by Flashwave » Sat Feb 20, 2016 3:42 pm
- Motto: "Our society's downfall will not be this war. The war IS our society. That which will get us will be the little things. Some humanoid race, some tossed cannon, the little things that no one looks out for. THAT is for what we must be vigilant."
- Weapon: Twin Shoulder-Mounted Rocket Launchers
William-James88 rails about 10 random toys...
Yeah, No. I cant agree with half theis list. I will grant you Airachnid. That is a terrible figure hindered by its own plastic, made worse by the Cyber figure half the size and twice as palayblr.
And Armada Sideswipe I will give you, but NOT Nightbeat. That may be a diminuitce figure, but ge was sized for a gimmick which as gimmicks go was actually pretty cool, and does a passable robot mode for having nothing to work with. He's got the same face as Shockwave, so you can't trash on his face. And he makes a great Scooter for Ceosscut.
But you cant tell me HotShot is a bad figure 0r that he is worse than Airachnid. He 9s blocky, but that was the astgetic at the time. RID spoiled us. But he has knees, elbows, shoulders, yoy can fet to a neck if you dont fasten his head down, and he has three things that are Alternators worthy details, one of which even the alternators didnt even try:
1) an opening hood with engine detail
2)opening doors
3) a working hardtop convertible. And dont tell me I am the only one who played woth him like that.
Sure, the cabin leaves something to be desired, what with no discernable steering wheel or seat, but neither did XBrawn.
animated Megatron? I dobt see how you can call a vehicle mode lazy when its trying to emulate a folded up flying robot. I never interpreted it as anything other than Megs turns into his own jetpack. And even stying withon the list, it still hides the robot better than say BM Silverbolt.
The PC guy was frustrating in his arm balljoints popping off in transformation, but if I had a nickel for every figure that happened to, I could finally afford a Metroplex AND have enough left over for Fort Max. His alt mode is belivable, the trunk works, and while his bot mode is blocky, the weight is fairly central, he's not overly front or back heavy like some. And on top of that, all if his Pcc posts were hidden in vehicle mode.
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Flashwave on Sat Feb 20, 2016 4:04 pm, edited 1 time in total.