Optimus Prime's truck form for the Fall of Cybertron game is a lot more bulky and less aerodynamic than his War for Cybertron version; which, honestly, makes him look considerably more like an actual truck (given that the game takes place before they go to Earth, this can be good or bad, depending upon how you look at it). His blockier proportions fit for the most part, with the exception of the back end, which looks a bit too high in comparison to the front, now that he's starting to look more like an actual truck cab. The back end of this mode is hollow, which is a bit of an eyesore, and the bottoms of his robot feet are obviously on the top of his back half, but other than that Prime doesn't really have any robot extras in this mode (you CAN pick out his hands from certain angles, but they're fairly hidden in this mode and their shape fits in with the surrounding pieces well enough). Prime's color scheme is blue, red, and gray, like it's nearly always been-- I don't really have much to say about him in that respect, you either like that color scheme by now or you don't. I do wish that the gray was a bit less "brownish" of a color, though, as it makes Prime looks a bit dirty on those pieces, and not in a good, "weathered metal" way. The mold detailing on the toy is decent enough (though not spectacular), and follows the game model pretty well what with the different panels and basic lines and whatnot. His paint apps are a tad sparse-- his windows, chest, wheels, and what become his kneecaps in robot mode are painted here, but his front bumper in particular needed some paint (headlights, anyone?). Given the "bright energy lines" aesthetic that goes with many of the WfC/FoC designs, him not having any of those sort of paint apps feels a bit lacking, as well. His wheels are also "clip-on" instead of pinned into the figure-- that bugs some people, but I don't mind it. Optimus' gun can be stored in one of four places in this mode-- either on the top, slightly to one side given that they peg into what becomes the bottom of the robot feet; or it can be mounted on either side, right above his rear two wheels.
    Prime's transformation to robot mode is remarkably simple (particularly compared with his WfC toy), and more or less emulates his G1 toy transformation with a couple of minor differences and additions. Thus we end up with a bulkier, more simplstic Prime, but also one that doesn't really have a bunch of truck parts hanging off of him, either. (Parts of his bumper hang off the back end of his lower arms, and his wheels are a touch unsightly on the inside of said lower arms, but that's it.) He's got a barrel chest, but other than that minor downside his proportions are quite good, and the detailing on his robot parts-- particularly his head sculpt-- is considerably better and finer than the detailing of his vehicle parts. For articulation, Optimus can move at the head, shoulders (at two points), elbows, rotational movement at the wrists and waist (well, stomach, really), and movement at the hips (at two points), knees, and at the ankles (at two points). Combined with his lack of back-heaviness, that means you can put him into some pretty nice poses-- the only thing really missing is a sideways joint at his knees, really. As expected, you can store Prime's gun in either of his fist holes, though it can also be plugged into one of the holes on the side of his lower arms, or the aforementioned holes on the sides of his blue legs.
    FoC Optimus Prime is certainly a more simplistic and lighter/smaller Transformer than we've gotten up to this point in the Generations line, but good proportions, few extras, and a great amount of articulation make his robot mode great. His vehicle mode is a bit more iffy given the hollow back end and obvious feet, but for the most part it's still decent enough. Recommended if you want a "game-verse" Prime that's easy to transform; mildly recommended otherwise.

Review by Beastbot

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