Lol a lot of people seem to be mad that I used a screwdriver to open panels......I didn't feel like ripping out my nails and of course I know to be careful around painted parts to not scuff them.....and yes I am aware spudgers exist. All of mine are broken
get something else, damn if your worried about plastic stress then a screw driver is going to be wrecking the plastic, not having a go, just giving me anxiety xD
Isn’t this all supposed to be fun? This is the stuff I refuse to touch. If it’s gifted to me, it generally remains on display and untouched. I want this lil’ hobby and collecting to be fun. You did what you had to do.
I'm in the camp of 'if the transformation is terrible, the entire toy is bad, because you're left with only 1/3 of the toy, since it's forever stuck in one mode'.
Rings incredibly true for me. Imo they should have done a robot mode design more like in the Unicron Trilogy. Sure it's chunkier but at least the transformation is actually fun and isn't hand pain hell.
Something I never understood was the buildings in the top ring going straight up… yeah, it looks good for us, but imagine that in practice on a planet… to the inhabitants it looks like a sky-piercer (we are beyond just scraping the sky here) that fell down
I really want there to be a Primus toy where you can see known locations on the planet mode! Like make it a map and give it a little pice of paper that tells you what the places are. Like the Sea of rust could be a red’ish brown flat spot and the well of all sparks could be a translucent blue hole at some part surrounded by some kinda shiny rainbow texture and Kaon can be like a big city with a Colosseum in it for the gladiator pits! There’s so many possibilities.
@@Kraiglyndor nice! I haven’t seen the show it’s from so I couldn’t recognize anything but some things looked important. I just want a super lore detailed version where like every notable spot is assigned a location even if it’s just calling random spiky towers random city’s in transformers.
@@aidanthehumanmiller9302 I've checked my old Cybertron Primus figure and in planet mode and while most major cities are shaped/placed symmetrically there's a meteor/volcanolo on the front, an extra city on the back, and two yellow buildings and a dark field on the butt plate that stand out. There's no mirroring on any of the pieces either. All the pieces are uniquely detailed including different city layouts in mirrored cities, different patterns on mirrored pannels, and different molds on mirrored spikes.
@@aidanthehumanmiller9302 personally I hope they’ll eventually make one that’s less symmetrical in general, maybe put some large city hubs or different environments in to make it look more natural as a planet (though I do like how they make it look like a lot of Cybertron’s cities and structures are built underground). I’d also like to see aspects of planet mode incorporated more in robot mode (and vice versa, robot mode arms or legs being mountains or gaps between limbs being canyons, Cybertron Prime has it’s arm mounted cannons positioned like thrusters that can move the planet) instead of just crouching inside of a shell. Also I forgot to mention that it’s a triple changer. Turns into a starship.
Yeah this guys transformation is no joke. Unicron is way easier. My fingers were red after I got done. Trying to lock all the panels together may seem easy after Unicron, but they feel like they're the perfect distance to just barely reach each other and you have to pull them over to each other. Aside the panels, the legs are easily the worst part. Beside the horrendous transformation, everything else is really good in my opinion.
@@diosoth Well like ToyGuy said, it's something you'd really only transform once in a while just to display it. Also I talked like Unicron was bad when he released cause I saw so many reviews having a hard time with his transformation. I just didn't really see the struggle, but like most things..it gets better the more you do it.
Man, I love a transformation that might leave screwdriver gouges on the plastic because you can't friggin untab the panels, lol. I know it probably doesn't if you're careful but watching you try to pry open panels on this thing made me wince so hard, lol.
Yeah I wish they would have mapped the appearance of G1 Cybertron onto this since he's best paired with G1 Unicron. The vast incongruity between the hemispheres would have looked really interesting.
12:01 Wait, I thought this was the Dreamwave Primus since the colors matched that one with the dark blue and red, while also having the planet details mostly be on his legs, forearms and shoulders, alongside the way the back lasers are mounted. Even the Alpha Trion headmaster used for Primus is the same as the one in Dreamwave.
lmao the buildings on the top though that are pointed straight "up" instead of perpendicular to the surface of the planet. If you were actually standing on cybertron they would all be slanted at like a 45 degree angle towards the north XD
14:08 I mean he’s the size of a planet, so it would take time to turn, so it kind of makes sense to have Missiles in the back, as not to be vulnerable.
I super duper love how much the panels fold away into the more solid looking chunks of the body. Pain of being pinched by plastic aside, it feels pretty clever.
when i was a kid, i always thought Cybertron was a planet in our solar system out past Pluto, since the Autobots and Decepticons didnt seem to go into warp or hyperspace to get to Earth in the premier episode.
I really appreciate reviews like this. Like, I'll watch the beautiful, excellently-filmed and edited transformation videos from Color R Touch Toys or Mangmotion, etc.. Those are great for showing off the engineering. Reviews like this show off *what it's like to actually own it.* Being able to see you transform it, how awkward it is to hold, and especially the _sounds_ of the plastic are super-informative. There's been plenty of figures I've gawked at, lovestruck. Then I watch a reviewer actually interact with it and nope the fuck out. *coughalmosteverything fromxtransbotscough*
Very impressive and detailed look. Not really a fan of anything I have to transform using a flat head screwdriver or having to sacrifice my fingers to. The Hasbro Cybertron one may be significantly less impressive but props to them for making him turn into a complete planet unlike the Armada Unicron mold. FWIW they're all the Unicron/Primus I need in my life right now.
I would have commented here sooner, but the drinking game of "Take a drink every time he says OW" put me in the hospital with blood alcohol poisoning. But that is a pretty sweet looking Primus. If I got that I would probably keep him in planet mode and keep his headmaster out to have a sweet little Alpha Trion figure. In a way you actually get three cool pieces in that. Planet Cybertron, Alpha Trion, and a Space Bridge.
Very nice. My brother’s planning to get this to go along with our Unicron figure. I already have TF Cybertron Primus myself, so I don’t need this figure personally, especially with all the emotional & physical damage it seems to dish out.. But even still, a very nice-looking figure.
It would make a bit more sense if Primus and Unicron were retconned to be small moons of an earth-sized Cybertron. That would solve all sorts of issues with the physics and proportions.
Reminds me about TFC Liokaiser. Cool, nice in details, but it does take long to transform and assemble, and they put a small screwdriver inside the box to assist. The good thing is it has all details great, and the joints will also be more stable than normal combiner toys. The bad thing is just transformation difficulty. Guess this applies to all super-detailed transformers toys. Though I kinda prefer one design about the old Primus toy, is that it uses a key to assist transformation, which made it much easier. Though that design is due to Unicron Trilogy setting, I kinda hope they could include something like a planet key in subsequent designs for Primus and Unicron. Maybe like a Autobot Matrix, Star Saber, or something else could function like a key?
I just got this and it's awesome. I transformed it into planet mode and added all the orange bits. Started transforming it back into bot mode and it looked like a mess. My wife was like "What the?!". I asked if she would like to transform it, and her reply was, "I want to smash that into the floor.". 😆
If Hasbro ever do another Primus I feel they will HAVE to put a button on the cybertron mode to allow it to transform properly without being damaged or being too difficult.
This figure has almost the exact same engineering of the Darth Vader Death Star Transformer just scaled up with extra articulation for aspects of the transformation. Obviously the legs take up the large chunks on darth vaders back but its really similar lol
You should try to get your hand on the Death Star Transformers. At first impression, it also seems like an hell of panels management, but once you figure it out, it's actually quite fun to transform.
@DragmaKerp dude we all know this isn't made by hasbro. he's just saying hasbro should make new designers test their mettle by making a transforming ball bot. And frankly I think that would be fun
The panels actually reminded me the Star Wars Crossover Darth Vader/Death Star Transformers, just a bit more a pain in the butt... But It looks really great, although the color scheme isn't my favorite...
It reminds me, the crossover versión of Star wars. Darth Vader Death Star. Men, it was a pain to transform it from robot to Death Star. Way too difficult, and some panels fall off if not careful. Was a great figure with deatels and gimicks, but instructions sucks really hard. Good video, i enjoyed a lot, greetings from México City.
He at least looks easier and more intuitive than their Unicron, and most of the panels fold away really nicely instead of just 'being there' in robot mode. It also looks like it lacks the "Tiny panel syndrome" that their Unicron had with some of its panels. All-in-all I'd rather get this one, if I had to choose. And the Headmaster gimmick is a nice touch.
I don't like how symmetrical the planet mode is. The original Primus toys planet mode had a nice asymmetrical look with all kinds of references to cities and landmarks. EDIT: Lul never mind, you mentioned it.
oh heck no, too much work and too much fear of damage. If transformed at all, just once, so can take a series of photos of each mode and then back to the shelf. This is for the calm of spirits, not the throwers at walls.
What a shame, I feel like their Primus and Unicron look like they would be so satisfying to transform, but the process is just literally painful. Even posing this guy doesn't look pleasant.
![For PRIMUS sake my hands hurt [01 Studio SEED Transformers Review]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/gciUzkRPXUM/mqdefault.jpg)
Lol a lot of people seem to be mad that I used a screwdriver to open panels......I didn't feel like ripping out my nails and of course I know to be careful around painted parts to not scuff them.....and yes I am aware spudgers exist. All of mine are broken
get something else, damn if your worried about plastic stress then a screw driver is going to be wrecking the plastic, not having a go, just giving me anxiety xD
There are plastic spudgers for these reasons if it helps.
Isn’t this all supposed to be fun? This is the stuff I refuse to touch. If it’s gifted to me, it generally remains on display and untouched. I want this lil’ hobby and collecting to be fun. You did what you had to do.
where ? dont see a single comment mention screwdrivers
@@ultimateblaze23 ???
> Head becomes Alpha Trion
.....so 01 Studio essentially made a HEADMASTER Primus?
Pretty cool tbh.
12:52
At least it’s not a powermaster
Should’ve made the headmaster fortress Maximus lol
I’m starting to see why they made this one Cybertron:
It’s so while you’re transforming it you can shout “SWEET PRIMUS!”
Underated
Our worlds are in danger
To save them and the galaxy
@@beefueater4586we must find the 4 cyber planet keys before the Decepticons can use it for evil
We must find the four cyber pranet keys
Before The Decepticons can use them for evil
It is our mission.
"That Toy Guy will never be ballin"
3:13:
👀👀👀
Objection
That toy guy F*CKING BALLIN
TOY GUY F**KN BALLIN
I DIDN’T KNOW HE HAD IT IN HIM!
I'm in the camp of 'if the transformation is terrible, the entire toy is bad, because you're left with only 1/3 of the toy, since it's forever stuck in one mode'.
Rings incredibly true for me. Imo they should have done a robot mode design more like in the Unicron Trilogy. Sure it's chunkier but at least the transformation is actually fun and isn't hand pain hell.
soooo truuuuue
3:13 Revenge of the Ballin'
Something I never understood was the buildings in the top ring going straight up… yeah, it looks good for us, but imagine that in practice on a planet… to the inhabitants it looks like a sky-piercer (we are beyond just scraping the sky here) that fell down
"I'm in danger"
- Worlds (Cybertron) 2006
OUR WORLDS ARE IN DANGER!
@odirmenjivar2076 to save them and the galaxy...
@@MorphingGrid101 We must find the four cyberplanet keys...
I really want there to be a Primus toy where you can see known locations on the planet mode! Like make it a map and give it a little pice of paper that tells you what the places are.
Like the Sea of rust could be a red’ish brown flat spot and the well of all sparks could be a translucent blue hole at some part surrounded by some kinda shiny rainbow texture and Kaon can be like a big city with a Colosseum in it for the gladiator pits! There’s so many possibilities.
I remember the official one from the Cybertron series had a few distinct locations such as a volcano/crater on it.
@@Kraiglyndor nice! I haven’t seen the show it’s from so I couldn’t recognize anything but some things looked important. I just want a super lore detailed version where like every notable spot is assigned a location even if it’s just calling random spiky towers random city’s in transformers.
@@aidanthehumanmiller9302 I've checked my old Cybertron Primus figure and in planet mode and while most major cities are shaped/placed symmetrically there's a meteor/volcanolo on the front, an extra city on the back, and two yellow buildings and a dark field on the butt plate that stand out. There's no mirroring on any of the pieces either. All the pieces are uniquely detailed including different city layouts in mirrored cities, different patterns on mirrored pannels, and different molds on mirrored spikes.
@@Kraiglyndor nice! Biblically accurate planet mode.
I hope if Primus gets an new toy they do at least the same amount of stuff like that
@@aidanthehumanmiller9302 personally I hope they’ll eventually make one that’s less symmetrical in general, maybe put some large city hubs or different environments in to make it look more natural as a planet (though I do like how they make it look like a lot of Cybertron’s cities and structures are built underground). I’d also like to see aspects of planet mode incorporated more in robot mode (and vice versa, robot mode arms or legs being mountains or gaps between limbs being canyons, Cybertron Prime has it’s arm mounted cannons positioned like thrusters that can move the planet) instead of just crouching inside of a shell.
Also I forgot to mention that it’s a triple changer. Turns into a starship.
The Master Chief helmet joke caught me so off guard I spit out the water I was drinking.
as soon as you explained that Studio Seed is actually Zeta Toys I understood all your frustrations
that Superitron Mini cannot be forgiven
Yeah this guys transformation is no joke. Unicron is way easier.
My fingers were red after I got done. Trying to lock all the panels together may seem easy after Unicron, but they feel like they're the perfect distance to just barely reach each other and you have to pull them over to each other. Aside the panels, the legs are easily the worst part.
Beside the horrendous transformation, everything else is really good in my opinion.
It's not that Unicron is impossible but I did opt to get a 2nd copy to keep in planet mode just to never do it again.
@@diosoth Well like ToyGuy said, it's something you'd really only transform once in a while just to display it.
Also I talked like Unicron was bad when he released cause I saw so many reviews having a hard time with his transformation. I just didn't really see the struggle, but like most things..it gets better the more you do it.
Hell some filled down the body clamps/pegs whatever it’s called
OUR HANDS ARE IN DANGER
I panicked the moment he almost played basketball with it
Man, I love a transformation that might leave screwdriver gouges on the plastic because you can't friggin untab the panels, lol. I know it probably doesn't if you're careful but watching you try to pry open panels on this thing made me wince so hard, lol.
Yeah I wish they would have mapped the appearance of G1 Cybertron onto this since he's best paired with G1 Unicron. The vast incongruity between the hemispheres would have looked really interesting.
One thing missing from this video is an "ow/ouch" counter 😂😂 otherwise fantastic as always ❤
12:01 Wait, I thought this was the Dreamwave Primus since the colors matched that one with the dark blue and red, while also having the planet details mostly be on his legs, forearms and shoulders, alongside the way the back lasers are mounted. Even the Alpha Trion headmaster used for Primus is the same as the one in Dreamwave.
Turns out I forgot dreamwave primus was a thing so......pain. lol
@@ThatToyGuy JUst more pain this figure gives you.
lmao the buildings on the top though that are pointed straight "up" instead of perpendicular to the surface of the planet. If you were actually standing on cybertron they would all be slanted at like a 45 degree angle towards the north XD
If I had both Seed and Cell I would definitely pose them to make it look like they're fighting.
I've had their version of Unicron for years and it is still by far the best version of the character ever produced
Can't wait for Overmind.
14:08
I mean he’s the size of a planet, so it would take time to turn, so it kind of makes sense to have Missiles in the back, as not to be vulnerable.
Bit of a missed opportunity for
THEY CALL ME A GOD!!!
I super duper love how much the panels fold away into the more solid looking chunks of the body. Pain of being pinched by plastic aside, it feels pretty clever.
Their Unicron was like that to. Very accurate but christ alive that transformation.
This figure looks so cool but the transformation at the price point is off putting but it’s still probably cheaper then anything hasbro would make
Call me crazy, but I don't think a toy meant to be physically manipulated with your hands should be painful or require tools.
when i was a kid, i always thought Cybertron was a planet in our solar system out past Pluto, since the Autobots and Decepticons didnt seem to go into warp or hyperspace to get to Earth in the premier episode.
The base looks like the OG cartoon Space Bridge
Thats the point
3:13, THATTOYGUY BALLIN??????
Thats a very big Bakugan, o my....
8:24 that "bruh" tells you all you need to know 😂😂
"but that's really dumb, but he is so cool but that's so dumb" - Vegeta perfectly sums up this figure
I really appreciate reviews like this. Like, I'll watch the beautiful, excellently-filmed and edited transformation videos from Color R Touch Toys or Mangmotion, etc.. Those are great for showing off the engineering. Reviews like this show off *what it's like to actually own it.* Being able to see you transform it, how awkward it is to hold, and especially the _sounds_ of the plastic are super-informative. There's been plenty of figures I've gawked at, lovestruck. Then I watch a reviewer actually interact with it and nope the fuck out. *coughalmosteverything fromxtransbotscough*
Call me primus's tabs because i am STRESSED after that transformation😂
😂😂
Bruh those chest missiles would be such overkill, those missles are the size of small islands
BIONICLE CANISTER SPOTTED I AM COMPELLED TO LIKE
1:58 Oh hey! SXS Continuously Variable! An ancient and clunky third-party toy, but certainly fun to transform.
Nice Johnny rings reference 😂
I wish they'd based it on the iconic image of Cybertron that we saw in season one and two of the G1 series...minus the chunk out of the side.
Very impressive and detailed look. Not really a fan of anything I have to transform using a flat head screwdriver or having to sacrifice my fingers to. The Hasbro Cybertron one may be significantly less impressive but props to them for making him turn into a complete planet unlike the Armada Unicron mold. FWIW they're all the Unicron/Primus I need in my life right now.
I feel like TFSAFARI isn't getting too much credit. Their upgrade kits are amazing. Some of them look even better than the DNA Design ones.
I would have commented here sooner, but the drinking game of "Take a drink every time he says OW" put me in the hospital with blood alcohol poisoning. But that is a pretty sweet looking Primus. If I got that I would probably keep him in planet mode and keep his headmaster out to have a sweet little Alpha Trion figure. In a way you actually get three cool pieces in that. Planet Cybertron, Alpha Trion, and a Space Bridge.
Very nice. My brother’s planning to get this to go along with our Unicron figure. I already have TF Cybertron Primus myself, so I don’t need this figure personally, especially with all the emotional & physical damage it seems to dish out.. But even still, a very nice-looking figure.
It would make a bit more sense if Primus and Unicron were retconned to be small moons of an earth-sized Cybertron. That would solve all sorts of issues with the physics and proportions.
Unicron was Cybertron's moon during Armada.
Reminds me about TFC Liokaiser.
Cool, nice in details, but it does take long to transform and assemble, and they put a small screwdriver inside the box to assist.
The good thing is it has all details great, and the joints will also be more stable than normal combiner toys. The bad thing is just transformation difficulty.
Guess this applies to all super-detailed transformers toys.
Though I kinda prefer one design about the old Primus toy, is that it uses a key to assist transformation, which made it much easier. Though that design is due to Unicron Trilogy setting, I kinda hope they could include something like a planet key in subsequent designs for Primus and Unicron. Maybe like a Autobot Matrix, Star Saber, or something else could function like a key?
I didn’t even knew such thing existed…
This figure is the perfect example of your catchphrase.
"Pain"
"And that's it, you get this ti- giant lil' Halo Ring.. And then Master Teef takes his helmet o-"
I just got mines yesterday. I'm super pumped.
Can you imagine the size of the chest missiles in universe, easily each the size of massive skyscrapers
I wonder how much engineering is shared with 01 Studio Cell
The fact he said halo ring and thought of master chief before you said it is hilarious
i only remember seeing that as photos as a dream on facebook so many years ago.
I just got this and it's awesome. I transformed it into planet mode and added all the orange bits. Started transforming it back into bot mode and it looked like a mess. My wife was like "What the?!". I asked if she would like to transform it, and her reply was, "I want to smash that into the floor.". 😆
His purple ring stand looks like a Space Bridge.
If Hasbro ever do another Primus I feel they will HAVE to put a button on the cybertron mode to allow it to transform properly without being damaged or being too difficult.
This figure has almost the exact same engineering of the Darth Vader Death Star Transformer just scaled up with extra articulation for aspects of the transformation. Obviously the legs take up the large chunks on darth vaders back but its really similar lol
I noticed that! I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought so
I died like starscream in the 86 movie when I saw That Toy Guy ballin I guess he's going to star in Transformers: Dunk of the moon
You should try to get your hand on the Death Star Transformers. At first impression, it also seems like an hell of panels management, but once you figure it out, it's actually quite fun to transform.
one of those transformers that "transforms" but in the most theoretical way possible, in that you will transform it exactly once and never again
Our transformation steps are in danger
The competence test for new lego master builders is to make a sphere. I feel Hasbro needs to implement the same test for TF engineers.
You know this is not Hasbro no?
@DragmaKerp dude we all know this isn't made by hasbro. he's just saying hasbro should make new designers test their mettle by making a transforming ball bot. And frankly I think that would be fun
@@alexandersuschena4776 they techncially did, a huge shellformer. I know the size was the main draw of haslab though
I believe there goal was to make it a basically what if primus transformed in the 1986 move so it doesn’t feel out of place compared to their unicron.
Ohh my! Next episode when transforming opening parts use a plastic tool opener. A metal screwdriver is brutal on PRC plastic products.
The panels actually reminded me the Star Wars Crossover Darth Vader/Death Star Transformers, just a bit more a pain in the butt...
But It looks really great, although the color scheme isn't my favorite...
Real talk- did they use this specific figure to represent Primus at the beginning of _Transformers One_ (2024)???
take a shot everytime the man says "ow" actually don't you'd probably die.
It reminds me, the crossover versión of Star wars. Darth Vader Death Star. Men, it was a pain to transform it from robot to Death Star. Way too difficult, and some panels fall off if not careful. Was a great figure with deatels and gimicks, but instructions sucks really hard. Good video, i enjoyed a lot, greetings from México City.
Primus alive, and I thought Cell and Haslab were troublesome enough.
Jobby reveiwd this figure and he knows a secret mode to get he cartoon accurate look
Its called The *TRANSFORMATION!*
And I thought transforming my Darth Vader Transformer was a nightmare 😰
Ah yes, the Real Grade Gunpla method of transforming
The transformation looks similar to instructions for replacing the battery or the screen for a tablet. 😂
8:48 what was this noise
I left a like for all the physical pain you had to go through.
He at least looks easier and more intuitive than their Unicron, and most of the panels fold away really nicely instead of just 'being there' in robot mode. It also looks like it lacks the "Tiny panel syndrome" that their Unicron had with some of its panels. All-in-all I'd rather get this one, if I had to choose. And the Headmaster gimmick is a nice touch.
I'm new to transformers, is this what you call a shellformer since the planet is basically a shell around the robot?
I don't like how symmetrical the planet mode is. The original Primus toys planet mode had a nice asymmetrical look with all kinds of references to cities and landmarks.
EDIT: Lul never mind, you mentioned it.
Ah so this guy is what I refer to as a "One and done" Ie: I transform him back only once and likely never touch it again.
Looks absolutely amazing, that transformation though wow. I'd love to own this, but I think I'll stay happy with my galaxy force primus.
3:15 toy guy ballin
I wouldn't be oposed to planet formers being either shell formers or part formers.
This things transformation reminds me of bumble bee buzz worthy Jazz transformation.
That opening was 10/10 👏👏
oh heck no, too much work and too much fear of damage. If transformed at all, just once, so can take a series of photos of each mode and then back to the shelf. This is for the calm of spirits, not the throwers at walls.
That Transformation was enough to convince me to stick to the Cybertron toy.
You gotta wonder whar all that does to the gravity on the "surface"
Painformers 7: the fallen planet
*coming from a theater not so near you starting primus and that toy guy*
What a shame, I feel like their Primus and Unicron look like they would be so satisfying to transform, but the process is just literally painful. Even posing this guy doesn't look pleasant.
All Hail Unicron wait wrong character
Oh my goodness this looks great can't wait to get myself tidal wave on may the 10th before I'm excited for him
hes staying in planet mod for all eternity
dear lord get a spudger, we're gonna need one tonight..
the forbidden bakugan
Kinda weird it comes with a g1 spacebridge but the figure doesn't fit with the ascetic
Cool robot mode & planet mode.
If the planet parts/shell were partsformers, would it be easier to transform ?
3:08 You nearly gave me a heart attack.
I would actually like to see a non transforming Cybertron model like from the cartoon, with gouges showing lower levels and such.