You know, originally, the Masterpiece line was intended to implement features to the figures that couldn't otherwise be applied to the regular Deluxe/Voyager/Leader versions due to size limitations. This was supposed to result in more complicated, better looking, more accurate, better articulated, better painted and overall more fun figures. What we are seeing, however, is the complete opposite affect of that. Is Hasbro focusing more on regular figures than Masterpieces now? Why is almost every 3rd party Bumblebee Optimus better than the official version? Why couldn't they hide the cat ears and add more details to the legs to make the back of the truck better? What is going on?
I really think that they are making the mainstream figures better. As even the characters we are getting in WFC are way better than combiner wars or titans return, though they are fun, they are objectively worse, just look at earthrise Optimus and kingdom Cyclonus compared to their combiner wars figures.
@@owljay3418 Neither do I, but just looking at their comparisons is enough to tell that Studio Series is better. The only thing better about Masterpiece Hot Rod is that he comes with a fishing rod. That's it
@@Stringer7390 My only complaint about the MPM Starscream is the unfoldable buttflap (that its KO fixes (meaning Hasbro could do it)) and the F-22 Raptor mode doesn't look fully accurate because it's short/low. Real life jets have pretty big wheels and the MPM Starscream just doesn't! But everything else is great
Even that little Lemon tree prime beats this one, and that figure is like 16cm tall! And cost 80 bucks! And has "parts forming"! (The final version doesn't but the prototype PVP reviewed had)
@@StealthBeeKid Except the prototype doesn't have parts forming either. You don't have to take off the back plate to transform. But that makes the whole transformation way easier.
Literally the only reason they slapped those cat ears on the truck is to give Optimus movie accurate shoulder pads in robot mode. They could AT LEAST make them detachable in truck mode.
@@dkkanofkash8798 an easier solution would be to have them fold down. Its not impossible, just add a hinge joint and it would not even look that intrusive with it jutting out
the MPM costed 4x the SS (in my country, SS38= MYR 160 and MPM12= MYR 600) and yeaaaah considering it is just an improvement over what they achieved with the SS38, not worth the price they're asking for. update: it's now in stock at our local shops and they all put it at RM500 instead of the RM600 listed at our Hasbro e-commerce sites (???) still, not worth RM500. 50% off when?
Head sculpt is definitely too thin. And the "cats ears" on the vehicle mode by the smokestacks have nothing to do with structural integrity....so WHY are they there?!?! There is also a gaping square hole on the top/rear of vehicle mode that looked like it could be a storage spot for the weapon like earthrise prime, but NO! Just a random hole. Great review! Thanks for sharing.
They are there for no other purpose than that's the way his shoulders look in the movie, and Hasbro/Takara couldn't find it in the budget to have those or the shin pieces tuck away.
The Masterpiece line is producing less and less masterpiece quality figures, especially the movie masterpiece line. The figures are extremely lazy and under detailed while being priced the same if not more than the superior third party options. This figure has no advantage over all the third party versions other than being officially licensed and simpler transformations (which some people actually don’t prefer.)
Not saying the mpm12 i'ts better by any means since it has a lot of issues, but i'd consider Freedom Leader more like a display piece than anything, it has almost as much flaws to be quite honest, the transformation overall it's a complicated mess that it seems like they tried to make the 3A figure to transform without much thought, the joints are mostly friction and you need sometimes a floor polish to harder them, the proportions are much blockier than the CG model, and the truck it's just different level of "bad" in comparison to the official, none of the BB Optimus in the market are truly perfect.
Oh god. I had prayed that he was just mistransformed in the promotional material... Hasbro should honestly be embarrassed. Have the guys that did the MPM Ratchet KO fix this guy's crap and given him a premium paint job.
The gaps in the back of the truck mode look fine to me. That section of a truck is never solid. The drive train should be exposed though. A real truck does not have the mass to become legs at all so this and all Prime toys have too much bulk in the back to look real. I just wish they always had a fifth wheel. Especially a masterpiece. Usually that important piece is omitted. Same with dual wheels in the back, another important feature. The cat ears though... I have nothing.
Just for the record. The movie did not show prime in any truck modes. The one we saw in the end, was just a truck, no mentioning if that really is prime himself or not.
If that truck wasn't Prime, why would Bee be right next to the truck? Pure coincidence or he was just calling Prime and saying "Bruh, I've found a cool alt mode for u, take a look"?
@@cebola2k2 You know what's "pay tribute to", which directors love to use in all kinds of movies and games nowadays？ Okay, so use the logic in the movie. Did Bee call "it" Optimus in that scene? Or did the director claimed that "it" was Optimus？
I agree. That scene doesn't mean anything. I mean, no autobot symbols, no transforming action, not even a phase mentioning that truck = optimus prime. So don't think too much. It can be prime himself, but also can not be prime himself. That scene is pretty much there just for g1 fans.
tbh, this feels quite lazy considering the level reached with recent Optimus Prime figures, and also overpriced; I'd totally get SS38 over this...if I had the money, that is.
Thanks for pointing out the difference between a nice-looking figure that's not FUN and a figure that's actually fun to handle. This figure definitely doesn't look perfect, but it does look like it's gonna be pretty fun to handle.
To be honest if they (takara and hasbro) upscaled the voyager class prime and give us alot of accessories and filled all the flaws of ss prime I wouldn't be mad (I mean I do but just a little) I have VERY high hopes for this mpm version of prime but this is such a disappointed of course this is just my opinion
Man, even if they did just an upscale, they wouldn't beat Weijiang and the other KOs, they are super well made and put together, all the details were improved on, basically everything was fixed and I highly doubt Takara would beat them
@@denizgur9967 The paint it's the least of this figure's problems dude (loose wrist, weird index finger, non functioning light piping, crap truck mode and giant pegs in the robot legs.
This figure is unfortunately a little bit bad with some issues. Hope Optimus Prime figure from upcoming movie would be better than this and almost accurate.
@PrimeVsPrime I just got the re-issue of this here in the USA and my copy of the figure, the loose wrist issue you reported seems to be resolved. My copy is able to hold the Ion Blaster straight out with no issues.
From what I realized the cat ears on the smoke stacks are supposed to be the cybertronian version of it. I'll admit this is the most saddest MP/MPM ever or not
@@uainjansun like he said, I'm referring to Beetle Bee. MPM-3 is the best MPM along with Jazz and Starscream right after (and I personally put Megatron after them)
@@toygoldenfreddy6175 "lol just wait for third party to fix this figure". That's a rather pathetic argument to defend HasTak. Masterpiece figures aren't cheap and people shouldn't need to spend money on DLCs to fix a figure that must had been fixed during the designing process.
@@toygoldenfreddy6175 Stop living inside a bubble. Calling out someone isn't "hate and toxicity". It's even more ironic after telling everyone to calm the heck down. Get some self-awareness and stop virtue signaling over the poor design choices of a figure. I hope you get some real arguments the next time you reply to me.
I really like the Toyworld version. While it isn't perfect, I think it's far better than this. I hope a ko company can take this official version, paint it up properly and tweak the look of the alt mode (basically hide the cat ears and fill in the hideous gaps).
Is it just me or does he look like a simplified version of Aoyi Mech LS 13 who is a the upgraded version of the Studio Series one 🤪 The best one for me is still the WeiJiang Version
Not quite as much of a disasterpiece as MP-9 Roddy, but that truck mode is an absolute deal breaker. I'm not even going to consider buying it, whereas I have SS38 in all three color schemes (normal plus Nemesis and Shattered Glass knockoffs) and would happily buy an upscaled KO of it as well.
I dont care if people hate this figure I'm all in and can't wait to pick one up, either the official or knock off, the 3rd party bumblebee versions of prime are absolutely perfect with one exception for me and that's there too big!
This doesn't feel like a Masterpiece at all. Nothing about it screams "premium" or "best of the best" when it comes to what HasTak has to offer. Honestly looks and feels more like a glorified leader class figure.
Wow, I was gonna give the Masterpiece figure a pass at first because on its own, it looks pretty good. But next to Freedom Leader it looks like a joke. The difference in detail, quality, size and accuracy is stark. It's insane Hasbro charges so much for this "Masterpiece" when it's so lacking compared with alternatives the same or lower price.
@@fartfast4834 bro, like this is not movie accurate.. only a few things here are a little movie accurate and that’s it. You gotta understand that hasbro here was lazy af
@@fartfast4834 tbh it’s ok if you think this is cool and all but really hasbro or takara hasn’t been innovative recently, except for the v3 of g1 starscream
I was worried about this figure but it surprised me with how good it is probably my favorite mp figure probably the best one in my opinion it's simple and so detailed it's much cheaper than mp 44 and it's better then it to it has problems but it is fine on my copy the wrists are solid and tight same with the joints 10/10 would recommend
If Hasbro lets me to do a live-action remake based on the Transformers the Movie 1986 animated movie that has the same name and I'm sure Takara Tomy and Hasbro release this Optimus Prime masterpiece again
I saw this at Target today and snapped it up. I hadn't seen any videos on it, i havent even opened it yet, so i came here to watch your video on it. I think it'll fit nicely on my Optimus shelf.
Looks great in bot mode. If I got him, I'd leave him in that form. Also, I'd 3D Print plugs to go behind his wrists so he can support his weapon. Caps to cover the screw holes is a maybe. I'd have to see how deep they are; if they could support caps.
I think the gunmetal is just a little too dark. they probably should have gone with a slightly lighter grey on those parts. Not much, just, slightly lighter. Also it seems a bit, weak to be called "masterpiece" it's still a good looking figure in robot mode, but, deserving of the title of Masterpiece? that's a bit of a stretch.
The Premium Finish Studio Series Prime kicks this thing’s butt in many ways. It’s really egregious. Between that head in robot mode and the cat ears in alt, it has 2 issues you can’t help but stare at.
Some say that they aren't in fact the wrong truck, the truck in the end of the movie that wasn't Optimus, it just *looked* like him. I believe this is Really stupid since they absolutely NAILED with the Freightliner FLA-96 and changing that for the Marmon from AOE is a really dumb decision in my eyes
I'd argue any benefit given to Hasbro due to safety guidelines are easily cancelled out by the fact the 3rd party companies aren't multi-billion dollar companies with far more resources to put into developing the toys.
I think that the gray or gun metal gray is really dark like really frickin dark and I also think that his head antennas look like Batman. And they look warped. Anyways great figure and awesome review man!!!!
The figure looks good from certain angles but unfortunately it has a lot of exposed pegs and kibble in both modes; just pose him slightly at an angle and the illusion fall apart. And in fact it's only a remold of SS-38 Optimus, which ends up hurting the aesthetics.
I'm surprised that no one has ever pointed out that the cabin in both the Masterpiece and Studio Series figure look completely different from the actual truck seen in the movie. It's a shame, since imo that truck looks much better. That was one of the main reasons why I got Earthrise Optimus instead of the SS one.
It looks so cheap in vehicle mode but it's largely redeemed in robot mode. Still, I expected Takara to crush this and it hasn't. I'm much more impressed by ToyWorld's and ThreeZero's efforts.
Toy Worlds did "worlds" above this imo😂 however the back of the truck was super long. So far the pinnacle, for me is the MM-01 Bumblebee Prime. Not only is the truck amazing but robot mode is a sight to behold, just be ready to sell a kidney as it goes for ridiculous prices, but if you want an amazing figure, grab it!! You won't be disappointed.
Why does the truck have a silver stripe on the front and white stripes on the side? In the movie the stripe was all white. It isn't as if Hasbro needed that silver for one part of robot mode, the entire front of the truck just flips around and becomes the inside of the backpack.
Which do I prefer? Honestly there is no contest Toyworld blows away the official simplicity is ok but MP figures are supposed to be a step up above the main line. Sometimes complex transformation is worth it to achieve something that looks almost spot on to the source especially for MPs. This looks more like a leader class figure it doesn’t look horrible, not bad….just decent. Personally this is a step back in the engineering for the MPM line….just look at the very first MPM Optimus now that was neither complex or to simple yet it nails the look.
So I paused at 2:47, after going "wait, what?" I agree with what your saying about the gaps, but you have one big one there on top of the cab at the back due to mistransformation. That one closes up.
Mmm as someone who wants to buy these toys for his kid, playability matters a LOT. I wish I realized this before I went crazy and bought a bunch of 3rd party transformers... I heard freedom leader is a nightmare, I hope mm0-1 is playable and the transformation isn't bad.
He looks like a special edition like commander class or something, not a masterpiece. That kibble and the bad molding like... I'd pay like 80-100 dollars CAD for him but nothing else
The mom look amazing. The kibble isn’t that bad looking. Best one made so far IMO. Way better then the toyworld. Since you can’t transform it without risking breakage. Plus if you like the toyworld might as well get the three zero one and get one that the best
a lot of times in the video he was saying how it was a minor critique and like possibly opinion, like the truck kibble on the arms, more articulation in the fingers, or like diecast but IMO i think all of that should be a given when it comes to MASTERPIECE transformers. We are paying a high premium price for this so we should get that in quality
So you're telling me that Hasbro shut down a company (Wei Jiang) which made better figures than Hasbro itself and yet they still didn't learn their lesson and continued being lazy to make a good quality figures and instead putting them overpriced?! Hasbro and Tekara now is like Apple all over again...🤦♂️
good review... robot mode is also good. but in truck mode it needs to be improved. I think The "cat ears" can be folded and the calves can be hidden in the gap in the center
You know, originally, the Masterpiece line was intended to implement features to the figures that couldn't otherwise be applied to the regular Deluxe/Voyager/Leader versions due to size limitations. This was supposed to result in more complicated, better looking, more accurate, better articulated, better painted and overall more fun figures. What we are seeing, however, is the complete opposite affect of that. Is Hasbro focusing more on regular figures than Masterpieces now? Why is almost every 3rd party Bumblebee Optimus better than the official version? Why couldn't they hide the cat ears and add more details to the legs to make the back of the truck better? What is going on?
I really think that they are making the mainstream figures better. As even the characters we are getting in WFC are way better than combiner wars or titans return, though they are fun, they are objectively worse, just look at earthrise Optimus and kingdom Cyclonus compared to their combiner wars figures.
@@owljay3418 Don't forget Studio Series Hot Rod, that figure is so much better than the Masterpiece version it's crazy
I don't own the masterpiece, but the Studio series is good.
@@owljay3418 Neither do I, but just looking at their comparisons is enough to tell that Studio Series is better. The only thing better about Masterpiece Hot Rod is that he comes with a fishing rod. That's it
This sounds like when your mom is talking to you about your report card
Doesn't feel sound like a Masterpiece to me. He would be better off as a Leader or Commander Class in Studio Series
yeah. I'm getting deja vu. He reminds me of Masterpiece starscream 2.0
@@Stringer7390 Except the MPM Starscream is awesome even with its flaws
@@dkkanofkash8798 hmm, you do have a point.
@@dkkanofkash8798 But then again, it seems both figures sacrifice features from one mode to benefit the other.
@@Stringer7390 My only complaint about the MPM Starscream is the unfoldable buttflap (that its KO fixes (meaning Hasbro could do it)) and the F-22 Raptor mode doesn't look fully accurate because it's short/low. Real life jets have pretty big wheels and the MPM Starscream just doesn't! But everything else is great
The thought of Optimus Prime wearing cat girl headphones is unreasonably funny to me
Autobots, transform and roll nyaout.
@@_V.Va_ BRUH
I am optimus prime UwU
Optinyaus prime
@@lostspriggan3618 I'm optimuse pwime :>
For me its like an upscaled version of studio serries one with proper dimensions much of what was also done by a 3rd part bee figure optimus
Its a shame that third party figures and even studio series figure beats official Masterpiece prime. Great review as always Prime vs Prime!!!
Even that little Lemon tree prime beats this one, and that figure is like 16cm tall! And cost 80 bucks! And has "parts forming"! (The final version doesn't but the prototype PVP reviewed had)
The studio series has way more kibble though
To be fair all the other 3p primes are 3a scale while this is mpm scale
@@StealthBeeKid Except the prototype doesn't have parts forming either. You don't have to take off the back plate to transform. But that makes the whole transformation way easier.
@@absolutecoolguy4290 kibble? Where? I think there's only in the arms, and even then they look kinda nicer because of the scale
The cat ears on the truck look worse than before 🤢. Hasbro was insanely lazy with this MPM in my opinion.
Literally the only reason they slapped those cat ears on the truck is to give Optimus movie accurate shoulder pads in robot mode. They could AT LEAST make them detachable in truck mode.
@@dkkanofkash8798 an easier solution would be to have them fold down. Its not impossible, just add a hinge joint and it would not even look that intrusive with it jutting out
The back of the truck and the headsculpt also look worse than i was already expecting
@@caramelcandys those little hinges would definitely save this figure on the Vehicle Mode.
@@caramelcandys Do girls also like transformers!? Miracle!Just kidding.
the MPM costed 4x the SS (in my country, SS38= MYR 160 and MPM12= MYR 600) and yeaaaah considering it is just an improvement over what they achieved with the SS38, not worth the price they're asking for.
update: it's now in stock at our local shops and they all put it at RM500 instead of the RM600 listed at our Hasbro e-commerce sites (???)
still, not worth RM500. 50% off when?
Kinda surprised to find pvp viewers from the same country as me . Kinda pain me the price for the mpm.
I agree. I'm glad I bought the toyworld one
I wouldn't consider it an improvment imho, more like a downgrade with kinda better sculpted detail
Fellow malaysian i see XDDD
Ah nice to see some Malaysian here besides me lmao
You know, if Wei Jiang wasn't raided or forced to be shut down, they would've been able to take this figure and make it look better!
Head sculpt is definitely too thin. And the "cats ears" on the vehicle mode by the smokestacks have nothing to do with structural integrity....so WHY are they there?!?! There is also a gaping square hole on the top/rear of vehicle mode that looked like it could be a storage spot for the weapon like earthrise prime, but NO! Just a random hole.
Great review! Thanks for sharing.
They are there for no other purpose than that's the way his shoulders look in the movie, and Hasbro/Takara couldn't find it in the budget to have those or the shin pieces tuck away.
@@DetectiveBarricade So strange, they could have folded down or they could have made them rotate around, real shame
If Takara include a hinge to fold the cat ears, the truck is gonna be look way better
Optimus Prime cat girl :3
@@betterlatethannever2156 ew
@@betterlatethannever2156 lol
Ikr? I don't know why they can't fix that little problem
Without the cat ears this truck us basically the same as the wei jiang m09
I was hoping the matrix looked like the g1 and bayverse version
How could it look like both lol? The two arent even remotely similar.
Tbh not everything looks the same. It's their own version tho for example armada has a skinny odd looking one compared to the others
@@uainjansun Well he did say he was hoping, not "it should have been".
@@_V.Va_ it would be probably common
To expensive and hard to do for poor Hasbro and it's budgets restrictions apparently
The Masterpiece line is producing less and less masterpiece quality figures, especially the movie masterpiece line. The figures are extremely lazy and under detailed while being priced the same if not more than the superior third party options. This figure has no advantage over all the third party versions other than being officially licensed and simpler transformations (which some people actually don’t prefer.)
Even the KOs of SS38 do a better job than this
Mpm starscream 2.0 is an amazing figure that's main problem is the plane's underside but that isn't overly bad.
@@JL-pz3wd mpm or mp? Mpm is movie masterpiece. If you’re talking about the mp g1 startscream 2.0, then yeah, that figure is pretty good.
@@seoul08 I'm speaking of MPM
@@JL-pz3wd oh. That one does look pretty nice
Megatron: I will massacre your autobots!
Optimus: that wasn’t very kawaii desu nae of you
What...?
@@redlion-paladin4609 the cat ears
Y’know, it’s a good thing that the Toyworld Freedom Leader exists.
Very much so
Not saying the mpm12 i'ts better by any means since it has a lot of issues, but i'd consider Freedom Leader more like a display piece than anything, it has almost as much flaws to be quite honest, the transformation overall it's a complicated mess that it seems like they tried to make the 3A figure to transform without much thought, the joints are mostly friction and you need sometimes a floor polish to harder them, the proportions are much blockier than the CG model, and the truck it's just different level of "bad" in comparison to the official, none of the BB Optimus in the market are truly perfect.
@@elusorymonk1941 3zero Optimus says otherwise, loll
@@elusorymonk1941 Based
@@fillerbunnyninjashark271 What about it? 3A it's a non-transformable figure.
Decent figure over all. Again, I made the mistake of keeping my expectation too high on an 8+ figure.
The figure is not 8+ it,s 13+
Every masterpice: almost perfect, always has a design flaw
The entire vehicle mode of this figure is inaccurate, this isn't even almost perfect, it's lazy.
You clearly forgot about MPM Movie Bumblebee. That figure was basically the studio series figure but bigger and expensive.
@@ballisticblocker9163 true
Bruh, why even call this a masterpiece if it had a lot of flaw?!
@@hijous because masterpieces always have flaws same with third party
Oh god. I had prayed that he was just mistransformed in the promotional material... Hasbro should honestly be embarrassed. Have the guys that did the MPM Ratchet KO fix this guy's crap and given him a premium paint job.
The gaps in the back of the truck mode look fine to me. That section of a truck is never solid. The drive train should be exposed though. A real truck does not have the mass to become legs at all so this and all Prime toys have too much bulk in the back to look real. I just wish they always had a fifth wheel. Especially a masterpiece. Usually that important piece is omitted. Same with dual wheels in the back, another important feature. The cat ears though... I have nothing.
I think his head was a little bigger based on the cgi model; but the soulless eyes don’t do any favors either. Kinda disappointing for a mpm figure.
this kinda feels like a downgrade from studio series
Does that mean masterpiece collectors got robbed?
@@myang12003ot robbed per sae, just inferior to the others
Just for the record. The movie did not show prime in any truck modes. The one we saw in the end, was just a truck, no mentioning if that really is prime himself or not.
If that truck wasn't Prime, why would Bee be right next to the truck? Pure coincidence or he was just calling Prime and saying "Bruh, I've found a cool alt mode for u, take a look"?
@@cebola2k2 You know what's "pay tribute to", which directors love to use in all kinds of movies and games nowadays？
Okay, so use the logic in the movie. Did Bee call "it" Optimus in that scene? Or did the director claimed that "it" was Optimus？
I agree. That scene doesn't mean anything. I mean, no autobot symbols, no transforming action, not even a phase mentioning that truck = optimus prime. So don't think too much. It can be prime himself, but also can not be prime himself. That scene is pretty much there just for g1 fans.
tbh, this feels quite lazy considering the level reached with recent Optimus Prime figures, and also overpriced; I'd totally get SS38 over this...if I had the money, that is.
Get ss38. It's worth your money
The main problem with ss38 is a worse truck bed than this one, I honestly prefer the cat ears over the see through truck bed
1:45 to be fair, some trailers irl have that gap, they're not perfectly square, after that, yeah, you're right about everything else
Thanks for pointing out the difference between a nice-looking figure that's not FUN and a figure that's actually fun to handle. This figure definitely doesn't look perfect, but it does look like it's gonna be pretty fun to handle.
The cat ears make him go:
"Twansfowm and move owt uwu"
Wow, that got carved in my brain everytime I see this figure
Nya!
May i know the sauce from your pfp?
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Lol
To be honest if they (takara and hasbro) upscaled the voyager class prime and give us alot of accessories and filled all the flaws of ss prime I wouldn't be mad
(I mean I do but just a little)
I have VERY high hopes for this mpm version of prime but this is such a disappointed of course this is just my opinion
Man, even if they did just an upscale, they wouldn't beat Weijiang and the other KOs, they are super well made and put together, all the details were improved on, basically everything was fixed and I highly doubt Takara would beat them
yeah I hope bmb mechanical alliance makes ko modified version of this and painted good
@@denizgur9967 The paint it's the least of this figure's problems dude (loose wrist, weird index finger, non functioning light piping, crap truck mode and giant pegs in the robot legs.
This figure is unfortunately a little bit bad with some issues.
Hope Optimus Prime figure from upcoming movie would be better than this and almost accurate.
We still have Toylab version to look forward to..
Can't wait to see it😁😁
Masterpiece huh? More like a Massivepiece o' garbage amirite? Ok seriously though that truck mode is disappointing.
I agree!!! I’m over here waiting on Ross to get em for the Lo-Ski so I can do a stop motion clip with him 🤣🤣🤣
@PrimeVsPrime I just got the re-issue of this here in the USA and my copy of the figure, the loose wrist issue you reported seems to be resolved. My copy is able to hold the Ion Blaster straight out with no issues.
Yo know what, this doesn't scream mpm to me, but if it was in the leader class line at around £50, I would happily buy it.
From what I realized the cat ears on the smoke stacks are supposed to be the cybertronian version of it. I'll admit this is the most saddest MP/MPM ever or not
It isn't worse than MPM Bumblebee
@@Lu1zF3l1pe which version? If it's mpm 4 he's perfect
@@uainjansun He's referring to MPM-7.
And I believe BayBee is MPM-3.
@@uainjansun like he said, I'm referring to Beetle Bee. MPM-3 is the best MPM along with Jazz and Starscream right after (and I personally put Megatron after them)
They’d never make Optimus Prime look that stupid
Ahh yes, the review that we've Been waiting for a long long long long long time
3 months is 3 years in internet time.
PvP is getting more and more honest with his reviews. A good thing.
A masterpiece figure...with *light piping*?!
HERESY!
"Masterpiece" figure
(At this point it will become a meme)
@@toygoldenfreddy6175 And it worked properly on Shockwave? Because it doesn't in this figure
@@toygoldenfreddy6175 "lol just wait for third party to fix this figure". That's a rather pathetic argument to defend HasTak. Masterpiece figures aren't cheap and people shouldn't need to spend money on DLCs to fix a figure that must had been fixed during the designing process.
@@toygoldenfreddy6175 Stop living inside a bubble. Calling out someone isn't "hate and toxicity". It's even more ironic after telling everyone to calm the heck down. Get some self-awareness and stop virtue signaling over the poor design choices of a figure. I hope you get some real arguments the next time you reply to me.
pretty much why I got Weijang's commander leader, the 3p bumblebee optimus, truck mode is great and not a gappy mess
LOL, He said "Ugly Mess". Prime says this while battling Infernocus in TLK 😁
Neko Optimus Prime is the most Japanese thing I've seen in a long time. 😄
I think Cybertron Optimus Prime is the most Japanese thing I've seen in a while.
For a figure like this, they did a decent job making the robot look accurate
I really like the Toyworld version. While it isn't perfect, I think it's far better than this. I hope a ko company can take this official version, paint it up properly and tweak the look of the alt mode (basically hide the cat ears and fill in the hideous gaps).
Is it just me or does he look like a simplified version of Aoyi Mech LS 13 who is a the upgraded version of the Studio Series one 🤪
The best one for me is still the WeiJiang Version
I still think the LS 13 looks better than the Wei Jiang. That massive chest looks weird as fuck
Not quite as much of a disasterpiece as MP-9 Roddy, but that truck mode is an absolute deal breaker. I'm not even going to consider buying it, whereas I have SS38 in all three color schemes (normal plus Nemesis and Shattered Glass knockoffs) and would happily buy an upscaled KO of it as well.
God, that truck mode is horrendous. Everything behind the cab is just a mess.
I dont care if people hate this figure I'm all in and can't wait to pick one up, either the official or knock off, the 3rd party bumblebee versions of prime are absolutely perfect with one exception for me and that's there too big!
Them cat ears on the truck mode still bothers me but the robot mode looks fairly good
His legs and the tires are both so small. Also truck has cat ears
This doesn't feel like a Masterpiece at all. Nothing about it screams "premium" or "best of the best" when it comes to what HasTak has to offer. Honestly looks and feels more like a glorified leader class figure.
To be fair though optimus in the movie was a longer truck which no figure has really gotten right
Wow, I was gonna give the Masterpiece figure a pass at first because on its own, it looks pretty good. But next to Freedom Leader it looks like a joke. The difference in detail, quality, size and accuracy is stark. It's insane Hasbro charges so much for this "Masterpiece" when it's so lacking compared with alternatives the same or lower price.
Looks amazing I’m blown away by the sculpting and the accuracy to the movie
Bro… you haven’t seen freedom leader right?
@@ciudadanodeunpaislibre9922 i have but this is awesome
@@fartfast4834 bro, like this is not movie accurate.. only a few things here are a little movie accurate and that’s it. You gotta understand that hasbro here was lazy af
@@fartfast4834 tbh it’s ok if you think this is cool and all but really hasbro or takara hasn’t been innovative recently, except for the v3 of g1 starscream
@@ciudadanodeunpaislibre9922 dude i really don't fuckin care what i think is what i think and i think it looks movie accurate
I was worried about this figure but it surprised me with how good it is probably my favorite mp figure probably the best one in my opinion it's simple and so detailed it's much cheaper than mp 44 and it's better then it to it has problems but it is fine on my copy the wrists are solid and tight same with the joints 10/10 would recommend
👀 you got a concussion?
@@fillerbunnyninjashark271 🤣
I almost had aneurysm reading that.
You're joking right?
@@_V.Va_ ya mad? Or do you hate when people have opinions
2:04 But you forget, PVP, the Aoyi Mech LS-13 gets a really clean truck rear!
Well, it took cues from the SS-38 but still a clean 3P hind.
If Hasbro lets me to do a live-action remake based on the Transformers the Movie 1986 animated movie that has the same name and I'm sure Takara Tomy and Hasbro release this Optimus Prime masterpiece again
The truck bed reminds me of the mainline bayverse optimus primes, from what i can remember they usually just folded the feet up for the truck lol
The Leader Class and MPM Primes did really clean truck rears.
that headsculpt..Studio Series did a better job..for this version of Optimus Prime, Studio Series is the best
I saw this at Target today and snapped it up. I hadn't seen any videos on it, i havent even opened it yet, so i came here to watch your video on it. I think it'll fit nicely on my Optimus shelf.
Looks great in bot mode. If I got him, I'd leave him in that form. Also, I'd 3D Print plugs to go behind his wrists so he can support his weapon. Caps to cover the screw holes is a maybe. I'd have to see how deep they are; if they could support caps.
I think the gunmetal is just a little too dark. they probably should have gone with a slightly lighter grey on those parts. Not much, just, slightly lighter. Also it seems a bit, weak to be called "masterpiece" it's still a good looking figure in robot mode, but, deserving of the title of Masterpiece? that's a bit of a stretch.
“Master Piece” 😂😂😂
The Premium Finish Studio Series Prime kicks this thing’s butt in many ways. It’s really egregious. Between that head in robot mode and the cat ears in alt, it has 2 issues you can’t help but stare at.
The main problem for me with all the official offerings of the bee movie Prime, is that they are the wrong truck.
Copyrights/licensing
@@abdelrahimmohammed1814 not exactly, cause these trucks (without counting mpm) are based on a Marmon truck, the one from AOE
In other words, water is wet XD
@@abdelrahimmohammed1814 I guess but look at the earthrise prime looks close to a freightliner and even this one looks like a marmon.
Some say that they aren't in fact the wrong truck, the truck in the end of the movie that wasn't Optimus, it just *looked* like him. I believe this is Really stupid since they absolutely NAILED with the Freightliner FLA-96 and changing that for the Marmon from AOE is a really dumb decision in my eyes
I'd argue any benefit given to Hasbro due to safety guidelines are easily cancelled out by the fact the 3rd party companies aren't multi-billion dollar companies with far more resources to put into developing the toys.
AOYI Mech be like : well, we can fix those errors....
I think that the gray or gun metal gray is really dark like really frickin dark and I also think that his head antennas look like Batman. And they look warped. Anyways great figure and awesome review man!!!!
His head looks like Robert Pattinson ugly Batman's cowl
@@TheBatman39 that’s actual facts.
the cat ears on the truck mode is cute Lol
@Steven x Spinel Lover omg you have alot of subs
The figure looks good from certain angles but unfortunately it has a lot of exposed pegs and kibble in both modes; just pose him slightly at an angle and the illusion fall apart. And in fact it's only a remold of SS-38 Optimus, which ends up hurting the aesthetics.
yeah I'll stick to the studio series version. shame how far the masterpiece line has fallen
They can easily put a hinge for it to be folded, but they chose to pit cat ears to a truck
This might be the first mpm I'll be skipping, does fit well with the equally bad mpm07 though.
lmao
I hope toyhax does a set of stickers to darken the windows and add some extra details. Ive pre-ordered MPM-12 already and can't wait to get him.
MPM Bumblebee Movie Optimus Prime needs a version 2 mold.
Is mpm 12 gonna be a target exclusive in the US ?
I’m going to buy this and keep it in robot mode and keep my Toyworld in his Freightliner cabover mode with my custom trailer that fits him well💯
i think your backwards i would keep this guy in truck mode then the toyworld in robot mode because its more accurate and doesnt have cat like ears
@@megajackproductions9154 yes but the cat years on this only visible on the vehicle mode
My only problem is the pointy panels in the vehicle mode. Other than that, I am looking forward to buying this figure.
Im not trying to be rude againts Takara, but even the 3rd party companies did better than THIS
freedom leader is the only BBM prime with Freightliner alt mode and is 100% accurate coming from 3a prime
Hey PVP Please Review the Transformers AD12 Revenge Optimus prime. PLEASE!
I remember having that figure, just looked up reviews for it, forgot 2014 was 7 years ago
I'm surprised that no one has ever pointed out that the cabin in both the Masterpiece and Studio Series figure look completely different from the actual truck seen in the movie. It's a shame, since imo that truck looks much better. That was one of the main reasons why I got Earthrise Optimus instead of the SS one.
It looks so cheap in vehicle mode but it's largely redeemed in robot mode. Still, I expected Takara to crush this and it hasn't. I'm much more impressed by ToyWorld's and ThreeZero's efforts.
Toy Worlds did "worlds" above this imo😂 however the back of the truck was super long. So far the pinnacle, for me is the MM-01 Bumblebee Prime. Not only is the truck amazing but robot mode is a sight to behold, just be ready to sell a kidney as it goes for ridiculous prices, but if you want an amazing figure, grab it!! You won't be disappointed.
Why does the truck have a silver stripe on the front and white stripes on the side? In the movie the stripe was all white. It isn't as if Hasbro needed that silver for one part of robot mode, the entire front of the truck just flips around and becomes the inside of the backpack.
Which do I prefer? Honestly there is no contest Toyworld blows away the official simplicity is ok but MP figures are supposed to be a step up above the main line. Sometimes complex transformation is worth it to achieve something that looks almost spot on to the source especially for MPs. This looks more like a leader class figure it doesn’t look horrible, not bad….just decent. Personally this is a step back in the engineering for the MPM line….just look at the very first MPM Optimus now that was neither complex or to simple yet it nails the look.
I'm not even a big fan of the Bumblebee movie, but part of me wants to get these kind of figures.
"Masterpiece"
I prefer the wheels to be plastic though. My old MP series with rubber wheels are breaking into pieces due to weathering.
The head is too thin and he looks like he's on the verge of crying for some reason to me
So I paused at 2:47, after going "wait, what?" I agree with what your saying about the gaps, but you have one big one there on top of the cab at the back due to mistransformation. That one closes up.
I'd like to see this mold in Nemesis Prime colors
Or maybe even another Ultra Magnus, just a different trailer that breaks apart to connect ?
That head sculpt is so thin, it starts looking like 2007 Movie Prime.
This would work better as a "cybertronion version"
Yeah the robot is more Cybertronian-y with and should of had an Cybertronian alt-mode
Yeah!
Mmm as someone who wants to buy these toys for his kid, playability matters a LOT. I wish I realized this before I went crazy and bought a bunch of 3rd party transformers...
I heard freedom leader is a nightmare, I hope mm0-1 is playable and the transformation isn't bad.
He looks like a special edition like commander class or something, not a masterpiece. That kibble and the bad molding like... I'd pay like 80-100 dollars CAD for him but nothing else
The mom look amazing. The kibble isn’t that bad looking. Best one made so far IMO. Way better then the toyworld. Since you can’t transform it without risking breakage. Plus if you like the toyworld might as well get the three zero one and get one that the best
Freedom Leader is better-
I just wish the colours of Freedom Leader were more like this one. Bolder, and less muted.
agree stickin..to my tw freedom leader
Not really
a lot of times in the video he was saying how it was a minor critique and like possibly opinion, like the truck kibble on the arms, more articulation in the fingers, or like diecast but IMO i think all of that should be a given when it comes to MASTERPIECE transformers. We are paying a high premium price for this so we should get that in quality
can you do a review on the Mechanic Studio AstroTrain next?
He's pretty decent in my opinion. The head and the shoulder protrusions don't annoy me.
This is one of the most disappointing figures of the year to me.
Robot mode looks alright tho.
Whoa 😮 that robot mode is super clean, clearly it is made to stay in that mode.
So you're telling me that Hasbro shut down a company (Wei Jiang) which made better figures than Hasbro itself and yet they still didn't learn their lesson and continued being lazy to make a good quality figures and instead putting them overpriced?! Hasbro and Tekara now is like Apple all over again...🤦♂️
More like EA
good review... robot mode is also good. but in truck mode it needs to be improved. I think The "cat ears" can be folded and the calves can be hidden in the gap in the center