Also being found on shelves now is the 12 inch Transformers: Age of Extinction Titan Silver Knight Optimus Prime. This figure, a Target exclusive like almost every other iteration of the Silver Knight, is a rather shiny silver unlike the dull grey of some of the other releases. It’s non-transforming and low poseability though, so it may not be for everyone. Big thanks to 2005 Boards member almightymaximus who spotted this one at a Target store in Connecticut.
prime0821
Looks kinda cool
Stepper
It is a junk to me.
Afterburner
Someday they will. Earlier if people stop supporting the sub par product they are putting out now.
Griffin73
Hasbro has lost it's way. I am bummed more than excited these days when these movies come out. It pushes back the good toy releases about 6 months. I am sure people will see it but I've lost the interest in these Michael Bay movies. I wish they'd do a purely CGI TF movie that tells a good robot story, like in the IDW comics.
IgnikaMarcus
I still don't get why people are complaining about this.
This is more for toddlers than anyone else.
Argentenoboy
WOW! IT'S NOTHING
Seriously, why not just shove out the $5 to get a deluxe? Shame all that silver paint couldn't have been used on Galvatron
peaces
may not be for everyone? how much are they paying you to say that? ahahaha
snkeyes069
Clifton Park, NY Target had the Silver Knight Optimus exclusives yesterday (1 Step and 12 inch).
[Wing_Saber-X]
I see most of the non-transforming AOE 'dolls' all shelve warming for years.
TCJJ
I feel sorry for any children who end up with this. Not just because it's awful, but also because their parents or other relatives are dumb enough to buy this crap for them.
Chaos Muffin
Now there's something to toss in the ol daughter's toybox. I bet he'll build a snowman.
daimchoc
What happened to the News on the frontpage for Lockdown and Silverknight OP?
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/trans…ht-optimus-flip-change-lockdown-released.html
Also, Target in Durham, NC
Griffin73
If the best thing you can say about it is it's actually silver. Hasbro has real problems. Time to make some good toys again.
Let's all take a moment to remember the first time we saw the POC GI Joe figures or Generations Metroplex for the first time.
Someday, it'll be that good again. If we insist on better products.
MachSabre
This isn't exactly unheard of actually. During the 1970s, much larger action figures (almost 9 to 12 inches tall) were a standard, and when the 3¾ inch figures came out, I remember people like my older brother calling them "cheap pieces of crap", even though they and the accessories were far more accessible price wise and for little hands. Eventually they became a standard that we enjoy these days with G.I.Joe, Star Wars and the Marvel guys. This continued until the late 90s, where figures got bigger and more detailed but also more cumbersome and more expensive. Until they went back to the standard sizes from before, bringing the detail and the accessories that came with the larger guys. And it's starting again now with them. This usually happens every decade or so.
It's happened twice with the Transformers itself. First was the later years of Generation One where we went from the super detailed and realistic cars like Inferno, Jazz and Prowl… Until the later guys like Hosehead, Nightbeat and Siren… Which all looked like cheap children's toys by comparison. (I know, they're all children's toys. But work with me here.) This went on for a few years, but they eventually improved and we we go the Beast era, which carried over until the end of Car Robots/Robots in Disguise (2001), seeing a serious apex of engineering. Then when Armada came out, we saw a focus on toys that were honestly subpar. Robots that were bulky but did not carry the realism and detail that the guys year before possessed. And this went on until 2005 when Cybertron came out. It happens before and it will again. We're in a slump era.
But every time Transformers (and other franchises) comes out of these slumps, they come out stronger than ever before. It'll be back to how is used to be. May take a few years, but it will.
Catatronic
I never imagined action figures would go in this direction in the future. I always thought they would keep getting better as the technology advanced. Never imagined they would do a complete 180.
Gryph
It gets props for at least actually being silver.
KnightHawkke
Well the 4th of July is on it's way, could cut a few strategically placed holes in it's feet add some fireworks and sent it skyward!
Just don't do so in drought areas!
User_136440
I've noticed that although only two mainstream stores in the UK are selling the AOE Generations figures, nowhere seems to be stocking these titans here. Can't say I'm surprised.
DOTM Bumblebee
Is anyone excited for this? No? Didn't think so.
AwesomePrime211
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