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News Credits: 3 · Thu Jul 01, 2010 9:34 pm

I got the first three from TRU.com today. Well, I opened Huffer, Searchlight, and Smolder in that order.

Huffer -- Nice toy. Simple transformation. His size is slightly larger than a scout. His minicon Calibursr is very nice. I love the translucent colors. Also they are better put together than the Classsic/Universe Minicons which aren't worth the plasitic they were molded into. Still not as sturdy as the A/E/C minicons, but they are large...larger than normal minicons.

Searchlight -- Not so nice. So far he's the worst of the bunch. Transforming him to alt mode was a chore. However, his two copter blades in robot mode look like spinning swords for a nice effect. His minicon, Backwind is odd, I don't know what he changes into, but he looks alsmost like an ape. Long arms and short legs has that Optimus Primal alt mode look. I have been playing with him for hours now.

Smolder -- Sorry if people though he was ugly, but he looks awesome. The best of the three I have gotten so far. I love that he is a 'con and his alt mode is just as menacing. Chopster, you have to love him. A minicon that is a flamethrower and an axe.

So far I have only done Huffer's commander mode. The head is ok. Searchlight, still not so good. Smolder has the best head of the three.

Also the minicons become breast armor, so for those that want an updated version of Victory's Breastforce, this maybe it. Caliburt as a breast...err chest armoris decent, but you have his gun going out makes Huffer's appearnce odd. Backwind folds up into a true chestpiece. Smolder...well wow, I like him alot as a chest armor.

They may not be the tops, but I have had fun playing with them, so I may pick up a few extra's for MIB, but all three today got opened because TRU and free shipping sucks because they can't package them right.

The pictures on the net don't do justice, seeing them in person is where you get your happiness from. And So far I like them. Tomorrow I'll take more pics with the Bruticus force.

News Credits: 13 · Thu Jul 01, 2010 9:43 pm

its an interesting concept, but the only one im really planning to get is huffer. he fits well with the classics line. what has me a bit perplexed is why they called thier partners minicons when they are more like targetmasters. well i guess an indirect concept revival is better than nothing. as far as the combiner part goes, a bit of a downgrade from my view

News Credits: 1235 · Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:21 pm

I just opened Smolder today and had a great time playing with him. Their minicons are a great addition with their multiple modes there is great play value. I am going to open searchlight tomorrow. I plan on getting the rest of these guys throughout the summer. I love 'em.

News Credits: 5749 · Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:55 pm

I can offer an opinion tomorrow when my shipment from TRU arrives. I ordered Smolder, Searchlight, Huffer, Bombshock, and Skyburst. My expectations are pretty low for this line, but hopefully I'll be pleasantly surprised.

News Credits: 7 · Fri Jul 02, 2010 1:15 am

Today I picked a couple of the two pack power core combiners and I have to say that I wasn't expecting much, but there really pretty nice figures I just wonder how they will look when combine with drones, and do the drones work as advertised since I have heard that people have had problems with them oh well I guess I will find out at some point down line.

News Credits: 9 · Fri Jul 02, 2010 5:08 am

I haven't heard of any problems.

Sadly, we Brits have to wait until autumn to get ours :-(

News Credits: 129 · Fri Jul 02, 2010 6:13 am

The two packs are indeed amazing figures.

I bought the jet five pack and that figure is very disappointing.

Switching out Searchlight for the center figure of the combiner improves him dramatically. I have to say that Smolder is a really good figure as well.

News Credits: 1 · Fri Jul 02, 2010 10:37 am

I got Smolder and Huffer and can honestly say I am impressed with them both.
The limb ports are a little annoying being sky blue, but less than I expected them to be. Huffer's transformation is simple, but it's Huffer. It's not like we've ever had a complex and difficult to transform Huffer ever before.

I skipped the other guy, searchlight? Almost solely because of his minicon. I have no idea what Backwind is suppossed to be.

Also, he is called Backwind.

News Credits: 609 · Fri Jul 02, 2010 10:47 am

adamassc wrote:I got Smolder and Huffer and can honestly say I am impressed with them both.
The limb ports are a little annoying being sky blue, but less than I expected them to be. Huffer's transformation is simple, but it's Huffer. It's not like we've ever had a complex and difficult to transform Huffer ever before.

I skipped the other guy, searchlight? Almost solely because of his minicon. I have no idea what Backwind is suppossed to be.

Also, he is called Backwind.

As per the Hasbro Team at BotCon, it's "wind" like "wind a watch", not "wind" like the "wind is blowing". Damn English language.

News Credits: 129 · Fri Jul 02, 2010 11:01 am

Razorclaw0000 wrote:
adamassc wrote:I got Smolder and Huffer and can honestly say I am impressed with them both.
The limb ports are a little annoying being sky blue, but less than I expected them to be. Huffer's transformation is simple, but it's Huffer. It's not like we've ever had a complex and difficult to transform Huffer ever before.

I skipped the other guy, searchlight? Almost solely because of his minicon. I have no idea what Backwind is suppossed to be.

Also, he is called Backwind.

As per the Hasbro Team at BotCon, it's "wind" like "wind a watch", not "wind" like the "wind is blowing". Damn English language.

They were just afraid I was going to come back and call him by his real name: Farts McGee.

That's right, Farts McGee the Mini-Con. He hangs out with other Mini-Cons I've named such as Finger, Purple, and Ophelia.

News Credits: 609 · Fri Jul 02, 2010 11:03 am

Counterpunch wrote:
Razorclaw0000 wrote:
adamassc wrote:I got Smolder and Huffer and can honestly say I am impressed with them both.
The limb ports are a little annoying being sky blue, but less than I expected them to be. Huffer's transformation is simple, but it's Huffer. It's not like we've ever had a complex and difficult to transform Huffer ever before.

I skipped the other guy, searchlight? Almost solely because of his minicon. I have no idea what Backwind is suppossed to be.

Also, he is called Backwind.

As per the Hasbro Team at BotCon, it's "wind" like "wind a watch", not "wind" like the "wind is blowing". Damn English language.

They were just afraid I was going to come back and call him by his real name: Farts McGee.

That's right, Farts McGee the Mini-Con. He hangs out with other Mini-Cons I've named such as Finger, Purple, and Ophelia.

Don't forget Alpert.

News Credits: 5 · Fri Jul 02, 2010 11:48 am

And Doorknob.

News Credits: 129 · Fri Jul 02, 2010 12:02 pm

I could never forget any of my children.

Especially my newest one: Plinko.

News Credits: 1 · Fri Jul 02, 2010 3:56 pm

Power Core Combiners are cool!

I picked up Huffer (had to make Huffer my first as G1 Huffer was my first Transformer ever), Smolder, Bombshock, and Skyburst. Went a little nuts due to the excitement of seeing them and getting them at buy one get one half off.

I really like the mini-cons Chopster and Caliburst. Granted they don't have their own vehicle modes but their weapon modes for their partner's vehicle modes remind me of a cross between the G1 Targetmasters and Powermasters.

Of the drones my favorite and least favorite both come from the Aerialbot set. The white jet with the radar dish is my favorite just due to how cool it looks when combined. My least favorite is the light grey jet due to it being a glitch to attach and not being a very stable leg. One of the things I like about the drones in general are the mini-con posts they each have, can really deck them out.

Really looking forward to getting Searchlight and to future releases.

News Credits: 13 · Fri Jul 02, 2010 5:26 pm

hard to think of thier minicons as minicons. im probably just gonna call them targetmasters from here on out. the 2 packs look pretty good, but those drone sets dont really interest me. maybe the dinobot and stunticon sets will look better

News Credits: 3 · Fri Jul 02, 2010 5:52 pm

Im waiting on Bruticus myself...then I can see the other three as combined commanders.

News Credits: 3 · Fri Jul 02, 2010 5:56 pm

Actually, Searchlight has a simple but nice looking ape-like minicon. What it turns into I have not a clue, but as a breastforce armour he fits better than the others as a chest armor.

News Credits: 1082 · Fri Jul 02, 2010 6:05 pm

I only have the two five packs. I hope the commander two-packs are much better.

-Neither can stand in combined form...

-The limbs are not scramble city as they say, more like trade an arm drone for another arm drone, or a leg drone for another leg drone.

-Auto conversion is interesting, but a gimmick I would rather not have, and it could be replaced by something else, like I don't know, transformations to robots...

-Bombshock has a nice looking commander. Alt mode is carp.

It's like they took the movie automorph, mech alive gimmick and tried to have it work here... I don't think it does very well.

It's also as if they heard our cries of...Movie Devastator has no individual robot modes for it's combiner in the large sized toy, so they said we hear you and gave ONE of the combiners a robot mode. They've been sold on this drone idea for some time.

The jury is still out for me.

News Credits: 1082 · Fri Jul 02, 2010 6:08 pm

Merging with another topic exactly the same...

Fri Jul 02, 2010 7:58 pm

Well, got the aerialbots and all three two-packs...

The Aerialbots pretty much suck. Not only are the joints FAR too tight, but when I tried to move the center body into 'torso' mode, one of the legs broke at the thigh pivot. It didn't pop off, the joint completely snapped.

The drones are too tight, and neither of the legs actually will act like a leg (tested on Searchlight). About the only drone that works decently is the Spy Plane, and it's ALSO the only one that looks decent as its intended limb.

As for the two packs, they are a FAR different story. All three have good articulation and decent proportions, look better as a torso than Skyburst, and their vehicle modes are pretty durn good as well. Backwind is the least of the three BreastTargetMasterMinicons, though he makes the best armor, and Caliburst has the best weapon mode. Chopster is kinda meh in all modes, though his robot mode is still considerably better than Backwind's.

To be honest, I still wish the drones came separately - I could mix and match at my will.

News Credits: 7 · Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:35 pm

Gosh, it takes forever for my area to stock up on new stuff. Nothing new since NEST.

So far I only really want Bombshock, though the upcoming Constructicons and Dinobots sound interesting.

Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:38 pm

Noideaforaname wrote:Gosh, it takes forever for my area to stock up on new stuff. Nothing new since NEST.

So far I only really want Bombshock, though the upcoming Constructicons and Dinobots sound interesting.

I'll be honest, I probably won't get the rest of the first wave drones, but all the regular two-packs are MINE!

Second wave drones and beyond? Maybe...

Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:40 pm

I just finished a review of these three figures. Although I need to post actual pictures, the promo shots will do until I do that tomorrow. But if anybody is interested, I explained each in pretty good detail. Check it out:
*EDITED LINK DUE TO RULE VIOLATION*

Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:51 pm

RetroLewp wrote:I just finished a review of these three figures. Although I need to post actual pictures, the promo shots will do until I do that tomorrow. But if anybody is interested, I explained each in pretty good detail. Check it out: http://sogru.wordpress.com/2010/07/03/transformers-review-scorch-huffer-and-searchlight/

Ahem - NOT SAFE FOR WORK LANGUAGE.

News Credits: 11 · Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:58 pm

Razorclaw0000 wrote:
Counterpunch wrote:
They were just afraid I was going to come back and call him by his real name: Farts McGee.

That's right, Farts McGee the Mini-Con. He hangs out with other Mini-Cons I've named such as Finger, Purple, and Ophelia.

Don't forget Alpert.

Counterpunch wrote:I could never forget any of my children.

Especially my newest one: Plinko.

I still have yet to see these guys in store, but I did see the Combaticons on display. Looks better in person for sure. But if it's true all the commanders from the 5-packs will later get 2-pack releases, I might wait for that.

Of course, I might just skip the whole line in favor of Generations and HFTD.