by Stumpybot » Mon Apr 16, 2012 11:30 am
- Motto: "If you dont say what you mean, you can never mean what you say"
- Weapon: Fusion Cannon
Ive got this in hand and in comparing it with the domestic Skywarp i have the following observations:
1: Lack of a stand sucks, but then he does have an enormous, cool, articulated cape, so it was one or the other as i dont think the stand and cape would have worked well. not being able to display in flight mode, fair point that sucks, but since i dont display it in plane mode, i dont care that much.
2: Lack of head/face gimmick... who cares when the head is SO MUCH MORE G1 ACCURATE!!! not a problem for me at all. Plus the darkness of the face would make it harder to make out.
3: the waist kibble... THANK GOD ITS GONE!
4: the new legs... theyre great. fine the fins are on the back of the leg, but the redesigned foot with panels at the front AND back make the figure SOOOOOOO much more secure on his feet and quite honestly, any improvement on the old legs is great in my view. Saw somebody mention that they are more blocky and unarticulated now, thats completely untrue. theyre slightly thicker as the waist kibble has moved some parts down to the leg, its a satisfying transformation and its no difference in articulation, the fact that the foot now has panels at the back improves articulation and stability.
5: the removed shoulder kibble... fantastic improvement, nothing has popped off so far
6: The colour scheme, you cant please everybody, if you dont like it for the small differences that lets be honest, 99% of which can be fixed with reprolabels or a gundam marker, then youre just being too picky. Always a chance this will get a future domestic release so im sure that will satisfy any detractors
I know people will jump to opinions, thats cool, to each their own, but seriously dont call it crap when this IS a massively improved version of the mold, theyve obviously looked at the feedback and spent a lot of time refining this. The paint scheme is more or less identical to the domestic release, only differing on the tone of a few colours. If you want details, a fine liner and some reproladels will sort you out
All in all, im happy as hell right now. Ive got him flanked by TC and SW and its right his figure is has cosmetic differences, he's the boss. and an emperor... and money well spent!