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About a month ago I rated the Classics that were out they where graded as followed
Bumblebee 9/10
Prime 9/10
Rodimus 6/10
Grimlock 5/10
Mirage 9/10
Jetfire 10/10
Megatron 9/10
Starscream 7.5/10
Astrotrain 7.5/10
So with new figures out I thought I would rate the new figures I've found

Ultra Magnus: Good repaint normally not impressed with prime repaints but I like him (8/10)
Skywarp: Hasbro took the seeker mold and gave it an awesome paint job much better than Starscream (9.5/10)
Ramjet: I love the cone head and the wing remold this is another great seeker figure. If you see it, get it (9.5/10)
Cliffjumper: good repaint really would have been better if it had a different head. I used the jet ski as a chest sheild instead of another jet pack (by folding the wings down the front) (6.5/10)
and for the heck of it...
Soundwave (TRU): Thank god they finally released it. Great toy and great homage (10/10) tape are great as well both (10/10).

Thanks
Mixmaster.

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Betty: First a joke... what do you get when you cross an owl with a bungie cord?

I brought the Magnus / Skywarp 2 pack today for skywarp. However, I think the Ultra Magnus figure is A+!! Skywarp.... looks great but I dont like the way his launchers are designed. They bump into his wings

ChrisR291 wrote:<snip> Skywarp.... looks great but I dont like the way his launchers are designed. They bump into his wings

Yes! This is one design flaw with Starscream, Skywarp, and presumably a future Thundercracker (maybe Sunstorm too if Hasbro wants to make the most of its money) have. It appears that Ramjet's cannons will not be interfered with, though I've yet to get him to be sure (there's a small portion of the wing that does come up, but the nice pics on this site seem to indicate it won't be a problem.) If they do Dirge, I'm betting no problem there either. Thrust may not have the problem either, but I don't know how Hasbro would imagine his transformation compared to the other seekers. I could see the compromise being a "conehead" combined with wings that closely resemble Starscream et. al. and therefore might fold up.

I hope Hasbro continues to do all of these. I'll buy them.

Agamemnon wrote:

ChrisR291 wrote:<snip> Skywarp.... looks great but I dont like the way his launchers are designed. They bump into his wings

Yes! This is one design flaw with Starscream, Skywarp, and presumably a future Thundercracker (maybe Sunstorm too if Hasbro wants to make the most of its money) have. It appears that Ramjet's cannons will not be interfered with, though I've yet to get him to be sure (there's a small portion of the wing that does come up, but the nice pics on this site seem to indicate it won't be a problem.) If they do Dirge, I'm betting no problem there either. Thrust may not have the problem either, but I don't know how Hasbro would imagine his transformation compared to the other seekers. I could see the compromise being a "conehead" combined with wings that closely resemble Starscream et. al. and therefore might fold up.

I hope Hasbro continues to do all of these. I'll buy them.

Glad to see someone agree with me. Why does hasbro give them big, bulky shoulder launchers? In the cartoon they looked small and light. I think G1 Dirge got the best weapons of any seeker. I wish hasbro would of just used that design and painted them accordingly to match the Jet.

Star Jammer wrote:lol, kung pow RULZ (Sig)

Betty: First a joke... what do you get when you cross an owl with a bungie cord?

My ass!

I still don't figure why you place Grimmy so low, I am aware he is not like G1 in many ways, but he is superior in a BW animal asthesic nature way, to me, he feels like what a BW Metal Grimlock or Megatron(With a more imposing mold) should have looked like. I just hate his lacking of a sword and the standard peg hole, I'd give him an 8/10

Agreed. Grimlock warrants a 7 at least, even with the flaws. If anything he's big, and his Dino Mode is excellent. Great head sculpt too.


It is good to see someone finally ranking Mirage up there...he's near-perfect as far as I'm concerned. He has a solid, sleek alt-mode, and a sweet anime-style bot mode with 18 points of articulation. He pulls off high side-kicks and spinning back-kicks with ease. Of all of the Deluxes, he and Ramjet get the most fiddle time.

Bumblebee is the overrated one.

SuperSaiyajinSasuke wrote:I still don't figure why you place Grimmy so low, I am aware he is not like G1 in many ways, but he is superior in a BW animal asthesic nature way, to me, he feels like what a BW Metal Grimlock or Megatron(With a more imposing mold) should have looked like. I just hate his lacking of a sword and the standard peg hole, I'd give him an 8/10

The fact the shoulders were put on backwords, pretty sloppy quality control if you ask me.

I'm surprised you would rate Astrotrain so high. I'd give him a 4. He just looks more cheap and "toy-like" than the other figures in this line....