Toy Review - Titans Return Voyager Optimus Prime

[GoktimusPrime]

Tankor mode:

Fixed.

Titan Master:
This name Diac is an homage to Diaclone and the little dude has a painted silver head that looks the same as those Micro Change figures.

Are you thinking about the chrome heads on Microman figures? Although Micro Change was a sub-line of Microman, I don't recall any of them having entire chrome or silver heads (other than the repaints of Saram which came with MC-08 Battle Bike and MC-09 Jet Heli cassettes, neither of which were ever used for Transformers). It sounds like Diac is a homage to Diaclone in name but to Micro Change in form? Any chance of seeing photos of Diac?

Conclusion:
I'm by no means an "Optimus collector", but I do buy most Optimus figures that have an interesting design. This figure happens to be one and despite the minor issues I quite like it, and it can replace the RtS figure to be my modern Laser Optimus.

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[doublespy]

Are you thinking about the chrome heads on Microman figures? Although Micro Change was a sub-line of Microman, I don't recall any of them having entire chrome or silver heads (other than the repaints of Saram which came with MC-08 Battle Bike and MC-09 Jet Heli cassettes, neither of which were ever used for Transformers). It sounds like Diac is a homage to Diaclone in name but to Micro Change in form? Any chance of seeing photos of Diac?


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Forgot to take a photo of Diac but yeah I was thinking Microman. The head is painted silver instead of chrome but the homage is clearly there.

As for Laser Optimus Prime. I totally agree that it has fantastic engineering and articulation for its time. The sculpt and deco are pretty 90s though. The Black Convoy redeco back in 2000 did this mold justice IMO. The design had aged gracefully and did not look out of place in Car Robots, among what I still consider some of the best toys of the 2000s. I'm happy with this Voyager prime as my modern/CHUG version of Laser Optimus; that's not to say Laser Prime is not good enough, but that it would look aesthetically out of place among modern Transformers.

[FatalityPitt]

Optimus Prime; he who wasn't a Headmaster originally, who now has 2 new toys in 2016 which are both Titan Masters..

In all honesty though, I actually like this voyager a better than the Leader PM Optimus. PM Optimus seems rather fragile, while this seems more solid. Also, If you look at this one's robot mode from the front, it's hard to believe that it can turn into a cylincrical-shaped cargo plane. Even though it's an homage to G2 Laser Prime, the option to fold down the shoulder "towers" and push down the antennae makes a pretty definitive-looking classic G1 Prime.

[MayzaPrime]

Optimus Prime; he who wasn't a Headmaster originally, who now has 2 new toys in 2016 which are both Titan Masters..

In all honesty though, I actually like this voyager a better than the Leader PM Optimus. PM Optimus seems rather fragile, while this seems more solid. Also, If you look at this one's robot mode from the front, it's hard to believe that it can turn into a cylincrical-shaped cargo plane. Even though it's an homage to G2 Laser Prime, the option to fold down the shoulder "towers" and push down the antennae makes a pretty definitive-looking classic G1 Prime.

Same can be said for pretty much the entire TR line Prime will have 3 if you count the yet unreleased Titan Master.


I can tell you now, PM Prime is not fragile at all... i have one and I got one for my 6 yr olds birthday (it was last week) it is a pretty tough TF to withstand a very active child.