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Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review

Transformers News: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014 8:15PM CDT

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Fembots are few and far between in the Transformers universe, even more so in toy form, so when Windblade was announced, fans eagerly anticipated even just the slightest of info. With her creation being the result of fan input via poll, we've waited and waited for her release and because we helped bring her into the TF universe, the wait's been difficult. Now after all of this time we're finally getting close to seeing her in hand, but until she hits stores, reviews and more pictures will have to tide us over.

A review is what we have for you today. Seibertron message board member Optibotimus has filmed a review of Generations Deluxe Class Windblade and you can see it by clicking the embed below:



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Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1592701)
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on July 22nd, 2014 @ 9:28pm CDT
So how easy is it to replace the head? Is it just on a balljoint that is a "standard" size? Or are there pins involved? I like the figure, but I hate the hell out of that head.
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1592704)
Posted by Down_Shift on July 22nd, 2014 @ 9:37pm CDT
Looks like another Airachnid. Oh well, back to ignoring fan input.
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1592708)
Posted by xyl360 on July 22nd, 2014 @ 9:49pm CDT
She does seem a bit fidgety and appears to suffer from similar tolerance issues plaguing many Deluxes these days, but I still think that overall she looks pretty badass and I'm definitely getting her. As for those heels, assuming they're tight enough, I bet a bit of cutting can resolve the issue with them not going back far enough to give her improved stability and poseability.
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1592710)
Posted by Shuttershock on July 22nd, 2014 @ 10:10pm CDT
Overall, pretty nice looking figure.

The one complaint I might levy is how stern the expression is. I know they were probably working from the Dark Cybertron art, but I've gotten used to Sarah Stone's art which gave Windblade a much more upbeat personality. The stoic, grim determination look doesn't really do it for me as a fan of the Windblade comic.
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1592714)
Posted by Convoy on July 22nd, 2014 @ 10:35pm CDT
Am I hearing this right? This guy is reviewing the KO and wants to talk about the paint? I'd love to know if I heard that wrong because I really can't be bothered to try watching it again.
Could be an OK figure. (excuse the pun.)
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1592718)
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on July 22nd, 2014 @ 10:46pm CDT
Convoy wrote:Am I hearing this right? This guy is reviewing the KO and wants to talk about the paint? I'd love to know if I heard that wrong because I really can't be bothered to try watching it again.
Could be an OK figure. (excuse the pun.)


This isn't a K.O, it's the stolen Chinese Blood Money version of the figure
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1592722)
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on July 22nd, 2014 @ 10:54pm CDT
SW's SilverHammer wrote:
Convoy wrote:Am I hearing this right? This guy is reviewing the KO and wants to talk about the paint? I'd love to know if I heard that wrong because I really can't be bothered to try watching it again.
Could be an OK figure. (excuse the pun.)


This isn't a K.O, it's the stolen Chinese Blood Money version of the figure


Many Bothans died to bring us this review.
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1592725)
Posted by Ungie on July 22nd, 2014 @ 11:00pm CDT
Anyone wanna play the Optibotimus Drinking Game? Take a drink every time he says "absolutely" or "fantastic" or "absolutely fantastic" 8-} 8-} 8-}
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1592729)
Posted by Super Megatron on July 22nd, 2014 @ 11:08pm CDT
The bot mode looks great, but the alt mode is so sloppy looking and the engineering looks meh. May have to skip this one.
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1592730)
Posted by wolverinetodd on July 22nd, 2014 @ 11:09pm CDT
Once again Hasbro takes a great idea and screws it up.

First, it's just lazy of Hasbro to have her legs resting atop of her jet mode like that. WTF! On top of that, her feet point straight up and aren't hinged so one could flip them down and under. Double WTF! Hinging her feet would've been an easy fix to that eyesore.

Second, that gap while in jet mode. Triple WTF! The solution to filling that gap when in jet mode would've also been an easy fix, but Hasbro was even lazier at solving that. Again, hinges would've been the solution. Specifically hinges down her shins, allowing the inner part of her shins to flip up and meet in the middle of that gap to conceal said gap.

And third, her arms just resting there below the wings while in jet mode... also a lazy move for Hasbro. Her arms could've been ball-jointed in such a way that they could've fit up under and inside the nosecone/cockpit part. Currently the nosecone/cockpit serves only one purpose and that's holding the landing gear. Instead of the landing gear being attached under the nosecone/cockpit, it could've been, say it with me, HINGED to one of her arms.

All this could've given her a sleeker, smoother, finished look. But instead we get this. Thanks Hasbro, you've done it again.

You're probably thinking, "But Hasbro/Takara wanted to go back to simpler transformations. To be able to transform completely in fewer steps." Well didn't they also introduce a line with that very idea in mind that was just the Legend Class figures blown up to Deluxe Class figures. And what happened to that line? A line that was taking 30 years of Transformers Toys technology BACKWARDS about 40 years. It was cancelled before it even got started, at least here in the states it was, which so many of us hardcore Transformer collectors predicted would happen. And again, I hope the ones that came up with that idea were FIRED!

Oh, and a great mold for Slipstream is the Transformers: Beast Hunters' Starscream. Slender build and even has high heels, though not sure why Starscream would've had those. Anyway, I've repainted one of that particular mold into her myself, though I did go with a darker purple and accented with gold paint. But her red lips do have a bit of a smirk to them.
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1592733)
Posted by Autobot032 on July 22nd, 2014 @ 11:22pm CDT
wolverinetodd wrote:Once again Hasbro takes a great idea and screws it up.


It could be said that the fans have a hand in this, too. Can't blame just Hasbro and/or Takara Tomy.

wolverinetodd wrote:First, it's just lazy of Hasbro to have her legs resting atop of her jet mode like that. WTF! On top of that, her feet point straight up and aren't hinged so one could flip them down and under. Double WTF! Hinging her feet would've been an easy fix to that eyesore.


Agreed.

wolverinetodd wrote:Second, that gap while in jet mode. Triple WTF! The solution to filling that gap when in jet mode would've also been an easy fix, but Hasbro was even lazier at solving that. Again, hinges would've been the solution. Specifically hinges down her shins, allowing the inner part of her shins to flip up and meet in the middle of that gap to conceal said gap.


Perhaps the design looked good on paper, just not in plastic. Plenty of us have great ideas in mind and have it not work out in the end. What can you do? Vote with your wallet, for one. However, if we don't support this, we might see fembots disappear and this seems to be their year. I'd hate for it to be their only year.

wolverinetodd wrote:And third, her arms just resting there below the wings while in jet mode... also a lazy move for Hasbro. Her arms could've been ball-jointed in such a way that they could've fit up under and inside the nosecone/cockpit part. Currently the nosecone/cockpit serves only one purpose and that's holding the landing gear. Instead of the landing gear being attached under the nosecone/cockpit, it could've been, say it with me, HINGED to one of her arms.


Yeah, there's a difference between lazy and simplification. This one went straight to lazy. It's a shame.

wolverinetodd wrote:All this could've given her a sleeker, smoother, finished look. But instead we get this. Thanks Hasbro, you've done it again.


I still have some faith in Hasbro's abilities. Let's see how Arcee and Chromia hold up once in hand.

wolverinetodd wrote:You're probably thinking, "But Hasbro/Takara wanted to go back to simpler transformations. To be able to transform completely in fewer steps." Well didn't they also introduce a line with that very idea in mind that was just the Legend Class figures blown up to Deluxe Class figures. And what happened to that line? A line that was taking 30 years of Transformers Toys technology BACKWARDS about 40 years. It was cancelled before it even got started, at least here in the states it was, which so many of us hardcore Transformer collectors predicted would happen. And again, I hope the ones that came up with that idea were FIRED!


The upscaled Legends line wasn't canceled, it just wasn't ordered by Wal*Mart and the like. It made it to production and we'll most likely see them in Ross/TJ Maxx/Marshall's. I won't be the least bit surprised if they show up within the next few months. Also, hoping someone gets fired over making toys accessible to kids, because you know...toys are made for kids, makes you no better. In fact, it makes you worse. These are toys we're talking about! They're never worth someone's ability to take care of themselves and their family financially.
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1592738)
Posted by OptimalOptimus2 on July 23rd, 2014 @ 12:11am CDT
Wow! Windblade looks a bit better than I expected. And will there be another Fan Build Bot? Hasbro says that Windblade was their first Fan Built Bot character.
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1592740)
Posted by optibotimus on July 23rd, 2014 @ 12:17am CDT
I apologize for missing this. Someone pointed it out and i was able to confirm it. I don't read the comics, so i wasn't necessarily looking for this. But her fans in her wings do pivot
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1592741)
Posted by optibotimus on July 23rd, 2014 @ 12:21am CDT
Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:So how easy is it to replace the head? Is it just on a balljoint that is a "standard" size? Or are there pins involved? I like the figure, but I hate the hell out of that head.


The base of the neck is pinned in. The upper part that swivels appears to be just a swivel joint with a mushroom joint
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1592743)
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on July 23rd, 2014 @ 12:54am CDT
optibotimus wrote:
Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:So how easy is it to replace the head? Is it just on a balljoint that is a "standard" size? Or are there pins involved? I like the figure, but I hate the hell out of that head.


The base of the neck is pinned in. The upper part that swivels appears to be just a swivel joint with a mushroom joint



Wow. it's like they know when people will want to switch out the heads on their figures, so they make it too difficult to. I wanted to do the same thing with GDO Cliffjumper and RID Cliffjumpers head, but nope! Different ball/socket set up.
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1592758)
Posted by durroth on July 23rd, 2014 @ 4:42am CDT
... the one thing that baffles me more than anything else with this figure is why they designed it so the color scheme pretty much flips backwards between modes. The bot is a primarily red figure with black parts, the jet mode is primarily black, with red parts. It's not something I dislike, but it feels like her jet mode is missing color because of it.
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1592766)
Posted by xyl360 on July 23rd, 2014 @ 5:44am CDT
durroth wrote:... the one thing that baffles me more than anything else with this figure is why they designed it so the color scheme pretty much flips backwards between modes. The bot is a primarily red figure with black parts, the jet mode is primarily black, with red parts. It's not something I dislike, but it feels like her jet mode is missing color because of it.

I kinda wondered the same thing at first as well until I thought about it. There's another primarily red jet with black parts in the Transformers universe already which also has VTOL type wings and they probably didn't want her to look too similar to him, particularly since they're opposite factions and all.
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1592767)
Posted by Yotsuyasan on July 23rd, 2014 @ 6:25am CDT
Hmm... Not a bad figure, it seems. Hopefully Optibotimus is right, and tolerances will be better on legitimate copies of the figure rather than on his ill gotten copy of it.

The back end is gappy, and the arms kind of just hang out on the bottom, but I suppose I've just described about half of the jet-based Transformers ever made. So while unfortunate, I'll get over it.

My only real complaint is that the front of the feet should have folded down so that they don't stick straight up on the back of the jet. They kind of still look obvious as feet.
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1592770)
Posted by Evil Eye on July 23rd, 2014 @ 6:38am CDT
The feet kinda bother me, but otherwise I think she looks pretty damn good! Aside from the feet poking off the top, the jet mode is cool looking (the gap in the fuselage is odd, but it is a Cybertronian design, so whatever) and the robot mode is just awesome- somehow it manages to pull off the G1 "attractive female robot with vehicle parts on her shoulders" look and still have a decent vehicle mode. Loving the headsculpt too.

If I ever spot her, she's mine.
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1592777)
Posted by griftimus prime on July 23rd, 2014 @ 7:43am CDT
cant wait till this character goes away
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1592778)
Posted by Mindmaster on July 23rd, 2014 @ 7:51am CDT
I like the way she looks... but I do not like that she seems to have stability issues. Also glad to see that her scabbard can be slapped on her hip. Didn't like the idea of her just holding the scabbard. >;oP

Who all is in Windblade's wave? It's Arcee, Chromia, Jhiaxus, and Nightbeat, and Windblade herself, correct?
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1592784)
Posted by reluctantyouth on July 23rd, 2014 @ 8:10am CDT
Dear Optibotimus,

Thanks for another great overall review of how badly Hasbro screwed this figure up. You have saved me so much money and I cannot thank you enough!! :BOWDOWN: :BOWDOWN: :BOWDOWN:


Windblade = EPIC FAIL


~reluctantyouth~ :BOT:
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1592790)
Posted by Evil Eye on July 23rd, 2014 @ 8:53am CDT
reluctantyouth wrote:Dear Optibotimus,

Thanks for another great overall review of how badly Hasbro screwed this figure up. You have saved me so much money and I cannot thank you enough!! :BOWDOWN: :BOWDOWN: :BOWDOWN:


Windblade = EPIC FAIL


~reluctantyouth~ :BOT:


...Do you do anything but moan about Hasbro?
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1592822)
Posted by 1984forever on July 23rd, 2014 @ 10:54am CDT
I can't believe the fans banded together to bring this piece of crap into existence... a female Thrust with robot legs on top. Unbelievable. This fandom is sinking Transformers faster than Hasbro ever could. Most of these fans hate G1, but gush over G1 Thrust VTOL fans, color scheme and Nijika's corny head put onto a fembot. I swear, if I were a Hasbro exec I would have thrown the fan poll results onto a stack of old junk mail and just ordered up a WFC style Generations Slipstream.
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1592831)
Posted by Rated X on July 23rd, 2014 @ 12:34pm CDT
Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:So how easy is it to replace the head? Is it just on a balljoint that is a "standard" size? Or are there pins involved? I like the figure, but I hate the hell out of that head.

I totally agree. When they say "fan made" character, do they mean a collaboration of many fans ideas combined into one character ? Or did one fan win a contest and got their character an official license ? I wanna know who to blame for that stupid geisha head...
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1592848)
Posted by durroth on July 23rd, 2014 @ 1:30pm CDT
I forget if botimus mentioned, can the vtol thrusters swivel to face forward like in the comic?
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1592850)
Posted by Va'al on July 23rd, 2014 @ 1:32pm CDT
durroth wrote:I forget if botimus mentioned, can the vtol thrusters swivel to face forward like in the comic?


He added this later in the thread!

optibotimus wrote:I apologize for missing this. Someone pointed it out and i was able to confirm it. I don't read the comics, so i wasn't necessarily looking for this. But her fans in her wings do pivot


Image
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1592856)
Posted by Evil Eye on July 23rd, 2014 @ 2:22pm CDT
1984forever wrote:I can't believe the fans banded together to bring this piece of crap into existence... a female Thrust with robot legs on top. Unbelievable. This fandom is sinking Transformers faster than Hasbro ever could. Most of these fans hate G1, but gush over G1 Thrust VTOL fans, color scheme and Nijika's corny head put onto a fembot. I swear, if I were a Hasbro exec I would have thrown the fan poll results onto a stack of old junk mail and just ordered up a WFC style Generations Slipstream.



This is relevant I feel.
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1592870)
Posted by durroth on July 23rd, 2014 @ 3:15pm CDT
on that note... I feel like we should have gotten to vote on at least two or three design sketches and/or head sketches after the polls that determined the details of the figure. Really, we got to vote for the gender, alt mode type, job and name, but we didn't get any say in what came out of that. I personally like the figure, and don't mind the kabuki player head that much, (though I agree it doesn't hold a candle to the comic character expression-wise), and they didn't have any obligation to do those things, but I think more fans would appreciate it if they felt more ownership of the design itself.
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1592900)
Posted by Down_Shift on July 23rd, 2014 @ 5:12pm CDT
Rated X wrote:
Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:So how easy is it to replace the head? Is it just on a balljoint that is a "standard" size? Or are there pins involved? I like the figure, but I hate the hell out of that head.

I totally agree. When they say "fan made" character, do they mean a collaboration of many fans ideas combined into one character ? Or did one fan win a contest and got their character an official license ? I wanna know who to blame for that stupid geisha head...


A Collab of many idiots, or one idiot with a shit tonne of free time on his or her hands clicking the most cliche bo'shit they could think of to cram into one character.

I'm with you though, Geisha head is pretty bad.
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1592986)
Posted by MINDVVIPE on July 24th, 2014 @ 12:33am CDT
1984forever wrote:I can't believe the fans banded together to bring this piece of crap into existence... a female Thrust with robot legs on top. Unbelievable. This fandom is sinking Transformers faster than Hasbro ever could. Most of these fans hate G1, but gush over G1 Thrust VTOL fans, color scheme and Nijika's corny head put onto a fembot. I swear, if I were a Hasbro exec I would have thrown the fan poll results onto a stack of old junk mail and just ordered up a WFC style Generations Slipstream.

This guy knows what's going on. WFC Generations Slipstream would have been much better. We have a gazillion characters in Transformers anyways, so lets actually spend some time to flesh those out, as well as give them the great figures they deserve.

Windblade looks alright in robot mode, with the head being the exception. It's not super ugly, to be honest, it's just so very Asian/human looking that it kills the alien robot look completely. Might as well have been another Nightbird. And don't get me started on that alt mode. Those legs are pretty much impossible to ignore. It's legs on a jet. :HEADHURTS:
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1592995)
Posted by fenrir72 on July 24th, 2014 @ 2:18am CDT
This is a prototype. Give it a chance or wait for the Tomy version. You'll be surprised how new paint apps/plastic difference and you'll be loving the fig.
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1592997)
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on July 24th, 2014 @ 2:50am CDT
I should say that I don't mind the character. It's just the head I don't like. And the weapon choice. I never thought I'd get so sick of swords. At least she isn't a motorcycle.
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1593031)
Posted by 1984forever on July 24th, 2014 @ 6:19am CDT
fenrir72 wrote:This is a prototype. Give it a chance or wait for the Tomy version. You'll be surprised how new paint apps/plastic difference and you'll be loving the fig.

Man, there are legs on top of that jet!

In alt-mode she will literally have her legs in the air all the time!

No amount of paint apps can correct this fanwank disaster.
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1593053)
Posted by shockblast2 on July 24th, 2014 @ 7:57am CDT
Look at that piece of junk! You can see right through the middle of the alt mode due to the large gap between its legs. Not to mention the fact that it is really small. I can imagine how paper thin the plastic is on this thing as well.

$16 for this? They can keep it. I wouldn't pay $10 for it at the current and temporary reduced price point. And by the time this wave hits shelves the price will be back up to $15 and maybe even $16 since Hasbro has increased the price point a $1 per their title cards when they did their reveals.
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1593054)
Posted by shockblast2 on July 24th, 2014 @ 7:59am CDT
Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:I should say that I don't mind the character. It's just the head I don't like. And the weapon choice. I never thought I'd get so sick of swords. At least she isn't a motorcycle.




Right on. What kind of idiot brings a sword to a laser gun fight to begin with?
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1593056)
Posted by shockblast2 on July 24th, 2014 @ 8:08am CDT
Down_Shift wrote:
Rated X wrote:
Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:So how easy is it to replace the head? Is it just on a balljoint that is a "standard" size? Or are there pins involved? I like the figure, but I hate the hell out of that head.

I totally agree. When they say "fan made" character, do they mean a collaboration of many fans ideas combined into one character ? Or did one fan win a contest and got their character an official license ? I wanna know who to blame for that stupid geisha head...


A Collab of many idiots, or one idiot with a shit tonne of free time on his or her hands clicking the most cliche bo'shit they could think of to cram into one character.

I'm with you though, Geisha head is pretty bad.



It is insanely stupid too. Why would an advanced alien race of transforming robots decide that looking like a Japanese Geisha girl's face would be a good idea? Not to mention when choosing its weapons (and I say it because the ideology that robots have gender to begin with is so stupid it is not even funny)it decided to choose a sword over advanced laser weapons. I see it fighting a deception and it going down just like the guy with the sword in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Furthermore, I fully agree with the guy above who said Slipstream would have been way better of a choice. Anything but this slew of obscure characters that we have coming out. Save Arcee, but even it is a joke with its car backpack.
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1593185)
Posted by Evil Eye on July 24th, 2014 @ 1:32pm CDT
shockblast2 wrote:It is insanely stupid too. Why would an advanced alien race of transforming robots decide that looking like a Japanese Geisha girl's face would be a good idea?


Because it's different and it looks cool/cute? I do think the face is a bit stern, but I for one love the Japanese theme. I mean, if you're going to name a character Bumblebee when his home planet is totally devoid of actual bumblebees, then this doesn't seem too much of a stretch.

(Also technically it isn't geisha makeup, it's done in the style of a kabuki performer, hence the red and blue face paint.)

Myself, I'm just hoping the inevitable Slipstream redeco has a remolded head with Chinese "odango" buns.

Not to mention when choosing its weapons (and I say it because the ideology that robots have gender to begin with is so stupid it is not even funny)


#-o

It's taken this long to get a decent amount of female Transformers (not to mention a leading role femmebot that isn't called Arcee or Blackarachnia) and you're complaining about that?

Shame on you.

I'm just waiting for a Transformers universe where femmes aren't some rarity or mystical mutation, and are just part of Cybertronian society. (Heck, Transformer sex changes would be pretty easy- it's just a matter of switching a few parts after all! :lol:

it decided to choose a sword over advanced laser weapons. I see it fighting a deception and it going down just like the guy with the sword in Raiders of the Lost Ark.


Of course, when Grimlock does it, it's fine and dandy and everybody loves him, because GEEWUN. :HEADHURTS:

Personally I think they should have gone with a naginata (Japanese glaive/polearm) rather than a sword, as the naginata is traditionally used by women.

Furthermore, I fully agree with the guy above who said Slipstream would have been way better of a choice. Anything but this slew of obscure characters that we have coming out. Save Arcee, but even it is a joke with its car backpack.


Because how DARE the writers want to make a new and original character that didn't already exist in an old and terrible merchandise-driven cartoon from the 80s! Death to innovation!

Also, considering Slipstream has (to my knowledge) far less backstory than Windblade...Hypocrisy much? I mean, yes, she was made before Windblade, but then B.O.T was made before the movies- should we have forsaken the 2007 movie in favour of a live-action remake of B.O.T?

(I'm still waiting for someone to resurrect Atari Hitotonari of Kiss Players infamy as a cigar-smoking hardass alien hunter riding in a customized police car, though...)
Re: Transformers Generations Deluxe Class Windblade Video Review (1593443)
Posted by MINDVVIPE on July 24th, 2014 @ 11:16pm CDT
Delta Magnus wrote:...

There's a lot of silly comparisons in your arguments. I'm not going to itemize them like you did coz I really don't feel like wasting that much time, but the few I noticed:

BB was a creation from G1, so the fact that his name is a human insect is just a fact of the character and, unless explained in some new comic, just is one of those things that was a product of its time that stuck. Windblade is brand new, and so, in the hopes of doing something new (which is what you seem to be all about), they could have veered away from conforming to something that would be at home in G1.

The sword argument is one I don't care about. Swords and Guns both have strengths and weaknesses, and in the right hands, a sword can be pretty great with the lack of ammo, silent, etc. As for saying that no one complained about Grimlock having a sword... He also had a gun, making the comparison invalid.

Slipstream came before Windblade, and therefore already had a backstory, regardless of how developed it was, before Windblade. The complaints against Windblade was the fact that they are introducing a new Character EVEN THOUGH there are tons of old characters that already have, bare minimum, a cameo or tech specs to go from and develop. Developing a character like Slipstream would be just as good as creating a new character since, as you felt yourself, there was barely anything to Slipstream as of yet anyway.

I forget the rest of the points made, but man, enjoy Windblade if you enjoy it. Just don't take the complaints so hard that it deters your own enjoyment. I REALLY want to like Windblade coz I love me some fembots, and just like Airachnid (but better I'm sure), the figure doesn't look very good. It's especially easy to hate on Windblade now that her figure looks pretty crappy at least by most other great TF standards, in addition to her being a new character that has a kabuki face of human origin. For the record, I've read a bit of Dark Cybertron with her in it so far, and she doesn't strike me as anything special. I much rather read more dialogue between Chomia and Nautica, who seem much more interesting already.

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Transformers Podcast: Twincast / Podcast #345 - The Roast
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