Transformers Alternators Dodge Ram SRT10 Optimus Prime Review

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(More customer reviews)This is Optimus Prime, but definitely not one of the best Optimus Prime's you could go out and buy right now.
Lets start of by saying that in truck mode this toy looks very convincing. It is very detailed and there is little to give away the fact that this toy transforms into a robot. It has a lot of little detailing, like a realistic interior and fold down truck gate and opening hood that make it an interesting toy from the start.
Now the transformation for this toy it where things start to get bad. I will start out by saying that I collect transformers, and I must have at least 100 toys ranging from Generation 1 up until the recent Cybertron toy line. I have the MP-01 "Anniversary Optimus Prime" which often gets put in the Alternators line, which is where this Dodge Ram Optimus Prime is from.
Now the first thing that struck me when transforming this toy into a robot is that the directions weren't as clear as they should be. I mean, half the time I don't even look at the directions, but some of the joint configurations, especially for the arms are very confusing as to whey they were done the way they were. Several parts, like the car doors, pulled off when I was transforming this toy, and although they snap right back on it was a little shocking to have a part come off so early into a transformation (or 2 minutes after you get this toy out of the box).
After struggling with the transformation, I eventually got it into Robot mode, and when looking at this toy in Robot Mode, it doesn't look anything like Prime, except for the head. The robot mode is bulky and ill-proportioned at best. You have to tuck the spoiler of the truck into the back of the legs, which will force the tailgate down giving his feet a "heel" to help keep him upright (something they don't tell you in the instruction, btw). If you do not do this the toy will lean backwards.
They legs are not very poseable at all, at least, not in any way that will allow you to pose them and have the toy stand up without falling over. The same goes with the arms. There is so much junk around the arms (junk like car doors, car seats, front bumper sections that come off way to easily, the hood/chest of the car, etc) that make posing his arms interestingly a real challenge too. The Robots fingers are articulated, which is nice and something they did in the Anniversary Prime, and the face sculpt is one of the better optimus prime heads I have seen recently, but the lack of poseability coupled with the fragility of this toy make it hard to recommend.
This toy is not for children, no matter what the box says. Parts come off of it way too easily, to either be swallowed or lost, to make it a viable toy for kids.
It seems that a lot of playability was sacrificed for looks, and in truck mode this works fine. However the Robot mode, which is what transformers is all about, is just horrible. It doesn't look good, it cannot be posed good, and if you really wanted a more "realistic" Optimus Prime you could go for the 20th anniversary edition, or even the THS-02 "hybrid style" Prime, both of which have tons of articulation, a lot of realistic detailing and have the benefit of actually looking like Optimus Prime in more than just the face and colors.

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