Canon/Transformers Collaboration

[CoffeeHorse]

Canon Optimus Prime is canon now.

Official Canon / Transformers Optimus Prime Images

From Amazon Japan we have our first official look at the Canon / Transformers collaboration figure. This time

www.allspark.com

I didn't see this crossover coming but hey, camera collectors are a thing.

 

[Shadewing]

At $170 he better be an actual working camera.

 

[Sabrblade]

Reflector too:

【国内：タカラトミーモール限定】Canon/TRANSFORMERS ディセプティコンリフレクターＲ５｜トランスフォーマーオフィシャルサイト｜タカラトミー</title>

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tf.takaratomy.co.jp

 

[Noideaforaname]

His little camera hat is adorable.

 

[UndeadScottsman]

I'm curious what prompts them to choose between making new characters for these crossovers, or using existing popular ones?

 

[TheSupernova]

Total units sold, likely. An original character probably sells far less than shoehorning Optimus Prime in somehow.

 

[Sabrblade]

The Reflector toy also has some Binaltech/Alternity lore to it. That's a Quantum Dial that he comes with.

 

[Future_Erika]

For takaratomy stuff sometimes instead of Optimus you get a Michael Mouse or a Kitty White

 

[Sabrblade]

Reflector too:

【国内：タカラトミーモール限定】Canon/TRANSFORMERS ディセプティコンリフレクターＲ５｜トランスフォーマーオフィシャルサイト｜タカラトミー</title>

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tf.takaratomy.co.jp

 

[Blot]

OK but why

 

[Demovere Xeno]

Now I kind of want to see this swole Refraktor looming behind the Siege Refraktor trio, like he's their big brother or something. =P

 

[RCX]

Apparently NOT working cameras, and not 1:1 size. Roughly 80% of original models.

 

[Shadewing]

So you're just paying for Brand name? Yeah, I'm out.

 

[Platypus Prime]

Still less than the actual camera, the body alone without the rest is close to four thousand bucks, isn't it? This is like a weird Rolex crossover or something.

Reflector's head looks sort of like Megatrons. Now I want to see a Canon Megatron with his cannon so Canon Megatron's Canon Cannon will be Canon.

My brain hurts now.

 

[Sabrblade]

Reflector's head looks sort of like Megatrons. Now I want to see a Canon Megatron with his cannon so Canon Megatron's Canon Cannon will be Canon.

When the first preview pics of Reflector went up, people elsewhere thought that he was Megatron.

 

[Haywire]

Reflector's head looks sort of like Megatrons. Now I want to see a Canon Megatron with his cannon so Canon Megatron's Canon Cannon will be Canon.

My brain hurts now.

Heh, if you think that's bad, look for the 1985 animated "Solar Adventure". It features a Korean version of Whirl (piloted, so I guess it would be the Dorvack Gazette) on a mission to retrieve the Canon Robo, a Korean version of Reflector, which gets used as a super-powerful laser cannon. Totally looks like a camera shooting a beam.

 

[Platypus Prime]

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

This thread isn't linked to at the main page(s) for these stories at the main thread. Could someone fix it/them please?

 

[LBD "Nytetrayn"]

I'm curious what prompts them to choose between making new characters for these crossovers, or using existing popular ones?

Total units sold, likely. An original character probably sells far less than shoehorning Optimus Prime in somehow.

I'd say a combination of that and the property in question.

A transforming Ecto-1 or DeLorean? That sells itself.

A transforming Canon camera? Weeeeeeeeeeeell... maybe, but it seems like a totally different type of demographic.

One could also argue that in the former cases, Ghostbusters and Back to the Future are the fiction, whereas here, Optimus Prime is the fiction, and so has more of a load to carry.

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

I'd say a combination of that and the property in question.

A transforming Ecto-1 or DeLorean? That sells itself.

A transforming Canon camera? Weeeeeeeeeeeell... maybe, but it seems like a totally different type of demographic.

One could also argue that in the former cases, Ghostbusters and Back to the Future are the fiction, whereas here, Optimus Prime is the fiction, and so has more of a load to carry.

These types are not really "crossover" figures, like the Hasbro versions. They're more like previous Takara "collaboration" figures, such as OP pen, OP Playstation/Megadrive Megatron, sport cap OP, trainers OP, USB Ravage, MP3 player Soundwave, etc. They are mainly to promote a brand of goods, etc.