The Energon Pub

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