kurthy wrote:Fit for Bludgeon is a completely different story because I'd prefer a larger bur leaner bot and, you know, swords.
To me, it's more of a matter that we already have a very good, very serviceable Voyager class toy for Bludgeon, one that was even officially repurposed as a toy for the G1 character.
My problem with this new one is that, aside from the aforementioned notion of Bludgeon not fitting with the other four and Thunderwing being a better match, this new toy is supposed to resemble Bludgeon's smaller inner robot mode, and yet what we have here is only slightly similar to that concept.
Bludgeon's inner robot was a tank, not the cannon truck that we have here. And it was small. One of the more charming things about Bludgeon was how most of his physical intimidation qualities, being his imposing size and his fearsome appearance, all came from the design of his Pretender shell, while his inner robot was quaint and unimpressive. Yet, despite that, Bludgeon himself had the amount of personality on his own to make for a cunning, mighty, and inspiring leader. He didn't need to look impressive for others to follow him since he had all of the makings of a fine Decepticon leader on his own, with his Pretender shell being the icing on the cake that upgraded the unimpressive form of an impressive leader into matchingly impressive form.
It's like how Machine Wars Megatron is tiny. At a glance, MW Megatron looks unimpressive, harmless, maybe even wimpy. But it's Megatron.
Megatron. We know what this guy is capable of and thus should not be trifled with even with his smaller body.
Ergo, making Bludgeon's inner robot big, powerful, and imposing is like doing the same to MW Megatron. It takes away from what makes them special and unique as Decepticon leaders; it's part of their charm. Remove that and we're left with just another guy who looks all wrong in either case.
(included alternate face pic at the bottom for those who prefer the cybernetic look to the skull-face)
