Year of the Snake toy images

[griffin]

As the Chinese New Year approaches, the two YOTS Transformers toys aren't too far from being released... especially as in-hand images have now been released by a fan-site.

Omega Supreme

Optimus Prime

Both are from the Energon series, and can combine. Omega Supreme has some mould changes, to make it look more like the War For Cybertron/Gen1 character (with the claw arm and head).

[Paulbot]

Omega's colours look good, but isn't the head a bit small? (My Energon Omega Supreme's been headless for a long while so I forget if that's normal or not.)

[kup]

I am tempted by the Omega due to looks even though I have been universally told that it's a crappy mold.

[GoktimusPrime]

Paulbot: yeah, the head does looks smaller. Don't know if the new head transforms though.

I am tempted by the Omega due to looks even though I have been universally told that it's a crappy mold.

The whole toy is essentially a Mega Pretender shell for Fatimus Prime. Having said that, this is a very nice looking redeco of a crap mould. I'm not convinced by it though... no matter how they redeco it, it's still going to fundamentally suck. A redecoed Corahda or Night Viper would've been more fitting and cheaper. I'm not going out of my way to get this toy... only if the opportunity to get one at a relatively cheap price comes my way.

[Bidoofdude]

I might wait until it goes down a teeny weeny bit. So it's basically a shellformer?
Is it very heavy?
Visually it looks great and I really want one, but some of the reviews I'm hearing...

[Lord_Zed]

Wait a shell former? I don't get it?

My experience of the Omega Supreme mold (before I sold the old one) is that is basically made up of a weird space train, and a square battleship who both look like half a robot lying sideways. Stand them up and connect them add the head (it's separate) and presto you have a big robot.

While I admit the new head, arm and non mismatched colour scheme do improve the look of this mold, it's never going to be much fun to transform or look good in alt mode.