Thanks to Whistleblower Xiao Ming Weibo account, we now have our first look at the upcoming Yolopark Transformers: Rise of the Beasts model kits.
The images feature Optimus Prime, Optimus Primal, and Bumblebee.
All three figures are in their robot modes.
It is interesting to note that the Optimus Primal figure will come with a face swap.
You can check out the images, after the jump.
VVa
Uhh, the unmasked face storing in the hand cannon is cool, I guess.
TF Hot Rod
Neat stuff, thought it was worth sharing
LED Chest Armor/Mobile Hand/Barrel Parts Upgrade Kit For Yolopark AMK Scourge | eBay
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Black Convoy
Almost forgot to share this video on how to connect the extra weapons for AMK ROTB Optimus Prime.
Liege Prime
There's been maybe a few times between Takara and 3rd party companies that a figure has looked pretty close to their onscreen counterparts. Unfortunately that also meant their transformations are a pain in the butt!
cloudballoon
The size of Airazor in this photo looks about right for me in toy form. That is, she (as a bird)'s about the 2/5th to 1/2 of Primal standing up?
Really want Yolopark to announce something for the AMK line so we can get an idea if there'll be more ROTB in the future. Knowing the outcome will let me know whether I should get the SS/Mainline versions of the missing bots.
JohnRhogan2501
No worries. I'm not complain. I love the non-transforming figures just as much as the regular transforming toys. I always wonder how awesome it would be if releases from ThreeZero or YoloPark could actually transform, with the amount of articulation. That would be awesome if it ever happened.
Hell, I even mentioned with the newest HasLab of Omega Convoy, that it doesn't interest me. I didn't complain about it, I just stated that it's not my cup of tea.
SquawkingtheTalk
It would be cool if the non transforming figures would eventually have their alt modes released as like a separate thing like highly articulated rhinoceros or highly detailed tv Pablo van
VVa
I honestly think she'll be around Bumblebee's height.
Here's Airazor and Primal in Beast Mode. View attachment 30356725Primal, I believe gets taller in Bot Mode, and I assume Airazor would too since she's storing folded up limbs.
If they were to go with her Mainline or Studio Series bot mode, I'd wager she's around Primal's waist height.
I tried skimming through PvP's videos to get an estimate for Air's possible bot mode size and she may bee taller than Bee?View attachment 30356726
He never compared SS Primal to SS Airazor so I had to make a shitty edit of a figure he compared each with, that being Bee.
But who knows, try as it might, scale is difficult for SS.
cloudballoon
True, I think they're balancing between scales, engineering and production costs at a fixed priced. But if possible, I'd like a smaller Airazor than a big one. Considering of the sizes of the released bots' alt modes (Goriila, Cheetah, Rhino), I'd like Airazor to be a condor that fit a size that's similar to real world animal scales. Wild guess is like 1/5 the size of a Gorilla/Rhino, 1/3 of a cheetah, something that doesn't seem too off.
cloudballoon
That's why I originally think, since the AMK line seems to have 3 products per wave, having 2 more waves we can have the remaining 7 ROTB bot designs (SS Freezer is good enough to skip, and already scales well) complete in the line by having 2 smaller bots in a bundle. In my mind, that's a combination of Arcee/Airazor/Scorponok in 2 of the boxes (Wheeljack, Mirage, Nightbird & Battletrap as individual releases in the other 4 boxes). And Arcee+Airazor in one box, then troop building Scorponoks in the other box makes most sense to me.
Of course, if Yolopark wants to, they can do BAF with maybe Arcee's parts spread around the 2 waves? Weird, but that is an option if they want to come out with Airazor as an individual release.
Liege Prime
I do agree with you here. I think they might care enough to make smaller characters smaller and larger characters larger, but not to an accurate scale. And that's fine with me- I'm not a scale junky and it should keep them all roughly the same price.
VVa
I don't think scale is gonna be their top priority when it comes to making AMK Airy.
They didn't care when making Bee, and Bee's taller than he should be.
I don't get the sense of wanting realistic proportions when the Maximals are already giant animal-like beings.
cloudballoon
My brain's imagining Airazor's size should scale with Primal's beast mode in a sensible proportion like a real world gorilla v. eagle one. Don't want a huge AMK Airazor. So kind of what they got in scale in SS, but even smaller.
Seeing these screencaps (thanks!) again makes me remember an old Chinese Martial Art novel & TV show (with several reboots through decades) called "神鵰俠侶" where the protagonists got a human-sized eagle companion.
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VVa
Well given she's a bird-like creature, that goes without saying.
TF Hot Rod
Makes sense considering that is all they said: the lines not scrapped it's continuing and that it, they have yet to announce what it will be.
SPLIT LIP
Yes but not with ROTB characters at present.
Yes, but her wings make her far larger than just her standing height.
VVa
Scourge is 22ft tall, and Airazor seems like she'd be at his hip height. View attachment 30356384
TF Hot Rod
Yolopark said the lines continuing
Yeah she wasn’t small.
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cloudballoon
If Airazor is gonna be on her own, then maybe Arcee can pair with a singular Scorponok or with Freezer maybe? But yeah… without any announcements nor prototypes, the ROTB AMK line is probably it with the 6 figures we got. Despite pretty much universal praise for the line.
Maybe I'll need to go with OSKO or 3P of the missing TFs if they ever happens, but that's not a route I want to go if I can support any official/licensed ones at this Yolopark scale.