More awesome news from Wonderfest 2016 as we have prototype pics of Prime 1‘s next product, Optimus Primal! This seems to be Prime 1’s first Beast Wars statue, likely in celebration of the series’s 20th anniversary. Featuring a very gritty, almost life-like depiction of the Maximal leader himself, this Optimus Primal statue is choc-full of sculpted detail in both the organic parts and inorganic parts such as the gorilla fur and robot wiring. Beneath the fearless Maximal lies what’s left of what was the Universe’s favorite (not!), poor Waspinator. The statue also features red LED eyes, only adding to the lively appearance.
Check out the pics after the jump, and stay tuned for more news from Wonderfest!
mac&cheese
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I will definitely need this Megatron for the set. The xm prime looks amazing. I'm waiting to see in hand pics of that one to decide. Beast wars both is a must for me. Love the sculpts on both.
Retroheavy
Yeah. Love this statue. Limiting my statues to just primes. I went with P1 for nemesis prime and tossing around the idea of picking up XM for my G1.
mac&cheese
So badass looking! I have the same one and now waiting for Megatron! These are huge and heavy in person. I actually like the sculpt for the beast wars better than the g1 statues p1 made. These are bigger than the g1's as well from p1. The head alone on primal is like 2-3 bigger from the pics.
Verno
Beautiful.
Fallout
good god, those thighs are inspiring. i can't not see it as his muscles fucking exploding out of his skin. primal doesn't fuckin mess around with leg day.
oh, and uh, meth head waspinator down there isn't exactly pleasant to look at either.
Retroheavy
Mine just came in. 21/200 so pretty happy with the low number. Totally underestimated the size and weight of this guy. Stunning in person
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Optronix1087
Just opened up my statue, its very impressive. I have one complaint which is the same I had for the G1/Movie style Megs and Optimus, the boxes are awful. Prime 1 is terrible at making things easy to unpack/pack. I'd rather they have one large box with insert boxes or a couple of small boxes for the statue. These are super heavy and when boxed are not easy to move around. I've had to trash the shipping boxes on all three due to shipping damage of varying degrees.
Otherwise this is a fantastic piece and I look forward to Beast Wars Megatron.
haventgrownup
Anyone else suspect that this might be the only Beast Wars statue made by this company, in this style?
I'm not sure what their business model is, but even I have to admit that Beast Wars is a niche fandom and I don't see more than a handful of fans (globally) with this kind of disposable income and also willing to spend that portion of it on one statue.
We'll see…
hulk23869
Wow $1000 for a statue, so expensive! It is over two feet tall though, so maybe worth it? I\'m not sure but I\'m definitely interested! I would have preferred Rattrap standing next to Primal instead of Primal standing over Waspinator posing on a rock though, for the same amount of materials used…
I would gladly drop $1k on a Dinobot in whatever pose. Even the Macarena. And I hate the stupid Macarena.
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Skullhammer
Not a BW fan, but it looks awesome.
Leo Primus
If they ever make a Waspinator statue, it will be pretty weird to have two of him.
malcontentman
Wish I could justify buying this, but with all the actual transforming articulated figures I still need to buy, this statue is a complete luxury that is not in my budget. I keep thinking of how many figures I can buy for the price of just one of these. Most of Prime 1's stuff has been really impressive so far though, particularly their Batman Statues.
Wouldn't that be cool?! It would be nice if they could give Beast Wars the same treatment that Microsoft gave Halo CE with the anniversary release and mad it look all updated and shiny graphically.
iuJacob
looks fantastic.
makes me wish there was a way to completely update/retexture the series.
NGW
Absolutely gorgeous.
..that said, with Masterpiece Primal out, I think I rather go the articulated route myself.
soull
I'm not interested in Prime but I would gladly drop a grand each on Tarantulas and Blackarachnia.
Novaburnhilde
The final colors look amazing on him, and he also comes with an alternate mouth, his battle-mask.