While not traditional transforming bots like the mints revealed by Takara Tomy, Revoltech is jumping back in the Transformers game with a new release of Optimus Prime under their Amazing Yamaguchi brand. This is a hyper stylized, super articulated action figure. They’ve done many prior to this for Marvel and DC Comics characters, but now Optimus is getting the same treatment. Revoltech Optimus Prime was well received when he came out years ago, so it’s nice to see another hit the market in this updated fashion. Read on to check the pics courtesy of @toratora264!
cybertronwarriors
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OriginalFire
Anybody know what version of Optimus Prime this is? The pic is from Daimchoc's Faecbook page
Blurrz
Love this guy
ChromeMagnus
I've been hearing not so good things qc-wise about Yamaguchi G1 Prime. It's a real shame given its $90+ shipping price point.
Maybe the taller and cheaper priced G1 Furai Prime might be a better alternative.
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InfinityKitten
I mean I still like the figure, he's really fun to pick up and play around with, and apart from what I've mentioned his joints have held up really well.
It just seems like the usual "rough" finish I've experienced with Revoltech figures in comparison to, let's say, SHF. And now that they're starting to enter that price range more and more I'm hoping they'll also start polishing their products more, that'd make me real happy.
[Wing_Saber-X]
Yokies. That bad huh?
ChromeMagnus
I was really hoping this thing would be near flawless.
Maybe a KO company can step in and make a better quality version.
InfinityKitten
So I wish I could tell you he's been holding up perfectly, but over the last few months I've noticed a lot of imperfections on this guy.
First of all even though the shoulder armor moves it still bumps into the upper arm swivel a lot, creating little dents in the shoulder armor, which is annoying. The same swivel has also gotten really waggly on both sides, though it does still hold poses.
The ankle joints are so tight I think I broke a toe joint while trying to move them. It normally didn't bend downwards but now it does.
A lot more annoying are the hands, which now sit really loose on his wrist balljoints after swapping them a few times.
No breakage on the skirt pieces though, they popped out a few times but easily went back in.
I know this sounds really negative compared to my initial thoughts, but these nitpicks were really noticeable to me, especially because I really like this figure otherwise. I still don't regret my purchase and would still recommend this figure in a heartbeat, but it's far from perfect.
I've also had it with Figmas QC lately, the Saber 2.0 I recently received had really loose waist joints, which this Gridman is also a victim of. It's still an incredibly pretty figure and maybe you won't be bothered by joint tolerances as much as I am, but I can't see myself recommending any figmas anytime soon.
Flash1087
I wasn't expecting to click on this thread and find a second figure I needed to buy, but I have a severe lack of SSSS Gridman toys in my life and this may be my answer to it.
Bronybot
So hows everyone's figures holding up.im interested in buying it but after seeing some cases of breakage I'm concerned
Fafnir72
Ouch! Since its plastic ball joints, just need to be careful I guess.
chozun1
Yup. I tried being careful and lift up the front skirt on his right leg to do a pose and it already starting to stress and about to snap.
Very disappointed about this common issue. I'm not sure how should i fix this.
cybertronwarriors
How Prime took down Devy singlehandedly.
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Fafnir72
Careful with the skirt flaps in front. Jobby the Hong broke his during his "Review". The front skirts needs to be flipped up first before moving the thighs. That or Jobby was just careless or he got a bad sample.
cybertronwarriors
Round 1 — Fight!
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Shin Densetsu
Regular Gundam marker has cracked hard ABS plastic on my Transformers before when it seeped into the pin slots.
mark4flair
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My first Revoltech figure and he's pretty fantastic.
I thought he was going to be almost model-kit type fiddly but he's not, the joints were perfect, not too tight and not too loose. I hope they do a few more figures like Megs, Starscream, and Soundwave and even a few Autobots would be cool too.
Anyway, great figure and I am super pleased with him, I can't recommend him enough.
chaosMonkeyPoo
Gundam marker is fine – its the enamel based panel liners that can cause cracking in plastics (due the solvent based thinner they are mixed with). The standard gundam marker will have no negative effects on the plastic.