Post by mpchi on Dec 18, 2006 16:59:50 GMT -5
Gallery from seibertron.com:
www.seibertron.com/toys/gallery.php?id=900&size=0&start=0
Sorry without any pics, due to not having my camera with me at the moment.
Just got this this weekend. While the unpainted car polish still need sometime to get used to (since I mainly only buy Binaltech), this San Diego Comic Con limited version does look great. Thanks to the color scheme being all black with metalic blue and silver accents, the body look much less plasticy than other lighter colors Alternator. While I like the Alt Prime sculpt, it was kind of pointless for me to get a smaller, inferior quality Prime when my BTs already have a nice Masterpiece Prime as the leader. Though this Nemesis Prime gave me a very good reason to it now, as I always wanted to own an Evil Prime. This one fits right into the slot.
The Goods? It looks great in both mode, especially truck mode. There are less seams found in this car mode than a lot of other BTs, while the black body with red windows just blend in very nicely. Robot mode looks great and pose well. The paint scheme just look menacing and quite an improvement on the original red and blue. Transformation also somewhat simpler than other BTs, which is also a welcome if you don't like reading the instructions all the time. Joints on the upper body is all tight and sturdy, with very good moving range.
The Bads? The lower body. Loose leg joints on hip, thigh swivel, knee, and feet (pretty much all of them
). While the figure was designed to be well balanced in terms of weight, the loose joints on the legs really kill its stability. While the hips can be fixed by disassembling it and add some tape to add friction, the knee is really troublesome. The lower legs can't be easily taken apart, making the surgery a lot harder. Turn out need to be really creative (slip in hard foil strips [from over the counter pills package] in knee hinge and re-enforce it with super strong double side tape) and took a couple hours to finally get the knee tight and sturdy. Aside from the leg joints, the front wheel steeling also don't seem to work that well. Not smooth like my other BTs.
So overall, its a hit & miss. I like the design quite a bit, and this color scheme definitely put Nemesis Prime as one of my favorite looking Alt, right behind Hot Rod. However, the execution is not quite there in terms of all the leg joints. I doubted I got a lemon as both the left and right legs have the exact degree of looseness on the same joint. So its more likely the mold. And with the high price places are going, due to its exclusiveness, its not a very good buy. But also like Hot Rod, its one of those coolest bot in the BT/ALT line that you just have to bite the bullet if you wanna own one. But now that I fixed the looseness, its awesome!
www.seibertron.com/toys/gallery.php?id=900&size=0&start=0
Sorry without any pics, due to not having my camera with me at the moment.
Just got this this weekend. While the unpainted car polish still need sometime to get used to (since I mainly only buy Binaltech), this San Diego Comic Con limited version does look great. Thanks to the color scheme being all black with metalic blue and silver accents, the body look much less plasticy than other lighter colors Alternator. While I like the Alt Prime sculpt, it was kind of pointless for me to get a smaller, inferior quality Prime when my BTs already have a nice Masterpiece Prime as the leader. Though this Nemesis Prime gave me a very good reason to it now, as I always wanted to own an Evil Prime. This one fits right into the slot.
The Goods? It looks great in both mode, especially truck mode. There are less seams found in this car mode than a lot of other BTs, while the black body with red windows just blend in very nicely. Robot mode looks great and pose well. The paint scheme just look menacing and quite an improvement on the original red and blue. Transformation also somewhat simpler than other BTs, which is also a welcome if you don't like reading the instructions all the time. Joints on the upper body is all tight and sturdy, with very good moving range.
The Bads? The lower body. Loose leg joints on hip, thigh swivel, knee, and feet (pretty much all of them
). While the figure was designed to be well balanced in terms of weight, the loose joints on the legs really kill its stability. While the hips can be fixed by disassembling it and add some tape to add friction, the knee is really troublesome. The lower legs can't be easily taken apart, making the surgery a lot harder. Turn out need to be really creative (slip in hard foil strips [from over the counter pills package] in knee hinge and re-enforce it with super strong double side tape) and took a couple hours to finally get the knee tight and sturdy. Aside from the leg joints, the front wheel steeling also don't seem to work that well. Not smooth like my other BTs.So overall, its a hit & miss. I like the design quite a bit, and this color scheme definitely put Nemesis Prime as one of my favorite looking Alt, right behind Hot Rod. However, the execution is not quite there in terms of all the leg joints. I doubted I got a lemon as both the left and right legs have the exact degree of looseness on the same joint. So its more likely the mold. And with the high price places are going, due to its exclusiveness, its not a very good buy. But also like Hot Rod, its one of those coolest bot in the BT/ALT line that you just have to bite the bullet if you wanna own one. But now that I fixed the looseness, its awesome!
