Title:
Sentinel Prime
Description:
Sentinel Prime (Deluxe Class, 2008)
Japanese ID number: TA-28
Accessories: Lance, Skyboom shield
Known designers: Eric Siebenaler (Hasbro), Alex Kubalsky (TakaraTomy)
Animated Sentinel Prime transforms into a metallic blue monster-truck snowplow, and is armed in robot mode with his trademark Skyboom shield and lance. Either item can fit in either of his hands, and the shield has a ring mount to allow the lance to attach to it for transporting on the back of the vehicle mode. Surprisingly for an otherwise pointy object, the lance is actually cast in hard plastic. The weapons are also painted blue rather than cast in translucent plastic, an unusual choice for modern "energy” weapons. The toy also has an abandoned light-piping gimmick: not only are the eyes painted over, but the eye-piece is cast in black plastic, making it useless.
Unfortunately, due to being released in the Deluxe size class, the Sentinel toy is technically incompatible with the Headmaster accessory, which is only designed to work with Leader-class toys. You actually can wedge it on to him quite snugly, though.
Due to a quirk of the transformation process, the plow on the front of the truck can be angled left or right, just as on real-world snowplows. Also, if you’re the type that really goes for show-accuracy, the antenna on the left side of Sentinel Prime’s robot mode head can be tilted back and forth, just like he did in the episode "Predacons Rising”. That’s some mighty fine scannin’, Sentinel!
The TakaraTomy release of the toy features additional painted details such as the tire rims and the metallic coating on the orange plastic such as the snowplow. In a surprising reversal from the norm, this release of the figure uses softer, rubbery plastic on the lance rather than the harder plastic of the Hasbro release.
Japanese ID number: TA-28
Accessories: Lance, Skyboom shield
Known designers: Eric Siebenaler (Hasbro), Alex Kubalsky (TakaraTomy)
Animated Sentinel Prime transforms into a metallic blue monster-truck snowplow, and is armed in robot mode with his trademark Skyboom shield and lance. Either item can fit in either of his hands, and the shield has a ring mount to allow the lance to attach to it for transporting on the back of the vehicle mode. Surprisingly for an otherwise pointy object, the lance is actually cast in hard plastic. The weapons are also painted blue rather than cast in translucent plastic, an unusual choice for modern "energy” weapons. The toy also has an abandoned light-piping gimmick: not only are the eyes painted over, but the eye-piece is cast in black plastic, making it useless.
Unfortunately, due to being released in the Deluxe size class, the Sentinel toy is technically incompatible with the Headmaster accessory, which is only designed to work with Leader-class toys. You actually can wedge it on to him quite snugly, though.
Due to a quirk of the transformation process, the plow on the front of the truck can be angled left or right, just as on real-world snowplows. Also, if you’re the type that really goes for show-accuracy, the antenna on the left side of Sentinel Prime’s robot mode head can be tilted back and forth, just like he did in the episode "Predacons Rising”. That’s some mighty fine scannin’, Sentinel!
The TakaraTomy release of the toy features additional painted details such as the tire rims and the metallic coating on the orange plastic such as the snowplow. In a surprising reversal from the norm, this release of the figure uses softer, rubbery plastic on the lance rather than the harder plastic of the Hasbro release.
Theme:
Animated
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2008
Country:
United States
Series:
Animated
Date Added:
2023-04-30 19:23:43
Date Added:
2023-04-30 19:23:43
