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I am wondering if I should buy Transformers Prime Optimus Prime Voyager? I've heard that he's much worse than First Edition, but I've seen him in a shop and to my mind he isn't that bad. And of course First Edition isn't easy to find.
I am just wondering if he's worth money.
Thanks for replies !!

Don't buy it for any monetary value. TF Prime Voyager Optimus is by no means rare, and will probably not appreciate much in value. Buy it only if you feel he is worth it to yourself.

FE Prime is so awesome it hurts, especially Takara's.

That being said, I have the PRiD version, the Takara FE version and the Hasbro FE version.

The PRiD isn't bad if it's all you can get your hands on, but in my opinion, the FE is worth the aftermarket price, it's just that awesome.

I have the RiD version, and I like it quite a lot. It's a pretty good figure, and it poses well. The translucent plastic in the arms presents a minor complication, but I don't expect that it will be a real problem in the foreseeable future as long as you don't do something rude to it.

I'm perfectly comfortable recommending it for those of us who don't want to pay crazy aftermarket prices (whether the FE is worth it or not).

(Also, there's a peghole on his shoulder, and his gun looks pretty great as a shoulder cannon)

Prid Optimus has a pretty addictive transformation and looks the part in both modes. He moves where you want him to, except for a waist and is detailed all over. The feet and chest-windows look better than on FE. His transformation is pretty intuitive with only one step requiring Movie-style wiggling and fitting (the arms forming the hood) On his own, he's an excellent transformer whose only real downside is his crummy weapon.

It's like a DotM deluxe MechTech which can't stay extended on its own. And it doesn't look like a gun when folded up. I removed the spring and batteries so that the gun can stay in the preferred mode. It kills the light feature, but the LED was so weak I'm wondering why they even bothered with the translucent plastic in his gun and arms.

When compared to the FE, Prid Optimus is shorter and less complex, has bigger back kibble, lacks the red on his torso, has those translucent forearms and is armed with inaccurate weapons. He's also widely avaiable in a store near you and much cheaper than a FE would cost you. You should decide whether better aesthetics and show-accuracy are worth a considerable mark-up.

I, myself, really want the FE really bad. It looks a lot better in terms of show accuracy, but I have yet to get my hands on one.

That said. PRID Optimus isn't a bad figure, which surprised me because I was very much turned off by it once I found out FE weren't coming State side. As mentioned, the biggest things that hurt it are the weapon and translucent blue forearms. I took out the spring from the weapon like many others and it looks way better fully extended. His transformation is fun and simple. As far as just any old Optimus transformers toy, he's not bad at all. Once you stand him next to the FE though... he just pales in comparison IMHO.

Gabi1410 wrote:I am wondering if I should buy Transformers Prime Optimus Prime Voyager? I've heard that he's much worse than First Edition, but I've seen him in a shop and to my mind he isn't that bad. And of course First Edition isn't easy to find.
I am just wondering if he's worth money.
Thanks for replies !!

Shameless self promition: It you're interested, I've got a review of the figure that you can read. Bottom line, there are some disapointments to the figure, especially its weaponry, but it isn't the worst Transformer ever and I wouldn't flat out say to avoid it. If you want it, go for it.

I've never been in the presence of FE, so PRID is all I have to go buy, but it's a pretty decent figure in its own right. The major gripe I have with it is the stupid mech tech gun, that won't stay open as a gun unless you mod it somehow, so most of the time you have OP using some sort of block of undetermined "stuff", though he does also have a sword that's just a sword, so that's not too bad.

Optimum Supreme wrote:I've never been in the presence of FE, so PRID is all I have to go buy, but it's a pretty decent figure in its own right. The major gripe I have with it is the stupid mech tech gun, that won't stay open as a gun unless you mod it somehow, so most of the time you have OP using some sort of block of undetermined "stuff", though he does also have a sword that's just a sword, so that's not too bad.

It's completely trivial to remove the spring though. It's all packed together quite well, just unscrew the shell and pull the spring off the post the battery pack rotates on.