Tsutsukakushi wrote:Think these connectors might have looked a bit better. If they weren't colored in that neon yellow. Perhaps a more neutral color like grey.
Having seen the thread over at TFW2005 myself, I was of the impression that these were just test pieces. Although I cannot say so with any sort of certainty, one hopes that if they were made available to the masses, they would indeed come in more palatable color options.
Dead Metal wrote:Crosscheck wrote:Dead Metal wrote:I fail to see the point in those Who would want to do that anyway?
They provide options. They don't look great, but they exist.
What options though?
The option to use Energon limbs with Combiner Wars torsos. I thought that was pretty obvious, myself. Just because it is not an option you seem enamored with does not mean the existence of it is negated.
Dead Metal wrote:Aren't the actual CW compatible figures enough?
Sure, yes. Personally, I'm the kind of guy who is happy with the four standard limbs in the standard configuration. That said, options can be fun. And also, we have a few torsos without G1 equivelents, such as Optimus Prime or Cyclonus. So if you have Energon limbs handy, and if these adapters are an option... why not?
Dead Metal wrote:So now you have the option of having a CW torso with gimpy out of place looking arms and legs, that require the torso bot to be mistransformed to the point of looking even worse.
One, I don't think the Energon limbs look "gimpy." Your opinion may differ, as is your right. But me, I don't see it. Heck, if anything, I feel that the Combiner Wars arms look a little long. (But not to the point I was going to complain or rage about it.)
Two, what mistransformation of the torsos? The only thing that seems out of place to me is that apparently the person who did this doesn't know how Ultra Prime's (or, presumably, Menasor's) crotch plate is supposed to be positioned. This has nothing at all to do with the limbs, however.
Dead Metal wrote:Or sticking with only CW figures.
Yes, that is an option. One you are free to avail yourself of.
Dead Metal wrote:I'm all for options, but this, this is stupid.
So, you're all for options unless they are ones that you don't like and that no one is forcing upon you?
Personally, I don't have any Energon limbs outside of Bruticus, so I am unlikely to get these. But if I had the drones from Energon Optimus Prime, I think that combining them with Combiner Wars Optimus Prime is an awesome idea, and I'd do it in a heartbeat.
But... to each their own.