Toy Review - TFPrime FE Deluxe Cliffjumper

[griffin]

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

Toy Review - Cliffjumper (first Dlx version)
Series - TFPrime
Sub-line - none
Size/class - Deluxe
Wave - 0.5 (First Edition)
New/remould/redeco - New
Released here - Maybe not here at all (Released globally Nov/Dec 2011)
Approximate Retail Price - ($24-30?) US$12
Approximate Size - (14cm)
Allegiance - Autobot
Alt-mode - Muscle car
Main Features/Gimmicks - none
Main Colours - Red, black
Main Accessories - none?

[Paulbot]

This is a great figure. I caved and got it at a bit of a premium off ebay but I think it was worth it.

To start with, it's a nice looking car, although it does have a few extra panel lines the way Cliffjumper transforms makes those acceptable.

The side panels and doors of the car fold together to make the legs and manage to take the rear windows with them (and hide them) in order to give the shoulders more room for posing. I like how the legs swing only one way in the transformation, giving this the feel of a directed, well-structured transformation. There's more twisting of the waist (a common thing I've noticed in all the toys so far).

The arms fold out really nicely, with the shoulders snaping quite nicely into place. The hands can flip around to reveal guns (something not documented on the packaging or instructions - don't be tricked into thinking that he's weaponless).

The car's bonnet doesn't just swing to the back, it locks in behind the neck and with a few swings the front lights manage to make it back into position to be Cliffjumper's ribs. It's there to make the toy more accurate to the cartoon and a nice little finishing touch. Really happy with the final looking 'bot.

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Sweet little bot, kinda like Generations Warpath in that his small size for a Deluxe sorta works what with the original Cliffjumper being a minibot. If he's typical the size difference for the Prime toys as opposed to CHUGURETC is quite noticeable.
Decent transformation, though there are some small steps that are easy to overlook without the instructions.
Bot mode is where he really shines, vehicle mode is a pretty nice muscle car but as Paulbot notes he's packed full o' panels and getting his rear panels can be a bit fiddly a la RtS Windcharger.

Final verdict, get him if cheap and/or if you're a fan of muscle car alt-modes.

[loophole]

any chance that one of you guys could take a pick of him with some CHUG figures?

[Paulbot]

any chance that one of you guys could take a pick of him with some CHUG figures?

An odd assortment but these were the only CHUG ones immediately at hand.



And with Prime Bumblebee who's taller than Cliffjumper

[loophole]

An odd assortment but these were the only CHUG ones immediately at hand.

an odd assortment works well and so does cliffjumper in this case, thanks Paulbot