Introducing the $700 Auto-transforming Optimus Prime!

Pretty damn cool but damn at that price point

Imagine having this as a kid and breaking it within minutes

It is awesome aint it, just think though in like 30 years times this sort of thing will probably be at a price point that kids can have one as a Christmas present lucky little sods

Nope. But I’d pay that for Big Dai X from Star Fleet.

But... But the whole point of transformers is transforming them.

Edit: OK you can visually program him and remote control drive it, it's still a toy with its own value then. I accept this. I reckon Hasbro rather than the engineers were actually the ones were like "OK but just watching that isn't fun, how do you play with it" a bit like Nintendo or Lego who are of course still the best toy makers in the world.

Sadly doesn't seem to be getting sold internationally, only seems to be available in the US with international orders being blocked.

Still I don't think even I can justify the price tag.
I say that having spent £200 pre-ordering Galvatron and the Ark today.

It might be a deal with the engineers and smaller type suppliers to manufacture domestically.. Or they might just not want the design to get in the hands of overseas markets to reverse engineer it. Interesting decision nonetheless. I guess it makes it more desirable for the whales out there. You can bet some silicon Valley millionaire will order 10

Give me an Ultra Magnus one

27 motors, and if any one of them breaks you're gooseberry fool out of luck getting it fixed.

Can I use this thread to talk about my evergreen love for the 1986 movie?

Squinty wrote:Can I use this thread to talk about my evergreen love for the 1986 movie?

Your not the only one it would easily make my top 10 movies of all time list.

kerr9000 wrote:

Squinty wrote:Can I use this thread to talk about my evergreen love for the 1986 movie?

Your not the only one it would easily make my top 10 movies of all time list.

I strongly agree. It is one of my favourite films.

Squinty wrote:

kerr9000 wrote:

Squinty wrote:Can I use this thread to talk about my evergreen love for the 1986 movie?

Your not the only one it would easily make my top 10 movies of all time list.

I strongly agree. It is one of my favourite films.

Damn right. Top tier animation and soundtrack as well.

So many absolutely fantastic sequences. Leonard Nimoy absolutely nailed it as Galvatron too.

Still can't believe Unicron was the final role of Orsen Wells.

Lagamorph wrote:

Squinty wrote:

kerr9000 wrote:

Squinty wrote:Can I use this thread to talk about my evergreen love for the 1986 movie?

Your not the only one it would easily make my top 10 movies of all time list.

I strongly agree. It is one of my favourite films.

Damn right. Top tier animation and soundtrack as well.

So many absolutely fantastic sequences. Leonard Nimoy absolutely nailed it as Galvatron too.

Still can't believe Unicron was the final role of Orsen Wells.

A friend of mine paid £22 for the soundtrack on CD and was awesome enough to let me burn it to my computer so I could add it to my MP3 back in the day, even now I have like 3 songs from it on my phone so I can listen to them on the way to work.

Nimoy was great, I love all of the voice cast in the film but he is probably the stand out.

Orsen Wells apparently didnt give much of a monkeys about it and was quite dismissive of it which is a shame as I think he was good in it too

kerr9000 wrote:

Lagamorph wrote:

Squinty wrote:

kerr9000 wrote:

Squinty wrote:Can I use this thread to talk about my evergreen love for the 1986 movie?

Your not the only one it would easily make my top 10 movies of all time list.

I strongly agree. It is one of my favourite films.

Damn right. Top tier animation and soundtrack as well.

So many absolutely fantastic sequences. Leonard Nimoy absolutely nailed it as Galvatron too.

Still can't believe Unicron was the final role of Orsen Wells.

A friend of mine paid £22 for the soundtrack on CD and was awesome enough to let me burn it to my computer so I could add it to my MP3 back in the day, even now I have like 3 songs from it on my phone so I can listen to them on the way to work.

Nimoy was great, I love all of the voice cast in the film but he is probably the stand out.

Orsen Wells apparently didnt give much of a monkeys about it and was quite dismissive of it which is a shame as I think he was good in it too

I think Wells' health was failing at that point and he didn't really remember much about the role afterwards.

I'm still sad I missed out on the Haslabs Unicron kickstarter 18 months ago. It was £600 but the toy is huge and amazing,




It goes for about £2,000 on eBay now.

Lagamorph wrote:

kerr9000 wrote:

Lagamorph wrote:

Squinty wrote:

kerr9000 wrote:

Squinty wrote:Can I use this thread to talk about my evergreen love for the 1986 movie?

Your not the only one it would easily make my top 10 movies of all time list.

I strongly agree. It is one of my favourite films.

Damn right. Top tier animation and soundtrack as well.

So many absolutely fantastic sequences. Leonard Nimoy absolutely nailed it as Galvatron too.

Still can't believe Unicron was the final role of Orsen Wells.

A friend of mine paid £22 for the soundtrack on CD and was awesome enough to let me burn it to my computer so I could add it to my MP3 back in the day, even now I have like 3 songs from it on my phone so I can listen to them on the way to work.

Nimoy was great, I love all of the voice cast in the film but he is probably the stand out.

Orsen Wells apparently didnt give much of a monkeys about it and was quite dismissive of it which is a shame as I think he was good in it too

I think Wells' health was failing at that point and he didn't really remember much about the role afterwards.

I'm still sad I missed out on the Haslabs Unicron kickstarter 18 months ago. It was £600 but the toy is huge and amazing,




It goes for about £2,000 on eBay now.

Wow thats a heck of a toy..

I like Transformers but don't have much to do with them collecting wise as there's just too much and I already have my comics, my games, my starwars but I do have an original G1 Optimus loose but I think largely complete at least all the main bits and what did he cost me 10p of a carboot about 12 years ago, I also have a ravage and hound loose and a Galvatron stood on a shelf, probably the odd other thing sitting here and there amongst the odd Mask, Centurions and other 80's bits and pieces I have.

Green Gecko wrote:But... But the whole point of transformers is transforming them.

This.

Images buying Lego that builds itself

THE FUTURE