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Mindmaster wrote:

Soundwave looks hideous, and Lazerback looks pretty bad. And what is up with the gross swirly plastic on most of them? This isn't 1993...

Swirly plastic = GPS = those figures are SCREWED.

I don't see any swirls in the plastic itself. If you're referring to Bumblebee's roof and Wheeljack's hood: spray paint patterns.

Looks like molded swirly-colored plastic to me. But it's not metallic, so GPS shouldn't be a problem. GPS is caused by the metallic flecks in the plastic.

Those are colour swirled plastic, not spray. The dead giveaway is inside BB's roof, if it were sprayed they wouldn't have bothered doing the interior.

Mega Bloks has been doing similar things with their Halo sets for quite a while ("Camouflauge" plastic I believe they called it) and personally I hate it. It makes everything so inconsistent and slapped together looking, especially when you're only applying it to a few parts on the overall figure (BB's Roof, Soundwave's arms and feet, Wheeljack's hood). Granted these things look inconsistently slapped together anyway, with new X-TREME bits on pre-existing molds.

Whether or not this dye-swirled plastic will be a precursor to GPS is anyone's guess, but even metallic flake plastics these days seem to be handled differently enough to make them last... So for anyone looking to get these I'd hazard a guess they'll be safe in the years to come. For me, however, these are a definite pass, and I'm gonna be extra sad if this is how they begin appearing in the show.

Good lord those things look horrid! They're like out of some bad 90's comic!

Samsonator wrote:Those are colour swirled plastic, not spray. The dead giveaway is inside BB's roof, if it were sprayed they wouldn't have bothered doing the interior.

Mega Bloks has been doing similar things with their Halo sets for quite a while ("Camouflauge" plastic I believe they called it) and personally I hate it.

Huh, never heard of such a development. Interesting.

OK, then I retract, but my GPS statement still stands.

At the risk of dismissing these out of hand, I'll be very interested to see TT's take on it....

Looks like another money saving year for me. My wife will be VERY happy about it.

El Duque wrote:I can't believe I'm saying this, but that Cenobite Bumblebee is kind of doing it for me.

"What is your pleasure?"....... I get that vibe from most of this wave, myself. Repaint BB black, stick a couple of pins on his head, a splash of blood, and a Lament Configuration in his hand, he might just pull it off......


I'm only gonna grab Soundwave.

xyl360 wrote:

CBratetron wrote:I'm sure the swirls on his roof is just improperly mixed plastic.

It's clear plastic painted that way. It's meant to look burned/damaged just like Wheeljack's hood with its gray/charred look. I wish they'd done that over their entire alt modes or not at all. Having just certain parts looking like that looks way off.

Agreed. Wheeljack's isn't too bad as it looks like he's driven through an explosion, in which case most of the charring would be on the bonnet. But Bumblebee's doesn't make any sense solely on the roof.

Simple beast transformation be damned! I like Lazerback. I WILL get him. I'll probably get them all regardless of whether or not they get the same treatment in the show. As someone else said though, I'll probably wait to see what Takara's planning on doing with this series of figures.