Talk:Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys

Wingblade Optimus Prime is a retool of Deluxe The Battle Begins Two-pack Optimus Prime in much the same style as Hydrodive Bumblebee and Samurai Prowl.

I don't actually believe this is correct - if I recall the BotCon panel correctly, Hasbro's Wingblade Prime was straight-up the Battle Begins figure with snap-on armor, with Eric assuring us he had worked out (with the Takara guys) a way for the armor to work on both the deluxe and the Voyager figures (which is why, I assume, Takara is now using it with the Voyager). Should this be changed? --Monzo 08:28, 19 July 2010 (EDT)

Wasn't there, couldn't tell ya. The deluxe is at least redecoed, though, isn't it? - Chris McFeely 08:34, 19 July 2010 (EDT)

It was definitely sans battle damage. I'm not sure about any other deco changes offhand. --Monzo 08:35, 19 July 2010 (EDT)

The "retool same as Hydrodrive Bumblebee" is SUPER wrong since that's an entirely new mold! --ItsWalky 08:50, 19 July 2010 (EDT)

Happy Meals toy

Where is the McDonald's Happy Meal toy? Zakor1138 22:18, 21 August 2010 (EDT)

• No, wait. Never mind, I found it. Why is it in merchandise though?Zakor1138 22:21, 21 August 2010 (EDT)

I think a better question would be "why aren't Happy Meal premiums ALWAYS in merchandise"? --Khajidha 10:48, 28 August 2010 (EDT)

Yeah. Happy Meal toys should be under Merch, I think. --Monzo 11:14, 28 August 2010 (EDT)

But they transform. - Starfield 11:23, 28 August 2010 (EDT)

So do Kabaya kits, and they are merchandise (at least on the page I checked). --Khajidha 11:38, 28 August 2010 (EDT)

I think the original post asking for "Happy Meal TOY" might be hint for where these things belong. --ItsWalky 12:04, 28 August 2010 (EDT)

But many things listed as "Merchandise" on this wiki are "toys" in the general, non-wiki sense. RPMs and ZipZaps for example. Also, movie Optimus' Burger King premiums are listed as Merchandise. This has been discussed before. If toy is meant in the real world sense, then there's a lot of things that need to be moved. --Khajidha 07:40, 29 August 2010 (EDT)

Well, then should we move ALL the TF McDonald's toys in existence be listed in merchandise? Might as well. Zakor1138 22:37, 29 August 2010 (EDT)

But kids' meal toys are toys, even in the wiki sense. They are a toy representation of the character, even if they are simplistic. Manta Ray (BW) would be very disappointed if his her toy was moved to "merchandise". - Starfield 22:51, 29 August 2010 (EDT) Edit Starfield 22:52, 29 August 2010 (EDT)

I never even thought of Happy Meal Toys as toys in a real world sense, they are marketing devices distributed in a non-standard manner.--Khajidha 06:31, 30 August 2010 (EDT)

Yeah, I've not really thought about it before, but I guess I've always mentally lumped them under "merchandise". At the same time, though, it does seem wrong to me for Manta Ray's to not be under "toy"... - Chris McFeely

Hmm. Here's a thought... why not separate them out? Put a section called "Fast Food Premiums" (which is what such items in general tend to be called) between Toys and Merchandise for all relevant characters, and move the entries there. The only potential conflict I can think of, if we consider fast food items neither toys nor merchandise, is whether the first-series BW guys would stay in the "toy-only characters" category. They ARE the only original-character fast food exclusives, at least, which is sort of staggering considering how many there's been. --Monzo 00:25, 31 August 2010 (EDT)

Japanese exclusives

BigBadToyStore mentions Black Convoy and [1]. This page mentions neither. Is Black Convoy a separate character? Looks like the toy has an Autobot symbol. Item42 14:07, 3 September 2010 (EDT)

Voyager "versus" pack

Anyone care to add a note re: the Japanese "versus" two-pack of Voyager Optimus Prime and Voyager Cybertron Megatron, since you seem to cover packaging/bundling variations?

Legacy TakaraTomy design credit

Leaving this image here for both documentation purposes, and so it registers in the wiki system as being used. -- Fanofcoolstuff27 (talk) 17:13, 27 September 2023 (EDT)