Animated Optimus Prime - Deluxe Cybertron Mode vs. Deluxe Battle Damaged Earth Mode

[GoktimusPrime]

...I wanna get the Voyager because it appears to be the "least suckiest" of all the Animated Primes that I've seen on offer.

The Deluxe one turns me right off with that battle damage.
RollOut Command version looks like a huge WAFTAM.
...Voyager wins by default.

*sigh*

I just know that they'll release a clean version of the Deluxe mould after I get the Voyager.

[liegeprime]

Ive only got the BD mode prime ( from the 2 pack) I like it better from the Cyb mode version - seen Gok's toy up close and in youtube review. Also its got a bigger better axe. At first I thought the BD will tick me off but it doesn't.... I call him Venom Prime now that he's displayed among the other primes in the collection - his BD reminds me of the symbiote that has infected spiderman which later becomes Venom's costume. Thanks goodness its black and not that flouro pink Megsy has! Im still going to buy the voyager version - earth mode if only for the proper sizing. Just like I'm holding out for the bigger Bulkhead.

[TF76]

I got the Voyager today and I like him the most out of the animated primes. His weapons are pretty weird and his waist is annoying but just the size and overall look makes him worth it. I paid K-Mart price and don’t feel cheated.

[GoktimusPrime]

liegeprime: it also helps that you only paid the price of a Scout for your Deluxe BD Prime.

[Paulbot]

I think the Voyager one beats Bulkhead for looking like a very small toy in a big box.

[Stompy]

I personally like both deluxe Primes. I've never liked battle damage, but the one ont he 2-pack are carefully drawn damage rather than the horrid gradient fade on the other figs.

Cybertron Prime's axe is a ltitle weak but is at least concealed unlike Earth Prime.Aesthetically I like them both but if I must choose... Cybertron mode wins.

As for Voyager Earth Prime. I'm not too keen on the waist being a gimmick transformation. When converting back to vehicle mode is it meant to click as you bend it back? Do you have to spin it the other way first before bending back? Also the steel peg that holds the arms onto the torso is way too loose. His arms just folds back all the time.

[kurdt_the_goat]

If you flip the lever out of the way, and rotate the waist/legs backwards there should be no clicking, at least there isn't on mine.

[jaydisc]

As for Voyager Earth Prime. I'm not too keen on the waist being a gimmick transformation. When converting back to vehicle mode is it meant to click as you bend it back? Do you have to spin it the other way first before bending back? Also the steel peg that holds the arms onto the torso is way too loose. His arms just folds back all the time.

The "vaunted" STL was first to open and transform my Voyager prime and he wasn't aware of the gimmick and just folded down the legs thinking it was ratcheting The figure never recovered. It also had the same very loose chest/shoulder pins. I exchanged it for another.

Anyway, I spent a good bit of time trying to learn and understand how to transform the waist perfectly back in to alt mode, and for me, it works pefectly now. If you are facing prime, keep his chest facing you and turn his legs 90 degrees so that you are looking at the right side of his right leg. This is the point that you flick the waist back and start the rotation. As Kurdt says, at about the last 180 degrees, you have to hold the latch button in so it doesn't obstruct the remaining rotation. It works perfectly (no clicking) for me now AND I am lucky enough to have non-loose shoulders, so my opinion of this figure has grown.

[liegeprime]

liegeprime: it also helps that you only paid the price of a Scout for your Deluxe BD Prime.

that too. And I bought the voyager size at Kmart Sale price, he now posesses the cool axe from BD prime which makes him even more cool looking than he aready is.

[GoktimusPrime]

but the one ont he 2-pack are carefully drawn damage rather than the horrid gradient fade on the other figs.

I disagree. I agree with liegeprime in saying that Deluxe Earth Mode Prime's battle damage looks more like the black symbiote alien from Spiderman. Venomus Prime! The air-brushed battle damage isn't inherently a bad idea, it's just sometimes badly executed by Hasbro e.g.: it was done badly on 70s movie Bumblebee but done well on TRU MP Starscream. And that's the thing - I have nothing against applied battle damage on figures, I just object when it's done badly. (-_-)