DeathReviews wrote:Fair enough - at the moment, we can only guess. But I'm thinking along the lines of Wingfinger. As a deluxe, that figure was willowy, light and had much less substance than you would normally see in a deluxe. But when you set it side by side with 'normal' deluxes like Sunstreaker, Skids, or Spinister - Wingfinger kind of LOOKS bigger if you spread the wings out.
Swoop's animation model still has the wings spread out so that they are at least as wide as two of the other dinobots standing side-by-side. If that carries over to the figures, then Swoop could wind up looking pretty darn big. Fold the wings up for robot mode, and yeah, he might look no more substantial than Grimlock.
But again - we must wait and see what they ACTUALLY do.
I do agree that the wings on a figure can make them appear slightly bigger.
I'm confidently assuming he's going to be as tall as the other 4. Any difference in height will be slight.
Here's what I'm predicting, based on using the image below and what we have with these two:
Swoop's torso will be almost as wide as Sludge's.
The shoulder width will be the same as Sludge's (obviously cube-like rather than cylindrical in form, and closer in height to Slag's shoulders).
Arm length will be in-between Slag's and Sludge's. I could see the arms being shortened for dino mode by collapsing/sliding the forearms up over the elbow joints.
Upper legs will be almost the exact same as Sludge's in terms of size; lower legs about the same width as Slag's.
The wings will be rather large, as they should be.
I almost forgot, the reason I don't think they'll pack-in anything more than his blaster is because the missiles... Those should be pieces involving the 'ol 5mm pegs (or ports if the pegs are on the wings).
Which then would make those an option of adding to other figures.
Either way, when you look at the character model, those aren't exactly small missiles.
In the grand scheme, and even with some specifics, we know what they're doing...
Any grays, red, and yellow-gold areas are going to match those of the other Dinobots.
There's going to be relatively the same amount of sculpted detail to the mold design.
The dino's lower jaw will be articulated.
This isn't me trying to claim original thought here...
These are just seemingly safe bets going off of what we have from the first 3, as well as what that designer has shared.
Of course there are facets of details that we can't predict--
Are the hands too small? How many hinge joints will the wings have? Will the dino feet be static or articulated? How much articulation with the dino head have?
Bottom line, I'm expecting Swoop to be as accurate to the character model as the others are.
And sure, the height is somewhat unpredictable, but I'm assuming any difference will be minimal.
