Like the other Prime Master figures, Micronus Prime doesn't really look anything like how he's traditionally looked (beyond being humanoid of course); he's been traditionally presented as a little, fairly chubby Mini-Con guy, but for Titan Master cross-compatibility he shares the same proportions and transformation as all the other Titan & Prime Masters. In robot mode, Micronus is pretty darned generic overall. He's got your typical fists molded into the arms, fairly bland rectangles for his feet, and a fairly normal-looking head, with a "normal" face and a square helmet surrounding said face. There's a central vent-like detail on the chest, but that's about as unique as Micronus gets, here. His color scheme is mostly red and dark gray, which isn't an amazing color scheme but does the job, with the colors contrasting against each other fairly well. There's a bit of periwinkle paint on the face, which looks particularly good against the red, but isn't otherwise used on Micronus. Like all other Prime/Titan Masters, in this mode Micronus can move at the neck, as well as back-and-forth at the shoulders, hips, and knees (the latter two as one for both legs, since the legs are molded together). In his Prime core mode, Micronus is sort of "symbolic", and is used in combination with Prime Armor pieces or other PotP toys to "power them up", at least figuratively. Micronus' symbol looks kind of like a cycloptic jester, really, complete with what looks like a mouth. What it actually is, of course, is meant to be emblematic of the chest of a TF with the arms out to the sides and power emanating from the circle in the center, which shows how Mini-Cons (of which Micronus is supposedly the first) power-up the TFs they link to. There's a couple of angular decorative details around the emblem, but given that the emblem itself is painted a pale gold, these are definitely just decorations around the symbol and not part of the symbol itself.
    To add to the Prime Masters, instead of accessory sets they come with a "Pretender shell" homage. Micronus is paired with/can fit in a Cloudburst shell, which was your typical "human in armor" Pretender in G1. From a front view he's replicated pretty well here, with a dome head, fairly curvy proportions with some angular details on the chest, and a nice "belt" on the waist. He's got the same red and dark gray plastic colors from Micronus, with the addition of more periwinkle on the helmet, chest, and waist. There's also sone off-white paint on the chest and upper legs. From the side you can see that, beyond the front part that opens up, it's mostly one piece in the back, minus the arms which can move forward-and-back (that's all the articulation in this mode, sadly). Pretty much the entire back portion is dark gray. Cloudburst has a two-pronged red rotary gun with off-white paint that he can either hold in one of his hands, or that you can clip on and fold onto his back in this mode. As with all Prime Master "Pretender" accessories, if you fold the weapon on his back forward and then fold out a peg that's between the Pretender shell feet, this forms the weapon mode-- which, given the weapon, is basically a larger dual-pronged rotary gun. You can peg in Micronus (or another Prime Master) in the back to "power" the gun mode if you so wish. There's some nice details on the back, like some circular and vent-like details, but this is definitely an afterthought of a mode, like all the Prime Master weapon modes. I mean, you've just got the whole Pretender shell right there behind the front, arms most obvious/egregious. Still, it does give the small toy some way to interact with larger PotP toys.
    PotP "Prime Master sets" are largely the same in terms of playability and proportions/gimmick, so ultimately whether one's better than the other comes down to the color scheme and the weapon. Micronus' dual rotary gun is a pretty neat weapon for the front, and the red/blue/gray/perwinkle color scheme is decent, albeit not mind-blowing. The Pretender shell look itself is a bit bland in terms of just looking like a humanoid spacesuit, and Micronus' symbol is decent but nothing special. Still, overall a slightly above-average Prime Master set.
 

Review by Beastbot

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