YOTR Platinum Edition Hybrid Style G1 Optimus Prime

[Sinnertwin]

I should of hatched a plan like that

[hYpNoS]

I'm annually disappointed that they always go with Optimus Prime and never choose an alt mode that's relevant to the Lunar calendar's patron animal.

Of course, the big dilemma that we're facing with the upcoming New Year is that there is NO chicken Transformer. It's something that I've been wishing for for ages now, but alas HasTak have never sought to make one. But even another birdformer would've been preferable to a truck. Or at very least redeco the trailer with the logo of a poultry company (then it'd really be poultry in motion ).

For year of the goat they used mp soundwave and laser optimus, their bio write up was hey were chosen based on their "year of the" personality attributes.

Problem is this is just a good excuse to stick to mostly optimus redeco's, the fact this one has NOTHING new (least on a glance) really hurts, if I see this at myers I'll wait for clearance as I like the mold, but it better be a good clearance.

[GoktimusPrime]

CLUCKtimus Prime, HENshin! <beak.beak.beak.beak.beak>

[Sinnertwin]

CLUCKtimus Prime, HENshin! <beak.beak.beak.beak.beak>

You kids crack me up.
Aaaaand I think I'm done lol

[Jazzman]

He's only about 10.5cm tall.

Pretty small. I didn't have any shots of it with Optimus, but I did take one of him next to animated activator Bumblebee

The Hybrid Style was a collaboration to celebrate Transformers soomethingth anniversary and Microman's somethingth anniversary as well. The idea was to apply Microman levels of articulation to Transformers.

Galaxy Convoy was about the same size. I have a comparison shot with him and the original toy

Thanks guys. I've only ever collected G1 and MP's... this guy looks kinda tempting.

[DELTAprime]

If he was taller than Henkei Convoy I'd get him to replace Convoy, but he isn't so I'll pass on this.

[GoktimusPrime]

Interesting that they've called it Year of the Rooster rather than Year of the Chicken.
The first Kanji for Year of the Chicken 酉年 (とりどし) is, AFAIK, synonymous with 鶏 (とり) which means "chicken" but can also mean "rooster" depending on context. I'd like to suggest that in English we might refer to this toy as "Year of the Chicken" (or Year of the Cock if you want to explicitly refer to a rooster), and thus abbreviate it as YotC.

The reason for this suggestion is so that we reserve the "YotR" acronym for the eventual Year of the Rabbit Transformer in 2023 (assuming that Hasbro are still making these Lunar New Year TFs, which they seem determined to do each year).

[Megatran]

I can only imagine Hasbro being at the crossroads in releasing this toy. They would have toiled with the question, Why did the Rooster cross the road?

I'm annually disappointed that they always go with Optimus Prime and never choose an alt mode that's relevant to the Lunar calendar's patron animal.

Dude, you can say anally. It's not an offensive word in this context of these 'Year of the ...' have gone to crap.

Don't egg him on...

Oh no, not the Rooster or the Egg complex.


I'll see my self out...

[GoktimusPrime]

Dude, you can say anally. It's not an offensive word in this context of these 'Year of the ...' have gone to crap.

But that word bums me out. Although it does have a certain ring to it. I'll stop being so cheeky.

[BruiseLee]

But that word bums me out. Although it does have a certain ring to it. I'll stop being so cheeky.

That confirms it. I now know which planet you're from!