Review: #861
Name: Sentinel Prime
Brand: Transformers
Allegiance: N/A
Line: Generations - Studio Series
Year of Release: 2025
Size Class: Voyager (Wave 28)
Mold Status: new
JET MODE:
Based upon his design from Transformers One, Sentinel Prime transforms into a Cybertronian jet, although he had never transformed in the movie.
This is a pretty decent looking jet, from all angles actually. He even has a pair of thrusters at the back.
Surprisingly, he doesn't have too much undercarriage kibble, which is impressive.
The robot guns peg onto either side of the cockpit, which looks fairly integrated there (apart from the dull grey plastic used). While the shield pegs onto the top.
A decent jet mode.
TRANSFORMATION:
Sentinel Prime doesn't have too complicated a transformation, although it doesn't feel as intuitive as it should be. The figure has some loose joints, which can make transformation more annoying that it should be. The wings are one piece and jointed to get out of the way. While the sides are the arms, which you pull back into the torso. The back extends to form the legs, and you fold the cockpit away.
ROBOT MODE:
At first glance, Sentinel Prime has a decent robot mode. He looks good and this is a nice design.
The wings on his back are jointed so that they can fold back out of the way.
The head sculpt is also great, but very robotic, which feels weird given that the face is quite expressive in the movie.
You might be forgiven to think he'll be a decent size, and he kind of is. Just that he's a little bit shorter than a typical Voyager.
Articulation is good, with joints for his head, shoulders, elbows, waist, hips, knees and ankles.
His weaponry is a pair of guns and a shield, that's painted a fluro pink.
For the guns, he can hold them conventionally in both hands.
The shield pegs onto the outside of his forearms.
However, the best usage is combining the guns and shield together into the weapon he used in the movie, and it looks great here.
The other neat thing is that the attack he used in the climax of the film can be replicated here, with no added parts. There are mini shoulder cannons and shin cannons that flip out.
He also has a built in battle mask, and you partially transform his right arm so that it looks like a cannon. Folding down his feet and you're done.
Due to how his feet is folded down (and the thrusters are also revealed given that this is a flight battle mode), he gains a bit of height.
The right arm cannon looks a bit cheesy, but otherwise, everything else works really well. Given that everything is built-in without extra parts is really nice.
Despite the positives, the robot mode does have some flaws. Mainly due to the loose jointing, especially around the shoulders and torso areas where the arms like to detach.
The ankle tilts are situated too far up, so it looks weird when you utilise them.
Otherwise, it's a good looking display piece, with a lot of weaponry options, even if the playability is a bit fragile.
OVERALL:
Sentinel Prime, despite his flaws, is a figure worth getting. The design is good, and he has plenty of playability, given his various weaponry plus the battle mode.
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