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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, 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 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 2015 2016 2017
MMTFM-01 Megatron
MMTFM-28 Optimus Prime
2018 2019 2020 2021
2022 2023?
  • ?? Sideswipe (Dark of the Moon)
  • ?? Megatron (Transformers)
  • ?? Megatron (w/ Jazz's body parts, possibly the EX version)
Known cancelled statues
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This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available at mass retail.

All 2022 and 2023 releases.

Premium Bust

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

Released
PBTFM-02 Optimus Prime

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.

Released
PMTFBW-01 Optimus Primal
Canceled

Age of Time

The Age of Time statues were designed to be the "ultimate amalgamation" between G1 and movie characters, but the series ended up being canceled.

Canceled
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This item has been canceled, with no current plans for release.

Cutie1

A striking departure from the previous 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. Some of these designs have also been released as acrylic keychains.

In production
No:059 Megatron
Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.
Or you could pick... WHAT'S IN THE BOX.

This item is currently scheduled for release, but is not yet available at mass retail.

War for Cybertron Trilogy

These statues are directly based on the character designs from Netflix's War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon. Unfortunately, they were canceled due to rising production costs and insufficient preorders.

Canceled
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Your bargaining posture is highly dubious.

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This item has been canceled, with no current plans for release.