Prime 1 Studio

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Prime 1 Studio (株式会社プライム1スタジオ, Prime 1 Studio Inc.) is a Japanese company that specializes between scaled and non-scaled polystone statues of characters from a variety of popular franchises such as DC Comics' Batman, Godzilla, Jurassic Park, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (including the Michael Bay-produced reboot) and Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Since 2014, they have been releasing numerous Transformers statues based on the live-action film series, Generation 1, and Beast Wars. They also sell tons of exclusive Transformers merchandise at their local and online stores.

Museum Masterline

Museum Masterline is a series of extremely detailed and screen-accurate statues made of polystone and based on all six live-action movies to date. They're all huge, sometimes very huge, and usually feature LED lights on their eyes, bases and other areas. They come disassembled in packaging and require the buyer to put their parts together.

These statues are actually able to articulate some of their joints and come with alternate parts, such as heads with and without battle masks, differently posed arms and hands, and optional weapons. Most of them come with even more accessories when bought from specific retailers, and are generally dubbed "EX" (exclusive) versions.

For simplicity's sake, the list below excludes the "MMTFM-" prefix from the ID numbers, and only lists EX versions with a significant change such as a new paint job or the addition of another character as an accessory.

2014 01 Megatron (Revenge of the Fallen) 02 Optimus Prime (Dark of the Moon)		2015 03 Starscream (Transformers) 04 Bumblebee (Dark of the Moon) 05 Grimlock (Age of Extinction) 05OP Grimlock (w/ Optimus Prime) 06 Drift (Age of Extinction) 07 Optimus Prime Knight Edition (Age of Extinction)		2016 07GL Optimus Prime Knight Edition Gold Version (Age of Extinction) 08 Optimus Prime Ultimate Edition (Age of Extinction) 09 Galvatron (Age of Extinction) 09EX Galvatron (w/ Megatron's head) 10 Lockdown (w/ 2 Steeljaws, Age of Extinction) 10SJ Steeljaw (2-pack) 11 Ironhide (Transformers) 11EX Ironhide (w/ Brawl's head) 12 Jazz (Transformers) 13 Ratchet (Transformers)		2017 09GL Galvatron Gold Version (Age of Extinction) 15 Barricade (Transformers) 16 Optimus Prime (The Last Knight)		MMTFM-01 Megatron MMTFM-28 Optimus Prime
2018 17 Megatron (The Last Knight) 19 Crosshairs (The Last Knight) 20 Bumblebee (The Last Knight) 21 Jetpower Optimus Prime (Revenge of the Fallen) 21EX Jetpower Optimus Prime (w/ The Fallen's spark and staff)		2019 22 Drift (The Last Knight) 24 Bumblebee (Bumblebee) 26 Optimus Prime Cybertron Edition (Bumblebee) 26EX Optimus Prime Cybertron Edition (w/ Seeker body parts)		2020 14 Shockwave (w/ Driller on the base, Dark of the Moon) 23 Sentinel Prime (Dark of the Moon)		2021 25 Blitzwing (Bumblebee) 26NP Nemesis Prime (Bumblebee) 27 Soundwave & Ravage (Bumblebee) 27EX Soundwave & Ravage (w/ cassette mode Ravage) 28 Optimus Prime (Revenge of the Fallen) 28EXS Optimus Prime (w/ Grindor's & Bonecrusher's heads)
2022 29 Megatron (w/ 3 Lensmeter Decepticons, Dark of the Moon) 29EXS Megatron (w/ 6 Lensmeter Decepticons & Igor) 30 Blackout (Transformers) 31 Scorponok (Transformers) 32 Grimlock (Age of Extinction) 33 Jetwing Optimus Prime (w/ Driller on the base, Dark of the Moon)		2024 34 Megatron (Transformers) 34UTS Megatron (w/ Jazz's body parts) 35 Sideswipe (Dark of the Moon) 36 Power Master Optimus Prime (Transformers)		2025 37 Optimus Primal (w/ Scorponok's head, Rise of the Beasts) 37UTS Optimus Primal (w/ Scorponok's body, Rise of the Beasts)		Planned releases Megatron Overlord Optimus Prime (w/ Armored Weapons Platform, Dark of the Moon)

Premium Bust

The Premium Bust series is also focused on screen-accurate depictions of movie characters, but limits itself to their heads and torsos attached to small bases. At least some of these busts are interchangeable with the heads of the statues above, allowing for the creation of even more display options.

This series' ID numbers start with "PBTFM-".

2014 01 Megatron (Revenge of the Fallen) 01FB Megatron Final Battle (Revenge of the Fallen) 01GD Megatron Gold Version (Revenge of the Fallen)

2015 02 Optimus Prime (Dark of the Moon) 02FB Optimus Prime Final Battle (Dark of the Moon) 02GD Optimus Prime Gold Version (Dark of the Moon) 03 Starscream (Transformers) 03SC Starscream Scream Version (Transformers) 03GD Starscream Gold Version (Transformers) 04 Brawl (Transformers) 05 Ironhide (Dark of the Moon) 09 Optimus Prime (Age of Extinction) 11 Nemesis Prime (Dark of the Moon)

2016 06 Bumblebee Evolution 1 (Transformers) 07 Bumblebee Evolution 2 (Revenge of the Fallen) 08 Bumblebee Evolution 3 (Dark of the Moon) 08GL Bumblebee Gold Version (Dark of the Moon) 09D Optimus Prime Damage Version (Age of Extinction) 09GL Optimus Prime Gold Version (Age of Extinction) 10 Galvatron (Age of Extinction) 12 Stealth Bumblebee (Transformers) 13 Lockdown (Age of Extinction)

2017 10D Galvatron Damage Version (Age of Extinction) 10GL Galvatron Gold Version (Age of Extinction)

PBTFM-12 Stealth Bumblebee

Premium Masterline

The Premium Masterline statues are mostly similar to the Museum ones, but instead represent highly stylized versions of Generation 1 characters and generally accurate but much better textured Beast Wars characters.

The ID numbers for G1 characters use "PMTF-" while Beast Wars characters use "PMTFBW-" prefixes.

2017 01 Optimus Prime 02 Megatron 03 Nemesis Prime 04 Ultra Magnus BW-01 Optimus Primal (w/ Waspinator's body parts) BW-02 Megatron (w/ Dinobot's body parts)

2018 01GL Optimus Prime Gold Version 02GL Megatron Gold Version

2023 BW-03 Megatron Transmetal 2 (w/ Tarantulas' body parts)

PMTFBW-01 Optimus Primal

Cutie1

A striking departure from the above offerings, the Cutie1 series features soft vinyl figures stylized as button-eyed dolls with chibi proportions. They are based on G1 and Beast Wars characters.

A year in advance to the release of the G1 characters' figures, acrylic keychains based on their designs were released along with other Cutie1 merchandise.

Many more products based on these designs have also been made available on Prime 1 Studio's official store.

Cutie1 figures

2022 No:055 Optimus Prime No:056 Megatron No:057 Bumblebee No:058 Optimus Primal No:059 Megatron (Beast Wars)

2023 Nemesis Prime & TR Silver Megatron Set

No:059 Megatron

Cutie1 merchandise

2021 Optimus Prime keychain Megatron keychain Bumblebee keychain

Prime 1 Artprint

Among its many merchandise offerings, Prime 1 Studio sells officially licensed framed art prints depicting realistic drawings of Transformers characters by Josh Nizzi. These art prints are limited to 300 pieces each and come autographed by the artist.

Their ID numbers start with "APTF-".

01 Jetpower Optimus Prime (Revenge of the Fallen) 02 Bumblebee (available in both Regular Version and Battle Mask Edition, Bumblebee) 03 Optimus Prime (Bumblebee) 04 Shockwave (with a defeated Optimus Prime in the ground and Driller in the background, Dark of the Moon) 05 Megatron (Revenge of the Fallen)

Cancelled products

Due to the unstable nature of manufacturing large, extremely expensive niche products for the adult collector market, Prime 1 Studio's offerings are susceptible to a number of obstacles from the concept stage to the release date that can result in their cancellation.

The most common reasons for a product's development to be cut short are the constant rising production costs and when the target audience doesn't demonstrate enough interest in actually buying it.

Known Museum Masterline cancelled statues

MMTFM-?? Stinger (or maybe Bumblebee, Age of Extinction) MMTFM-18 Autobot Sqweeks (The Last Knight) MMTFM-?? Onslaught (The Last Knight)

Known Premium Bust cancelled statues

PBTFM-?? Crankcase (Dark of the Moon) PBTFM-?? Crowbar (Dark of the Moon)

Known Premium Masterline cancelled statues

PMTF-?? Soundwave & Laserbeak

Age of Time

The Age of Time statues were designed to be the "ultimate amalgamation" between G1 and movie characters.

Superior Optimus Prime Superior Megatron

War for Cybertron Trilogy

These statues were directly based on the character designs from Netflix's War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon.

PMTF-05 Optimus Prime PMTF-05UT Optimus Prime (w/ Shockwave on the base, Ultimate Version) PMTF-06 Megatron PMTF-06UT Megatron (w/ Omega Supreme's body parts, Ultimate Version)

Your bargaining posture is highly dubious. Proceed on your way to oblivion. This item has been canceled, with no current plans for release.

External links

• Japanese-language homepage
• English-language page on their Transformers products