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Post by Jim on Jun 29, 2021 9:21:54 GMT
Leaving aside the soul-crushing horror of so much of that for a second, what is "the iconic Amazon Prime Truck"? Almost everything is delivered by people in white vans, isn't it?
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 29, 2021 9:25:36 GMT
Yes, I have no idea what this truck is. Yesterday's delivery was from a friendly chap in a car which was clearly his.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 29, 2021 10:23:11 GMT
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Post by Toph on Jun 29, 2021 14:30:12 GMT
I'm guessing it's this. This is what Amazon uses in america.  |
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 29, 2021 14:32:12 GMT
Um, is that really iconic? Never seen one before! Are Amazon Vans/Trucks a thing in Americaland?
-Ralph
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Post by Toph on Jun 29, 2021 14:38:25 GMT
Iconic, no. Amazon being hyperbolic and full of themselves, yes.
But as I said, this is what they use here.
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Post by Toph on Jun 29, 2021 14:43:15 GMT
It's also the only thing that's recognizably Amazon that could even begin to be described as such.
So if it's not this, then they're even more full of themselves than they seem.
Either way thy do not deserve money for this.
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Post by Jim on Jun 29, 2021 15:19:16 GMT
It specifically says Volvo and mentions a trailer. My first thought was ER Prime retool, but there are long-nosed Volvo truck cabs out there as well - could be a movie Prime.
I would hate for it to be the first release of a new G2 or Armada Prime...
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Post by Toph on Jun 29, 2021 15:44:00 GMT
Multiple manufacturers make the delivery trucks.
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Post by Benn on Jun 29, 2021 16:24:37 GMT
Yeah, specifically a 'Licensed Volvo Truck"...
How many Movieverse Primes have trailers?
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 29, 2021 17:28:26 GMT
There's an article here that suggests Amazon were excited by having their own branded Volvo trucks instead of using external companies to transport for them at the end of 2019. www.businessinsider.com/amazon-trucking-company-branded-tractors-2019-10From the little pic they look a lot like movie prime cabs to me. Bit of remoulding to an existing movie Prime so it can come with a redecoed ER Prime trailer? |
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Post by Llama God on Jun 30, 2021 7:13:33 GMT
Given that the crossover lines feature a lot of molds that aren't re-used elsewhere I predict that this will be an utterly unique mold for Optimus Prime that'll never be used again elsewhere, and which will make this depressing and tasteless release nevertheless irresistible to collectors.
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Post by Bogatan on Jun 30, 2021 7:31:10 GMT
Quick google shows a flat nose trucks pulling Amazon trailers, though probably not US based.
And Volvo does make flat nose cabs so who knows.
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Post by The Huff on Jun 30, 2021 9:15:09 GMT
If it weren't for the mention of Optimus, we could treat this as a new character to get the Prime name (like Rodimus Prime). Amazon Prime could be the next Matrix bearer. Double points they made it a female robot too.
I now want a Hermes van Transformer too.
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Post by Kingoji on Jun 30, 2021 11:08:34 GMT
You can pay for one, but it'll never arrive.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 31, 2021 20:10:00 GMT
While doing an end of year/range tidy up of the leaks thread I found a lot of posts relating to Amazon Prime.
As far as I can see it's vanished! Cancelled?
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 1, 2022 11:11:38 GMT
Who knows.
-Ralph
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 2, 2022 17:58:57 GMT
Wonder if it was tied to TF7 so has been delayed along with the movie.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 2, 2022 18:10:06 GMT
Hadn't thought of that! There's a possibility....
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 8, 2024 22:43:52 GMT
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Post by Benn on Apr 9, 2024 6:54:12 GMT
Plastic cardboard boxes! Will wonders never cease?
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Post by Llama God on Apr 9, 2024 7:19:55 GMT
So not the long-nosed cab as we thought. Interesting.
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 9, 2024 9:56:57 GMT
No great loss there...
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Post by Jim on Apr 9, 2024 10:09:00 GMT
If the Amazon branding were limited to the trailer I could be tempted for a nice blue cab mode as Magna Convoy, but it looks like there is an Amazon logo on the side there so never mind
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 9, 2024 10:21:24 GMT
I look forward to the inevitable future deco homage to this unreleased deco. Like Thanos, it is inevitable.
-Ralph
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Post by Jaymz on Apr 9, 2024 21:14:44 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 25, 2024 12:41:00 GMT
I'm wondering if I need to hang onto my Earthrise Leader Op following the reveal of the SS86 Commander...... Then I realised I probably already had a duplicate of it between the WFC Op and the trailer of the VNR version. So I thought I ought to get my Earthrise Op Trailers and robots straight. There's SIX uses of the trailer. 2 come with an Earthrise Op Mould, one Siege, one Laser Op and two Volvos There's 3 further uses of the Op robot/cab by itself: |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 29, 2024 7:29:36 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 29, 2024 7:37:28 GMT
And, as stated Eleswhere, Geoffrey Prime lives!
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 29, 2024 7:44:41 GMT
I will have to get this.
-Ralph
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