by frogbat » Sat Oct 02, 2010 1:57 pm
- Motto: "All my 6 nipples are tingling."
- Weapon: Self-Propelled Photon Cannon
when i was about 4 - before transformers made its debut on local tv.. i was into cranes.. loved them to bits.. later when i got into transformers.. i still had a soft spot for the construction vehicles - i think i recreated the scene from arrival from cybertron with my toy crane so naturally when i saw grapple in the toyshop i begged my parents to get it.. i don't think i had ever wanted a tf so badly ad grapple!
i even bought the reissue even tho my original was in decent condition... i have classics inferno and to be honest it's one of my least favourites - maybe cos he didn't have a big white step ladder.
he is very g1 like in his blockiness and his transformation is quite fun (i really like voyager class tfs cos of their balance in transformation complexity and size). I Am pleased they remolded the arms on grapple and gave him a decent sized crane.. though certain details would've been nice such as the inclusion of weaponry - hand gun and er gun for a hand.
and yeah he should be more orange.. in that pic he looks more like a homage to the micromaster erector
but hey i'll be buying him anyways.
My personal prime collection so far in descending order of how great i reckon the toy is -
FE Prime, Silas Breakdown (Powerizer), Dreadwing (Powerizer), FE Bulkhead, Voyager StarScream (Powerizer), Ratchet, Soundwave, Arcee, Voyager Megatron (Powerizer), Wheeljack, Thundertron (Powerizer), Ultra Magnus (Powerizer), Knockout, Cliffjumper, Bumblebee,Airachnid