The Energon Pub

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 6:34 am

Autobot032 wrote:
Ungie wrote:
Autobot032 wrote::( Leader Ironhide, why must you suck so badly when these are so awesome?

Why do you think it sucks/ Hes the best Ironhide we've gotten in the past 3 years

Well, to be honest, both of our posts are matters of opinion. So, with that in mind...

He's out of scale.
He's incredibly simplistic in many ways.
He's suffering from kibbleitis.
He's suffering from an ugly color scheme.

For the price they're asking, he just doesn't cut it for me. The Voyager might be undersized, but it looks fantastic, the transformation is rather complex and for the price? Heh. SOLD.

You forgot to mention that he can't straighten his legs and the knees have only two positions. Also, his wheels (which shouldn't be visible in bot mode) severely limit his shoulders which are set too far back. Oh yeah, limited head movement AFTER you break the seal with a hard twist and a sickening screech.

Website · by **Fires_Of_Inferno** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 9:08 am

They look a little big on the leader class figure. The actual guns in the movie weren't too much bigger than the guys arms. Maybe it's just me, I dunno. Either way, I wouldn't get the leader class figure anyway, I'm fine with his recon/jungle attack figure if I want one with lots of weapons.

News Credits: 9 · by **triKlops** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:25 am

this looks pretty cool to me
i know its 19plus shipping from RKingdom
any domestic sellers have a quote up yet?

by **griftimus prime** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:52 am

damn... a reasonable price. i am impressed. why can all third party stuff cost this good?

by **jaws** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:00 pm

Don't have Leader IH, but I foresee these cannons and swords becoming part of Ultimate Optimus Prime

by **TheTigerKing84** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 12:32 pm

The options are nice. The FWI-01 upgrade could attach to the vehicle mode. Does the FWI-02 attach to the truck mode creating a "stealth force" mode? If so i'm sold.

by **Man in Black** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 4:47 pm

I still can't find one :-(

News Credits: 6 · by **BeastProwl** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 6:02 pm

the coolest feature about those swords is that there's what looks to be little handles on the backs of each. I forsee pictures of him duel weilding these blades.

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 1:23 am

Too disenchanted with the movie verse to get into this. Would love to give the whole entire figure and these add-ons a paint overhaul.

News Credits: 3 · by **Kibble** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 12:50 pm

He could use a pants upgrade a lot more than these. The blue jeans on this fig just don't cut it...

News Credits: 9 · by **Hip-Hoptimus Rime** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 1:56 pm

Those look awesome! If I ever recover financially from Christmas, I'll get them. I hope the final paint apps are good, w/ silver and gold where appropriate. Those blades are very fitting too. I like the extra mech bits on the arm attachments, they look great.

An FWIW, a simple black paint marker on his legs go a loooong way to fixing him.

by **TimothyR** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:38 pm

i quite like leader ironhide.. and these add ons are awesome.. however, the only thing that would make these better is if they just made all new forearms.