The epic battle between the Autobots and Decepticons has spanned galaxies and more than 10 million years. The Transformers continue to fight a galactic war for Supremacy; the evil Decepticons, led by Megatron, seek to conquer and rule, and the heroic Autobots, led by the noble Optimus Prime, fight to protect and preserve.
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New Movie, New Toy, New Generation of FansJune 4, 2007 4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Without a doubt I was orginally skeptical of the new designs for the movie. I was a hardcore fan since the beginning back in the 80's, and the way Bay described the Transformers originally made me wary, but now that I've seen the previews, and especially the toys, I have been shown the light.
And for all of you weirdos who are talking about the interpretation of the movie character, you're missing the mark. This is a TOY REVIEW, not a movie one.
Let's start with the cons. While I still am not a huge fan of the flames, the auto-morph technology is rather cool, although it does kind of suck there's only about two (if you consider the way the legs fold one) automorphs on the toy. The way automorphing was played up I wasn't sure what to expect, but I was expecting more. Also, the size. Always size has been a problem with the Transformers toys. Bigger and shinier, the better it looks on display, but try to get it home and play with it with four or even just one more? It's a disaster. However, since I'm just a collector, it works just fine for me. That, and the different Transformers aren't relative in size. Optimus Prime and Megatron are huge, while Bumblebee and Bonecrusher are the same size -when in the preview, Bonecrusher and Optimus are clearly matched in size, and Bumblebee far smaller. Not since the Beast Wars series have the toys been even close in relative size.
But now for the pro's. It looks great. Hands down, save for the Masterpiece Optimus, this is the best looking yet. Both in truck and robot mode, it looks the spitting image of the film, and while the toy may be large, it is fun to move around and play with still, and very easy to pose. Next pro, the automorph feature. I know I had it in the cons, but it is a good start. The head popping up is rather cool, even with the sound effects, and you can tell it's the start of something bigger to come. Another pro is the stability in each form. It easily stands up, and doesn't want to Tranform on it's own. This may sound strange, but some of the toys wanted parts to move when it was in either car or robot mode due to messed up molds and construction of the toy. This has no such proble. Best pro ever, though, it can't flip down the mouthpiece to show the "lips" of Optimus. Why Bay put that in, I'll never know....
All in all, an amazing toy, and a good interpretation of a classic icon.
Latest Optimus Prime from the upcoming moveJune 4, 2007 37 out of 37 found this review helpful
From the box, the toy looks a little bulky, and it is, but not in ways that you'd really imagine, it snaps apart just about everywhere, and it's hard to tell whether or not you've broken something. But, in robot or vehicle mode, this thing looks cool. The flames don't really matter to me, it might even make Optimus look better, but he really transforms, and it's quite spectacular. At the end of his transformation to autobot mode, he has this automorph thing that slides a couple of pieces into place at once and it makes it seem as though you're actually holding animation.
The product listing says ages 5-12... Not really. It says on the box that it is a level 4 difficulty to transform, and don't underestimate that. I barely managed to get the thing transformed in under a halfan hour, but maybe you'll have more luck than I did. The elctronic horns and flashy lights are really just a small annoyance to me, I didn't really need them, but I don't mind. Also, the thing is heavy compared to most other transformers toys. I've only bought the deluxes and they are nothing compared to the weight of Prime. So, if you're like me, and just love transformers, then you'll love this, but if you have a child who thinks it's cool(which it is), be prepared to transform.
PROS 1 It's Optimus Prime 2 Both robot mode and Vehicle mode look nice 3 Transformation works well 4 Ion cannon fires, folds in, is safely detatchable 5 It is sturdy, and a lot of fun
CONS 1 It will scare you, making you think you've already broken your latest toy 2 It is a tad pricy at $40 3 Putting finishing touches on the vehicle mode can be a pain
All in all, this is a great transformers toy, and all Transfans should like it, but it's okay if you don't.
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This figure appears to be leaps and bounds better than previous Mc Donald's figures that were available in the past.
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Transformers the Game sells 3.3 Million Nest-gen.biz reports that among the top 100 selling games of the past 12 months, Transformers the Game by Activision, ranks in at 16th overall with sales a 3.3 million copies to date.
Transformers the game is narrowly beaten by Spiderman 3, which was also made by Activision, with 3.4 million sales, WWE Smackdown VS Raw 2008 at 3.8 million and the number one selling game Call of Duty 4 at 8.4 million copies.
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