After releasing a teaser image last night, our first look at Wild King WKS-05 Optimus Link Prime is here! He will be part of a set that includes four Energy Beasts, and will be sold exclusively through Takara Tomy Mall for around $126 with the current exchange rate. Expect a full reveal this Friday along with more details on how to order it.
Toys Takara Tomy Brings Back Energon Optimus Prime For Their Wild King Toy Line!
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Needs vehicle drones. I don't care that that's not what the line is about. It's this Prime's destiny. Look how well it wears those colors.
"Somehow Energon Optimus returned...without a proper receipt. He could only get store credit, so TT Mall agreed to give him some beast drones in place of the old ones, and..." -the opening crawl for the Transformers X Space Balls crossover line is a bit of a letdown.
I didn't get any of these, as I (mistakenly, apparently) kind of figured Hasbro would eventually bring them to this side of the pond. My point (and I do have one, I swear!) is, it seems like the Beast dudes have a fairly standard core robot body, and the beastie bits give them their individual Beast modes. How feasible would it be to swap beastie bits out for machine bits and give this Prime his traditional vehicle drones (now with bonus robot modes)?
I am wondering why Hasbro hasn't brought them over. You would think that Target would jump on the chance to have this exclusive line of TFs.
I don't get it either. It's such a toyetic line.
If I had to guess, maybe it's a price thing. It's above the pricepoints they want to hit for their kid lines, and stores already don't give them enough space for their collector lines, so there's just nowhere for these to go. Generations would have to take a break for a year, and that's not happening.
If I had to guess, maybe it's a price thing. It's above the pricepoints they want to hit for their kid lines, and stores already don't give them enough space for their collector lines, so there's just nowhere for these to go. Generations would have to take a break for a year, and that's not happening.
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