Nova Prime - 2015 Collectors Club exclusive figure

[Mr_K]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BueeKPuCAAEp2N5.jpg

From TCC Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_tf_club/status/497540183878041601

Someone thought they'd do something different and put a Nova Prime head on a white Optimus Prime figure instead of just calling it Ultra Magnus it seems.

[DELTAprime]

Bad mould choice, such a tiny figure not worthy to be the big bad Nova Prime/Nemesis Prime that wants to end the Universe.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

So they're using Orion pax for Lio Convoy AND Nova Prime?

Can anybody say Lazy? Yawn, wake me when something good happens

[Sky Shadow]

I like it. And again the panels in the truck bed will work nicely to evoke this character.

[Omega Metro]

I like it. And again the panels in the truck bed will work nicely to evoke this character.

Ooh I agree. Awesome stuff. Can't wait for this.

[kup]

More lameness.

[UltraMarginal]

I quite like it, I get that it's not a big mold for the character but the geometry of the mold is pretty suitable. Will be interesting to see how the head goes.

I'll be asking someone else to buy on my behalf at this stage, I don't think I'll be joining the club for 2015.

[griffin]

So they're using Orion pax for Lio Convoy AND Nova Prime?

Can anybody say Lazy? Yawn, wake me when something good happens

It might seem lazy, but to be fair, it makes it a LOT easier for them to get approval from Hasbro within a reasonable amount of time, who takes months to test and approve moulds, character names, and if they have something similar on the horizon themselves.
Submitting one mould for approval for two toys could also halve the time of them being held up or delayed by Hasbro and the factory... and the two decos may also have been intended to be split between Club and Convention like this year's Rampage and Shokaract, but later paired up if the Convention toys next year were better without either of them.

But it isn't the first time they've had the same mould as Membership and Store exclusives... 2012 had Runamuck and "Runabout", which then looked nice together in their special box.

[griffin]

The usual photoshopped toy images of both modes (http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/conventions-15/tfcc-2015-nova-prime-toy-image-180921/).

[Sky Shadow]

I really like him - it's the first official toy of a major character - well done, TFCC.

[Lord_Zed]

I don't think it's a bad or lazy idea, but I do find the base mold small and underwhelming, not to mention my Orion broke during transformation and had to be repaired.

[MayzaPrime]

Given the Orion Pax mould is rather small, I would have preferred this to have been pre Prime Nova which is before he became Nova Prime.

This is the same for Lio Convoy.

[BigTransformerTrev]

I have no interest in Leo Convoy so I would have been a lot happier if Nova was the figure you got 'free' with your subscription

[UltraMarginal]

I have no interest in Leo Convoy so I would have been a lot happier if Nova was the figure you got 'free' with your subscription

DITTO

[Omega Metro]

DITTO

DITTO DITTO

[griffin]

It's been 8 months since it was announced, and we've heard almost nothing else about it since... but it looks like the toys are now produced, so should be listed for sale from the Club soon (you'd think).
A Nova Prime toy and Lio Convoy toy have shown up in some photos (http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/conventions-15/transformers-collectors-club-nova-prime-exclusive-in-hand-images-182395/), that are likely to be from someone at the Factory or involved in the production process... and includes the Orion Pax toy for comparison.

Unlike the Subscription toys, the Club Store exclusives are not made to order... so they get a set amount produced and then sell them on their website to members only. The Marissa/Afterburner is the same.

[MayzaPrime]

I am disappointed with the head... I was hoping it was going to have the horns... Oh well I am still going to get it. :D

[UltimateGalvatron]

I think it looks good.

[prjkt]

I quite like the colour layout... tempted