Legacy Evolution CMDR class Armada Optimus Prime

This year's Transformers Generations Commander Class figure has now been fully revealed by Hasbro earlier today, and it is now listed for pre-order on Amazon Australia, for release in August, for $180.

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https://www.amazon.com.au/Transforme...dp/B0BDHHBXN1/

Armada Universe Optimus Prime is part of this year's Legacy Evolution series, and it homages the "super pants" Prime toy from waaaay back in the second half of 2002.
The truck cab converts to a regular (Deluxe-ish) sized bot, but then it also combines with the trailer to form a larger, super sized, bot.

Unfortunately, this version doesn't come with the Minicon Sparkplug.

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Interesting... TFH has per-orders for Armada Prime, with the release date being May 2023. Doesn't seem right...

What are the chances of this thing coming sooner rather than later?

It would probably depend on if Big W has paid for the world-exclusive launch in June at Toy Sale like they have done in the past few years.

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Originally Posted by JJJ

Interesting... TFH has per-orders for Armada Prime, with the release date being May 2023. Doesn't seem right...

What are the chances of this thing coming sooner rather than later?

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I'm tempted, but considering that postage would be around $40 Singapore dollars, it'll end up costing around $200AUD in the end. I might as well wait.

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Originally Posted by Handsprime

I'm tempted, but considering that postage would be around $40 Singapore dollars, it'll end up costing around $200AUD in the end. I might as well wait.

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Yeah, not worth it considering that their ETA may well turn out to be incorrect or other local retailers may adjust their ETAs to match.
It is an interesting development though and I do hope the latter scenario happens.

I'm happy to stick with my Amazon preorder for the time being.

Well, TFH answered my question, and yes, as far as they know, it is coming this month.

~$200 now, or perhaps $150 or even less in June... Decisions, decisions...

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Originally Posted by JJJ

Interesting... TFH has per-orders for Armada Prime, with the release date being May 2023. Doesn't seem right...

What are the chances of this thing coming sooner rather than later?

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Well BBTS apparently has it out and people have got them already so release date of May isnt that far fetched.

So much for Big W getting Commanders as a world exclusive.

I’ll still be hunting it from Big W. Nothing like a retail purchase, and with shipping I think it’s going to be cheaper to get local anyway.

Hey am I missing something, or is it missing any mini-con ports? I have heaps of spare mini-cons that I’d be wanting to display him with, but I can only see peg holes not ports.

There are no mini-con ports, no. That's not something Hasbro is generally doing with the Legacy toys.

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Originally Posted by JJJ

There are no mini-con ports, no. That's not something Hasbro is generally doing with the Legacy toys.

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It is weird given that Hot Shot has one, but Optimus and Starscream don't

Yep, and there was no sign of them on Megatron when shown off either. Consistency doesn't seem to be a thing for Hasbro's design team at the best of times.

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Yep, and there was no sign of them on Megatron when shown off either. Consistency doesn't seem to be a thing for Hasbro's design team at the best of times.

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???? It is a strange one... I really liked the minicon activated blade on Megatron... was hoping that we might get it on the new one

Not that strange, really. It's a budget thing.
They prioritised minicon gimmicks the first time around and the figures suffered for it (some more than others). So I'm glad they're prioritising articulation this time around. At least it's something different and gives people options.

I don't think anyone is asking to have Minicons active a gimmick, they just want a port to plug them into.

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Originally Posted by MayzaPrime

I really liked the minicon activated blade on Megatron... was hoping that we might get it on the new one

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Originally Posted by DELTAprime

I don't think anyone is asking to have Minicons active a gimmick, they just want a port to plug them into.

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You might want to reread the comment above mine, because I was responding to exactly that. :confused:

I do agree the lack of minicon ports is a tad odd, but also, it doesn't really matter much since they wouldn't do anything anyway. I get it on Hot Shot as you can plug in Jolt in his "fan" mode, but the others never had anything like that. All it would achieve is having a random minicon hang off them in some way, which doesn't really enhance the look of the figure.

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Originally Posted by MayzaPrime

It is weird given that Hot Shot has one, but Optimus and Starscream don't

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Technically Starscream does have one, it's just part of the detailing where it would usually have been

Random minions hanging off them in some way was half the appeal of the Armada sublime. I’m going to see if I can find a 3D printing file for minicon ports, as I really want to be able to display my figures with ACTUAL mini-cons. God knows I have to many spare ones floating around, from all the exclusives they released over the years.