Transformers Studio Series 44 Leader Class Jetwing Optimus Prime Video Review

The shield is a bummer, but that's really the only negative for me. I'm SO excited for this figure, I went out and bought the paint I'll need for it the other day. The extra weapons are ready to go, I have smokestacks, and the parts from SS-05 are painted up and ready to swap. I just have to decide whether I'll leave the dark gray on Prime as is or if I'll paint it silver.

I just hope it arrives a little sooner than Pulse's estimate, otherwise I won't see it till Christmas.

Stargrave wrote:I believe the fine print in the instructions mentions something about a refrigerator and a full orchestra, but don't quote me on those last two.

Now I want the scene where the trailer transforms at the start of DOTM but instead of weapons all the Autobots fly out, instruments in hand.

I’m so glad they painted the abs section. I think they should have went with a lighter shade for the trailer if they weren’t gonna paint it. It’s such a contrast compared to Prime himself with the rims being a dark shade. I little blue paint for the running lights would have enhance the trailer considerably.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Cool review. Yay for pins in that backpack. One of mine came kept coming off quite easily til I tightened the joint with some nail polish but pins are better.
My order update says "We estimate that delivery will be made on 03-08-2019, between 09:42 and 12:42" so that's nice.

I’ve always wondered about using materials to tighten pins I’m worried about melting the plastic how do you do that Carnivius?

Carnivius_Prime wrote:My fave interaction on the internet today.

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Love all the stuff on the newspaper too. A SS wishlist. Unicrons horn thing from TLK. Bumblebee doing double peace signs...

Stargrave wrote:I’ve always wondered about using materials to tighten pins I’m worried about melting the plastic how do you do that Carnivius?

Dunno about tightening the pins themselves (the SS32 doesn't have pins where the DotM has added them) but yeah applying a very thin layer of clear nail polish or (if you're VERY careful) superglue in where a joint moves adds a nice extra bit of friction to stop joint being loose. Works great on balljoints too. Also some kinds of joints like that SS32 Prime bit (or on SS01 Bumblebee's roof joint before they put the pin in the later Clunker release) can be heated up easily with a hairdryer to soften the plastic then squeeze those parts tighter around the joint so where they cool and harden again they're a tighter fit than before. If that makes sense. I'm terrible at trying to explain things in words. :/

Thank you! That’s a great idea with the hair dryer!

You explained it perfectly actually

That throne is killin’ me right now I can’t believe they made a newspaper

That throne and paper combo are the best thing I've seen on twitter in a while

ZeroWolf wrote:That throne and paper combo are the best thing I've seen on twitter in a while

Yeah, i still smiling about it. I can't believe he went to that much detail on what was just a silly joke i did.



Ok my DotM Prime should be here in next few hours.

That Jetwing Optimus looks like a dollar store KO. I can't believe anybody could actually like it. In the video he says it looks "ABSOLUTELY AWESOME". There is absolutely nothing awesome about it.

Aimless Misfire wrote:That Jetwing Optimus looks like a dollar store KO. I can't believe anybody could actually like it. In the video he says it looks "ABSOLUTELY AWESOME". There is absolutely nothing awesome about it.

You need to tell me what Dollar Store you shop at because it is absolutely awesome. I ain’t never seen anything like this as a cheap store knock off.

Stargrave wrote:Love the paint work dude your pics are great

Thanks. I'm no pro but i like adding extra details on.

Stargrave wrote:

Aimless Misfire wrote:That Jetwing Optimus looks like a dollar store KO. I can't believe anybody could actually like it. In the video he says it looks "ABSOLUTELY AWESOME". There is absolutely nothing awesome about it.

You need to tell me what Dollar Store you shop at because it is absolutely awesome. I ain’t never seen anything like this as a cheap store knock off.

Yeah i dunno if I'd called it 'absolutely awesome' (honestly I don't think that about any figure TF or otherwise cos I'm often so darn picky) but it's certainly way beyond a dollar store KO (and if not then yeah let's all buy those toys instead cos they sound amazing and save us some monies ). It has the typical limitations of a budget restricted mainline TF product like it really could use more paint and the booster parts of the jetwings are a bit hollow for my tastes (looking about for stuff to fill them in with a bit) but this set is a lot of fun to play with. I still prefer (the Jetpower Prime's design and toys (a voyager and a whole other transforming Leader figure) overall but Jetwing Prime is hugely entertaining to play about with too and definitely worth a look especially if having not yet got SS32.

Still working on a way to hold the shield properly. It's got a post, two tabs and a slot. There must be some way to hold it on his arm without it looking silly.

Anyone else getting 503 Kremzeek errors on this site today?

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Great pics, Carnivius! I’m even more excited for mine now!

Aimless Misfire wrote:That Jetwing Optimus looks like a dollar store KO. I can't believe anybody could actually like it. In the video he says it looks "ABSOLUTELY AWESOME". There is absolutely nothing awesome about it.

I mean, it’s missing paint, but I can fix that (and have a lot of fun fixing that, too). What I can’t fix is the mold and sculpting, which they did a great job on here. DOTM Optimus is my favorite version (and look) of Prime in any continuity, and they went out and made it with almost every accessory seen in the movie. For me, this sis the figure I’ve waited 8 years for now, and it doesn’t look to disappoint.

Oh yeah you're gonna have fun painting it up and you already do the long smokestacks thing (thanks again for that idea. The truck looks so weird with it's small smokestacks especially when towing the trailer). I'm like that with a lot of action figures, especially Transformers, paaaarticually movie stuffs, is that if you're willing to put in a bit of extra work with paint and stuff to improve your figure you'll often be much more satisfied with it.

Dunno how you feel about the windows being solid plastic and painted silver. Silver's a weird colour for me there cos I like to paint the wing mirrors and windshield wipers silver but they won't stand out against silver windows so maybe black windows with some sort of attempted effect at reflections a bit like a real-world version of the cell shaded stickers Toyhax do for G1-type figures). Or if wanting to have proper transparency there might be a way to switch the ones from SS32.