The BEST Legend Optimus Prime. Magic Square B46 and NewAge 27 David Comparison.
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Recently, my impressions of legend scale figures have changed a lot, they have become more mature than what I remembered a few years ago.
In the past couple of weeks, I’ve gone through this dilemma of which Prime to pick between Magic Square and NewAge, and I ended up buying them both, so today, let’s compare them.
I first bought Magic Square MS-B46, then NewAge 27EX, and lastly 27F.
I have reviewed B46 and 27EX separately, links in the description, so today I am going to just talk about the differences between B46 and the 27 series.
These are what I have, I hope this comparison helps.
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You state B46's Roller cannot carry Prime's rifle - but he can. You have to turn the rifle sideways and there are holes on the sides of the rifle to plug in the peg on Roller into.
Thank you Peter for pointing that out, I missed it.
thanks peter
thank you peter
All this video did was convince me to get both.
These legend scale figures are getting better and better, really amazing work.
All this video did for me was convince me legends scale collecting is the best way to go
Lol right!? I came here trying to see if I bought the best one. I have newage prime. Now I’m going to buy MS prime lol
Facts I have both as well. As well as both Megatron's. Legend scale has me seriously considering downsizing my MP collection
transformers not going anywhere.. wait a few yrs they be even better😁
I see it instantly when both stands together. Better G1 style, more extras, a collectors card and the Winner is: Magic Square!
Ah yes, I should include the collector card in the comparison.
Which one came first and how long ago was it released? Just asking because usually the second to be release has better QC and more stuff.
@@mrdude88 MS I'd fairly new, while David has been out for a while longer. The most recent David recolor has improved elbows as well, but I would still say MS has the better display options
Newage is better. Better quality and transformations.
@@theonepstein5100NewAge is better quality but not better transformation. I have both and if it wasn't for the cheap plastic, Magic Square would win this easily. NewAge is made more complicated because of the tight spaces you have to transform around. There's a reason why Magic Square's Masterpiece version is considered the best Optimus Prime and this little guy is the exact same, only in Legends Scale.
Have both of these and I really love both, I honestly can't choose one and say it's better than the other. I can appreciate the "premium styling" of the NA and the more rugged material of the MS.
Yes, feeling exactly the same. It's a good time to collect legend scale figures.
Awesome comparison. It's weird that you're still the only guy to review the Magic Square Optimus in English.
Thank you Scholar!!
I guess it's Magic Square to blame, they really should just remove the price of the repairing bay instead of actually removing it from the box, it's trouble, and it made the fans wait for the re-release.
Just gotta say, I absolutely love your reviews. It feels like you put a lot of effort into your scripts; your discussion points show a sophisticated understanding of Transformers that goes far beyond “look at this toy.” Instead your videos feel like wonderfully composed essays. Even when you have the rare mistake in your wording, your confidence never lets it distract from the flow of your review. You also perfectly complement your words with appropriate visuals, and wonderful poses - I love the humorous moments, like size comparisons to the legs of Titans.
Between your writing, your filming (focus pulling, holy crap!), and your production values, you are EASILY in the top 5 CZcams Transformers content creators! My only complaint is that you don’t have more videos up yet!
Wow, Mike, your words are priceless, thank you so much.
I used to use grammarly to check errors, should start using it again, and be more careful when scripting.
Uploading CZcams videos is addictive, a weekly cycle of getting a new toy, trying new editing tricks, making new friends in the comment section, and waiting for the next new toy, and your kind words just make this journey so much more fulfilling, it's what all CZcamsrs are after.
The Transformers realm carries our shared memory, it's where everyone of us could just be the inner child that we want to be, sharing our precious toys and the fantasies about them, I am so glad that you're here.
@@OptimusLegends There are other toys I’ll buy on occasion for the nostalgia, but none of them combine that feeling with the thrill of novelty and discovery as well as Transformers do. I never mind buying multiple versions of the same character as long as they find new ways of doing the same thing.
As for writing errors, don’t worry about it. I only caught a few, but I have a sharper ear for it than most, and even now I can’t quite remember what they were. That said, I’d also be happy to give your scripts a once over, if you’d like. Sometimes the human eye can catch things that Grammarly will miss.
Hi Mike, sorry for the late reply, just completed the latest episode, I am inviting you to give it a review when you have time: czcams.com/video/b9MX6ouKA58/video.html.
It's a start of a massive construcitcon review project, and just like you said, the same characters over and over, but better and better.
I am trying to improve on the production quality, which requires me to make the script concise so that I could complete a review in a week, hope that reduces the mistakes that I make.
Really like your comment, it makes me think, much appreciated.
Nice review. One thing you forgot to mention though: on b46, the repair bay doubles as a stand. If you take the entire top part off, you can plug the black stem piece into prime and get some more dynamic poses if you don’t have your own stand
Hooray I’ve been looking forward to this! You seriously are the best TF reviewer on CZcams !
Thanks!! Really glad you liked the video!
I love MS-B46 so much! I’ve been anticipating this guy since it was announced. For me, it’s my all time favorite G1 prime, beating TE-01 and MP-44. If they upscaled it, I’d buy it in a heartbeat. I don’t have any legend figures, so buying prime only would make it feel out of place. I hope they get a g1 toy styled repaint like newage did. Newage is great, but it’s not my style if I’m going for cartoon accuracy. Usually I’m not big on cartoon accuracy anyway, but if I’m going for cartoon accuracy, I’d want it as close as possible. I don’t mean to diss newage at all, because it’s still an amazing figure, but I just prefer ms-b46 so much more, since it’s trade offs compared to newage are worth it for me. I also prefer the MS transformation, since there’s almost no fake parts
I guess if Magic Square listens, they should really upscale this guy into the masterpiece scale, people want it.
B46 has great potential to be the best Prime, hope Magic Square could use it well enough to serve different fans with it. Repainted versions should come out soon, Nemesis is coming.
And agreed, I like how they designed the transformation in a more logical way, using fewer fake parts.
@@OptimusLegends yeah, I found 2 pics of prime with clear windows, but yt won’t let me link it
While MS will be repainting this V2 mold a couple of times like they did with their V1 (ms-b18), I don't know if they would do a toy repaint.. A Nemesis v2 repaint is about to be released this month, we'll have to wait and see what's in store for us next.
OH DO I HAVE GOOD NEWS FOR YOU
@@PhantomPraetor I SAW
Thanks to your awesome review I decide to pre-order the magic square!
Good choice! Hope you will enjoy the figure!
You mentioned that fans of the MS figure have wanted a masterpiece-scale one, and it seems like that's exactly what's happening now with MS-02
Because of you, I ended up buying MS-B46! It hasn't arrived yet but I'm extremely excited to get him. This has really opened my eyes and made me curious about collecting Legends figures. Great review!
Glad I could help! And enjoy!
I appreciate your positivity. Thank you for that. It’s becoming a superpower these days. Along with common sense. Great video. And I couldn’t agree more with your final analysis. Stay you. Thank you.
I remember back when the legends line was a simple bulkier design to adapt to the size. Seeing how far it’s come is just baffling
The new Core line from Hasbro/Takara Tomy is still bulk size lol, the one that improves are these 3rd party kits
As always, I'm very pleased with your simple and informative review. It seems like I'm compelled to get a B46 just for my table play Optimus Prime. Keep up your great videos and more power to your channel.
magic square really made the best optimus prime figure ever created so far
I would agree, MS-B46, the slight QC issues aside, it is currently the best G1 Optimus in ANY scale.
@@tonglianheng So glad there’s an MP scale version too
Was really looking forward to this one, and you definitely delivered. Awesome work as always, dude.
Thank you Bishop for always being there, and glad you liked the video!
Excellent work; so much of what you do, if not all, is what I look for in a reviewer.
Thanks! I appreciate that!
I got mine (full set) a few days ago and I have to agree. This thing is great.
I was completely satisfied playing with the standard hands but on a whim decided to mess with the optionals.
Holy crap that made this thing even better.
Way to go OP Legends for a spot on review of this amazing little toy.
Now waiting for the inevitable metallic repaint. You know, one for the office. Haha
Glad you are happy with this Prime!
But this is a dangerous move... once I got used to the look and feel of nylon, I couldn't stop buying products from this line!
I love these legends figures 3p's are dishing out, but by the time i can afford them- I won't be able to afford them lol. Hope they have some affordable reissues by the end of summer
27F is the budget version with the minimal configuration, B46 black version just came out with just the gun and ax.
And there will definitely be more simpler versions for fans to get the figures they love.
Great video! I'm new to this sort of stuff because I been thinking of starting to collect legends scales and I don't know where to start!! :((
what a great video production. very thoughtful comparisons and good voice.
Thank you so much! Hope you find it useful and entertaining.
I spent a couple of hours watching your videos. You might be my favorite reviewer. Your cinematography is top notch and does nothing to help my plastic crack addiction.
It's such a honor, thank you so much Artimus.
This is a healthy addiction, welcome to the support group.
Thank you for the video! You convinced me to wait a little longer in hopes for a B46 that is painted.
Glad I could help! B46 is worth the wait.
I like how you've finally got the repair station for MS-B46.
Incredible comparing video. Thank you for making this video! It helped me a lot to decide which Prime to get. 🙂
Glad it was helpful! And hope you get your Prime soon!
@@OptimusLegends Thanks! Already pre-ordered with a Megatron. 😁
I finally got MS Prime!!! 😁 It's so good that I had only one problem with the heads not being removable, but I was able to pop the heads in and out several times, and now my problem is gone. No breakage, not much paint chip, and so much fun. It's truly just Prime. 😀
And Optimus Legends, thank you so much for your seperate MS Prime video, it helped me a lot to transform the figure the first time.
This is the the review I was waiting for. Good job as always I can say even if you are new to the game. Thank you very much
Glad you enjoyed it, dom! Hope you get your favorite Prime!
Absolutely love your videos. Thanks for the thorough comparison.
Thanks Mr. Bawk! Hope it's useful!
Excellent review. Since NewAge recently made a version 2.0 of BumbleBee, it's not out of the question that after milking the H27 mold, maybe in a year they'd make a H27 2.0 version of it that resolves the deficiency in the design like a bigger trailer and increase its size by 5 % more. Honestly I'd like a supersized version of the H27. If NewAge can make the H27 Ultra Magnus, they can make an H27 Power Master Optimus Prime with an upgraded trailer similar to how Magnus integrates to his trailer. I'd rather have a backpack like PowerBaser Prime than a pregnant G1 PowerMaster Optimus Prime that's similar to Magnus' power armor. IMO, the H27 is more designed for Magnus than Prime's release.
Thanks, Jon.
Good point about NewAge Magnus, just watched a review of it, I like the robot leg better on Magnus, looks more complete. And I think you are right, there would be a new Optimus figure from NewAge, there are just things they need to improve on this figure compared to Magic Square.
@@OptimusLegends For some reason they delayed the release of H27 Prime by months and released Ultra Magnus and Nemisis first, with a leg transformation which I believe was how it was originally designed for this mold. They completely redesigned the lower body for Prime, I think for articulation. H27 is optimised for robot mode and arguably it has better leg articulation than magic square. In terms of the truck mode the the Ultra Magnus mold is actually the best out of the three. If we go by cartoon accuracy, then magic square hands down. As a toy, I prefer Magic Square due to its unbreakable material, it is practically indestructible.
Some great posing there man!! Nice review!!
Thank you! Great articulation on both figures.
I love you review style. Subscribed.
Awesome. Thanks for the review. The Magic Square B46 looks amazing!
Thanks for watching! And really glad you like the video.
If only we could get a B46 figure with the materials and paint of H27
Till all are one!
Thanks for the video.
Thanks to this, I'm getting the Magic Square B46.
The downside of Newage for me is the chestpiece.
Hi Jay, hope you enjoy your new micro masterpiece Prime!
I really like how that this version Optimus has Starscream's head and shoulders as I remember seeing that episode on Hasbro's CZcams channel, and Screamer did a pretty good job posing as Optimus.
I'm really torn on these 2 figures - I like the Magic Square robot mode better (as it matches my MP-44), and I prefer the NewAge alt-mode (as it's a better looking truck). Great video, as always...thank you!!!
Sounds like you need both, double the fun.
Thank you so much for this review :)
Glad you liked it!
Newage Prime is personally my favorite. His robot mode proportions match up closer to the cartoon design compared to MS and I prefer to more MP44 style truck. However that's just me
Only it isn't. MS is more accurate to the cartoon, this is demonstrable . He even admits to this in this video.
@@Anduril1974 it just depends on the person, to my eye Newage's stuff always seems more accurate. They have more "anime" proportions to me which I think matches more
I think it's worth pointing out that magic square is very likely to release a metallic/painted version their B46, much like what they did with their first attempt at a legends scale prime. I'm personally waiting for that version of the mold.
Agreed, it's inevitable, and hope it's not too pricy since this version is already too expensive for a legend scale.
Magic Square probably is not going to do it but I would love to see them making the G1 toy accurate version just like David 27EX, that would look amazing
The Newage figure is really fun to transform, I'm looking forward to the Magic Square version.
I like the new age proportions better. The head size and slim arms looks more proportional to human standards (not saying that's required, but it's more aesthetic to me). I love the longer looking legs too. 46 looks like his head shrunk while bench pressing cybertron.
should i get the NA H27M David or mp10
I love your videos!! Keep up the work
Thank you!! Will do!
Another great vid! Keep it up :)
Thanks a ton! Will do!
Nice vids anyway @optimus legends do you think there will be bigger scale like earthrise scale of this G1 accurate model? I really like MAGIC SQUARE but i find the scale small
Thanks!
MS and NA have their own scales, smaller than the official lines, maybe you can try MFT? Slightly larger scale.
Just got the newage h27 and I absolutely love him. The 1 I got doesn't have the metal spine but I still love him...them...I actually bought 2 from Ebay on sale. Now...I wanna get this dude. Lol
Hi Cody, enjoy your new Optimus!
So do we have to buy the repairing station separately for the Magic Square ver. ?
No Gundam, the new re-release would include the repairing station, coming in June.
How did you get the repair bay for MS Optimus?
B46 I love it and David, 27 I have both they both worth the cop.
That kamehameha pose though. Never knew I needed to see that.
They both look great but I think personally for me Magic Square has the better figure. Might get that sometime.
Edit: Upon further viewing, the NewAge figure does have positives too. Kinda wish we could combine the positives to get a figure with the best of both.
Wait where did you get the Magic Square repair bay?? I also didn’t notice the bottom has little sections for the video
It's a separate 5 dollar purchase for the bay, most stores who carry B46 have them, but sold separately for the production issue.
Yeah, that's a new trick I just learned to help viewers to navigate through the video, hope it's useful.
ordering a magic square soon.
These Prime versions made me think of:
MSquare = HG
NewAge = RG 😋
Welcome to the club, Gundam fan!
MP44 = PG
@@unknownguy2051 yes! THIS! xD
@@NeoSlashott KBB MP10V = MG
Its a crime against God we didn't get a masterpiece scale version of these... INCREDIBLE FIGURES, BETTER THEN ANY OTHER OPTIMUS, THESE ARE THE 2 BEST, NOTHING GETS THESE MANY THINGS RIGHT!
Couldn't agree more! Hope MS hears our voice of upscaling these figures!
I remember when you reviewed the magic square Optimus, he didn’t have the Bay station but now you have it? Because I bought the no-bay version day 1 and I want to know where to get the Bay
Hi Knight, it's a separate 5 dollar purchase, it's available at most stores who carry B46, they just sell them separately for the production issues on the repairing bay.
New Age has made many great figures recently and some are just more superior than MS, but in some cases, like this, in my opinion, MS wins this round. I love both companies, in fact I build my collection based on which character looks the best between the two companys. Like, I have MS Megatron leading NA star scream and constructicons. To me, I have no sides, but only when it comes to the look and the playability of the figures.
Can't agree more.
I see fans invested too much, sometimes even themselves into a brand, clouding their judgement and missed what it is supposed to be, the fun of these toys.
I only collect legend scale figures causally, and missed a lot, should take a look at MS Megatron.
If I had known about these figures much earlier I would have based my collection on these. I have the original Hasbro ones; but for size, beauty and looks, these are much better.
MS has also beat NA with Soundwave specially the tapes. Its almost a no contest.
@@heavyhitter5538 I definitely agree with this too
Does the trailer of newage Can enter in the magic square optimus ?
Magic square one is just perfect wow!
IMO, MS prime wins for adding special effects. can't go wrong with both but the effects is an extra plus! thx for the vid!
Thanks for the comparison! Did you have to apply your own decals?
Thanks! And yes, they didn't come with faction logos.
@@OptimusLegends Where'd you get your stickers from?
@@OEAgent01 I got it from a Hasbro authorized company called Ocean Design, I think their logos are more accurate.
great comparison....magic square for me on this one...
Thanks! Good choice.
Interestingly enough, the G1 cartoon Prime truck doesn't have a silver/grey stripe on it. Never actually realized it because I'm so used to seeing it on toys.
There is a strip in one of the cartoon draft, since it was following the toy design.
So in the cartoon, some scenes there was the stripe, some not.
For me its Magic Square B46. It’s the action poses…I don’t like the look of the David when looking down from the top. The chest makes a weird line right under the chin. Love the clean look of B46!
MS-B46, hands down the best G1 incarnation of Prime - which is what I want. I absolutely love him!
Agreed, and hope you get yours soon!
I have both. Newage had the better presentation, better materials and fun transformation. And it feels premium.
B46 is the better option for me looks like the G1 show in vehicle and robot and saturated colors reads well, especially with the Nylon. #Hasbro
#Takara
I am sad I can't pick the og b46 up cuz b46e has no axe or extra hands
I like both the same, although I might get the recolored version of magic square optimus
How tall is the MS in CM?
About 12-13 cm.
What a beauty of figures. Too bad I didn't know them before. If I did I would only collect those. Better than the masterpiece and the size I like. 💜
Hi Daya, they are new products came out early this year, and they showed how much transformer figures improved.
Where can I buy these?
NewAge should be more available, MS is currently being sold without the repairing station for its flaws, the re-release comes out in June.
Maybe hoping for MS premium color version? =)
Yeah, it should come, hope sooner than later.
If it wasn’t for magic square’s plastic, I’d pick Magic Square’s offering over Newage. But as long as they continue with this plastic and that finish, I’m always gonna choose Newage over Magic Square.
For my money I split the difference. Got the regular h27 and also bought ms46b scourge to get the best of both worlds. Plus the antagonist aspect of it all.
Good choices, Nemesis won't let you down.
What are the big Optimus at 7:30?
Magic square MS-01 and MP-44
I don’t like newage as much for a few reasons.
1. The vehicle, robot and paint.
-• the robot mode mold seems to be based on g1, being retooled for the EX version. With that being said, he has a semi realistic paint job and an attempt at a realistic truck mode. The robot mode is great (minus the chest) but the paint isn’t cartoony, and the truck is a bit disproportionate and doesn’t show up in the robot much, so you get a decent robot mode and truck mode, with the paint only really fitting the truck. If they focused on one or the other (realistic vs cartoon), I bet it would look great and more solid imo.
David normally is kinda disappointing, but the EX version is awesome, and I haven’t seen many figures as commuted to the toy look as this retool/recolor.
2. The faux chest
-• this guy is similar to MP-44 because of its proportions and lack of real parts. The chest is fake, and its sacrifice doesn’t seem as worth it for the robot mode’s gap in the chest. That’s not what I look for in a transformer. Although the rest of the figure isn’t bad at all, it just has some weaknesses that stop me from liking him so much. Newage has some great other figures like agamemnon and black rain.
However I did read a comment somewhere here that said newage falls behind because it was optimized for octavian, not david, so they made trade offs for a good octavian. I think for that, newage gains some extra points. As a whole company too, they have the better repaints and retools, and the EX figures look phenomenal.
Yeah.. those are the things that disappointed the fans.
I went for EX because I was just so keen to have a modern rendition of the G1 toy, and it fits the bill. But the paint chipping is just so annoying, so I went for 27F, as a transformation double, and it's okay for the price.
And I agree, this is very much designed for the Ultra Magnus release, not quite for Optimus, maybe there is another version of Optimus from NewAge down the line?
@@OptimusLegends perhaps, if it somehow manages to best b46 in the aspects it specializes in, my mind would be blown.
I've been waiting on Magic Square to get B-46 back in stock and they finally did. Ordered immediately as I love the toon accuracies. I have the Masterpiece scale of Optimus Prime and Nemesis Prime as well and they're fantastic. This little guy is just as good but way smaller and with a trailer. I love NewAge version, especially the premium look and paint but that chest kills it for me. That's probably the only reason I didn't buy him. A year later and now I have NewAge David and sold my Magic Square. The plastic was just so flimsy that it felt very cheap. Still think MS does it better but chose the premium quality of NewAge over accuracies and cheap unpainted plastics.
Whelp this didn’t help me at all, because now I bought both!
I feel like this review sums up every Newage and Magic Square figure.
B46 is my second Magic Square figure, I used to collect NewAge without a second thought, until MS Hound came out, masterpiece mindset for designing legend scale figures.
aside the knee joint i greatly prefer magic square over new age
Knee joint of b46 make the leg look like it break in half
really wish they make mp scale to fix this problem
Oh i think if they go for extreme cartoon arcurate they can remove some truck detail to get a cleanner bot mode
I guess in legend scale it will be rather difficult to manage a better sculpt for the knees, and agreed, by scaling up, there should be a better solution.
Not sure how many repaint would come out, they are sharing the same mold and truck details I guess.
You did it!!!!!!! Thank you so much!! I freaking love your vids!!!
No problem! Lots of kneeling, just like how you ordered it.
@@OptimusLegends I appreciate you man!!! That paint chipping scares me
My pleasure!
Yeah.. it bothers me as well, should be a way to not get painted parts involved in tabbing into anything, especially something very visible in robot mode.
@@OptimusLegends with the price of these figures, I would think they would of figured it out. I can't wait for MS to release
@@angryangel Re-release comes out in June, hope you get yours soon.
Magic Square definitely has it. Better looks, better articulation, no faux parts.
Agreed. Especially no faux parts.
Have you considered reviewing Agamemnon EX?
Hi Bonnie, I definitely will put him in the plan, at the moment I have 3 other bots in the queue, if Magic Square Jazz didn't come out too soon.
@@OptimusLegends Haha ok, good luck on those!
@@toybonniesfm Thanks!
It’s 2024. Magic Square just released a new repaint as MS-B46A with metallic paint and vivid blue windshields. I have payed for mine already.
Does it come with a jet pack?
@@johnstrife7nope :(
@@saanyoun that's the only thing I want from the previous versions of this mold, axe, gun and the jetpack
@@johnstrife7 it’s a repaint reissue, with blaster, axe, replacement smokestacks. No new hands, no trailer, no jetpack.
Where can you buy the magic square Optimus prime ?
It's available for pre-order in most online stores, comes out in June.
MS B46 for me.
Get both! MS for cartoon and NA ex for toy
Yeah.. that's what I thought.. but have to have another transformation double for ex, really don't want to sacrifice the paintwork for transformation.
Both figures scale well with Devastator or Bruticus
The bs46 IS THE 2.0 VERSION for $80 !! It is important to note that. There is another “repaint” version that is $50 on showzstore and THAT IS NOT THE ONE IS THIS VIDEO!!
I picked Magic Square because the transformation doesn’t involve faux parts.
I don't know about anyone else,but I'd go with magic square MS-B46 Optimus. He's cleaner,and more cartoon accurate. The new age on the other hand is just ok. To many gaps in vehicle mode and the foe chest wind shield is my biggest grip. And its not as clean in robot mode as magic square B46. The things I do like about new age is the paint detail and new age did go for the traditional 80's G1 look. But all in all I prefer the magic square B46.
You lucky and happy bastard.
NewAge's toy deco is superb. Just gorgeous. Magic Square's is definitely better on the cartoon side. Legends scale collectors continue to win in either case here.
Very true, I just realized it only recently as I was reviewing these legend scale figures, that we could get back to the fun we used to have when we were kids playing with transformer toys, we never cared about paint chipping, we didn't have to pay extra attention and try not to break this delicate piece, we know nothing about engineering or materials, we just fumbled with this thing, flipped between modes and had fun.
A huge difference between collecting MPs and legends.
I just orders the new Optimus Prime figure from Newage (David) and that trailer is more cartoon accurate then the version you showed in this video, i gues you don't have the new one yet so it's a unfair competition. I would have liked Magic Square figures if they would use paint but they don't, so Newage is the winner for me.
Yes, the major reason that drives fans away from MS is the material and paint, it does not look premium.
NewAge is a very good option too.
B46👌
I have all of the Newage prime versions and ultra Magnus recolours, and I just bought the Magic Square Nemisis v2.0. I have to say Magic Square wins this one for me.
First of all, for cartoon accuracy, there is no comparison. Magic square version is also more clean in my opinion, less transformation joints and gaps etc in both modes. It has virtually no faux parts, except for the front fender/hip, even the gas tank transforms into the larger gas tank, which is very clever. I never liked the back end of the Newage prime's truck mode, just does not look right and the upper cover doesn't lock into position when you try to lift it.
As a toy, I also find I enjoyed play with Magic Square a lot more, the material is very tough and I was not afraid to use force. It is virtually indestructible. The Newage design has a flaw, the screws go lose all my versions on the front wheel arc part. I also found that some paint on the silver parts of the waist got rubbed off after a few days of play and transformation. Usually I find Newage gives better transformation experience than magic square for most of their transformers. This is not the case for Optimus. The tabs on the H27 (and variants)'s legs are way too tight, almost impossible to transform if you don't have strong finger nails, fingers feel painful afterwards. Overall I find transforming Magic Square prime much more pleasant experience.
Overall, QC issues aside (Newage has better QC), I feel Magic Square takes this one with a healthy margin. For Newage to catch up in their 2.0 release I think they need to redesign.
Thanks for a mini review, the points are spot on.
Like many fans said, H27 is more of an Ultra Magnus design, rather than a Prime dedicated mold, I guess it makes sense.
NA used to be my go to brand for legend scale figures, but a few of their recent designs fell behind, especially when I was exploring the Devastator options, I was shocked how NA could release a set like that, hope they could get back to the old NA that fans love, maybe with a 2.0 Optimus.
@@OptimusLegends Totally agree. When I started collecting legends it ALL NewAge. Then a few MS crept in, and now, months later, it's 90% Magic Square. In my opinion their recent releases have almost entirely surpassed their NA counterparts - even with the oft-criticised choice of plastic (which i've never understood). What a time to be a legend collector!
I prefer the MS one mainly because I can’t get over how the newages chest looks with that weird faux chest. They’re both good, but that chest puts me off.
What's the other Optimus?
I just can't get past how bad that NewAge chest looks in bot mode. I'm really looking forward to getting my MS Optimus when they start shipping the updated version.
Hi Charlock, hope you get your fixed version soon!