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griftimus prime wrote:good lord that visor sucks. where the hell is the quality control hasbro?

They've been extinct for almost 3 years now, they took a vacation during animated then just left at DOTM. Theres no such thing as QC at hasbro anymore

I can't believe it. They actually made a figure in this line that I'm seriously considering getting. That armor and fugly weapon will never see the light of day but the figure itself is actually something worthwhile. We'll see what happens when I actually have it under my nose at the store though since it has been insanely easy to talk myself out of purchasing nearly every other figure from the Prime line. The fact that they jacked the prices by $5 USD on them while giving us smaller figures had a lot to do with that but the aesthetic of the figures has been mostly to blame.

So we have ourselves a lot of happy fans now it seems.
This fig is a picker-upper no doubt but that fly swatter weapon is total garbage. It will please me to arm him with a much needed weapon indeed...'nuff said!

Nemesis Destron wrote:but that fly swatter weapon is total garbage.

You can fire the missile and get rid of the net.

Well we now know for sure that the armor is removable and the robot chest is fake. I do like how it swings though. I was correct in my assumption that some people would be put off by the kibble on his arms but it looks to me like daggers or something. Can't wait to see Bulkhead now.

Bulkhead: Fix'd



This face will haunt your nightmares...


Enjoy!

Samsonator wrote:Bulkhead: Fix'd



This face will haunt your nightmares...


Enjoy!

thanks.....for that.....

Samsonator wrote:This face will haunt your nightmares...
Enjoy!

I did, thanks. But I think this face will be floating around in my happiest dreams, not my nightmares.

I'm not sure about the new deluxe Bulkhead. It's a good looking figure and significantly enough of a remold that I wouldn't mind getting it and calling it someone else. However I do agree the new head mold is lacking in personality. Will probably just skip it.

As for Smokescreen: fake chest be damned! ALL HAIL HASBRO!!!

Now where's my Takara version?

The car mode looks great, but his robot mode is a little too bulky for me to think of him as Smokescreen. It's better than the AM Knockout repaint, but it still feels off.

Still gonna get him, but I hope we get that Prowl retool eventually.

PrymeStriker wrote:

Samsonator wrote:This face will haunt your nightmares...
Enjoy!

I did, thanks. But I think this face will be floating around in my happiest dreams, not my nightmares.

Because you're just that kind of person.

Bulkhead look more and more appealing, after that image.
Thanks Samsonator!

Samsonator wrote:Bulkhead: Fix'd



This face will haunt your nightmares...


Enjoy!

BulkMAU5?

Sodan-1 wrote:I'm not sure about the new deluxe Bulkhead. It's a good looking figure and significantly enough of a remold that I wouldn't mind getting it and calling it someone else. However I do agree the new head mold is lacking in personality. Will probably just skip it.

It's not a remold, it's a new mold. Prime Bulkhead has never been a deluxe before.

It's too bad we can get just a good NORMAL representation of him in deluxe size. I wonder if that tan paint is removable. ???

gothsaurus wrote:I wonder if that tan paint is removable. ???

Oh, come on. Hasbro's not that sneaky.

Hasbro superior
Takara Inferior?

WTh is going on here...

LiKwid wrote:Hasbro superior
Takara Inferior?

WTh is going on here...

Been like that for a while what with Takara ditching paint apps for stickers.

Sabrblade wrote:

LiKwid wrote:Hasbro superior
Takara Inferior?

WTh is going on here...

Been like that for a while what with Takara ditching paint apps for stickers.

I like applying stickers. And to be quite frank, Hasbro's paint apps have been lacking lately as well (not as much as Takara though. Smokie had no paint other than grey and black).

Yeah, and we've been missing the hubcaps and rear windows/taillights... well, just about any paint app from halfway back on any given car or plane. Sigh.

I have had mixed feelings about the stickers. Used to be figures came with the major paint apps... and stickers just put a little detail that was too precise to be painted — mechanical panels, etc. These are putting ALL the missing paint apps. Quite a different story.

I have enjoyed those microns, though. Putting them together is way fun.

BH Smokescreen is awesome, so much better than his Arms Micron counterpart. Well done Hasbro

...-sigh-...

I like this a lot, especially the alt mode. But it's just this pet peeve I have against fake kibble. He's got fake chest kibble, and the actual kibble is on his forearms in two huge chunks.

I'd personally like to see more cohesion between the onscreen designs and the actual toys.

Other than that, he's awesome, and I'm still tempted to buy the toy.

DO. WANT.

WOW! Without all the crap on him Smokescreen looks pretty awesome. Better than the Takara version. I can't believe I just said that.

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:I like this a lot, especially the alt mode. But it's just this pet peeve I have against fake kibble. He's got fake chest kibble, and the actual kibble is on his forearms in two huge chunks.

I'd personally like to see more cohesion between the onscreen designs and the actual toys.

Back in the day the designer for Macros worked with Takatoku to make the transforming VF's and they were fantastic. I really think if the Has/Tak guys worked with the designers the toys would be brilliant.

Bulkhead looks too much like Man at Arms