SIEGE OPTIMUS OR EARTHRISE OPTIMUS?

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Do you prefer seige optimus or earthrise optimus?

  1. Earthrise optimus

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  2. Siege optimus

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  1. motorthing

    motorthing Too old for this $hit

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    Both are great, can't really go wrong with either if you want a solid Optimus for the next decade until they decide the next update is due.
     
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    I love Siege bot mode, alt is goofy though. ER is good in both modes and is fun to transform
     
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    I love them both. I actually bought Siege Prime this year, AFTER I already had ER. ER is better, but my goodness, Siege is phenomenal and is worth owning as well, IMO. ER succeeds at being very faithful to the cartoon that made me fall in love with TF in the first place. Siege looks like this futuristic techy, cool updated version and I love that too.
     
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    loof hungry AND thirsty for plastic

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    I would go with Earthrise because the shoulder articulation looks and (seemingly) functions better.
     
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    I do prefer Earthrise Prime with the cleaner look and earth style mode with trailer. But Siege does have alot going for it as well. As others have pointed out, I do like how he is better proportioned. One of the things I do have to knock ER Prime on is he is too long legged and the torso too short looking. I also prefer the grey upperface and blue eyes of Siege vs. the blue upper face and blue eyes of ER. If they had kept the yellow eyes, it wouldn't have been so bad.
     
  6. HunterGreen2005

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    Get both Netflix Wave 2 Earthrise Optimus Prime and upcoming Premium Finish Siege Optimus Prime.

    The trailer sucks in general, but if you need a trailer, get AU Optimus Prime for variety to go with the two figures you are buying above.

    And the AU Prime trailer looks more grown up so it fits with the more mature looking Netflix wave 2 ER Prime.
     
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    That's why...
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    This is why I passed on it. But, the more I look at it, the more i would take a chance on the mold. The robot mode looks great, despite the kimono sleeves and backpack.
     
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    Seige Optimus Prime is a good Mold I'd buy him for 10-15 dollars. His back Kibble is functional (protection from seekers above and getting shot in the back) the arm Kibble is what kills it for me.
    I'm going to say it again... This mold should be retooled into the cab for a power master Optimus Prime
     
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    Gotta with Earthrise Prime just for his earth mode.
     
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    Siege is a very good mold but ER is “essential”. IMHO.

    I still can’t bring myself to keep just one.
     
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    The butt wheels have always deterred me from wanting to keep the ER version (I picked up the Sleep Mode redeco from Amazon last year). I’m also not big on Siege OP’s arm kibble, but they double as flip-out arm blasters, so I can work with that. I also like the overall sculpt better on Siege.
     
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    Thread over
     
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    It’s as if they want us to kitbash the two for a superior OP…
     
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    ER has a better transformation, but Siege is the better figure. Both are really good and I'm glad to have them!
     
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    Hard disagree here, the little wheel tuck into the chest on Siege Optimus is a delight, and the legs are more interesting.
     
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    By no means do I think the transformation on Siege prime is sub par. They are both great figures all around. ER Prime comes pretty close to magic with his transformation cleaning up both modes extraordinarily well.

    All comes down to opinion when both are so well done. I definitely prefer Siege leg transformation too. Overall I think he's the better toy, but to me ER takes him in transformation.
     
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    I loathed the wheel tuck initially but, I do hope it's the standard going forward (especially if the alternative is a flap that hinders articulation). Now if Hasbro/TakaraTomy would just merge the very best aspects of both molds into a single Voyager toy . . .
     
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    I own both, and I’ve considered, as part of my efforts to downsize my collection a bit (ha ha!) to sell one. It is difficult though, as they each have things going for, and against them. In some ways, I think of Earthrise Optimus as the definitive version in that scale, especially with the third party back gap add-on. (His robot mode doesn’t need it, but it improves his truck form a lot.) Couple that with the fact I also have Nemesis Prime in the Siege mould, I guess Siege Prime is the one I’m most likely to sell.

    But then I look at ER Prime’s chest to belly ratio (I.e. how far the chest juts out above his abs) and it’s a bit too much… but Siege versions is just right. In fact his whole body ratio is a bit better than ER’s. So, even now not a foregone conclusion that I’ll sell him. But ER’s has the Earth alt-mode and he is much cleaner.

    The best version really would be somewhere between the two.