Cyber Bishop wrote:Ill add some photos to this thread..
Ok some side by side pix of classics/generations Thunderwing next to his G1 counterpart.
Hasbro did a marvelous job in bringing this character back to life for a new age. The colors are nice and let you know exactly who this character is.. However the C/G one is so much smaller and not as imposing as his G1 counterpart. The articulation is superb on the new one as he can get into so many poses where the original is just a block that can move its arms up and down.
They streamelined his back kibble so he is not as "blocky".
Now to the jet modes
The only thing missing from the new one is the smaller robot. And to be honest the original could have been made as a stand alone character with no smaller robot. I know in the marvel comics you never saw his bot mode only pretender shell and to be honest that is all you need.
Combined with his smaller robot the original Thunderwing is pretty long and even with the drone on the newer one he still is no where near as long.
So in a nutshell yeah he is not as large and imposing as his original version but his articulation, accurateness (you look at him and know he is thundering) and menacing look make up for that., this is why I can only give him a 90%. If they remade this version that would be about 2 inches taller he would have been a solid 100% for me.
I like that the new one's guns combine into a mega canon.