Haven’t done a TF post in a while so I figure it was about time.
This is Beast Hunters Optimus Prime in all his glory. Some have complained that he’s a little too “toy like” and “kiddish” with all his bright colours. I’ve gone ahead and ignored that because he’s a Mad Max truck with a flippin’ sword and dual cannons that say “I will end you”, though preferably without removing any faces.
In robot mode Optimus has many of my favourite things. Big ass sword – check, dual cannons – check, wings – check. The main reason I wanted this one is because it echoes one of my all time favourites, Cyberton Optimus Prime. The only thing that’s missing for me is there’s no option to put up a faceplate over the mouth. That would have been badass.
Vehicle mode is, well, a truck (duh) with nice spiked front bumpers and places for all the weapons (there’s nothing I can’t stand more than no places for weapons). Everything actually fits together quite nicely. This mode also really reminds me of Cyberton Optimus. I’m pretty sure they would have been buds.
I have to admit, I am a little disappointed in the paint app.s on this one. It would have been a better toy with just a little more detail and highlights but that gets back to the whole kiddishness. The problem is it actually makes what is otherwise a very cool toy kind of bland looking. I’ve noticed this with some of the other Beast Hunters toys as well so maybe this is just Hasbro either A) getting lazy or B) trying something new. Either way, I hope it’s not a fad that lasts with future toy lines.
If you can ignore the colours, this one’s worth it to me, though I can understand where some are completely put off by the Beast Hunters line. I doubt I’ll be buying too much more from this series outside of the Terrorcons and Predaking, but we’ll just have to see about that.
~ B
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