We can't discount that, I suppose. It's like how everyone cried out when Optimus Prime got lips because they were so used to the faceplate design.

Exactly. If Gosei Great began with a face plate, you'd be calling betrayal on giving it lips.

It's not because the design would look weird. It's because the design would be different from what you know.

No. Optimus didn't work in the movie because Bay is a money-whore who didn't care about the characters.

Not just the movies. Practically every Japanese made series after G1 (Sans Armada) gave Prime some smackers.

Not to mention that Beast Wars was the first to give an Optimus lips, even to the point of accentuating it further in later designs (like Transmetals Optimus).

Boy, that added a lot of fuel to the "Trukk not Munky" fire. :lol

That can be mitigated by Primal and Prime not being the same character, while Hasbro treats the Primes of other series as alternate universe interpretations of the G1 character.

Also, case in point: Primal looked so much cooler with his face plate up.

Yeah Primal wasn't included in the Hall of Fame display case. Initially, though, it seemed they wanted Primal to be an alternate Optimus Prime, especially when Primal was a bat. However if you look carefully, bat Primal has a faceplate mouth.

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/233...imalbat019.jpg
Image from Seibertron.com

Even gorilla Primal has an Optimus Prime color scheme.

Now, call me crazy, but aside from Movie Prime, I actually like it when Optimuses have their faceplates down, from Primal to Animated, to Prime. I feel it gives them more personality. I would say, though, that the faceplate look gives Optimus a more authoritative feel.

Wow, this thread has gone way off-topic. :lol No matter, another Kyoryuger thread has popped up so no point letting this go to waste.

GaoKing talked?

I seriously didn't know that.

Not talked, roared.
http://gyazo.com/10293ca6ece76e1d76a...png?1357449995

I remember that from Wild Force's opening, but did that ever happen in Gaoranger? Or at least in the actual show? Still, at least Gao King used the lips for something.