Sentinel Prime, you have been — and always shall be — a pain in the ass to transform.
on August 28, 2012 at 9:21 pmPosted In: Blog
So, you may be asking yourself, hey, webcartoonist guy, why would you buy a Reprolabels set that mostly enhances a fire truck that a) is a bitch to get the toy into and b) results in a winceworthy sea of unaligned panels when you make the attempt? Because I’m insane, that’s why. And because in theory I like big accurate fire trucks that happen to transform into robots. And I really like that field of stripes that’s now on the rear.
This thing had probably fifteen billion stickers, half of which were tiny millimeter-wide lights. It took me a while.
But I like it.
Here’s the Sentinel Prime toy unstickered, photographed way back.
Wasn’t there an Optimus that transformed into a fire truck? I seem to remember hearing something about that 12 or so years ago.
A few. Robots in Disguise Optimus Prime did, as did Cybertron Optimus Prime, plus (technically) Animated Optimus Prime. Neither were particularly as real-worldy as this toy, however. Animated Optimus Prime was, well, y’know, Cyb Prime was a Cybertronic futurey fire truck, and RID Prime was an okay-looking cab with a bunch of robot parts glued to the back.
Once you figure out which tabs go into which slots, he’s really pretty easy.
Agreed. Willis just sucks at Transformers. Lol.
And yet he still has black hubcaps.
The real-life fire truck DOTM Sentinel Prime transforms into has entirely black wheels and no hubcaps. Because it’s an emergency vehicle. So…
Even then, stickers aren’t exactly the best way to cover uneven surfaces like that, wouldn’t you agree?
huh. Shows how much attention I paid to the third movie. Or to life in general apparently. Hell, the only reason I bought Leader Sentinel is because of the general consensus that he is a bastard to transform and I like frustratingly difficult transformers.
I do agree that stickers are a poor solution. I was actually thinking silver sharpie, because they are magical.