Robosen’s Flagship Optimus Prime, which debuted again in 2021, was simply one of many coolest toys of the previous decade, reworking from truck to robotic mode all by itself. After releasing a smaller, cheaper model final yr, Robosen is again with yet one more animated Optimus Prime toy, based mostly on the character’s look within the upcoming, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.
As cool because it was to see the Transformers dropped at life in Michael Bay’s summer time blockbusters that debuted again in 2007, many followers of the animated sequence, and the favored ‘80s toy line, have been dissatisfied with the movie’s interpretation of Optimus Prime, who remodeled right into a Peterbilt 379 as a substitute of a Freightliner or Kenworth truck with a flat entrance. In 2018’s Bumblebee, the filmmakers modified Prime’s alternate truck mode design to look extra just like the one the character initially had, whereas sustaining the entire additional detailing and mechanical elements that have been missing within the ‘80s cartoon.
The up to date ‘Hollywood’ model of Optimus Prime from Bumblebee is being carried ahead to the Autobots and Decepticons’ newest outing, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, hitting theaters on June 9. Amongst all the brand new toys and merchandise being launched to coincide with the movie is a brand new interactive toy from Robosen. Not like the corporate’s Flagship and Elite Optimus Prime toys, which are designed to appear to be the ‘80s animated model of Prime, the brand new model is predicated on the Autobot’s latest film appearances, and contains the intensive detailing created by the film’s visible results group that assist make the CG model look extra sensible and convincing when it transforms.
Like Robosen’s different Optimus Prime robotic toys, this model will be managed and programmed utilizing a cell app, and as an added enjoyable element, you possibly can open Prime’s windshield when in robotic mode to disclose the Matrix of Management inside. The one draw back to this new model? It options plenty of articulation powered by servos, however it will possibly’t really rework right into a truck. It’s extra in step with Robosen’s Buzz Lightyear toy, which was extra like an motion determine upgraded with robotic capabilities.
The complete capabilities of Robosen’s newest Optimus Prime toy aren’t recognized but, together with pricing, however the firm is promising to disclose extra particulars later this month, and people wanting so as to add it to their assortment can enroll on the corporate’s web site to be notified when it’s accessible on the market.
