Toy Review - TFPrime Cyberverse Cliffjumper

[GoktimusPrime]

Got this toy today and as others have said, this is a really nice toy with surprisingly impressive engineering for something its size class!

I'm not a fan of how the roof hole is only on one side rather than being in the centre. That way instead of the legs having two half-holes, only one leg has a hole while the other doesn't... so erm, I'm not a fan of the asymmetry. The big floppy "clown feet" looks a bit odd to me, but I guess that's cos I'm used to the little feet on the Deluxe FE figure; technically there's nothing wrong with it.

The weapon is just the same as Ratchet's blade... so I gave my Cliffjumper's blade to Ratchet so he has one on either arm. The colour is exactly the same too, they didn't even bother using a different shade of pinkish red or anything. :/

Overall I'm quite impressed with this toy. Great engineering/design, good colours and a solid vehicle mode too. The weapon holes do look unsightly on the vehicle... I wish Hasbro would give up on trying to give every Legion Class figure a weapon - they're fine without them... and considering the soft rubbery material they use for them, they're more of a drawback than a plus anyway.

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[Sutton]

This guy's transformation is great. Going from car to robot, it looks like the legs will become the arms but then don't - a transformation plot twist, if you will. Of course this is lost on people who buy him since he comes packaged in robot mode. But anyway.

I actually don't love the robot mode on this figure. The awesome transformation ends up making his arms a little odd, the sideways elbow joint is distracting and the shoulders are a little too bulky to properly evoke the show model. Plus the head looks unusually small and childlike. The car mode is pretty well done, it has a nice long front end, although the back end is ruined a little by the unnecessary weapon port.

Still, I can see this guy looking awesome with some added paint detail - making a distinction between the head and the chest will definitely help, as well as some more silver and a few hard-edge highlights to help 'toughen' the overall look. Red and yellow plastic at this scale can quite often come off as looking very soft and translucent, and a very light silver edge can help fix that.