Title:
Optimus Primal Air Attack
Description:
Air Attack Optimus Primal (Supreme Class, 2002)
Accessories: Disc
Intended for release in the Beast Machines toyline, Air Attack Optimus Primal was eventually released as a Toys"R"Us exclusive as part of the Robots in Disguise toyline. Positively oozing light-and-sound gimmicks in both modes, Optimus Primal does all sorts’a crazy crap, all of which is first activated by pressing his chest plate. Doing so "turns on” his electronics with a metallic shrieking noise, and the toy proceeds to hum constantly while the chest glows with a red LED. The electronics will eventually "turn off” if the toy is left idle, but you don’t want to do that! You want to push his head (in either mode), which activates glowing lights in his eyes and actual speech samples of Garry Chalk from the Beast Machines cartoon (making Primal the first English-speaking Transformers toy to have speech clips performed by his actual cartoon voice actor). On top of that, the toy also features a pressure-launching disc-shooter in its robot mode stomach (accompanied by blasting sound effect), and a geared right arm with a spring-loaded punch action (and suitably pained electronic grunt).
The big feature— the one that gives the toy its name— is his jetpack, which pops out (with translucent blue jet flames trailing behind) at the push of a button. This puts the toy into "flight mode”, and it constantly produces the sound of whooshing jets, which then rises and falls depending on how the figure is held. Tilt him upwards, and the pitch rises as he ascends! Tilt him down, and zoom! When the jetpack is not deployed, the jet flames are folded up and form Primal’s backplate, with the flame blast effect details being repurposed as ape fur.
Also, he has a butt on his head.
The sparkly brown plastic in this figure’s chest and legs is prone to breaking.
The toy’s packaging features both an Autobot and Maximal insignia. The Maximal symbol used, however, is the one used during the "Beast Wars” rather than the one from "Beast Machines” this toy was meant to be part of.
This toy was released in Japan on August 8, 2002 as a Toys"R"Us-exclusive "USA Edition”.
Accessories: Disc
Intended for release in the Beast Machines toyline, Air Attack Optimus Primal was eventually released as a Toys"R"Us exclusive as part of the Robots in Disguise toyline. Positively oozing light-and-sound gimmicks in both modes, Optimus Primal does all sorts’a crazy crap, all of which is first activated by pressing his chest plate. Doing so "turns on” his electronics with a metallic shrieking noise, and the toy proceeds to hum constantly while the chest glows with a red LED. The electronics will eventually "turn off” if the toy is left idle, but you don’t want to do that! You want to push his head (in either mode), which activates glowing lights in his eyes and actual speech samples of Garry Chalk from the Beast Machines cartoon (making Primal the first English-speaking Transformers toy to have speech clips performed by his actual cartoon voice actor). On top of that, the toy also features a pressure-launching disc-shooter in its robot mode stomach (accompanied by blasting sound effect), and a geared right arm with a spring-loaded punch action (and suitably pained electronic grunt).
The big feature— the one that gives the toy its name— is his jetpack, which pops out (with translucent blue jet flames trailing behind) at the push of a button. This puts the toy into "flight mode”, and it constantly produces the sound of whooshing jets, which then rises and falls depending on how the figure is held. Tilt him upwards, and the pitch rises as he ascends! Tilt him down, and zoom! When the jetpack is not deployed, the jet flames are folded up and form Primal’s backplate, with the flame blast effect details being repurposed as ape fur.
Also, he has a butt on his head.
The sparkly brown plastic in this figure’s chest and legs is prone to breaking.
The toy’s packaging features both an Autobot and Maximal insignia. The Maximal symbol used, however, is the one used during the "Beast Wars” rather than the one from "Beast Machines” this toy was meant to be part of.
This toy was released in Japan on August 8, 2002 as a Toys"R"Us-exclusive "USA Edition”.
Theme:
Beast Machines
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2002
Country:
United States
Series:
Beast Machines
Model Number:
Brown Beast
Date Added:
2021-12-27 06:52:42
Automatic Estimated Date:
2024-01-25
Date Added:
2021-12-27 06:52:42
