Title:
Optimus Prime Battle Blades Missing Blades Project
Description:
Battle Blades Optimus Prime (Voyager Class, 2010)
TakaraTomy ID number: AA-01
Accessories: Matrix of Leadership, 2 Fuel Tank-Gun assemblies, removable Energon Swords
Battle Blades Optimus Prime is a brand new sculpt that attempts to replicate his Leader Class design. He is much more movie accurate than the previous Voyager incarnations. He features two energon swords made of soft plastic, similar to his Leader Class incarnation, albeit not spring-loaded. They can be detached from the mushroom joints they’re on, although doing this excessively may cause them to warp.
He also has a removable Matrix of Leadership in his chest which is made of unpainted gray plastic. In an awesome homage, the Movie matrix rests on a stand molded to look like its G1 incarnation.
His fuel tanks can also separate from the truck panels and become two barrage cannons. Oddly enough, these guns are mentioned nowhere on the box even though they would normally be a selling point.
The instructions neglect to mention that the entire roof of the cab is on a concealed hinge which greatly eases the difficulty of Prime’s transformation. For whatever reason, the instructions treat the toy as if the hinge does not exist, going so far as to show Prime’s head magically clipping through his chest to transform. The instructions also neglect to mention that his heel/bumper pieces must be slid out until they click, making the figure just that bit more stable, and that the rotating truck door panels on his upper arms can be pulled further out (but not off) from their sockets, allowing more space for the panels to swing around his hood-arms during transformation. It should be noted that the chest windows on all releases of this sculpt are prone to slight cracking, often out of the packaging.
The TakaraTomy "Autobot Alliance” release of this toy has some significant differences, including casting the red plastic in a darker shade, making his shin and wheel joints grey rather than Hasbro’s bronze, painting the Matrix of Leadership silver, and swapping out the dual energon swords for battle hooks, similar to 2010’s Leader Class Optimus Prime (see below). However, due to the Japanese release retaining the Hasbro packaging, the box still advertises the dual energon swords rather than the hooks. He retains the masked face used for the Hasbro release.
This mold was also used to make Dark of the Moon Darkside Optimus Prime.
TakaraTomy ID number: AA-01
Accessories: Matrix of Leadership, 2 Fuel Tank-Gun assemblies, removable Energon Swords
Battle Blades Optimus Prime is a brand new sculpt that attempts to replicate his Leader Class design. He is much more movie accurate than the previous Voyager incarnations. He features two energon swords made of soft plastic, similar to his Leader Class incarnation, albeit not spring-loaded. They can be detached from the mushroom joints they’re on, although doing this excessively may cause them to warp.
He also has a removable Matrix of Leadership in his chest which is made of unpainted gray plastic. In an awesome homage, the Movie matrix rests on a stand molded to look like its G1 incarnation.
His fuel tanks can also separate from the truck panels and become two barrage cannons. Oddly enough, these guns are mentioned nowhere on the box even though they would normally be a selling point.
The instructions neglect to mention that the entire roof of the cab is on a concealed hinge which greatly eases the difficulty of Prime’s transformation. For whatever reason, the instructions treat the toy as if the hinge does not exist, going so far as to show Prime’s head magically clipping through his chest to transform. The instructions also neglect to mention that his heel/bumper pieces must be slid out until they click, making the figure just that bit more stable, and that the rotating truck door panels on his upper arms can be pulled further out (but not off) from their sockets, allowing more space for the panels to swing around his hood-arms during transformation. It should be noted that the chest windows on all releases of this sculpt are prone to slight cracking, often out of the packaging.
The TakaraTomy "Autobot Alliance” release of this toy has some significant differences, including casting the red plastic in a darker shade, making his shin and wheel joints grey rather than Hasbro’s bronze, painting the Matrix of Leadership silver, and swapping out the dual energon swords for battle hooks, similar to 2010’s Leader Class Optimus Prime (see below). However, due to the Japanese release retaining the Hasbro packaging, the box still advertises the dual energon swords rather than the hooks. He retains the masked face used for the Hasbro release.
This mold was also used to make Dark of the Moon Darkside Optimus Prime.
Theme:
Hunt For The Decepticons
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2010
Date Added:
2023-03-28 19:36:37
Date Added:
2023-03-28 19:36:37
