Transformers Collaborative (Transformers X Sonic the Hedgehog)

Earlier this year, I came to the conclusion (after waffling back and forth for literally months.) that I wanted the G.I.Joe collabs. All of them. Which was cemented into reality because BBTS was running half off on the megatron hiss tank. I wound up getting the hiss tank and striker for about 30 bucks less than if I was able to get them from a canadian site... which I wasn't.

Anywho!

First off: the box cover is fantastic. Straight outta the 80's. Nostalgia enough to bring back memories of getting joes at christmas and trading with my brother. Love the box, shame most of it is going into the recycling.

The figure itself is surprisingly heavy, surprisingly flimsy. I get why, but I was kinda shocked. The quality, especially over the last few years, is usually quite a bit higher than this. But I get it. It's a voyager scale figure with a pack into toy of a basic or deluxe (at most!) scaled character. The detailing is pretty simply, but... not inappropriate. I love the head mold, which is gorgeous and well rendered.

It is missing some quality of life features that we've all grown used to, like articulated ankles, but otherwise the articulation is fairly good. It has a tab to hold at the waist, but mine is very hesistant to hold. The giant offroad wheels kinda dominate the robot mode, and the roll cage is just loose hanging kibble hovering off his back.

Functionally, its a playset for the included G.I.Joe figure packed in... and I don't hate it. I mean, I wouldn't have bought it if suspected I was going to hate it. I am loving the mostly right scale between bot and human.

Looking forward to opening the hiss tank, and getting the other two figures in the line in a few months.

Oh hey! When did they start to include stands with the G.I.joe figures?

They were trying to get as close to classic GIJoe packaging as possible (certain legal requirements still had to be met, hence the five-language file card), and stands came with the figures back in the 80s.

---Dave

I have been completely won over by the GI Joe TF crossovers. Got Megatron and Bumblebee at clearance prices (and sold the Stalker to my brother, so Bee was even cheaper), and sprung for Kup as a preorder due to nostalgia glasses. Compared to modern Transformers, they may be a bit primitive, but their transformations are adequate, and they fit in amazingly with Joe vehicles!

I do wish Bee was a VAMP (or better yet, a Tiger Sting) instead of the AWE Striker, as I feel like that would have mitigated some of the issues Bee suffered from.

My shortlist of wishes for more:
The Wolverine as Arcee (the missile racks wind up as her shoulder thingies) paired with Cover Girl
The Snow Cat as himself (I know he was a Decepticon, but it's too perfectly on the nose) with Frostbite
The Stinger as Swindle (or VAMP as Hound)
The X-30 Conquest (as Space Case? At least a similar transformation) with Slipstream
The Python Conquest as Slipstream (because that amuses me, and then she isn't always a Windblade redeco)

My never gonna happen want:

USS Flagg as Broadside (Obviously Titan Class) with Keel-Haul or the more popular Shipwreck.

Haywire said:

The Stinger as Swindle (or VAMP as Hound)

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Por que no los dos? It worked for Alternators.

Shadewing said:

Keel-Haul or the more popular Shipwreck

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For a Titan class they ought to be able to throw in more than one Joe.

We also need Seaspray as the W.H.A.L.E. with Cutter, and a Warpath MOBAT with Steeler.

DefaultOption said:

Por que no los dos? It worked for Alternators.


For a Titan class they ought to be able to throw in more than one Joe.

We also need Seaspray as the W.H.A.L.E. with Cutter, and a Warpath MOBAT with Steeler.

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I think the current rumor is Optimus is gonna be a MOBAT.

DefaultOption said:

Por que no los dos? It worked for Alternators.

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Yeah, I lead with the Stinger, but I would want a more Hound-like transformation rather than a Swindle-based one, just because I would want both (as well as VAMP 2 and Tiger Sting versions!).

@Shadewing I believe you are correct about the Optimus Mobat rumor (but I do agree with DefaultOption that Warpath would be a great fit)

Also, forgot Bulkhead as an APC!

Shadewing said:

I think the current rumor is Optimus is gonna be a MOBAT.

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I know that one third party company did it but wouldn't the Rolling Thunder work better for Optimus?

Guess the Rolling Thunder would be way too big if it had to accomodate standard GI Joes

As far as truck-like Joe vehicles go, there's the APC (but I'd rather see that as Bulkhead). A little more "out there" would be the HAVOC; the advantage of that would be it has a built in Roller and Combat Deck analog if the designer were clever about it.

Just ordered soundwave and kup, completing the G.I.joe collab series...

So yeah... there goes basically my entire TF budget for 2025. And I've still got 11 of the primes to get.

...I kinda feel like this works.

Maybe not for scale, but definitely design.

I want them to start getting weird with it and make Decepticons out if Destro's Despoiler and Serpentor's chariot.

Bit surprised we haven't seen like a FANG or Trouble Bubble yet. Maybe the price of the overall package makes army building prohibitive.

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...I kinda feel like this works.

Maybe not for scale, but definitely design.

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That was a real, 3P toy.

The old Xovergen one that was so bad that BBTS only finally sold out their stock of it a couple months ago on deep deep discount?

TFC's Tactical Commander did it far better.

It only got away with the driver gimmick by being bigger then MP Optimus and using diaclone minifigures. A hypothetical upscale of that one to let it use 4 inch Joes would be beyond Titan Class. The cab would be around two feet and with the trailer nearing four.

I'd be interested in Flak as a Wolverine. NEVER gonna happen...if they do a Wolverine, it'll be Ironhide or Optimus Prime or some other major character.

---Dave

Dvandom said:

I'd be interested in Flak as a Wolverine. NEVER gonna happen...if they do a Wolverine, it'll be Ironhide or Optimus Prime or some other major character.

---Dave

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You're right about that, but I'd agree with that choice on Hasbro's part.

I'd actually not mind it as Brawn (and for more than the Scioli TF/GIJoe reference), but even that name's not going to be more likely than those two.

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You're right about that, but I'd agree with that choice on Hasbro's part.

I'd actually not mind it as Brawn (and for more than the Scioli TF/GIJoe reference), but even that name's not going to be more likely than those two.

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Reminder: We got Kup before Optimus Prime.