Beast Hunter Ultimate figures - Official images

[GoktimusPrime]

the thing that killing it for me is the tails sword it looks stuip.... it making the dragon mode limited! It could of been so good.. .it a figgin dragon!!

So true... the Voyager actually has a way better looking sword (shame he can barely hold it for crap but ), and the hind leg transformation doesn't look as clever as the Voyager either. It looks like the lower legs both rotate 180 degrees to become the hind legs, which makes it little more than a "stand up and transform" quadruped (at least the legs do spin though). The Voyager actually is rather clever in its transformation -- the legs form the hindquarters, and the hind legs actually flip out from inside the lower legs (so they don't become kibble in robot mode).

Looking at the pics of Ultimate Predaking, things that look better than the Voyager (other than size) include:
+ Better paint apps
+ Better looking tail (but worse looking sword)

Both toys come with a pair of missile launchers - the Voyager's are the Hydra heads, and the Ultimate has those crossbow looking weapons. I don't think one is necessarily better or worse than the other... they're all missile launchers, so I guess it's a matter of personal taste if one prefers crossbows or hydra heads. I can't tell from the photo, but hopefully Ultimate Predaking can actually hold his sword properly. But yeah... on closer examination I really don't feel the urge to get this toy when I already have the Voyager. I usually end up regret getting the bigger and dearer toys first, only to have smaller and cheaper versions come out later.
e.g.:
+ ROTF Megatron -- bought the Leader Class toy, then the Voyager came out. In hindsight I wish I'd skipped the Leader and gotten the Voyager instead.
+ Ultimate Optimus Prime -- bought this toy cos I wanted the trailer (certainly not for the wingaling Mega Pretender shell mode!), then about a year later they released the Deluxe version! (which I did get) Gah!

[liegeprime]

Been collecting this long Gok and you still fall sucker for Hasbro's ploys heheheh but then don't we all?

[GoktimusPrime]

Been collecting this long Gok and you still fall sucker for Hasbro's ploys heheheh but then don't we all?

Heh... pretty much. That's why Shadow Strike Bumblebee is my current Holy Grail... I totally skipped this toy when it was out, then I saw that Bumblebee is now sporting these colours in TFP Season 3, so now I want it! #such.a.sucker

With ROTF Leader Megatron, at the time that I bought it, I didn't know that there was going to be a Voyager Class coming out. So I bought it, then found out about the Voyager and thought, "D'oh!" -- I should've held off and waited!! With Predaking I didn't find out about the Ultimate Class coming out until after I'd bought the Voyager (though in this case I think my ignorance may have worked out in my favour ).

With DOTM Ultimate Optimus Prime, at the time that toy was out, it was the only movieverse Optimus Prime toy in the Hasbro market with a trailer. It wasn't until a year later that the Deluxe version came out... so I don't think anyone knew at the time that there would be a smaller and cheaper version coming out later. Ah well... if I could predict the future, I'd be winning every Melbourne Cup and Lotto game and money would be no object!