First look at Titans Return Powermaster Optimus

[griffin]

Images are from an online presentation by Hasbro America, via Google Hangouts, with invite American fansites.

Details of the event (images, info and questions that fans asked) can be seen here.

[GoktimusPrime]

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I reckon the inner robot/car will be fashioned after Hi-Q (or human Ginrai for TakTOM). You could imagine it like an upgraded form of an Exo-Suit.

↑Called it. A shame that they can't use the name Hi-Q, but let's face it, considering that they haven't had any need to use it since 1988, it's an understandable loss. Not everyone can be long-term trademark troll-squatters like Harmony Gold.

I thought this was pretty cool till I realised he's a headmaster not a powermaster would of been a nice touch if they could of fitted hi-q into the grill in truck mode.

As for calling him Ginrai because he doesn't separate from the trailer wouldn't that make him God Ginrai?

Super Ginrai.

Cab robot only = Ginrai
Cab robot combined w/ trailer = Super Ginrai
Super Ginrai combined w/ Godbomber = God Ginrai

And the Hasbro equivalent would be...
Cab robot only = Optimus Prime
Cab robot combined w/ trailer = Super Optimus Prime
Super Optimus Prime combined w/ Apex Armour = Apex Armour Optimus Prime

[Keidatron]

Given they call him Powermaster (and yes I understand why), they should have actually made him a Powermaster :P

[Trent]

Given they call him Powermaster (and yes I understand why), they should have actually made him a Powermaster :P

I haven't looked, but is he ACTUALLY still called Powermaster Prime?

[Verno]

He could still be a Powermaster. The power just comes from the mind.

[BigTransformerTrev]

He could still be a Powermaster. The power just comes from the mind.

Oh great - he's going to be the fricken John Edward of Transformers

[Chevron Action Flash]

Its 2015 and the articulation on the head robot doesnt look any better than the Headmasters of the 80s. Annoying. I love the original POWERMASTER OPTIMUS yet I need to see a review of this first before deciding on whether he's shelf-space worthy.

[Lord_Zed]

Sculpt looks great, but being based on CW Magnus means it will have the same shortcomings preventing it from being as good as it could have been.

Its 2015 and the articulation on the head robot doesnt look any better than the Headmasters of the 80s. Annoying. I love the original POWERMASTER OPTIMUS yet I need to see a review of this first before deciding on whether he's shelf-space worthy.

That's because articulation peaked around 2010 and is now in decline. As cool as this guys looks, he's got what 6 extra point of articulation over the original?

[GoktimusPrime]

Given they call him Powermaster (and yes I understand why), they should have actually made him a Powermaster :P

I haven't looked, but is he ACTUALLY still called Powermaster Prime?

Remember that the original G1 Powermaster Optimus Prime was originally meant to have a transformable head, but it was abandoned due to budgetary constraints. As you can see, Roller was meant to transform into a robot, then into the head for Super Optimus Prime. This never came to be, and in the end we just got a non-transformable solid head, however, Powermaster Optimus Prime's trailer can store the Super robot's head! This is actually a vestigial feature from the abandoned 'headmaster' gimmick. Go on... try it!

Pretty neat, huh?

So the 'headmaster' gimmick is actually a nod (heh) to Powermaster Optimus Prime's original head-gimmick concept. This is what Ono Koujin originally wanted for PM Prime/Super Ginrai, but was pipped at the post because the budget wouldn't allow for it. Hasbro's budget was even smaller than Takara's, hence why PM Prime is basically a cheaper version of the Ginrai toy. Godbomber (and thus God Ginrai) was originally meant to be a more complex toy too, but again budgetary constraints meant that this prototype was never mass produced and the final product was just a shadow of what could have been.

[MayzaPrime]

Oh great - he's going to be the fricken John Edward of Transformers

I don't think Optimus will every be nominated for 'The Biggest Douche in the Universe' award