Okay, last saturday, to my supreme joy, my RM starscream and Prime showed up. Now since BG already did a starscream review and since i have yet to see an RM Prime review, here is my two cents.

 

 

Packaging:

IMHO nobody beats the Japanese on packaging whether it be Transformers, Robotech, or gumball machine chibi toys, the Japanese know presentation. Bright and bold the carded/boxed package overwhelms you with art and information (all of which would be usefull i am sure if you can read Japanese :redface) I generaly find Takara's packaging much more pleasing than Hasbro's, but since i don't keep the packaging (except for MP convoy's) i guess it doesn't really matter a whole lot.

 

Robot Mode

At first glance you look at RM Prime and go, "Wow, he's small." but upon closer inspection and ample hours of posing, your next immediate respone is, "Wow, he's small, but DAMN he's cool!"

 

He has quite a bit of articulation; ball joints on the neck, shoulders, and hips. Swivel joints in the upper arms (ALA MP Convoy) Elbows, Knees, Wrists, and Ankles all bend appropriately. He also has a waist joint that allows him to turn this way an that, but be forwarned he has been known to break at this joint with excessive play.

 

Alot of the details that you can find on your MP Convoy and 20th Primes are molded into this little guy. For a figure that stands roughly 4-4.5 inches that's a lot of details. You'll find molded shocks on the legs and also the areas on MP Convoy that allow you to pull the hands into the arms are molded in as well. While none of these features work, it adds some incredible detail to such a small figure. This is G1 Prime down too a tee, I have decided that this prime was made to lead all your G1 rereleases into battle. He stands a head higher than Jazz and Prowl and is even in height with G1 Tracks.

 

All in all his robot mode is a georgous rendition of the character.

 

ALT MODE

 

Okay, i'll admit the Alt mode suffers. It's not only way to small but it has many problems as far as holding together. Like MP Convoy, it is clear that this mode was not the focus of the toy.

 

Accessorites

Much to my surprise, this little guy came with a multitude of accessories. Two sets of fists (one set for each of the two guns) Primes recognizable ion cannon (though Takara once again chose to go with the inaccurate grey/silver instead of black) an "energon" gun with a spring loaded missle, and an Energon Axe similar in style to the one that came with the MP version.

 

I am very happy with this version of the character. He's poseable, has alot of molded detail and looks like the G1 toy should have when it came out. All in all I'd give it a 6 out of 10 :thumb

my only gripe is the fact you must completely remove a hand to insert the energon axe.

 

Im bound to loose it if i use the axe mode.

my only gripe is the fact you must completely remove a hand to insert the energon axe.

 

Im bound to loose it if i use the axe mode.

This is a bit off topic but since its my topic you can all just eat me :tftongue

 

But I have found that the clear plastic cases for Hot Wheels cars is excellent for holding those stray Transformer peices and Minicons as well. I have two such cases and they hold all my peices in seperate compartments and since it's clear, they are all easily accessible

Great review man, although now you've pretty much sold me on getting RM Prime and spending even more cash on tfs :redface

 

BTW what was your opinion on RM SS?

I loved starscream! I had the same complaints as you, wings in the way of the arms and no knees, but other wise, it surpasses the orginal and it's cartoon accurate. Everything a TF toy strives for I guess. I switched his null guns with those from my Heros of Cybertron Starscream to give him a little more meaness

i got the RM-10 Convoy and i gotta say i also love the little guy. i'm a huge fan of well made SMALL toys so this guy is great imo. i currently have him sitting on my MP convoy's shoulder ;) i perfer the metalic paint of the RM-10 over the plastic of the RM-01 also the RM-10 comes with the black gun as well. i personally could care less about scale as long as the toy is well made.

 

on a note about accessories i keep all my accessories in a big tupperware container filled with smaller containers. i seperate like accessories such as heads, hands, guns, melee weapons, ect to make things easier to find. i have alot of Kaiyodo figures so i have LOADS of extra accesories.

i own all o the rm and i gotta say imo beast convoy is the best one

I would get RM prime if not for the fact of scranny sizeness. If I recall, isn't vintage Prime bigger? I guess if it was on scale as a delux I would reconsider..

yeah RM Prime/Convoy is pretty small.