Our team at San Diego Comic Con 2023 has send us additional images of ThreeZero’s booth at the event, this time with images of the upcoming figure for their DLX Transformers line. We have our first look at the gray prototype of DLX Rise Of The Beasts Optimus Primal!
Check out the pics after the jump and share your thoughts over on the boards!
XIII
As much as I think robot mode Primal looks great, I would REALLY prefer a kick ass beast mode Primal. I hope they do one.
Javier Llamas
I just hope megatron come this month, I’ve been waiting a lot
Zentropy
Eh, I don’t see it unless I close one eye and blur the other. That chest shares more DNA with 80’s Chevrolet than it does modern Lamborghini. The front corners, fender flares, headlight shape/location, hood vents, grille vents, and hood lines all suggest either a different origin— probably fictional. At first I thought they had chosen a different manufacturer for Sideswipe, but I doubt they’re going to bother with a licensing deal on a robot that doesn’t even have an alt mode.
The Factory
Well, they didn't do that for any figures released or teased during the pandemic, including the premium OP figure and we would find out how it looked when we received it. I'm surprised Threezero sent out a sample for Arcee to collectors considering they hadn't done it for two years. In the case of Megatron, either they're still working out the kinks or they simply prefer to show off the rest.
pantomime
Definitely gives off a 2022 Countach LPI 800-4 vibe especially with that chest and doors having that big vent but just modified enough to not be licensed. Wheels are definitely more like the original G1 1982 LP500 S.
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Zentropy
What is the hypothetical vehicle this Sideswipe transforms into? It doesn’t look like a Countach.
sideswipe29
I’m genuinely so excited for Sideswipe. He’s not a super popular character so I sort of expected others like Prowl, Jazz, or Ironhide to be made before they ever got to Sideswipe.
BUT he’s here and he look so good. I’m just excited to have a nice sized Sideswipe action figure to just fiddle with at my desk.
Where’s all our digibashers at? I want to see some color mock ups to tide me over until we get to see more of this beautiful piece.
Chopper Face
This is a concern.
The thing should be releasing right now. Show Z asked for balance payments several weeks ago and then it hit some delays.
Something ominous has clearly occurred at the final stage of production.
They should be hyping the crap out of Megatron right now to boost last minute sales but I’m getting the impression they’re instead hoping to sneak some sort of lazy QC disaster out to us who PO’d under the radar.
Anyways- Primal is looking real nice here. Still missing the foot covers but I’m optimistic for that change. They’re clearly still at the early stages of production when all they have is an unpainted proto so there’s no excuse that Primal should ultimately be released with any inaccuracies.
dragon
Can’t help say look at arcee face all I see is grogu face
artimus prime
They fixed Arcee's face but her proportions are still really off.
Midas
They fixed Arcee's Bogged face! Praise Primus!
Javier Llamas
No megatron on the booth why?!
G1 Grimlock
Primal new design
The Factory
Primal is probably the only figure that I\'m looking forward to picking up. He looks great for the most part.
theestampede
That sideswipe looks excellent, some strong Brave vibes there that I’m digging.
Hot Rod’s chest still sucks which is an absolute shame.
bellpeppers
Can’t wait until they get around to doing Ironhide
johnny48
Funny thing is, when the Siege figure came out, some people did.
Source: I am one of those people.
VVa
Well it's faithful to the source material. Pretty sure some people would shit their tidy whities if he didn't have huge planks on his arms.
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Sean Whitmore
I mostly love that Sideswipe, but not those forearms. It's not about accuracy or anything, they just have a very "well, we had to put them somewhere" look.
emlit
That cyborg Black Panther figure looks amazing.