I don't hate the alt-mode, but I don't know why they didn't just keep the leg transformation from the bumblebee movie version. That one perfectly figured out how to convert the legs into a solid, realistic truck bed. All they had to do was just remold the details and add some stronger locking tabs, and they'd be set. As it stands, you getter a better robot mode and a lacking alt mode.
I think I could’ve been more explicit in this video about the trade offs. I don’t even thing BB Optimus looks that good either, its just more detailed. ROTB Optimus simply chose not to try because the cohesiveness of the robot mode was more important
Crappy design ngl. The legs barely held together and when they did, he'd lean back and try to fall over since he had no heels. They were pretty shitty compared to the torso's engineering
It seems like with most Optimus Prime figures, they have a nasty habit of putting all their eggs into the front part of the cab and just giving up halfway through, either just letting the legs stick out the back, or worse. This figure is one of those cases. Which burns especially when you consider how well SS38 did its truck mode.
I like the new Nendo avatar, Mei. I’d probably like this figure more if I thought more highly of ROTB. This is easily an all timer of a video. I was giggling my balls off the whole time.
Its so frustrating how they can make a figure so aesthetically pleasing but then litter it with so many bizarre choice. I feel like I’m only positive about this figure because I like it
I dont get why so many Transformers have undersized weapons even though they don't even store inside the figure. I feel like this figure is a great example of that issue. I do still kinda want to get this figure and the upgrade kit for it since imo, it almost makes this figure into a mini masterpiece of sorts.
@@Gei4Mei It does tab on the back but I meant like actually hide inside. When you have a weapon that stores by tabbing onto the outside, I feel like there is any excuse for them to be undersized.
The way you say "Ye'alright" during the circumcision joke has become a running gag in my server to the point where I created a soundbyte of you saying that. We thank you so very much for the laughs
Upon handling SS38 again during this review, I don’t even know if I think he’s all that good anymore, especially because of his weird proportions and flimsy connections
In defense for the engineers they said hasbro told them to prioritize the robot mode and didn't give enough money, so that's what they could do to the truck mode, it was Hasbro's fault
The reason why his truck bed is like that is because it's actually a very very heavy remold of ss 38 prime but they didn't have enough budget and that's why the canon is also so small due to budget cut and the reason they put it in buzzworthy is because they already had 2 voyagers in that same line but they wanted a prime to go with the movies release so they put it in the buzzworthy bumblebee line
........Yeah, this figure had a lot of positives, but the negatives, even if there are not much, are still glaring. The only way to save this figure is with the DNA Design upgrade, but seeing how much DNA Design charged their products, the cost is gonna be like buying _two_ SS Optimus 🗿🗿🗿
@@Gei4Mei Another alternative would be buying 3D print design for better shoulders, legs, and arm cannons, and either print them yourselves or pay someone to do it. But it still leaves the parts unpainted, so you gotta paint them too while you're at it. In short : It's gonna be a pain in the a$$ 🗿🗿🗿 These problems should've never existed in first place, but here we are 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️ People said these problems were because of production budget reasons, but I'm still not convinced 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ On side note, I've heard that Baiwei is trying to knockoff the SS ROTB Prime. I wish they could at least fix the shoulders and legs to be like what DNA Design did, and add in more faithful weapons on top of that 🤔🤔🤔 Also, compatibility with their own DOTM Jet Optimus Trailer would be nice 😂🤣
@@Runethe The good thing about DNA Design deciding to include all of those fixes, on top of loading some accessories in, is that it caters to everyone's demand. You may not find the problems to be that annoying, but some people _really_ do 🤷♂️
Studio series primal is worth getting for the axe. The best Rotb figure in my opinion. Also, the truck REALLY doesn’t bother me at all. I don’t know why. It’s true that the kibble is BAD, but it’s far from the worse I’ve seen
Ya know, it's pretty insane that on the same day this review comes out, we find out that a knock off of this figure with not one but TWO Big canons to make Prime's enemies cum with is being released in October. Imma absolutely cop that shit lmao
Oh man, I wouldn’t wanna put 38 legs on mine, the tabs are too crappy. The figures are a lot more similar than they are different though, so I’m not surprised it works
I wanted to like this guy so much more than I do. He looks great... but there's so many weird decisions. The shoulders are atrocious, and the leg transformation feels half-finished. This guy should've been an upgrade from the Bumblebee Optimus, but he feels like a sidegrade. I don't regret getting him, but he's nowhere near my favourite figures of the year when he easily could've been.
I found that moving the shoulder assembly back (like in truck mode) when posing them helps make it look less like he's building a roof out of smokestacks. This is definitely an overhyped figure but I enjoy posing it mainly because the plastic feels nice. Love the poses, Gei4Mei!
The leg panels could literally fold flat against the back of the cab. I am an engineer, and i can tell you whoever designed this just got lazy when it came to vehicle mode.
Finally I see a review that shits on the altmode the way it deserves!! Now, I been wondering, a problem I have with the original Beeprime is that the feet, while being able to fold inside the legs, in robot mode, it's very easy for him to fall on his back because of the lack of heels and very flat feet, I was expecting this figure to have better balance thanks to the bigger feet, does it? Because otherwise they really killed the altmode just for the sake of robot mode accuracy ;-;
I still have a soft spot for SS 38 since i got it for my birthday and the robot kibble is not as atrocious as the truck kibble in SS 102. any problems i have with robot mode in SS 102 would be nitpicks like the abdomen jutting out and the shoulders. hasbro could've designed some kind of trap door gimmick with the inner leg to cover the foot in truck mode.
There is an upgrade kit but it doesn't really do much other than what you said by the legs not doing anything, also new shoulders and more accessories.
Cool robot mode, but when I get a transforming figure, ESPECIALLY studio series, I think it’s a real shame and failure if the vehicle mode ends up looking this messy. If I wanted to keep it in robot mode, I’d get another model kit. It DOES do the robot mode really well at least
Having just customized my SS38 shortly before this was a thing, and seeing pictures, while it is impressive, it's not impressive enough to make me "upgrade" from a figure I just worked hard on to improve to my specifications. Plus, personally, I do value the vehicle mode, and while my imagination carries me with certain figures, the aestheticist in me is certainly bothered by his barely functional truck, and I really don't want to get the DNA Designs kit to fix all those problems (and some that can't be fixed, such as 38 and VNR's head looking better proportioned on this figure).
@@Gei4Mei mostly repainted the thighs and face into a brighter flat silver, and shaved off parts of the neck base to give more neck articulation clearance. Still have to repaint the eyes to match the bright light blue of Netflix and VNR Optimus. And will craft an axe for him, possibly out of that same axe your 102 is wielding
I think you summed up all the problems I have with this figure. What it does well? It does REALLY WELL (the way it hides its vehicle kibble is SO GOOD). But what it does badly, it does REALLY BADLY. Normally I can forgive a bit of jank if the rest of the figure makes up for it. But: "no paint, tiny gun, no axe, awful vehicle mode" is a lot of points against it.
I think that the biggest problem was the dumb design decision to reuse only the chest & back from SS38 and make new molds for *EVERY. OTHER. PART.* SS38 was a few steps short of greatness, SS102 is an almost complete downgrade. Which is just insulting when you realize that SS102 is still infinitely superior to the mainline RotB Voyager.😑 This definitely needed the Leader class budget to get both modes right, ditto for SS90 AoE Galvatron.
Budget. The only explanation for all this is budget. You cant bash on somethings downfalls without considering the fact that inflation and budget are a key factor in its problems. I mean the leg panels on the rear of the cabe are an easy simple fix but the other things like the cannon and axe ar all due to well lack of dudget. I think ThatToyGuy says something to do with this in his review but i don't remember id recommend his video to see an explanation on this though.
The reason I even sell my transformers on ebay is because I'm not enjoying the transformations anymore. And with this figure in particular, I cant find it all, my target never put it up on shelves, and even tried looking at targets across the state. He's just not there. So I am gonna have to get the yolopark version also with hopes of affording the threezero version coming out soon, since I'm just after the character at this point rather than the alternate mode.
Good review all around. With a baker's dozen, I need an outstanding reason to add another Prime to the boardroom. I swear its Into the Optimus-verse up in here. Looks like I might take a pass unless the boardroom gets expanded or an Optimus or two wander over to the Megatron area.
I swear this thing is probably one of the most overhyped figure ever. Same went with SS38 and Movieline Airazor. I don’t give a damn about the truck, that’s not my problem with him. The unfinished truck is because the designers literally ran out of budget because this was made in a retool budget instead of a full figure budget
Im pretty sure it has the issue it does is because of a surprising lack of budget. Ive also heard that target helped out hasbro woth said lack of budget which is why he became an exclusive. That aoad these are kust rumors as far as I know. Idk of true lol
The reason why the alt mode looks so bad is because they had the budget of a retool. They didn't have the budget of a full complete new mold, so they had to work around. And one of the designers admitted that because they wanted to prioritize that robot mode (and they did an outstanding job), they ran out of money and had to do what is admittedly a botch job. And for those who say they should've just reused 38's method, those legs did NOT hold together. And whenever they did, the feet had no heels so you had to leave them unpegged. That design was very crappy.
I commented on this video before. I'm commenting again to tell you Bawei KO of this figure is miles way better. The shoulders isn't fix yet tho. I might use the DNA Design should only.
I do not care about the rear of the the alt mode the Fla 96 with the upper girl and fabulous details on the cab make me love this figure even more now all I want is an 83 square body c10 transformer.
The truck mode is trash, but the bot mode isn't perfect either. I didn't even know there was so much gaps in the shoulder area because the promo pics aren't taken from the top down. Other voyager optimus figs don't have big weird gaps in their shoulders and look much better. Coupled with those tiny weapons, this isn't even that impressive in bot mode, even though that's what the Hasbro makers claimed that's what all the budget went into.
I mean somethings are done for the sake of the articulation, and yeah these gaps probably wouldn’t be there if he had normal shoulders. The sword I don’t mind but the cannon is definitely a little disappointing
@@Gei4Mei It doesn't even have great shoulder articulation. I have the figure. The Gamer Edition Optimus has the same range of articulation without unsightly gaps. The Magic Square optimus has SUPERIOR shoulder articulation without any gaps. It's just very poor engineering and design.
Hey Gei, you playing to pick up the upgrade kit for this Optimus? There being an upgrade kit doesn't excuse the issues, but it does look to improve the figure quite a bit.
It’s complicated. I was up at 3am and I was notified that Target had them in stock online, but only for store pick up. I managed to find a store across town that had them confirmed in stock, so I just ordered it and picked him up that afternoon. But no, technically I didn’t see him in the wild and I’m honestly kind of upset about it.
SS38 has a better truck and SS102 has a better robot. Evan said that they ran out of budget money for SS102 legs so that's why his truck mode is a hot mess💩💯
@@Gei4Mei The DNA shoulder upgrades seems fine, but the truck kibble fix seems weird. Normally you’ve got a clean truck bed with a crap ton of truck kibble on the cab. The DNA upgrade makes it so the truck kibble is gone, but the truck bed just looks like a pair of robot legs. It’s a pick your poison kind of thing.
We are getting a dna design for optimus prime that he getting 2 better accurate arms cannons and some parts for his legs that transformer a bit better and has a trailer hitch that can actually attach his earthrise trailer
The movable hip joints have been done extensively in alot of modern MG Gundam kits to be fair. The fact that its now on a TF figure is a good thing and hopefully many to come.
00:56 Optimus: Im going to find Scourge. Gei: Oh yeah! Optimus: and I´m going to cirumcise him! Gei: Are you going to transfom him in Jewish!? 😄😁😆😅😂🤣🤣🤣🤣 Dude, I love your blue jokes!!
I lucked out cause I checked the stock on the app and had to drive to a store across town to get one. The Target by my house got a case, the truck was there, but they restocked it on some random ass day so I missed them all
I actually love this figure so much, and i also like his truck mode, sucks ass that i have to pay up like 100$ for this as i dont live in the US Great hasbro.... you yet again forgot that theres places around the world OTHER than America and Asia
Plump Ladies 12? Needs more Iori Yuuki. Ok for real. that back looks bad but if you gave this figure a mad max paint and makeover we got a nice fit but man. thats a no
@@Gei4Meiyou'd figure with how big hasbro is and clearly not suffering a loss in bank that thered be like one guy who would be there to say like "hey... is this even passable?"
I think I prefer SS102. SS38 has the better vehicle mode by far, but its less graceful with its transformation and it has some tolerance problems with the robot mode legs
@@Gei4Mei Alpha (Male) Trion needs to be activated at Hasbro. Lot of weirdos there now! For the love of the characters and the cartoons and for the fans!!! It's gotta change .. didn't mean to rant.
@@Gei4Mei Oh I See Then And There's Upcoming DNA Design Upgrade Kit For Studio Series R.O.T.B Voyager Class Optimus Prime is For The Legs Pieces in Vehicle Mode, Movable Feets, Bigger Blasters Hand, and Smoke Stacks, and Second DNA Design Upgrade Kit is For His New Shoulders Parts.
@@Gei4Mei That's Fix Shoulder Problems, It Move Up Futher, and It Make "Let Them Come/I Gonna Take Scourge's Key and Then Take Off His Head" and "Stand Down, I Won't Asked a Second Time" Pose.
Great review but the shoulders and hips are terrible. I would rather have SS38 hips or Optus Pexus hips than what we got. The truck mode is messy but serviceable. I am truly disappointed with this figure.
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I don't hate the alt-mode, but I don't know why they didn't just keep the leg transformation from the bumblebee movie version. That one perfectly figured out how to convert the legs into a solid, realistic truck bed. All they had to do was just remold the details and add some stronger locking tabs, and they'd be set. As it stands, you getter a better robot mode and a lacking alt mode.
I think I could’ve been more explicit in this video about the trade offs. I don’t even thing BB Optimus looks that good either, its just more detailed. ROTB Optimus simply chose not to try because the cohesiveness of the robot mode was more important
@@Gei4Meiyour opinion is your own opinion but I'm pretty sure the bb version has the most accurate truck in a transformer almost ever.
The backside is completely wrong tho, and he has the same hollow look as ROTB Optimus. Its better designed overall, but I can’t say its accurate
yeah stronger tabs would be nice since the bbm prime had some really fiddly legs
Crappy design ngl. The legs barely held together and when they did, he'd lean back and try to fall over since he had no heels. They were pretty shitty compared to the torso's engineering
4:28 made me laugh harder than I should. 🤣
What part was that, I forgot what I put there
@@Gei4MeiFart Reverb
Oh yeah, I keep stopping to laugh at that when I was editing this lol
Watching this channel grow is almost as satisfying as seeing Mei's Nendoroid mascot evolve and change (as a Nendoroid collector myself).
Yay! New review from the most underrated reviewer!
Thanks bro 😭 I’m just trying my best
Glad that in spite of all the hype, people still see the issues
I try my best to be even handed and rational. Even if I like something that doesn’t exactly excuse any issues I have with it
It seems like with most Optimus Prime figures, they have a nasty habit of putting all their eggs into the front part of the cab and just giving up halfway through, either just letting the legs stick out the back, or worse.
This figure is one of those cases. Which burns especially when you consider how well SS38 did its truck mode.
Its not just Optimus tho! Motormaster and SS Galvatron did that too! They just don’t wanna design trucks I guess
@@Gei4Mei Granted, Motormaster is a slightly less egregious example since the detail is at least THERE.
True, plus he’s supposed to tow his trailer around. Galvatron basically has no excuse
@@Gei4Mei Oh yeah I agree, Galvatron has no right having all that junk in the trunk.
I thought I recognized your pfp! I follow you on Twitter, I didn't expect to see you here!
I agree with most of your opinions, he should've been given leader budget in order to make a good truck mode with proper paint.
This really was an absolutely hilarious review. Love your work, dude.
Thank u, I’m trying my best
Thanks for the review! You are awesome Gei4Mei
Oh thanks 😊
I like the new Nendo avatar, Mei.
I’d probably like this figure more if I thought more highly of ROTB.
This is easily an all timer of a video. I was giggling my balls off the whole time.
Thanks 😊 I’m glad somebody finally said something!
You need to watch Plump Ladies 1-11 to have the context needed to understand Plump Ladies 12. The story *is* great I can't believe you part skipped
We all make mistakes in the heat of passion
I love how this guy is both an improvement to the one from Bumblebee and also a straight downgrade in almost every aspect.
Its so frustrating how they can make a figure so aesthetically pleasing but then litter it with so many bizarre choice. I feel like I’m only positive about this figure because I like it
2:48 ironically, that quote went from let them come to I’m going to take that scourge’s key and then take off his head
I think people memed it too hard so they had to change it
Yeah, but it did appear all the way at the end of the movie
I dont get why so many Transformers have undersized weapons even though they don't even store inside the figure. I feel like this figure is a great example of that issue. I do still kinda want to get this figure and the upgrade kit for it since imo, it almost makes this figure into a mini masterpiece of sorts.
Well, his actually do store on the vehicle I just forgot to show it off. It doesn’t make it any better so I didn’t think it was worthwhile to mention
@@Gei4Mei It does tab on the back but I meant like actually hide inside. When you have a weapon that stores by tabbing onto the outside, I feel like there is any excuse for them to be undersized.
Probably the most well spoken and articulated review I’ve ever listened to.
I try my best lmao thank u
Sir you are the third TF reviewer who's a man of culture I have known.
Who are the other two lmao?
@@Gei4Mei Jobbythehong and Mechazee
Oh yeah dose fellas lol
The way you say "Ye'alright" during the circumcision joke has become a running gag in my server to the point where I created a soundbyte of you saying that. We thank you so very much for the laughs
Back here again to say that I just got the figure, and that I’m absolutely excited to put him into his “let them come pose”
This is exactly what I was thinking when I saw the 2 modes. Happy you pointing it out. For me SS38 is the best
Upon handling SS38 again during this review, I don’t even know if I think he’s all that good anymore, especially because of his weird proportions and flimsy connections
In defense for the engineers they said hasbro told them to prioritize the robot mode and didn't give enough money, so that's what they could do to the truck mode, it was Hasbro's fault
Great review as always and love your mishmash Nendoroid mascot! ✨
Thanks 😊 I spend more money buying that purple hair piece than I probably should admit too lol
The reason why his truck bed is like that is because it's actually a very very heavy remold of ss 38 prime but they didn't have enough budget and that's why the canon is also so small due to budget cut and the reason they put it in buzzworthy is because they already had 2 voyagers in that same line but they wanted a prime to go with the movies release so they put it in the buzzworthy bumblebee line
I know, its really silly!
@@Gei4Mei ikr!!! also I was so surprised you actually replied on a 2 month old video lmao
........Yeah, this figure had a lot of positives, but the negatives, even if there are not much, are still glaring. The only way to save this figure is with the DNA Design upgrade, but seeing how much DNA Design charged their products, the cost is gonna be like buying _two_ SS Optimus 🗿🗿🗿
That’s pretty much why I stay away from upgrade kits. Too pricey
@@Gei4Mei Another alternative would be buying 3D print design for better shoulders, legs, and arm cannons, and either print them yourselves or pay someone to do it. But it still leaves the parts unpainted, so you gotta paint them too while you're at it. In short : It's gonna be a pain in the a$$ 🗿🗿🗿
These problems should've never existed in first place, but here we are 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️ People said these problems were because of production budget reasons, but I'm still not convinced 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
On side note, I've heard that Baiwei is trying to knockoff the SS ROTB Prime. I wish they could at least fix the shoulders and legs to be like what DNA Design did, and add in more faithful weapons on top of that 🤔🤔🤔 Also, compatibility with their own DOTM Jet Optimus Trailer would be nice 😂🤣
@@Runethe The good thing about DNA Design deciding to include all of those fixes, on top of loading some accessories in, is that it caters to everyone's demand. You may not find the problems to be that annoying, but some people _really_ do 🤷♂️
Yay, when i saw new uploaded video i was excited and as always i enjoyed it, keep being awesome 😁👍🔥
Thank u I will try lol
Honestly I think that the perfect prime is a mix between SS38 and SS102. Personally though I kind of like SS38. Also this review has let me come.
You’re welcome 😂 yeah I kinda think if they could’ve made an improved version of SS38’s legs and stuck them on 102, this could’ve been much better
Another awesome review, bro
NACX-096, everyone, u're welcome.
What da hell u can’t be spreading arcane knowledge around here!
That close up photo on his face was class👌🏻
Thank u ☺️ I’m always trying to make everything look high quality and crisp
Studio series primal is worth getting for the axe. The best Rotb figure in my opinion. Also, the truck REALLY doesn’t bother me at all. I don’t know why. It’s true that the kibble is BAD, but it’s far from the worse I’ve seen
Primal is awesome! I really shoulda made a review of him. Honestly I just leave OP in robot mode so it doesn’t bother me either lmao
@@Gei4Mei yeah
1:12 I hate the people that complain about this part of optimus they would dare to quote on quote fix it with an upgrade kit.
3:46 and that’s why we have upgrade kits
I dunno they’re so expensive!
I understand I am forcing or anything we all have our limits and desires
They actually ran out of budget for the legs so thats why that had to leave the legs like that
That is so silly to think about
I was able to snag him, last one at target. I gave it a really nice metallic paint job, and wow it was really nice looking with the custom paint job
Ya know, it's pretty insane that on the same day this review comes out, we find out that a knock off of this figure with not one but TWO Big canons to make Prime's enemies cum with is being released in October. Imma absolutely cop that shit lmao
I saw on tfw2005 that you can swap the legs between 38 and 102, and it makes for the perfect Optimus prime
Oh man, I wouldn’t wanna put 38 legs on mine, the tabs are too crappy. The figures are a lot more similar than they are different though, so I’m not surprised it works
so close to letting me come, yet so far in letting me go.
You can do that on your own time!
As often as I watch the videos I never see your jokes coming
I have to keep evolving the comedy, otherwise why make jokes at all?
I wanted to like this guy so much more than I do. He looks great... but there's so many weird decisions. The shoulders are atrocious, and the leg transformation feels half-finished. This guy should've been an upgrade from the Bumblebee Optimus, but he feels like a sidegrade. I don't regret getting him, but he's nowhere near my favourite figures of the year when he easily could've been.
Exactly, he easily could’ve been one of if not the best of the year!
I found that moving the shoulder assembly back (like in truck mode) when posing them helps make it look less like he's building a roof out of smokestacks. This is definitely an overhyped figure but I enjoy posing it mainly because the plastic feels nice. Love the poses, Gei4Mei!
Thank u ☺️ yeah he is so much fun to pose, I’ve been playing with him off and on for weeks
@@Gei4Mei i just wish the shoulders could retract like Mp-10 so the shoulders could actually be as broad as they are supposed to be.
The leg panels could literally fold flat against the back of the cab. I am an engineer, and i can tell you whoever designed this just got lazy when it came to vehicle mode.
Yeah they coulda put a hinge there to make it flat, but noooooooo
Finally I see a review that shits on the altmode the way it deserves!! Now, I been wondering, a problem I have with the original Beeprime is that the feet, while being able to fold inside the legs, in robot mode, it's very easy for him to fall on his back because of the lack of heels and very flat feet, I was expecting this figure to have better balance thanks to the bigger feet, does it? Because otherwise they really killed the altmode just for the sake of robot mode accuracy ;-;
Yeah definitely, he’s got great feet lol. Didn’t u see I had him posed with one leg way up in the air?
I still have a soft spot for SS 38 since i got it for my birthday and the robot kibble is not as atrocious as the truck kibble in SS 102. any problems i have with robot mode in SS 102 would be nitpicks like the abdomen jutting out and the shoulders. hasbro could've designed some kind of trap door gimmick with the inner leg to cover the foot in truck mode.
Yeah I could’ve accepted some less accurate legs if they tried to do something interesting with them
There is an upgrade kit but it doesn't really do much other than what you said by the legs not doing anything, also new shoulders and more accessories.
Plump Ladies 12 is a classic.
Me who skipped parts 🙊
It’s okay I skipped around G1…
Cool robot mode, but when I get a transforming figure, ESPECIALLY studio series, I think it’s a real shame and failure if the vehicle mode ends up looking this messy. If I wanted to keep it in robot mode, I’d get another model kit. It DOES do the robot mode really well at least
My thoughts exactly. Transformers should be able to satisfy both angles of the toy
Having just customized my SS38 shortly before this was a thing, and seeing pictures, while it is impressive, it's not impressive enough to make me "upgrade" from a figure I just worked hard on to improve to my specifications.
Plus, personally, I do value the vehicle mode, and while my imagination carries me with certain figures, the aestheticist in me is certainly bothered by his barely functional truck, and I really don't want to get the DNA Designs kit to fix all those problems (and some that can't be fixed, such as 38 and VNR's head looking better proportioned on this figure).
What did u do to your SS38?
@@Gei4Mei mostly repainted the thighs and face into a brighter flat silver, and shaved off parts of the neck base to give more neck articulation clearance.
Still have to repaint the eyes to match the bright light blue of Netflix and VNR Optimus.
And will craft an axe for him, possibly out of that same axe your 102 is wielding
I think you summed up all the problems I have with this figure. What it does well? It does REALLY WELL (the way it hides its vehicle kibble is SO GOOD). But what it does badly, it does REALLY BADLY. Normally I can forgive a bit of jank if the rest of the figure makes up for it. But: "no paint, tiny gun, no axe, awful vehicle mode" is a lot of points against it.
Yeah it was really weird to talk about because of how extreme its positives and negatives are
im glad his feet aren't chopped off anymore 🤣
You know what they say about people with big feet?
I think that the biggest problem was the dumb design decision to reuse only the chest & back from SS38 and make new molds for *EVERY. OTHER. PART.* SS38 was a few steps short of greatness, SS102 is an almost complete downgrade. Which is just insulting when you realize that SS102 is still infinitely superior to the mainline RotB Voyager.😑 This definitely needed the Leader class budget to get both modes right, ditto for SS90 AoE Galvatron.
If they had five mo dollars they coulda done it
Im fine with the truck mode kibble tbh. The BBM Optimus had a great truck mode, but the legs on the robot mode were awful as a trade-off.
It seems we may never have a perfect Knightverse Optimus 🥺
@@Gei4Mei Well, baiwei is making a knightverse prime that does look good. I suggest you check it out.
Budget. The only explanation for all this is budget. You cant bash on somethings downfalls without considering the fact that inflation and budget are a key factor in its problems. I mean the leg panels on the rear of the cabe are an easy simple fix but the other things like the cannon and axe ar all due to well lack of dudget. I think ThatToyGuy says something to do with this in his review but i don't remember id recommend his video to see an explanation on this though.
The reason I even sell my transformers on ebay is because I'm not enjoying the transformations anymore. And with this figure in particular, I cant find it all, my target never put it up on shelves, and even tried looking at targets across the state. He's just not there. So I am gonna have to get the yolopark version also with hopes of affording the threezero version coming out soon, since I'm just after the character at this point rather than the alternate mode.
There u go, my review was accurate lol but yeah the distribution for this guy is awful!
Good review all around. With a baker's dozen, I need an outstanding reason to add another Prime to the boardroom. I swear its Into the Optimus-verse up in here. Looks like I might take a pass unless the boardroom gets expanded or an Optimus or two wander over to the Megatron area.
I wouldn’t skip this one if u get the chance, even if its just to keep in box cause I’m betting this figure is gonna be expensive!
awesome review!!!!
Wow thanks so much 😌
I swear this thing is probably one of the most overhyped figure ever. Same went with SS38 and Movieline Airazor. I don’t give a damn about the truck, that’s not my problem with him. The unfinished truck is because the designers literally ran out of budget because this was made in a retool budget instead of a full figure budget
Is that why his wheels are the same? Cause thats really stupid
@@Gei4Mei Yes. He was just supposed to be an SS38 retool but the designers somehow got an almost complete new toy out of it.
I just recently discovered your channel and you’re hilarious man. Awesome review.
Thank you so much! I hope you stick around to see what I've got coming up!
Im pretty sure it has the issue it does is because of a surprising lack of budget. Ive also heard that target helped out hasbro woth said lack of budget which is why he became an exclusive. That aoad these are kust rumors as far as I know. Idk of true lol
Great review as always
Thank u ☺️ and yeah Target paid for it. I dunno why they have a lack of budget when it comes to their new movie figure but whatever
0:56 Yes.
The entire video hinged upon this moment
Gotta love them wheels for cheeks 🤣
You got a knack for posing for sure.
I try my best, I’d like to show off as much as they can do as possible
we really need a new Megatron
They need to stop playing and make a Studio Series of the Bumblebee movie Megatron design
@@Gei4Mei 100%
And it’s going to occur with that leaked SS Megatron for the 2024 lineup.
Okay but I heard that’s gonna be 86 Megatron 👀
@@Gei4Mei That’s impossible because how is Hasbro going to do a Gun Megatron.
its 10 pm at my place, im working my @ss off, and thats when your video came
Yaaaayyyy
Yeah, I bumped my videos up to 11am since the last one, just trying it out to see if it helps my viewership
Wow what a great looking figure surely hasbros distribution will insure its available for all who want it😊
Evil Hasbro be like “We get our toys shipped on time and they’re widely available for purchase 😤”
Gosh i hope he gets a wide release
They said he would, and I hope its soon
Never noticed, but god damn Arcee really has some sexbot lips
Thats legitimately the first thing I noticed when the trailer came out
The reason why the alt mode looks so bad is because they had the budget of a retool. They didn't have the budget of a full complete new mold, so they had to work around. And one of the designers admitted that because they wanted to prioritize that robot mode (and they did an outstanding job), they ran out of money and had to do what is admittedly a botch job.
And for those who say they should've just reused 38's method, those legs did NOT hold together. And whenever they did, the feet had no heels so you had to leave them unpegged. That design was very crappy.
It sounds like a bad situation, but they got so close to perfection 😭
@@Gei4Mei Yea. They still reused parts from 38, even if it was just the wheels and windows. They used a lot of budget for a retool.
It actually reuses a few engineering quirks too, like how the legs and the abs fold up
I commented on this video before. I'm commenting again to tell you Bawei KO of this figure is miles way better. The shoulders isn't fix yet tho. I might use the DNA Design should only.
Eh, I can live with the truck mode, it’s not like it can kill me
I’d still keep it in another room and lock your doors 👀
I don't seem to mind the vehicle mode kibble thst much...my only gribes are the paint aps and the goofy ah "hand canon"
Premium finish version 👀 I would definitely buy one lol
Good figure but the flaws i can look pass
Great review!
Thanks ☺️ I kinda feel the same overall, but its really frustrating to see them drop the ball on the vehicle mode
I do not care about the rear of the the alt mode the Fla 96 with the upper girl and fabulous details on the cab make me love this figure even more now all I want is an 83 square body c10 transformer.
Man knows where his priorities are 😳
Their is gonna a update kit for this figure
I’ve heard, a few actually 👀
The truck mode is trash, but the bot mode isn't perfect either. I didn't even know there was so much gaps in the shoulder area because the promo pics aren't taken from the top down. Other voyager optimus figs don't have big weird gaps in their shoulders and look much better. Coupled with those tiny weapons, this isn't even that impressive in bot mode, even though that's what the Hasbro makers claimed that's what all the budget went into.
I mean somethings are done for the sake of the articulation, and yeah these gaps probably wouldn’t be there if he had normal shoulders. The sword I don’t mind but the cannon is definitely a little disappointing
@@Gei4Mei It doesn't even have great shoulder articulation. I have the figure. The Gamer Edition Optimus has the same range of articulation without unsightly gaps. The Magic Square optimus has SUPERIOR shoulder articulation without any gaps. It's just very poor engineering and design.
I know, thats why people don’t like it lol
Hey Gei, you playing to pick up the upgrade kit for this Optimus? There being an upgrade kit doesn't excuse the issues, but it does look to improve the figure quite a bit.
I have seen it, I wasn’t planning in it explicitly since I usually don’t buy that kind of stuff. They’re a little pricey
4 months later
He STILL hasn’t been rereleased into the mainline
Tell us please Gei, were you able to get this figure on the wild? Or did you have to face scalper rates too? 👀
It’s complicated. I was up at 3am and I was notified that Target had them in stock online, but only for store pick up. I managed to find a store across town that had them confirmed in stock, so I just ordered it and picked him up that afternoon. But no, technically I didn’t see him in the wild and I’m honestly kind of upset about it.
Another banger!
Thank u so much 😊
I was rlly gonna get this until I saw the TW1027
What is that?
SS38 has a better truck and SS102 has a better robot. Evan said that they ran out of budget money for SS102 legs so that's why his truck mode is a hot mess💩💯
I wanna love this figure more but the shoulders hurt so much. Hopefully the DNA designs upgrade kit fixes him.
The DNA Design upgrade will fix the shoulders and truck kibble
They’re gonna have to do a lot of fixing to solve these problems lol
@@DynaMooseit doesn’t fix the shoulders lol, there are pictures online
@@Gei4Mei The DNA shoulder upgrades seems fine, but the truck kibble fix seems weird. Normally you’ve got a clean truck bed with a crap ton of truck kibble on the cab. The DNA upgrade makes it so the truck kibble is gone, but the truck bed just looks like a pair of robot legs. It’s a pick your poison kind of thing.
i ended up getting mech alliance dark commander (nemesis prime)
Did that just come out, I been hearing a couple people talk about it all of a sudden
@@Gei4Mei ThatToyGuy and MechaZ made vids recently, thats how I came to know
Oh okay, honestly I don’t pay a lot of attention to everyone’s videos cause I’m busy a lot
Honnestly i hear there is a studio series Optimus prime upgrade kid
I’ve been hearing that yeah lol
We are getting a dna design for optimus prime that he getting 2 better accurate arms cannons and some parts for his legs that transformer a bit better and has a trailer hitch that can actually attach his earthrise trailer
That does sound interesting, though I still feel Hasbro needs to get their shit together!
Ill tell you why the paint is not good is because it is on retool budget
I’m sure you’re right, cause he barely has any detail paint at all
Most likely
The movable hip joints have been done extensively in alot of modern MG Gundam kits to be fair. The fact that its now on a TF figure is a good thing and hopefully many to come.
So is the Mainline Non SS Optimus actually better than SS one?
Yes. In every place besides the head articulation, mainline is better
@@StrykerPrimeProductions hopefully there's some sort of upgrade kit just for the head
I agree that the mainline is a more enjoyable toy all around.
Welllll, I wouldn’t say better, I think its still pretty cool tho
@@TheAutisticOwl Unfortunately I don’t think there will be one now that the Ss is out
this your most unhinged video yet, and it's a normal toy too
I didn’t want people to think that was reserved for only one type of figure; I am actually just crazy 😜
00:56 Optimus: Im going to find Scourge.
Gei: Oh yeah!
Optimus: and I´m going to cirumcise him!
Gei: Are you going to transfom him in Jewish!?
😄😁😆😅😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
Dude, I love your blue jokes!!
Would be nice if I can get him at retail price
I lucked out cause I checked the stock on the app and had to drive to a store across town to get one. The Target by my house got a case, the truck was there, but they restocked it on some random ass day so I missed them all
I actually love this figure so much, and i also like his truck mode, sucks ass that i have to pay up like 100$ for this as i dont live in the US
Great hasbro.... you yet again forgot that theres places around the world OTHER than America and Asia
He’s supposed to get a mass release! Don’t fret, but I dunno when its gonna be
Lack of paint, pin-head robot mode and his lorry mode (rear) is rubbish. I'll wait for the KO to improve it for a cheaper price.
Plump Ladies 12? Needs more Iori Yuuki. Ok for real. that back looks bad but if you gave this figure a mad max paint and makeover we got a nice fit but man. thats a no
It just looks so weird, I can’t believe they thought this was acceptable
@@Gei4Meiyou'd figure with how big hasbro is and clearly not suffering a loss in bank that thered be like one guy who would be there to say like "hey... is this even passable?"
What do you prefer this or studio series 38?
I think I prefer SS102. SS38 has the better vehicle mode by far, but its less graceful with its transformation and it has some tolerance problems with the robot mode legs
Will you get the upgrade kit?
Wow. Whoever allowed this to manifest for truck mode should be fired
Honestly I dunno if I think its lazy or incompetent, and I dunno which is worse
@@Gei4Mei Alpha (Male) Trion needs to be activated at Hasbro. Lot of weirdos there now! For the love of the characters and the cartoons and for the fans!!! It's gotta change .. didn't mean to rant.
They ran out of budget when they got to the legs
Why You Didn't Get Studio Series Deluxe Class R.O.T.B Bumblebee and Use Studio Series Deluxe Class 2007 Bumblebee?
And They Have Both DNA Upgrade Kit For Studio Series Voyager Class R.O.T.B Optimus Prime.
Cause my scenes take place before the events of the movie!
@@Gei4Mei Oh I See Then And There's Upcoming DNA Design Upgrade Kit For Studio Series R.O.T.B Voyager Class Optimus Prime is For The Legs Pieces in Vehicle Mode, Movable Feets, Bigger Blasters Hand, and Smoke Stacks, and Second DNA Design Upgrade Kit is For His New Shoulders Parts.
@@Gei4Mei That's Fix Shoulder Problems, It Move Up Futher, and It Make "Let Them Come/I Gonna Take Scourge's Key and Then Take Off His Head" and "Stand Down, I Won't Asked a Second Time" Pose.
1:01 I remember there was a gag in family guy where Optimus Prime was jewish.
DNS Dk upgrades under construction 😅
But they’re gonna be expensive!
"let them come pose" i hate that
I honestly didn’t know how else to phrase it lmao
@@Gei4MeiI say “I hate it” but I ugly laughed when I heard it LOL - thank you for the great review!
😊 thank u so much
*it shouldn’t be a exclusive.*
If it wasn't then it wouldn't exist for maybe a while
Great review but the shoulders and hips are terrible. I would rather have SS38 hips or Optus Pexus hips than what we got. The truck mode is messy but serviceable. I am truly disappointed with this figure.
Well like I said, they’re unique. This figure was really hard to talk about because generally I think this things work alright, they’re just weird
5:44, whatever you Gotta do to make it not a kids video man
Listen bro, times are tough lol
I’m not a big fan of unfinished parts of toys
30 on 30