skywarp-2 wrote:Ok, so I Decided to do them all, since the Armada, Energon, and Cybertron series is actually a trilogy, I figure I'm pulling a George lucas here and going back to the beginning after starting in the Middle..But for those of you who haven't read it yet, I placed a link to the Energon reviews and discussion section and I'll be adding a Link there to this thread.Then I'll add a link to both and to a Cybertron thread, once I get around to it..these really take a lot of time to produce considering my work schedule of late.. anyways..
The Unicron Trilogy threads:You are in:
The Good, the Bad, the "Armada"..Click this link to go to..All we need is a little "Energon", and alot of love..http://www.seibertron.com/forums/viewto ... sid=726398Click this link to go to..A Cybertronian's Guide to the "Galaxy....Force"....http://www.seibertron.com/forums/viewto ... id=#267478Click this link to go to..
Who is the Best Optimus Primal and Megatron Toy?http://www.seibertron.com/forums/viewto ... sid=726398 Click this link to go to..
The Best Megatron to buy and Review Threadhttp://www.seibertron.com/forums/viewfo ... =2700&sid=Now lets get to the flagship of the Armada Series..I'm trying to remain positive..I did however find a redeemable quality about the Leader Class Armada Prime Design, so I don't hate it as much as I used to but I have to point out that the Leader Class Prime toy, on it's own, is still not up to parr, unless combined with another Bot. But this was the first Transformer in years that I bought and that was due to the hype surrounding the self transforming trailer, which is not all that great, but as far as gimmicks go and hype surrounding it.. it was nice at the time.. Keep this in mind though..
I'm trying to remain positive..
Let us start with the Altmode..
He has a trailer that reminds us of the Original semi truck, and yeah there was a certain amount of Nostalgia that surrounded him, and not because of the gimmicks, but rather because of the fact that this was the first time he would be returning as Semi truck and trailer combo since the end of G-1..
So I said it before, and I'll say it again, my problems with this guy was only in the Supermode/combiner department, the actual bot was pretty decent, though I prefered "Bendy Prime" this one still has it's qualities about him..
Voyager Movie prime wasn't the first to have a truck Backpack??
Gripe No.1WTF is that supposed to be!!??? a Matrix or the sensor array for the Starship Enterprise!!
Prime's trailer becomes a "Playground" for Minicons..what a great Baby sitting tool, But its missing the Monkey Bars!!
Nevermind I found the Monkey Bars.. Hee Hee
Money Shot!!
The Bot and Trailer combine and then form,
SUPER PRIME!!!
Awesome design... Wait a minute.. what do I see here...??
Holy Crap!!! What the Hell is that??
Gripe No. 2 Giant freaking whole in the back..
Is he broken, he looks like he's missing something...well I suppose that gets taken care of later..
Well he's great from the front and at angles..and he does have the animation feel to him, he's even a very simplistic design compared to previous incarnations..very "clean" in the Regular Botmode..
Optimus Prime can combine with Jetfire and looks like this..which granted some people like, but for me I just think he's better off without Jetfire's legs..
trust me there isn't much articulation in the leg region, so his arms and head move, but the legs on him really don't at all.. it's okay to look at, but it reminds me of Bell bottom pants from the 1970s..
Now!! you could also combine overload and have a cool jetfire/overload combo.. though to me it still looks like crap..the colors and design elements of jetfire just don't match up to the sleakness of Prime's truck chest..
After having owned this toy and reviewing the combos I have seen thus far, I gotta say that this is the only redemption for Super Prime that I asthetically find pleasing.."Super Pants!!"
wow!! The Back pack does serve a purpose, I finally understand!!!
not too much of a Gaping whole now..
then you could always get Ultra Magnus from Energon and combine him for a more "color pleasing" version in Blues.. it's kind of a Superman thing, you have an almost all red version, Blue , or the classic costume, err... classic version..
I personally like the blue, but to each their own..
Money Shot!!
Now there was a repaint called Powerlink Optimus Prime, which may or may not have been a great color choice..it's up to you...
Geez!! Beasties!!! What's happened to his head?? It's on backwards..!!
Technically you could switch trailers with the Armada and Powerlinks version and come up with an almost completely Red Optimus Prime..Nice!!
Overall, and I hate to say it.. I have to go with the Superpants version..I would prefer that to the jetfire combo. But If you decide to get Prime it might also be good to get Overload or Ultra Magnus repaint from the Energon series to use as a huge weapons array on top of his shoulders, which can also hide that pesky whole in his back and behind his head..
I do have to say, though not a fan of Brick formers, His combined Superpants mode does have a cool look to it, and with the Overload/Magnus backpack, it really kinda works as to why his legs are stationary and don't move..considering the weight and all. For me it is important to have leg movement, I was initially against this version of Prime because he had none in Supermode.
I think this bot has had a redemption of sorts, but I still think that without the self transforming trailer, which I might add didn't always transform very well by itself and still required help sometimes.. If only they had done without the gimmick and went with lights and sounds over mechanics, that would have been nice.. then they could of worked in articulation..but they didn't...
So to find the good in anything is a mark of true enlightenment, so I am more in tuned with the toy's design now then I was previously.. I still think that there are issues, but its minor enough to overlook, especially with the additional combiner qualities of Overload and Magnus..
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