Fellow Seibertronian primalxconvoy got his hands on Takara Transformers TAV 50 Hyper Surge Prime and wrote a quick review for us to highlight some points that may not be apparent at first glance. If anyone is interested in this toy, this is a great read to be aware of some problems in order to set your expectations, since this is intended for kids afterall. The short review is interspersed with relevant images from
alfes's gallery.
I got this toy the other day. Here are some observations:
- No Autobot symbols in lorry mode (I used Repros for mine).
- No upper arm swivel, which is strange as his upper thighs do. This means that his posability is limited.
- The regular head swivels a bit, but the super mode visor DOES NOT. This means that he cannot look around in super mode.
- The arms, although engineered to have tabs, don't tab together in Alt mode very well.
- the clear sword blade and hilt are detachable, and feature a special peg which fits into only this prime's hands. Not sure why.
- No painted wheels, which is odd for Takara.
- The molded Autobot symbol on the eagle is both unpainted and obscured by the eagle head in super mode, meaning that Optimus has no clear faction symbol on display while in this mode.
- The cab comes unattached in the box, and simply hangs off the attached area. It's tempting to want to pull it down further, causing it to come off.
- the same for the wings, as they appear to fold, but don't.
In conclusion, the toy is perhaps more durable and easier to transform that the previous iteration of super mode Prime, but it's got less details and paint apps.
