Our team at the New York Toy Fair 2016 have sent us some images of some of the licensed Transformers items on the horizon over the next year. Here we’ve got a look at Soap Studio’s offerings, figures based on the Generation 1 cartoon and its animation models. On show here are Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Spike. Check out the pictures of all of them after the break.
magnum703
They'll do more than just shrug when these aren't selling lol.
BladeStorm
These are nice to look at in real life but I told the reps at HK Ani-con they were joking about the price. They just shrugged and said it was the cost of manufacturing.
For the same price you can get Oritoy Prime or even the new MAS figure with actual articulation and far more bang for your buck.
I do like the aesthetic of the figures as they look the part but even as a die hard Optimus collector I wouldn't consider getting one unless they came down at least 50% in price.
magnum703
I'm an Optimus nut. So when I see this I'm thinking, "at $50 sure why not. At $100, there's no detail to the thing so I have to think about it. Then at $170?!?! They must be out of their minds!
dCon
there not even close to bath toys.
Plus to newholl: These ARE g1 toon accurate how do u think they are not?
THE-TRANSFORMER
Wow.
I was eager to get all of these but not at this price point.
I probably could have been suckered into $70…. but no way this.
nusumiyaro
I can buy giant bath toys for a lot less.
Newholl
170?!??!?!???! They're out of their fucking minds!
But 170 dollars for TF figures that don't transform and aren't really show accurate?
dCon
That's cool I just emailed bbts a week or so ago to ask if they were getting these. They hadn't heard of them, and since i been in contact with a rep from soap studios about these, I sent the product information to their product department and they would try to get them up for preorder if they could.
Speaking of the rep she had told me the actual price of these were 149.99. and 159.99 a piece. Depending on if it's the leaders or the scouts (their words. Not mine)
DarkEyes
Oh Primus…..a masterpiece tag price for an action master.
TransfanG1
I had a heads up about the price on these for a while as I spoke to Dan K at a local con, but man seeing that price in black and white……yeeesh.. As much of a G1 nut as I am, I don't think I can convince myself to drop that kind of coin. I do want them tho but it'll be a MAJOR investment to collect the whole series and I just don't think I can justify it, even with the small production numbers.
Macross7
If these were Hasbro Titans (the soapbottle things people call them) for $10, I'd get the entire line. At $170, I'll get none.
Dave Hated
I get it, "Soap studios" because they look like old soap character bottles.
I can't help myself when it comes to g1 Starscream stuff, The price is insane though.
Logic
They're not even articulated?
grimlock1972
yeah way over priced for what they are. Instant pass.
03Mach1
At $170, I'm obviously not the target market for these.
funkatron101
Roughly two MPP-10s for that!
metalloupegarou
Wow…at first before people found out the totally ridiculous prices it seems there was interested. But even for me as an Optimus collector its to far out there. I could get something seriously bad ass versus that.
Tonyshotz
$170
bambinoprime
Oh good…. over-sized Action Masters
Electro Rush
Vinyl isn't cheap.
I wouldn't buy them though.