Legacy Laser Prime: More Gimmicks than Joints 

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Here's a fun fact : the back of the legs in robot mode are molded weird so then in Vehicle mode the sword could store under the truck .

4:16 I like how you weren't holding any weapon at that shot, that made me chuckle!!!

Laser Prime is my favorite Prime design, so when I got this I was over the moon. Transformation is addictive, alt mode is awesome. Poseability is ok for me, I really wish the shoulders did more. If this is the least well-executed of the wave, that says something.

It turns out that the head is indeed on a ball joint that has about as much range as the WFC trilogy offers generally. The problem is that out of the box, the head is mounted a little too far back; by carefully shifting the head forward-or accidentally pulling it off in the process and reattaching it accordingly like I did-the neck articulation works as intended.

So, I would just like to say that on your bulkhead video you said it was an impossible prime retool, but that was not what is said about it, the theory is that it will be a beast hunters prime, great video just bee on on my mind

I like to imagine Laser Prime as Nemesis Prime turned good. I think Bayverse Prime has a great characterisation for Nemesis. Bayverse Prime does care for his men, he just loves the old ultra violence a bit too much. And I think that characterisation is more interesting for Nemesis than “generic evil guy”. Anyway the Laser Prime bit is mostly because I think it would be cool if the “pure evil” clone of Optimus was still a decent enough guy to not side with space nazis.

Glad to hear that Im not the only one who thinks the legs work better on this figure

I personally like to think that Laser Prime is basically the G1ified Bayverse Prime, personality and all, because his design to me just gives off feelings of something Bay would actually make, just with 10x more detail.

That figure does look like it could be fun with all the neat gimmicks and the trailer. I've seen other reviews, but yours if the only one that really shows the potential play functions this has.

Im imagining a world where there was an actual G2 cartoon with these designs and trying to fit in the 90’s theme of Radicalness and Edgyness. God that sounds hilarious

This video is TOP notch! The clever editing and humor is a reminder of what separates Perspective End from other reviewers. Not even peak knowing the potential for what’s to come.

Thanks for my small shout out at 0:52 Also I think this review is perfect for the legacy Optimus. I love it but that isn’t to say it definitely comes with many flaws. This video really captures how I feel about the figure and you did an amazing job. Definitely will be getting the RID 2001 scourge repaint of this when it comes out. Also heads up that their are ports in the trailer where you can plug the weapons in on the inside

I've recently grown to love this design since it reminds me alot of Bayverse Prime, who I have alot of nostalgia for (which is ironic since Laser Prime predated Bayverse Optimus) and yeah, I agree that the articulation could've ALOT better, especially when it came to the shoulders. Overall though, i'm really excited to get him, I've kinda grown to not care for ER Prime anymore so this figure is pretty refreshing for me. Also, nice review btw 👍

I'm only thinking about this figure because of the trailer, I have the United Laser Prime (Takara RTS Laser Prime) and while it is a bit finicky due to being a deluxe class, it has much better possibility AND solves both the shoulders and the back kibble! If you get one I highly recommend it.

Epic review PerspecitveEnd!!! Your review has convinced me that websites are insane still having this figure street dated for release on July 1st. >:( I hope this figure appears at my local Target store soon, since this is the Legacy wave 1 figure I have been most excited to add to my collection. Keep on being amazing.

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This easily takes the cake as my favorite chug prime since the classics one. Absolutely love this figure.

As good as this thing looks, I think I’m going to wait till the scourge version comes out which we all know is coming. I prefer scourge to nemesis as In my mind an evil Optimus wouldn’t just paint himself black but would put enough missiles on his shoulders to level small cities.

Here's a tip: the limited head joint is caused by the head not being fully connected to the ball joint. If you push the back of the head hard enough, you will get access to his Ball joint at the head. Hope this helps!

Decided on buying this guy and I was actually very surprised, just like the rest of the legacy line lol. The heft, the colors, the trailer, (wasn't a big fan of the energon weapons so I gave him Siege Prime's Axe and my custom painted screen accurate Last Knight Optimus Sword and he looked way better) and his really fun transformation. This was the biggest surprise this year for me, and while now the most posable figure, he's very playable with his gimmicks that I didn't realize I missed. Though I took out his matrix because it looks weird in his chest

Just got the Scourge deco of this mold and i'm in love with it. The gimmicks and accessories are very fun, and the deco on it is glorious. Easily my favorite figure of the year so far, might have to start collecting the rest of the Velocitron figures tho...

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This guy has even more features and such. The hollowness in the legs is so you can store the sword at the bottom of the alt mode, like the old toy, the gun can plug into the shoulder pads (for some reason) which is why the peg is there. You can even fan mode a BFG outta the main turret that can be held by Prime which those pegs on the side help with. Basically this dude is stacked with play features and gimmicks. I think it's my second favorite from wave 1 aside from Bulkhead, it's a loving tribute to the OG version while sticking to today's budgetary restraints. Though the shoulders not even rotating is bothersome, hope DNA or someone fixes them since they're on screws that can be fully disassembled.

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-The weapons can tab into the trailer with tabs. -glad to see you’ve joined Laser Prime gang -I love this thing even though it’s flawed.

6:10 Me when my dad digs up my grave to sell my organs

the holding nothing when talking about no gun was amazing

Fun fact those little new covers actually filled out so the arms can tab in it really helped me when a tab on my Earthrise Optimus prime broke

Great vid, on the topic of its head swivel, I found that it isn't assembled correctly, you actually have to shift the head forward, and while it doesn't get looser, it does gove the head a little up and down, also the weapons have dedicated storage in the trailer, but you probably knew that

I’ve been hanging out for this review. You’ve pretty much confirmed my views about laser prime. It feels like Hasbro heard the complaints about ER Prime’s trailer and so put more budget into the trailer at the cost of the figure’s engineering and paint. I kind of like it but not $100 like it which is its price here.

It’s been like 2 weeks since this video but I found a solution to his head being super tight and sitting behind his shoulders. Pop the head off the ball joint and then stick it back on before sliding it forward a bit on the ball joint. It makes his head sit in the proper area so it’s at his shoulder line and he can look down a decent range. TL:DR the ball joint isn’t all the way in the socket on his head so you need to pop it off and slide it forward a bit. Don’t know if you will see this but just wanted to let you know.

I'll get this one for nostalgia. G2 laser optimus was one of my first transformers in the mid 90s. Loved the aggressive look. Wish I still have the original, it had so many accessories

Can't wait to get my hands on him, this guy is to be the one of 2 Optimus I'll ever need... given my original plans of just getting Scourge are now abandoned

“I’ll harm you!” Optimus, I mean Laser Prime 2022 Truly an eloquent speaker

idk if anyones already said this but i had the same issue with the head on this figure, you need to pop it off the balljoint and make sure when you put it back on its at the very back of the socket hole on the head, this gives it better tolerance and positioning on the body as well as articulation

I'm so agreeing with you with these types of figures fully embracing the gawdy-ness, I mean, they're going full-on gawdy with the toy-style repaints like the Selects Galvatron.

The adult in me is saying wait for the black and turquoise repaint. But the child in me is screaming we need both!

holy shit having a bowl full of matrixs would be such a good cutaway gag

Laser Prime has been repurposed as a body for Optimus Primal. I use him that way myself. My main issues with this toy are it's not G2 enough; no G2 Autobot logos, no stickers, incorrect colours in places, but I really like it.

the cab is abnormally large compared to the hood of the truck. My dad used to drive trucks when i was young so as a kid i was around a lot of trucks. No trucks look like that, except maybe in Europe. I passed on this guy and Scourge because I cant see past the wonky truck proportions.

The reason the head has dead eyes is because the back half of the head and eyes are clear plastic that they painted over for some reason rather than just painting the eyes

I've figured out that if you remove the hand off of its attachment point and put the handle of sword in there you can give this guy an arm blade

The axe looks like a padel racket

I’m really excited for a scourge repaint of this figure and adding another matrix to the infinity chain, This figure is a leader Optimus while it has some issues is no much more worthy of the leader price than the ER

My favorite part about this guy is the style of the trailer and the transformation

The "axe" is a reference to the disks the original figure came with and the flames are in line with the Reveal the Shield figure.

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Figure looks great, i gotta get one, oh and i know you were exaggerating when you said you could fully fill a bowl with matrixes but ngl i would like to see someone fill a bowl with all the recent year matrixes just to see how far it'll go💀

So hyped for the RID01 Scourge repaint of this

I think this video sold me on Laser Optimus. Maybe treating him as a different character increases his marketability. If I get this, I’d have him in the process of throwing his trailer at some Decepticons in a heavily populated war zone. Cause that’s how I see him: a more gung-ho battle-ready leader than Optimus Classic, who is willing to take more drastic measures(for himself or others,) to make sure his target is eliminated. He‘s basically full 90’s action hero, and would probably get along with the Wreckers. As for the eventual RID Scourge repaint, I’m not really gonna wait for it. I’m just gonna get the Netflix Nemesis Prime to use as my definitive Nemesis, as that one will most likely better accessories and better overall mold(cause I do still like the Siege Optimus, despite liking the ER one more). Plus, I have some knowledge and affinity for the Netflix Nemesis, in that I think Nemesis as “Optimus Gone Bad” is an awesome concept, despite being botched twice. I hope they actually do this at some point and it isn’t in something as bad as Last Knight or the Netflix show.

I just keep the axe folded and use it as a shield. Gives him much more of a knight aesthetic.

Great review PE. Was never too interested in this one but I like your idea its a different Prime from Optimus. Though speaking of Primes I do have a confession to make, after having my SG ER Prime I think I’ve come to like that mold a bit more than the siege one. I still like the Siege but the ER just does more for me imo. Side note, really loved your joke posing this episode, Prime getting his balls faded gave me a good laugh. Also love how Warpath seems to be one of your go to extras lately, makes this Warpath fanboy happy.

I’ll wait for the Scourge repaint to come out to get this mold. But loved the vid!!

I don’t think it looks bad but in way more excited to get it when he comes in black.

Couple of things you missed; - the reason the legs are hollow is because the sword has secret legs to store on the bottom of the alt mode, just like the original toy - there is no blue plastic on this thing. It's all paint. ...whyyyyyyyy...

I was going to comment on your weapons storage but then I noticed a lot of people have already commented on that, however I will comment on the fact there is a way to store the sword underneath the truck mode

I got this guy along with bulkhead. I glued some yellow paper onto his face to give him eyes.

Looking from a front angle with the weird proportions he looks like if someone tried to draw laser from memory

"Cap'n Ratchet's Nutritious Matrix Crunch" needs to be a gag product in something now. lol Was the random thought that came up when you mentioned filling a bowl to the brim with matrices.

I'm exited to pick this guy up. I don't have a truck mode like this, I love the colors, the goofy stuff, and the absolutely ANIMEEE accessories. Legacy seems to be looking pretty good right now!

This has to be the best looking g2 character

Can't wait for them to make a Toxictron out of this

I got this figure the other day, and theres a major flaw in the head I dont think you covered... The head is 50% clear plastic, but its painted over... Its rather thin paint that can allow light piping in certain situations however that design choice can cause some issues, in fact, my copys head wasnt mounted properly on the ball joint in the box, so when I turned his head for the first time, it cracked a little, and now he has cracks in his eyes...

I got this guy myself a couple days ago and I got to say I haven't been able to put him down he is so damn fun.

The handles on the turret are to peg into the walls of the trailer when you transform it back

I can't wait for the scourge version of this mold

They probably didn't paint the prime head fully because the toy didn't have a silver metal skin but a blue metal skin, like the ER prime tried to do a more toy prime but alot of people complained he didn't look alot like the cartoon so they changed the eye color from yellow to blue, and the prime's paint job and overall look is based on the japanese 2006 rerelease, so it's good at what it's trying to do in paint and design, if they can put out something like this I would like to see their attempt at a combat hero prime

As someone who absolutely loves ER Prime this figure looks pretty neat

Will wait for the inevitable RiD Scourge repaint, but this is cool, but in my book, the TR Voyager Prime is still great.

This was a figure I was over the moon happy to see! (Being the ONE g2 fan in the universe 😅). It's really sad the possibility isn't better 😔

I love this figure. Finaly we have big laser Prime.

I think you have a very respectable opinion. For me, I'm a sucker for G2 prime and RID scourge so this was a day one buy for me. There are only two real let downs for me. The accesories are kind of lame imo. The axe looks vaugely like an axe but looks really awkward (like arcees arm blades) while the sword is ok but feels kind of small. I don't actually have to deal with this tho because I have the TR and just give the TR's sword to Legacy prime. The other major letdown is the posability as you said but specifically the arms. The arms feel very limited especially for a sword former with a below average sized sword. And the arm proportions are wonky with those stick thin upper arms. Overall, I can see someone having a negative opinion on this figure but I personally love it. Sry for the essay this is what happens when I'm not typing on mobile XD.

The handle on the back of the gun is to plug it into the shoulder ports.

You can literally call this guy Laser if you don’t want him as Optimus Prime

5:46 sunstreaker is gonna get pissed after this

I'm not going to get this because I think this model works better for RiD Scourge, but... not gonna lie if it came with those gaudy stickers/decals I think I WOULD actually get this just cause of how fucking hilarious it would be. Plus, as someone who only has the Siege Prime, I have yet to get a Matrix of Leadership, so getting one from this would be cool. Maybe if any of the TF sticker makers make them I'll think about getting this version of the figure.

I like to imagine laser prime is a future Optimus from a dark timeline

Eagerly awaiting the RID Scourge repaint

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When the shield and sword are combined i like to think of it as the starsaber from tf prime

I love the design and playability of this guy but I'll wait till the (now confirmed) Scourge repaint of this releases.

I was expecting to come into this review and you absolutely hating this figure but now I'm just speechless XD Also good review!

I used to like my Earthrise Prime and then it fell off my shelf ONCE (which is shorter than I am, and I’m not a tall person by any means) which broke off one of the smokestacks. I kind of fixed it, so that’s… fine. Then, weeks later, I went to transform him for the first time in a while, I don’t really play with him much, and one of the leg pegs had broken off presumably when I dropped him and now he can’t hold together in truck mode. Figures shouldn’t break if they fall a few feet *one* time!

A year later and he’s a package refresh in United… Coulda had Jetstorm or Tankor, but nope, this, again. Just a core class Cheetor, pain

I'm still on the fence but think it would be fun to use the weaponizers from siege all over that base trailer

Some already made a digibash, But I'de like to see a Bayverse Prime out of this.

technically you have seen this design on a show that would be RID via the character scourge who is essentially just nemesis prime but with a lot more teal i personally have the titans return version of the character which is a gorgeous figure and i think it handles this design a bit better (tho the laser prime repaint is dogshit and looks very very very unfinished) which just makes me hopefully for when they eventually repaint this figure into scourge

It's cool that G2 is getting some representation. From that Covert Clone Sideswipe colored in G2 from that exclusive pack in Siege. That one Megatron from Siege and another in Earthrise. Sandstorm, Ramjet, and now this Laser Optimus Prime. With Jhiaxus coming soon. But I'll pass on G2 stuff. It's just not my thing. But this version of Optimus Prime does look cool. And hope for fans of G2, to have more Transformers characters from that era, get brought in to this modern era.

the title is just like the good old days where people like demolisher, tidal wave, scavenger, the g2 figures and alot of armada toys "where More Gimmicks than Joints" and some of them where fun

I find it funny how things change in a year. I used to consider this dude my definitive Prime and the best Prime I own. Now? Nah. I still love this figure but I’ve found the Netflix ER voyager Prime my favorite transformable Prime especially after I had to do a custom job to fix it and gave him the yellow eyes with the Gamer Edition Prime being my second favorite because he is legit AMAZING along with Megs (once you fix the knees) and Siege Premium Finish Prime being third favorite but kinda in looks alone. I now also consider this a new character named Laser Convoy (I’m not calling him Prime because I’m not having more than one Prime like Animated and it’s a nice nod to their Japanese roots) who is a battle ready hard ass but is a part of my makeshift Wrecker team. And still to this day I haven’t been able to fix his eyes. They actually glued the head together so I can’t open it and I can’t get anything thin enough between his brow and mask. Apparently they are light pipping eyes that they painted the receiver bit that I can’t use because I cracked the clear plastic and now he has a foggy eye

Okay if I have to be honest that original laser prime looks like the best old transformers toy

Oh no, you’ve just made me want him after I swore I was going to skip💀😭

i've seen others say that this could be a g1nified bayverse optimus prime and i somewhat see that in the alternate mode i don't see it entirely

Question: Are you planning to buy the inevitable RID Scourge repaint? (Yeah I'm probably going to get it even though I don't "need" it.)

To be honest this Optimus is awesome and great and that transformation is almost like blackmagic 3rd party transformation

Actually for the sword and axe/shield thing can properly store in the trailer with some tabs. Not sure if the instructions show the storage for those but I did watch emgo316 video review on this figure as well.

I honestly just enjoy this thing because it's a Scourge mold. Little kid me would jump at the chance to get this.

Atleast he can do the holding the matrix pose/can touch his chest, unlike ER optimus.

6:00 the sword and axe has a peg to attach to the to sides of the trailer.