Toy Review - TFPrime FE Deluxe Cliffjumper

[SharkyMcShark]

My main gripe about this toy is the lack of wrist articulation, so the hands are permanently positioned where the palms are aligned with the inside elbows - great if he wants to do bicep curls, but otherwise not so good for other poses (like holding a gun properly). Yeah I know he is in built guns, but still... it bugs me.

Let's all remember where we were when Gok got something wrong.

The wrists do swivel.

[GoktimusPrime]

The wrists do swivel.

They do?!? I tried turning mine and they didn't budge... maybe I need to apply more excessive force... I'll try it when I get home.

[GoktimusPrime]

Okay, I played around with Cliffjumper earlier this evening. At first the hands still wouldn't turn even though I used quite a lot of excessive force... any more and I probably would have snapped the hands off (there was even an indent in my thumb where I'd been pushing against the hands -- the indent lasted for several minutes after I finished mucking around with Cliffjumper and there was a tingling sensation... that's how hard I was pushing).

So then I stopped and examined the forearm section and pushed the inside section (where the gun is concealed) thoroughly in all the way and tried again. It was a bit stiff, but indeed the hands did turn!! Praise Primus!

You just gotta be sure that the inner forearm sections are pushed in all the way first... which can be easily overlooked because they don't securely lock in (not on mine anyway) and easily come out just ever so slightly that at a glance you wouldn't notice, but it does impede on the wrist articulation.



So my opinion of this toy has improved, however I do wish that the inner forearms could 'lock' in better and better prevent the outer wrist "guards" from obstructing the hands' articulation. Revised rating for this toy: 8/10

[griffin]

Just want to put a warning out there for this otherwise flawless toy - be careful with the head/neck ball-joint. Mine popped off while transforming it, and I noticed a stress mark on the socket inside the head. Unfortunately, the light-piping gimmick of the eyes has been moulded into a piece that goes all the way through the head to be the socket for the neck. It isn't a strong, load-bearing type of plastic... and even though the ball-joint isn't part of the transformation to take on any intentional force, the action of the head popping out and being placed back in IS excessive to the piece of plastic. So be careful... especially as the toy ages and the plastic becomes less flexible over time.

[Decepticon]

Why does this Cliffjumper look like a goat, with hooves and all? It kinda irritates me now cos all I see is a goat staring back at me.

[GoktimusPrime]

Why does this Cliffjumper look like a goat,

Because that's how the cartoon designed him. Not the toy's fault. (one disadvantage of having Transformers designed as show characters first and toys second) - but it's most likely because of the bullhorns hood ornament on the vehicle mode. This certainly wouldn't be the first time we've had Transformers whose robot mode head was 'based on' the alt mode; just look at Beast Wars Neo and Car Robot (RiD).

with hooves and all?

They help him to count!

"Hey Cliffjumper, how many live action TF movies have there been?"
*clop.clop.clop*

The feet don't really look like hooves.

You know what I really love about this toy? It's not Bumblebee! Not a repaint. Not a retool. A purely original Cliffjumper toy. The first original Cliffjumper toy since 1984!

[Decepticon]

The first original Cliffjumper toy since 1984!

Is it really? Didnt realize that.
I must admit I have the RID Prime Cliffjumper and he looks more of a goat than this one. I still believe he has hooves!