Review: #816
Name: Vector Prime
Brand: Transformers
Allegiance: Autobot
Line: Generations - Legacy: United
Year of Release: 2024
Size Class: Voyager (Wave 3)
Mold Status: retool of Legacy Jhiaxus
ALTERNATE MODE:
Based upon his appearance in the Cybertron cartoon, Vector Prime transforms into a spaceship.
This is fairly faithful to the original design, although the proportions are tweaked (not helped by that this mold is a retool rather than being brand new). At least he looks very decent.
Like the original though, there is a fair bit of undercarriage kibble, mainly being his robot arms.
He comes with a mini Cybertron Key, although it doesn't activate any gimmicks. The key can be stored on top of the ship. While his robot sword on the side.
There is a lot of intricate sculpting, and the metallic paint used makes him fairly nice and a good call-back to the original toy.
While not perfect, this is still a great alternate mode.
TRANSFORMATION:
The original had a simple transformation and this new version doesn't complicate things too much either. The back unfolds to become the legs, the arms from underneath. The front this time away into his torso. It's a boring but functional transformation scheme.
ROBOT MODE:
Despite sharing the legs, arms and part of the torso with Jhiaxus, this remold did a fantastic job of still making the figure looking like Vector Prime. Although some more iconic elements such as his forearm guards are gone.
He carries kibble on his back, being the solar panel wings from alternate mode. They're supposed to be a cape of sorts but it is very inelegant. His back does feel like a mess.
The head sculpt is great, and the metallic teal used is really nice.
In robot mode, he is once again decent in size.
For articulation, he has joints for his head, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hands, waist, hips, knees and ankles. He has very good articulation.
He comes with the Cybertron Key as mentioned, but also a sword. Both are made from transparent plastic.
The key can peg onto his chest, as a call-back to the lights and sounds gimmick of the original toy.
Otherwise you can store the key on his back, out of the way.
Finally, he can hold the sword in either hand. You open and close the hand to put the sword in.
The sword can also store on his back.
There are a few other 5mm ports around him, so he can use the sword in various ways.
Some longer heelspurs would be amiss, but he's still okay and stable most of the time.
This is a nice update to a character that was important to the Cybertron cartoon.
OVERALL:
Vector Prime as a standalone figure is solid, and as an update to the Cybertron character, is also solid. He loses some gimmicks compared to the original but he gains a lot of articulation. Despite being a retool, he has enough new parts to do the character some justice.
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