Transformers RID Battle Pack Optimus Prime & Bludgeon Video Review

Hey Guys,

Happy Holidays! Thanks for watching the Optimus review. For a comparison here my Battle Pack Sideswipe review as well! While neither figures are bad they are little more than scaled up Legion class figures with silly armor bits and a bakugan. Younger kids might like them but I worry that the kids will lose or swallow the energon bits. (as the father of a 19-month-old I worry about these things)

Oh an on the 26th I'll follow up with my 2016 Wave 1 RID Minicon review.




Again, wishing you all a wonderful Holiday,

Balt

william-james88 wrote:I think they are far more than upscaled Legion since they have double the articulation. No offense to those legion class toys but that articulation is BAAAAAAAAAAAD

At Legion scale I don't expect a crazy amount of articulation given the designs. But at this scale some more articulation would be greatly appreciated.

baltmatrix wrote:

william-james88 wrote:I think they are far more than upscaled Legion since they have double the articulation. No offense to those legion class toys but that articulation is BAAAAAAAAAAAD

At Legion scale I don't expect a crazy amount of articulation given the designs. But at this scale some more articulation would be greatly appreciated.

More articulation than legion or more articulation than what they actually gave us?

Looks like you can pull off some pretty great poses still:

carytheone wrote:

william-james88 wrote:I think they are far more than upscaled Legion since they have double the articulation. No offense to those legion class toys but that articulation is BAAAAAAAAAAAD

Well for some of them...

Haha, yes Fixit had all the articulaiton I needed

Happy almost holidays folks! Today we have an unexpectedly festive sighting and set of in-hand pics. The latest wave of Transformers Robots in Disguise Warrior Class figures features:
Blizzard Strike Optimus Prime
Megatronus (sans faceplate)
Fracture (sans pictured)
and Night Strike Bumblebee (now with 18% more aqua!)

These fellas were stumbled upon by yours truly at a local Wal-Mart in Edmonton Alberta Canada amidst many a holiday shopper. It goes to show that you should always be on the hunt! Stay tuned to Seibertron.com: home for the best Galleries and Conversation around!

Night Ops Bumblebee. Night Strike Bumblebee. Clash Of The Transformers Bumblebee.

Cool.

carytheone wrote:Hey bud, long time no see. Cool find, I've been on the hunt for that Megatronus.

Hey! Nice blues

Megatronus is strangely satisfying, I think you'll dig him. Only reason I didn't get Fracture though is cause I recently pre-ordered the Adventure version.

Bumblebee is an odd duck though. He comes with a translucent smokey black sword more suitable for the Night Ops Bee which I recently acquired. I did some modding and swapping, now Backwards Day Bumblebee might be my favorite of the bunch!

Cobotron wrote:Who is this mystery news man?
Like a news ninja.

heeeeeYAH NEWS'd
*jumps back behind your couch*

carytheone wrote:Fracture is a wonderful figure. Be prepared for awesomeness.

I'm digging the snot out of sad mustard bee on the right.

Mustard Bee

I guess they gave Optimus Orange armour - as they were thinking many people will just throw the extra bits in a parts bin and the axe would be the correct colour - but assuming you'd actually want the armour to look nice - I think another darker colour would have been better - heck even all spark blue would have been better too.


I think my reaction to the armour is coloured negatively by the choice of the coloured they decided to cast them in - I don't think any work well at all - If they ever repaint them I hope they pick matching tones to the originals so they can be juggled with the armour from the 1st releases.

Dark Blue or red for Optimus and Red or magenta for Sideswipe for example.

I'm a little surprised that when they designed them they didn't think to make the armour also fit on the vehicles and the minicons in some ways too.

We have some nice new video reviews coming at you this Christmas day. We have not one but two reviews for Battle Pack Sideswipe and Mini-con Anvil (is he THAT good?) and a review for Legion Class Drift. These are from Chuckdawg1999 and Balmatrix. Enjoy!

baltmatrix wrote:Hey Guys,

Happy Holidays! Thanks for watching the Optimus review. For a comparison here my Battle Pack Sideswipe review as well! While neither figures are bad they are little more than scaled up Legion class figures with silly armor bits and a bakugan. Younger kids might like them but I worry that the kids will lose or swallow the energon bits. (as the father of a 19-month-old I worry about these things)

Oh an on the 26th I'll follow up with my 2016 Wave 1 RID Minicon review.




Again, wishing you all a wonderful Holiday,

Balt

chuckdawg1999 wrote:After the disappointment of Warrior Sideswipe I, and many other collectors, were hoping for a better version of the character. Hasbro must have heard us as this Decepticon Hunter version is fantastic. If I were to have one complaint, it's that the figure doesn't come with a proper sword, instead the main weapon is a mace. Armored up the figure looks really good, and the combined weapon holds together better than Prime's. All in all, a solid buy.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Drift is a great Legion figure with a fun transformation.

Speaking of the sightings section, I've added a listing for these in there. Got so busy getting the Rescue Bots section caught up these slipped through the cracks on me!