Great comparison, Gok, thanks!

 

Hmm, I may have been wrong about my buy- judging from the auction pics, mine does have the retractable fists, and the little engine-guy (my command of TF terms is still lacking, yes?) appears to be wthie in one pic, but chrome in his engine-mode. Perhaps he's white/light on one side, chrome on the other?

 

He hasn't shipped yet, but he came w/ Priority shipping, so w/ luck I'll have him by Friday. Thx for the input guys!

like many others, I to had Power Master Prime as a kid. Always my favorite toy. I still have it too. I even bought a spare couple years back in relatively good shape. For $25 bucks. loose.

 

Anyway I had lost my Hi-Q figure and one of the grey guns broke the peg off. but I still loved the toy. I even found a C7-C8 condition empty box with styro for $20 when I was in japan for the Japanese version for Super Jinrai.

 

Anyway I also bought the God Jinrai reissue. To me it is the same toy. But IMHO better. the hand retract, the window frame of the cab form is metal, and Hi-Q has that chrome finish on the back. (he is still white in the front) and you get god bomber. so a win-win situation. so i put the reissue Jinrai in the original G1 box and put my original power master prime in the reissue box haha.

 

Hands down the best Powermaster of them all. the only other prime I can think of that i like more is MP Prime.

For me Ginrais slidey hands make all the difference :)

I love mine.

i have my original pmop in box, hasbro reissue misb, tak reissue mib, and another hasbro reissue that i added the kit to. they are awesome.

Hobbes, where did you get that image for your avatar? I haven't seen any images of Animated Soundwave other than the test shot of the toy.

Hobbes, where did you get that image for your avatar? I haven't seen any images of Animated Soundwave other than the test shot of the toy.

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=160160

I got the Hasbro Reissue & I love it. The coolest brick in my collection. :thumb

L: Optimus Prime, R: Ginrai

Notice how their crotch plates are in different places :D

 

But, you know, either looks cool to me...

Powermaster Optimus Prime is an amazing figure. Definitely one of my favorite G1 pieces.