Overcracker wrote:You mean other than the fact we already have a G1 Prime in Siege?
That didn't stop them from giving us
two in Titans Return.
Overcracker wrote:Cyb Prime in truck mode, some not G1 prime but not exactly Cyb prime in robot mode, and then G1 Prime in armored up mode?
The inner robot is clearly G1 Optimus whose chest simply resembles a Cybertron Optimus-styled truck front. There's no other aspects from Cybertron Optimus in that design.
Overcracker wrote:Doesn't really make sense. G1 Prime unlike Magnus does not have an armored version they can use.
Nor did that stop Hasbro from making it into such for the POTP Leader toy.
Overcracker wrote:Seems unnecessary at this point to get a 4th variation of that in under 2 years.
And yet, Hasbro continues to churn out G1 Prime after G1 Prime no matter how many previous versions may already satisfy us.
Overcracker wrote:And since this looks quite a bit like Cybertron Prime's cab, its easy to assume the armored mode will also go in that direction. The only reason this gets a different looking robot mode, is because of how the mold works.
Otherwise, what other armored G1 Prime could they use for the armored mode?
Seeing as how Ultra Magnus is only RiD-based in altmode and not in either of his robot modes, that leaves open the possibility for Hasbro to do whatever they may want to do with Optimus's armored robot mode, be it throwing Unicron Trilogy fans another bone with a Cybertron Optimus-based armored robot mode or a continuation of the constant G1 pandering with an armored robot mode based on any of the G1 Optimus Primes, be they the vanilla 1984 one, the Powermaster, Star Convoy, G2 Hero OP, G2 Laser OP, or whatever else they may feel compelled to give us.
At this point, there's really no telling one way or another what kind of Optimus Prime we'll be getting for this figure's armored robot mode, whether it's a Cybertron Optimus like its altmode or a G1 Optimus like how the RiD-altmoded Magnus has two G1 robot modes.