Legacy Evolution Commander Armada Optimus Prime New In-Hand Images

Quick few questions for anyone who has this guy and did edits:

1. What color gold does he use? I'm trying to find a Gundam Marker of that color for his feet to be accurate.
2. What color blue should/could I use for the eyes? I'm trying to get a similar effect of blue he had in the PS2 game.
3. Anyone figure out a way to ensure his crotch in base robot mode doesn't make a seam where they split for the Super Mode shoulders?

Sorry if anyone minds me asking. It's been a while, so I am not sure if these were already answered or never answered.

Is there a way to have those big blue blocks on the sides of the trailer tucked in? I know it's accurate, but I just really don't like the way they look sticking out the sides of the trailer, and that's really the one main thing holding me back from buying. It looks like it may be possible, from the reviews and pictures I've looked at, but everyone transforms it the correct way obviously so I can't really tell for sure

TheDragonDAFan

Is there a guide on how to loosen the shin panels? It's the thing preventing me from fiddling with my copy more. Also, is there some kind of silver paint pen that's close to the silver used on Optimus? Some of the paint on the grill chipped off because of the super mode transformation.

I had this problem with mine, I took apart the shin to fix it, but it was so tight that the inner barrel of the hinge just snapped instead of the panel coming off, I wasn't happy about it. But then I put it back together and it worked as intended.

TheDragonDAFan

Thank you very much. Do you know if there's a way to remove the stress marks from the plastic?

That I do not know how to do, sadly… I think some users here may have experience using a blow dryer or something to help resolve it, but I've never done that myself.

My first Armada Optimus actually broke at the shin panel, and on my second I immediately did the fix before even transforming him at all.

TheDragonDAFan

Is there a guide on how to loosen the shin panels? It's the thing preventing me from fiddling with my copy more. Also, is there some kind of silver paint pen that's close to the silver used on Optimus? Some of the paint on the grill chipped off because of the super mode transformation.

Yes – you're going to want to unscrew the leg, and then SLOWLY and CAREFULLY slide the shin panel off the post. Make sure to hold it only from the part that goes over the post and not the panel itself. Slowly rotate back and forth as you pull out.

Once it's off, you can do one of two things. You can either sand the post, or widen the gap inside the shin panel. You basically want to loosen up the friction there which is incredibly tight by making more physical space.

What I did was the latter. I took a metal flathead screwdriver and stuck it inside the hole, and rotated back and forth with mild force. This basically acted as a sanding mechanism. I did this a few times and tested placing back on the post until I was satisfied with how it moved. One thing to note is that when you reassemble the leg it will tighten up a little beyond what you are testing it as while unassembled, so feel free to go a bit further sanding to get the desired amount of give.

They really need to strike while the iron is hot and get at least Jetfire out there soon. Tidal Wave came the next year after Megatron, but it looks like it will be at least three years between Armada Optimus (2023) and a possible Jetfire (2026 at the earliest).

A little bummed that Red Alert is seemingly our only Armada guy next year (I guess Wheeljack, but he's technically part of Legacy United and not Generations Prime).

octobotimus

Yeah trypticon and T30 metroplex are pretty much the closest we’ve had to functional good playable base modes. Certainly surprised they haven’t done more that are actually good.

T30 Metroplex isn't too bad, other than the visible hands and the death ramp to nowhere.

Mercurius

Honestly surprised that there's anyone anywhere who actually cares about a "base mode" for a Transformer. They always seemed like afterthoughts.

octobotimus

But if it’s a well done base mode with actual play features, then I’d say it’s a cool thing to have.

WishfulThinking

I'd argue we haven't had a real good base mode since G1

Ya'll sleeping on the best mode with the most play value

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octobotimus

Well it depends on execution. If the base mode is just half assed and an unconvincing robot doing a yoga pose, then yeah I don’t care about it. But if it’s a well done bad mode with actual play features, then I’d say it’s a cool thing to have.

However at a commander price point and at the size he was, we were never getting a good base mode here.

I'd argue we haven't had a real good base mode since G1. And even then, only Metroplex, Fortress Maximus and Overlord had decent ones, IMO. That will skew a lot of perceptions on what base modes can bring to the table. But I did appreciate the attempts during Titans Return. TR Trypticon is definitely an improvement over the original whereas I felt TR Fort Max was a step backwards.

Seth Sunthay

His only real flaw are the stress marks around the leg panels where you need to fold the hands. And yeah, the Core optimus needs better hands and arms.

Luckily mine has never had those at all despite the panels being a little tight.