, but I plan on waiting to get a good idea of what will be offered. Since I dont do touch ups and dont want more than one of this mold, I really want to know what all the options are before I buy it because nothing pains me more than buying a toy only to find out that a better version is released not too long after.

Well I'm certainly not highly skilled at customising and wouldn't make any money selling custom figures I've done but I like having a go at improving figures where the lack of apps annoy me enough and I enjoy it.

This be my custom AoE Evasion Prime I did all myself and the flames are from toyhax and I think it turned out well despite my amateur skills.

Still could never make up my mind whether to paint both side of his shoulder thingys silver or leave it as I've done here where the outside is silver and inside is red (cos the inside forms the lower bit of the red truck). I notice the much improved 10th anniversary one has both sides silver from the pics I've seen so maybe I'll do that too.
But yeah overall I was happy with this and eager to take a shot at the Lask Knight figure.

My photography skills are also very lacking...

$30 for a voyger yeah you can count me out, i have a hard time justifying $25 for one $30 is ridiculous. Hopefully this is just because its "premier edition" or what ever its called, similar to how prime had those really expensive 1st edition figures before the main line was out. But if its not & this is the new price point i guarantee a lot of people will be jumping ship, i know i will.

I was sceptical myself with that inflated price tag. But i think the extra $5 is worth it. Theyve obviously put in a little extra work on this thing. This is a great figure. The paint is phenomenal. Its layered on quite well, and the metallic blue and silver really gives that great visual look of the character we see on-screen. The molding is very much detailed also. Especially the torso area. Nice head sculpt also. Besides whats $5 these days anyway. Price of everything else keeps going up, this had to be expected at some point..

Close-up of torso detailing... and sparkling blue paint..

Kurona wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Kurona wrote:Honestly with this level of inflation, I'm fully expecting the price gap between buying at retail and of importing a Takara version not being very large. Should be interesting to see, at the very least...

Problem is you cant import that Prime from takara.

Wait, what? How come? Is that the same for all TLK toys?

No, just Optimus, he is a TRU exclusive in japan, so its impossible to import him

http://www.toysrus.co.jp/s/dsg-57473760 ... tab-01-tab

The only way to get him is to buy him from someone who bought him at TRU, but that wont happen since its the same toy so why bother?

Megatron Wolf wrote:$30 for a voyger yeah you can count me out, i have a hard time justifying $25 for one $30 is ridiculous. Hopefully this is just because its "premier edition" or what ever its called, similar to how prime had those really expensive 1st edition figures before the main line was out. But if its not & this is the new price point i guarantee a lot of people will be jumping ship, i know i will.

These arent the same as 1st edition toys, it was explained a little while back. Its just the name the more "complex" toys are given to distinguish them from the others. they did that last time too with AOE by calling the deluxes, voyagers and leaders "generations". but that was confusing since there was another generations line at the same time. So this time they are calling those "premier edition" instead of Generations, but its the same thing. Doesnt mean they have more paint apps or whatever, and many are toys we already got in AOE.

So no, its not just for select toys, every single voyager in the Last Knight toyline has a price of $30.

It is the MSRP given by hasbro at toy fair back in february:

TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT PREMIER EDITION VOYAGER CLASS FIGURE Assortment
(Ages 8 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $29.99/Available: Spring 2017)

here's the MSRP for the other classes in case people didnt know:

TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT PREMIER EDITION DELUXE CLASS FIGURE Assortment
(Ages 8 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $19.99/Available: Spring 2017)

TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT — KNIGHT ARMOR TURBO CHANGER FIGURE Assortment
(Ages 6 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $19.99/Available: Spring 2017)

TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT 1-STEP TURBO CHANGER FIGURES Assortment
(Ages 5 and up/Approx. Retail Price: $9.99/Available: Spring 2017)

TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT LEGION CLASS FIGURES Assortment
(Ages 6 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $6.99/Available: Spring 2017)

TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT PREMIER EDITION LEADER CLASS Assortment
(Ages 8 years & up/Approx. Retail Price: $49.99/Available: Fall 2017)

Thats right, leaders are now $50 and Deluxes are $20. Not a TRU markup, just the straight up MSRP given by Hasbro.

Houstonian Prime wrote:Close-up of torso detailing... and sparkling blue paint..

Hey, if you can, could you give us images of him in poses and say what you like about him. we could news it and give you credit.Also give us images of him at different angles and of the paint apps. Show us what you love about the toy.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:My photography skills are also very lacking...

Mine too, the only reason my photos get front paged is because no one else cares to connect all the TR bases together to see what that looks like

Sure thing... working on it now, ill have some images up soon.

Houstonian Prime wrote:Sure thing... working on it now, ill have some images up soon.

Thanks. and there is no such thing as too many images

Overall this is an awesome figure. It is extremely well crafted, with plenty of articulation points. Paint applications are phenomenal. The metallic blue and silver paint really shines bright. Backpack isnt overly bulky. Slot in back for sword storage is nice. I highly recommend this figure to any collector.

More pictures... TLK voyager OP.

Fellow Seibertronian Houstonian Prime found the new Voyager Optimus Prime from the Transformers: the Last Knight toyline at Target earlier today and took a great series of pictures to show us this toy at every possible angle. From the first glimpse at this toy, we all wondered exactly where all the truck parts went for it to look so clean in robot mode. these images give us a good idea of where the truck parts go and where they can still be found and what is visible at what angle. He also shows us the figure with other autobots from the movie lines and has a comparison shot with the previous Voyager Movie Prime from Age of Extinction. You can read below his thoughts on the figure as well. Let us know if you will be picking this toy up at the full $30 USD price!

Houstonian Prime wrote:Overall this is an awesome figure. It is extremely well crafted, with plenty of articulation points. Paint applications are phenomenal. The metallic blue and silver paint really shines bright. Backpack isnt overly bulky. Slot in back for sword storage is nice. I highly recommend this figure to any collector.

My only gripe would be the paint work on his face. Otherwise, that thing looks awesome!

Maybe I will pick him up at some point

Oh and on the $25 vs. $30 US dollars, a sighting was just reported in Texas where the voyagers were $24.99 at a Target

Yeah...pass on this.

Man, that thing scales perfectly with the AOE figures! I was just going to get the deluxe Bumblebee (the new one, not the AOE repaint), but I may have to get this one too.

For those that are interested, I was able to get my hands on Berserker the review can be found here:

https://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/chuck-s-reviews-transformers-the-last-knight-berserker-t108971.php

Few more scale comparisons...

As I feared, Voyager Prime's sculpting is great, but the choice of paint and plastic is atrocious. Should have dropped the dark gray plastic for more silver plastic and used a whole lot more silver paint on the head. I'll wait for a repaint.

Emerje

Oof, those hip joints of his are pretty high up. It makes the thighs look like they connect to the lower body right at the waistline rather than right below the waistline like they ought to.

Fellow Seibertronian chuckdawg1999 has been able to review one of the Premier Edition Transformers: The Last Knight figures, deluxe class Berserker - but doesn't seem to enjoy the cousin of Dark of the Moon Crankcase all that much. Check it out below!

Ah yes, my first Last Knight figure and it's, ok. Berserker is a cool looking robot, with a sleek SUV vehicle mode, and a transformation that's a fiddly mess that's well north of frustrating. With time it can be manageable but I would recommend buying another of the Premier Edition figures first.

Argos and Sainsbury's always have a Half Price sale around November, Very have sale often too as does TRU & The Entertainer.

So as much as I like the look of Megs - I don't think I have a desperate need to pay a premium for any Movie toys - they shouldn't be as rare to get this time since they have not done something idiotic and made the whole line a TRU exclusive this time.

One-step are ALWAYS reduced to £5.00 so I just have to be patient with those. I may have to put paying about £12.00 for them (which is what is typical for a sale Price for a Titans Return Deluxe - I expect Voyagers will be mainly in eBay / TRU and a few other online places - I can only see medium sized Supermarkets getting them if they come in a card display.

I'm happy to be patient as Wave 1 is pretty repaint heavy (especially the Legions and Deluxes) One step are hardly essential buys - But I'm not going to pay £8.00 for a legion repaint so - I'll be ignoring them until they are something like £4 or £5 and even then I'll likely ignore the Bee & Grimlock repaint entirely until they go even lower in price.

I barely own any AOE toys at all I just bought the ones that interested me - I don't even have the Dinobots for example (in normal colour or any of the repaints) The only reason I didn't get the dinobots was I couldn't find them. They show up a lot on eBay though - but to be honest I'm tempted to leave them for Carbootsale finds maybe buy a cheap Platinum gift set and collect the new ones in the muted colours - I know some people will despise the blandness of the sea of grey - but I kinda like the consistency of it.

I will likely still get the Wei Jiang over-size ones - but not until I'm certain I can get a matched set of most of them.

I wouldn't say that that Beserker was complicated, I would call it a lazy design. I know that the movie robot style doesn't lend itself to the smooth panels of most vehicles but this seems to be a glorified shellformer.

Yeah, um, Beserker doesn't look as good or as fun as I had hoped and thought. Might pass on him to get voyager Prime

That's... dumb.

I love it.

And I have an oil change coming up in a few hundred miles. Perfect

It looks like it doesn't transform, like an Action Master.

I need some oil too - shame it's a USA only offer.

Looks like his alternate form is an oil canister or something like it going by his kibble.

Not sure if it Transforms or not but I don't care enough to try and get this guy myself although he looks cool enough.

-Insert "Va'alvatron" pun here-

Bronzewolf wrote:-Insert "Va'alvatron" pun here-

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I really wish I was at least a little bit adept at photoshop. If I was I could show Unicron reformatting Va'al into Va'alvatron.

Kurona wrote:I really wish I was at least a little bit adept at photoshop. If I was I could show Unicron reformatting Va'al into Va'alvatron.

Let's hope he doesn't land in any lava pits.

Kurona wrote:I really wish I was at least a little bit adept at photoshop. If I was I could show Unicron reformatting Va'al into Va'alvatron.

"Someone get on this right now so we can turn the Va'alve of legends!"

Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?

Kurona wrote:I really wish I was at least a little bit adept at photoshop. If I was I could show Unicron reformatting Va'al into Va'alvatron.

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Gimme a sec.

USA only ... so if anyone ends up with one they don't want, and also don't want to be banned, help me out.

I do laugh at their terms and conditions though.

2. NO PURCHASE REQUIRED TO ENTER OR TO WIN A PRIZE.

But doesn't having a receipt to upload constitute a purchase?

Burn wrote:USA only ... so if anyone ends up with one they don't want, and also don't want to be banned, help me out.

I do laugh at their terms and conditions though.

2. NO PURCHASE REQUIRED TO ENTER OR TO WIN A PRIZE.

But doesn't having a receipt to upload constitute a purchase?

They put that on every single contest. It just means it doesn't have to be your receipt, it could be a friend's instead.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Burn wrote:USA only ... so if anyone ends up with one they don't want, and also don't want to be banned, help me out.

I do laugh at their terms and conditions though.

2. NO PURCHASE REQUIRED TO ENTER OR TO WIN A PRIZE.

But doesn't having a receipt to upload constitute a purchase?

They put that on every single contest. It just means it doesn't have to be your receipt, it could be a friend's instead.

Maybe we should just ask Va'alvatron ourselves I'm sure he would be generous enough to give all of us one.

As promised, made with my Grandma-level knowledge of 2005-era photoshop on a 2009-era computer, in my signature "Not really trying very hard but trying enough" style.


"Welcome, Va'alpha Bravoooooo"


"Behold. Va'alvotronnnnn"


I've made some goofy photoshops in my day, but these may be the goofiest.