Trikeboy wrote:I looks like I'm in the minority here because I'm underwhelmed by Giant. It has a great combined mode, don't get me wrong but I must say I'm not a fan of the individual bots. They look too small to me in both modes. How many times have you seen a dump truck or any of the alt modes used to make Giant the same size as a car driving down the road? Hercules is actually a lot more accuarate in terms of scale in my opinion. People have complained about quality on Hercules but mine have been fine. In Robot mode, they stand just a litte over the deluxe sized it is true but not much. To be fair, if it were a reality with no mass shifting, the Constructicons would have been larger than most of the Decepticons.
Incorporating the combiner parts as trailors just looks wrong to me (as it did on G1 Devy). Also, Giant makes no attempt to hide the combiner head attached to Hook, its sitting out right next to the cab. His own head can clearly be seen at the back too. I haven't seen many cranes with a large robot head attached to it.
Giant:
Hercules:
Longhaul looks too Movieverse for my liking but could be good for a kitbash into the Fallen. At first glance my first thought was Stockade:
So, yeah, I'm not regretting going with Hercules as my 3rd Party Devestator. If the cost of Giant isn't too high, I might consider getting one to repaint ala Shattered Glass though.
You're not the only one
I only collect Classic-verse fig and try to make up the scale as good as i can. And no, a combiner that can be slap in the face by a voyager class bot just aren't enough.
The bot mode....looks a bit weird to me personally. Still, to each their own.Btw, complaining bout the QC issue of TFC (ones that had been released)...how sure are u that Maketoys won't have any?
Also, how can people say they like Giant due to their G1-like design and but also like the not-Long Haul cause it's great update?