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News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 4:04 am

More images of Revenge of the Fallen Deluxe Hoist have appeared. The repaint of 2007 Movie Longarm was extensively seen a few weeks ago. These images clearly detail the changes the mold has undergone from Longarm to Hoist. The windows are now clear blue, while the clear orange plastic representing the lights have now turned into yellow.

Hoist is expected to arrive in the Fourth Quarter of 2009, so don't be surprised when Hoist happens to be under your Christmas tree. Also to be considered is the sporadic release of toys the past few months, so don't be surprised if Hoist shows up in late November. For a handful of more images, you can check them out here.

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News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 4:16 am

meh, it just doesn't seem to work for me.

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 4:17 am

Not even the gigantic sniper rifle/rocket launcher poised on his shoulder pose? Damn.

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 4:24 am

Why are they so obsessed with light gray plastic? A darker gray would have made this look 10 times better but it still looks pretty good.

News Credits: 198 · by **DevastaTTor** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 4:30 am

Dead Metal wrote:Why are they so obsessed with light gray plastic? A darker gray would have made this look 10 times better but it still looks pretty good.

Agreed. So close on this one Hasbro. Takara will probably get it right.

News Credits: 4 · by **tom brokaw** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 5:07 am

i dont know if this is just me.... but the colors just dont fit the bot mode on this mold. on the G1, yes, but on this i dont know it looks funky

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 5:25 am

Blurrz wrote:Not even the gigantic sniper rifle/rocket launcher poised on his shoulder pose? Damn.

Movie faces. They put me off.

Plus the gun ain't big enough.

by **Heckfire** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 5:27 am

So, if you decided to make this guy Classics Hoist, does that make the missile launcher/BFG his "Full Spectrum Multi-Sensor?"
"Alright, Cliffjumper, old bean, just open up and say 'AAAH'..."

by **ThunderThruster** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 5:37 am

Hell, I love the look of this, although i do agree a darker grey would have been better, but still OMG!

Like Primus1101 on Facebook · by **Primus1101** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 5:40 am

Well, I like it mainly cus to me, it's just an homage.

News Credits: 1 · by **Solrac333** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 8:00 am

The gray plastic just makes it look cheap. It doesn't bother me though because I plan on painting those parts anyway.

by **thebox_is_here** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 8:53 am

Yeah, the grey plastic is a little on the light side but overall the look is good. I have always thought the bot mode on this guy looked really good. To me it was the paint scheme of the vehicle mode that hurt this figure but this is much better.

News Credits: 2 · by **Pax XilThalon** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 9:20 am

I for one will be getting this one. The light gray doesn't phase me at all. I loved the longarm figure and think this homage is not only an appropriate re-paint, but recall people actually wanting this figure done when they saw it the first time.

News Credits: 2 · by **Skyfire77** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 9:45 am

omega666 wrote:The gray plastic just makes it look cheap. It doesn't bother me though because I plan on painting those parts anyway.

Yeppers. I've been looking for an excuse to buy a bottle of Alclad Chrome.

News Credits: 104 · by **Cyber Bishop** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 10:10 am

Yessssssssssss.... I am going to be all over this..
will unscrew that big ass gun so the fig has better poseability while in bot mode.

by **Valandar** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 10:15 am

What Cyber Bishop said. I'm a big fan of this particular mold, BTW.

News Credits: 3 · by **Samsonator** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 10:28 am

I never got movie Longarm the first time 'round, mostly because in my travels I never once saw one for sale, and the drones of him in the game pissed me right off... So there was a certain rage factor in every package... Worse still, I never really liked G1 Hoist all that much, and yet it's funny... If I see this figure, I will get it. It just works for me.

by **Doubledealer93** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:04 am

i love it! i will get this, i rarely get repaints like this unless they are really good, this happens to be really good!

News Credits: 2 · by **Convotron** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:06 am

I can't wait for this figure to be released! The mold looks like a perfect fit for a movie style Hoist.

Like others, I'm not a fan of the light grey plastic. It does make the toy look cheap. For me, the reason is that it's flat. There's no depth to it. The green on the body panels are fairly plain but it does resemble a standard paint job for a vehicle. The green on the torso in alt mode and the orange both have a metallic look to them, a sheen over darker colouring that gives depth and at least my eyes/brain interprets that as a more "realistic" looking material.

I noticed a similar problem with Jungle Attack Ironhide where a very light and flat looking grey is used for the toy.

by **Hard Hacker** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:37 am

This looks pretty good, even if it is slavish (My least favourite kind of ish in this fandom).

However, I find those complaining about ONE tone on the toy a bit much. It's an ALTERNATE UNIVERSE version of the character, not the same character as G1 Hoist. So while it might not be G1 accurate, the general deco does ring home to it's homage target.

Besides, I think it's a nice grey. The world's not going to split open just because the shade isn't exactly what is was 24 years ago.

News Credits: 1 · by **shonenfan4** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 11:43 am

Getting it simply bc of G1 homage repaint. :-?

by **DCybertron** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 12:21 pm

Getting it because I broke my Longarm trying to repaint him into Hoist anyways. :lol:

by **ashe5k** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 3:30 pm

I'm thinking he'll fit in less with my movie figs and more in with my Classics and Universe figures. He jsut doesn't give off that live action vibe.

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 4:42 pm

Hard Hacker wrote:This looks pretty good, even if it is slavish (My least favourite kind of ish in this fandom).

However, I find those complaining about ONE tone on the toy a bit much. It's an ALTERNATE UNIVERSE version of the character, not the same character as G1 Hoist. So while it might not be G1 accurate, the general deco does ring home to it's homage target.

Besides, I think it's a nice grey. The world's not going to split open just because the shade isn't exactly what is was 24 years ago.

We're not complaining about the grey not being G1 accurate, we're complaining about the gray looking cheap.

News Credits: 4 · by **tom brokaw** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 4:55 pm

Dead Metal wrote:
Hard Hacker wrote:This looks pretty good, even if it is slavish (My least favourite kind of ish in this fandom).

However, I find those complaining about ONE tone on the toy a bit much. It's an ALTERNATE UNIVERSE version of the character, not the same character as G1 Hoist. So while it might not be G1 accurate, the general deco does ring home to it's homage target.

Besides, I think it's a nice grey. The world's not going to split open just because the shade isn't exactly what is was 24 years ago.

We're not complaining about the grey not being G1 accurate, we're complaining about the gray looking cheap.

yup, that shade of gray just doesnt match the figure