An Amazon UK listing brought to our attention by TFW2005 member Nevermore includes new product images of the Cyberverse Spark Armor Ark Power Optimus Prime.
This Ark Power OPTIMUS PRIME figure is an impressive 12 inches tall and features easy TRANSFORMERS conversion for kids 6 and up! Convert OPTIMUS PRIME toy from truck to robot mode in 11 steps, then combine with his Ark Power vehicle to armor-up to convert him into his powered-up mode: Ark Power OPTIMUS PRIME.
Compare these finished toy images to the official renders from our 2019 Toy Fair New York coverage for more details, then chat it up on the 2005 boards!
Fallout
sorry dude, but if you're not driving your pants to work everyday then wtf are you doing?
Shepard Prime
I mean, the progressions there.
He combines with his trailer.
Then his trailer and Ultra Magnus.
Then his trailer/superbase, Jetfire, and Overload
Then his trailer and drones and Wingsaber (twice!)
Then with Omega Supreme, drones etc.
Until finally, a legit combiner.
Wearing the Ark as pants is just the precursor for the eventual bonding with Primus himself as he combines with Cybertron and fights Unicron.
Capperclawed
1984: Optimus Prime and his team arrive in the ARK!
2019: Optimus Prime puts on the ARK like PANTS!
EyeMonk
It\'s ok! I wish this figure was an actual voyager class.
TeletraanIV
Looks cool over all but the massive amount of leg kibblek in truck mode is distracting
Judgement prime
We need the same thing but with the nemesis but for megatron
Sammael
For whatever reason, his combined form reminds me of Action Master Rollout.
UltraMagnanimus
I guess if I was a fetus I might find this toy amusing, but once I emerged from the womb I'd be unsatisfied and start looking for the Siege figures.
iacon45
I have to give Hasbro credit, that it at least looks better than Warrior Class Optimus Prime (even though the regular head looks a bit on the tiny side). But seeing the entire Ark on the back of his truck mode makes me wonder if Prime might have borrowed one of Dr. Pym's shrink machines.
Phenotype
Nope. I don’t collect G1 and think a lot of them look terrible by today’s standards. Having said that, I also know that they still look way better than these Cyberverse figures.
You might have me on the paint apps, but saying G1 doesn’t have great detailing compared to Cyberverse is total BS. Just because a toy is for kids doesn’t mean it has to look “kiddy”. That was my point.
Bass X0
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I’d rather have the original Powermaster Optimus Prime still than any RiD’15 or Cyberverse Optimus Prime. See the difference in quality? Of course, the G1 toys are notorious for being bricks, but you don’t need articulation for an alternate mode.
Bass X0
Well… compared to Cyberverse they did have superior paint apps. That’s paint and chrome on their diecast parts, you know. I personally love the gold chrome on the Dinobots. Much better than anything in Cyberverse.
Cyberverse at best are like if the late 80s you’d came without any stickers at all. I’d hate the G1 toys if they had zero stickers. Some of the stickers help to cover up unsightly screws.
Frontierxz
i mean, if some one give it to me as a present? i would love it… Dont know if being a 32y.o guy, aiming to Siege/SS i would spend money on this.
BUT HEY, its… A fun toy, right? give them that at least.
Boi Toi Bot
Sheesh…no wonder kids dont buy Transformers anymore…
At this point, Hasbro knows that the average kid isn't going out to get Transformere anymore. Even the preschool Go-Bot type figures are usually bought out by hardcore adult collectors.
Chaos Prime
No, a lot of them had great detailing, and stickers too. Some of them were crap of course, but a lot of them (quality-wise) were way better than Cyberverse.
Chaos Prime
I couldn't agree with you more.
Cyberverse looks cool, and I get the fact they're supposed to be more kid friendly, but the problem is many of them have crap engineering, and they have the retailers have the nerve to charge $14.00 for them too. They can't make a crap toy, and then over charge for it too.
Starscream Gaga
That's your nostalgia talking. G1 toys had neither, relying heavily on stickers.
Phenotype
I mean, when I was 7 years old we had G1. They may not have had tons of articulation but they had great detailing and paint apps. A lot of the early ones even had die-cast metal parts and rubber tires.
Shepard Prime
One sentence is passive aggressive? I mean, it's not like I typed out a multi-paragraph rant to someone who didn't even quote me. Who's the aggressive one here again?
TFXProtector
I do like these armored toys better than previous entries in this line, but man…they really go cheap with these toys. Kids deserve better than this. Botbots are of better construction… And have more paint apps! Don't get me wrong, I'm all for kids, especially little kids, getting Transformers they can actually play with, but our 5-year-old selves would've turned our noses up at these. When I was 5, we had G1 and knew how to attach accessories, transform them and have battles. Now, one button press does it all and while that seems neat on the surface, it really isn't and it teaches intellectual laziness and pushes an agenda of stupidity.
Kids aren't lazy or stupid, and certainly not when given the proper incentive or entertainment.
I know part of Hasbro's reasoning is that kids outgrow these and other toys quickly and they're literally throw away toys. If one breaks, no prob. If one gets thrown out or misplaced, no prob. Not a bunch of wasted plastic and metal, it's all recyclable, etc. Problem is it IS a problem for parents at $15+ a pop. It might break and be throwaway BECAUSE it's so hollow and cheaply made. It's not about saving the environment or making it easier for children (this stuff dumbs them down, honestly) it's about padding their wallets while parents pay more for less and no one's really the wiser except collectors and our voices aren't heard because Hasbro's stated time and again that we're the minority, etc and parents don't want to hear from us because we're adult weirdos standing in the toy aisle buying the toy little Timmy actually wants and we freak them all out. (Hey, at least it's an honest assessment…)
Kids deserve better. Parents deserve better. Hasbro deserves better.
Wow. Passive aggressive, much? Cyberverse takes heat because it's cheap hollow garbage aimed at ripping off kids and their parents. Kids deserve better than these. Prowl can have his garbage launchers to go with his garbage figure. Prowl, in the cartoon, didn't have launchers, only the toy did and all future toys seem to replicate that. Why, I don't know.
*points to bolded part* Ahem.