Quote Originally Posted by kup View Post
Simple: Excuse to make a new Prime toy for this line.
you are right. but as far as i know the other character models only had slight changes if at all. (maybe they will put out repaints and retools down the line)and new autobot vehicles such as jazz retain the similar sleek,stream-lined "tron"ish aesthetic. the new optimus just looks out of place among his fellow autobots. AND the toy is possibly one of easiest deluxe to transform of all time.

i really do wanna like him. sadly both the character design and the toy are putting me off.