Toy Review - SS-38 Studio Series Optimus Prime (Bumblebee movie)

[BigTransformerTrev]

DOTM OP's trailer works with this toy

Yeah so a few people have said, but then my DOTM Op will be the one lacking his trailer

[Soundwarp]

I’m dying to get this guy.
I’m also hoping that it’s not too difficult because my son (I’ve brain washed the crap out of him) because he wants one.

[GoktimusPrime]

It's pretty tricky and your son will need an assist. Maybe have a look at a video review and see if you think the transformation is within his current range of capability.

[Sutton]

The transformation on this guy is great - right up there with some of the best movie-toy transformations. Going from a hyper-detailed robot to a minimalist, smooth boxy truck, really clever...

And it's really doable, despite how complex it looks, everything slots in pretty nicely and as long as you follow the sequence it all comes together. Being able to do the top and bottom half separately makes it a little simpler too, whereas lots of movie primes end up with arms and legs all over the place by the end of the process. This guy at heart still follows the classic G1 Prime transformation.

One of the best figures I've picked up this year (so far).

[Tabias Prime]

This guy has been my current fiddle toy for the last few days....I love the figure, great model but I have a couple of grips, one Gok already mentioned, the loose back leg panels, which comes down to poor tooling and a simple would be to have a step tab to lock it place, fixed with a small dremel bit. Mine had very loose hips, fixed with a bit of superglue...and the ball joint for the head was so tight that I feared I'd snap it off, it was easier to replace with a leftover ball joint from a Gundam kit, as I have a habit of modding Transformers.. these were easy fixes but could of been seen too prior to production..

[SharkyMcShark]

This is an amazing figure.

Transformation is fun and intricate. The mid torso swivel reminds me really pleasantly of Striker Manus.

The robot mode legs could hold together slightly better, but in the grand scheme of things its not a big deal.

The only flaws on mine are as follows

1. The right pectoral hinge for the windshield is slightly malformed. It presses the joint out of the socket as its swiveled. I've tried a bit of hot water treatment and it has slightly helped.
2. Left leg is a bit loose.

I would love to see other characters from G1 given this style of update!

[Keidatron]

This is easily THE best Optimus figure to come out of any of the movies. Absolutely fantastic, I love him!