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| Pic Credit : Web |
Presenting, one of the most graceful Transformers out there, Nova Prime, predecessor to Nominus Prime. Back then in Cybertron, there was another big war being fought, long before Optimus Prime/Megatron time, ended in the hand of Nova Prime. With the end of Chaos, Nova ventures to Cybertron's underground with his closest comrades and advisors, Jhiaxus, Galvatron, Cyclonus and Dai Atlas, to find the Guiding Hand.
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| World with no factions Pic Credit : Web |
Even with the purest of intention, Nova Prime slowly drift away, believing more than he should, on the prophecy of "All Shall Be One" , planning the Expension to enslave all lifeforms under his empire. Running out of time when Vector Sigma's flow of new sparks ceased, Nova Prime and his team boarded the Ark to start the Expension.
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| Nemesis Prime Pic Credit : Web |
Nova Prime discovered a portal while on their way to the Benzuli Expanse and, blinded by his greed and pride, went into the portal to the Dead Universe and never be seen again. Not as Nova Prime
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| Pic Credit : Web |
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| By Master Collectibles Pic Credit : Web |
Knowing what the fans want, Maketoys took the liberty of [mass] releasing the first Not-Nova Prime figure, dubbed MT-03 HyperNovae
In Package
The latest of the Tanker Series, HyperNovae took a different route than the previous releases, packaged in a small (but long) box rather than the usual bigger ones. On the front is a great picture of HyperNovae himself.
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| Back View |
The figure comes with an instructions sheet, translucent parts (to be inserted into the wings) and an instruction on installing the translucent parts
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| Installation on the wings |
Let me make it clear first. I skipped the battle tanker series due to various reasons (mainly the size) but seeing this figure is breathtaking.
HyperNovae comes in a mixture of mixture of vibrant white, black, yellow and blue. As can be clearly seen, HyperNovae is a combination of remolded RTS G2 Laser Prime and a remolded Battle Tanker
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| Back View |
Quality wise, the alt mode feels really solid, way better than the original Battle Tanker set (with RTS G2 Laser Prime) which surprised me. The sturdiness of the plastics reminded me of most Fansproject releases and Maketoys Giant
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| Top View |
The cab is connected with the trailer part through a pivot joint, like that of Classics Optimus Prime and Fansproject's G3 Trailer. However, the range is quite limited due to the wings and the center of the trailer bumping with the cab
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| With Fansproject Shadow Scyther |
Size wise, HyperNovae is a tad big longer in alt mode compared to Shadow Scyther.
Robot Mode (Basic)
There's an issue when Maketoys revealed that they'll be releasing HyperNovae with the core body based on Hasbro's G2 Laser Prime. However, having this in hand, you'll be glad to know that they've improved a lot on the figure that it makes people wonder why couldn't Hasbro release Laser Prime with at least almost the same quality.
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| Side View |
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| Back View |
The basic mode was actually my least favorite part of the set but the apparently, he's still awesome without the add on from the trailer
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| Slightly different but a great head sculpt nonetheless |
The base figure went through a lot of improvement (aside for the retooled parts) in terms of the joints where the weak ball joints on the thigh and weak swivel on the knees were replaced with strong ratchet joints that improved his stability and poseability.
Despite the weight of his back, the improved joints help him to withstand it, enabling him to be posed easily. HyperNovae has a ball jointed head, double jointed shoulders, ratcheting joint on his elbows and ball jointed hands. The waist is on swivel joint, ratchet and swivel joints on the thighs, ratcheting knees and ball jointed feet
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| With TFCC 2013 Scourge |
Robot Mode (Combined)
For the combined mode, HyperNovae only used few parts from the trailer which are used for the lower legs, lower arms and the crotch plate. The back kibbles are reconfigured to give a different looks compared to the basic mode
In this mode, the articulations are basically the same except for the shoulders where backwards motion is a bit limited unless the shoulder kibbles (initially on his back) are reconfigured
Like Battle Tanker, HyperNovae is a bit shorter than Henkei Convoy which was actually on of the reason I skipped it
Robot Mode (Full)
This mode is truly a thing of beauty. In this mode, all the parts are used with none set asides. The transformation does require you to used the instruction manual but after getting used to it, is fairly intuitive
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| Side View |
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| Reconfigured shoulder parts |
The tip of the wings can be spread out a little for better presentation of HyperNovae. Attached using several parts (using ball joints, hinges and swivels), the wings is really sturdy and won't fall under its weight.
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| With Shadow Scyther |
Excluding the size issue (which I know a lot of people doesn't have it), HyperNovae is truly a great figure in overall. So basically if you're collecting the previous release of Battle Tanker, HyperNovae is a must have. I really had fun taking his picture as the aesthetic really suits my taste
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| The 'once' leader |
*Counting the day for 2014, a new year*
now i know the reason why otai like u skipped it. me too don't like the basic mode ^^'
ReplyDeletehaha. if you can get passed the size, it's actually a great figure
DeleteI know this is an old review. I was thinking if I should look for this product these two days. I saw you said,
ReplyDelete"You'll be glad to know that they've improved a lot on the figure that it makes people wonder why couldn't Hasbro release Laser Prime with at least almost the same quality."
Well, basically is because Hasbro didn't designed their version to wear any armors. And that figure works just fine on his own (without adding the Battle Tanker for him, that is). And also, the original Battle uses the same clip system to attach the backpack on Laser Prime. You never need to worry if you will break that clip, which in Hyper Novae's situation, you will. =]
Haha, it's ok. Well, when I made that statement, the issue that I had in mind was that for Hasbro version, the joints [mostly] are extremely loose and the quality of the plastics. The hips are not able to withstand the weight of their own body, not with armor while if you compared that release with 1st wave of Classics, you'll notice a significant reduce of plastic quality
Deletetheres a needles screw somewhere on the backpac that if you remove you also remoove most chances of the clip breaking
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