The Energon Pub

by **Swiftpaw** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 5:57 pm

Longarm was always one of my favorite (other than the weird gun screwed into hand thing but that was easily fixed) non-screen molds from the first movie-run, and I always thought his head looked like Hoist so I'm surprised it took them this long to do it!

I wish there was a little more paint apps on the body to bring out some of that detail, but I guess its more of the price cutbacks. A little touch up paint will fix, gives the hobbiests something to do.

Overall, though, this is one of those few homage decos they got decently done.

News Credits: 6 · by **Jacob P. Galvatron** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 6:47 pm

Makes me want Longarm more.

News Credits: 1 · by **Craven Knight** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:30 pm

Needs more of the orange in bot mode, also I don't get the two tone green thing... why use two shades?

If I see him in shops I'll grab one for my Classic Universe collection.

by **beautypersoni** » Sun Aug 30, 2009 1:47 am

I love it!

Hoist is one of my all-time favorite Transformers! One of the few original Autobots I had as a kid, along with Prowl, Ratchet and Sunstreaker. I loved Longarm too. Especially after I removed that screw from his hand that held the cannon on permanently.

As for the colors on Hoist, I agree that the lighter grey isn't the greatest looking. However, like other Transformers we've seen recently, the light grey shown here is used for one of the softer plastics on the toy. I suspect there may be some connection there. Someone should ask Hasbro about it.

A little more orange detailing in robot-mode might have be nice. As for the two tones of green, you'll notice that they're each being used for a specific part of the truck. The brighter/"shinier"/"smoother" green is used for the truck body, while the duller "metallic" green is used for the heavy-duty steel bed.

Anyhoo...