New licensed Bearbrick BAPE Optimus

[griffin]

Does anyone remember the Bearbrick Transformers (https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Bearbrick) from 7 years ago (2014), with four Gen1 characters, a Movie Optimus and a black redeco Optimus.
Well, they've decided to do another one, this time as a triple crossover - Bearbrick x Transformers x BAPE.

It's the Gen1 Optimus figure from 2014, done in BAPE green and BAPE logos (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/07/25/bearbrick-x-transformers-optimus-prime-bape-r-green-images-438134).... and as with BAPE toys, it will have a very limited release in Japan in August, and a very very expensive price (it is about Deluxe sized, with a small number of moving/transforming parts, priced at 7480yen, which is almost au$100).

[griffin]

After the green BAPE Bearbrick came out in August, we are now getting a black BAPE Bearbrick (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/11/20/berbrick-x-transformers-optimus-prime-bape-black-version-200-size-stock-images-445136) to be released this month in Japan (apparently November 20th, so must already be out).

It notes that it is 200% sized, at 14.5cm tall, but that's just the size of the regular transforming Bearbricks (as I have some of the first ones)... which means it must be twice the size of a regular non-transforming Bearbrick.
It is the same price as the green one - 7480yen (about au$100).

[griffin]

A third BAPE Bearbrick Optimus has just been released/revealed in Japan (https://news.tfw2005.com/2022/01/22/berbrick-x-transformers-optimus-prime-bape-r-red-packaging-new-stock-images-448831) - red, for the same price as the others above.