Auction for Universe Blades with new images

Unless I've been missing something on Evac, thats a nice little retool.

Seems to me to just be a good re-paint job.

It's a great repaint of an already near perfect figure.

Would like to see Evac done in Springer style greens though.

I wasn't sure about this mold for Blades at first, but I think that sodding great rotor makes a great melee weapon. And I'm sure Blades will use that winch cable as a garotte far more than he uses it to rescue people.

Scaleface wrote:



Seems to me to just be a good re-paint job.

Actualy I was talking about the rudders, I had no idea they moved.

Well, now that regular Evac can do that too, I don't even feel slightly compelled to by him again.

i_amtrunks wrote:It's a great repaint of an already near perfect figure.

Would like to see Evac done in Springer style greens though.

Your wish is Hasbro's Command.

Slated for Universe:

Springer:

Overcracker wrote:

i_amtrunks wrote:It's a great repaint of an already near perfect figure.

Would like to see Evac done in Springer style greens though.

Your wish is Hasbro's Command.

Slated for Universe:

Springer:

Well if thats the case...

I'd like to see Reissue Turbomasters and Predator Jets.



Can't believe I forgot about that figure coming with Ratbat!

I prefer Springer, but this one is also very nice.

Nekoman wrote:I prefer Springer, but this one is also very nice.

Agreed...
I think I could definitely pass on this.

i_amtrunks wrote:Well if thats the case...

I'd like to see Reissue Turbomasters and Predator Jets.

In a slightly related topic, I ust saw this knockoff on ebay, looking closer, I realized it's a Predator Jet.

Sowndwave76 wrote:

Nekoman wrote:I prefer Springer, but this one is also very nice.

Agreed...
I think I could definitely pass on this.

Weird, I'm thinking the opposite. I think it's because grey plastic always looks a bit naff recently.

Like I need another repaint of small little Evac toy.

You DO know it's a repaint of the Voyager Evac?

I'd buy this mold again and again. How about releasing it as Whirl and as Vortex?

If there's going to be more helicopters, I want a Bell 222. Possibly with hidden guns in the wings, and a missile pod in the belly...

Nice to see Blades get a decent toy, though I would have preferred his original colour scheme. Maybe the Henkei version, eh?

One question though - is this figure closer in scale to Classics/Universe Prowl or G1/reissue Prowl? Not really sure how large one of those helicopters is supposed to be and personally would love him in scale with G1 Prowl.

Sledge wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:

Nekoman wrote:I prefer Springer, but this one is also very nice.

Agreed...
I think I could definitely pass on this.

Weird, I'm thinking the opposite. I think it's because grey plastic always looks a bit naff recently.

Ehh, on Jetstorm and Wingblade I agree, but imo there's a really nice ratio of gray and green (and not too much yellow) on that Springer.
The more I looked at the face on Blades, the more I dislike all the white.

I'm not wasting money on that repaint

Wheeljack35 wrote:I'm not wasting money on that repaint

Actually, since it is a $20 Voyager, I'm definitely passing on this...
Man, Blaster, Dump Load, Powerglide, and now Blades...
Passing on all of these makes buying 2 of the figs. I want more and more realistic!!

Sowndwave76 wrote:

Wheeljack35 wrote:I'm not wasting money on that repaint

Actually, since it is a $20 Voyager, I'm definitely passing on this...
Man, Blaster, Dump Load, Powerglide, and now Blades...
Passing on all of these makes buying 2 of the figs. I want more and more realistic!!

More realistic? The Live Convoy / Evac mold is the best combo of realistic alt mode and awesome robot mode I have seen to date.

That said, I love the mold, and will probably be getting both repaints.

I think some people just like bitching about repaints. I don't see a problem with them, especially when they're so appropriate to the character. Like Blades.

Sledge wrote:I think some people just like bitching about repaints. I don't see a problem with them, especially when they're so appropriate to the character. Like Blades.

Well, I think repaints are more likely to be rejected anyway...
While I know there are people who are just naturally negative,
with repaints, I think most are just voicing true unhappiness/disappointment.

How can people be disappointed with this? It's a natural mold for the character, with a better colour scheme than the original.

What they really need to do with this is give it an "Airwolf" makeover and call him Vortex...

Or just call it Airwolf. That show rocked. They had to increase the propeller load just for Ernest Borgnine's eyebrows.

IF I pic this guy up(with Springer out in Nov.)he'll stay in alt mode.

Sledge wrote:How can people be disappointed with this? It's a natural mold for the character, with a better colour scheme than the original.

If this is in response to my post, I don't think that many people are disappointed with this.
Sounds like most really like it.

I was saying that a lot of times, people are truly disappointed with repaints. It may come across like bitching, but it would kinda suck if repaints were always better than new molds, wouldn't it??

I really like this figure, and the mold, but seeing as I already have Evac, and I'm getting Springer, this will probably get a pass.

Hasbro really shouldn't release Blades and Springer so close together. I think they will steal sales from each other.

I think between Blades and Powerglide, Hasbro is trying to rid itself of its overstock red paint/plastic.

I actually sold my Evac to replace it with this repaint. I didn't quite like the yellow/blue combo the original had. So I'll be picking this up for sure, and possibly Springer as well.

First-Aid wrote:...They had to increase the propeller load just for Ernest Borgnine's eyebrows.

Yeah, that and his colossal drinking problem... argh, good times

Regarding Blades, I want the mold but don't like all the red - it's too much, isn't Blades White with Red highlights not the other way around?

Do like the Autobot coast guade symbol though, rather spiffy.

Well, whatever - this just makes me want that God damn Springer repaint even more, the combo of Pea Green and Custard yellow is so delicious.

Deffinantly craving those Comic 2-pack repaints, Springer, Ratbat, Dirge and Roadbuster all look brilliant, as in best use of the mold yet brilliant

Windsweeper wrote:Nice to see Blades get a decent toy, though I would have preferred his original colour scheme. Maybe the Henkei version, eh?

One question though - is this figure closer in scale to Classics/Universe Prowl or G1/reissue Prowl? Not really sure how large one of those helicopters is supposed to be and personally would love him in scale with G1 Prowl.

The scale of the Cybertron Evac mold can by calculated:

The fuselage length of the actual helicopter Evac is based on
(Aerospatiale SA 365 ) is 11.64 meters long, where the Voyager Evac toy has a fuselage 26 centimeters long, giving it a scale of about 1:44. Using this information would indicate Evac would stand about 23 feet tall in robot mode.

As for G1 Prowl:

Prowl's toy is 11 cm in vehicle mode. A real Datsun Fairlady is 413 cm long. That's also a scale of 1:37. With an 11 cm robot mode Prowl would stand about 13'4''.

I don't know the scale of Classic Prowl, but since he's bigger, I'm guessing a lower scale, so the Blades toy is closer in scale to G1 Prowl.

Craven Knight wrote:Regarding Blades, I want the mold but don't like all the red - it's too much, isn't Blades White with Red highlights not the other way around?

Blades is red from getting covered in BLOOD. Or some sort of red Cybertronian bodily fluid, anyway.

Oh, and I don't recall Borgnine having a drink problem. Jan-Michael Vincent on the other hand...

Man, multi-quoting...haven't done this in a while. Heeeere we go.

Luketroop wrote:Like I need another repaint of small little Evac toy.

Breaking out the hate-on before all the facts are fact-checked? Inconceivable!

Sledge wrote::???: You DO know it's a repaint of the Voyager Evac?

Just had to 'l' to the l.o.l. here.

Wheeljack35 wrote:I'm not wasting money on that repaint

You'll do it, to the Living Ends (starring James Bond...) Seriously though, you're a StarWars fan and collector. How on Earth are you so offended by repaints?

Sledge wrote:I think some people just like bitching about repaints. I don't see a problem with them, especially when they're so appropriate to the character. Like Blades.

Everything about this toy is strikingly nice. If he had been released with no prior version of this toy, people would be pissing themselves in anticipation. Because it's a repaint somehow it's less deserving...?

I like these, and since I didn't even know Evak existed these will be the originals to me.

so springer will be a voyger?

Does this help?

it most certanly dose! thanks
brilliant eevn more excited about getting him now