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

[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.

[STL]

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. .

You'll get over it.

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.

Thanks to having screwed up Jaydisc's I took more care and figured it out too. It's not something you can easily figure out unless someone points you in that direction.

I still don't like the toy -that- much. The two Voyager Primes that I've been through have both had loose elbows. The black part keeps spinning quite loosely with axe in hand. Anyone else have that problem?

Jaydisc, can I test play with yours again?