by Autobot032 » Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:01 pm
- Weapon: Switch Blade Tail
Camshaft: Apparently they designed the Swindle mold on National Opposites Day. A bight red and gray Autobot colored Decepticon drone. Okay.... Then a Decepticon colored Autobot drone. Okay.... Obviously someone needed clued in that they got this backwards a while ago. I'm a tad torn. I'd like to buy Camshaft, swap out the faction symbols so I'd have an Autobot drone (to bolster their ranks) and Camshaft does look good in those colors...as a Decepticon. I have no problem with the mold as it is, it's quirky and grows on you in goofy ways. (I love the camera face and googly proportions.) But..he is a repaint, and as per my repaint/remold rule...I just can't bring myself to buy him.
Cliffjumper: Oh my, how original. A red Bumblebee? Who on Earth saw that coming?! (NOTE: I knew about the repaint long ago, just had to douse it in sarcasm a bit.) Could they have made him anymore garish or bland? All black, all red, and then splotches of *bright* sky/baby blue (which really screws with my eyes in the pictures, such a contrast...) and the bland silver and black. WTF? Seriously... as per my repaint/remold rule...he is a definite NO.
Landmine: One word: INCREDIBLE. One of the best Deluxe Class figures of the past decade. His vehicle mode is fantastic and accurate (as much as possible) to the source material. (thumbs up Hasbro!) His robot mode is weird but in a cool way. We're so used to our Autobots and Decepticons taking on human designs and proportions, and we quickly forget that they *are*, in fact alien. This guy reminds us quickly that he's an alien and so is his race...and they friggin' rock the casbah with how cool they are. His transformation looks to be complex enough to be satisfying, but not so much so that you'll throw him across the room in a fit of anger. (I'm looking at *you* Energon Slugslinger!)
Packaging: Ugh. Boring! I wasn't expecting a drastic change, of course. I wasn't expecting them to redo everything and raise costs. I was expecting a tad more than slapping blue lightning and the Allspark crap title on it. I was thinking maybe a eye shot of Megatron peering out from behind the TF logo or something. (like some villains in other movie posters, like Star Wars, etc.)
Ah well.
All in all, definitely let down. The packaging is unimpressive, the repaints are ridiculous, and the only new figure, while great, is not enough to stave off the hunger for more new figures.
I can't wait for the Cadillac Escalade Deluxe Class figure, and I'm hoping they do upsize Bonecrusher to Voyager Class at least. (He *could* use an upsize.) I'd buy Leader Class Blackout if they made one, for sure. But I can live with him as is.
Starscream's fine as is. I surely hope they don't fire up a LC mold for him. =\
NOTE: Realize that I am not a perfect Christian, nor do I profess to be. I apologize if anyone's ever offended by me, I'm not perfect. Don't hold my posts and opinions against other Christians.