Auldey Optimus Prime

 Non-transforming action figure. 

Fate rarely calls upon us at a moment of our choosing.

4ever Studio DMK 2.0 Optimus Prime. DMK Bumbble Bee. Deluxe Class Sideswipe. Alien Attack Firage (Dino).

Maketoys Striker Noir

Hard for me to imagine how Maketoys will top Striker Noir. It's a nice redeco of an already awesome figure, Striker Manus, and it comes with a set of extra weapons and storage clips. 

The next couple of pictures are alternate versions of Rioter Despotron for done for fun. They weren't planned in the segment above. Maybe I'll add effects and a sky later on.

Maketoys Striker Manus

Striker Manus by Maketoys is an awesome debut for their new line, "Cross Dimension." It's a highly poseable and stylistic take on Optimus Prime. First off, let get one gripe out of the way, I don't like the engineering on the ankle much because of its lack of rotation. Other than that, I really like the figure, and look forward to more from the line.

Notice the silver/grey parts at the bottom of the back? Those parts may hinder proper stances if not shaved off a bit. Just a suggestion.

Blaster transforms from the top of the truck mode. Cool gimmick, but the hands don't grip it as well as I'd like.

Backside looks really cool.

Shoulder articulation is insanely good. Butterfly hinges help to pull off poses such as this and the one below.

Both axes can be linked to form this weapon.

Wei Jiang M01 Commander - OS AoE Evasion Mode Optimus Prime

Going to keep this short. This is a big figure, thus the 'OS' as in oversize in the figure's title. It has been redefined (by Wei Jiang) with better aesthetics, paint apps, strong joints, rubber tires, diecast, and a badass weapon supply. The alt mode is a clean homage to the G1 Optimus Prime truck, and bot mode is movieverse, flame decals and all. I did quite a bit of weathering, not a ridiculous amount, but it's noticeable all around the figure. Also, I shaved down some of the ankle joints to increase the tilt range a bit. Ok, enough typing.. let the pics do the.. hmm.. talking..? You know what I mean.

Messing around. Moved shoulder flaps, and placed blades on back. Looks badass I think. 

 I painted the gold in the armpit area.

 I placed hobby kit len decals over the eyes. They're highly reflective and look best in bright surroundings. Since they're stickers, they can taken off easily.

Not a Bay TF movie basher, but this Matrix looks better.