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I havent seen a thread about Crossovers Transformers in, like, ever. So, here I am, making one.

I want to know what are your favorite Crossover figures. Also, which ones are the bad ones, the ones we should all avoid.



Next post, I'll tell about mines.

Id'e say, avoid venom. He's a nice figure overall, and very well engineered. But if your one of those guys who gets really annoyed when parts keep popping off, he's one of the worst.

One of the best (Or rather two) Would be Han Solo and Chewbacca. Chewy is the better of the two, but they are both outstanding figures, and the combined vehicle mode is spot on, gorgeous. And the lights and sounds?

INCREDIBLY AWESOME. GET THEM NOW:

For marvel, is Ironman Car and his superior repaint,Warmachine Car.
Both modes look fantastic. The transformation is easy and intuitive. The best repaint of the mold is the rarer Warmachine. It have better paint aps plus glow-in-the-dark headlights and power-core.


So far, I think the best Star Wars Xover figure yet are the Han-Solo and Chewbaca team that combine into the Millenium Falcon. The vehicle mode is absolutly PERFECT with no robo junk showing at all. It come with cute and nice tiny figurines of Hans and Chewee. As for the bot modes, they look weird at first but let's imagine it's when they dressed-up as stormtroopers for that rescue mission. Also, light and sounds. I got mine for surprisignly cheap. only 25$ brand new plus shipping off Ebay! At that price, you cannot go wrong.

(Beastprowl, Your responce popped in when I was writing this. Glad we agree!)



NOT PERFECT, BUT STILL VERY NICE:

Hulk Tank. A very nice looking bot mode with a funny punching gimmick. I like his "Frankenstein Monster" look. The only thing that make him not perfect is his ho-hum tank mode.


Droid AAT. This one impressed me. Perfect vehicle, of course, but the bot is very well proportionned and is nice looking. Also, a challenging transformation. What make him not perfect is these bits that stop his arms for doing much.


Darth Vader, the fighter. A+ vehicle, even with bits of bots showing underneath. The only thing stopping him for greatness is that weird upper shoulder and neck area in bot mode.





THE WORST. YOU SHOULD AVOID:

The AT-TE. Everything looked so nice in pictures. The vehicle and bot were very promising. The problems started right when I unpacked this shit. The legs were already popped off. They snap back in easely, but they pop back out too easely for no good reasons. The final nail in it's coffin are le feets. So tiny and so forward. How that thing even manage to stand up?! The bot look nice, the vehicle look nice, but the execution suck mighty balls. The lower legs kill a toy that could be so great... This one deserves to be saved with some modding.



Finally the worst. I mean, even counting my whole TF collection, not just the X-overs. The dreadful Republic Gunship. The vehicle mode IS impressive looking and I can forgive the cannons on loose balls because they do shoot in every directions. What is unforgivable is the bot mode and it's very LAZY engeneering. It's just a goddamned shellformer! You open it up and you take out the whole figure from the inside. You are left with a stupid looking bot with very scrawny looking arms and legs. Those puny limbs must support the biggest backpack ever in all TF history. Why the wings did not become the arms and the lower half, the legs? So much wasted potencial here. This one is just sad...


All of my SW X-over except The Falcon and Darth were bought for only 10$ each at Winners. For most of these figures, I would have never paid the 20-30$ normal asking price.




So, any X-Overs you think are very awesome? Should I avoid some other like the plague?

Han/Chewie and Tie Advanced Vader have already been mentioned, and I'll simply concur with everything that's been said.

I'm a fan of the little scout-size old series Y-wing Anakin Skywalker. It's articulation is a touch lacking (no bicep swivel, sadly), but he's decent otherwise and he looks good, especially the head scuplt, which is what really screws up a lot of the human crossovers. He's also not some sort of terrible shellformer! There are some robot bits showing in the altmode, but it's not terrible.
He can get a good two-handed grip pose going too, how I typically display him.

It's worth noting that the front of the y-wing splits in half in front of the cockpit and allows his pelvis to swing forward and snap into place.

Only Marvel crossover I have is Hulk, which is a pretty nice figure. Represents the character well.

As far as Star Wars crossovers go ... avoid them all. I loathe and detest every single one of them.

I don't really have anything to give but a small warning about Han Solo and Chewbacca: the latter suffers from GPS, in his upper legs and arms to be exact.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I don't really have anything to give but a small warning about Han Solo and Chewbacca: the latter suffers from GPS, in his upper legs and arms to be exact.

Do you think, in worst case scenario, we could recast these parts via Shapeway?

I don't have any Marvel transformers but i have a few Star Wars ones and my favorites are...

Darth Vader/Death Star



(The Jon3pt0 voiced) Darth Vader/Anakin/Star Destroyer/Jedi Cruiser

Never collected the crossovers. But from other pics, my favorite is probably the War Machine. Looks badass.

Only Marvel crossover I have is Hulk, which is a pretty nice figur