Additional Images: Toys"R"Us Japan Exclusive Arms Micron Battle Shield Optimus Prime

That translucent smoky black plastic makes Prime look dead inside, especially in his cold, dark, hollow eyes. And why does his head look so weird anyways?

(Disneyland announcement guys style voice): Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, allow me to introduce...

THE SKYBOOM-SHIELD OF TRANSFORMERS PRIME!

If this was how Prime looked in the 1st place for the AM line, more people would have bought it! At least this has red below the windows and black instead of blue on the forearms...

Why. Why is the Takara stuff so amazing, and Hasblo UK so poor...

Gimme! That set is just perfect, with that dark O.P. and a Shining B.2, only thing missing now is a another R.A. redeco for the Star Saber.

all_the_primes wrote:(Disneyland announcement guys style voice): Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, allow me to introduce...

THE COSMOTECTOR!

Toys"R"Us Japan have provided a small update for their upcoming exclusive Transformers Prime Arms Micron Battle Shield Optimus Prime. They've posted an image of the figure in truck mode with the included papercraft trailer attached. The figure is a redeco of AM-01 with three additional Arms Microns that can combine into the Battle Shield.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Gimme! That set is just perfect, with that dark O.P. and a Shining B.2, only thing missing now is a another R.A. redeco for the Star Saber.

there's an R.A. that comes with the other MA Prime with the Matrix.

Dammit!!!! Get us a REAL trailer!!!!!

If only OP's optics where yellow, I think the colors would be a perfect match for the shows version of Nemesis . . .
and I think the colors of the shield mircons make a more solid looking tool then the individual releases, so all in all I say this looks like a good buy for me

if those arms microns combin has anyone checked to see if others do?

njb902 wrote:if those arms microns combin has anyone checked to see if others do?

I think some of the Takara design team checked.

Actually, this set and the upcoming sword (SupermegaBlackHoleExtremeCalibur! or something that one's called) are specifically designed to form a larger accessory. The individual AM Microns that come with the Japanese Prime toys are advertised as combining, sometimes in officially named ways, other times in just random ways that vary in quality. These things tend to have a couple of Micron ports and pegs on them so combination is possible with most.

njb902 wrote:if those arms microns combin has anyone checked to see if others do?

All new mold Arms Micron combine one way or another to form new (ridiculous) weapons. There are a couple "set" combinations however, by combining Microns of the same crystal color:

Star Saber
- O.P. (Optimus Prime)
- B.2 (Bumblebee)
- R.A. (Ratchet)

Galaxy Launcher
- C.L. (Cliffjumper)
- B.H. (Bulkhead)
- Arc (Arcee)

Dark Matter Calibur
- Gabu
- Bogu
- Dai

Cosmotector (aka the "Battle Shield")
- Pral
- Sais
- Jayz

Of course, you can combine them in other ways, tho the results are nothing to write home about IMO. Examples:

Morning Star
- Gora (Megatron)
- Balo (Skywarp)
- Zori (Soundwave)

Nebula Scythe
- O.P.
- B.H.
- Arc

Dark Matter Calibur! that's what it is. And it looks fantastic! Cosmotector is alright. Not too keen on any of the other combinations, but maybe once I see them in hand.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

njb902 wrote:if those arms microns combin has anyone checked to see if others do?

All new mold Arms Micron combine one way or another to form new (ridiculous) weapons. There are a couple "set" combinations however, by combining Microns of the same crystal color:

Star Saber
- O.P. (Optimus Prime)
- B.2 (Bumblebee)
- R.A. (Ratchet)

Galaxy Launcher
- C.L. (Cliffjumper)
- B.H. (Bulkhead)
- Arc (Arcee)

Dark Matter Calibur
- Gabu
- Bogu
- Dai

Cosmotector (aka the "Battle Shield")
- Pral
- Sais
- Jayz

Of course, you can combine them in other ways, tho the results are nothing to write home about IMO. Examples:

Morning Star
- Gora (Megatron)
- Balo (Skywarp)
- Zori (Soundwave)

Nebula Scythe
- O.P.
- B.H.
- Arc

intresting. thanks for the info.