Magic Square MS-B06R Red Space Skimming, is now in-stock!

Magic Square MS-B06R Red Space Skimming

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Magic Square MS-B06R Space Skimming (Red), is now up for pre-order!

Magic Square MS-B06R Space Skimming (Red)

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FansToys FT-29T Quietus, is now in-stock!

FansToys FT-29T Quietus

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FansToys FT-29T Quietus (Metallic), now up for pre-order!

FansToys FT-29T Quietus (Metallic)

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MS-Toys MS-B06 Space Skimming, is now in-stock!

MS-Toys MS-B06 Space Skimming

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FansToys FT-29 Quietus is now in-stock!

FanToys FT-29 Quietus

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Fans Toys FT-29 Quietus is Now Available to Pre-Order.

Fans Toys FT-29 Quietus

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X-Transbots MX-III Eligos & Truncheon (Clear Version), now in-stock!

X-Transbots MX-III Eligos & Truncheon (Clear Version)

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Mastermind Creations Boreas - Cyclonus

Mastermind Creations Boreas - Cyclonus

Jaegertron is my least favorite of Mastermind Creations offerings. I don't dislike the figure, but I'm not as fond of it as others in the line. Boreas doesn't bring anything new to the sculpt to change my opinion on it, but I still enjoy the figure.

I like his space fighter mode more than Jaegertron's. It seems to hold together a little better. There are still gaps in the body. His nose cone looks like it should close up more securely, but it doesn't. Although his cockpit canopy doesn't open, he has working landing gears that let him roll along pretty smoothly. Generations Brainstorm still has my favorite space fighter mode though. The guard of his sword has a magnet that lets it attach to metal circles underneath either wing.

As is usually the case, transformation to robot mode is pretty straightforward. On my copy, the wing of his left leg won't stay tight against his leg. Going back to his space fighter mode, I had trouble getting his right side to stay tabbed together. His feet keep popping up and his instep covers won't stay down. When I saw stress marks forming on the backpack pieces of his wings along the joints, I stopped trying to squeeze him together.

Like Jaegertron, his arms reach to his knees and his legs are never really straight. I wish the wings would either have a solid click for being extended or tab to his backpack instead of flapping about loosely. I'm not sure that I like the pink lines running throughout his body. Perhaps red or purple lines would look nicer. The paint is clean though. I like the face sculpt on the head with the missing horn. As expected, there is no shortage of line work for lots of visual interest. 

I think his head is on a rod at the end of a ball joint, but it is effectively a limited swivel with virtually no vertical articulation. His shoulders are on swivels and hinges. The swiveling plates they rest on stay in place more readily than they did on Jaegerton. Unfortunately, he can only raise his arms to about 45 degrees before his shoulders hit his head. He swivels at his biceps, forearms, wrists, waist, and thighs. His elbows and knees are double-jointed, but only his knees have ratchets. He can almost perform full curls at both joints. His fingers are fixed in an open grip. His hips are on universal joints, with ratchets in the frontal axis. He can achieve a full side splits, but not quite a full front splits. His feet are on ball joints. 

His accessories include a sword and two heads. It's more or less the same style of swords we've been getting with the Reformatted figures. There is some metallic gold paint application on the base of the blade and the guard. He holds it just fine in his hands. One head has both horns intact and gold eyes while the other has a missing horn and red eyes. I wish he came with a rifle.

Boreas will stand on my Reformatted shelf. This is not my favorite Mastermind Creations mold so I hope it's the last we will see of it. However, I've yet to tire of these figures so I can't wait to get more.

Mastermind Creations R-22 Boreas is now up for pre-order!

Mastermind Creations R-22 Boreas

Now up for pre-order is Mastermind Creations R-22 Boreas. Their take on IDW Cyclonous. ETA of end of April 2017 release. Reserve yours today by following the links. Thank you for choosing The Chosen Prime!

X-Transbots toys MM-III Eligos and Truncheon is now in-stock!

X-Transbots MM-III Eligos and Truncheon

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X-Transbots Eligos - Cyclonus

My apologies for this picture set. I simply could not get him transformed correctly into space fighter mode.

My first experience with X-Transbots was with Apollyon. Its tendency to self dismemberment and seemingly difficult transformation made me cautious about their releases, but the look of the figure kept me hooked. Subsequent figures, from Andras through Boost, while looking great in bot mode have transformations that are also not entirely fun. Unfortunately, Eligos is no different.

I really want to use a Cyclonus space fighter in a scene recreation, but it won’t be with this figure. Although I can see where the silhouette of the space fighter would look awesome, I simply could not transform it correctly. I was not inspired to annoy my kids by buzzing them while making swooshing sounds. The canopy opens (I can’t close it) to reveal a cockpit with plenty of line work. The miniature Galvatron fits in it just fine. The three sets of retractable landing gears allow him to roll easily on plastic wheels. Nightstick can port into a slot on the top, but he doesn't look good enough to warrant it.

Transformation is frustrating. The nosecone section gave me a lot of trouble. I couldn't get the underside pieces to clip and stay together. The final stretch is an annoying exercise of collapsing the legs, arms, and back together while lining up every panel. I don’t know if it would come together if I were to use more force, but I don’t want to risk scratching or damaging the figure. He doesn’t seem any worse for wear after going back to robot mode.

It's no surprise that Eligos really nails that G1 Cyclonus look in bot mode. Clean and simple line work lets him fit in easily on a Masterpiece shelf. Fortunately, he doesn't have that pink hue seen in preproduction photos and videos. I think he is mostly colored plastic. I can't pick out any specific paint applications. He has red light-piping that works pretty well. You can swap it out for metallic eyes. His feet are made of Die-cast. His backpack compresses much more than on Andras, but it does get in the way of his waist rotation and a piece of the nosecone sticks down in a rather unfortunate manner.

His head is on a swivel and hinge. There is virtually no upward articulation, but he can look down just fine. His shoulders are on ratcheted swivels and hinges. He can't quite raise his arms sideways to 90 degrees. In doing so, his shoulder joints rise on sliders. You have to manually push those sliders back down if you want to get his arms back to his sides. He swivels at his biceps, wrists, waist, and thighs. His waist swivel is ratcheted, but it is limited by his back kibble. He has those gnarly X-Transbots fingers. All his digits are on balljoints and each has the expected number of knuckles. He has double-jointed elbows that go past 90 degrees. His knees can only get to 90 degrees. I think his knees are meant to be single-jointed because of how his lower legs peg to the joint. Manipulating his knees easily disengages those tabs, turning them into double joints. Both parts of his knee joints are ratcheted. His hips are on ratcheted universals. His feet are on rockers and his toes have two hinges each. His heel spurs are on slider joints. Although his upper body feels really solid, everything from the knees on down feels floppy and loose. His lower legs flap in their ratchets and his feet flap around on their rockers. It kind of affects his stability in posing, but I haven't had him topple over once I've got him settled.

His accessories include a rifle, a pistol, a sword, a target master, a miniature Galvatron, an alternate face plate, a solid eye piece, and a display stand. His rifle and gun have a nice amount of line work and some metallic blue paint applications. His sword has line work and yellow paint applications on the grip and guard. The blade has metallic silver paint. All three weapons fit well in his hands using Masterpiece styled tabs. The alternate face has a more dour expression with a black chin beard. The extra eye piece has metallic red paint and is a replacement for the light-piping eye piece. The display stand is clear plastic.

Nightstick has a reasonably amount of articulation. His head is on a swivel. His elbows are double-jointed. His shoulders, hips, and knees are on ball joints. His feet are on hinges for tilting. Transforming him into a rifle is pretty easy, but the result is not that impressive. He's pretty much the same quality and style as Fracas that came with Andras. I would almost rather they skip the Targetmaster and give us more weapons, face plates, or show related accessories, like how KFC Crash Hog comes with a TV and refrigerator.

The miniature Galvatron figure is unpainted, but he articulates at the shoulders, elbows, hips, and knees. He fits well in the cockpit, but can not stay in it through transformation.

Eligos in robot mode easily looks great as a Masterpiece Cyclonus. Unfortunately, the transformation was not fun, and I could not finish it. Although I can't wait for X-Transbots to release their Galvatron to complete the trio, I'm hopeful that FansToys and DX9 will do Cyclonus with an easier transformation mechanic.

In the pictures, I'm showing him next to Combiner Wars Cyclonus and KFC Tempest, Masterpiece Ultra Magnus, X-Transbots Andras, and DX9 Tyrant.

X-Transbots MX-III Eligos & Truncheon Preview Video

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DX9Toys War in Pocket Doom Bringers, now in-stock!

DX9Toys War in Pocket Doom Bringers

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DX9Toys Doombringers, now up for pre-order

DX9Toys Doombringers

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Takara Unite Warriors UW-06 Grand Galvatron, now up for pre-order!

Unite Warriors UW-06 Grand Galvatron

Slated for an April 2016 release, here comes Takara's Unite Warriors UW-06 Grand Galvatron. Composed of Tactician Cyclonus, Ghost Starscream, Curse Armada Thrust, War Zombie Breakdown, and Wandering Roller. Pre-order yours today, and don't forget to take advantage of the Prime Diretives!

Maketoys MM-02 Manga Mech Series Rearend & Hurrican Add-on Kit, now in-stock!

Maketoys MM-02 Rearend & Hurricane Add-on Kit.

Maketoys MM-02 Manga Mech Series Rearend & Hurrican Add-on set is now in-stock! We are currently processing pre-orders, and have limited stock. Get yours today. Thank you for choosing The Chosen Prime!

Maketoys MM-02 Manga Mech Series Rear End and Hurricane Add-on kit is now up for pre-order!

Maketoys MM-02 Rear End with Hurricane add-on kit

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X-Transbots Toys MM-III Eligos with Truncheon, pre-order now!

X-Transbot Toys MX-III Eligos with Truncheon

We now have the X-Transbot Toys MX-III Eligos with Truncheon set up for pre-order. It'll also come with Abaddon, a mini figure to pilot Eligos in alt mode. Truncheon turns into a weapon. Eligos will also come with several weapons as accessory. Make sure to pre-order yours early to take advantage of the Early Bird Special of $10 off. Valid till August 15th. Click on the main image above or use the form at the bottom. Shop Smart with The Chosen Prime!

Combiner Wars Wave 3 Early Release set - now in-stock!

We are now processing the orders for the Combiner Wars Wave 3 Early Release set. We only a have a couple left, so make sure to use the "Contact Us" page if you're interested. Subject "Combiner Wars Wave 3".  It's $270 shipped here in the US. Check out some of the in-hand pics below. You can order Leader Thundercracker separately for $58 + shipping.