Toy Review - Beast Hunters Ultimate Predaking

[GoktimusPrime]

I saw this toy in box at Kmart last night... not convinced to buy one since I have the Voyager. Colourwise the Ultimate version is superior to the Voyager, no doubt's there. But designwise I'm unconvinced that it's worth getting. One thing I really like about the Voyager is that they avoided making it another "stand up quadraped" TF (i.e. where the forelegs become the beast appendages are also the robot appendages). The forelegs become the robot arms, sure, but the hind legs actually stow away and the rear part of the body transforms into the robot legs. Granted there does appear to be some transformation involved with making the hind legs into the robot legs, but it doesn't look to be quite as clever as the Voyager.

[SkyWarp91]

Holy moly this guy doesn't look too bad, I haven't been keeping up with any of the new PRIME figures recently but I'm quite impressed!

[AJ_Prime]

I quite enjoy this figure. It's true, the transform is simple and generally one might expect something a little more complex for a figure this size and price. However it's a fun toy to play with and looks fantastic amongst the other tfprime figures. A fine addition to the collection in my opinion. Even his limp-wristedness is easy enough to fix with some clear nail polish on the ball joints.

[lancalot]

I though this was a good figure when i got it a few days ago ...but the transformation abit simple.... then i got the voyager version today ! it is so much better ..!! it actually transforms properly and a better engineering than this ultimate...they should of scaled up the voyager mold and lose the LED and it doesn't even have sound which was might biggest surprise , thinking i had a defective one...

[Omega Metro]

Simple transformation! Can't get any better than that. Love it.

[The Scream Man]

the limited articulation on both heads is a bit of a bummer, but the size and attitude of the toy just wow me. He looks awesome in both modes, and the size really sells him. Also the little symbols on the wings and shoulders are great.

i didnt get him myself, my roommate did, but i as very impressed with the toy.

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Any chance of some pics with BW TM2 Megs?

[UltraMarginal]

I got this guy ages ago, I would happily grab it for $40.

Head and neck articulation relies entiely on the lever activated head extension/roar gimmick though I like how it moves and is pretty easy to activate, looking good with the light from inside.

The wing attachment points where batteries are held are a little ugly but unless your looking right at it they aren't that noticeable. The Dragon mode overall has some good poseability in the forearms(requireing some jiggling of the shoulder pads) and limited poseability in the Legs. Wings can be folded and have a ratchet bend in them towards the body allowing for multiple set ups.

Transformation is a RatchetTastic event, not to be done late at night
The robot mode is fairly close to show model excepting that the wings don't fold away quite as much as they do in the show and the tail is never used as a sword that I recall. Lighting effect is used here as well but not as nice as the "Dragon Roar" stance of the beast mode.

The Robot mode articulation reflects that of the beast mode, with better articulation in the ankles.

As mentioned by others the biggest let down is the limp wrists for holding the sword, keeping in mind that the sword is a comparatively massive chunk of heavy plastic. Some poses are still possible but again, I can't think of a moment in the show where he used his tail as a sword.

The supplied weapons don't look anything like the show models internal forearm weapons and attach to the beast mode which also never happened in the show.

As shown by others pictures it scales well with other voyager class figures from the series.

It might be worth waiting to see what the new upscaled voyager mold turns out like but for me, for the moment this is the best representation of this mold. I just can't fit it in my Beast hunters display in Beast mode.