The Energon Pub

hi

I shelled out some dough

got an incredible
amazing
awesome
fascinating
incredible
marvelous
prodigious
shocking
stunning
surprising
unbelievable
wonderful
big
ROBOT MODE!!!



which, i assume, is why he is sold this way.
(amongst others obv reasons)
and i love it!

i mean
heck
back in the day
i bought
ALL 3 versions of his original, voyager toys



and two other forms


AND a 3rd
just for the spiny prop weapon!



so obv
i love this guy
but
i hesitated
3 months
because
reasons
how many of this guy do i really need?!


one more
aparently

and as it turns out
AWESOME SAUCE!!!!!!
me likey


but
dum-dum-dummmmmm!
this happens


when will they learn?

is someone gonna fix it?
DNA, SND, PE, Shapeways?
anyone?


thanks for the room to rant.

The problem is the sheer complexity of the Bayformer designs. It's hard to capture the robot mode accurately without the compromising one side of the vehicle mode because certain pieces shift in ways that are too fiddly to replicate on a miniature version, and they tend to go with the underside because it's the least looked at. They could cover it, but where would they put the panels in robot mode? He has several already, after all. And it's not like the '07 Voyager was any better:

agreed.

but i'm sure it will eventually popup somewhere

toyhax
shapeways
someone will engineer something

i hope.

As Zelda said, it's the complexity of the designs. And honestly? That's not really all that bad. If bad at all. It's the underside. Could be a lot worse.