Core Voyager Optimus Prime and Rhinox have been spotted overseas!
Thanks to 2005 Boards Members prfctcellrulz and Pixelmaster, we now have our first look at Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Mainline Voyager Rhinox and Optimus Prime. Not much is known about the figures but it is clear that Optimus Prime is based on his [awesome] Hasbro Control Art. Rhinox on...
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Both seem to share engineering with prior releases (BB Movie Prime and Kingdom Rhinox, respectively). Both look okay!
Optimus Prime- I like the bolder colors, especially in robot mode. The overall mechanics look simpler, which I think works to streamline his look in this expression.
Rhinox- Some divergences from his Beast Changer toy we’ve seen, but the key design elements seem to remain. While he seems to use the Kingdom engineering, I’m curious how the execution will be. Like we saw with Core Cheetor, I think removing the requirement of a realistic beast mode could give the designers some flex to correct or enhance on areas of complaints with the original. At the very least, his chain guns seem to be more substantive now that they don’t need to integrate into the beast mode. Bot mode is a touch plain, I would have really liked to see a bit more green and gold just to break up the grey and tan.
JtPrime17 has also posted some updated release dates for Generations and Studio Series. In terms of Rise of the Beasts…
(I’m assuming “wave 2 2023” is basically encompassing the initial Rise of the Beast figures)
Wave 3- August-ish
Deluxe Bumblebee is listed, likely a carryover
Voyager Rhinox
November will a significant array of RotB figures:
Wave 4 Core-
Delta 2 (Freezor was Delta 1, likely another Terrocon minion)
Hydra (Codename, meaning likely a TF7 release)
Deluxe wave 4-
Nightbird
Mirage
Leader wave 4-
Optimus Primal
TFW's Jtprime17 has come to us this morning with some updated breakdowns for wave 3 and 4 of both the 2023 Legacy Evolution and Studio Series lines. Check them out below! "Updated wave breakdowns for legacy evo wave 3 and 4. What’s interesting is voyager Ramjet PR is listed in neither...
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