3A have quietly dropped a gem over night with the reveal of their Transformers Age of Extinction Evasion Optimus Prime. This will be their 5th Movie figure, the previous four all came from Dark of the Moon (see our galleries here). Obviously knowing their market, they’ve chosen to start AoE with the fan favorite Evasion mode of Prime, a throw back to the flat cab of G1 Prime and it looks stunning.
Pre-orders go up on March 24th. He’ll retail for $430 US with flex pay options available. Read on to check out the teaser pic and expect more to follow in the coming weeks!
Laserpants
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Just a quick question to the eagle-eyed: Is this beautiful rustbucket available anywhere still, outside Ebay?
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Many have already preordered and paid for TLK MEGATRON.
It's definitely going to happen.
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Aussiebot
Oh, no. What makes you say that?
I thought he was still happening just delayed until later in the year.
Retroheavy
I don’t know if TLK Megatron is gonna happen.
Aussiebot
Do you guys reckon AoE Prime will display well next to TLK Megatron?
I love Megatron's TLK design (so sinister but regal at the same time) but I''m just concerned that the "dirty" look of AoE Optimus won't match it, making a purchase of TLK Prime a necessity.
Raiju
Nice! That's a purty bot.
Retroheavy
Really awesome!
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@Electro Rush
I'm happy for you. Welcome to the 3A club.
I assume the TLK rendition will raise the bar even higher. So, I'm very excited for that and hopefully one day a 3A Lockdown.
Thanks for sharing your feedback.
Aussiebot
Oh but it doesn't transform. It's not a transformer…
Electro Rush
Got mine in today and I'm absolutely floored by this thing. Nothing else in my collection comes anywhere close to looking as good as this. Pictures simply cannot do the weathered paint effect justice, it must be seen to believe. Trying to compare the Wei Jiang Battle Damaged Oversized KO to this is like comparing the original Wei Jiang Oversized Evasion Mode Prime to the Hasbro voyager original. It's not even in the same plane of existence. This makes me want to sell off my entire collection and only buy more of these things. I'm already contemplating on getting the 3A TLK Prime when it comes out.
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2 Primes are better than 1.
Aussiebot
Yep fair enough. I couldn't wait for TLK so I went with Evasion mode too. The paint job is indeed superb but should I have waited? I'm still in 2 minds about it.
Electro Rush
TLK Prime looks beautiful but Evasion Mode is my favorite movie Prime design and I'm just enamoured by the paint job.
Aussiebot
Not going to wait for TLK Optimus?
Electro Rush
Came into a windfall of money and after clearing out most of my credit card debt, there's still some left over for me to go nuts….and, well…. I just went nuts at The Chosen Prime. Now to find where to put the damn thing….
BIOMEC
Those are not man boobs… Those are manly pecs!
Aussiebot
Shout out to 3A Customer Service: a while ago I broke the connecting rod of OP's left buttflap, purely my own fault. Not only did they send a new connecting rod free of charge but a new LH buttflap as well.
Thanks 3A!
dCon
Yup. It's it KO/3rd party of the Battle Blades Bumblebee design. I wasn't sure if they OS-KO'd the mpm3 mold yet (oversized).
Aussiebot
No, that was the official MPM-3 Bumblebee in the pic.
I believe that WeiJiang makes an OS Bumblebee called "Battle Hornet".