In-Hand Images: Takara Tomy Transformers Prime Arms Micron AM-26 Smokescreen

Kinda disappointing.

I have been resisting the urge to complain about arms micron figures...but this is pretty much a new low, even for this line. If I can barely justify what I pay for hasbro tfs these days, the LAST thing I'm going to do is import an unfinished figure! This isn't a kabaya kit! And an unfinished micron isn't much of a draw for me, and in my opinion the armada minicons were designed far better than these. I think I will finish off the last few figures that appeal to me in general (like rumble) and then move on, instead of completing my Prime collection. From junk molds like weaponizers, to bad decisions like no US Breakdown ( again, I am not gonna import him in his unfinished state, and that's part of my decision to dust this line), and finally to takara cheaping out on quality (which blows my mind as I have been importing figures just BECAUSE they are superior paint-wise), this line has become my second least liked in the history of transformers ( dotm is number 1, worst line EVER). Whoever made the decision to step away from the direction they were headed with the 1st editions should be banned from the industry. While some of the rid line figure look great, too many other characters suffered bad designs.

OK, I have ranted enough, that was building up for a few months

Isn't he supposed to be...you know....white? Making him silvery grey really takes away from the character design.

Wow! No. Someone should probably tell Takara Tomy that they're shipping out prototypes.

I love Smokescreen, and this doesn't even come close to doing him justice. Uber pass.

Poor, poor Smokescreen.

I'm not sure if it was Hasbro's original intention to release Smokescreen as a Knockout repaint, it all depends if that head is a pretool (or pre-planned) or not. Maybe he started out a Knock Out KO, but his model was tweaked further down the line. Definitely worth asking.

Anyone else notice how his micron's head looks like Devcon?
But damn, one of the most liked characters in the show (Knockout) gets a bad mold. A new character who people are liking gets the exact same bad mold despite the fact that he doesn't look like that in the show.
In other words I've stopped collecting Prime

i think bumblebee would have made a better reapint for this guy. And i think im gonna need to paint him white before putting on the stickers

Give him door-wings, put his "chest pieces" where Knock Out's instructions tell you to and retool the arms and you've got a perfect Smokescreen. He's not drastically different from Knock Out.

His head and stickers will be mine (for my custom/kitbash Smokescreen ).