Review time! The new triple changin faction leaders!
First: Prime. I gotta say, even though he's obviously e precursor for Octane this mold makes a fantastic Optimus. He invokes the G2 Laser Prime quite well, and its nuts because if you think about it. He has a third mode, and the trailer is incorporated into the figure instead of being a separate piece.
The truck is seamless. For a triple changer, that's pretty amazing.
Notice how I'm not talking about the plane mode? That's cause it's not great. It's not nearly as seamless as the tanker, and I feel its easily ignored.
Now Megatron. Another winner. And another one that I know is meant to be someone else (Blitzwing) but wears it like he owns it. That bot mode is Megatron through and through, and that head sculpt is terrific. One negative, his bicep is folded together treads but nothing tabs together and can be irritating.
Tank is solid and fun. Only complaint is that the turret can't look up, and it looks like it should be able to.
Plane mode is solid too. Reminds me of Gobots Leader 1 though
But, there's a prospect for this mold that I'm more excited for than Blitzwing. Notice that he has two peg holes on his shoulder giving him a perfect place to mount a cannon? Green with purple camo anyone? Please make a G2 Megatron out of this!
Final thoughts:
I'm quite impressed, but do I recommend them? not necessarily. I would love to see Takara's expertly painted take on them. The stickers are ok actually to look at, but peel pretty easily. If Reprolabels makes a set for these guys I might buy them. But even then, I can't tell you to wait on Takara either because these days it's not a guarantee they'll release the molds as OP and Megs, they've been known to arbitrarily skip figures.
As Octane and Blitz, I'd buy in a heartbeat. And oh man, Black Convoy? Delicious. Two please.
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