It would be nice if it did something else, but well, there's a lot going on here as it is. It's nicely designed and not overly huge. Most Transformers toys don't quite have the clearance to roll around, which should be inexcusable for a toy car. The vehicle doesn't have a lot going for it other than freely-rolling wheels, which, in all honesty, is actually a pretty big deal. I was pretty pleased to see the jet pack fold over the cab mode nicely, with the coloring resembling the original 1984 toy's trailer a little bit. How often does Optimus get a jetpack, anyway? He's got an angry sneer! He's big and chunky, bright and colorful, and has tons of moving parts. Still, his unique torso reminds me a lot of Star Convoy and the face is just amazing. By and large he holds together well, but the tabs keeping the grey shoulders on the red torso don't seem to fit perfectly on my sample - sometimes they migrate off their mounts. He's more of a monstrous truck-o-bot, with jagged shoulders, a new green Star Saber, a God Bomber-esque jetpack, and twin firing cannons which can convert into crossbows. If you can get it at a good price, do so.Īt over 7-inches high, Optimus Prime's robot mode is a pretty swell pastiche of previous toy designs with some new elements mixed in. Being smack dab in the middle of the price ranges, I rather like this one. With just this version of Optimus Prime, three unique sizes are planned for this year not counting repainted versions or other non-Beast Hunters releases. In fact, if it weren’t for the caste system and the war, I don’t know that he’d have become a soldier at all.Hasbro Transformers Prime Beast Hunters Optimus Prime Hasbro, 2013Īction Feature: Transforms from Truck to Robotīack in my day, Optimus Prime had one toy - and we liked it! Eventually he'd get a few more, but generally speaking Optimus would get one toy every few years, if that, until the 1990s where we'd start to see a few new versions with one or more each year. I know that Sludge would never have left his friends to go into a fight without him, but given the choice I don’t think that Sludge would have become a Dinobot. MAIRGHREAD SCOTT: Well none of the Dinobots had a choice in the matter.
If we go back in time and give Sludge the same choices, do you think he would still become a Dinobot or choose to go a completely different route? It’s always fun to have design elements multi-task like that. Sludge is a more defensive-minded fighter than the average Dinobot and I’d have his tail turn into a hammer in ’bot mode.
If you could pick a new alt mode for Sludge, what other Dinosaur would you pick? This fight is the tipping point for Sludge to do just that. So in this story, I wanted Sludge to actually face his past and move beyond it. You don’t just “not mind” something like that. MAIRGHREAD SCOTT: In “Rage” Sludge was the ’bot with no problems, which is odd ’cause he was left to die, twice. What’s driving Sludge this time, after events in RAGE OF THE DINOBOTS and the FALL OF CYBERTRON comics? How has he changed as a character? Whenever I get stuck writing a fight scene I go back to those questions: who and where. Someone like Grimlock would never fight that way. I think Kickback is happy to let others soften the Dinos up for him while he uses his speed to finish them off. Can someone fly? Are there narrow places in the room to hide? Also, not everyone approaches a fight the same way. MAIRGHREAD SCOTT: “Who is in the fight” and “where are they,” are the most important aspects of a unique fight scene. With so many fights in Transformers, how do you try and make each one a little bit different? Is it a big challenge?
Beyond that, I just wanted to make him wheedle-y enough to be a fun Decepticon, but responsible enough to be a believable leader. It was a really distinctive speech pattern and a lot of fun to write. MAIRGHREAD SCOTT: I wanted to preserve the voice Kickback had in the FALL OF CYBERTRON videogame. What's your approach to Kickback in this series? How do you make him different from other versions of the character? The official page sat down with writer Mairghread Scott to get some insight into first few pages! TRANSFORMERS PRIME: BEAST HUNTERS #1, featuring stunning art by Agustin Padilla, is available at comic book stores everywhere and online via on your computer or mobile device!
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TRANSFORMERS PRIME: BEAST HUNTERS #2 continues the all-new comic book series from IDW Publishing and Hasbro, bringing the action of the BEAST HUNTERS television show to the comic book page! Dinobots SLUDGE and SNARL take on KICKBACK’s Insecticon hordes in the caverns below Cybertron.