More Images of Transformers: The Last Knight Optimus Prime Toy, with John Warden

This looks like a voyager.

Doesn't look too far removed from the Movie 4 Optimus. And I guess that depends on how collectors felt about THAT toy...

Woah! Where can I get those decals for my YOTH Optimus Prime trailer?! Those looks so sweet!

Bombilation wrote:Woah! Where can I get those decals for my YOTH Optimus Prime trailer?! Those looks so sweet!

Looks like its a special 2016 expo exclusive or something. Completionists now have one more to hunt for

Also, I would love to watch a show about Hasbro designers revealing brand new products to cute asian women.

william-james88 wrote:Also, I would love to watch a show about Hasbro designers revealing brand new products to cute asian women.

Sigged, my man.

Is that a new box for Devastor i see?
ooh

Kind of hoping they release a new leader Grimlock to go with this. The AoE leader was...disappointing, and if they're going with a knight theme in this one, Prime needs his mighty steed! Perfect opportunity to make a new one that a voyager can ride on without tipping over.

DR0hNO wrote:Is that a new box for Devastor i see?
ooh

No that is the San Diego Comic con Devastator in box

The video can be watched here (takes a while to load, give it time). It's filmed right at the Rhode Island headquarters with the Hasbro guys chatting away and the woman asking questions in English and then translating for the audience. It's a really cool video, well worth watching since they spend a lot of time showing how the art is done, even drawing up a neat red and gray Soundwave. It's a great look inside Hasbro!

Bombilation wrote:Woah! Where can I get those decals for my YOTH Optimus Prime trailer?! Those looks so sweet!

You can't, it was custom decorated by the Hasbro team for the TV show. They get a really cool and huge piece of fan art in return.

Emerje

Looks like a likely purchase for me.

Tmall TV, an online Chinese language show about consumer products, had a special episode on Transformers where they toured Hasbro's head office, got a history lesson of the brand by John Warden and were shown how the toys were made. Hasbro chose this as the occasion to officially reveal Voyager Optimus Prime from Transformers: The Last Knight by showing the process it took to make him. You can see screenshots of the show below where they go through all the steps, from design, to grey model, to finished sample.

The grey model shown is of the same toy and it is actually hand crafted by sculptors (before the mold for mass release is done). This model is then photographed and digitally painted.

The sample shown is confirmed to be according to the colours chosen by the designers. While anything can happen, this seems to indeed be the final colouring of the toy.

The conversion was said to take about 15 steps (with some steps being truncated as one for this estimate).

John Warden then said that Hasbro was currently working on 160 transformers toys, at different stages of course. While that seems like a big number, it would include redecos, one steps and one step redecos.

We then got a look at how an artist designs a toy, using Soundwave as an example.

The special ended with a shot of the entire Transformers team (which seems to have as many women as men, a pleasant surprise) while an exchange of gifts were. Tmall got a custom Year of the Horse Optimus Prime while Hasbro got a 5 meter long piece of art showing many different versions of Optimus and Megatron.

You can watch the entire hour long episode here, or simply take a gander at the screenshots below. Enjoy!

Why is this being posted for a second time today?

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... den/36680/

Emerje

Emerje wrote:Why is this being posted for a second time today?

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... den/36680/

Emerje

Because this gives a detailed run down of what's going on and confirms that it's a voyager along with the amount of steps it takes ect.

william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:Why is this being posted for a second time today?

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... den/36680/

Emerje

Because this gives a detailed run down of what's going on and confirms that it's a voyager along with the amount of steps it takes ect.

I suppose I have never seen a news post updated here, I guess starting new posts is how it's done on Seibertron. I just have it ingrained in me to always update news posts rather than start new ones whenever possible, otherwise people might mistake the new post for the old one they've already read and stop scrolling down.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:Why is this being posted for a second time today?

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... den/36680/

Emerje

Because this gives a detailed run down of what's going on and confirms that it's a voyager along with the amount of steps it takes ect.

I suppose I have never seen a news post updated here, I guess starting new posts is how it's done on Seibertron. I just have it ingrained in me to always update news posts rather than start new ones whenever possible, otherwise people might mistake the new post for the old one they've already read and stop scrolling down.

Emerje

That's why I made sure it was s different title. Also, if it had just been written, then yeah an update would be fine. But by then it had been a while, the news post was lowering down the front page and there was so mch to say that a new article seemed appropriate.

So big in China!

Are they designing a new Soundwave? I don't recognize the body, Id love it if they were making a new voyager! I still like my Takara FoC one, but an accurately scaled classics version would be great! I do realize that may be just an example of how they do their process rather than an actual figure, though.

Also the Optimus mold looks good, but looks like a lot of the detail might get lost in the blander plastics. I want to see him in hand, but I might get him if he's as complex as he looks.

I wonder if those mint condition figures are from hasbros archives or we're they brought in by the employees

I know it's not the focus, but goddamn Perceptor and Sky Shadow look lovely in this.

william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:Why is this being posted for a second time today?

http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... den/36680/

Emerje

Because this gives a detailed run down of what's going on and confirms that it's a voyager along with the amount of steps it takes ect.

I suppose I have never seen a news post updated here, I guess starting new posts is how it's done on Seibertron. I just have it ingrained in me to always update news posts rather than start new ones whenever possible, otherwise people might mistake the new post for the old one they've already read and stop scrolling down.

Emerje

That's why I made sure it was s different title. Also, if it had just been written, then yeah an update would be fine. But by then it had been a while, the news post was lowering down the front page and there was so mch to say that a new article seemed appropriate.

Plus, this new one has the full video, better images, and it generates new social media posts, bringing new readers to the article.

So they're officially going with a bad looking toy, instead of a better looking one, for the new movie? I guess that one is 'cheaper' to make for a shelfwarmer.

Kyleor wrote:So they're officially going with a bad looking toy, instead of a better looking one, for the new movie? I guess that one is 'cheaper' to make for a shelfwarmer.

It's only a Voyager and it's already considerably better looking than the Leader class figure we got for the last movie. I'd be surprised if they don't have a better looking Leader figure when the line fully launches.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

Kyleor wrote:So they're officially going with a bad looking toy, instead of a better looking one, for the new movie? I guess that one is 'cheaper' to make for a shelfwarmer.

It's only a Voyager and it's already considerably better looking than the Leader class figure we got for the last movie. I'd be surprised if they don't have a better looking Leader figure when the line fully launches.

Emerje

I am really curious now. If they could figure out how to better engineer the voyager, how would an improved leader look like? Then again Voyager Grimlock had better engineering than Leader Grimlock, in my humble opinion (no partsforming and no robot hands showing).

heck they probably had titans return stuff there just so they could show the scale and still i am going to say this im getting all of wave 2 (2017) or 4 (if its your choosing on the numberd waves) for titans return

NovamusPrime3 wrote:heck they probably had titans return stuff there just so they could show the scale and still i am going to say this im getting all of wave 2 (2017) or 4 (if its your choosing on the numberd waves) for titans return

Its to promote whats coming for chinese audiences.

Seibertronians, we have some additional details on the newly-announced Transformers 5: The Last Knight Optimus Prime Toy. Coming from a post on the official Transformers Instagram, we have an additional shot as well as the full official product name of the first TLK action figure. It seems the figure will have more detail work than standard figures, inspired by Prime's movie paintwork. Take a look at the New "Premier Edition Voyager Optimus Prime" figure below, and tell us if you think this new "Premier Edition" Branding will become a new sublime for the movie figures.

Bit of a backpack, but honestly this figure looks pretty good, especially in contrast to the crap ones from AOE. I might pick him up for the comic.

Madeus Prime wrote:Bit of a backpack, but honestly this figure looks pretty good, especially in contrast to the crap ones from AOE. I might pick him up for the comic.

Contrasting it with aoe (other than the excellent evasion mode version) is damning it with faint praise. I don't think it looks very good, but it's a single pic, I'll wait for more to judge.

Bronzewolf wrote:Seibertronians, we have some additional details on the newly-announced Transformers 5: The Last Knight Optimus Prime Toy. Coming from a post on the official Transformers Instagram, we have an additional shot as well as the full official product name of the first TLK action figure. It seems the figure will have more detail work than standard figures, inspired by Prime's movie paintwork. Take a look at the New "Premier Edition Voyager Optimus Prime" figure below, and tell us if you think this new "Premier Edition" Branding will become a new sublime for the movie figures.

EEsh, and here I was hoping we would see a premium version of this toy. But no, it IS the premium version

It looks decent.

Am I interpreting this right: this is like the First edition toys from Prime and that first Leader Prime from AoE, and another, different retail version will come later?

Optimum Supreme wrote:

Madeus Prime wrote:Bit of a backpack, but honestly this figure looks pretty good, especially in contrast to the crap ones from AOE. I might pick him up for the comic.

Contrasting it with aoe (other than the excellent evasion mode version) is damning it with faint praise. I don't think it looks very good, but it's a single pic, I'll wait for more to judge.

I dont know man, I have never ever heard anyone call AD 31 Armour Knight Prime crap, and it totally counts as an AOE Prime. In fact, 85% of amazon reviews on that toy wee 5 stars https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Adv ... merReviews?tag=seibertron07-20&







That being said, I think there is great potential for this toy, but the lesser backpack can only go so far when it looks this bland.

Optimum Supreme wrote:Contrasting it with aoe (other than the excellent evasion mode version) is damning it with faint praise. I don't think it looks very good, but it's a single pic, I'll wait for more to judge.

All I'm saying is it isn't this:

Or this:

william-james88 wrote:I dont know man, I have never ever heard anyone call AD 31 Armour Knight Prime crap, and it totally counts as an AOE Prime.

I totally forgot about that, and yeah, he's a beautiful figure. But he does share the retail release's backpack...

william-james88 wrote:That being said, I think there is great potential for this toy, but the lesser backpack can only go so far when it looks this bland.

I agree. I just was stating that for the backpack, it's the best toy release we've seen of his post-AOE appearance. Strictly for the backpack. I agree that it looks only fair, not great.

I have a normal Retailer Leader Prime that I painted up a bit and the enhanced takara one and frankly they don't look hugely different - except for the few more flames I'd not got around to adding.

But looking at the unaltered Prime - yeah he is a little plain looking - that was why I attacked mine with a paint brush and added a great deal of silver to him.

The main issue with the mould family i'd say is the backpack - something the Overscale KBB Knock Off addresses by making it removable.

He's miles better than Grimlock anyway - I actually consider the mould kinda complementary to the KO Hound toys though.

But it's not like i'd be encouraging people to buy one with huge enthusiasm. Heck I'd say spend your money on the overscale KO as that is at least bigger and has some metal in it as well as the premium deco.
But as I bought my Takara one from Lena (boxed) it was pretty cheap for both of them - (both came from Lena) as being in the UK there was hardly anywhere to buy them aside from online.

I don't really think I can even have a huge opinion dump on AOE simply as I have hardly any of it other than some Onestep and the Optimus toys.
I don't even have an AOE Dlx Bumblebee.

I have tinkered with the idea of buying the Dinobots from time to time though - since they are only Deluxes the only reason I've not done so is I keep thinking - for the same money I can get a bigger partly metal KO version that is a bit more in keeping with their size in the Movie... so that put me off buying them at all I guess.

I never bought the Autobots as I was thinking I'd kinda like the boxed set of Autobots - but I never really saw it for sale so I never ended up with that either.

To be honest I tend to forget to go toy hunting for Movie toys at all for months at a time - despite not really having any great bias against them.
yet I also don't want them so badly that I'd often prioritise them over other things I suppose.

I tend to think... yes I'll get those AOE Movie toys - but it might be AFTER I get around to chasing a lot of other things 1st. It probably doesn't help that I've not seen the Movie all the way through either.

I'm sure "Premier Edition" just means it'll be the first figure out in the line like the "First Edition" Optimus Prime we got from AOE and not like the "First Edition" line we got for TF Prime.

Emerje

He looks pretty good. He also seems to be an EXTENSIVE remold of AOE Voyager Galvatron, based on the way the wheels on his legs are, as well as his shoulder armor, and even the backpack is reminiscent of Galvatron's.

Though not the original source of the images (looks like they're actually from Snapchat), Twitter user @astrotrain has shared two new angles of the recently officially revealed Voyager Optimus Prime figure from the upcoming Transformers: The Last Knight live-action movie toyline. The images of the Premier Edition Autobot leader are mirrored below, and the conversation is already bubbling - join in at the Energon Pub!

Having the smokestacks be hollow looks horrible in robot mode. When you have something that prevalent and noticeable in both modes, it needs to be filled in.

So those hps really have 2 different grey plastics, thats too bad.

Paint looks better than what I previously thought though.

Also WOW, that guy is really into Taylor Swift. Reminds me of my crush on Michelle Branch back in highschool.

william-james88 wrote:So those hps really have 2 different grey plastics, thats too bad.

Hasbro seems to be having some issues lately in matching shades between two different types of plastic. Like how Wolfwire has thinner yellow plastic (shoulders and legs) in one shade while the thicker plastic used for structure (torso, pelvis, and elbows) is slightly different. Wolfwire's bicep swivel is made of two obviously different shades of yellow just like this Prime's thigh swivel.

Emerje

I got more pictures

At least they reduced the "backpack" a little on this one.

Are those your pics? if so, could you take a pick of his back? And side?

All movie toy line designer should be Fired! How ugly is this robot!

As an update to our previous story about Transformers: The Last Knight Optimus Prime, in his toy form, fellow Seibertronian Fc203 headed to Snapchat to grab some screenshots for the update from Hasbro - check the better quality of multiple angles below!

feifangongzi wrote:All movie toy line designer should be Fired! How ugly is this robot!

But that would mean firing the best designer of all time, Hasui, the guy who made all those amazing MP toys (from MP 10 all the way to BB, I think). He also designed movie toys, like HFTD Leader Starscream.

william-james88 wrote:

feifangongzi wrote:All movie toy line designer should be Fired! How ugly is this robot!

But that would mean firing the best designer of all time, Hasui, the guy who made all those amazing MP toys (from MP 10 all the way to BB, I think). He also designed movie toys, like HFTD Leader Starscream.

Yeah, designers are not to blame. Sadly they have to do what they are told within the restrictions set by whatever line they are assigned to. It's the takara/ hasbro boffins that are to blame. Moving Hasui from the MP's to movie toys was absurd.(HFTD Screamer being an exception) RiD toys was absurd.

It's kinda growing on me but ... I don't feel this screams "The Last Knight" as it looks too "Age of Extinction" to me. I guess I'm use to seeing a different look with each movie and this one doesn't seem to be doing that.

Burn wrote:It's kinda growing on me but ... I don't feel this screams "The Last Knight" as it looks too "Age of Extinction" to me. I guess I'm use to seeing a different look with each movie and this one doesn't seem to be doing that.

Could that be a good thing, maybe? A sign of some sort of continuity or consistency?

hinomars19 wrote:Yeah, designers are not to blame. Sadly they have to do what they are told within the restrictions set by whatever line they are assigned to. It's the takara/ hasbro boffins that are to blame. Moving Hasui from the MP's to movie toys was absurd.(HFTD Screamer being an exception)

They didnt, he went from movie toys (2007) to MPs (2011) and still kept designing every starscream ever (aside from the MP, ironically). Recently though, they moved him from MPs to RID 3 step toys.

And you thought it was absurd before.

If anyone cares, here are the Movie toys made by the same designer of MP 10 and MP Soundawve and MP Wheeljack and on and on:

Backfire (Human Alliance)/Spike Witwicky
Soundwave (Human Alliance)/Mr. Gould
Starscream (Leader class)
Barricade (Human Alliance)/Frenzy
Jazz (Human Alliance)/Captain Lennox
Bumblebee (Human Alliance)/Sam Witwicky
ROTF Sideswipe (Deluxe class)
ROTF Starscream (Voyager class)
first movie Arcee (Deluxe class)
first movie Barricade (Deluxe class)
first movie Jazz (Deluxe class)
first movie Ratchet (Voyager class)
first movie Starscream (Voyager class) (with Eric Siebenaler)

also, I just realized he designed Animated Lockdown, he really is the genius behind all my favourite toys.

william-james88 wrote:

hinomars19 wrote:Yeah, designers are not to blame. Sadly they have to do what they are told within the restrictions set by whatever line they are assigned to. It's the takara/ hasbro boffins that are to blame. Moving Hasui from the MP's to movie toys was absurd.(HFTD Screamer being an exception)

They didnt, he went from movie toys (2007) to MPs (2011) and still kept designing every starscream ever (aside from the MP, ironically). Recently though, they moved him from MPs to RID 3 step toys.

And you thought it was absurd before.

If anyone cares, here are the Movie toys made by the same designer of MP 10 and MP Soundawve and MP Wheeljack and on and on:

Backfire (Human Alliance)/Spike Witwicky
Soundwave (Human Alliance)/Mr. Gould
Starscream (Leader class)
Barricade (Human Alliance)/Frenzy
Jazz (Human Alliance)/Captain Lennox
Bumblebee (Human Alliance)/Sam Witwicky
ROTF Sideswipe (Deluxe class)
ROTF Starscream (Voyager class)
first movie Arcee (Deluxe class)
first movie Barricade (Deluxe class)
first movie Jazz (Deluxe class)
first movie Ratchet (Voyager class)
first movie Starscream (Voyager class) (with Eric Siebenaler)

also, I just realized he designed Animated Lockdown, he really is the genius behind all my favourite toys.

They do the best they can with the movie designs. They went nuts with revenge of the fallen for making them way too complex for kids. That's why dark of the moon was very...well it was what it was. I don't mind the movie lines, they are what they are and I don't buy a movie figure unless it really speaks to me.

If you don't like movie figures just don't buy them. It's simple as that.