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Re: IDW "Combiner Wars" comic discussion and speculation
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 12:15 am
by BWprowl
Sparky Prime wrote:BWprowl wrote:I think the white Prime repaint is actually called "Optimus Maximus", with Ultra Prime still the name of Optimus Prime's gestalt-torso form.
Is it actually a white repaint? I thought Optimus Maximus was going to be an RID2015 cartoon thing.
Ding.
We'd seen a differently-size/cropped version of that picture a few months earlier, but that's the new one.
Re: IDW "Combiner Wars" comic discussion and speculation
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 4:19 am
by Sparky Prime
BWprowl wrote:Ding.
We'd seen a differently-size/cropped version of that picture a few months earlier, but that's the new one.
Yeah, that's the artwork I referred to earlier myself. But still, I haven't seen the name "Optimus Maximus" come up for anything but RID2015 thus far so I'm wondering where they got that from. And it really doesn't show Optimus that well although it certainly looks like a white repaint, from what little of him we see. I remain skeptic until we get more information.
Re: IDW "Combiner Wars" comic discussion and speculation
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 2:48 pm
by BWprowl
Sparky Prime wrote:Yeah, that's the artwork I referred to earlier myself. But still, I haven't seen the name "Optimus Maximus" come up for anything but RID2015 thus far so I'm wondering where they got that from. And it really doesn't show Optimus that well although it certainly looks like a white repaint, from what little of him we see. I remain skeptic until we get more information.
Where did you see 'Optimus Maximus' referred to for RID15? I've only seen it in reference to this guy here.
Given that it's a repaint of a Combiner Wars mold shown combined with three other toys we know are also from Combiner Wars, it's not too hard to hypothesize that this white repaint is, indeed, a Combiner Wars toy.
Re: IDW "Combiner Wars" comic discussion and speculation
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 4:36 pm
by Sparky Prime
BWprowl wrote:Where did you see 'Optimus Maximus' referred to for RID15? I've only seen it in reference to this guy here.
One of the press show descriptions TFW2005 posted a while back. Something about Optimus taking a journey in the afterlife, learning from the original Primes to reach the next level.
Given that it's a repaint of a Combiner Wars mold shown combined with three other toys we know are also from Combiner Wars, it's not too hard to hypothesize that this white repaint is, indeed, a Combiner Wars toy.
But Optimus is also the only combiner that isn't a part of an actual combiner team. It's not hard to theorize Hasbro would give him his own team so to speak.
Re: IDW "Combiner Wars" comic discussion and speculation
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 5:11 pm
by BWprowl
Sparky Prime wrote:
One of the press show descriptions TFW2005 posted a while back. Something about Optimus taking a journey in the afterlife, learning from the original Primes to reach the next level.
And they used the name 'Optimus Maximus' in reference to that? All toys we've seen of Optimus in his RID15 incarnation so far have been named 'Optimus Prime'.
But Optimus is also the only combiner that isn't a part of an actual combiner team. It's not hard to theorize Hasbro would give him his own team so to speak.
Okay, I'm feeling dense, but I'm not 100% certain what you're trying to imply here. Yeah, the Autobot car repaints are almost certainly meant to 'go with' Optimus. We also have a white repaint of Optimus coming up, also named Optimus just with a different 'surname' as it were, which has been pictured, twice now, combined with said Autobot repaints. I'm not doubting at all that the Autobot car repaints are meant to go with Optimus.
Are we even arguing here? I seriously can't tell.
Re: IDW "Combiner Wars" comic discussion and speculation
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 10:26 pm
by Sparky Prime
BWprowl wrote:And they used the name 'Optimus Maximus' in reference to that? All toys we've seen of Optimus in his RID15 incarnation so far have been named 'Optimus Prime'.
If it's a journey Optimus makes through the series, it'd make sense his new upgraded form wouldn't come until later on down the line like usual. But anyway, I found
the article, it actually refers to him as
Optimus Supreme
. Guy's got too many alternate names popping up lately.
Okay, I'm feeling dense, but I'm not 100% certain what you're trying to imply here. Yeah, the Autobot car repaints are almost certainly meant to 'go with' Optimus. We also have a white repaint of Optimus coming up, also named Optimus just with a different 'surname' as it were, which has been pictured, twice now, combined with said Autobot repaints. I'm not doubting at all that the Autobot car repaints are meant to go with Optimus.
Are we even arguing here? I seriously can't tell.
We've seen the same artwork, cropped twice, not two pictures. I'm just saying I'd like to see some more details confirming the name "Optimus Maximus" in Combinder Wars, like maybe a statement from Hasbro, not just a partial of a larger image.
Re: IDW "Combiner Wars" comic discussion and speculation
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2015 11:28 pm
by BWprowl
Sparky Prime wrote:If it's a journey Optimus makes through the series, it'd make sense his new upgraded form wouldn't come until later on down the line like usual. But anyway, I found
the article, it actually refers to him as
Optimus Supreme
. Guy's got too many alternate names popping up lately.
Ah, neat. Might have something to do with that super-huge Optimus toy coming out later, the one we saw at Toyfair.
We've seen the same artwork, cropped twice, not two pictures. I'm just saying I'd like to see some more details confirming the name "Optimus Maximus" in Combinder Wars, like maybe a statement from Hasbro, not just a partial of a larger image.
Okay, I can see where you're coming from on that one. Admittedly, I have no idea where TFW pulled the name 'Optimus Maximus' from, but we might as well call it *something* until we get an official moniker ('White Optimus Repaint" doesn't exactly roll off the tongue). Are we at least in agreement that it's likely not Ultra Magnus?
Re: IDW "Combiner Wars" comic discussion and speculation
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 5:16 am
by Sparky Prime
BWprowl wrote:Are we at least in agreement that it's likely not Ultra Magnus?
Yeah, from what information we've got I'd agree it won't be an Ultra Magnus. Like Shockwave said, I think people were only speculating it would be before we found out Magnus was getting his own brand new mold.
Re: IDW "Combiner Wars" comic discussion and speculation
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 11:43 am
by JediTricks
It is done, the IDW/Generations forum is a thing. No more confusion or premise-splitting anymore.
All this over Whiteymus Prime.
Re: IDW "Combiner Wars" comic discussion and speculation
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 3:33 pm
by 138 Scourge
I'm making a totally uninformed and probably wrong prediction: Honkeymus Prime is gonna turn out to be Prime in his anti-Hate Plague suit.