We have been at today’s customizing class at Botcon 2014 and we have a new Transformer to show for it! This year’s exclusive was Primal Prime, a very sharp reworking of the Beast Wars 10th Anniversary Optimus Primal. He’s got some nice clear red plastic going on and we think the finished product is particularly awesome! Check out a few quick pics from our hotel room attached to this post and read on for our more in-depth thoughts.
Be sure to keep it TFW for more toy news throughout the weekend, including coverage of the main panels, pictures of the Hasbro display cases and more! If you’re at Botcon, why not also join us at Charlies’ Bar after hours on 20 June?
amd098
If the class didn't smell oddly and get people hungover, I'd say they'd be acrylics but not sure on brand. Maybe testors?
atomicthumbs
I would love it if someone could send me a hi-rez scan of the sticker sheet!
ron8675309
Does anyone know what brand of paint is used in the custom class?
triKlops
This is a really interesting setup for a custom class.
I am really feeling the integration of previous Botcon figures; seems like a good direction for an anniversary release.
Schmegatronis
Great info… thanx!!! A new Tap Out figure would be sweet though…
Jalaguy
Tap-Out is part of Primal Prime's Wrecker team, as established by this Apelinq journal from the Tornado Facebook page. The team is:
– Primal Prime, Commander
– BotCon '02 Tap-Out, Second-in-Command
– Universe '03 Stockade, munitions expert
– Beast Machines Night Viper, navigation and repairs
– Beast Machines Quickstrike
– Beast Machines Buzz Saw
– Universe '03 Fireflight
The extra Wrecker symbols on Primal Prime's sticker sheet are so you can label these guys as Wreckers, as seen here in the class:
https://twitter.com/tf__tf/status/479279669976768512
Schmegatronis
Any significance of there being Tapout on the sticker sheet? Or is it just a call back to old botcon?
Lodril
The purchased sans class version doesn't come with the stickers!
I can understand it not coming painted, but missing the stickers seems a bit sad. Hopefully someone will scan the class set so they can be shared with the rest of us.
Jalaguy
Don't suppose there's any chance of a quick shot of his bio from the class booklet, is there?
Afterburner
Weak and doesn't work at all. The blue is way off.
Fallout
huh, so he did. never noticed… his arms look delicious lol.
Gryph
Primal Prime had translucent red parts.
Not yet. The first custom class is the day before. Thursday is pickup day for the boxed sets and con paperwork. Friday and Saturday are solely for those who preregistered. Sunday is the last day, and is when it's open to the public.
Bendimus Prime
Sol, how much painting needed to be done, and did it come with how to instructions?
SPLIT LIP
Such a great deco and figure, Primal Prime was. This definitely feels like a worthy "precurssor" form.
shockwave2010
So is botcon is going on right now or this weekend. Nice look repaint of optimal optimus.
Chaos Prime
That looks pretty cool. Maybe this will be a buy for me.
[Wing_Saber-X]
I'm random likddat.
plus daww, I cant say no to your cute and adorable chibi Godjira sig.
gothsaurus
Wow. It dawned on me the gravity of this figure. They let them do a PRIME for a custom class. Crazy. Really glad they are selling unpainted figures now. Huge prop for that.
00Convoy
oh man I hope I can get this figure for a decent price after the convention. I can't make it to botcon…even though I live in California lol.
Chaos Convoy
Is this year's customizing class figure available for purchase separate from the class like last year's?