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King Kuuga wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Overcracker wrote:Rhinox definitely looks interesting. Surprising he still gets his chainguns of doom from the TV show.

Keep in mind that the ROTB line isn't ment to be perfectly screen accurate so who knows if he'll actually have those guns in the movie. There is a Voyager coming in SS.

Emerje

If we get a line with "early designs" and the "real designs" will be in SS, I wonder why we still haven't gotten an accurate Bee Movie Bumblebee already?
Or is that design impossible to pull off at all at the deluxe scale? Or even at in the MPM line despite the thing having being done 3 or 4 times by 3P already?

It seems they don't like redoing iterations of characters they've already done. So the first run BB movie stuff has not ben revisted, but they gave us improved versions of the characters in different forms (Jeep Bee, jet Shatter, car Dropkick) later on.

There may also be the VW licensing conundrum.

Think if I was to pick, I like this ROTB Rhinox more than the Kingdom one, which is why I passed on it to begin with. Something that just crossed my mind about that Optimus is perhaps it IS an all new mold but just mimics the previous ones transformation scheme, either partly or wholly

We saw the new voyager class Optimus Prime and Rhinox from the Rise of the Beasts toyline the other day, but just in their boxes. Now, we can see them clearly in alt mode and robot mode. And we also see them compared to the previous toys of the same character and in both cases we can see how these are completely new toys. We even get a video review of Optimus Prime in Chinese.

Just to clarify, these are NOT Studio Series toys, but mainline toys. While they will be the same price as Studio Series voyagers, they are based on different designs given to the Hasbro toy development teams since these toys were being made much before the Studio Series toys.
Also, while we are getting a Studio Series Rhinox, the voyager Optimus Prime in the Studio Series line will only be available through the Buzzworthy Bumblebee line at Target. To go with these images, we also have new stock images from the Studio Series line. These show the packaging and background for Cheetor, Arcee, Bumblebee and Battletrap.

The images of Rhinox come from 劉宗岳 and Guo Sheng Wu. The images of Optimus come from 邱合成. The stock images form from Hasbro Korea.

That Rhinoceros mode is just a huge cube and that Optimus got Kibble cancer in truck mode.

Oh well. Easy skips in the end.
That is, unless there's a sale.

Looking forward to Rhinox, but that overhead shot is a bit off-putting.

Thankfully though, when displayed, that angle won't be that obvious.

Prime is a Deluxe right?

Rhinox, looks o.k.


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Overcracker wrote:Prime is a Deluxe right?

I believe he's a voyager. That is, unless this is a different toy from the ROTB voyagers mentioned the other day.

transformers_va wrote:

Overcracker wrote:Prime is a Deluxe right?

I believe he's a voyager. That is, unless this is a different toy from the ROTB voyagers mentioned the other day.

Yeesh!. If that's tru, that's Hot Rod levels of Voyager, and I'm not seeing the engineering to warrant it.

Overcracker wrote::shock:
Yeesh!. If that's tru, that's Hot Rod levels of Voyager, and I'm not seeing the engineering to warrant it.

Agreed! The only thing that gives me hope, is the lack of hollowness (arms, legs, etc.). In hand, hopefully it's a solid figure. Haven't had a chance to watch the video yet, so fingers crossed, my hopes aren't already crushed lol

just looks like a brick in any mode. easy pass. not sure about the optimus yet.

I love the chain details on the Rhino shoulders, that is neat.

I like both Prime and Rhinox. They both look neat. More mainline figures I will get!

also hearing rumors the mainline voyagers will be cheaper than standard voyagers, so take that with a grain of salt

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:also hearing rumors the mainline voyagers will be cheaper than standard voyagers, so take that with a grain of salt

1¢ cheaper is cheaper.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I love the chain details on the Rhino shoulders, that is neat.

I like both Prime and Rhinox. They both look neat. More mainline figures I will get!

also hearing rumors the mainline voyagers will be cheaper than standard voyagers, so take that with a grain of salt

What do you mean by "standard" and "mainline?" Aren't those the same thing? As in, the mainline is the standard? Just wondering.

Mainline = movie exclusive line, existing only for this movie
Standard = SS = regular priced voyagers

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I love the chain details on the Rhino shoulders, that is neat.

I like both Prime and Rhinox. They both look neat. More mainline figures I will get!

also hearing rumors the mainline voyagers will be cheaper than standard voyagers, so take that with a grain of salt

What do you mean by "standard" and "mainline?" Aren't those the same thing? As in, the mainline is the standard? Just wondering.

Mainline = movie exclusive line, existing only for this movie
Standard = SS = regular priced voyagers

I'll add that the Cyberverse deluxes were around 5 or 10$CAN cheaper than the Generations or SS deluxes. I think it's the same for the recent Earthspark line too.

I like Rhinox a lot, Prime I think I'll wait for a sale.

I wonder how we would feel about these designs if the figures came out last year with the movie like they were supposed to? Would we have felt differently knowing potentially better alternatives were coming in the same year as opposed to a year later?

Emerje

Ugh. Not attractive.
This Bay movie looking stuff... ...I can't believe it's still around.

Jinx Riotcrash wrote:Ugh. Not attractive.
This Bay movie looking stuff... ...I can't believe it's still around.

Were you living under a rock deep in the Mariana Trench this past 16 years?

And I repeat, it's been around for 16 years.
The "Bay" stuff isn't going anywhere. And just so you know, it lasted LONGER than G1 so far. And I expect it will last double of the G1 years pretty soon.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Jinx Riotcrash wrote:Ugh. Not attractive.
This Bay movie looking stuff... ...I can't believe it's still around.

Were you living under a rock deep in the Mariana Trench this past 16 years?

And I repeat, it's been around for 16 years.
The "Bay" stuff isn't going anywhere. And just so you know, it lasted LONGER than G1.

It's simple. The Bumblebee movie led a bunch of Bay-haters to think/hope/believe that the newer movies forthcoming would be taking a more Geewun approach, design-wise, from here on out.

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Jinx Riotcrash wrote:Ugh. Not attractive.
This Bay movie looking stuff... ...I can't believe it's still around.

Were you living under a rock deep in the Mariana Trench this past 16 years?

And I repeat, it's been around for 16 years.
The "Bay" stuff isn't going anywhere. And just so you know, it lasted LONGER than G1.

It's simple. The Bumblebee movie led a bunch of Bay-haters to think/hope/believe that the movies would be taking a more GEEWUN approach, design-wise, from here on out.

At best, it will be some kind of hybrid.
Still, I'd love to see another movie that went like RotF, where the Transformers were at their "Bayest".

Also, I can't believes "Bay-hating" is still a thing after 16 years.
Some people have pretty empty lives to hold nerd-grudges for so long.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Also, I can't believes "Bay-hating" is still a thing after 16 years.

Man, "Trukk not munky!" is still a thing. 16 years is nothing compared to 27.

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Also, I can't believes "Bay-hating" is still a thing after 16 years.

Man, "Trukk not munky!" is still a thing. 16 years is nothing compared to 27.

The Legendary Trukk No Munky is still a thing?
It must be a rare thing.

Speaking of which...

I actually like the look of that Optimus… Much more than I thought I would…
Probably won’t get it, but I think it’s pretty well done, and that goes for both modes.

I’m not a “Bay-hater” in terms of designs, but if you don’t like it you don’t like it…
Expecting someone to “get over that” is stupid.
I don’t care if it’s been 47 years since that first film.
Not to mention, not liking that style isn’t a simultaneous claim that G1 is the best, or that everything should go back to G1.

Sowndwave76 wrote:I actually like the look of that Optimus… Much more than I thought I would…
Probably won’t get it, but I think it’s pretty well done, and that goes for both modes.

I’m not a “Bay-hater” in terms of designs, but if you don’t like it you don’t like it…
Expecting someone to “get over that” is stupid.
I don’t care if it’s been 47 years since that first film.
Not to mention, not liking that style isn’t a simultaneous claim that G1 is the best, or that everything should go back to G1.

The point is not about "liking" or "not liking".
It's about hating so much that one is wishing for the thing to completely disappear. As if the thing is a scourge and only seeing it gone forever would that makes you finally happy.

That's a very baffling and unhealthy mindset.

Ya know, one thing that I've been wondering, is where were all the Beast Wars fans clamoring for Gary Chalk to return? When the first film was announced you practically had marches in the streets with people holding banners with Peter Cullen's face on it, and it worked. I would've expected almost the same thing for Primal, did I miss something?