maria khanela de jesus-saplala actually, they were straight at the beginning of the movie because he was in his cybertronian mode(if you look closely at the chest, there are no windshield wipers). At the end of the movie, optimus has already taken an earth mode(visible windshield wipers).
Wow, that articulation is impressive. Paint too. I don’t even care about transformers, but seriously, that’s an impressive piece of plastic. Great review as always.
This figure has quite a few die-cast pieces too. In fact, the whole skeleton of the figure is made of die-cast. He weighs 2-3 times more than an average 12 inch transformers figure.
6:15 I have no experience beyond toy customization in regards to the manufacturing process, but it makes a few companies even at the higher price range look bad when they can barely get an ab crunch from certain humanoid releases, yet this company manages to give a glorified block the ability to do sit-ups.
@@mangacomics1601 My bad, wasn't taking a dig at Prime. It was more of a statement of the limitations this company had compared to other character designs
I agree. Most times, I question whether particular Hot Toys or Masterpiece figures whether they live up to the price tag. This one is definitely worth every cent. ThreeZero did a great job with this shit.
Robo, I always found it funny how you bring up the "it looks very G1" when in recent times Transformers rarely does anything outside of the G1 designs.
"look into my Eyes 😂. Such an accurate honest review. Good to watch you learning how the figure feels an moves where others have blatantly got to grips with the articulation an act like it's not even an issue. Ive just purchased the figure and felt Exactly the same, from how fragile I thought it was, to in fact being surprised at how well it's built. Great vid, thanks 👍
Ya know... I typically don't like to have more than one example of a figure, because I want the one I have to be my penultimate example, but Optimus is the exception to my rule :) Fun review Robo! Thank you!
I would say if you liked Bumblebee, this Optimus is the penultimate example of that. Well, except for ThreeZero's bigger version of the line, but those are huge!
I got the Bumblebee figure they released and reviewed it and its such an amazing figure, I have this one preordered and am even more exited for it now, they are expensive but worth every penny
This is what I wanted out of the designs for the first Transformers movie. You might have convinced me to get this figure! Hell, if they release a Starscream, I'll have to get it!
I think I mentioned this before but I'll say it again. I very much enjoy that you have have a camera set up to pan out on you when you talk/explain the review. It brings more of professional and personal vibe to your reviews. So many people have it set up that all you see is their hands. Very good work sir. Keep posting videos and I'll be here to watch and support. 👍
Thanks, I appreciate that! I was worried at first because I want the review to focus on the toy, but I found myself just sitting a looking at the package or figure while I explained why I wanted it, or my background with it, or how I personally feel about it, so it works out way better where I can express those things better. I still just keep it to the beginning and end though, it's all about the toy in-between .
I'm with you Robo. I'm at the point where, as long as it looks great, poses well and I can see bits and pieces of what its alt mode is supposed to be, I'm good. Concentrating on the look and proper scaling between characters would earn more points than a costly alt mode that forces compromises on the final product and keep prices down. Great review btw, I see what you mean about the back.
Thanks man! Yeah, as long as the essence is there, I'm good. I'm not going to be transforming it, and I'm not going to display in alt mode. In fact, I kinda wish you could just buy alt modes without transforming too.
While not being a huge fan of Transformers I gotta say, this is an incredible piece, some poa are insanely well engineered definitely a must in a collectors shelf ! Another great review from the Man Robo!
when you said it was heavy i 100% thought it was metal hell even when you said it was plastic i was like nope, i dont think ive ever seen such a convincing paint job on a figure, i think this $200 is much better than the massive one you showed sure it may be a lot smaller but it looks like a damn masterpeice, and since i already spend far too much on the hot toys star wars line i will happily support this fantastic line (hopefully it becomes a line)
I had that Stan Bush song stuck in my head and right when I clicked on the video, your singing synced with my song in my head... it was crazy! BTW Nice figure!!
This figure looks absolutely fantastic, and is a great showcase for why I think the Bumblebee movie designs are generally far superior to the previous movie designs: the large amount of small fine detail is secondary to strong, broad-strokes overall design choices in terms of shaping, color blocking, silhouette, etc. Even more than the fact that this looks more like G1 Optimus than the previous movie designs, I can just... _comprehend what it is visually_ , standing or in motion, better than the previous designs.
I have the bumblebee version, but also have this on order, should be done paying it off here shortly and then its on its way here. Going to be doing a themed style setup in my display case of both bee and optimus on cybertron, cant wait!
Wow! Thats a great looking Prime! It definitely has the feel of a Hot Toys type of item. I'd almost be afraid to move it but like you demonstrated it moves pretty good. Price also wasn't as bad as i was expecting. Sucks about the Toys Alliance figures. I just got my Megatron a few weeks ago and Prime is on the way.
There are some parts I worry about, and I popped the skirt pieces off a couple of times (they pop right back on the balljoints) but besides that one visor over the windshield, the thing is a beast.
I know, it's crazy. If I wasn't already doing so much Siege, I'd go whole hog here. Well, I do want to get Bumblebee. Dang it, that's just a Blitzwing short of having all they offer in this scale...
So this figure never left my mind, so I pre-ordered it yesterday on BBTS since it's been shown as pre-order for months. Got a notice today that he's in stock and ready to ship. What timing! It was meant to be.
Honestly this is the best Optimus design I've ever seen. It kinda convinces me that I much prefer Transformers action figures that do not actually transform because there's no way to achieve this sculpt & detail while allowing that gimmick at the same time. The movie itself was kinda trash but damn do they nailed the robots.
At the risk of sounding blasphemous. Does it seem like the yellow arrow paint apps are removable and just showing the red underneath or would I just damage it? Now it is a damn good figure but the fact that the yellow isn’t anywhere else kinda irks me, kinda breaks up the color flow, even though it is a whole g1 homage, but the again his entire body form is a g1 homage. Even if I can’t I’m not too irked because man is that amazing. Now quick somebody make a bumblebee concept Megatron to go with him!
