 Patriot Prime Reviews is a channel for adult collectors and may not be suitable for children under 13 years of age. Viewer discretion is advised. Hey, what's going on guys? Patriot Prime here once again with another Generation 1 Transformers review. But before I start going over my featured bots, I need you guys to do me a favor. If you're watching this video right here and I'm not subscribed to Patriot Prime Reviews, please hit that subscribe button right now. It won't cost you a thing, but will help me and my channel out tremendously. Now, on to the bots. And the bots I'm taking a look at in this video, it's been a long time coming for these guys. I'm taking a look at the Toys R Us reissue of the Power Master Optimus Prime with Apex Armor. This is actually a reissue of the GenRide Power Master Optimus Prime from Japan. Now, I found these two at TF Con just out of dumb luck. Myself and a couple of my friends were heading to an after party on Saturday night. And as we were going down the hallway to the room of the party, this guy stepped out of his room and he's like, Hey guys, you want some deals on some bots? So we walk in his room, he's got a bunch of stuff spread out and I didn't really see anything I wanted. And just as I was leaving, I looked over on a chair and there is this beautiful Power Master Optimus Prime. He's still sealed in his plastic. He's not in the box. He's still sealed on the plastic bubble. I asked how much for this and he said 60 bucks. So immediately I was like, hell yeah, sold. Now, the only problem was this figure is pristine. He's beautiful, but the stickers he came with were trash. I mean, it looks like they have gotten wet. I mean, let me see if you guys can see this. If you peel back, I mean, look at that. So there was no way that I could use these stickers. So I get on toyhacks.com. The stickers for Power Master Prime are expensive. I think they're almost 30 bucks. I decided to wait for a sale. Now, unfortunately, toyhacks doesn't offer decals for the Apex Armor or God Barmer figure. Fortunately, with all my toyhacks knowledge, I was able to salvage the decals for this guy. They were on a separate sheet from these and not near as bad. So I was able to use some glue stick, careful peeling and anyway, got the stickers on this guy. So I finally ordered the decals for Power Master Optimus Prime and get them in Friday. So enough rambling about these figures. Let's go ahead and get the decals on this guy and put him in front of the camera. And welcome to Patriot Prime Reviews. In vehicle mode, Power Master Optimus Prime with his Apex Armor is an impressive tractor and trailer. I mean, this thing is long. It's about 20 inches long from the tip of the Power Master inserted in the cab to the very end of the Apex trailer. So yeah, that is impressive. He is loaded down with weaponry. You've got double barrel cannons here on the front, big black blasters there on top and a spring loaded missile launcher here on the back that actually shoots fairly well. Caught at this time. Didn't go flying off the desk. But yeah, I love this thing. This thing is so impressive. He's big, he's massive and with those brand new toy hacks decals and all that chrome, a beautiful looking vehicle. Now the first thing we're going to take a look at is the Apex Armor Edition that this set comes with. I've already done a full review for Power Master Optimus Prime, his original version, and you can check that out in this link right here. Now let's go ahead and take a look at the Apex trailer. Now he's attached to Prime underneath. You have to actually separate the trailer allowing this to pop out. He's got a little t-bar right there that will slide in underneath Optimus Prime and fit in those grooves. You do have to separate the trailer to get it attached. So let's go ahead and get Prime out of the way and we'll take a closer look at the Apex Armor trailer. This trailer is really, really cool looking, very futuristic. It's kind of a battle trailer, if you will. It's got the big launcher on top that I just shown. It's got the wheels, rolls very well, and that's all it does. I mean, it's a rolling missile platform. Beautiful molded details throughout. I love the chrome. The chrome looks spectacular on this figure. Got some yellow light decals right there for the lights and some silver decals right there on the grille. This section can move up and down. I thought maybe you could put it all the way under, but that's not going to happen. Now, from what I understand in the old Japanese television show, this vehicle can operate independently or be driven, manned by headmasters and powermasters with the toy that does not happen. You've just got a rolling vehicle or trailer. Now, what's cool is you can actually attach this trailer to the PowerMaster Optimus Prime cab. There's a little peg right there. Just slot that in, and you can pull him along like so. Now, this bar does fit in tight pretty much to prime right there within his legs, his feet, so he can't twist as good as the big trailer, but that's still a pretty cool option to have. Now, to transform the Apex Armor trailer into his robot form, you just take the whole thing apart. This is a parts former. Let's go ahead and take the blaster off. You're going to take this whole top section off here. Go ahead and remove the blue and the red pieces. Set those to the side, pop the front off, and separate this. So there you have all these pieces and parts that you're going to reassemble back into robot mode. Take these sections right here, flip the feet out. Now, with this robot mode, the Autobot insignias will be on the inside. Then you take this gray section, pop that on that, well, forgot. You have to flip out the robot head here, pop this section in right there, and we're going to have to move this camera up slightly. This is a big figure. Flip the figure around, and you're going to take the chrome section and see the little holes right there. Those are going to line up to these pegs. So on both sides, line those up, snap that into place. There we go. So you got that going on. You're going to take these little wing sections. The wing sections have a peg and a port. You're going to put the peg section in right here on top of the torso and fold them back. Now you're going to take these sections, which will form the robot arms. You can see the fist right there. Match up the left and the right. And there is the Apex Armor Robot Mode God Bomber. I believe God Bomber is his Japanese name. You have the launcher here that you can put in his hand like so, or you can mount it up here on his shoulder, which once again puts it right out of camera. I like to have mine holding the weapon like so. So there is God Bomber. Really cool looking figure. I love, let me see if I can get that out. I love that face sculpt. That is a very G1 looking face sculpt. Lots of nice molded details. Very little stickers, which as I said in the intro, was good for me because I didn't have that many to replace or restore rather. This guy being a parts former has very limited mobility. I mean the arms can go up and down, but if you play around too much, they're going to pop off. But he's a pretty big figure too. So let's go ahead and compare God Bomber, who I may just refer to as Apex from here out, to the Generation 1 original Power Master Optimus Prime. As you can see, that is a really big figure and a really cool looking one as well. So that's pretty much all there is with the Apex Armor Trailer and Robot Mode. Now let's take a look at the reissue Power Master Optimus Prime. Now there is quite a few differences between the Toys R Us reissue Power Master Optimus Prime and the 1987 Generation 1 original. First off, of course, is you're seeing the differences in the coloring where the 2002 reissue is more of a silver gray where the Generation 1 version is more light gray, almost white, of course, 30-some-year-old toy. It's got a little bit of yellowing to it. Now we'll start off by taking a look at Optimus Prime's Power Master partner, High Q, who is locked in position in front of the cab. Now the first thing I noticed when messing around with this guy is with the Generation 1 version, you just look at him funny and he pops out and shoots across the room. Where the 2002 reissue, you get in, you kind of squeeze him together. I think he's in there good. He's not going to fall out. So now let's go ahead and take a look at these two figures and see what their differences are. First, we'll take a look at High Q in his engine mode and as you can see, the 1987 original pales in comparison to this chromed out 2002 version. I love that chrome on that engine block. That looks so good. This one is a little dull. Now granted, back in the day when you first opened this one back in 87, his collaring might have been the same as the 2002 version. Now getting these guys in robot mode real quick, just fold down the legs and there we go. So you have both High Qs in robot mode. The collaring is the same. Now 2002 has a more maroon collar as far as the arms and legs are concerned. Where the 1987 version, that is a lighter red. Exact same paint applications. You got the two dots on the chest and the blue visor. So all in all, not that much of a difference in robot mode. Now let's take a look at the cab. And the cab is where you're going to really start to notice a lot of differences between the two versions. Right here, generation one. If you look at the front of the vehicle, the entire front where the Power Master port goes is a gray plastic. Where the front of this vehicle, the reissue, is gray here on the grille and he's painted red on the side. Also a lot more chrome right here on the front of the reissue compared to, just looks like chrome plating along the fender and right there on the headlights. This here is just one big chrome piece. That's the fender and the headlights. Also the reissue, this entire front portion of the cab is die cast metal, which gives him some weight. This one, this, he's all plastic. Also the reissue has translucent blue windows. And we'll see if you can see this, but you can look all the way through the vehicle, translucent windows there on the side and the front looks really, really good. You can almost see all the way through from the windshield through the side window. This guy, his windows, they're stickers. So kind of lame right there. Also the reissue has some nice chrome smoke stacks. Unfortunately, they are shortened. This figure came out when those toy safety laws were in effect. So as a result, he has shortened smoke stacks. Also along the side of the vehicle, if you see the generation one Optimus Prime, he's blue from the front tire all the way to the rear where the reissue has some silver right there in front. The wheels are basically the same except the generation one original has Phillips head screws holding the wheels in place where the reissue has pins. And that's pretty much all the differences of the cab in vehicle mode. Let's go ahead and get him transformed into robot mode. And this figure being a power master, you have to put in high Q in the front of the vehicle to unlock the transformations. So we'll put him in place and go ahead and transform generation one Optimus Prime. Let me get the camera adjusted accordingly. And now we'll transform the reissue. Pop in high Q. This of course unlocks the legs, which enables you to swing those down much smoother transformation with this guy. Fold the arms back, belt down, and head up. So now we have Optimus Prime in robot mode. The only real differences I see in these two robot modes is the head sculpts. The reissue has blue eyes and the generation one version has red eyes. Now I put an extra Autobot logo on my reissue version and that looks to be it for robot mode aside from the differences in the smoke stacks. So now let's take a look at the trailers. Now aside from the differences in the collar, you have the reissue with the silver gray and the generation one version with the light gray. One major improvement is how the fists are head in trailer mode. In the generation one version, the fists stick out right at the top, very blatant. I mean, hey, is that a robot? Where this version, the fists slide down and are hidden. I love that. That is a vast improvement. And the only real difference in the trailers. Now let's go ahead and get these two transformed into the super robot mode. Now there is a very big difference between these two figures in super robot mode. First off, three issues. Translucent windows, chrome engine and chrome grill really pop compared to the generation one version. The reissue has chromed out thighs where the generation one version just has the dull plastic. Plus there are completely new sculpts for the arms. If you look at the arm on generation one, it's just pretty much a rectangle with red fists. Let's take a look at the arm on the reissue. They vastly improved it. It looks like he could have an elbow bend, but unfortunately he doesn't. The blue fists really make him pop. So yeah, I love the looks of the super robot mode compared to the original. So shiny. I mean, that die cast makes a difference too. Now comes the main event for this reissue. Super god mode or super genri mode. I'm not fluent in the Japanese. Just trust me, this thing's going to be big. To combine Power Master Optimus Prime with the Apex Armor, the first thing you're going to do is let's go ahead and remove everything from Optimus Prime, the guns and the cannons. Now we are going to completely break down Apex. I mean, you're taking him completely apart. Take this part here. Fold the head back around. Take the legs, you're going to fold the feet in. And there we go. Now we're going to attach these pieces to Optimus Prime. Let's start off with the arms. Slide the fists to the super robot up in, or back in to make sure the decal section is out. You also see the fist hole. And this peg is going to go in that hole right there. So there is one arm. And the second. Now you're going to take this piece, which was the front of Apex, lift up this blue section, and there's two pegs right here that are going to peg in the holes on the back of Prime. So once you get that installed, you're going to take these wings, make sure you take the stickered version, or stickered side, and face front, and then just shoot that off. And here, put these on first. That never happens until I'm filming. So now we'll get that attached and take this blue section and fold down. That does not want to stay on. There we go. So now you have Prime looking like this. This section right here, there's actually a little clip, a little black clip right there. You want to make sure this slides over the main cab of Optimus Prime, and that black clip will clip right underneath Prime's cab. Take this T-bar and fold up and under. So there you have Prime coming along. Now it's time for his feet. This is what gives him the height. You're going to take these two sections here, and if you look, there's a ridge and a peg. You're going to match these up underneath Prime. And sometimes it's easier said than done. Let me see. Actually, I was wrong. You want to make sure the blue section is facing out. Easiest way is to go in from the back and does not want to catch. There we go. Now once you have the feet attached, you're going to take Apex's missile launcher and there's a little peg right here on the front, or on the side, rather. You're going to peg into a hole right on top of that chrome chess piece. Then you're going to take the double barrel cannons and they actually go into this top hole right there on the foot. So we'll put one on either side. And now we'll give Prime both of his blasters. And there you have Apex Armor Optimus Prime. And this thing is so impressive. It's huge. It's chromed out. It looks awesome. Loads and loads of weaponry. Gigantic figure. Absolutely no articulation. The arms go up and down and that's it. And it's on a kind of a soft ratchet but works really, really good. I love the looks of this thing. This really pops on the shelf. Now for some quick size comparisons. Here is the 2002 Toys R Us Reissue Power Master Optimus Prime with Apex Armor with Generation 1 Optimus Prime. Generation 1 Power Master Optimus Prime and MP01 Optimus Prime. The 2002 Toys R Us Reissue of Power Master Optimus Prime with his Apex Armor is a fantastic set. I absolutely love the looks of this figure. All the chrome just really pops. Super Robot Mode looks great. The chrome thighs, the chrome chest, the die cast metal and absolutely stunning figure. The Super Robot Mode with Apex Armor attached is fantastic as well. And I was torn which way to display it. Fortunately the Apex Armor fits perfectly on my Generation 1 Power Master Prime. I thought the arms would be a big deal since the G1 version doesn't have the fists that fold up. But they snapped on with no problem whatsoever. This is just an outstanding figure set. You get four robots in one. You get the small prime, the super prime, the Apex Armor. You get Super Apex Prime so much playability. Now granted I didn't show off his base mode because there wasn't really that much differences other than the coloring to show off. So there you go guys. 2002's Toys R Us commemorative reissue Power Master Optimus Prime with Apex Armor. So does a 2002 Toys R Us commemorative Power Master Optimus Prime with Apex Armor belong in your collection? Absolutely. If you're a G1 fan, this figure is a must have. He is so much better than his 1987 counterpart. I mean he's got all this glorious chrome chrome there on high Q the die cast cab the fists that can fold up the Apex Armor that can turn into the Apex Robot Super Robot Mode the base mode. Check out my G1 review to see that. But this guy there is so much playability. I've been playing around with this figure since I got him back at the end of October and this figure actually made my top 10. He's my number 2 figure for 2019. So yeah you see this guy? You pick him up. Hopefully you'll find a good deal just like I did. Now guys I want to thank you for stopping by and checking out my video. Don't forget to like, don't forget to subscribe and don't forget to hit that bell icon so you'll be notified when I upload new videos. I've got a lot of cool stuff coming up for the rest of the month. Guys this is Patriot Prime. Signing out.