Year of the Dragon Ultimate Prime!

[kaiden]

http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc410/LamDX/Transformers/1321508078_380247_297483050273045_1.jpg

omg it looks insane - I wants :x (http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/year-of-the-dragon-ultimate-optimus-prime/23225/)


for the Asian market to coincide with the Chinese Year of the Dragon in 2012. The Planet Iacon - Singapore Transformers Fans Unite facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Planet-Iacon-Singapore-Transformers-Fans-Unite-STFU/190726147660000) has uploaded a mock up for the repaint, which features a red trailer with dragon deco. The figure is scheduled to release in January 2012 just in time for the Chinese New Year.

[Tallestblue]

...Fire Guts Ultimate Prime?

[Decepticon]

:rolleyes:

What next? The Gay and Lesbian Ultimate Optimus?

[Hursticon]

Considering this is targeted for the Asian market, I think this'll sell like hot cakes when it hits early next year - I mean, it's got a Dragon right on the Trailer! (South Park reference) :D

[Tallestblue]

...I'd probably buy a GLBTIQ themed Optimus, Actually. As long as it was pink and Sparkly and had fierce eyebrows.

[GoktimusPrime]

Tempting.

If I ever did get this toy, I might seriously consider keeping it sealed (shock!) -- I do have a loose regular Ultimate OP anyway. ;)

[kaiden]

Since people are suggesting repaints - I want a My Little Pony 'Rainbow Dash' version

[Seraphim Prime]

I like it. I'll never buy it, but I like the concept, artwork, and final colouring.

[GoktimusPrime]

I'd buy it if the opportunity presented itself... but I'm not gonna go out of my way or pay some exhorbitantly inflated dealer's price for it.

[gantz]

And the 1st 10 lucky buyers of this exclusive Optimus will be treated with the new MechTech mini-MP3 player that only plays songs from Sisqo's Unleash The Dragon :D

[kaiden]

And the 1st 10 lucky buyers of this exclusive Optimus will be treated with the new MechTech mini-MP3 player that only plays songs from Sisqo's Unleash The Dragon :D

aww... not Thong song? that thong thong thong thong thong...

[GoktimusPrime]

Ya know... imagine if, for the next 12 years, they repainted Ultimate Optimus Prime with a new Lunar New Year animal theme on it (e.g. 2013 - Snake) etc. I reckon it'd work as an Asian market exclusive thing. :D Although the mould would get severely degraded (it'd be a mess by time they get up to Rabbit! :p). Unless they pick a different mould each year - kinda like a lot of BotCon exclusives. So for instance, Ultimate OP is a 2011 mould which they'll use to herald in the 2012 Lunar Year. Pick a mould from next year's line for 2013 and so on and so on.

I reckon it'd work...

What would be even better is if they re-used moulds whose alt modes match that year's animal.
e.g.
2012 Dragon -- market exclusive repaint of Transmetal 2 Megatron
2013 Snake -- market exclusive repaint of Cohrada
2014 Horse -- market exclusive repaint of Mach Kick
2015 Goat -- market exclusive repaint of Ramulus
2016 Monkey -- market exclusive repaint of Ultra Optimus Primal
2017 Chicken -- market exclusive repaint of Rav
2018 Dog -- market exclusive repaint of K-9
2019 Boar -- market exclusive repaint of Razorbeast
2020 Rat -- market exclusive repaint of Transmetal Rattrap (apparently HasTak have lost the original Rattrap mould)
2021 Cow -- market exclusive repaint of BW Bonecrusher
2022 Tiger -- market exclusive repaint of Tigatron
2023 Rabbit -- market exclusive repaint of Stampy

Man... 12 years to collect a whole set... eeevil! Especially for say new collectors, like someone who decides to become a TF collector in 2021 would have to go and pay craploads on stupid inflated aftermarket prices trying to collect all those other figures he's missed! Har!!

[kaiden]

yeah i dig a zodiac themed exclusives but i wouldn't want those old toys... I like new stuff with better designs

[reillyd]

:rolleyes:

What next? The Gay and Lesbian Ultimate Optimus?

I think a pink Ultimate Optimus would be just FABULOUS!

[GoktimusPrime]

Yeah, that's what we need... another Pinkimus Prime (http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/23/Universetoy_25th_anniversary_optimus_prime.jpg) :rolleyes: :p I saw one today actually on sale at the Parra Fair... sitting there in all his pastel glory. :p

[Arcee]

I honestly find the trailer really attractive to me...and if I can find it at reasonable price I will buy it.

[tron07]

I think this is worst then Malibu Stacy with a new hat.... give the man a new gun or something at least :P

[Slag]

What happens in the trailer, Stays in the trailer....

[SkyWarp91]

Yeah, that's what we need... another Pinkimus Prime (http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/23/Universetoy_25th_anniversary_optimus_prime.jpg) :rolleyes: :p I saw one today actually on sale at the Parra Fair... sitting there in all his pastel glory. :p

Hey man, don't be dissin' Pinkimus Prime. Pinkimus never did anything to you!

[GoktimusPrime]

Hey man, don't be dissin' Pinkimus Prime. Pinkimus never did anything to you!
Indeed. I completely avoided that toy like a pink plague! :D

[gekisou]

OK... explain Pinkimus Prime to me cos in that pic, he doesn't look pink...