Review - RescueBots Optimus Prime with Rescue Trailer
Series - Transformers RescueBots
Size/class - Big Fragger
New/remould/redeco - New
Released here - Yup
Approximate Retail Price - $40-$50
Approximate Size - BIG
Allegiance - Autobot
Alt-mode - Car Carrier
Main Features/Gimmicks - semi-automatic cab transformation
Main Colours - Red, Grey
Main Accessories - Trailer/Jetpack
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Intended for wee little tikes 3+ this is by far the biggest TF I have come across for the age group. Cheaply constructed with rather sub-standard plastic, it's designed to be bright, big and easy to use.
Cab
Transforms the same as the Deluxe sized one, just... bigger. Very basic. Looks not bad in robot mode except the arms are at funny angles and has a blocky chest. Vehicle mode is ok, has 6 wheels which is nice. The only thing that really annoys me about it is that his smokestacks are the same red as the rest of the cab, surely it would have been easy to add some silver or grey there, especially given the nice stylized detailing on his chest.
Trailer/Jetpack.
The car carrier trailer looks too plain without the stickers but the stickers make it look a bit little-kiddish, but then what do you expect ;) Back folds down so kids can load/unload other RescueBot vehicles, fits four and is well proportioned for it. Combined with the cab makes for a massive Optimus alt-mode, well worth grabbing if you are a 'Optimus with trailer' completionist. As a jetpack it is very simplistic, but a nice bonus which pays homage to DOTM and BH Voyager Optimus and has a HUGE wingspan!. The stickers look more appropriate in this mode too and help define a more wing shape, a shame that other bits of the trailer don't fold into conform to their shape.
Worth getting?
Well maybe if you can satisfy the following criteria:
*You can find it for $40 or under. $50 is too much!
*You are a sucker for an Optimus with a trailer (like me;)) OR
*You have a 3+ kid you are shopping for
