'Transformers 4' News: First Edition of Revved Up Optimus Prime Available for Pre-Order on Amazon
The first edition Optimus Prime toy will be up for sale on Amazon starting Feb. 4.
The toy, which is priced at $59.99, is available for pre-order now. The dimensions of the figure are 4 x 9.5 x 12 inches.
In other Transformers news, Hasbro's CEO Brian Goldner also spoke about revving up the design of the Optimus Prime to match up with the next installment of the Transformers, in an interview with the New York Times. The toy manufacturer also revealed details abou the new Smash & Change Optimus Prime toy.
The spectacular special effects used in the series, which allowed for the robots to metamorphose their form very quickly, motivated Goldner to adapt that technical sophistication to the toys, as he asked his design team to get cracking on reconceiving them. The new toy has been enhanced with easier mechanisms and the transformation is made possible by the "push of a button" or a "flick of the wrist."
The release of the swankier toys also coincides with the 30th anniversary of Hasbro.
The design for the optimus prime robot toy for Transformers: Age of Extinction was previously revealed at a pre-party building up to the New York Comic Con, which kick-started on Oct. 12.
The optimus prime vehicle was a replica of one of the Transformers 4 images of the customized trucks director Michael Bay had posted on the movie's website.
Jack Reynor is the male lead of the film and will be playing a race car driver. Nicola Peltz acts as Reynor's girlfriend in the film and Wahlberg will portray Flynn Vincent, Peltz's dad. Kelsey Grammer will be playing the role of Harold Attinger, a counter-intelligence agent who is the main antagonist in the film.
Transformers: Age of Extinction will hit theaters on June 27, 2014.
'Transformers 4: Age of Extinction's' music composer Steve Jablonsky spoke about working on the film in a recent interview with JoBlo.
