Metrosuplex wrote:RAcast wrote:El Duque wrote:...
Yup, definitely prefer the beastie squad. They may sacrifice a lot on the alt-mode side, but the robot modes are spot on. Frankly, it's kind of amusing that the beast modes look so weird. I wonder if you can swing the legs around give the phoenix(?) rocket boosters.
Yeah, Beast squad looks better. I like the shark thing the most. Still, what's with the awkward beast modes?
Were these guys designed by interns working on weekends? They just seem like such a step backward, engineering-wise. Or, on the other hand, I tip my hand for making such bold design decisions.
Well, if you look back at the Super Link/Energon line's Autobot's, you can tell that these share a lot aesthetically with them, and that they combine in a similar fashion. It's not so much as a step backward in engineering as doing something they already know how to do. Kind of a shame they didn't improve on what they learned from the Super Link line. They definitely made the legs -too- long on the Samurai team. Ninja team looks fantastic and I can't wait to see more of them combined.
As for the weird altmode designs, I feel like the shark is definitely supposed to be a Shark-submarine...though I can't think of a good excuse for the other two. The lion is super deformed and the phoenix packed on the pounds for thanksgiving. Seriously though, I like them, and find their weird designs oddly endearing.