The scale itself doesn't bother me. Transformer toys have never really been scaled well with each other - and to be fair, at 13cm this toy is the size of a small Deluxe like RtS DLX Optimus Prime. It's marginally (but noticeably) shorter than most other Deluxes, but significantly taller than a Scout.

What bothers me more is a simplicity and plainness of the toy. While RtS Optimus Prime is small, it has a reasonably decent design for a Deluxe (not great, but okay), and the sword-weapon becoming the trailer hitch is cool, and the backward compatibility with the original 1995 G2 Laser Optimus Prime was an unexpected but neat touch. RtS Optimus Prime is well articulated and able to strike an array of dynamic poses with his sword, with both single and double handed grips. FoC Optimus Prime on the other hand is not only short, but it just doesn't give you much for a Deluxe. It's incredibly light and the design and articulation are mediocre at best. And I swear this toy looks pink. Not bright Barbie-pink, but like a reddish rose-pink... like the pink they used on that Hasbro G1 Optimus Prime reissue w/ the comic book ("Pinkimus Prime").

Deluxe isn't really about size, it's a price point. And for what you pay, compared to what the average Deluxe toy gives you, you just don't get that much out of it. It's like Hasbro's given us this smaller and simpler toy, but selling it at the same price point as previous Deluxes which gave us more bang for our buck. I can forgive the smallness if it compensated in other ways like articulation, design/transformation, accessories or something like that. But it doesn't.

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Doesn't the current Soundwave have a chest that stores his weapons? I'm pretty sure I saw some figures on shapeways that also fit into his chest. Thuggers or something like that.
He does have a cavity in his chest that fits his weapons. But the weapons are pretty small, you wouldn't be able to fit a Legion Class Transformer in there.

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I'm disappointed because it ruins any chance of displaying WFC with FOC without having weird sizing. And yeah I'm disappointed that any future classics figures are going to be out of size too.
Eehhh... maybe. With Optimus Prime it bothers me, but for Jazz and Shockwave (which I don't have but assuming they're similarly sized), not so much. The original G1 Jazz was much shorter than Optimus Prime. Shockwave towered over others, but there's no reason why he can't be shorter than Megatron. Having Starscream being shorter than Megatron is fine too. It's the lack of anything else that bugs me more. I mean, a big stupid toy sucks just as much as a small stupid toy... I think most fans just like good toys, whether they be big or small.

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I'm surprised Has/Tak hasn't gone into making figures that collectors want, besides the MP line that is. When people are willing to pay between 50-100 per (roughly) deluxe figure from a 3rd party then they should really look at making a line like this for collectors. Rant rant rant. LOL
FoC Optimus Prime is a toy that collectors would want, since he'll appear in the upcoming game. So I'm glad they made the toy... I just wish they did a better job of it. But yeah, there were SO many characters from War For Cybertron that never got toys -- including my beloved Warpath, KA-POW!! Every WFC & FOC TF needs to be made into toys, damnit. Aaargh, just another reason why I dislike TF series where the Transformers are designed as media characters first and toys second.