Is Slipstream really just a 'new head + new colors' retool?
That's kinda lame.
That's kinda lame.
Didn't someone figure out if you spin Windblade's hips in jet more, the back half of the jet looks more like an F-14? Guess that was unintentional.
Also new guns.
-ZacWilliam , not my ideal Slipstream, but pretty colors. I might bite.
Both the blue and the maroon on Quake could be a bit darker, which makes me wonder if it's a lighting issue. Kinda disappointed that the guns are blue and purple instead of black and purple though, and the back half of the turret in vehicle mode feels like a bit of a mess so far, maybe better pictures later will help there(and clarify if the colors are a lighting thing).
I agree that it's weirdly bright.
-ZacWilliam, I'm kinda content with the TR version. I may get this one just for the Target
masters, compair the two main robots in person and put the TM with whichever I like more.
Just noticed that as well. That is a disappointment. Some remolded shoulders or arms that could mount the Null Rays would have definitely have been nice.
I'm kinda torn on Quake, and yeah its due to his colors. I'll probably wait til someone has it in hand; just becuase while the robot mode looks over saturated, some of the tank mode shots make it look darker; maybe not to the degree I like but still might look better. I'd prefer a Maroon and Navy, but I'll take a brick red and deep blue. But After Needlenose and Spinister getting unique molds, him being a remold is kinda disappointing, but at least he's an extensive one.
Slipstream I'm also kinda torn on, but at least she's kinda expected due to having been a Windblade retool previously... I just wish it had kept to the previous' one legnths of being a heavier retool. Its not Chromia "bad/unfitting" but it still feels rather low effort.
Slipstream I'm also kinda torn on, but at least she's kinda expected due to having been a Windblade retool previously... I just wish it had kept to the previous' one legnths of being a heavier retool. Its not Chromia "bad/unfitting" but it still feels rather low effort.
I do kind of want those Targetmasters, though. I can see myself buying it to give the Targetmasters to TR Quake and using this new one as his new intern, Aftershock.
I like Quake well enough as an upgrade to the TR figure. I never liked his being a Hardhead repaint. I definitely like the look of this one better in both modes, even if the tank is... that. And he finally gets his partners. Now I hope they get matching partners for Spinister out there somehow.
Slipstream is just disappointing. I knew she would be to some extent just from being a deluxe instead of starting from the seeker tooling, but not even being able to mount her weapons on her arms is frustrating. Her face is pretty bland too. I don't love the old version, but I'm not sold on this one either.
Slipstream is just disappointing. I knew she would be to some extent just from being a deluxe instead of starting from the seeker tooling, but not even being able to mount her weapons on her arms is frustrating. Her face is pretty bland too. I don't love the old version, but I'm not sold on this one either.
Hate that Slipstream. Hate hate hate hate hate that Slipstream. Hate it.
Because it's not Slipstream. At all.
It's Slipstream's colors on Windblade's body. Windblade's body without any retooling is not a Seeker body in any capacity.
And that head is not Slipstream's head. Slipstream is female. That head does not look anything like any head Slipstream has ever had. It's too masculine, resembling some random male dude instead. (EDIT: Having now read Mark's designer commentary, he even admits that the head is just Starscream with new ears. New ears do not make something feminine, Mark!)
This is not Slipstream. Period.
Quake looks decent. Nothing too fancy, but it gets the job done and at least resembles the character.
Because it's not Slipstream. At all.
It's Slipstream's colors on Windblade's body. Windblade's body without any retooling is not a Seeker body in any capacity.
And that head is not Slipstream's head. Slipstream is female. That head does not look anything like any head Slipstream has ever had. It's too masculine, resembling some random male dude instead. (EDIT: Having now read Mark's designer commentary, he even admits that the head is just Starscream with new ears. New ears do not make something feminine, Mark!)
This is not Slipstream. Period.
Quake looks decent. Nothing too fancy, but it gets the job done and at least resembles the character.
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Okay, Slipstream doesn't look bad, but I am not sold on getting her. Quake, however, does look nice, and I can justify getting him.
While I think that Slipstream is fairly disapointing, with the lack of wing retooling, the lack of any attempt to give her a more accurate chest and not even bothering to slap ports on her arms to mount her guns, I don't think the headsculpt is bad, and I certainly don't think it looks unfeminine.
That said, I'll be glad when we reach next year and not have to annoyingly slap a universe designation onto figures that look nothing like the character from that universe.
That said, I'll be glad when we reach next year and not have to annoyingly slap a universe designation onto figures that look nothing like the character from that universe.
Slipsteam is okay in my book. An actual ER Starscream retool would have been better, but I don't have a version of her yet, so this will be her first appearance in my collection/world.
Not fond of that Quake, though. I was really hoping he'd be a new mold. One of my favorite things about G1 Quake was his transformation. The legs wrapping around was cool and unusual. (I actually tried cobbling together a T30 Megatron and CW Warpath at one point to make a version of Quake, because the transformation was about the same.) I might stay with TR Quake, since I have a copy of Adventure "Targetmaster" that I gave to him to be one of his Targetmasters. (My headcanon is that Chasm is the other, reformatted into a Titan Master.)
Not fond of that Quake, though. I was really hoping he'd be a new mold. One of my favorite things about G1 Quake was his transformation. The legs wrapping around was cool and unusual. (I actually tried cobbling together a T30 Megatron and CW Warpath at one point to make a version of Quake, because the transformation was about the same.) I might stay with TR Quake, since I have a copy of Adventure "Targetmaster" that I gave to him to be one of his Targetmasters. (My headcanon is that Chasm is the other, reformatted into a Titan Master.)
And there's the only two figures I plan on getting from this wave.
Wish they'd given Slipstream a new chest though.
Wish they'd given Slipstream a new chest though.
Mark's posted a second designer commentary post for Slipstream (with pics of a non-final sample of the figure), and it's almost as if he posted it in response to the critical feedback of the figure.
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For todays reveal, I wanted to make sure you got to see the final product photos with our awesome Legacy United background. But nowwwww, I couldn’t wait to get some shots of her myself, even if the colors are not final. I wanted to make sure to show off all the positions for the null ray blasters, a decepticon seeker must!
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So please, do yourself a favor and scan through all the photos. I saw most of you were looking for a voyager scale to be equal with Starscream and I have noted that to the team. But, BUT, this cyberverse styled Slipstream hits hard in hand. If nothing else the colors, the colors, ohhhh the glorious tones of color, what a symphony to thehere! I actually dig the petite scale difference with ol SS.
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If there is somthing I learned here on @instagram is its the fandom for Transformers is not only a lovable passionate group, but everyone is extremely opinionated!Its near impossible to satisfy everyones wants and needs, you can only go with your gut instinct in the end and
hope everyone sees what you were at least trying to accomplish!
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Big shouts out to Koki san over in Takara Tomy who worked on this glorious tool! The articulation and transformation is solid, and please take a good look at her backside cause its looking just as good as the front! That super sonic cybertronian influenced jet design tho, it just screams hypersonic speeds beating all sorts of astrocycle tests!
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You can see the main differences in final product will be the teal color is metallic in the final product but its NOT metallic here. Also, the canopy is tinted teal in final product but NOT here, it is clear, so for final product, AGAIN, metallic teal and teal tinted cockpit!
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Quake next!
Ouch. I guess the comments have been rough.