It was nice to hear the Earthrise being recognized as the good Optimus Prime toy it is. I love every version of it I ended up buying. Especially those unique ones. Looking at you Nemesis and Dead Optimus. But with that said, having SS86 in hand is such a joy! Being able to pick up and play and transform back and forth is absolutely delightful!! You get that magic of “wow! That square-ass truck just became a heroic action figure and I made that happen!” Sometimes it even feels like a Rubik’s cube to fiddle with and change around. A true evolution for the Optimus Prime main line figure. I’m absolutely delighted with it and will absolutely buy the eventual Nemesis Prime. Though would I buy a white Magnus version? 🤔 Perhaps not. Maybe? SS86 Magnus is so good, but.. Sorry, I’m going off on a tangent! Loved your video!
Thanks! And yeah, they're both solid toys that were designed at different times with different goals in mind. I prefer the Studio Series personally, but Earthrise is still really solid.
I loved both Siege and Earthrise Optimus, but I am still excited to get this one in hand. That transformation looks wonderful, tons of tactility that I am very into.
Great looking figure. I do hope DNA comes out with an upgrade kit for him tho. I am not a fan of his ears for one. They would do something to cover up the gaps on the side of his hips. Make some kind of side hip skirt for him, and maybe something to fill in the gap in the truck mode. But really.. it's all small nit picks. He's a great figure and I can't wait to get the two I have on Preorder. I got one for bot, one for alt. First mainline I have ever got two of.
I considered grabbing two, but the transformation is so fun and elegant that I think I’ll just stick with the one since it’s so enjoyable to transform.
The boosters are a cute edition that harks back to masterpiece (and third party toys/addon kits) including references to a thing they did exactly once. Naturally it's best when there's some play value outside that moment, like the axe.
Yeah, It's neat that they included them, I just wonder if there's anything better that could have been done. Although if they were molding the axe in orange anyway maybe it didn't add much overall to the production budget.
Love your review but I think the blast accessory is a good choice. Other than the leap his takeoff was a highlight in his limited screen time. And the MP didn’t have that effect.
If your in the market for one check your local targets. They’ve been stocking him and it’s there target circle week so they’re doing $20 off a $75 toy purchase so you can basically buy him and just get $20 off.
I missed out on the Amazon preorder BUT last week while checking Amazon the preorder opened again and was able to place an order. The listing was probably open for a day because I checked the following day and the preorder was unavailable. Mine arrives mid next week. So pumped.
Any time we get a trailer for Op you know it's going to pretty rad. Crazy how much the SS line really is like mini-MP, that thing turned out really great.
Yeah, I did it since I could, but after hearing about it in several places, once the figure got here I looked at it and went, "is that it?" I don't know how anyone even caught that.
It has been forever since your content has graced my feed. So I checked your channel's page to see what my notification was set. I found out that it was set to "Do not notify (a bell with a line through it)", and to my dismay, I can no longer change it back to receive notifications for all new content like I was able to do in the past. Is there anything you can do to fix it to the correct setting? Thanks. Stay safe and God Bless. Yosh...
No, youtube apparently disabled that back when I marked my channel as "not for kids" or whatever back when the big COPPA scare happened, and even though I have since changed that back, UA-cam has boned me.
@@peaugh 👻 (couldn't find the "BOO!!" emoji to say Boo!! to YT.. lol I guess I'll just have to bookmark you channel page and periodically check it for new content. Stay safe and God Bless. Yosh...
@@peaugh I should've waited for Amazon. I ordered from Game Stop. I'm gonna see if I can cancel my pre-order and switch over. Thanks for the heads up! 🤜🤛
Hmm I have mine on the way! I can’t wait…I wonder if There is a chance! At all for a 86 Jetfire/Skyfire?… I know they are going for the 86 Movie but a cartoon Accurate gig would be cool that’s not an MP 😆
To prevent the red side panel from chipping when it goes in the leg, the screws near the front feet needs to be slightly unscrewed. This allows the side of the gap for the side panels to be pulled and make it easier to insert the panels in and out without worrying the red paint chipping. Also to prevent the bottom part of the bumper from paint scraping when transforming it is to have the blue bottom piece down first then firmly hold the top of the back and slowly pull down the back while avoiding the end of the bumper from hitting the top. These are some tips Overall I say this is the best G1 Optimus Prime toy made even better than all the Masterpiece. The back does not bother me.
I posted about this in the Fb groups, but my experience with this figure has been QC issues across the board. Mine has two of the same ears installed, so it looks like one ear is backwards, with the sprue mark being visible at the front. Because of this, it causes a gap in the two halves of the head, and the ears look janky. The right thigh has a slight stress mark from where the parts were ham-fisted together. The lower rear feet are misassembled. One rear foot part is missing the entire tail light paint application. There are also other paint application issues present. I have not removed him from the cardboard. Will just be returning him, and probably stick to the Earthrise Prime. After posting my own issues, so many other people have come forward with their own to the point that it makes me not want to mess with this figure again. I contacted Toy Arena, where I purchased it to initiate a exchange or refund. They viewed the FB messages, but did not reply back, and no responses to emails yet. My gut feeling is I am going to have to force a return to Paypal over this one.
@@peaugh meeeeeee toooo. I was a hair from buying one off of eBay for $129. I decided to make sure one more time he wasn't in stock elsewhere before giving a scalper money. Glad I did. He was cheaper, but more importantly, I gave a great shop my business instead of a cancer on collectors.
Gotta disagree, I love the truck blastoff effects. It's just such a cool and iconic scene, even if it doesn't translate that well - it's *that* scene! For me, I just wish he had a deeper elbow bend and that hip skirts weren't a thing, like the Earthrise did with the hips. I really wish all hip skirts were eliminated. Otherwise, looks about perfect.
Oh, I don’t hate them at all, I just think it was an interesting choice to put the tooling/manufacturing costs/effort to recreate half a second from the movie. I’m not opposed, just curious why that and not something else.
It was nice to hear the Earthrise being recognized as the good Optimus Prime toy it is. I love every version of it I ended up buying. Especially those unique ones. Looking at you Nemesis and Dead Optimus. But with that said, having SS86 in hand is such a joy! Being able to pick up and play and transform back and forth is absolutely delightful!! You get that magic of “wow! That square-ass truck just became a heroic action figure and I made that happen!” Sometimes it even feels like a Rubik’s cube to fiddle with and change around. A true evolution for the Optimus Prime main line figure. I’m absolutely delighted with it and will absolutely buy the eventual Nemesis Prime. Though would I buy a white Magnus version? 🤔 Perhaps not. Maybe? SS86 Magnus is so good, but.. Sorry, I’m going off on a tangent! Loved your video!
Thanks! And yeah, they're both solid toys that were designed at different times with different goals in mind. I prefer the Studio Series personally, but Earthrise is still really solid.
I have Studio Series Prime on pre-order. I should be getting it next month. I’m really looking forward to it!
SS86 will go on my Cartoon shelf, and Earthrise will go on my comics shelf.
I love the Earth rise version. I was so surprised at how awesome he was in hand. I'll hold on to that version forever.
My Prime's cab also sits ever so slightly forward as well. Everything's tabbed in correctly, but there's still a light angle. So it's not only yours.
Good to know. Thanks for confirming!
@@peaughtry filing down the tabs on the back of the legs that clip into the back of the cab
Glad to see this comment as spent ages trying to level mine off yesterday, it’s a minor thing but its frustrating. Great review.
Thanks for a nice review!
A small addition: this one also has butterfly joints in the shoulders, which add a ton of articulation!
Good point!
The designer of this guy has been getting the rock star treatment, and he should be.
Good proportions
Decent price
Insanely Animation accurate
This is what we all wanted from MP-44 it’s like healing the crumminess of that figure lol
I don’t think MP-44 is crummy, but it’s definitely very intricate and overly engineered to the point of not being super enjoyable to transform.
@@peaugh no it’s not bad not even close to bad but the price still makes me uncomfortable
@@gentalrobots3988it’s 69 from target right now or pay 200 plus later
I loved both Siege and Earthrise Optimus, but I am still excited to get this one in hand. That transformation looks wonderful, tons of tactility that I am very into.
Yeah, it.ms super fun to transform back and forth.
"Things you can stick in the back of Optimus Prime." I'll take quotes that can easily be taken out of context, Alex. Lol.
Great looking figure. I do hope DNA comes out with an upgrade kit for him tho. I am not a fan of his ears for one. They would do something to cover up the gaps on the side of his hips. Make some kind of side hip skirt for him, and maybe something to fill in the gap in the truck mode. But really.. it's all small nit picks. He's a great figure and I can't wait to get the two I have on Preorder. I got one for bot, one for alt. First mainline I have ever got two of.
I considered grabbing two, but the transformation is so fun and elegant that I think I’ll just stick with the one since it’s so enjoyable to transform.
If they fix the feet problem, I hope they change a number or something on the box so it would be easy to tell which got fixed.
The boosters are a cute edition that harks back to masterpiece (and third party toys/addon kits) including references to a thing they did exactly once. Naturally it's best when there's some play value outside that moment, like the axe.
Yeah, It's neat that they included them, I just wonder if there's anything better that could have been done. Although if they were molding the axe in orange anyway maybe it didn't add much overall to the production budget.
was waiting on your review after i seen your pics on twitter! mine should arrive next week hopefully
Hope you enjoy it!
Love your review but I think the blast accessory is a good choice. Other than the leap his takeoff was a highlight in his limited screen time. And the MP didn’t have that effect.
If your in the market for one check your local targets. They’ve been stocking him and it’s there target circle week so they’re doing $20 off a $75 toy purchase so you can basically buy him and just get $20 off.
I saw that. FANTASTIC deal if you're after one.
It looks AWESOME!!!!
A more cost friendly masterpiece-like!
Couldn't agree more!
I missed out on the Amazon preorder BUT last week while checking Amazon the preorder opened again and was able to place an order. The listing was probably open for a day because I checked the following day and the preorder was unavailable. Mine arrives mid next week. So pumped.
Awesome! Hope you love it when it arrives.
Any time we get a trailer for Op you know it's going to pretty rad. Crazy how much the SS line really is like mini-MP, that thing turned out really great.
Indeed!
I got mine last month and tbh I'm fine with the misassembled heels
Yeah, I did it since I could, but after hearing about it in several places, once the figure got here I looked at it and went, "is that it?" I don't know how anyone even caught that.
It has been forever since your content has graced my feed. So I checked your channel's page to see what my notification was set. I found out that it was set to "Do not notify (a bell with a line through it)", and to my dismay, I can no longer change it back to receive notifications for all new content like I was able to do in the past. Is there anything you can do to fix it to the correct setting? Thanks. Stay safe and God Bless. Yosh...
No, youtube apparently disabled that back when I marked my channel as "not for kids" or whatever back when the big COPPA scare happened, and even though I have since changed that back, UA-cam has boned me.
@@peaugh 👻 (couldn't find the "BOO!!" emoji to say Boo!! to YT.. lol I guess I'll just have to bookmark you channel page and periodically check it for new content. Stay safe and God Bless. Yosh...
Still the best in the biz, Peaugh! Are you getting the DNA kit for Animated Prime?
Planning to at some point, yeah.
Nice man! Just found a couple in the back at target yesterday.
Nice!!
I love this studio series optimis prime is so awesome and beautiful im glad they nailed it with this beautiful figure
They really did.
Looks so great but apparently my preorder won't be available til at least Nov. 30 which means late Dec/early Jan in reality. Bummer.
Amazon also originally said November and then started shipping last week, so here's hoping!
@@peaugh I should've waited for Amazon. I ordered from Game Stop. I'm gonna see if I can cancel my pre-order and switch over. Thanks for the heads up! 🤜🤛
Hmm I have mine on the way! I can’t wait…I wonder if There is a chance! At all for a 86 Jetfire/Skyfire?… I know they are going for the 86 Movie but a cartoon Accurate gig would be cool that’s not an MP 😆
I feel like if they did one it would just be a minor remold/repaint of the Commander version.
i ordered mine today, im excited for mine to come in the mail
Hope you love it when it arrives!
Considering I do not have either, I will be buying both.
good call!
To prevent the red side panel from chipping when it goes in the leg, the screws near the front feet needs to be slightly unscrewed. This allows the side of the gap for the side panels to be pulled and make it easier to insert the panels in and out without worrying the red paint chipping.
Also to prevent the bottom part of the bumper from paint scraping when transforming it is to have the blue bottom piece down first then firmly hold the top of the back and slowly pull down the back while avoiding the end of the bumper from hitting the top.
These are some tips
Overall I say this is the best G1 Optimus Prime toy made even better than all the Masterpiece. The back does not bother me.
Good to know. Thanks for the tip!
Looking forward to this fella
He’s good!
it's been a while since I've watched your reviews
Welcome back!
I posted about this in the Fb groups, but my experience with this figure has been QC issues across the board. Mine has two of the same ears installed, so it looks like one ear is backwards, with the sprue mark being visible at the front. Because of this, it causes a gap in the two halves of the head, and the ears look janky. The right thigh has a slight stress mark from where the parts were ham-fisted together. The lower rear feet are misassembled. One rear foot part is missing the entire tail light paint application. There are also other paint application issues present. I have not removed him from the cardboard. Will just be returning him, and probably stick to the Earthrise Prime. After posting my own issues, so many other people have come forward with their own to the point that it makes me not want to mess with this figure again. I contacted Toy Arena, where I purchased it to initiate a exchange or refund. They viewed the FB messages, but did not reply back, and no responses to emails yet. My gut feeling is I am going to have to force a return to Paypal over this one.
Got it on pre-order at gamestop and the release date keeps changing
Yeah, that was one of the places I was keeping an eye on and noticed that.
I really hope their SS Megatron looks remotely this good by comparison, even if he turns into a tank.
Me too!
sadly the diaclone figure doesn't fit on that cockpit, i confirmed this with mines
Ah. Thanks for confirming!
Btw I ordered mine on the 4th from Toy Dojo. It'll be here the 7th. It was at that time in stock!
Nice! They said they got a small early shipment so I wasn’t sure how many they had available. Glad you got one!
@@peaugh meeeeeee toooo. I was a hair from buying one off of eBay for $129. I decided to make sure one more time he wasn't in stock elsewhere before giving a scalper money. Glad I did. He was cheaper, but more importantly, I gave a great shop my business instead of a cancer on collectors.
It says mine won’t be here till November ☹️
Don't be surprised if it comes in earlier than that!
Now we need a new Megatron to scale with this Optimus...
Next year, next year .......
Supposedly one is coming, but will likely be a tank. If they do as good as job on it as this I’m okay with that.
@@peaugh if they include his mace, I hope the chain's loose or hinged.
Gotta disagree, I love the truck blastoff effects. It's just such a cool and iconic scene, even if it doesn't translate that well - it's *that* scene! For me, I just wish he had a deeper elbow bend and that hip skirts weren't a thing, like the Earthrise did with the hips. I really wish all hip skirts were eliminated. Otherwise, looks about perfect.
Oh, I don’t hate them at all, I just think it was an interesting choice to put the tooling/manufacturing costs/effort to recreate half a second from the movie. I’m not opposed, just curious why that and not something else.
Perfect! Now we need dying Prime!
I suspect we’ll see this mold in all of the usual alternate colors.
You shouldn’t have to fix a QC issue on a $90 toy, period.
Good news! You don't have to!
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I don't need it.. I don't need it....
That's okay too! (He's pretty fun though...)
That's right. You need the MS Light of Peace. That's a way better G1 Optimus.
I just got the 40th anniversary g1 Optimus Prime, and i can say i prefer toy colours.
Animation colours are bland.
Yeah, I think it’s neat that they did it but I always liked the original toy look.