Hey, Bowb4Prime. I'd certainly recommend Optimal Optimus...but I'll also advice to wait for a little bit. In September or there abouts, is supposed to be a Transforming Titanium Optimal Optimus. While he'd be smaller, he'd also not cost as much.

 

 

 

Aoi

Actually, it's the show that is toy-accurate.

 

Most BW show models are toy-accurate as the CG models were all based off 3D scans of the toys themselves.

 

Here are some reviews on the toy:

My review

Ben Yee's review

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isn't that how all tf series are supposed to be?

 

i know they couldn't do it with g1 (for obvious reasons), and every time i watch my g1 dvd's i keep thinking of what it would look like if they'd been toy accurate  :tflaugh

my recent purchase?which one?

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the one you got off of ebay i believe...it was somewhere in one of these threads i believe...you were mad cuz it took 2 weeks to get him and you saw one for cheaper...but i might have gotten comfused

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That was FreedomGundam.

 

Optimal Optimus rocks, one of the best of BW. But Primal Prime has an even nicer colour scheme but he fetches for quite a bit nowadays.

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Blot?

I saw one at a carboot sale the other day, but passed it up.

 

I think I may throw up  :tdown

Unless hes there this week...

*ahem*

 

 

I am quite fond of Optimal Optimus.

Actually, it's the show that is toy-accurate.

 

Most BW show models are toy-accurate as the CG models were all based off 3D scans of the toys themselves.

 

Here are some reviews on the toy:

My review

Ben Yee's review

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isn't that how all tf series are supposed to be?

 

Yes... which is why I personally dislike the term "show-accurate" - it's a load of Blot. The toys come first and the show models are based on the the toys. There are a few exceptions, but on the whole, the Transformers is a toyline first. I personally use the term "show-likeness," because the word "accuracy" implies that anything different is, by default, inaccurate. This is not true for the toys - the toys are accurate... it's the show that's the variant.

 

i know they couldn't do it with g1 (for obvious reasons), and every time i watch my g1 dvd's i keep thinking of what it would look like if they'd been toy accurate  :tflaugh

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They would look a lot like the early Marvel comic issues... in fact, some of the UK artists continued to draw toy-accurate models all the way through G1, and it looked pretty good.

 

"The Enemy Within, Part 5" - the very first Transformers story ever written by Simon Furman, with toy-accurate art!

This toy re-kindled my love of TF's, and I had him in display on my room for a long time.

 

Then my bro (who owned it) let a friend destroy it. *sighs*

 

I keep looking for a chance to get another one, although I'd prefer Primal Prime.

Bow - Get him.  GET HIM!!! He rules.  He is also the first TF to get me back into collecting.  though had I the chance to get Primal Prime instead, I would have, but that's just a choice of color, the mold ROCKS.

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That and the new button that prevents you from getting shot IN THE EYE!!!

 

Oh and...

TM2 Megs, Optimal, Rampage and tigerhawk are awsome molds IMO

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Other than his tank mode, I don't really care for Rampage that much. Too bulky.

show accurate = optimal optimus

non show-accurate = primal prime

 

same mold - the term is useful - irrelevant if the egg came first or the chicken...heh

Show or no show those two toys rock :tflaugh