by Liege Evilmus » Sun Aug 26, 2007 1:39 pm
On topic, I did find a Leader Brawl today(and sadly The Fallen which I just over payed BBTS for) and got him because thats what I do when I see a new bot.
I wasn't looking forward to this figure, but looking at him in the package, I saw alot of potential. I got him home and he was easy to get out of the box. A couple parts fell off, but that isn't uncommon.
The first thing I thought of though as I started to handle him was Armada Megatron. Not just because of the gun on his side, but mainly because of all the unnessicary noises happening at the same time.
Still, batteries can be removed, and he is a nice looking bot!
The transformation however sucks. Normaly I'm a fan of switches and springs, and he has plenty! Unfortunatly, none of them hold in place well, so once a pannel is set, it tends to pop back out and you have to realign most of him all over agin!
The head is the worst as it is a hair trigger spring clip that keeps it in place in alt mode. It looks like the 2 bars on the front of the tank should fold up to give it support, but they are to long to lock anything in place.
Once I finaly got him changed, I gently set him down, and he sprang apart like a game of Perfection!
As for the weapons, I'd give them 70/30 on the pro side, the only things I don't like are the clear parts, the dual guns on top of the turret keep poping off, as well as the arm blades, and the mine sweepers just make me think he has hairy nipples.
However most of the weapon gimmicks work and look good, including the hidden blades on his shins that I found just now!
In short, a very cool robot, but a pretty cheesy Transformer, I'd recomend spending your money on either Prime or Megs in this class, and the upcoming repaint, unless retooled is out of the question for me!
