Seriously it's like when people criticize a mass-retail Transformer by comparing it to their Masterpiece counterpart (or a 3P Masterpiece).
They are in completely different brackets here.
They are in completely different brackets here.
Missing Link Prime was well out of my budget, as amazing as it's looked.
But this? Oh, I'll happily take this! It'll be more than good enough for me!
But this? Oh, I'll happily take this! It'll be more than good enough for me!
And a 360 degrees look:
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This one actually does what I wanted the Missing Link version to do: Leave the flaps off the back of his shoulders and keep them on his back so that he doesn't have a big gaping hole in his back.
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This one actually does what I wanted the Missing Link version to do: Leave the flaps off the back of his shoulders and keep them on his back so that he doesn't have a big gaping hole in his back.
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He looks solid! There are obvious compromises to get the concept to the $25, but I think they largely succeed. I'm really impressed at the purported accessory load out: 2 blasters, a matrix, and an Energon ax. I'm surprised to see light piping return, but it's a nice gimmick for this kind of figure.
I do have a couple of nitpicks, almost exclusively on the colors- I think the red is little on the bright side, while the grey plastic parts are maybe too dark. The singular Autobot logo is a bit weird. It almost feels like they were trying to "toe the line" between the classic cartoon representation while still working within the original toy's design.
While Mark makes note about the plastic colors, I don't see any more deco apps being included. I'm sure Toyhax will have a deco sheet ready quickly, since he just feels...naked..without all those sticker details that Missing Link colored in.
I do have a couple of nitpicks, almost exclusively on the colors- I think the red is little on the bright side, while the grey plastic parts are maybe too dark. The singular Autobot logo is a bit weird. It almost feels like they were trying to "toe the line" between the classic cartoon representation while still working within the original toy's design.
While Mark makes note about the plastic colors, I don't see any more deco apps being included. I'm sure Toyhax will have a deco sheet ready quickly, since he just feels...naked..without all those sticker details that Missing Link colored in.
The only thing I'm not liking about that Prime is I wish the smokestacks were painted silver. Should at least be any easy fix though.
I would adore this if Missing Link didn't exist.
Okay I still kinda adore it.
Okay I still kinda adore it.
It's Missing Link's baby brother.
Missing Link but affordable if you're on a budget and just wanna pop in to Target or Walmart to buy figures.
Your Walmart stocks toys?!
Sure. But it's 99% a combination of last year's ROTB mainline toys and the first-year Legacy toys from two years ago.
I like it more the longer I look at it. In theory I prefer Takara's literal approach and would gladly pay more for it once I have available funds, but I can't say Hasbro didn't understand the assignment. They treated the smokestacks like weapons. That is absolutely something kids did back in the day, but it's something I thought we'd never see again because it's not in the precious toon.
If Hasbro (or a credible leaker) teases any kind of followup that's more interesting than Bumblebee and Cliffjumper, I'm in.
If Hasbro (or a credible leaker) teases any kind of followup that's more interesting than Bumblebee and Cliffjumper, I'm in.
Missing Link is, to me, more expensive than the nostalgia is worth. This one isn't as nicely painted, but it's less than half of what BBTS is asking for ML (at least, for the trailer-less version, but I don't care about the trailer), and might show up at retail so I could see it in person first. So I'm interested, but not committed to it.
Somehow even with that, it's still better than what every Target I've been to recently has had available lol.
(Seriously at least my local Walmart looks well-stocked, even if it's mostly just shelfwarmers, every single Target I've been to recently is like 'OK here's your peg with like 4 Core class figures and here's your pegs with 6 Deluxes and I guess you got like a couple Voyagers on the shelf too and maybe one Leader if you're lucky')
Cyberjets, or Cyberjets-'ish' . . . maybe?
I have Jetfire and Hooligan on one of my shelves. These two are fun, and they look great, but they're really wobbly. The others didn't feel safe to transform - I always worried about breaking something.
After careful thought, I have decided that I am passing on this wave of deluxes:
Slipstream, while looking nice, doesn't quite do what I would like in regards to weapons
Quake, I have no attachment to the character and frankly the mold he using his, not great, thou clearly he got the retooling budget instead of Slipstream
Deluxe G1 OP, looks nice but I have plenty of OPs in my collection in various sizes and shapes, including the lego one and I'm, looking forward to seeing what the Studio series 86 produces and if it can beat the Earthrise/Netflix mold as that has been the best mainline G1 Op to date
Slipstream, while looking nice, doesn't quite do what I would like in regards to weapons
Quake, I have no attachment to the character and frankly the mold he using his, not great, thou clearly he got the retooling budget instead of Slipstream
Deluxe G1 OP, looks nice but I have plenty of OPs in my collection in various sizes and shapes, including the lego one and I'm, looking forward to seeing what the Studio series 86 produces and if it can beat the Earthrise/Netflix mold as that has been the best mainline G1 Op to date
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I'm so glad that I didn't pay for the recent TT Missing Link or Hotwheels versions. I wonder why both companies released such similar figures so close in time to each other?
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