Review - ROTF Legends Optimus Prime EZ Collection repaint

[Kyle]

Review - ROTF Legends Optimus Prime EZ Collection repaint
Series - TakaraTomy Transformers Revenge EZ Collection Vol. 2
Size - Legends
New/remould/redeco - redeco
Wave - EZ Collection Vol. 2
Released here - No
Approximate Retail Price - N/A
Approximate Size -
Allegiance - Autobots
Alt-mode - Long nose trailer truck
Main Features/Gimmicks - None
Main Colours - Red, Blue, Silver
Main Accessories - None
My Difficulty rating (out of 5) - 1
Stability - Very good in both modes
Poseability/articulation - Decent for Legends size
Playability - Very nice transformation and decent playability for a Legends figure.
My Thoughts - Not sure if this is supposed to be a "Premium" or battle damage repaint. The actual toy looks more "worn" than "damaged". With the silver paint strokes all over, the robot mode looks metallic, shinier and prettier than the original figure, but I would not say more screen accurate (it needs less blue and more red). Truck mode is definitely nicer and more screen accurate with the extra paint details and silver. In general I like this shiny repaint more.
Overall Recommendation Rating (out of 10) - 8 (Buy it)

[GoktimusPrime]

Once again Takara's version pwnz all over Hasbro's cheap flat grey. (-_-)
Still - I voted for "Only buy if cheap."

[5FDP]

Too much blue for my liking...

[Vector Prime]

Too much blue for my liking...

I actually like the blue and think it looks great... but will only pick it up if it's in the bargain bin (sub-$5) seeing as I already have the Hasbro one and don't need (or want) a repaint of the same character.

[dirge]

I think the Takara version is a step backwards, based on your photos, Kyle. Still, it's nice to get a good look such as this.

[OrionPax]

ooo i like the battle damage

[Kyle]

I think the Takara version is a step backwards, based on your photos, Kyle. Still, it's nice to get a good look such as this.

In some ways yes. First there's too much blue. The Takara version does not have worse paint QC than Hasbro version. However, in the parts where the Hasbro version was moulded in Hasbro grey plastic, the Takara version has blue plastic. So you'd notice that in truck mode, you see these ugly blue borders showing from underneath the red paint on the Takara version, when in fact the Hasbro version has the same ugly borders... but they're Hasbro grey so you don't notice them as much. This is one of the rare occasions where Hasbro grey is superior...