An anonymous poster at the 2chan.net toy board, has gotten his hands on a Revenge of the Fallen Buster Optimus Prime. This version of Optimus is expected to be released tomorrow in Japan. Some of the differences noted by the poster include:
Only front grill and roof cover are plated. most of other silvers are painted.Color of blue parts are darker than normal ROTF OP.
No sound & voice are changed. eyes glow too.
Instruction has photo for easier operation.
New weapon – Ion Blaster – can hold, but don’t fit well, to the left hand.
Energy Sword is yellowish orange with silver paint. looks gorgeous.
Last(7th) image is a small custom, BOP with normal OP head.
Click above to view all images, including comparisons to the first Revenge of the Fallen Leader Optimus figure, and Buster combined with Jetfire!
monsterikan
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just got this!
ams
He just hit my Pile of Loot at BBTS, along with Masterpiece Black Convoy.
bellprime
I Like him! Maybe he could be sold as a Premium in the USA later on in the year. I like the chromed parts on him. Or, sell his gun as an upgrade kit.
PoweredConvoy
Probably because there is no Premium line and due to his new Ion Blaster. Buster tends to be a term used for robots in Japan with lots of weapons/big guns.
Randy
Automorpher
I was telling the boys:
Remember MA-21?
Waverider
I would think that Hasbro will release the black prime over this in the near future. To the general public there may not be a market for this other than for the collectors. Think of it as a Malibu Stacy with a hat. To their public's eyes there is not much of a difference.
If any of you is on the fence getting this, I would suggest on getting it now while it's still under $100. I have a feeling that this may be a limited run. As posted earlier, HLJ labeled this as discontinued.
Then again I may be wrong.
OMEGAPRIME1983
thanks
Dran0n
Sweet buttery Jesus that looks awesome!
Good thing Christmas is coming up :3
OmarJT82
Why call him "Buster Optimus Prime" instead of "Premium Optimus Prime"?
Sentinel
Thanks for the description. Words and opinions sometimes speak more than pictures. I just want to get mine in-hand so I can start being in awe of his awesomenessitude.
KnightHawkke
hooray for us getting crap when japan gets the best again.. FU hasbro…
encline
not as good as I thought it would be…the tank gun is really cool though.
Waveride
Anyone seen side shots of the firgure? I'm curious to see how the shoulder panels look with the new flames compared to the old one.
netkid
It is so far a Japan-Only exclusive toy. It came out November 20th.
We do not know yet if it will be brought over to America. But most likely it won't unless they remove the chrome and some paint apps to keep the cost down.
Waveride
It shows how much focus i pay to reading…
Edit: Then again i never gave a flying F about those shenanigans most people love to do on April 1st, so that date means very little to me except the day of annoyance specially on behalf of movie sites.
netkid
You Sir, are a good man.
OMEGAPRIME1983
uh, dude…. there ISN'T a date for N. America…. *avoids things being thrown at me*
netkid
He still doesn't get it. Man, he's gonna be pissed once he realizes what you did there.
Waveride
Yes, 5 months away, that's some time man…
crasis
Check the date again.