As someone who enjoys IDW’s designs for Transformers in general . I was highly anticipating this kit since preordering him from Ohmyprimus when I saw it came up on their listing . So here’s a review on the kit . Do note I’ve done some paint work on it , so it will be different from a snapbuild . Some scaling in order how it scales to deluxe and the current siege voyager optimus comparison to Gcreation’s mp version of it and your typical MG 1/100 rx-78-02. and now for what you get and the front view of the figure .
1x optimus prime , 3x pairs of hands“being open/jazz hands , trigger finger posed hands for attaching ion blaster and closed fists” , and 1x ion blaster . backview side view
Articulations :
Butterfly joint and maximum back and front movement for the shoulder , hinge for the back fins and it’s maximum back and front .
Upwards movement

Head movements , head is connected on a balljoint from the neckpiece. Neck is connected on a rocker from the collar piece upwards movement Maximum turn upwards and to our right maximum turn downwards to our left Top view neckrocker and downwards head tilt torso movements upwards and now downwards /ab crunch Backbreaker

 

Part 2 . It was getting a little cluttered to arrange the pics.
Leg articulation , here’s where it gets interesting. Both legs are connected to the hips via individually articulated rockers which allows an incredible range of movements if you use it. And also collapsible upper calves that allows an incredible knee bend however the ankles which are on a ball joints have very limited articulations due to the design
Now for the arms , connected to the shoulder piece on a swivel , with great elbow bend with it being double hinged hands are on a pin to plug into the polycap connecting into the base of the forearms . Forearms on this kit is on 2 separated pieces connected with a ball to polycap joint . Allowing some range of bends
Assembly and sticker guide
Box size comparison to the recent hg moon gundam Back of the box , instructions and complete sticker sheet

Some thoughts on it after building.
I believe I can say it has slightly thicker plastic compared to bandai’s offerings . Feels a tad more durable and adequate for the higher price point compared to other kits in the size range.

The kit is overall very easy to assemble and the plastic doesn’t seem to mark easily at all and nub mark removals was an easy task. There’s some very smart choices for the kit , one being the individual hip rockers which you usually see in some modern mastergrade gunplas and the collapsible upper calves that allows for a deeper knee bend .

The general hand feel of the kit is more similar to an action figure than a model kit . Feels very durable , nothing really falls apart when handling the assembled kit.

The only real negatives are the stickers for the arms , it’s iconic to this interpretation of optimus . However it’s two big pieces of stickers with no area allowed for mistakes when putting it on. And due to it being from a foil sheet , it wrinkles easy. The ankles were a tad disappointing as well , as despite being on a ball joint is also quite limited in range mostly due to shin design . I’ve also noticed some misalignment in the panel lines for the neck piece .

Overall I genuinely enjoy building it and was quite surprised by just the general quality, and engineering implemented since this is just their 3rd model kit ? This feels like building a action figure in the form of a model kit . I look forward to their future kits , and would recommend getting their kits , if you enjoy building model kits to mess around with . I do hope they venture into more parts separation in the future and reduce the stickers needed , or switch to decals .

 

Thank you for a very thorough review! How long did it take to build?

 

It took about a day because of paint and nub removals , but shouldn’t take more than 4-5 hours if you’re doing a snapbuild

 

Excellent review, and the kit looks fantastic. Your painted details look great as well, especially the face. The detail is crisp there and I had no idea just looking at the bare plastic.

Really hope I can find this for a decent price one day. Much more to my liking than the first OP.

 

I took their promotional images as a guide . So it was easy to plan it out before assembling. Also helped I had gcreations and the comic images up.

As for decent price , usagundamstore has it at $32.99, and you can use zakuaurelius promo code for it .

 

Looks fantastic. Can't wait for their MTMTE Megatron. One of these days I really need to get around to building their first version of Optimus Prime that I bought a few months ago

 

Yeah , waiting for megs to get on the preorder listing and maybe also bee .
I forgot to list this up , but here’s a very violent shake test incase anyone is wondering what I meant by it feeling very durable . You can’t do that to a gunpla kit

Jhund The Jester on Instagram: “How solid is #flametoys #idw #optimusprime kit ? . . . . #autobots #transformers”

 

I bought this guy because Flame Toys have completely won me over and recently got him. I've never done a model kit before but as said, this guy was definitely easy for beginners.

With the exception of a few niggles, he's pretty amazing and was a lot of fun to build. Definitely has a lot of personality and I love how poseable he is. I was planning on only getting Autobot Megs as well but now I'm tempted to get Bee and Nemesis Prime as well.

 

Great review @Jhund looks like a fun build and I'm glad to hear it's fairly sturdy once completed.

 

can’t say I blame you for that , I’m also in on bee , but half and half on megs now . The recent showcase does indicate it needs a lot more paint due to lack of parts separation. Might need to hit the hobby shop again to plan for it .

yeah it’s pretty damn sturdy compared to other types of model kits on the market . I posted this on my ig and some transformers fan page on fb Jhund The Jester on Instagram: “How solid is #flametoys #idw #optimusprime kit ? . . . . #autobots #transformers”