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News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 3:59 pm

Awesome, thanks Ryan

News Credits: 3600 · by **Seibertron** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 7:06 pm

spark crusher wrote:hes mistransformed here! i found that you can collapse his arms into his shoulders tightening the joints and fixing his proportions. spread the word!
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Thanks to spark crusher pointing out that Generation Voyager Class Whirl's arms are mis-transformed due to incomplete instructions, the gallery for Generations Voyager Class Whirl has been updated to include a few new pictures with the shoulders properly transformed. The step that the instructions leaves out is that the shoulder ball joint should be pushed in toward Whirl's head. This tightens up the upper arms tremendously and makes the toy look even better. In addition, the double jointed nature of Whirl's knees was not fully taken advantage of in many of the original photos in this gallery so you can now get a better sense of how his legs should be posed. Due to a request from Dead Metal, a few pictures were also added with Whirl's legs reversed so that he has more traditional looking knees. Enjoy!

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 7:15 pm

Going the extra mile is always a good thing to do, good job! :APPLAUSE:

News Credits: 5 · by **welcometothedarksyde** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 7:41 pm

Looks WAY better with the proper shoulder transformation

by **RiddlerJ** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 8:02 pm

Are we sure that the knees aren't supposed to bend back like normal knees? The hollow part of the thighs is hidden when the legs are posed more traditionally. Maybe they're meant to bend forward just in Gerwalk mode and Hasbro screwed up the instructions.

News Credits: 1 · by **durroth** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 8:34 pm

as suspected,it looks so much better with the arms in proper place. The backward knees don't look half bad either

by **Ultra Markus** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 9:18 pm

so much posability! :KREMZEEK:

by **MINDVVIPE** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 9:23 pm

Wicked. Def on the list. I prefer the digitigrade leg arrangement, as it somehow looks more natural to me.

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:15 pm

Even if he's got teeny little feet, I prefer the backwards configuration of his legs over the IDW way. Nothing against the IDW character (he's completely awesome, several laughs were had when I read the comic that came with Trailbreaker), but the chicken legs don't look right on the original Generation One body.

by **MINDVVIPE** » Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:22 pm

Mindmaster wrote:Even if he's got teeny little feet, I prefer the backwards configuration of his legs over the IDW way. Nothing against the IDW character (he's completely awesome, several laughs were had when I read the comic that came with Trailbreaker), but the chicken legs don't look right on the original Generation One body.

I def don't mind the tiny feet either. It's great that we have the option.

News Credits: 1 · by **durroth** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 4:35 am

Seibertron wrote: I do think that the upper legs are misassembled. Hasbro and Takara are usually really good about making sure the front and sides of the robot modes don't show hollow plastic. The way the legs are show hollow spots on the sides of the upper legs but the upper legs look much better when turned around 180 degrees. Just the knees are awkward as are the feet when you do this.

What it's looking like to me is they had to compromise for the inverted legs and chose to sacrifice the upper legs of the robot mode for looking better in vehicle mode. Any other side would have been the top/side of the upper leg piece in vehicle mode or the front in robot mode, so they chose to ignore it being on the outside in robot mode rather than redesign the thigh... which would have probably necessitated a game of "Which side do we put the screws on" ... actually I think the whole thing could have been solved if they designed the waist/hips piece to be rotatable 180 degrees in its slider (basically ending up with it "upside down" in one configuration. Really you can't see it in robot mode anyway, but it would reverse which side of the thigh is "outward" in robot mode and all we'd lose is the landing skiff c-clip points being on the outside... If I'm picturing this right in my head)

by **Doubledealer93** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 7:21 am

finally! his legs are properly transformed! They are not chicken legs! :DANCE:

News Credits: 12 · by **GuyIncognito** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 9:21 am

I don't mind the "hollow spots" on the thighs because they're not completely hollow; it almost looks like it could be a natural part of the design. I wouldn't have even noticed if people hadn't been talking about it.

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 9:28 am

Thanks, fantastic, looks much better with the legs turned properly around.

The chicken legs are deffo just there for the Gerwalk mode.

News Credits: 1 · by **durroth** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 3:21 pm

I kinda wish takara/hasbro would consider springing the little extra for dry transfer (rub on) decals. Or some chinese 3rd party would start making water sliders. at least for this whirl where the stickers would all look better as decals to begin with.

News Credits: 409 · by **Stormrider** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 5:28 pm

It seems like Whirls thighs were misassembled. The outside of the thigh ought to be the inside.

by **AnnaChristine** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 6:09 pm

Stormrider wrote:It seems like Whirls thighs were misassembled. The outside of the thigh ought to be the inside.

I would be more inclined to believe it was designed with the G1 "ski" legs in mind with originally and the chicken-legs a legacy of the Gerwalk mode. We already know the shoulder transformation instructions were wrong, so why not the legs too? The thighs look fine with the G1 legs.

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 6:44 pm

Seibertron's camera has been hard at work again, producing yet another fantastic gallery! Wait, what's that? Four new galleries? Well, alright then!

This set of galleries showcases the newly released Generations Starscream (based on Armada Starscream), Scoop (based on Targetmaster Scoop), Skywarp (redeco of the FOC Starscream mold) and last, but not least... The Mini-Con Assault Team!

To see any of the galleries in full, click on any of the pictures below to be taken to that figure's gallery. To see all of our galleries, click the link at the bottom and take some time to go through them all, it's quite extensive. We hope you enjoy!

Generations Centuritron

Generations Runway

Generations Heavytread

Generations Windshear

Generations Armada Starscream

Generations Skywarp

Generations Scoop

Generations Holepunch

Generations Caliburst

Keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates, plus the best galleries around!

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 6:52 pm

I'm a child of the 90's who has almost little-to-no real interest in the post-1987 G1 characters who neither appeared in any of the cartoons (American or Japanese) nor had any particularly notable role in the comics (Marvel, Dreamwave, IDW, etc.), but of the four Deluxes in this wave, it is Scoop who I find myself looking forward to the most.

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 7:00 pm

Scoop has a notable role in the IDW comics.. :-?

(By a broad definition of 'notable'.)

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 7:06 pm

by **Shadowstream** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 8:05 pm

Skywarp is out of place next to those overpriced scouts.

News Credits: 119 · by **megatronus** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 10:14 pm

This one right here has got me pumped for Starscream:

News Credits: 7 · by **Noideaforaname** » Tue Jan 28, 2014 10:40 pm

Looking forward to the Mini-Cons the most. Love small combiners, and they'll make great rivals to Abominus!

That doesn't look right. Shouldn't tail rotors all be equidistant from each other, a perfect X? Looks like it's missing two blades or something.

News Credits: 461 · by **mooncake623** » Wed Jan 29, 2014 12:48 am

Anyone troop building these minicons? I think I kind of am =X hopefully they'll be enough connections points on them where I can just clip everything into a huge massive ball. :grin:

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