Toy Review - TFPrime Voyager Megatron

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

I really can't stand the amount of Hasbro Grey on that figure. It really puts me off. Plus the oversized lametastic cannon and purple arms are blech. The light chest thingy seems cool, but would have preferred that one needn't have to attach the gun to his back.

I was excited about the Prime toys when the show came out, especially considering how cool transformers had been designed (well up until DOTM) but after seeing the awesome FE ones and then seeing the bland normal line, I am very much less enthused about them.

I understand them being too complex for kids, but they are just beginning to look a bit too rubbishy for my liking.

I see this as a step back for the brand

[GoktimusPrime]

Plus the oversized lametastic cannon and purple arms are blech.

Gimmicks over substance. I much prefer a less gimmicky but better designed toy - which IMO we get with Deluxe Megatron... or even Voyager First Edition Optimus Prime. That toy has no electronic gimmicks, no transparent body parts ('cept for the eyes), no 'automorphing' weapons... it's just a really nice solid Transformer toy (and his gun has more paint apps on it than the entire Voyager Megatron figure! ).

The light chest thingy seems cool, but would have preferred that one needn't have to attach the gun to his back.

It really doesn't look all that good IRL as it does in my photo. Because the light source is external you have to look at it directly square on from an ideal angle (i.e. the angle where I've photographed it) for it to look perfectly illuminated... otherwise it doesn't look all that good at all. I had to take 3 different shots before getting it at the right angle -- had to use a tripod and everything too.

Nice or not, it's a fairly superfluous gimmick -- budget money that could have been spent on something else... like paints or engineering the shoulder pads better so they're not in the freakin' way.

I was excited about the Prime toys when the show came out, especially considering how cool transformers had been designed (well up until DOTM) but after seeing the awesome FE ones and then seeing the bland normal line, I am very much less enthused about them.

Soundwave is alright and I've heard good things about Wheeljack. Does anyone have Cliffjumper?

Seems that as far as the normal line's concerned, the cheaper Deluxes may be better than the dearer Voyagers (although the lack of faction symbols on them bugs me!)

I understand them being too complex for kids, but they are just beginning to look a bit too rubbishy for my liking.

You can have relatively simple but good looking quality toys - look at Classicsverse or Transformers Cybertron/Galaxy Force etc.

I see this as a step back for the brand

TFP-RiD Voyager Optimus Prime absolutely looks like a step backwards from FE Voyager Optimus Prime. Yesterday I had my TakTOM FE VOY OP with me at the Parra Meet, and we were comparing it with TFP RiD Voy OP at TRU and quite a few guys were commenting on how the RiD version looked so much crappier than the FE one.

Is Voyager Megatron a step 'backward' from Deluxe Megatron? That's debatable... but IMO it's certainly not a substantial step forward either. Voyager Megatron is nicer than DLX Megatron in some aspects, but worse in others... so in the end, it's kinda like taking a step forward then taking a step backward and ending up in the same place. Only ya know, for triple the price! (or nearly double the price in terms of relative AU RRP terms)

[crankcase76]

have to agree with the voyager being quiet inferior to the deluxe,and when we seen it on Sunday at TRU for $59.99 it is a total waste of money.

[Tallestblue]

Well, I love this guy, but there hasn't been a Megatron toy I liked yet.
I really like the brushed steel effect as it makes him look forged, as opposed to just a toy made of plastic. Yes, the big lighty gun/sword gimmick isn't great, and the dark spectre of MechTech seems to loom large over the entire PRIME voyager line (Praise Toy Jesus I forked out for the First Editions of Prime and Bulkhead) but you can manually postion the blades forward to kkeep the sword out and that's kind of neat.

The RID line has it's haters, but y'know what? It's a fun toy.Remember that? That Toys are supposed to be FUN!? For y'know, kids?

And if you're not a fan I'd recommend pre-ordering the Takara version, I'm sure they'll make it a shiny silver that will really pop and it has a minicon instead of the gun dealie!

[GoktimusPrime]

The RID line has it's haters, but y'know what? It's a fun toy.Remember that? That Toys are supposed to be FUN!? For y'know, kids?

Many of us still actively play with our toys and I find the Voyager to be inferior for play value compared to the Deluxe. The shoulder pads obstruct articulation (a significant hindrance to the play value) and the robot doesn't offer much more articulation than the Deluxe. The weapon -- I don't think is awful but doesn't enthrall me. I sometimes find that the back panel which locks onto the chest piece with those two small tabs can pop out during play.

The toy is fine for slow and careful posing but during fast and furious toy play I find parts of it to be limiting where the Deluxe isn't.

[jaina85]

i agree that the deluxe is much better too, the only thing the voyager has going for it is its size, but it looks so cheap next to first edition optimus, that even the size isn't much of a plus

the deluxe has a more fun transformation and actually looks like a thing at the end (even if it's a strange flying space crab jet thing XD ), but the voyager looks like a jumble of pieces. i do like the transparent purple, if only the silly weapon took advantage of that instead of.. whatever it is that it's supposed to do other than looking silly?