Customer Reviews

Transformers Revenge of The Fallen Leader Optimus Prime

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(7)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

This Optimus prime is very faithful to the 07 movie Optimus who appeared on screen in terms of looks and transformation. This toy has three sound features, one is in robot mode, Optimus saying, "I am Optimus prime" two is the classic transformation sound, three is truck sounds when pressing the button on the back of the cab mode.

Articulation is good, as you can see from the pictures, he has two blades one on each arm, they can be flipped up to be stored behind his arms thou they tend to get blocked by parts that make up his truck mode.

Transforming, this isn't for a rookie, it's pretty hard and the instructions aren't that clear because their done in 2D so they tend to be confusing, get stuck, YouTube it for help there's plenty of videos out there to help. I would rank him as a class 5 instead of Hasbro's rating system that rates legend class figures with the simplest transformations at 2, because of the complexity of his transformation

Truck mode, is only slightly larger than the 07 leader class toy but looks impressive.

I do recommend this toy for older children, for younger ones, adult help maybe required when transforming. The voice feature tends to get a little annoying during transformation due to how the head is designed to fit into vehicle mode so I recommend taking the batteries out.

Overall score 9/10 (voice gets on my nerves during transforming)

I'm no child but I love transformers, always have. I cant imagine the time it takes to design these incredible toys and most of em are technically brilliant and loads of fun, unfortunately I have to say I feel very let-down by this model. In robot mode, its excellent, truly excellent. Very pose-able and I guess it looks authentic. As a Truck, Its also very very nice indeed. The light and sounds are a nice extra which do add to the experience, But! Transforming it was an absolutely horrendous experience. The instructions given with transformers are never very clear but for this one I just gave up and tried to work it out myself which was a nightmare. For some reason some of the parts don't properly fit giving a springy feel, tucking the head into the engine compartment just didn't seem to work and I felt like I was constantly gonna break it. My 2 stars don't relate to the toy in general but the fact that it is supposed to be a transformer and transforming it is not something a child would be able to do without considerable help, put it this way, like I said I'm no child and have loads of these stored away in various boxes so I'm not new to the toys but its just taken me 4 hours (including breaks for coffee and periodic swearing) to convert it from the default robot form to the truck. Just be careful if you're buying it for a child. The box states ages 5+ but i would suggest the minimum age for this would be teenager and a very patient one at that.

Seems despite the figure from the first movie being pretty damn good, even Hasbro themselves felt like they could do better the second time round and they were right. I can't believe how much improved in accuracy this figure is. It's slightly bigger too and more posable with much less truck parts hanging off his back. Just overall much tidier and looks great. The truck mode too is an improvement looking far more seamless and even has the back of the truck done too.

Transformation to truck form is a little complex and there was only one bit I struggled with but I soon got the hang of it and have no problem whatsoever.

Lights and sounds are fun and it's nice to see his proper voice announce his name in robot form. Another great feature is that the figure combines with Leader Class Jetfire where Jetfire sorta becomes body armor/jetpak to Prime and makes the figure even more huge.

This is simply the most impressed I've ever been with a Transformers figure and it's worth every penny I paid.

Oh yeah, ignore the photo of the figure at the top. Hasbro's figure photography once again making the figure look far worse than it is and mistransformed.

The only things better on the 2007 model are that it had articulated fingers and rubber tyres. Everything else is far far better on this figure and it's easily by far the best Transformers figure I've owned since the series began in the 80's.

This is one of the best Transformer toys of all time, but it is only for serious collectors and not very good for kids because the transformation is very complex.
It says ages 3 and up on the box, but i dont know how anyone under the age of 12 can transform one of these things unsupervised.
That said it is a perfect rendition of movie Optimus Prime, and one of the most accurate toys ever made.
The paint apps are a bit lacking, but theres no lack of detail and cool gimmicks on the toy, and the accuracy is second to none.
Just ignore the photos on here with the black background uploaded by Donnie B Donnie because that isnt the toy you are getting. Those are misleading photos of a poorly done "custom" job.

I bought this for my nephew who is 6 as it said it was for ages 5 and up. He loves it in both modes but the problem is he will never be able to transform it on his own. It took 2 men (aged 30 and 27) 3 hours to transform it the first time in a joint effort. I believe that now that has come down to 45 mins. However that is still far too complicated for a younger child. I am also worried that it will not stand up to rougher handling as there are lots of small parts that look as if they might snap off. But time will tell.

my grandson had this transformer for his 6th birthday, he has found it very difficult to transform, although it states 5+.. However the adults had good fun trying to help him. overall a great transformer, but a little too expensive for my likeing

Got Optimus for myself and Jetfire for my girlfriend. She can transform Prime no problems, while I can change Jetfire okay. Putting the two together takes an inordinate amount of patience and dexterity. You simply CANNOT do this is if you have the hands of a child, or with less patience than a saint. Follow the instructions included with Jetfire and you wind up with the top half not fitting together - my tip is to seperate the plane skin from the robot on top, freeing the head and allowing it waggle free. Then, working from the top down, lever Jetfire into the final position on Prime's back and the legs are easy. This is the easiest way I have found to do the combination and did not involve too much swearing about poor design.

My husband spent the best part of Christmas day transforming this from a robot to the lorry! It is VERY fiddly. My son (5) was thrilled with it though!

I am not in to transformers myself but bought this for my Grandson for Christmas as he really wanted one. He loves it to bits, BUT, its way to hard for him to transform so definitely a toy for much older boys. I had to get my son to transform it being more technical and it took him a good 2 hours. He complained the instructions were not very clear.Overall my grandson loves it but it will be staying in truck mode for now.

Bought this for my sons fourth birthday and I had read so many bad reviews about how hard it was to transform so was a little worried but it was the only thing my son asked for and I'M SO PLEASED WITH IT!! He love's it!!

It is a fab toy, yes it's a little hard to transform but the rating is difficult on the toy but if you love transformers and Optimus Prime like my four year old then they will love it!! His dad also loved it and they had fun transfoming it together :)!!

Fab noises which sound just like him and such a good toy for the cost!

This was the cheapset place that I saw it being sold when purchased and was really quick delivery in time for his bday!

VERY VERY PLEASED WITH IT!!! Oh well Bumblebee next!!