"R'lyeh"?
-Perceptor's attempt to test the Key to Vector Sigma in reverse ended badly...
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"R'lyeh"?
-Perceptor's attempt to test the Key to Vector Sigma in reverse ended badly...
"Comic shading"
"Comic shading" seems like a reasonable term. Grimlock is comic-colored and looks good! Shockwave is comic-shaded and looks awful.
I do love the box and that Optimus head accessory though, that will be hard to pass up. Grimlock is an easier choice, and is really the first Legacy Dinobot I'm interested in.
I do love the box and that Optimus head accessory though, that will be hard to pass up. Grimlock is an easier choice, and is really the first Legacy Dinobot I'm interested in.
"Comic Sans Neon"-when the figure's colors mAKe yUr eYez HurT...
Odd thought, does Shockwaves Prime head come from any mold we've seen before? The base is new...
Odd thought, does Shockwaves Prime head come from any mold we've seen before? The base is new...
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Oh, on closer inspection, Grimlock does have a lot of that geometric black "shading," just not quite as prominently as Shockwave. The weird angry dino eyebrow is the worst offender. Meh... maybe I'll skip both.
My store is only recently just got the Legacy Evolution wave consisting of Strongarm, Detritus, and Shadow Striker.
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees
All I see that are too small are the green stripes. Otherwise, that's literally the deco he had in the cartoon.
It goes back to the discussion about the windshield. If he had his round windshield that ended before the split in the legs, it would give more room on the hood for the green stripes. It would really bring the whole thing together better. As it is, the car mode does seem a little too plain white.
And also the numbers are different on the sides, but apart from that, it's literally the same...
That Wheeljack just looks awful. And Trailbreaker looks like a neutral move to me, so I'm pretty good at completely skipping this set.
ZacWilliam, I'd buy a Hound solo, but I'm happy enough with the Seige dude that I don't need it otherwise...
ZacWilliam, I'd buy a Hound solo, but I'm happy enough with the Seige dude that I don't need it otherwise...
I just don't really care about the 5 pack. I've already got most of the figures from the first go-around and honestly, I'm kind of over Hound now. I've got the WFC Stege release and while it's not my ideal version, it's good enough. I would like the earth mode (or would have liked it, were it released a couple of years ago), but not nearly enough now to throw down on four other figures that I don't.
The Wheeljack is hilariously bland. And the Trailbreaker, while not bad, is the definition of a lateral move (although the sky blue windows work better for him rather than Wheeljack for reasons we've discussed). So far nothing's REALLY stepped up alongside Hound to justify this set. But then, cartoon decos aren't the ideal way to do that, I guess.
I do wonder for Origins Wheeljack, he has six slots for Energon rods, Bumblebee only came with five. I'm looking at some of the weapons from the Red Cog pack and wondering if any barrels would fit in those slots. I haven't bothered to get out calipers to see if any are equivalent as I'm not THAT curious and QC being what it is, a lot will require test-fitting anyhow.
On that note I am tempted when Bumblebee isn't in there, to just throw every loose accessory I have into the back and say Wheeljack dropped his sports car mode and went back to the hovervan because the car didn't have enough trunk space for all his junk he hauled around. One of the real life reasons I want one of those battery trucks, the huge front trunk combined with the bed would be a great thing for me.
On that note I am tempted when Bumblebee isn't in there, to just throw every loose accessory I have into the back and say Wheeljack dropped his sports car mode and went back to the hovervan because the car didn't have enough trunk space for all his junk he hauled around. One of the real life reasons I want one of those battery trucks, the huge front trunk combined with the bed would be a great thing for me.