Ultimetal UM01 Optimus Prime

[drifand]

How about whoever wins the lottery (in the near future) buys 10 of these to give away to members of the forum?

This will have to be one of those big ones 20 mil, you be surprised that 4 mil wins are not often big after shared dividends.

Problem might be trying to obtain 10 by that time. lol

[SkyWarp91]

Yep this definitely wins the award for world's finest Actionmaster

Hahahah XD
Most metal one too!

[Cat]

In case anyone cares, BBTS have dropped their price, by a rather drastic amount.

Was $1400, and is now $979, obviously before shipping.

I guess they realised how insane that mark-up was.

[Trent]

They probably have a standard percentage markup hat they apply to all products. It's just in this case it was slightly over the top

[Tober]

So... Is anyone here actually going to order one?

[Trent]

So... Is anyone here actually going to order one?

Cat was thinking about it, but I think he was turned off by the fact that it doesn't transform.

Which is a shame because that's really not the point. If only he understood...

[Cat]

Cat was thinking about it, but I think he was turned off by the fact that it doesn't transform.

Which is a shame because that's really not the point. If only he understood...

I'm sick of explaining it to that bastard.

One day he'll realise it's not meant to transform.



Edit: In case it's not clear, I'm jokingly referring to myself here.

[Magnus]

While it's not my cup of tea, I think it's a very impressive piece of engineering.

At first, I thought that the 'skeleton' would be metal and the outer armour would be mostly plastic, but if Google Translate is correct, the armour is also metal, so materials alone would account for a large chunk of the asking price.

Reading the online translation, I'm also getting the impression that the face plate moves when the figure 'talks'! Are there any other Optimus figures that can do that?

So it doesn't transform. That doesn't bother me at all. I doubt people who would get something this big and expensive would be transforming it very often, if at all.

My only gripe is that I feel there should be more lights, namely the fog lights on his shoulders, his axe and his rifle.

If these pictures and description are any indication, it seems that if you're after the best possible rendition of G1 Optimus in robot mode, then you should seriously consider this.

[Tober]

While it's not my cup of tea, I think it's a very impressive piece of engineering.

At first, I thought that the 'skeleton' would be metal and the outer armour would be mostly plastic, but if Google Translate is correct, the armour is also metal, so materials alone would account for a large chunk of the asking price.

Reading the online translation, I'm also getting the impression that the face plate moves when the figure 'talks'! Are there any other Optimus figures that can do that?

So it doesn't transform. That doesn't bother me at all. I doubt people who would get something this big and expensive would be transforming it very often, if at all.

My only gripe is that I feel there should be more lights, namely the fog lights on his shoulders, his axe and his rifle.

If these pictures and description are any indication, it seems that if you're after the best possible rendition of G1 Optimus in robot mode, then you should seriously consider this.

I think the shoulder lights do light up, as well as his eyes. Not sue about the axe.

Yes, the faceplate moves as he speaks, apparently.

The thing that bugs me most is that I might not like the actual finish on it. It looks too shiny, but that might just be the lighting...

[Cat]

It looks like the fog-lights do light up.

I don't think the blaster does, but it's tough to tell for sure.