Masterpiece Optimus Primal

[doublespy]

I like what's shown so far.

Sure the heels could've been handled maybe a bit more elegantly but other than that he's looking great. The proportions are spot on.

I think they went with this elbow joint rather than a double hinge is to make room for the forearm cannon gimmick.

[Verno]

The shoulder cannons appear to be visible on his back in robot mode. That's a little disappointing.

Still can't wait to get my hand on him though.

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

The shoulder cannons appear to be visible on his back in robot mode. That's a little disappointing.

They're visible in the show:

[ampoldj]

And robot mode is about 19cm tall according to that magazine scan...

[doublespy]

Looking better and better.

[kurdt_the_goat]

It looks so good that i'm hesitant to have a whinge (cause it's not the end of the world by any means)... but those elbows are really the only sore spot on this figure for me.

I know the show model has the same hinge design, but they've put it off-centre so it bulges out the front, and leaves a big gap when it's fully bent. I guess this is so he can do the chest beating pose, but I still feel it could have been done better. Maybe as a double hinge, or having an internal elbow piece that fills the empty gap (Apollyon has something like i mean)

Looks like i'm gonna have to pick up a Rattrap to go along with him though, they all look great together!

[MayzaPrime]

Primal scales well with the Generations Beast Wars figures...

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

The AllSpark has uploaded hi-res scans from Hyper Hobby magazine here.

[Lord_Zed]

So for anyone who was wondering what sort of improvements could be made with an MP level Primal, question answered.

I just hope we get a MP BW megs too.

[Verno]

They're visible in the show:

My memory of the original toy must be messing with my memory of the show model.