by Uncommon » Wed May 01, 2013 11:53 am
I picked up Springer & Blitzwing at my local Target in Boulder, CO yesterday. As soon as I grabbed them off the shelf I got out my phone and canceled my BBTS preorder.
Problem: After close examination I have concluded that my Blitzwing only has one face. Anyone else seen this?
Overall impressions:
Springer: Awesome design. The G1 sword always bugged me with its square cross-section. This sword on the other hand is really cool. Some of the pegs don't hold together really well in the vehicle modes, but overall it's great.
Blitzwing: Pretty good overall. The three faces were what pushed me over the edge and convinced me to buy, so I'm disappointed that wasn't there. The instructions are unclear and inconsistent. In particular, there's the issue of how the arms go in plane mode. Initially, it shows them curving down like in the photos, but the pegs don't fit. In later steps they're shown curving towards each other like in the tank mode.
With Masterpiece Thundercracker, the face-changing thing was also missing, but that was understandable because they made the head bigger to match the cartoon proportions, so the face-changing mechanism was replaced by a head-squishing mechanism so it could still be stowed in jet mode. I just wish someone had thought to update the instructions.
I don't know what happened with Blitzwing, though. The box and instructions advertise 3 faces, but they're not there.