No problem, it's a weird situation. I initially tried to explain it from memory but quickly realized I was messing it up so I went and dug it up. I just remembered that conversation because I was baffled that they were reissuing Arcee yet again.
I just got a notice from BBTS that my Waspinator will be shipping soon! Woot!
I find a lot of people nitpick and complain about terrible qc and ruined figures on things I think are totally fine and not a big deal, but that helmet looks legit horrible in those pics.
Yeah, it's really unfortunate what happened with Jackpot. I'd accidentally ordered two, but got the benefit of picking out the better of the heads.
I can live with the one I settled on, but between that and the splitting windshield issue with the mold in general, Jackpot sure wasn't a lucky fella.
I can live with the one I settled on, but between that and the splitting windshield issue with the mold in general, Jackpot sure wasn't a lucky fella.
I don't remember seeing any head (aside from huge ones like Trypticon or the Dinobots) assembled side-to-side before, usually they're front-and-back. I'm sure there have been many I simply overlooked, but this is probably why it isn't more common.
Edit: And if the head ISN'T assembled in two side-halves, just ignore me. I don't have one, so it's entirely possible there's something else going on and I just don't know what I'm looking at.
Edit: And if the head ISN'T assembled in two side-halves, just ignore me. I don't have one, so it's entirely possible there's something else going on and I just don't know what I'm looking at.
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It's two parts for the helmet side to side, with a face glued on (which is why the face and eyes look a little better).
The thing is it's not just misaligned - cutting it in half and re-gluing wouldn't help much. The parts just fundamentally don't match up all the way around. It's like they did two different head sculpts and then took half from one and half from the other. I have to think it's another victim of this issue Hasbro seem to have over the last few years where black parts seem to be pulled out of the mold too quickly and are warping badly. It's Siege Astrotrain level.
It seriously looks like something out of the 1980s.
What happened to Siege Astrotrain...?
You couldn't fold his trailer flat because the hinges were effectively too wide to let that happen.
No one else digging that Buzzsaw the was leaked? Terrible photo but you can tell he is going to look great.
Just to clarify, no, not cassette Buzzsaw. Retool of Kingdom Waspinator with new head resembling the original toy's non-mutant head
Just to clarify, no, not cassette Buzzsaw. Retool of Kingdom Waspinator with new head resembling the original toy's non-mutant head
Buzzsaw is cool, I kind of like my Cybertron version, but I may pick up that version of this mold instead of Waspinator. Unless they do a Buzzer-bot version.
Kind of digging the Core Hot Rod, also, but he makes me want a Core Kup and Blurr to go with him.
Kind of digging the Core Hot Rod, also, but he makes me want a Core Kup and Blurr to go with him.
Eh, probably retailer exclusive for Legacy or a concurrent exclusive initiative.
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It's not HORRIBLE, but definitely lacking compared to prior efforts.
"No, it's the Beast Wars guy not the G1 guy" is a fun little change of pace.
Between this and that rumored white Buzzworthy repaint I'm almost certainly gonna get some version of this mold after all.
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Slammer's tower mode... and some interesting "accidental" leaks in the margins there...
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I see Legacy Inferno, something "Dastard", and Gadep / Omega Sentinel.
"No, it's the Beast Wars guy not the G1 guy" is a fun little change of pace.
Between this and that rumored white Buzzworthy repaint I'm almost certainly gonna get some version of this mold after all.
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Slammer's tower mode... and some interesting "accidental" leaks in the margins there...
Also Shattered Glass Blaster
I myself wouldn't consider Armada Starscream a "dastard", but to each their own.
