Wonder Festival 2016

[dajoeker]

A better look at MP-31 Optimus Primal! What say you? A more reason to be excited, in my opinion.

http://news.tfw2005.com/2016/02/06/w...-images-309093

[Pascal]

Waiting for the oversize Weijang version with die-cast!

(Getting that thing right when it gets released.)

[positivelyken]

I think Optimus Primal looks great, and I'm thrilled that he's in scale with Generations Rhinox and Rattrap -- which in a way retcons those two figures into a pseudo-MP class themselves. (They were already fantastic updates to their original toys to begin with.)

Looking at the UW Bruticus, I was initially bummed they would get a shuttle version of Blast Off that we wouldn't, but damn. What's up with that Blast Off? I don't remember him having bright orange all over him in G1. The bot arms are in full view sitting on the side of the alt mode. And the tail fin is clearly a removeable piece, which cheats the part of the transformation where the fin moves from the rear of the shuttle to the bot mode's back. Not even an armature. Takara went to the trouble of making a brand new mold, and yet... I'm having trouble seeing it as an improvement even if it is ostensibly more G1 than Hasbro's fighter jet Blast Off (which at least has the right coloring).

[Pascal]

Originally Posted by positivelyken

The bot arms are in full view sitting on the side of the alt mode.

Not unlike Alpha Bravo and all other versions of the mold...

[positivelyken]

Originally Posted by Pascal

Not unlike Alpha Bravo and all other versions of the mold...

You're right, although they try to make the arms double as a missile rack in that mode.

[xueyue2]

Originally Posted by positivelyken

I think Optimus Primal looks great, and I'm thrilled that he's in scale with Generations Rhinox and Rattrap -- which in a way retcons those two figures into a pseudo-MP class themselves. (They were already fantastic updates to their original toys to begin with.)

Looking at the UW Bruticus, I was initially bummed they would get a shuttle version of Blast Off that we wouldn't, but damn. What's up with that Blast Off? I don't remember him having bright orange all over him in G1. The bot arms are in full view sitting on the side of the alt mode. And the tail fin is clearly a removeable piece, which cheats the part of the transformation where the fin moves from the rear of the shuttle to the bot mode's back. Not even an armature. Takara went to the trouble of making a brand new mold, and yet... I'm having trouble seeing it as an improvement even if it is ostensibly more G1 than Hasbro's fighter jet Blast Off (which at least has the right coloring).

Still it's a new mold, do u realize how rare new mold is for the repaint-wars?

[Pascal]

Do you consider Swindle and Hound repaints or remolds?

[Tekkamanraiden]

Originally Posted by xueyue2

Still it's a new mold, do u realize how rare new mold is for the repaint-wars?

You make it sound like this is something new they are doing. They've been doing this since G1.

[positivelyken]

Originally Posted by xueyue2

Still it's a new mold, do u realize how rare new mold is for the repaint-wars?

Of course, and new molds are welcome. I'm just underwhelmed by this one.

[wervenom]

To be honest the pics of Brutcius aren't that great so I'm sure they will look much different when the coloured figures are out or when in hand. I'm not down with the Optimus Primal but I'm really looking forward to UW Bruticus