Optimus Primal gets Added to Line of $20 Leader Sized Transformers Figures for Kids
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Interestingly enough, while Primal will be a big part of the ROTB toyline and there are ROTB Titan Changers coming, this particular toy is not from that line. So we will get more of these soon, but looking more like their movie counterparts.
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Posted by -Kanrabat- on August 20th, 2022 @ 10:59pm CDT
Only a set of horns is missing to complete the look.
Posted by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 on August 21st, 2022 @ 12:08am CDT
Primal is so skinnyIm sure his alt mode looks like a literal monkey
Posted by Emerje on August 21st, 2022 @ 12:19am CDT
RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:Why do all the tit!n changers look like simplified cyberverse warrior class that was then upscale into a Voyager no changes, and stretched until it was leader height?
Because both are based on the Evergreen designs.
Emerje
Posted by william-james88 on August 21st, 2022 @ 12:36am CDT
RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:Why do all the tit!n changers look like simplified cyberverse warrior class that was then upscale into a Voyager no changes, and stretched until it was leader height?
Primal is so skinnyIm sure his alt mode looks like a literal monkey
They all transform differently than the warrior toys.
Posted by blackeyedprime on August 21st, 2022 @ 11:53am CDT
Unless it's one hundred percent recyclable..and then it is just a literal waste of time.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on August 21st, 2022 @ 12:19pm CDT
blackeyedprime wrote:Literal waste of plastic. Scores one less for the environment.
Unless it's one hundred percent recyclable..and then it is just a literal waste of time.
For YOU, maybe.
But for a little kid whose parents don't have much money for toys, it's perfect.
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 21st, 2022 @ 1:54pm CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:blackeyedprime wrote:Literal waste of plastic. Scores one less for the environment.
Unless it's one hundred percent recyclable..and then it is just a literal waste of time.
For YOU, maybe.
But for a little kid whose parents don't have much money for toys, it's perfect.
Agreed, I've seen this line move off shelves in the bargain shop near me. I'd say Hasbro succeeded in making a budget line
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on August 21st, 2022 @ 5:51pm CDT
ZeroWolf wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:blackeyedprime wrote:Literal waste of plastic. Scores one less for the environment.
Unless it's one hundred percent recyclable..and then it is just a literal waste of time.
For YOU, maybe.
But for a little kid whose parents don't have much money for toys, it's perfect.
Agreed, I've seen this line move off shelves in the bargain shop near me. I'd say Hasbro succeeded in making a budget line
The proverb "One man's junk is another man's treasure" rings true here.
Posted by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 on August 22nd, 2022 @ 7:31am CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:blackeyedprime wrote:Literal waste of plastic. Scores one less for the environment.
Unless it's one hundred percent recyclable..and then it is just a literal waste of time.
For YOU, maybe.
But for a little kid whose parents don't have much money for toys, it's perfect.
I'm sure the little kid would sacrifice leader size and skinny proportions for some elbow and knee bends.
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 22nd, 2022 @ 7:51am CDT
RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:blackeyedprime wrote:Literal waste of plastic. Scores one less for the environment.
Unless it's one hundred percent recyclable..and then it is just a literal waste of time.
For YOU, maybe.
But for a little kid whose parents don't have much money for toys, it's perfect.
I'm sure the little kid would sacrifice leader size and skinny proportions for some elbow and knee bends.
You'd be surprised. Kids love those massive 5 poa (points of articulation) action figures. After all kids in the 80s did without toys with knees or elbows (unless transformation called for it)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on August 22nd, 2022 @ 8:00am CDT
ZeroWolf wrote:RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:blackeyedprime wrote:Literal waste of plastic. Scores one less for the environment.
Unless it's one hundred percent recyclable..and then it is just a literal waste of time.
For YOU, maybe.
But for a little kid whose parents don't have much money for toys, it's perfect.
I'm sure the little kid would sacrifice leader size and skinny proportions for some elbow and knee bends.
You'd be surprised. Kids love those massive 5 poa (points of articulation) action figures. After all kids in the 80s did without toys with knees or elbows (unless transformation called for it)
I'll also add that they keep making those "Shampoo bottle" giant cheap figures of Marvel, Star Wars, and Transformers. They keep making them because they keep selling them.
As a small kid, I never liked "overarticulated" figures that end up like "spaghetti monsters" and I rather just go WHAM BAM BOOM!
May I also point out that one of the more popular toy line ever in the world that still going strong to these days are Playmobil. No knees, no elbows, same style since 1975.
BTW, my earliest memories of an "action figure" are these little guys:
No limbs at all!
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 22nd, 2022 @ 8:50am CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:blackeyedprime wrote:Literal waste of plastic. Scores one less for the environment.
Unless it's one hundred percent recyclable..and then it is just a literal waste of time.
For YOU, maybe.
But for a little kid whose parents don't have much money for toys, it's perfect.
I'm sure the little kid would sacrifice leader size and skinny proportions for some elbow and knee bends.
You'd be surprised. Kids love those massive 5 poa (points of articulation) action figures. After all kids in the 80s did without toys with knees or elbows (unless transformation called for it)
I'll also add that they keep making those "Shampoo bottle" giant cheap figures of Marvel, Star Wars, and Transformers. They keep making them because they keep selling them.
As a small kid, I never liked "overarticulated" figures that end up like "spaghetti monsters" and I rather just go WHAM BAM BOOM!
May I also point out that one of the more popular toy line ever in the world that still going strong to these days are Playmobil. No knees, no elbows, same style since 1975.
BTW, my earliest memories of an "action figure" are these little guys:
No limbs at all!
Same Kanra
Posted by william-james88 on September 25th, 2022 @ 1:40pm CDT
Interestingly enough, while Primal will be a big part of the ROTB toyline and there are ROTB Titan Changers coming, this particular toy is not from that line so that gorilla image is NOT of the gorilla mode from ROTB.
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Posted by -Kanrabat- on September 25th, 2022 @ 1:52pm CDT
Makes me want him.
Posted by Emerje on September 25th, 2022 @ 8:43pm CDT
Emerje
Posted by Sabrblade on September 25th, 2022 @ 8:44pm CDT
I saw a single Grimlock at Walmart just last week.Emerje wrote:I've never seen any of these in any stores before. Are people finding these in stores anywhere in America?
Emerje
Posted by Munkky on September 26th, 2022 @ 12:15pm CDT
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on September 26th, 2022 @ 5:04pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:I saw a single Grimlock at Walmart just last week.Emerje wrote:I've never seen any of these in any stores before. Are people finding these in stores anywhere in America?
Emerje
Try Kroger Marketplace, that's where I found them in my area.
Posted by Sabrblade on September 26th, 2022 @ 5:24pm CDT
Don't have any Kroger stores down here in Tampa.Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Sabrblade wrote:I saw a single Grimlock at Walmart just last week.Emerje wrote:I've never seen any of these in any stores before. Are people finding these in stores anywhere in America?
Emerje
Try Kroger Marketplace, that's where I found them in my area.
Posted by Emerje on September 26th, 2022 @ 8:36pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Don't have any Kroger stores down here in Tampa.Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Sabrblade wrote:I saw a single Grimlock at Walmart just last week.Emerje wrote:I've never seen any of these in any stores before. Are people finding these in stores anywhere in America?
Emerje
Try Kroger Marketplace, that's where I found them in my area.
None in all of New England either.
Emerje
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on September 26th, 2022 @ 9:53pm CDT
Emerje wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Don't have any Kroger stores down here in Tampa.Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Sabrblade wrote:I saw a single Grimlock at Walmart just last week.Emerje wrote:I've never seen any of these in any stores before. Are people finding these in stores anywhere in America?
Emerje
Try Kroger Marketplace, that's where I found them in my area.
None in all of New England either.
Emerje
Authentics were made for discount stores like Ollie's and 5 below. Unfortunately they've been stocking more main line stuff lately.
Posted by Emerje on September 27th, 2022 @ 1:05am CDT
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Emerje wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Don't have any Kroger stores down here in Tampa.Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Sabrblade wrote:I saw a single Grimlock at Walmart just last week.Emerje wrote:I've never seen any of these in any stores before. Are people finding these in stores anywhere in America?
Emerje
Try Kroger Marketplace, that's where I found them in my area.
None in all of New England either.
Emerje
Authentics were made for discount stores like Ollie's and 5 below. Unfortunately they've been stocking more main line stuff lately.
Went to Five Below and TJM a few weeks ago and they didn't have any Transformers at all. Might have to check Big Lots and Dollar General soon. I wonder if Christmas Tree Shops have any?
Emerje
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on September 27th, 2022 @ 1:08am CDT
Emerje wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Emerje wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Don't have any Kroger stores down here in Tampa.Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Sabrblade wrote:I saw a single Grimlock at Walmart just last week.Emerje wrote:I've never seen any of these in any stores before. Are people finding these in stores anywhere in America?
Emerje
Try Kroger Marketplace, that's where I found them in my area.
None in all of New England either.
Emerje
Authentics were made for discount stores like Ollie's and 5 below. Unfortunately they've been stocking more main line stuff lately.
Went to Five Below and TJM a few weeks ago and they didn't have any Transformers at all. Might have to check Big Lots and Dollar General soon. I wonder if Christmas Tree Shops have any?
Emerje
Never heard of the store, I assume it specializes in Christmas trees.
Posted by Emerje on September 27th, 2022 @ 1:15am CDT
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Emerje wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Emerje wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Don't have any Kroger stores down here in Tampa.Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Sabrblade wrote:I saw a single Grimlock at Walmart just last week.Emerje wrote:I've never seen any of these in any stores before. Are people finding these in stores anywhere in America?
Emerje
Try Kroger Marketplace, that's where I found them in my area.
None in all of New England either.
Emerje
Authentics were made for discount stores like Ollie's and 5 below. Unfortunately they've been stocking more main line stuff lately.
Went to Five Below and TJM a few weeks ago and they didn't have any Transformers at all. Might have to check Big Lots and Dollar General soon. I wonder if Christmas Tree Shops have any?
Emerje
Never heard of the store, I assume it specializes in Christmas trees.
It's just another discount store with a quirky name. They're a lot like Big Lots.
Emerje
Posted by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 on September 27th, 2022 @ 9:11am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on September 27th, 2022 @ 9:40am CDT
Posted by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 on September 27th, 2022 @ 12:25pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:I've seen Authentics at Walgreens and Dollar General.
Dollar general?
Can you order them online from the official retailer (resellers are overpriced)
Posted by william-james88 on January 4th, 2023 @ 6:54pm CST
We thank Zodiac1968340 who posted images here along with this post from CL Hobby.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on January 4th, 2023 @ 6:57pm CST
If I chance uppon it at Canadian Tire, I'll be sure to pick him up.
Posted by william-james88 on January 4th, 2023 @ 7:23pm CST
-Kanrabat- wrote:That Primal looks very, VERY good.
If I chance uppon it at Canadian Tire, I'll be sure to pick him up.
Same here
Posted by Bumblevivisector on January 4th, 2023 @ 7:30pm CST
Hope Primal comes Stateside, but if any Canadian Seibertronians want to trade for Authentics Arcee, just let me know and I'll find you one with the best paint job possible!
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 4th, 2023 @ 7:58pm CST
Posted by Cheetron on January 4th, 2023 @ 8:06pm CST
Posted by Emerje on January 5th, 2023 @ 2:18am CST
Primal looks great, though the blue on his chest looks like it was done with a spray can, lots of over paint. I wonder if he's too big to stand next to the small Transmetal Primal released in Japan.
Emerje
Posted by griftimus prime on January 5th, 2023 @ 8:20am CST
Posted by Stormshot_Prime on January 5th, 2023 @ 3:56pm CST
Posted by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 on January 5th, 2023 @ 5:37pm CST
Posted by -Kanrabat- on January 5th, 2023 @ 7:02pm CST
RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:This is one of the few authentics toys I can appreciate. Kids toys can be good, see! But one question, why does he have guns instead of swords? Thinking like a kid swords would be cooler because they are unique for tfs.
That's because his shoulder canons serves a dual purpose here. So no extra budget for the swords.
Posted by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 on January 5th, 2023 @ 8:24pm CST
-Kanrabat- wrote:RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:This is one of the few authentics toys I can appreciate. Kids toys can be good, see! But one question, why does he have guns instead of swords? Thinking like a kid swords would be cooler because they are unique for tfs.
That's because his shoulder canons serves a dual purpose here. So no extra budget for the swords.
Still prefer the spinal swords.
Posted by william-james88 on January 18th, 2023 @ 10:13pm CST
From TF fan France who posted on Botposting.
Authentics bravo class Optimus Primal.
He's... actually pretty good. I expected this to be very hollow and weightless like the other ones from the same toyline, but no. It's the opposite.
He has a decent amount of articulation, NONE of the pieces have fallen off, he doesn't look very hollow except on his legs and a little on the arms, and he actually has weight.
The painting and sculpting are good.
The arms and legs can bend and because they're on a balljoint they can also swivel. The head can only look from side to side in robot mode and the gorilla head can only look up and down.
For the accessories he has two blasters which are stored on his back.
He unfortunately doesn't have his two swords.
I'd say it's a good Optimus Primal for those looking for cheap.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on January 18th, 2023 @ 11:29pm CST
Posted by Bumblevivisector on January 19th, 2023 @ 3:33am CST
Posted by -Kanrabat- on January 19th, 2023 @ 4:30am CST
Bumblevivisector wrote:I know producing reprolabels for evergreen figures would kind of defeat the point pricewise, but this Primal's chest is like a blue canvas BEGGING to be embellished! Have toyhax ever done that for Authentics?
No sets for any Authentics toys so far.
Not even 3D printed filler pieces or upgrade kits exist for any and those seriously needs them. Sure, those would also defeat the point of Authentics, but some designs are really good and could deserves the upgrade.
Posted by Emerje on January 19th, 2023 @ 9:34am CST
-Kanrabat- wrote:Bumblevivisector wrote:I know producing reprolabels for evergreen figures would kind of defeat the point pricewise, but this Primal's chest is like a blue canvas BEGGING to be embellished! Have toyhax ever done that for Authentics?
No sets for any Authentics toys so far.
Not even 3D printed filler pieces or upgrade kits exist for any and those seriously needs them. Sure, those would also defeat the point of Authentics, but some designs are really good and could deserves the upgrade.
Shame that because some figures like Barricade are really good but terribly painted. He'd really benefit from window and door decals.
Emerje
Posted by TulioDude on January 20th, 2023 @ 5:38pm CST
other charactes and molds receive the same "Authentics" treatment.
Day 1116 of waiting for Transformers Armada Masterpiece news.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on November 6th, 2023 @ 6:07pm CST
This may be the best Bravo so far.
I NEED IT!
Posted by Emerje on November 7th, 2023 @ 1:10am CST
-Kanrabat- wrote:This may be the best Bravo so far.
I NEED IT!
You might be right, that looks really good and big for a Bravo. Definitely need to keep an eye for these at the usual suspects (Five Below and Big Lots).
Emerje