![]() Needs a banana, and maybe a red neck tie.Īs previously mentioned the beast mode head is on a huge ball joint with a great range of motion and switching out the face plates is as simple as pulling one out and snapping in a new one, no screws, no buttons or clips, just friction. I have seen a few cases of crossed or lazy eyes on some copies so if you have the option of inspecting your copy before purchase take the opportunity and have a good look. Painted eyeballs are new to the masterpiece line and could use some work but most of mine are satisfactory. The gorilla faces are nicely painted with crisp details. The almost metallic paint on his chest and belly do a convincing job of separating skin from “fur” and looks very nice in hand. There are a few spots on my copy where the transfer has flaws and hard seam lines but this is likely hit and miss with each copy. The use of digital transfers for the fur texture is ingenious if slightly flawed. ![]() While I personally would have loved a more realistic gorilla mode I applaud Takara for their attempts in replicating the on screen ape model. This is the trade-off that is going to divide some fans. Does he look like the source material? Absolutely! Almost to a fault. It doesn’t look like a perfect real world gorilla with fur and leathery skin but it looks like a convincing ape. Now there's a face that only a monkey could love.ĭoes it look like a Gorilla? Yes. To steal a phrase from the mighty Megatron “I would have waited an eternity for this!” and now that he’s here let’s take a look! Now in 2016 he has finally made his way to me. A few years later and news of Masterpiece Optimus Primal becomes reality as prototypes are shown in Japan and an official announcement is made to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Beast Wars. I was flabbergasted to see Optimus Primal was one of the available choices, and while Star Saber eventually came out victorious, there was Optimus Primal sitting in a cozy 6th place, much higher than anyone could have foreseen. It seemed nearly impossible until in 2013, a fan poll was held to decide the next Masterpiece figure to be made. I’ve been enjoying the Masterpiece line for many years now, with near perfect representations of G1 greats like Optimus Prime and Grimlock, with a nagging voice in the back of my head wondering if Beast Wars would ever receive a treatment similar. The final robot mode was what defined Transformers for me for years to come and really pushed me headlong into the franchise. ![]() Packaged in ape mode, the transformation was simple but satisfying. I still remember tearing open the package and staring in awe at, what I thought at the time, was a perfect representation of the Maximal leader. Razorbeast even came MISB on the blister pack so I literally relived my very first Transformer’s birthday gift all these years later on my birthday before last!Īs nice as these smaller bots were, nothing could compare to the day I received the ultra-class Optimus Primal. Both were eventually lost to time but have since been replaced by loving family members. I was absolutely giddy to finally own a character that I could see on screen as I flew him around the house “Terrorizing” the cats. Following that was Terrorsaur, a Christmas present from my parents the same year. My very first brand new Transformer, gifted to my for my birthday, was the Beast Wars basic class Razorbeast, a pivotal character later on in the comic books who never appeared on screen in the show much to my dismay. I was obsessed with dinosaurs and robots, with both ever present right from the start in the Beast Wars TV show I was hooked immediately. Beast Wars was everything to me as an impressionable child. Being born in the tail end of the 80s I wasn’t fully cognisant of G1 until my later years when I grew to appreciate the original franchise. Beast Wars, or as we Canucks knew it, Beasties, was my first real Transformers experience.
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