Revenge of the Fallen Toys comments/discussion

[Lord_Zed]

That bit puzzled me a lot when I was transforming Prime and the instructions aren't very clear at all.

The instructions made it harder for me the first time, they spind the arms about in every direction when all I wanted to know was the proper allginment. I't took me a while to figure out how Primes chest pegs work to, but now I've got it.

[kurdt_the_goat]

Well, I busted my leader Prime. The first time I transformed him I couldn't disconnected the chest panels as I was sure the instructions were telling me to. I kept trying exerting a bit more force each time. Eventually I got it out. But I instantly noticed a stress mark on the small peg that holds it in.

After transforming him the 2nd and subsequent times, disconnecting the panel was seamless, putting no pressure on said peg. However, the damage was done, and today the peg fell off. I'll get a replacement this week.

I think this will be common.

(It's still an awesome Transformer!)

Argg, that sucks! I thought there might be a twinkle in your eye for the upcoming <$70 Big W sale though

Can you take a photo of how (badly?) it sits in robot mode without the peg? Definitely a case for using Movie Leader 1 Prime for truck mode display! ... or at the very least, shaving a tad off those pegs.

[Stompy]

There's a stress mark on one of the pegs on my Leader OP as mentioned by jay. It will pop off after a few too methinks. This is not good. Might leave him in bot mode.

kurdt - it kinda springs up to about ear height of Optimus' head. So it's noticeable.

EDIT:
After fear of a broken peg for the chest piece on LEader Prime I figured the best way to get it off with minimal stress on the pegs.

1. Slide it up to the widest gap. There should be about half a centimeter from the top.

2. Don't pull it out by force!!! Just gently tilt it inwards and just pry out the peg and it should come out with little force.

3. Reattach at the same point for bot mode.

[blackie]

mine shall forever live in bot mode methinks
too much hastle
when they go on ultra clearance, ill get an extra to play with :P

[Doubledealer]

For the fans of Demolishor here is a nice stop motion detailing his articulation and transformation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SIi8Ajvdjo

[jaydisc]

For the fans of Demolishor here is a nice stop motion detailing his articulation and transformation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SIi8Ajvdjo

That's awesome. He rocks.

[Stompy]

For the fans of Demolishor here is a nice stop motion detailing his articulation and transformation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SIi8Ajvdjo

You and your demolishor love! That clip convinced me that he isn't as bad as I expected.

[Firecracker]

Demolisher rocks! Buy legends class Optimus for added fun.

[Doubledealer]

Yes indeed! Maybe if they included legends prime (battle damaged version perhaps?) with Demolishor more people would think him worthwhile, who knows. Man I can't wait to see him command his troops in the movie.

[kurdt_the_goat]

For you guys still a bit worried about Prime's chest pieces, i can recommend using a touch of light sandpaper on the red pegs. I'd read about it elsewhere and decided to give it a try tonight - shave a few mm's off, and the peg will ease into the chute and makes it a cinch to get out (still close to the top, widest point). Of course it doesn't affect anything adversely either, still easily held in position by the springs and shoulder top pegs.

I find it really surprising such an awesome toy has such an easily fixable engineering problem! The chute should have been shaped like a "7" instead of an "l". The chest piece never returns to the top unless you unlock the shoulders.. so there wouldn't be a risk of it coming out, even if the top was much wider than the rest of the chute and the peg thickness.