Side-Tracked: Recent Haul of KOs (224) Part 2 - 黑曼巴 Black Mamba BMB KO Oversized Power of the Primes POTP Optimus Prime 6002-8 Flame Robot

First time buying a Black Mamba 黑曼巴 product... This costs about SGD59, from Taobao... Just the shipping alone costs about SGD15... sigh... anyway, is a good figure, so still ok... BMB enlarged the POTP OP and made some good improvements over the original design, e.g. panels on arms are gone now, truck-container side is flat without protruding hinges, panels to cover up major hollow parts... etc ... not sure if the original hands can be opened but this BMB version can... Don't really like the die-cast feet on Orion Pax as it causes a heavier packpack in Optimus Prime mode... Realized the Optimus Prime feet ankle has to be pushed all the way back and locked in for the figure to be more stable. However, due to the oversizing, the plastic parts are too rigid to be flexed and flipped through. Hence I have to shave off (you can file off also) a little to allow the feet ankle to be able to push back and lock in place.





Robot mode...



Comparison with Jinbao Predaking...


The feet ankle parts that I trimmed in order to lock the feet ankle in...


Do not trim too much at once!!! Trial and error slowly...


The feet should look like this (from behind) when ankle is locked in properly...