First look at prime toy for tf5 line

[G1Optimal]

First look at a tf5 optimus prime toy, it is unknown if its a leader, voyager or deluxe

http://news.tfw2005.com/2016/10/21/t...st-look-326623
Source tfw2005

[DarkHyren]

..... isn't this just a retool of movie 4 Prime?
..... yep, thought it looked familiar, this is just a retool of AoE First Edition/Leader class Optimus Prime.

Side by side comparison of "new" TF5 Optimus Prime and AoE OP:



Different paint (slightly) and no backpack in the render, but all in all the same toy. Not impressed guys.

[Paulbot]

Could be a "Preview line" toy...?

[Firestorm]

It doesn't look bad
Decent deco
But the AEO/TLK Optimus design just doesn't make for
A good transforming toy design

[doublespy]

Doesn't look like a re-tool to me at all.

More like a proper re-visit on the AoE design a la RotF. Huge improvement overall on the Leader class figure in the AoE line for sure.

[FruitBuyer]

He looks closer in line with Armour Knight, which was a pretty sweet figure. Hopefully we we see is what we get and the backpack is minimised though I find that unlikely

[Trent]

Tranformers movie toy designs: always pushing the boundaries of ugly.

[Seraphim Prime]

Doesn't look like a re-tool to me at all.

More like a proper re-visit on the AoE design a la RotF. Huge improvement overall on the Leader class figure in the AoE line for sure.

I agree - I don't think there's a single part there that has been shared between the two figures.

I think the issue with the AoE figures is, like the first movie figures, they were taken from early concept drawings and produced in a shorter time frame, which meant the likeness was not as accurate and the engineering simpler.

By the second film, the designers knew which characters were being carried over and were able to spend longer time designing to the final character models, and we got the figures that we did.

[doublespy]

I think the issue with the AoE figures is, like the first movie figures, they were taken from early concept drawings and produced in a shorter time frame, which meant the likeness was not as accurate and the engineering simpler.

By the second film, the designers knew which characters were being carried over and were able to spend longer time designing to the final character models, and we got the figures that we did.

True.

Probably also because the designers were hit with the "simplifying engineering" philosophy across the board (mainly the movies figures though). And it didn't help that the AoE designs were even more reality defying and unreasonable for toy engineering. It felt like they just plain gave up on some the figures...

[DarkHyren]

In hand image from TFW2005, apparently it's voyager sized.



It still looks like a downsized copy of AoE Leader Prime to me honestly...