Mayhem Transformers Discussion: United We Shelfwarm

[unluckiness]

Dumb decision to sell the trailer alone aside, this looks pretty good. It even has the weirdass grill face from the comics, a decent base mode and some semblance of trailer space. Terrifying-looking ab crunch though.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Nah. That transformation is asinine.

 

[unluckiness]

Aside from the odd choice of using screws and pins to lock transformation stuff (which might end up a problem down the road, IDK), I don't see what's particularly bad about it. Lots of accordion panel folding or maybe the head panel I guess? Not great but it's not horrible.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Some of the accordion panel folding makes sense. I like how it turns hollow trailer space into solid legs. But everything from the knees and above is just insane.

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

I'm not a fan, but I prefer Powermaster Prime over Ginrai anyway, so I'm not the target audience.

 

[Princess Viola]

Remember that shitty 3D printed Marvel PMOP head some people used for the Titans Return PMOP/Legends Super Ginrai?

 

[unluckiness]

To be fair, anything 3D printed bigger than a couple centimeters turns out jive.

Also, PMOP may have the most low-effort character model ever. They couldn't even get the left to match the right.

Some of the accordion panel folding makes sense. I like how it turns hollow trailer space into solid legs. But everything from the knees and above is just insane.

It looks like it may be smoother if you don't go base mode.

 

[unluckiness]

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Give them a break. They only worked on this thing for two years.

 

[Haze Arquebus]

...man, they should've had whoever worked on Captain Deadstar on this.

 

[unluckiness]

The best part is the Looney Tunes-esque limp tank cannon.

But seriously, there had to be better ways to attach a helmet. Hell, just sculpt it on, nobody wants a bald Bludgeon.

 

[Haze Arquebus]

Given how rough Banzai-Tron's shoulders were, I fear for how dire these are, as well as those hips, as that skirt does not look accomodating in the least.

 

[unluckiness]

The stock photos show there's some movement there but this is probably as far as they go.

The arms look somewhat restricted too. This render doesn't really show how the shoulder armor attaches but the sample makes it look as though they're pinned to the torso and just move up and down. Given how large they are, they'll probably restrict arm movement somewhat which is pretty bad considering the original shell managed to do that.

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

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Turning the shoulder intakes into bunny ears is kinda hilarious.

 

[unluckiness]

It’s pretty much the only design choice of note with this thing. It’s otherwise a generic anime girl figurine in cosplay and in a scale that's not popular among the anime figurine crowd.

This company’s all over the place it seems. Out of this lineup, just the datsuns have been released, and IIRC, only G1 Prowl.

Also, that's cute, Skywarp and Thundercracker have different animal ears.

 

[unluckiness]

 

[Spin-Out]

what the hug is that

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

From the jet mode, I'm guessing it's a third party Silverbolt. And a Concorde doesn't really leave a lot of room to gracefully deal with kibble, so it's yet another jet that only really looks good from above.

 

[Princess Viola]

I mean 'jet mode with the robot stowed underneath and barely any attempt at actually integrating the two modes' is pretty much the norm for 99% of Jetformers, let's be honest.

 

[unluckiness]

That's true. I just find this set's super-greebly aesthetics makes the contrast between modes worse.

what the **** is that

Plane barnacles.