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INFORMATION > TOYS AND COMICS > TOY REVIEWS > CYBERTRON > VECTOR PRIME

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Vector Prime


 

Strength

:

7.0

Intelligence

:

9.0

Speed

:

7.0

Endurance

:

9.0

Rank

:

8.0

Courage

:

7.0

Firepower

:

7.0

Skill

:

7.0


Transformers Toy Line : Cybertron
Company : Hasbro
Fraction : Autobot

Size : Ultra
Rating : 8/10

Reviewed By : Starscream

Rating Breakdown :

Playability : 9/10
Fun Factor : 8/10
Difficulty Level : 5/10
Posability : 8/10
Detail : 5/10

 

 

Through time and space arrives Vector Prime who is also known as "The Last Autobot" and is a legend through all of Cybertron History. He came through time to help Optimus Prime and the Autobots save the Galaxy and prevent the biggest disaster in Cybertron History and maybe save the rest of the Galaxy from total destruction.

Vector Prime is unlike most Autobots as he is from the past but also has the ability to transport through time and space. He carries with him a Sword with unimaginable power that is capable of opening warp gates to other Planets and with this and his Cyber-Planet-Key he is able to warp through time and effect the past/future.

Vehicle mode is a type of space shuttle that's never been seen before by anybody from our time. The shuttle looks beautiful and sleek but sadly since this is the Hasbro version it sucks in a lot of places, first downfall is the wings on the shuttle. On the Takara Galaxy Force version of this figure the wings are made of solid firm plastic but on the Hasbro version the Wings are made of weak poor plastic that's always bent in a stupid direction even if you never touched them. Sadly this also goes for Vector Primes sword too which is also made from bendy plastic rather than the Takara version which has solid plastic.

The front of the shuttle has a missile hidden in the middle section of the front area of the ship while on top of the front area is an area where the Mini-Con Safe Guard can attach to in vehicle mode to give the space shuttle more fire power. Under the shuttle the feet rotate inwards and reveal two types of radar dishes while the center area contains a cock pit of the shuttle. The side area on the back section has two Mini-Con ports and above that is Vector Primes Cyber-Planet-Key slot which once inserted has sound effects but this is only if you put batteries in as it appears yet again Hasbro have released a Cybertron figure with sound effects but without batteries.

Vector Prime also comes with his own Mini-Con called Safe Guard who can transform into a space shuttle to accompany Vector Prime in space but he also has the ability to transform into a gun that can attach to Vector Primes wrist area and act as a short range blaster. Safe Guard also connects to the front area of shuttle mode to add more fire power and also improve the design of the vehicle mode. The vehicle mode for Safe Guard is rather nice and looks much better than most other Mini-Cons and the Robot mode also seems to have a fair amount of articulation than even some of the Cybertron Scouts such as Scattershot (I.E the knees are actually able to bend) but its just a shame that the paint work on Safe Guard just seems a little lazy as there is hardly much paint application to him aside from maybe three colors.

Vector Prime in robot mode looks very much like a Knight of the old stories and looks amazing and very different when compared to the other Transformers but considering that Vector Prime is from a different time than all the other Transformers then this makes sense. If you look at the face for Vector Prime very closely you notice that the face for Vector Prime is actually the Autobot Symbol! Another cool feature about Vector Prime is that he comes with his Energon Sword which cuts through Time and Space and also he comes with his very own type of Cyber-Planet-Key. Vector Prime comes with a different type of Planet-key than all the other Transformers, his Planet-Key has symbols for all the other Planets that were once used to make the Space-Bridge that connected all the Planets together before the great wars ruined and destroyed everything.

This version of Vector Prime comes painted in a golden style of coloring and was sold singly which is rather insulting because why this version of Vector Prime wasn't sold with Maroon Cybertron Starscream makes no sense at all. Instead fans had to buy two Vector Primes (One with the original color scheme) just to get a hold of a small version of Starscream when in reality Hasbro could easily have sold Starscream with the Golden Repaint of Vector Prime but chose not too.

The packaging for the Golden Version of Vector Prime followed the standard Cybertron packaging which was identical to how he was originally packaged. Standard Cybertron box with the figure displayed in vehicle mode with images on the back of robot mode and vehicle mode with a clear plastic window on the front on the box. Vector Prime came with his instructions and his Cyber-Planet-Key and his Mini-Con and Sword along with a missile.

A fantastic figure but as repaints go then this figure isn't that fantastic but it is a good mould. It would have been nice if instead of Hasbro screwing us all over and repaint the figure as Alpha Trion and then making him a Botcon exclusive that if they had released that version instead of this plain golden version. Its an alright repaint but just feels like it could have been so much more.

 

 
         
         
         
         
         
         

 

 

 

 
 

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