Old fan....new to the board

[Cat]

How did he handle the toy?

We're mostly adult collectors (obviously) so sometimes we lose sight and perspective of the child's experience.

Masterpiece figures have been a bit of a point of contention. They're hard to find, considered expensive, and collector oriented, so much more likely to have fiddly bits, bits that may not handle stress that well etc.

Even though, ironically, they're still more durable than the G1 toys we played with as a kid!

How did your son find the toy? Does he understand it? Can he transform it by himself? Does he enjoy it, and does he utilise the extras with the set, like the little Spike figurine, Prime's extra weapon, etc. Has he broken anything, or complained about it any way?

How would you rate your son's happiness with the toy?

And as the parent buying it, how happy were you with it, in terms of quality and value, and suitability? Was it the same satisfying experience for your son that you yourself felt when you got Prime almost 30 years ago?

*If you don't mind answering, of course. It's just not a perspective we get to see very often, and I'm very interested in hearing what you've got to say.

[lancalot]

Hello there .... Great to hear that your back into it now with your child...and what a lucky kid!! I would love to see your face when he was transforming it for the first time!!

[Sam]

Welcome to the forum, glad to have you with us.

[Gofigure]

Truth be told I think he's too young for the toy. It's quite complex to transform and prob geared more toward the 30 year old kid

However, he adores it. He loves prime and when we had a look at all the optimus available he was adamant; he want the optimus that came w a trailer and gun and more to the point the one that came with spike and roller. "Look dad it even comes with spike and roller!!!!!"

Had no choice, had to buy.....it's now his prize possession. He can't transform it, but really enjoys playing with it. The size he can cope with and the articulation is something he can handle ok

All in all happy I bought it for him

[Gofigure]

Thanks for the welcome btw. Looks to be a good board

Now how do I become active?

[Trent]

Hello and welcome. Always good to have another member

Now how do I become active?

Patience grasshopper. Rules and rankings are here if you're interested

[Gofigure]

Cheers thanks

I hope I pass......

[Cat]

Truth be told I think he's too young for the toy. It's quite complex to transform and prob geared more toward the 30 year old kid

However, he adores it. He loves prime and when we had a look at all the optimus available he was adamant; he want the optimus that came w a trailer and gun and more to the point the one that came with spike and roller. "Look dad it even comes with spike and roller!!!!!"

Had no choice, had to buy.....it's now his prize possession. He can't transform it, but really enjoys playing with it. The size he can cope with and the articulation is something he can handle ok

All in all happy I bought it for him

That's interesting that he wanted that one so badly.

At least it's a toy that he can still play with in a few years time and not feel like it's a 'baby's' toy.

Very cool to hear.

[GoktimusPrime]

Truth be told I think he's too young for the toy. It's quite complex to transform and prob geared more toward the 30 year old kid

Close. The Hasbro packaging doesn't denote this, but if you have any Takara(TOMY) Masterpiece Transformers from Japan, somewhere on the fine print you'll see the words 対象年齢15歳以上, which means "For Ages 15 and Up." The same on Binaltech, KISS Play, Alternity, G1 reissues etc. and various other lines that Hasbro considers "high end" and exclusively market to older collectors rather than children. The main advantage of them doing this w/ the G1 reissues is that it exempts them from child safety laws, which is why Japanese reissues have the small missiles from G1, but with super strong missile launchers! (whereas original G1 TFs have weak launchers, and Hasbro's reissues either have lengthened missiles or disabled launchers).

Had no choice, had to buy.....it's now his prize possession. He can't transform it, but really enjoys playing with it. The size he can cope with and the articulation is something he can handle ok

All in all happy I bought it for him

Glad to hear that the toy is being well loved.

My fear about a MP falling in the hands of a child would be that the toy wouldn't be appreciated by the child, but that doesn't seem to be the case with your son. And sure, he may need help for now -- but he'll get the hang of it soon enough. As Toy Story teaches us, unloved and unplayed toys become eeevil!!

[Gofigure]

See that's bizarre

On the toys r us package it's ages 5 +

And as I have mentioned its really not a 5 yr old toy. My boy appears to be an exception due to his love for the franchise. I wouldn't be giving this to the average 5-7 yr old...the value would just not be there