Toy Review - DotM Optimus (Preview Vers)

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(Please post comments, photos or even a fully comprehensive review - these are just brief details to start you off)

Toy Review - Optimus Prime

Series - Dark of the Moon
Sub-line - N/A (preview promo pack)
Size - Commander (was Scout)
New/remould/redeco - New (will be re-released in the general Movie line)
Wave - N/A (preview pack)
Released here - Not here (released US TRU March)
Approximate Retail Price - (US$10)
Approximate Size - 8cm
Allegiance - Autobot
Alt-mode - Truck w/ weapons/jet pack
Main Features/Gimmicks - none
Main Colours - Red, blue, grey
Main Accessories - 2 guns, jetpack

PLUS - 3D glasses for a website promotion

[Paulbot]

Thin and spindly, Movie Legends have been very unimpressive compared to Cybertron and Univerese toys. Now the trend seems to have spread to the Scout class. ROTF scouts were all around pretty impressive but if this is a sign of things to come in DOTM then we are all in for disappointment.

I was tempted to buy this but sitting next to it, for half the price, was Legends Scavenger. The two are about the same size! Prime has a bit more bulk because of the backpack but not enough. The robot looks scrawny and cheap and not worth paying twice or more the price of a legend for.

Having seen Powerglide in vehicle mode next to Legends Cosmos and Rodimus (and it being only a little if any bigger), I don't have much faith in this new size class at all.

[SkyWarp91]

Thin and spindly, Movie Legends have been very unimpressive compared to Cybertron and Univerese toys. Now the trend seems to have spread to the Scout class. ROTF scouts were all around pretty impressive but if this is a sign of things to come in DOTM then we are all in for disappointment.

I was tempted to buy this but sitting next to it, for half the price, was Legends Scavenger. The two are about the same size! Prime has a bit more bulk because of the backpack but not enough. The robot looks scrawny and cheap and not worth paying twice or more the price of a legend for.

Having seen Powerglide in vehicle mode next to Legends Cosmos and Rodimus (and it being only a little if any bigger), I don't have much faith in this new size class at all.

Well technically this is a Preview Class figure though isn't it? Not a commander/scout class? But I do agree on the lack of faith in the size classes, but DOTM Crankcase is a very posable and fun figure to play with believe it or not.

[GoktimusPrime]

The toy looks like a Legends at the size and price of a Scout. If really cheap... maaaybe. :/ I didn't notice the 3D glasses though.

[FFN]

Thin and spindly, Movie Legends have been very unimpressive compared to Cybertron and Univerese toys. Now the trend seems to have spread to the Scout class. ROTF scouts were all around pretty impressive but if this is a sign of things to come in DOTM then we are all in for disappointment.

It's an uneven equation due to where the designs come from. Most Legends toys are simplified versions of already simple toy designs (Cybertron), or new designs made with the limitations in parts numbers of the Legends class in mind. Movie Legends have the difficult task of trying to replicate very complex designs with a very limited number of parts.

Cyberverse Commanders are sort of like the old Basic price point, above regular Legends (or Legion, in this case), but below Scouts. The intent of the Cyberverse branding is to have a new play pattern where all similarly-sized are in relative scale to each other (with playsets!), rather than just have a price point of small, cheap toys. Also, encourages collecting with series numbering.

The Human Alliance basics are basically the Scouts of this line in terms of complexity.

As for why the Scout price was moved up, larger Legends (essentially) were moved to the Scout price, and why Deluxe and Voyager class toys are smaller than usual, it's probably due to plastic price rises. The MechTech weapons aren't so large that they steal that much space on a sprue away from the toys.

[SharkyMcShark]

I'm gutted that Scout class is gone - ROTF gave us the best Scout class lineup of any transformers line ever.