Plastic Addict Episode 14: Beast Wars Optimus Minor
Posted: March 07th, 2009
Info: Wow, the first review for a donated toy is here! ...we just have to get through another donated toy first. One of the most ill-conceived Beast Wars toys there is, the illegitimate son of Optimus Primal takes his turn against the Addict, and the results won't be pretty... especially when they begin with a toy so ugly.
Behind the Scenes: Turns out CybertronAx is a pretty awesome guy and surprisingly close to my area of the world. Check his videos out if you haven't, Movieman33843 on YouTube, it's worth a look, the man is missing a few screws in his head. Inevitably I seem to forget a little feature on a toy... in this case it was the fact that Minor's tail can plug in sideways which does help his poses in looking more appealing. It was suggested to me that his arm splitting was actually for beast mode, leg splitting for a "spider monkey" effect. That leads me to believe there was no thought to the gimmick other than you can make up whatever you want. Kung fu monkey? Sure! Four legged monkey? Why not!