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Transform Element TE-01 (G1 Optimus Prime) Prototype Images

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Via Weibo, new Third Party company Transform Element has just shared images of the gray prototype of their Transform Element TE-01 (G1 Optimus Prime).

We have several shots of the robot mode from different angles. According to the description, this figure will be 24 cm tall and has got a very cartoon-accurate design. A very solid figure indeed, with no trace of the wheels of the alt mode and a very clean backpack. No images of the vehicle mode yet, but we hope it will look as good as the robot mode.

Still no information of release date or price unfortunately, but we have another nice option for a new Masterpiece Scaled Optimus Prime, following the official Takara Tomy Masterpiece Convoy/Optimus Prime Version 3 and and 3P Magic Square Toys MS-01.

You can check out the images after the jump and then join to the ongoing discussion on the 2005 Boards!

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Nemesis Compactor Avatar
gigtigre

Sorry for the OT but what's that spiky thing on the right?

Spiky gold figure is Cang Toys' Kinglion, their version of the Predacon Razorclaw. He's a little encumbered by all the spikes 'n stuff he's carrying, but otherwise an amazing figure.

The one in middle is Cang's Dasirius, who comes with Kinglion. He'll also serve as the foot of the completed combiner

And you can give Kinglion a glorious set of wings
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Nemesis Compactor

Wasn't a single day's haul, but more a case of a day I was finally able to open them all
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Sorry for the OT but what's that spiky thing on the right?

mechman22 Avatar
Vale

they have made about 6 repaints

I wish they would reissue the sleep mode color scheme again.

h0nchkrow Avatar
Vale

they have made about 6 repaints my latest purchase was the cell which I got in December of last year and feels pretty much the same as my element leader I got in 2020
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Thanks for info. Was just confused since I’ve seen this fig around for a while.

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h0nchkrow

Was thinking about picking this up. How many versions are there of this mold and is it better to hunt down an older variant or are the new ones fine?

they have made about 6 repaints my latest purchase was the cell which I got in December of last year and feels pretty much the same as my element leader I got in 2020
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h0nchkrow Avatar

Was thinking about picking this up. How many versions are there of this mold and is it better to hunt down an older variant or are the new ones fine?

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SomeNamelessGhoul

Finally bit the bullet and grabbed one of these guys from Show Z because I could not resist the price and I cannot complete the very first step of the transformation because there is a warped pin in one of his index fingers so it won't bend and there are stress marks on it right out the box. I suppose this is some sort of punishment for putting it off for so long and waiting until the already affordable price came down even further.

Contact Showz customer service.

But yeah it seems that later batches of Black Mamba products tend to have spottier QC.

SomeNamelessGhoul Avatar

Finally bit the bullet and grabbed one of these guys from Show Z because I could not resist the price and I cannot complete the very first step of the transformation because there is a warped pin in one of his index fingers so it won't bend and there are stress marks on it right out the box. I suppose this is some sort of punishment for putting it off for so long and waiting until the already affordable price came down even further.

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skywarp-2

That may be accurate. I’m going to have to take time tonight and go thru the thread to find the sections where other members had detailed that issue and showed the fix. Thanks for reminding me.. I do remember something about it.

too bad this website doesn’t have a “tab” feature where you can select pages to start a thread from that is saved and can be deleted when no longer needed. Like a page saver, bookmark or turning a corner in a book.

Yeah a bookmark feature would be great. Let us know if you found the fix!

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God Orion

Wasn't there an issue with the hips being built the wrong way? I think there was an easy fix but maybe I am confusing.

That may be accurate. I’m going to have to take time tonight and go thru the thread to find the sections where other members had detailed that issue and showed the fix. Thanks for reminding me.. I do remember something about it.

too bad this website doesn’t have a “tab” feature where you can select pages to start a thread from that is saved and can be deleted when no longer needed. Like a page saver, bookmark or turning a corner in a book.

DarthBacon101 Avatar

hate to ask this, but did anyone buy an extra of the Shattered Glass prime at the super nice discount? he sold out before I got paid..big sad..lol

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skywarp-2

So I got the TE01B yesterday. First time with a later version of the mold. I have the Ver.2. The quality of Ver. 3 black is the same. However is there something I need to do with the thighs or legs? Because the copy I have seems almost like one leg is slightly longer than the other. It’s obvious when posing him in a static stance.

anyone know what that is or have had that and adjusted it to match the other leg?

Wasn't there an issue with the hips being built the wrong way? I think there was an easy fix but maybe I am confusing.

Magnusfan Nujevad Avatar
skywarp-2

So I got the TE01B yesterday. First time with a later version of the mold. I have the Ver.2. The quality of Ver. 3 black is the same. However is there something I need to do with the thighs or legs? Because the copy I have seems almost like one leg is slightly longer than the other. It’s obvious when posing him in a static stance.

anyone know what that is or have had that and adjusted it to match the other leg?

Do you have a picture?

skywarp-2 Avatar

So I got the TE01B yesterday. First time with a later version of the mold. I have the Ver.2. The quality of Ver. 3 black is the same. However is there something I need to do with the thighs or legs? Because the copy I have seems almost like one leg is slightly longer than the other. It’s obvious when posing him in a static stance.

anyone know what that is or have had that and adjusted it to match the other leg?

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mechman22

Now that you mention metallic, I don't think we have seen a golden lagoon version.

As much as that would be cool to see a gold chrome version, it might just crumble to pieces with GPS though.

Some parts during the transformation may suffer some paint chipping too.

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Ultra Magnus Combiner

Is that grill and smoke stacks in the photo the standard silver paint? Just wondering since I was thinking about getting chrome paint to upgrade those areas to make it more on par with MS chrome grill and smoke stacks. However, if that's the standard silver paint that's perhaps good enough.

By the way, does anyone know if TE will have make a metallic version? I ask since I saw what MS Prime metallic version looks like and was impressed. I use to think MS had the worst of the three molds but that think in metallic looks so awesome it looks the best in robot mode! However, I still don't want MS Prime since it has no trailer, and I think that's the #1 thing that will always hold it back overall compare to mp-44 and TE-01.

Standard silver paint

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