Toy Review - DOTM Voyager Sentinel Prime

[Sky Shadow]

Toy Review - Voyager Sentinel Prime

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This toy is far more logical than the Leader and should take a fraction of the time to transform. The fire-hose-ladder/BFG MechTech weapon is lots of fun and locks in so it can be displayed in either form. There's a nice basic-automorph where the head comes up with the chest panel. It's not 100% perfect - the grey laddery-sides to the top of the fire engine are flimsy, and he doesn't have a shield, but nevertheless - if you haven't already shelled out for the Leader version, I'd suggest you don't. Wait for the Voyager.

[kaiden]

he looks small... the mechtech weapon looks nice but now he doesnt have a sword and shield - which is annoying. if only he were like optimus prime with plenty of redecos and plenty of different weapons - like maybe a black version with the sword and shield.

i will most likely just get him for his mechtech weapon but at least he doesnt look as bad as voyager ironhide.

[STL]

Has this been located locally?

[Sky Shadow]

Has this been located locally?

I think it's barely been located internationally, STL. Mine fell off the back of a fire engine. ;) (I got it from eBay. But it was MISB, so hopefully we'll get them soon.)

[i_amtrunks]

Does Hasbro have a thing against red? :p

Both larger Sentinel Prime figures have a pinkish hue... We know that Hasbro can use red coloured plastic, Classicsverse Inferno was a nice shade of red.

It is a nice looking figure, and I like the idea of a Sentinel prime figure the same size as Megatron and Shockwave, that also does not ahve the sound gimmicks... If only it was avialble during the toy sales!

Thanks Skyshadow for putting me in two minds about nabbing the leader version! :D

[Decepticon]

Already have enough Sentinal Primes! Have the Leader and the Commander. Will perhaps wait til I see the movie to see if Sentinal will be my 'hero':o

[Lord_Zed]

Yeah this is Sentinel Prime I may get, so far there's been a surprising amount of win in the DOTM Voyager range.

[GoktimusPrime]

I'm in the same boat as Decepticon. Ah well... good news for anyone who doesn't have a Sentinel Prime toy yet though.

[i_amtrunks]

Yeah this is Sentinel Prime I may get, so far there's been a surprising amount of win in the DOTM Voyager range.

Seems to be one size class for each movie that has had a higher percentage of quality figures, TF was deluxe, RotF was scout, DotM seems to be Voyager...

[Paulbot]

This toys feels more like a deluxe figure. He's very much a shell-former, with the fire truck compressing to a back pack. The weapon is nice and suits the vehicle mode better than most Mech-Tech weapons do. For playability this is better than the Leader as it's easy to transform, but if you want ease of transformation there's always the Commander. I prefer the Leader one, and would say get this if you can get it cheap or just want a mid size version of the character.

[griffin]

Sentinel Prime
Series - Dark of the Moon
Sub-line - Mechtech
Size/class - Voyager
New/remould/redeco - New
Wave - 3
Released here - Could be July 2011 (released globally June)
Approximate Retail Price - $50
Approximate Size - 18cm
Allegiance - Autobot
Alt-mode - Fire Rescue truck
Main Features/Gimmicks - Convertible Mechtech weapon
Main Colours - "Red", black, grey
Main Accessories - Mechtech weapon


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[griffin]

Now that this figure has just been released here (FINALLY) five months after the rest of the world, I thought it would be fitting to finally have a look over this one I imported a couple months ago.

I think shellformers are cheating, for a designer at least.... and this one is just a robot *completely* encased in a shell, that folds out and open. Not one bit of the vehicle panelling is used on the robot mode. The arms, legs and abdomen are all separate to the shell. Oh wait, the feet are used to form part of the rear of the vehicle mode, but that's the only robot bit used to create the fire truck mode. (it kinda defeats the purpose of a transformers toy if you don't end up using any of the robot mode to make the vehicle mode)
And all that panel kibble sticks out the back, making the robot mode 3 times as wide as it should when looking at it side-on.

The "automorph" head sucked, but I've always been totally against that gimmick (when it comes to TFs... transformation good - gimmick bad). And the front wheels are REALLY frustrating to align in either mode.

The cannon is the only good thing of this toy... if it wasn't easily broken. Be careful when converting it between the gun and fire-hose modes, as the gears can be mis-aligned if forced without unlocking the black knob at the back first... preventing it from forming the cannon ever again (I can't seem to fix mine).
So if you get this toy, don't try to transform the cannon without looking at the instructions first.

I recommend against getting this figure, unless you are only buying smaller versions of the Leader Class characters. (after all, Megatron's largest version is Voyager, so could be a preferred size class of cast collectors)
I haven't played with the Leader class version of Sentinel Prime, but have heard that it is a nightmare to convert, so maybe this is the better large-size version. Of any size version of this character, I'd recommend the Commander class version.