Toy Review Beast Hunters Ultimate Optimus Prime

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

He is one big super robot looking Optimus Prime! Anyone that loved Galaxy Convoy (cybertron Optimus prime) will love this guy!

I love Galaxy Convoy and I don't like this toy

With the basic robot design blown up from the voyager mold,

That'll be why.

Enlarging a toy up into a larger size doesn't usually make a good bigger figure. Just have a look at Supreme Starscream from Cybertron.

After having a feel for it in the shop the light weight, small head and overall fatness of this guy really puts me off. The weapon looks stupid and the cab of the truck mode looks ridiculous. Easy Pass.

Hi kalel could you post a pic of the tales of the beast hunters chapter on ultimate primes instructions please.

Thanks

6 posts all asking the same thing. We get the idea thanks. >.>

[GoktimusPrime]

^I totally agree with Tetsuwan Convoy. I also really like Cybertron Leader Class Optimus Prime, but I really don't like the look of this toy. The Voyager itself was disappointing, why would I want a blown up version of a disappointing toy?

The Ringaling thing really doesn't look nearly as fun as the Wingaling on the Voyager, and it still has the ugly snot greens from the Voyager. Going for the "Generation 2" aesthetic perhaps. And don't tell me the truck mode is as fail as the Voyager in just having the arms and legs fold back behind the body! The Voyager fails in the same regard, and last night in a conversation with Sinnertwin it dawned on me -- it's like a transforming Optimus Prime cosplay!


^Rotate torso, fold head down, fold arms and legs back. Basically describes the transformation scheme of Voyager BH OP and by the looks of things, perhaps the Ultimate version too.

Enlarging a toy up into a larger size doesn't usually make a good bigger figure. Just have a look at Supreme Starscream from Cybertron.

And that's why I totally skipped that toy too!

After having a feel for it in the shop the light weight, small head and overall fatness of this guy really puts me off.

Sinnertwin said that it felt really light weight too.

Honestly, I think the Commander Class figure is the best value for money out of all the BH OPs. It certainly is the most complex and clever transformation proportionate to size and price. Even though the arms kinda bug me, I do like how they help form part of the cab, and while the legs also fold back, they do open up and form a more proper trailer that looks like a car carrier or something. It looks like it could actually haul stuff like a truck should! We are meant to believe that the Voyager just has a poor excuse for a truck mode, and the Ultimate doesn't look much better. Watching the Voyager and Ultimate OPs trying to conceal their robot parts in truck mode and pass off their arms and legs as rear truck sections is like watching the Autobots trying to blend into Sam's house hoping that noone will notice.

Then there's the sword. Both the Commander and Voyager have swords that look like the Star Sabre. This looks like a cleaver you'd find in Simmons' mum's butchery. There's nothing inherently wrong with it per se, and I suppose they wanted to make this toy more distinct from the other classes, but I honestly would've preferred to see a big Star Sabre. And the abundance of Hasbro-Grey on it doesn't enthrall me either.

For $79 you're better off getting a DotM Jetwing Optimus Prime. Now that toy offers loads more value than the Voyager, and I suspect the Ultimate Class toy too. I don't remember how much JW OP is selling for atm, but I do remember seeing prices being significantly slashed since it's a fairly notorious shelfwarmer. I personally don't feel any compulsion to get Ultimate BH OP, and my recommendation to others who are considering it and aren't desperately impatient to have it right now might to wait until it's on sale.

Voyager BH OPs are still widely available, so there's a fair chance that the Ultimates may not fly off shelves too quickly either. 'Specially with the mid-year sales period coming up soon.