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Old 08-09-2022, 08:30 AM   #1
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Canon x Transformers Optimus Prime Crossover Stock Images



Thanks to*TFW2005 user Ultraq we have a look at our first stock images of the new*Canon x Transformers Optimus Prime Crossover figure. On this new collaboration, Optimus Prime transforms into a realistic Canon*EOS R5 camera. As we can see from the images, alt mode has been the priority here with Optimus robot mode torso formed by the central part of the camera. We can spot a Matrix Of Leadership inside the main lens/torso too. We are yet to see an official announcement, but Takara Tomy Twitter have announced that new products will be revealed this August 10. One of » Continue Reading.

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Old 08-09-2022, 08:44 AM   #2
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Re: Canon x Transformers Optimus Prime Crossover Stock Images

all hail the new Fatimus, lol
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Old 08-09-2022, 09:32 AM   #3
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Can't they make a Reflector crossover for this?
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Re: Canon x Transformers Optimus Prime Crossover Stock Images

At this point, Optimus has been more things than Homer Simpson has had jobs.
Would have been cooler if they could make this an actual working camera. We have the technology...
"More than meets the camera iris"
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Old 08-09-2022, 11:26 AM   #5
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Re: Canon x Transformers Optimus Prime Crossover Stock Images

Very cool, but looks expen$ive.

Edit: about $150 USD...
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Old 08-09-2022, 11:59 AM   #6
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looks like hot garbage.. just my opinion.
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Old 08-09-2022, 01:06 PM   #7
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Re: Canon x Transformers Optimus Prime Crossover Stock Images

For you guys wondering why Optimus, it is simple business economics.


If you are Canon and are going to agree to do this project, with your name attached, do you want the character to be Reflector? A G1 B/C list character who appeared in a couple episodes. Or the leader of the good guys, who is arguably the number one name people come up with when asked to name a Transformer? The character who has been in almost all TF media, and most importantly played a huge role in the billion dollar movies? I think it is pretty safe to say the decision makers at Canon probably only have a passing knowledge of TFs and Reflector is probably not in that knowledge base. Granted this is a expensive, niche, item so I personally don't see how having Reflector would be that much of a detriment. However I still say it is more about getting the less invested buyer to think the combo of Prime/Canon is cool enough to warrant the expense.


Protoman has mentioned many times how Hasbro has the core 7 characters in TF that they consider the big names most people outside the fandom would recognize. Prime, Megs, Bee, Soundwave, Starscream, Grimlock & Devastator. Because of that belief/experience/researach(?) they are the characters that get the most attention, right now, when it comes to licensed product in the market. (keychains, clothes, etc. etc.)


So when a company outside of Hasbro agrees to do something TF related, they will generally want to cross sell with a character "known" to the general product. Which is why we see the same few characters over and over again on licensed product.


Hell Hasbro did it themselves with the recent GI Joe/TF crossover toys. HISS/Megs and AWE/Bee. I know people were vocal about the AWE being Bee when they felt it should have been Hound, or even Beach Comber. However even Hasbro knows that if you want more interest from outside the fandom you have to start with the big 7 early, and if it is successful you can expand to lesser know characters.


Now you might say "What about Ghostbusters, Top Gun, X-Men, Star Wars, etc?"



Well those are all media properties that are crossing over with TF and they want their characters/media to be at least an equal part of the promotion. Companies with product (Canon, Nike, etc) don't have a character to promote per se, but rather it is the product they are promoting. So the character the product turns into can be TF based and still the product gets equal promotion.
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Old 08-09-2022, 01:41 PM   #8
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Re: Canon x Transformers Optimus Prime Crossover Stock Images

Ask yourself.. who is the target audience for this? Clearly the transformers fans are wondering why its not refractor, why the jeep wasnt hound so its not for them. Is it for fans of old school cameras? Thats a pretty small target audience. To me this is mostly for the collectors who are so addicted they have to buy everything regardless of looks.

Business have spent so long hijacking fandoms to reduce risk they dont remember what a target audience is.
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Old 08-09-2022, 02:29 PM   #9
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Optimus or Megatron have traditionally been used for these crossovers because of the name recognition. At least it gives us different versions of Optimus that are not a truck since Hasbro has been too scared to ever change him after Hotrod and "truck not monkey."

Also one of the reasons people suspect the GI Joe line isn't planned to be long lived if they're dumping the popular characters already on it.
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