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"It's a story that will surprise and shock even the most diehard Transformers fan!"
I like how one person questions if we can get this for Prime, as if they haven't done several Dead Prime figures already.
I wanna see them do Starscream, except it's just a Galvatron re-release with a scrunched crown and a bunch of grey plastic dust.
They've done dead Prime, based on him turning grey when he died.
I don't think they've done the Prime equivalent of these; normal colors, with the damage molded in.
Didn't one of the MP figures include optional battle damage parts?
Yes, I know, that's a much different line with a much higher price point, I just seem to remember it but can't be bothered to check the wiki.
That would be MP-$440
You got a little PrimalxConvoy on you.
Eh, I’ll take it. Sure beats having to wait months at a time for low-hanging fruit to take potshots at other users with.
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They should make it out of gold plastic. You know, the '90s stuff.
No, I'd want the crown to remain a solid, if ultimately, functionally useless accessory.
Oh, of course. I'm just talking about Starscream himself.No, I'd want the crown to remain a solid, if ultimately, functionally useless accessory.
Maaaaaaaaybe the cape?
What would be cool (IMO), is if the recently-released BWVS-08 Ghost Starscream could have a stand-alone version. Don't misunderstand: I completely get why he was released with Waspinator, and I love it. But a version that included the flattened crown, maybe a tattered cape, and a pile of ash as a display base, would have been great.
I'm not sure that this would necessarily fit the SS86 theme (parts of it are relevant, but he wasn't a ghost yet in the movie). However, I feel like it would be fun and in keeping with the current trend to do the same characters, but you know - dead.
I'm not sure that this would necessarily fit the SS86 theme (parts of it are relevant, but he wasn't a ghost yet in the movie). However, I feel like it would be fun and in keeping with the current trend to do the same characters, but you know - dead.
Looks like Hasbro screwed up the embargo date for Studio Series 86 Commander Optimus on Amazon for Europe.
news.tfw2005.com
There's some stuff I like - the alt mode is generally good, and the blast effects to replicate the movie take off are fun. And it's just generally done properly with pinned wheels etc and a proper sized trailer.
But there's some bizarre dropping of the ball. Making his antenna movable means they stick out way too far and it looks awful. The end effect is the head sculpt looks so much worse than the VNR or Earthrise ones. Baffling. And the windows are clear plastic with goofy bright blue paint on the inside and inconsistent with the command deck that has a proper transparent blue window - surely the worst of all possible worlds for everyone. I also cannot get my head around the grey stripe on the torso.
Studio Series 86 Commander Optimus Prime Full Images
In what seems to be a rather disastrous error, Amazon.de has uploaded a full image of the upcoming Studio Series 86 Commander Optimus Prime - before Hasbro had a chance to reveal it themselves. Shown here in robot mode along with his trailer and accessories, this gives us a much better look at...
news.tfw2005.com
There's some stuff I like - the alt mode is generally good, and the blast effects to replicate the movie take off are fun. And it's just generally done properly with pinned wheels etc and a proper sized trailer.
But there's some bizarre dropping of the ball. Making his antenna movable means they stick out way too far and it looks awful. The end effect is the head sculpt looks so much worse than the VNR or Earthrise ones. Baffling. And the windows are clear plastic with goofy bright blue paint on the inside and inconsistent with the command deck that has a proper transparent blue window - surely the worst of all possible worlds for everyone. I also cannot get my head around the grey stripe on the torso.
Its definitely a very good Optimus Prime. Probably the definitive Sunbow Op for your main line sort of release.
That said, I've got a lot of other very good Optimi, so I might wait around and see what other sort of releases this thing gets. I can't imagine it won't go through the same bevy of reuses that every Prime mold gets.
That said, I've got a lot of other very good Optimi, so I might wait around and see what other sort of releases this thing gets. I can't imagine it won't go through the same bevy of reuses that every Prime mold gets.