-Kanrabat- wrote:Now finally owning this mold, I can appreciate what they were going for. This mold is AWESOME for what it is! Cool gimmick, the vehicle is not too bad, and the transformation is brilliant, simple, and fun. Also, the bot mode is gorgeous. I had more fun with it than the Prime First Edition.
Seriously.
I will say this for Weaponizer Optimus Prime in robot mode: he looks rather impressive. On the television show, Optimus was always shown as the tallest Autobot (if not the "bulkiest"). The Voyager Class figure is taller than say, a Deluxe figure, but it doesn't quite feel as imposing. This figure definitely conveys a sense of power. Optimus Prime's design relies on contrast, with his upper body being very wide, leading to a thinner waist section and hips that then lead to the lower legs which are thicker and get wider all the way to the feet. This gives him a very dynamic appearance and in this size scale, this image is even more striking. The only unfortunate aspect is that a lot of his truck mode winds up on his back, so he look like he has a huge back pack on (which well, he does). Fortunately the legs have ratchet joints and his feet are wide enough to support him standing with all that weight.
All the requisite details for Optimus are represented here. This includes his head design with the high central crest, extra horizontal line details on the sides of the "helmet" section, the complex series of lines that make up most of the torso to waist and the distinctive curved lines of his shoulder armor. He looks absolutely fantastic and oddly, I find myself liking the way the figure looks out of package much more than when I first saw him in box.
Optimus is cast in the requisite colors: red, blue, silver and gunmetal. The red is mostly on top of the figure, the gunmetal is in the middle and the legs alternate between silver and blue. Black plastic is used for the wheels on the sides of the legs. His chest "windows" are translucent blue. The color distribution looks good and true to the TV show. Paint applications are fairly simple, but again follow the CG model well. This includes silver, yellow and gunmetal grey. The silver is the most heavily used color. You'll find it on the head, chest and legs. The yellow is used for tiny details on the torso while the gunmetal is used to paint his knee armor. The color scheme here is very "clean" and there aren't a lot of small fiddly details painted in - which is appropriate given that this is how the CG model looks.
william-james88 wrote:So yes, in some categories, he happens to be the best the line had to offer.
Return to Transformers Toys Discussion
Registered users: Bing [Bot], EmoTim, Google [Bot], Google Adsense [Bot], Light Metal, Majestic-12 [Bot], MSN [Bot], Nemesis_1982, Ravage XK, Yahoo [Bot]