Japanese Transformers News

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The hands and ports are 5mm, which would make this thing about contemporary voyager.

The Optimus parts shoehorned on are what make me fairly meh on the whole thing. Either make it straight up an Optimus with a Macross jet altmode or a new character completely. Of course, it's par for the course for Japanese collabs to look like or be Optimus but this thing's such a weird middle ground that I don't like it that much. I don't really care about Macross toys, so the design is all that'd convince me to shell out and between the robot design and the very gaudy primary colorscheme, I'm not particularly liking it.

 

[LBD "Nytetrayn"]

The hands and ports are 5mm, which would make this thing about contemporary voyager.

The Optimus parts shoehorned on are what make me fairly meh on the whole thing. Either make it straight up an Optimus with a Macross jet altmode or a new character completely. Of course, it's par for the course for Japanese collabs to look like or be Optimus but this thing's such a weird middle ground that I don't like it that much. I don't really care about Macross toys, so the design is all that'd convince me to shell out and between the robot design and the very gaudy primary colorscheme, I'm not particularly liking it.

For me, it only really looks too Optimussy with the faceplate. Without it, it's a lot of common super robot elements that are just are shared, but still different enough that it feels like another guy to me.

The most egregious thing would be the crest on his forehead. For some reason, that makes it read "Optimus" to me more than everything else put together. But the lack of faceplate mitigates that just enough for me...

 

[unluckiness]

The head actually doesn't bother me as much as the chest windows and grill abs.