Transformers Legacy toyline

PrimalxConvoy

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Pics aren't mine.

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LBD "Nytetrayn"

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Okay, I am seriously impressed here.

I thought Orion Pax was just a simple recolor/remold from Hound, but to turn from a green jeep into a red and blue robot? Now that is some genius engineering! You can't even see the other mode's colors in either form!
Weird decision to make the tallest Maximal in Beast Machines a tiny Core class figure, though.
With his design? A core class BM Cheetor will probably look eye-to-eye with Legacy Galvatron.
 

PrimalxConvoy

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Okay, I am seriously impressed here.

I thought Orion Pax was just a simple recolor/remold from Hound, but to turn from a green jeep into a red and blue robot? Now that is some genius engineering! You can't even see the other mode's colors in either form!
Pics aren't mine and the original set didn't seem to feature the correct alt mode either.
 

LordGigaIce

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So I picked up Armada Megatron today. It's a great figure overall. Shoulders should probably be locked into place in robot mode, but it's honestly not too bad.

What I find myself loving/being frustrated by is that he's such a faithful sculpt of the original, and I LOVED that original toy. So when I'm holding him my muscle memory of the original kicks in and I end up trying to activate features this new guy just doesn't have. And on one hand that's fine. He's a different figure trying to do completely different stuff. And he pulls off what he sets out to do well. He's a full-sized transforming Armada Megatron who can pose in ways the original never could. And I'm not expecting firing weapons really, but the lack of spring loaded bits, including his knife hand, just leave me feeling like something was lost in all of this.
 

CoffeeHorse

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I blame the joyless grumpy people who derided Armada back in the day. People actually complained about the knife not being very impressive looking.

Being impressive wasn't the point. The point was that Armada Megatron never runs out of weapons. Just when you think he's out of ammo- *stab*
 

LordGigaIce

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I blame the joyless grumpy people who derided Armada back in the day. People actually complained about the knife not being very impressive looking.

Being impressive wasn't the point. The point was that Armada Megatron never runs out of weapons. Just when you think he's out of ammo- *stab*
Armada Megs was a great toy and the knife was perfect. The final scene between him and OP in the show more than justified it as-is.

Honestly? I would have taken Armada Megs But With Knees. Which is sort of what we got? I'm happy for it, but I miss all the fun stuff we lost.
 

LBD "Nytetrayn"

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From the front page!

Seeing it in action, this is pretty clever: this one, single Jolt isn't too yellow for Hot Shot, and not too red for Powerlinx Hot Shot, since he falls in the middle.

And I don't say that just because I love orange.
 

lastmaximal

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Idk, much as I like having Jolt in an all new color, I still would've preferred getting two Jolts (one red, one yellow) packed in, even if it meant not getting the guns and blast effects. That might have gotten me to backtrack and get regular Hot Shot.
 

Sabrblade

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Seeing it in action, this is pretty clever: this one, single Jolt isn't too yellow for Hot Shot, and not too red for Powerlinx Hot Shot, since he falls in the middle.

And I don't say that just because I love orange.
It's because Jolt was colored orange-ish in the cartoon, so Hasbro opted for show-accuracy.

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Steadfast

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You can quibble over articulation or screen accuracy; but Armada was the most “fun” toyline we’ve ever gotten.

I will die on that hill.
Energon's up there, too, IMO-- mix-and-match Autobot combiners, Decepticons with ridiculous flipout weapons, and the Energon weapon/5mm business.

But, yeah, Armada was fantastic. Posability suffered some, but there were still figures like Red Alert.
 

The Predaking

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Idk, much as I like having Jolt in an all new color, I still would've preferred getting two Jolts (one red, one yellow) packed in, even if it meant not getting the guns and blast effects. That might have gotten me to backtrack and get regular Hot Shot.
Personally, I like the red Hotshot better, and much rather have the extra guns and blast effects. Mainly because I am planning on making a TF diorama soon, and those will come in extra handy. :)
 


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