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News Credits: 1 · by **fnlrun** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:04 am

80% of the replies to this on the first page were complaints. You guys are so funny. Millions of dollars go into this for tooling and design, all of us wanted this toy. And yet you still complain :sad:

News Credits: 1082 · by **Tigertrack** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:07 am

fnlrun wrote:80% of the replies to this on the first page were complaints. You guys are so funny. Millions of dollars go into this for tooling and design, all of us wanted this toy. And yet you still complain

It's what collectors do. That's why there are forums to share our opinions, and frustrations.

Everyone will probably say it is the coolest thing since sliced bread when they see the whole thing. Give it time.

by **underwear ninja** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:45 am

tigertracks 24 wrote:Everyone will probably say it is the coolest thing since sliced bread when they see the whole thing. Give it time.

I dunno man, sliced bread IS pretty awesome!

by **MightyOrbot** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:10 am

Duke of Luns wrote:Reminds me of the face switching gimmick of 90's Morbius: http://www.marveltoys.net/single.php?figure=315&v=abcdefghijklmn

Wonder how they will switch the faces, with a switch or something? Maybe a knob?

Now then, where's the rest of the figure!

More like Man E Faces of Masters of the Universe. Love the Blitzwing toy so far. I would definitely get this toy when it comes out. Good job!

News Credits: 7 · by **Omega Charge** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:20 am

Wow.

His tank face could be better, and I would like a crazier-looking Kremzeek face, but it's nice!

News Credits: 32 · by **UltraPrimal** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:35 am

I love it. I want to see more of it.

by **Hard Hacker** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:39 am

A Blitzvink toy vit sree fazes? Zat's crazy!

News Credits: 11 · by **Overcracker** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:08 am

Hard Hacker wrote:A Blitzvink toy vit sree fazes? Zat's crazy!

Jah. Blitzvink's is a must buy in mey leest. Ze head gimmick is very cool.

Where is ze rest of heem?

Looks interesting enough. I was wondering how they would pull off the gimmick. Not too bad.

by **Primus C-00** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:19 am

Wunderbar!

Es ist Schoene!

:grin:

News Credits: 387 · by **Nekoman** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:24 am

So far so good. I’ll reserve final judgment till I see the rest of him though.

fnlrun wrote:80% of the replies to this on the first page were complaints. You guys are so funny. Millions of dollars go into this for tooling and design, all of us wanted this toy. And yet you still complain

Millions? I know making new molds costs a good sum, but I didn’t think millions.

by **Rodentus Prime** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:29 am

fnlrun wrote:80% of the replies to this on the first page were complaints. You guys are so funny. Millions of dollars go into this for tooling and design, all of us wanted this toy. And yet you still complain

I want it to be good, and I will buy it - but I'm just afraid that they've compromised the design to make it sort of fit in with both animated and classics, while it would have been better staying faithful to one style or another. Waiting for final figure, whole body pics...

News Credits: 21 · by **dragons** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:46 pm

i liek them but the first face coudl show more of the teeth with the missing gap in the front.

plastic that the heads are made out of lloks like the kind i see on my dragonballz, and megaman modle figures face looks so cheap and dull while the colors on the other bot faces are bright and not so cheap plastic looksing like to see more of this figure when its released tank and jet mode alike

News Credits: 1 · by **Craven Knight** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:39 pm

I don't think it's that good... do like the monocle though.

News Credits: 3 · by **Kibble** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:48 pm

MightyOrbot wrote: More like Man E Faces of Masters of the Universe. Love the Blitzwing toy so far. I would definitely get this toy when it comes out. Good job!

Exactly what I was thinking...only minus the excitement. Maybe his chest will have that awesome He-Man/Skeletor battle armor gimmick where the chest has a spinning deal to make slash marks, too.

News Credits: 6 · by **City Commander** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 2:11 pm

That's awesome!

The faces are done a lot better than I thought they would!

Can we see the rest now?

News Credits: 9 · by **Sowndwave76** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 2:24 pm

Glad to see that he'll be released with that gimmick, but I also hope that each face will be improved for the final figure.
The first needs a slightly different, maybe more purple-ish color.
And yeah, a more aggressive expression would be nice.
Even if this isn't totally show accurate, imo it'll still look better.
The second (crazy) face needs an even more dynamic shape for the mouth, almost to the point of being out of proportion, just to capture the craziness of that persona.
I'm actually okay with the 3rd one for the most part... Maybe a less "surprised" expression would be better.

I definitely agree that there's too much space around the faces under the "helmet".
You don't want it to be rubbing around, but that's a pretty big gap...
It'll be nice if that gets fixed as well.

This figure has a ton of potential.
Hopefully it delivers.

by **Newtilator** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 2:54 pm

I prayed for Blitzwing, and he has arrived!
{SWITCH HEADS}
Hmmm. The heads look okay, but seem to be produced of inferior plastic, and the deluxe size reaally shows..
{SWITCH HEADS}
What! This is terrible! He is a tiny little mug! I hope it will lock in place so all can gaze upon his majesty! but where is his Majesty? WHERE?
{SWITCH HEADS}
OOH, it looks veal nice though, i just can't vait! I'm soo excited! I just can't hide it! And I can't liiiiive if liiviiing is viithout BLIITZVIIINNG!
{SWITCH HEADS}
Yep, a truly brillig figure. The Autobots i need to balance my collection can wait, Blitzwing is my new top priority!

by **magnusupreme** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:09 pm

looking sweet

by **misfire** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:25 pm

i love it
the red face looks awesome i gotta get this

News Credits: 1 · by **Agent 007** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 4:21 pm

well, this may be the one animated toy i buy

News Credits: 409 · by **Stormrider** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 5:34 pm

Looks cool.

From the pictures - does anyone want to take a guess if this is a Deluxe or Voyager class? I'm guessing a deluxe.

News Credits: 972 · by **i_amtrunks** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 5:36 pm

Nice!

Now all we need to know is how the faces are changed... do you turn the faces individually, or does it switch when you push the head down or something?