{"id":4057,"date":"2024-10-17T11:38:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T18:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/?p=4057"},"modified":"2024-10-17T11:38:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T18:38:41","slug":"review-prime-changers-transformers-one-alpha-trion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/reviews\/4057","title":{"rendered":"Review: Prime Changers Transformers One Alpha Trion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Transformers One Prime Changers Alpha Trion, wise and old, yet battle-ready, is a really fun deluxe-sized figure, but why? Read on to find out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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One thing to note: his little horn-dagger is super easy to miss sock-tied down there at the bottom of the tray, it’s small and blends in way too well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Robot mode pluses:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  • well articulated to modern Siege\/Legacy-levels with great range on all, plus forearm rotation and cape jointing<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • nice deco, lots of metallic purple paint and plastic<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • accessory storage inside the cape works, and is shown in the instructions<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • chunky sculpt has great personality<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • size is decent for a modern deluxe<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • accessories are fun, unique, and easy to work with<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • flight stand on the back of the waist<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Robot mode minuses:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    • his detailing is low and not especially sharp<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • heel spurs work fine in most poses but hinge back for transformation with no friction stops, so the occasional pose might require correcting them<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • a bunch of design holes on this guy, shoulders, hips, and chest, none of which are 5mm ports but so easily could have been<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • missing paint on the chest from the character design<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      Beast mode pluses:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      • great expressive robo-lion head<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • electro-horn can be angled forward or straight up<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • quite stable considering the design, beast tail locks the waist articulation down to avoid getting sloppy<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • deco moves elements around to use the gray more as the mane<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • personality and charm in this design, there’s a style to it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Beast mode minuses:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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        • beast mode anatomy is limited by design decisions, and it has a baked-in stalking pose, that adds up to something more reminiscent of a bull or a hyena than a lion<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • rear half is dominated by robot legs becoming beast legs in a manner not evocative of a lion<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • head is not movable at all, you can break it out of the transformation to raise it up but it’s not intended<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • posing feels limited<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • electro-tail and horn are the wrong color, blue instead of purple<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • transformation has tabs to lock in the shoulders but they aren’t all that useful<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Overall: B+<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

          Prime Changers Alpha Trion is a really neat, fun figure, the robot mode is fantastic with tons of articulation, a workable cape that also stores the accessories, and a lot of personality; but his detail is low. Transformation is simple but fun and the front half is clever, it takes a simple “stand up, you’re a robot” and makes it charming. The beast mode has a nice look, but it’s kind of awkward to find alternate poses from the intended one, and the rear is doing its best with heavy limitations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          Thanks to Hasbro and Paramount for providing this review sample.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Transformers One Prime Changers Alpha Trion, wise and old, yet battle-ready, is a really fun deluxe-sized figure, but why? Read on to find out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[96,89,88,87],"class_list":["post-4057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-alpha-trion","tag-review","tag-tf1","tag-transformers-one"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4057"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4084,"href":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4057\/revisions\/4084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tfviews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}