Transcanning Optimus Prime - A Review

[Kyle]

Having said all that, anyone want to buy a Transcanning Optimus Prime?

Just got my good friend in HK to buy 2 for me for a great price. Even if I knew it was gonna suck I'd still get them, with me collecting all transforming toys of G1 Prime, movie Prime and movie Bumblebee at the moment.

Can't wait to receive mine in the mail. Looks like it'll be quite a "challenge" to transform one.
I agree this is a great concept, and I give TakaraTomy credit for trying something new and different from Hasbro. Hope they've learnt something from this and will make better toys in the future~

[i_amtrunks]

This the second review I've read, and both mentioned the difficulty of the transformation.

Looks good as a figure, its almost like a merge of BtR and a normal figure, but I wont be rushing off to get one.

Thanks for all the piccies and info though!

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Looks like it'll be quite a "challenge" to transform one.

Yes, TO YOUR SANITY!!!!!!

I agree this is a great concept, and I give TakaraTomy credit for trying something new and different from Hasbro. Hope they've learnt something from this and will make better toys in the future~

Yeh, I am stil in two minds as whether to cancel the Scanning B/Bee I have pre-ordered. I hate it, but I also like it.

My biggest whinge is the trouble getting it into vehicle mode. If it could transform without breaking my mind, then I could get over the rest and like it a lot. Hmmm, might go and jump on the anket site and tell them that.

[jaydisc]

Thanks for the informative review

[Burn]

When I first heard about this concept I absolutely loved the idea of it! So I couldn't wait to get TSOP out of his box when he arrived.

My first thought was when opening "that's a lot of bloody pieces!"

Then my cat came into the room ... cat ... boxes ... cat jumping every where. Definitely not a good thing to have with TSOP.

So the cat got booted outside and my door shut.

As I said, there's a lot of pieces and all are vital. Losing a piece will more than likely ruin this figure. Think G1 figures like Hoist and Trailbreaker with their various parts, only with a lot more parts.

At this stage i've only put him into Earth robot mode. I haven't had time to attempt to transform him. Despite his limited shoulder mobility as TC pointed out, you can still get him into some impressive looking poses.

As a display figure he's great. As a lego styled figure he's great. As for the rest I really can't comment.

Would I recommend this figure? I'd rather stay neutral. I like him, sure he's fiddly and has a lot of little easy to lose parts, but it's a brand new concept for TF's and that's actually enough for me.

[Soundwarp]

Wow i really like the look of that!!!

[SofaMan]

I still haven't got mine into truck mode. I've got him displayed in protoform robot mode next to Protoform OP in comet mode.

One thing that did give me a giggle was Underpants Prime. Just display him in core robot mode wearing only one or the other of his codpieces.

Very very fiddly, lots of easy to lose pieces. I'm still going to get Bumblebee mainly because I want a BB protoform. I don't regret getting the toy, but I am very underwhelmed.

[griffin]

I get a bit of a Gen1 Omega Supreme vibe with this toy (I still don't have it yet). A lot of pieces that have to be pulled off and rearranged to form the different modes, and if you loose any the toy could end up being unplayable. Still looking forward to it though, as it represents one evolutionary direction for Transformers. It might not have worked as good as probably intended, but this sort of variety with Transformers is what makes the toyline interesting.