What always made me happy about the jump jets under the truck for his transformation was that even as far back as Siege they wanted to replicate that since he had a blast effect peg on the bottom of the truck mode. I don't think we ever got a blast effect that was quite able to suit it though.
Just wanted to comment and thank you for your reviews, Ham-Man. You've sold me on more figures that I would have otherwise skipped than any other reviewer out there. You effectively capture the feel of being a fan while providing relative objectivity in your reviews. Also, the humor is always spot on! Thank you for making these videos. 'Till all are one!
2:20 i had a scraphock with a very lose arm that constantly fell off. I just used varnishe Matt gloss to give the arm peg joint more friction and it worked. Maby the same trick could worm woth the smoke stack because they attach the same way.
@HamManReviews ordered up the toyhax stickers for him and the trailer stickers. Also ordered the cel shadded window stickers which will make them pop.
They had a couple alternate versions of GI Joe PSAs that used Autobots in place of the Joes. I first remember seeing them as a bonus feature on the PS2 Transformers Armada game.
@@HamManReviews that game was my first exposure to the Armada lore. I do recall getting the comics from Dreamwave, but I think they came later. Never actually checked out the show.
@@HamManReviews I was able to straighten those little bastards out with hair dryer. I think I might’ve come around on the blast effects themselves though. They look pretty good on the gun or repair drone. I still woulda liked something a bit…more? (Boy, vague much?). Like some details or color variance. Something.
Initially I wasn't sold on the first leaked photos because of the backpack... I preordered him anyway as..... It's Optimus prime!. But the more I see the reviews the more I enjoy its sheer presence, great review fella!. I'm looking forward to seeing this bad boy and the haslab RID prime side by side
@@HamManReviews yeah I know what you mean it seems quite expensive for 1 leader, 1 leader sized parts and a weaponizer.. it seemed like a controversial choice for a Haslab for sure. I just can't pass up on a good Prime haha. Which figures are you looking forward to in the upcoming months?
Watching this again because my review is finally out, and man I just can't agree about the Hip Skirts. They are WAY better than letting the hips just ride up into the pelvis like the ER did.
@@HamManReviews I very rarely mind skirts, I've seen bad ones, but they don't bother me typically. There are good versions of those hips, but they obviously can make the legs look too long, and they also often really separate the hips from the waist, so skirts make that more contiguous.
I think my biggest gripe is that I wish his elbows would bend a bit more than 90 degrees. Especially since his robot mode elbow articulation is not the bend used in that direction for transformation. If I can get one more complaint, I would want his legs to bend in a way to faciliate a more natural knee to ground kneel. Especially for Optimus, who would definitely kneel down to talk to humans
Yeh for commander class I would kinda expect a bit more than just a 90 outta that elbow. If they had made the hip skirts move with the leg you'd be able to get more outta it. I hate skirt panels.
Great review Ham-Man!!! I cannot wait to get SS86 Optimus Prime, he's one of the top figures I've been excited to get for 2024. lol :D Keep on being amazing.
I just received my notification from BigBad that Optimus is ready to ship. I "sweed" like a little girl with excitement. That price-tag HURTS though, I'd love to see a Nemesis Prime version of this but there no way I can afford to buy it and collect everything else like normal. (Maybe I could spare just one kidney on eBay...)
I've always interpreted it since childhood that it was who ever touched the Matrix next who became it's wielder. I also always interpreted the jets of fire that launched him into the air, as an injury. One of the shots caused something in him to explode.
Maybe it's like the one ring and can somewhat compel people, so the matrix made prime drop it and influenced Hotrod to grab it. like when the One ring fell off Isildurs finger
@@HamManReviews I'm not even talking about a Conduit under Autobot city. Like that other Regular blaster really hurts him later, and is arguably what killed him, so them shooting him, caused something inside his own body to explode, and he just played it off.
Yes, even in the first movie, with the NOVA guards shooting at him with Stephanie screaming at them to stop. (Granted, Five did get a few, albeit nonlethal, blasts back at them with his original laser weapon.)
I had set to order him when he was announced (actually somehow managed to presale two, but can’t bring myself to cancel the 2nd one). It’s Prime after all. The battle damage accessories would be great - and as accessories not completely unchanging like Ironhide and his ill-fated companions. What this figure does defines and encapsulates a generation of fans. Can’t say till he’s in-hand, but it seems Kingdom Rodimus is a bit more engineered, but what we get esthetically - especially those blast effects - is just hands down the best figure.
Two means you can have one blasting off in vehicle mode! I know what you mean with Rodimus, I think it's more a case of one wanting to look like a cool toy and the other trying to faithfully interpret a cartoon aesthetic.
Yes, Hot Rod was always destined to get the Matrix, as seen in Five Faces of Darkness, the Season 3 opening 5-part episodes, Rodimus is the long lost decendant of the first bearer of the Matrix and is the Bot incarnate of Primus. Well, if you watch it and read between the lines, it's depicted in the scene where Rodimus enters the Matrix of Leadership for the 2nd time. And truth be told it's my personal opinion and that the animators intended to convey the story but most likely there was a change in the script so it wasn't said directly. Just my thoughts. Great review and I can't wait to get my copy of SS86 Optimus Prime.
Man, I am so excited to get mine. He's due at the end of the month, and it feels an eternity away! What a year for Optimus, though. First Missing Link, and now SS86. You'd think it was an important anniversary for the franchise or something.
I can for sure agree with your minor gripes, I don’t mind the windshield color. Along with what you mentioned, I think the matrix compartment could have used some paint like in the movie. But I still think the value is there based on what all you get, all the things he can do.
Is it really a disassembly of the heel pieces if every single one that’s come out is assembled exactly the same way? It seems pretty intentional that this was the way that they ended up wanting QC to let him go out the door.
Sure, but they have been making prime since what, June/July? There has been PLENTY of time rectify the “mistake” had it been caught by QC (which with as many copies as having been produced, it would have).
@@HamManReviews I’m a fan of his vids. Precisely because his brain and my brain have similar wiring. Though I love light piping and Earthrise Cliffjumper. Two cardinal offenses from Hasbro in his opinion. He does an excellent job of explaining why he hates what I love without offending me. Mainly by making annoyingly good points. Ha ha! I enjoy your videos because we are both man children in the most positive of ways. I think your jokes are hilarious. You got good editing skills. If I make a Turbo Teen reference in the comments, there’s a fair chance you’ll know what I’m talking about. If not, it’s because of location. Nobody in your neck of the ocean felt it worth importing. You woulda absolutely loved Turbo Teen as a little kid, I suspect. It’s like someone read Ramna 1/2 and thought, “that would be better if it was a car. Also I’m gonna hire Jack Kirby to do character designs.” Hollywood in the late seventies early eighties and all the cocaine makes for some wild kids’ shows.
@HamManReviews same here, I ain't fixing mine but I was just letting ppl know so if they wanted to get one from there they could or just wait and see if they get lucky anywhere else
@HamManReviews same. Unless I had several but for some reason I think I'd feel..guilty ? Possibly a holdover from childhood. My friends were burning and using fireworks on their gi joe and transformers etc but we were not wealthy and I recognized the sacrifice my mom made for me to have the same toys. Ironically everyone wanted to play at my house because all my toys were in such good shape. Go figure ? Thank you for the content you provid.
@@jacobfoster9185 Thank you for watching my dude! I remember taking my Toxic Crusaders junk yard to school and got pressured by some older kids to play a game where we'd throw him in the air as high as we could to try and catch him. Then some kid threw him at a wall and his arm broke off. I've honestly never forgotten what a horrible feeling that was.
@@HamManReviews I was born in 1976, living in the Netherlands I saw TFg1 in the 80’s trough a English Channel, SKY Channel. A show for children called: “the Fun Factory”. Saw HE-MAN (and more great cartoons from the US😳) there, and …. G1 Transformers, love robots so, the connection was made, love signs fiction. Love the X files, have all dvds and blu ray. 🖖🏻
1:19 that happened with Siege Optimus but not ER for me. When I got th former? I spent an hour just irritating my wife with m best Peter Cullen OP impression.
@@HamManReviews I got covid once. My voice ended up raspier as a result. Definitely upped my Optimus game. Still, Seaspray is the best bot impression I make. It’s very fun to do, though I occasionally end up drooling on myself. Ha ha!
Still processing it myself. Had it for a few days now. Took it upon myself to fix factory defects; reversed those back heels people have noted and my copy was missing a small pin so I did a transplant from a Siege cassette bot arm. Did some minor paint touch-ups; colored in fat pin heads and that bit of red that shows on the outside front legs. After the DIY gauntlet I was able to have fun. He's an interesting if unique offering. Hot Rod and Magnus aesthetically stray a bit from Generations even though they're supposed to be the same/overlapping line but SS86 Optimus feels kind of funny stood next to WFC and Legacy guys. For instance if you put him next to Kingdom/Legacy Galvatron (Return of Optimus Prime style) and look at them for a good minute, it makes your brain itch. I don't now--he simultaneously does and does not blend with other Generations and Studio Series guys. Not a bad thing, just kind of a headscratcher. My one proper nitpick: I do not get why the side mirrors are: i) there are at all; ii) that big; iii) that color. They are not structurally necessary for vehicle or bot mode. But all in all, it's a grand old Optimus and worth the idiosyncrasies; decidedly net positive.
I'm very happy with mine. 1986 movie accurate, way better than ER Prime. And good news. Newage is upscale their megatron to ss86 prime size. Finally a 1986 movie accurate megatron
@@HamManReviews I saw the comparison pics. The Newage voyager size megatron is Earthrise optimus prime size unfortunately. For now I'm using BPF OSKO of siege megatron to display with my SS-86 optimus prime. If the ss86 megatron doesn't have a huge tank kibble backpack. Then I'll buy it
No wonder were like this? Better this than nowadays kids that need participation medals and a psychiatrist to accompany them about their day incase they cant cope with school, work or life itself. Great review, im going to pick mine up when the shops open as its 3am here in the uk. Random question ive always wanted to ask an Australian. Do you call the uk down under like we do with Australia?
I think with the kids it's pretty hard to put the blame on them when it's a world and system that's been created by their parents and other adults, kids don't really get much say in the world around them. It's also definitely a tough time to be a kid, the world is in a really uncertain state where the rules their parents followed (work hard, study = good job) don't really apply anymore. That's not even factoring in the media saturated world they're coming up in, again, not of their making. I think the down under thing come from us being in the southern hemisphere so we call the UK the land up over.
@HamManReviews the land up over? Seriously or are you having me on lol it must be different with the kids in Oz then because here they are awful. I've tried bringing my kids up to learn the same respect and manners I was brought up with and as people they are horrible disrespectful people who are not going to last in the real world. They can't stand boundaries or rules or ppl asking them to do simple things. It's embarrassing when mates hear how they speak to people aswell and it's not just my kids, it's everywhere you look. I wouldn't like to think kids like these are the future
Did Hot Rod mess up the "Line of Succession" by grabbing the Matrix as it dropped...? Good question. I think people always look at Ultra Magnus being unable to open the Matrix against Galvatron as some kind of failure.... when I've always believed it's purpose wasn't to just get the Autobots out of a jam. There's no way Ultra Magnus wasn't "worthy" to open the Matrix, it just wasn't the right time for it. I imagine if he'd been there in Unicron, he TOTALLY could've destroyed the Chaos Bringer. But Hot Rod also had that potential of Leadership, Kup knew it!!! And he happened to be the Matrix Bearer during their actual "Darkest Hour" (Cybertron was pretty screwed against Unicron). And Rodimus probably would've grown to be as amazing as Optimus Prime, if he'd also had the eons to grow into the role like Optimus had. Anyway, I got a bunch of videos on my channel all about it, if you wanna really get into it!!! 😁 That being said, LOVE this review, Ham-Man!!!! Always love watching you play and have fun during these videos, and your size comp with the 'Cons had me literally LoL'ing.🤣 Thanks for all the fun, man!
Thanks so much my dude! I've always thought that about Magnus as well, totally worthy but the wrong time to busting it out. I'll defs check out the vids
2:40 if i get what youre saying right, you will just make him have ER Optimus legs, with looks so ugly and terrible. So no i think they did the right thing, ER legs were a mistake
This guy looks super rad, however I am maxed out on Optimi, so this one's a pass. Maybe if they re issue it with less cartoony colors I'd get one. Went kinda crazy with the WFC Optimus figures, so the issue of the "plethora" is alive and well for me.
Auspicious? It's a scaled down, low budget MP-44 whos transformation proves the original toy was the peak of enjoyable fun. Those who own a G1 and a masterpiece, specially MP-1, this guy offers nothing. I'm really glad you're enjoying him though. I figured they must have made him for someone. Get it? Figured :p
What always made me happy about the jump jets under the truck for his transformation was that even as far back as Siege they wanted to replicate that since he had a blast effect peg on the bottom of the truck mode. I don't think we ever got a blast effect that was quite able to suit it though.
They know what we like
0:24 so moving. I’m in tears.
The feels are reals
This Optimus Prime is definitely the definitive Optimus Prime in my book!!
Flying is so overpowered in transformers, I would head canon it as being very energon expensive, so it's more frugal to just let Optimus run you over
Hahahaha I like that
Just wanted to comment and thank you for your reviews, Ham-Man. You've sold me on more figures that I would have otherwise skipped than any other reviewer out there. You effectively capture the feel of being a fan while providing relative objectivity in your reviews. Also, the humor is always spot on! Thank you for making these videos. 'Till all are one!
Bruuu That's so kind of you. I really appreciate you taking the time to say so. That's made my day. You keep watching them, I'll keep makin em :)
Really puts Earthrise into perspective, god damn
Side by side you can really see how they justify the commander price point
That was fun, bro! I’m DEFINITELY gonna pick him up. Keep em comin.
Thanks so much my dude! I’m glad you had fun. I’ll keep making em if people keep watching em
2:20 i had a scraphock with a very lose arm that constantly fell off.
I just used varnishe Matt gloss to give the arm peg joint more friction and it worked.
Maby the same trick could worm woth the smoke stack because they attach the same way.
Thats a god tip, thanks my dude :)
Mine also came with the stress marks by the lights of the cab
It’s scary
Pre-ordered from BBTS and looking forward to finally getting it in my hands!
It’s pretty special
Short Circuit 2 analysis was spot on. Another great review!
hahaha Thanks so much my dude!
Awesome review. I'm definitely thiking of adding some silver around his front windows
Thanks so much my dude! I can understand the temptation. I can never bring myself to customise figures.
@@HamManReviews Usually some toyhax stickers and painting silver on some wheels goes a long way to making a figure pop.
@HamManReviews ordered up the toyhax stickers for him and the trailer stickers. Also ordered the cel shadded window stickers which will make them pop.
3:33 wait! TF said “knowing is half the battle” too? I thought that was only for GIJoe!
They had a couple alternate versions of GI Joe PSAs that used Autobots in place of the Joes. I first remember seeing them as a bonus feature on the PS2 Transformers Armada game.
I don't think they ever actually aired, they were only on special features for the first DVD release
Oh man I loved that game. They should do a remastered release.
@@HamManReviews that game was my first exposure to the Armada lore. I do recall getting the comics from Dreamwave, but I think they came later. Never actually checked out the show.
6:23 Roller’s got Titan Master compatibility but not the cockpit looking thing that literally opens up?
I do think that element is undersized on this release
@@HamManReviews I can relate.
Optimus Prime and Thor gives the review.....Pretty awesome ‼️
Hahaha glad you enjoyed it!
9:53 my “laziest blast effects ever” are actually hella bent it seems. The pointed bits are way off center.
Yeh mine were a lil crook as well
@@HamManReviews I was able to straighten those little bastards out with hair dryer. I think I might’ve come around on the blast effects themselves though.
They look pretty good on the gun or repair drone. I still woulda liked something a bit…more? (Boy, vague much?). Like some details or color variance. Something.
Hopefully mine will show up next week.
fingers crossed my dude!
man i can’t wait for mine to arrive, hopefully shipping on the 16th
He’s pretty great
Initially I wasn't sold on the first leaked photos because of the backpack... I preordered him anyway as..... It's Optimus prime!. But the more I see the reviews the more I enjoy its sheer presence, great review fella!. I'm looking forward to seeing this bad boy and the haslab RID prime side by side
Holy shit you were traumatised by that scene in Short Circuit 2 as well?
Sorry this wasn’t supposed to be a reply
Thanks my dude! I missed out on that Haslab, still not sure how I feel bout it.
I honestly was looking for a different clip when I found this one. I'd forgotten that and was freshly disturbed.
@@HamManReviews yeah I know what you mean it seems quite expensive for 1 leader, 1 leader sized parts and a weaponizer.. it seemed like a controversial choice for a Haslab for sure. I just can't pass up on a good Prime haha. Which figures are you looking forward to in the upcoming months?
1:40 before Captain Picard was created, my TV dad was indeed Optimus.
I still feel it
Watching this again because my review is finally out, and man I just can't agree about the Hip Skirts. They are WAY better than letting the hips just ride up into the pelvis like the ER did.
Earthrise didn't do it great, but on the whole I still prefer that system to the skirts.
@@HamManReviews I very rarely mind skirts, I've seen bad ones, but they don't bother me typically.
There are good versions of those hips, but they obviously can make the legs look too long, and they also often really separate the hips from the waist, so skirts make that more contiguous.
What die-cast car scale is close to Studio Series 86 Optimus in truck mode?
Ah man I got no clue, maybe those Jada ones?
I think my biggest gripe is that I wish his elbows would bend a bit more than 90 degrees. Especially since his robot mode elbow articulation is not the bend used in that direction for transformation. If I can get one more complaint, I would want his legs to bend in a way to faciliate a more natural knee to ground kneel. Especially for Optimus, who would definitely kneel down to talk to humans
Yeh for commander class I would kinda expect a bit more than just a 90 outta that elbow. If they had made the hip skirts move with the leg you'd be able to get more outta it. I hate skirt panels.
Great review Ham-Man!!! I cannot wait to get SS86 Optimus Prime, he's one of the top figures I've been excited to get for 2024. lol :D Keep on being amazing.
Thanks so much my dude! He's pretty great
@@HamManReviews You're welcome. Sorry for my late reply. :D
I just received my notification from BigBad that Optimus is ready to ship. I "sweed" like a little girl with excitement. That price-tag HURTS though, I'd love to see a Nemesis Prime version of this but there no way I can afford to buy it and collect everything else like normal. (Maybe I could spare just one kidney on eBay...)
Kidneys are important, grow your hair and sell it wig makers, that where it's at. renewable resource
Love this toy😃❤️
so good
I didnt knew this channel, but loved the review. +1 subs, keep up the good work :)
Thanks so much my dude I appreciate it! Glad you had a good time. Feel free to share my stuff around I’d love a bigger audience
I've always interpreted it since childhood that it was who ever touched the Matrix next who became it's wielder.
I also always interpreted the jets of fire that launched him into the air, as an injury. One of the shots caused something in him to explode.
Maybe it's like the one ring and can somewhat compel people, so the matrix made prime drop it and influenced Hotrod to grab it. like when the One ring fell off Isildurs finger
Also, that's an interesting take on the rocket up, I could see that, like they hit a power conduit under the surface of autobot city
@@HamManReviews I'm not even talking about a Conduit under Autobot city. Like that other Regular blaster really hurts him later, and is arguably what killed him, so them shooting him, caused something inside his own body to explode, and he just played it off.
Johnny 5 was traumatizing
Yes, even in the first movie, with the NOVA guards shooting at him with Stephanie screaming at them to stop.
(Granted, Five did get a few, albeit nonlethal, blasts back at them with his original laser weapon.)
I’d totally suppressed that part of the movie. Along with that dude doin brown face :/
@@HamManReviews FWIW he feels really bad about it, even though he wasn’t trying to parody their ethnicity.
Still, no excuse, it’s bad no matter what .
I had set to order him when he was announced (actually somehow managed to presale two, but can’t bring myself to cancel the 2nd one). It’s Prime after all. The battle damage accessories would be great - and as accessories not completely unchanging like Ironhide and his ill-fated companions. What this figure does defines and encapsulates a generation of fans. Can’t say till he’s in-hand, but it seems Kingdom Rodimus is a bit more engineered, but what we get esthetically - especially those blast effects - is just hands down the best figure.
Two means you can have one blasting off in vehicle mode! I know what you mean with Rodimus, I think it's more a case of one wanting to look like a cool toy and the other trying to faithfully interpret a cartoon aesthetic.
Yes, Hot Rod was always destined to get the Matrix, as seen in Five Faces of Darkness, the Season 3 opening 5-part episodes, Rodimus is the long lost decendant of the first bearer of the Matrix and is the Bot incarnate of Primus. Well, if you watch it and read between the lines, it's depicted in the scene where Rodimus enters the Matrix of Leadership for the 2nd time. And truth be told it's my personal opinion and that the animators intended to convey the story but most likely there was a change in the script so it wasn't said directly. Just my thoughts. Great review and I can't wait to get my copy of SS86 Optimus Prime.
Thanks so much my dude! I must admit it’s been a hot minute since I’ve watched those eps
Man, I am so excited to get mine. He's due at the end of the month, and it feels an eternity away!
What a year for Optimus, though. First Missing Link, and now SS86. You'd think it was an important anniversary for the franchise or something.
Hahahaha let’s not forget about 50 different transformers one prime figures!
It is Great，I like it !🥰
I'm glad you like it
My biggest gripe with the SS86 OP now that I’ve got him in hand are the 90° elbows. When will that stop being the standard?
Yeh I would have thought they could go a lil deeper.
@@HamManReviews at least the knee bend is nice.
I can for sure agree with your minor gripes, I don’t mind the windshield color. Along with what you mentioned, I think the matrix compartment could have used some paint like in the movie. But I still think the value is there based on what all you get, all the things he can do.
I think for how big a deal the release has been and how hyped the lil corner cuts hurt my feelings a lil hahaha
Is it really a disassembly of the heel pieces if every single one that’s come out is assembled exactly the same way? It seems pretty intentional that this was the way that they ended up wanting QC to let him go out the door.
Sometimes large scale running mistakes happen. Think of the arms on Kingdom Galvatron
Sure, but they have been making prime since what, June/July? There has been PLENTY of time rectify the “mistake” had it been caught by QC (which with as many copies as having been produced, it would have).
2:46 also, why are the hip pieces grey? Pretty noticeable to me.
I don't hate, makes it feel like internal mechanisms
@@HamManReviews fair enough. Nice head canon. Still, the OCD monster in me is screaming.
@@michaelpapp5518 hahaha you sound like my boy perspective
@@HamManReviews I’m a fan of his vids. Precisely because his brain and my brain have similar wiring. Though I love light piping and Earthrise Cliffjumper. Two cardinal offenses from Hasbro in his opinion. He does an excellent job of explaining why he hates what I love without offending me. Mainly by making annoyingly good points. Ha ha!
I enjoy your videos because we are both man children in the most positive of ways. I think your jokes are hilarious. You got good editing skills. If I make a Turbo Teen reference in the comments, there’s a fair chance you’ll know what I’m talking about. If not, it’s because of location. Nobody in your neck of the ocean felt it worth importing.
You woulda absolutely loved Turbo Teen as a little kid, I suspect. It’s like someone read Ramna 1/2 and thought, “that would be better if it was a car. Also I’m gonna hire Jack Kirby to do character designs.” Hollywood in the late seventies early eighties and all the cocaine makes for some wild kids’ shows.
People have been getting him off Ali express and he's been arriving with those rear lights the right way
It must have just been a first run issue, doesn't affect much so I'm not super worried about it
@HamManReviews same here, I ain't fixing mine but I was just letting ppl know so if they wanted to get one from there they could or just wait and see if they get lucky anywhere else
"Patented Prime Toe Pinch" kinda sounds like something Optimus uses to discipline unruly Autobot cadets with
Nah he jus wheel clamps em
🤣 you had me rolling multiple times
I live to give. Glad you had fun my dude. I try keep it lite
Do you think a very light wash or Gundam marker would be good?
It could be? but would stress me out too much to attempt.
@HamManReviews same. Unless I had several but for some reason I think I'd feel..guilty ? Possibly a holdover from childhood. My friends were burning and using fireworks on their gi joe and transformers etc but we were not wealthy and I recognized the sacrifice my mom made for me to have the same toys. Ironically everyone wanted to play at my house because all my toys were in such good shape. Go figure ?
Thank you for the content you provid.
@@jacobfoster9185 Thank you for watching my dude! I remember taking my Toxic Crusaders junk yard to school and got pressured by some older kids to play a game where we'd throw him in the air as high as we could to try and catch him. Then some kid threw him at a wall and his arm broke off. I've honestly never forgotten what a horrible feeling that was.
Love this toy😃❤️, have this now 2 days, I’m 47, was. My time G1, (most of my collection are g1, g1 reissues 😳
I'm an 86 baby so I've never known a world without transformers.
@@HamManReviews I was born in 1976, living in the Netherlands I saw TFg1 in the 80’s trough a English Channel, SKY Channel. A show for children called: “the Fun Factory”. Saw HE-MAN (and more great cartoons from the US😳) there, and …. G1 Transformers, love robots so, the connection was made, love signs fiction. Love the X files, have all dvds and blu ray. 🖖🏻
1:19 that happened with Siege Optimus but not ER for me. When I got th former? I spent an hour just irritating my wife with m best Peter Cullen OP impression.
Hahaha I know that game!
@@HamManReviews I got covid once. My voice ended up raspier as a result. Definitely upped my Optimus game. Still, Seaspray is the best bot impression I make. It’s very fun to do, though I occasionally end up drooling on myself. Ha ha!
Still processing it myself. Had it for a few days now. Took it upon myself to fix factory defects; reversed those back heels people have noted and my copy was missing a small pin so I did a transplant from a Siege cassette bot arm. Did some minor paint touch-ups; colored in fat pin heads and that bit of red that shows on the outside front legs. After the DIY gauntlet I was able to have fun. He's an interesting if unique offering. Hot Rod and Magnus aesthetically stray a bit from Generations even though they're supposed to be the same/overlapping line but SS86 Optimus feels kind of funny stood next to WFC and Legacy guys. For instance if you put him next to Kingdom/Legacy Galvatron (Return of Optimus Prime style) and look at them for a good minute, it makes your brain itch. I don't now--he simultaneously does and does not blend with other Generations and Studio Series guys. Not a bad thing, just kind of a headscratcher.
My one proper nitpick: I do not get why the side mirrors are: i) there are at all; ii) that big; iii) that color. They are not structurally necessary for vehicle or bot mode. But all in all, it's a grand old Optimus and worth the idiosyncrasies; decidedly net positive.
Yeh I know what you mean, he’s almost too cartoon accurate to fit with the toy aesthetic all the others have. Especially Galvatron.
Till all are THIS ONE is odeeee😂😂😂😂😂
Maybe a lil
Yeah he really should've had integrated hips and not hipskirts
I’m just not a fan of hip skirts when an alternative exists. At least it wasn’t one big one.
I'm very happy with mine. 1986 movie accurate, way better than ER Prime.
And good news. Newage is upscale their megatron to ss86 prime size.
Finally a 1986 movie accurate megatron
I’m so keen to see what hasbro eventually do for 86 megaton
@@HamManReviews
I saw the comparison pics. The Newage voyager size megatron is Earthrise optimus prime size unfortunately.
For now I'm using BPF OSKO of siege megatron to display with my SS-86 optimus prime. If the ss86 megatron doesn't have a huge tank kibble backpack. Then I'll buy it
No wonder were like this? Better this than nowadays kids that need participation medals and a psychiatrist to accompany them about their day incase they cant cope with school, work or life itself. Great review, im going to pick mine up when the shops open as its 3am here in the uk.
Random question ive always wanted to ask an Australian. Do you call the uk down under like we do with Australia?
I think with the kids it's pretty hard to put the blame on them when it's a world and system that's been created by their parents and other adults, kids don't really get much say in the world around them. It's also definitely a tough time to be a kid, the world is in a really uncertain state where the rules their parents followed (work hard, study = good job) don't really apply anymore.
That's not even factoring in the media saturated world they're coming up in, again, not of their making.
I think the down under thing come from us being in the southern hemisphere so we call the UK the land up over.
@HamManReviews the land up over? Seriously or are you having me on lol it must be different with the kids in Oz then because here they are awful. I've tried bringing my kids up to learn the same respect and manners I was brought up with and as people they are horrible disrespectful people who are not going to last in the real world. They can't stand boundaries or rules or ppl asking them to do simple things. It's embarrassing when mates hear how they speak to people aswell and it's not just my kids, it's everywhere you look. I wouldn't like to think kids like these are the future
Did Hot Rod mess up the "Line of Succession" by grabbing the Matrix as it dropped...? Good question. I think people always look at Ultra Magnus being unable to open the Matrix against Galvatron as some kind of failure.... when I've always believed it's purpose wasn't to just get the Autobots out of a jam. There's no way Ultra Magnus wasn't "worthy" to open the Matrix, it just wasn't the right time for it. I imagine if he'd been there in Unicron, he TOTALLY could've destroyed the Chaos Bringer.
But Hot Rod also had that potential of Leadership, Kup knew it!!! And he happened to be the Matrix Bearer during their actual "Darkest Hour" (Cybertron was pretty screwed against Unicron). And Rodimus probably would've grown to be as amazing as Optimus Prime, if he'd also had the eons to grow into the role like Optimus had.
Anyway, I got a bunch of videos on my channel all about it, if you wanna really get into it!!! 😁
That being said, LOVE this review, Ham-Man!!!! Always love watching you play and have fun during these videos, and your size comp with the 'Cons had me literally LoL'ing.🤣
Thanks for all the fun, man!
Thanks so much my dude! I've always thought that about Magnus as well, totally worthy but the wrong time to busting it out.
I'll defs check out the vids
2:40 if i get what youre saying right, you will just make him have ER Optimus legs, with looks so ugly and terrible. So no i think they did the right thing, ER legs were a mistake
Earthrise isn't the best example, other figs do it better. skirts jus feels underbaked for commander class.
@HamManReviews i get it
what is this heavy metal hobbit music
Great description, I made it with AI
Well waiting for mine to arrive. I do like him, still him winning toy of the year in SS feels rigged.
Super rigged seeing as he hasn’t even been mass released yet :/
This guy looks super rad, however I am maxed out on Optimi, so this one's a pass. Maybe if they re issue it with less cartoony colors I'd get one. Went kinda crazy with the WFC Optimus figures, so the issue of the "plethora" is alive and well for me.
A primal plethora if you will. I do know what you mean with him almost being too cartoony.
I think the MP10 is a superior transformer model to this one.
MP10 is pretty all time but this is a great one for maximum cartoon likeness.
@@HamManReviews fair
Auspicious?
It's a scaled down, low budget MP-44 whos transformation proves the original toy was the peak of enjoyable fun.
Those who own a G1 and a masterpiece, specially MP-1, this guy offers nothing.
I'm really glad you're enjoying him though. I figured they must have made him for someone.
Get it? Figured :p
Hahahaha I’m all about generations style with my collection so for me he’s perfect.
@@HamManReviews He's cute that's for sure
By golly I might not have the money to be collecting right now but I will definitely get this figure when it finally releases .
He's worth it, pretty definitive