My wife got me an Optimus for Christmas, but I waited until today to open it up. I was waiting on some replacement stacks from Spencer that I ordered during the Agesthreeandup closeout sale. As has been said already the lighter shade of red really isn't all that bad. I took a couple of pics with my light box and a comparison pic with my Childhood Optimus. I use my lightbox mainly for smaller figures, so sorry about the cardboard showing in the far away comparison shot. My wife picked this up for $46 shipped which I think is about what the original price for this should have been. It is an awesome set and this makes my 4th prime with my original and 3 reissues. It was great to see G1 Prime again here in the U.S.

The other nice thing is the bubble insert was made for a prime with longer stacks, so he fit right back into the box without any problems.

 

great comparison pics  

 

Does this prime come with a sticker sheet similar to the original G1?

 

I didn't check out the sticker sheet yet. I'm guessing it is just like the one from the japanese reissues. At least that is how I remember the other Hasbro reissues being.

So it would be same stickers as the original G1, but the Japanese Transformers logo instead of the English one.

 

it had stickers? oh yeah i remember!

 

for all of you guys who want him, toysrus.com is now selling it for around $40, which is nearly half off. i recommend getting it now