Movie Optimus Prime (Takara - Ver.) Contains Die-cast!

Sheesh. I don't think I'll be picking up the Leader Class version at all, but if I was going to, the die-cast would make me lean heavily towards buying the Takara version.

PS- That's a kind of craptacular Photoshop job on the top image Oh well.

You could bitch about anything, couldn't you Ed? Good God. Just because it's related to the movie doesn't mean you *have* to find fault with it. We won't worry you've gone soft if you let one through, honest.

I only wonder what *part* of the figure is die cast. I would assume either part of the torso or the lower legs for balance.

-Nick

Why do people "drool" over diecast?

And you push on primes crotch to make his head drop down?

:/ nice gimmick.

BTW a very merry un-birthday to everyone!

I like it. I have accepted the movie toys and story as just another alternate TF universe. I'll probably get the Takara version of Prime, not just for the die-cast (nice touch) but for the paint apps. I'll wait to see the final cost first.

edcomics wrote:PS- That's a kind of craptacular Photoshop job on the top image Oh well.

I thought the top image is actually kinda cool...

The way Transformer fans act sometimes you'd think they were rewriting Dostoevsky or Hemingway, or changing the statue of David for a more modern look.

When it comes to the Movie line "it is what it is".

As for this guy...die cast makes me happy. Hopefully this figure doesn't get overpriced stateside.

Lapse Of Reason wrote:I have accepted the movie toys and story as just another alternate TF universe.

Wow..
I think of it this way also.

that is awesome how much will cost difference be any guesses?

If it's all metal, then I will buy it from Japan, I just hope it isn't expensive ><

If it is just some parts, then I'll be happy with the Hasbro Version and besides, American Toys from Movies that are MIB always sell better than another country...I think...

Edited because I am'a dumb.

Most of the time, you'll find better quality and paint appz in Takara version than in Hasblo....hhhemm...I meant Hasbro. The downside is more money but worthy. Now there is die cast , I'm all over Takara.

Die-Cast=Whooptee freakin doo!

think ill hold off till i know a price and know what parts are diecast

I'm just gonna get the voyager version. Die Cast or not, this version still looks like Fatimus Prime's slightly less fat cousin.

Have all the gray plastic parts replaced with metal casts and rubber wheels, add realistic interior and a trailer, name it: "Optimus Prime Movie Masterpiece", and i'll spend up to 300 bucks to get it.

Of course it's got to have the lit-up matrix too.

Gobot, I think you've got it wrong, look at the arrows on the head gimmick, it clearly show that you press down on locking switch and then the head pops up.

Oh yeah, I forgot, right to left in japan...dumb=me

Still, could they have put the "switch" in a different place?

yah they could have, but it still is probilly going to be one of the best toys of 2007 anyways

The more I see of this Prime, the more I want him. Diecast would be cool but I'm thinking I could barely scrap together enough to get the Hasbro version.

The more I want him, the more I want him to be someone else. He looks like a Prime look-a-like. A bad one IMO. lol.

After studying the two photos carefully, it appears that Prime's chest has a different shine than the other parts. I wonder if that is the die-cast portion.
(I'm referring to the panes that go around the front windows on his chest).

I was intending to pass on this toy, but I am changing my mind now with the Takara version.

sorry for the question but iam confused is the leader class the biggest one? or wich one its the one that have lights ? the one that is going to cost like 40usd?

I'll stick witht the HAsbro version... I'm not terribly worked up about die-cast.

either way its all the same to me
diecast is more for as a collectible
plastic is more for being affordable but
also as a collectible

cool. id probably just leave the thing in the box anyways.

That figure is an Abomination to all transformers lines... in fact the whole movie line is going to be a huge abomination. I have no plans on picking any of them up at all... give me more classics and alternators Hasblo!

leave it to TAk/Tom to up the anty...I for one am probably getting the Takara version, Diecast, and generally they have better paint applications, like for instance Chrome coloring!!! Or look at the Beast wars 10th anniversary, those paint applications are very nice.. i hope Prime gets the special treatment, and maybe even a touch of the Robo vision colors as well.. hmm you got the touch, Robo Vision Prime... the power... Yeah!!! The touch of metallic paint and lightened blues which make you a star..I'll wait to see final images of the Takara version first before I order...

the movie is going to be awesome, the movie figures are going to be even better.. finally something different, not the same faces as always, and it's nice to see transformers evolving. it's nice. and if you are soo against it, i don't see how you can be a fan in the first place.. if anything these figures are a giant step up from energon/armada/and cybertron crap. they're even a step up from the classics line. these figures just simply look better, partly because they're new, and it's awesome to see the new incarnations of these characters. it would really really suck if they used closer to the g1 designs for the movie, the g1 characters would be annoyingly simple for a live action movie, it's great that they have tons of movin parts, and intricate faces, i don't see how anyone can't appreciate this modern take on such a classic idea/product.

oh.. and what's wrong with the photoshopping? the light from the helicopter shiing on primes chest.. i think it looks great.

Oh it's definitely the Hasbro version for me.

I.

HATE.

Die-Cast.

F**k metal.

lockepsb wrote:That figure is an Abomination to all transformers lines... in fact the whole movie line is going to be a huge abomination. I have no plans on picking any of them up at all... give me more classics and alternators Hasblo!

An abomination? Why so?

I appreciate the die cast in this toy because, while I'm not one of those people that prefers die cast, it's nice to know that die-cast fans may be satisfied. Sadly, given that Hasbro are going to release a version here that will be cheaper and easier to get, I won't be buying this. Why waste the money and have the hassle? It should be a fantastic toy, though.

I could see this coming long ago.

This is just how Takara operates, and why they, in my opinion make better toys than even Yamato, Bandai, and Toynami.

I have examples of each company on my shelf...except Toynami, but I have not heard good things about them. Yamato's 1/60 VF-1J with FAST packs, for example is made of the crappiest plastic imaginable...and don't get me started on the legs FALLING OFF A 6,000 Yen FIGURE! lol

I compare this to Bandai's reissue of the VF-1S Super Valk, the original, and it is sublime. Sturdy, feels like a tank.

Such is the case with most of Takara's work. My God Ginrai C-310 reissue is also, built like a tank.

But Hasbro's not so bad until you pay nearly $100 for a valk from yamato that spontaneously dissassembles itself.

Then tell me how bad Hasbro's QC is. lol

Looks like a KILLER Figure to me, dude. I especially like how they are highlighting the Automorph features in the above pic. I'll HAVE to get one of these. I just hope the Megatron figure matches up...

Even if I don't like the movie one bit, i like this toy, and i'll probably get the hasbro version since plastic is less expensive to ship than die cast