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Rodimus Prime wrote:Exactly. I think the jet mode kinda turned me off the figure, because it was a repaint and it made her too bulky as well, even if, as you said, the fiction justification was there. If she had had some kind of larger car mode, and perhaps hadn't been a combiner, she would be in my collection. But I understand why she was done that way.Sabrblade wrote:Yeah, to me, the POTP Voyager is still the best-looking of the the Elita-1 figures released so far. She may not be a car anymore, but at least she looks the part the most in robot mode (and was given in-fiction justification as a body upgrade).Rodimus Prime wrote:And I didn't care much for the PoTP voyager, but at least it had a better looking head.
-Kanrabat- wrote:TF-fan kev777 wrote:First-Aid wrote:Okay, did anyone else notice that we all get a wonderful shot of Starscreams crotch anytime he sits in that throne? That's unnerving. Couldn't they have put n extra flap in there? It's....weird.
Its kind of like Basic Instinct, but not in a good way...
Goddammit, now I can't unsee it.
It's because she's not designed to be Elita, she's pretty clearly intended to be MinervaRodimus Prime wrote:That Elita is still a huge swing and a miss, IMO. She's too short in robot mode, the vehicle mode looks like a clown car, and her headsculpt is just off-putting. She should have been a tall deluxe like Siege Ironhide is, the vehicle mode could have been accommodated. And I didn't care much for the PoTP voyager, but at least it had a better looking head.
This is why I want to get RED Knock Out instead.First-Aid wrote:As a TF Prime lover, that Knockout is just a$$. Yes the original toy was also, but Geewunning that figure is a horrific insult to the animation model. If it were, say, a new character or even Prowl/Bluestreak/Smokescreen it would be infinitely better. But as a TFP figure, it's just insulting.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Then Hasbro shouldn't call her Elita.Autobot N wrote:It's because she's not designed to be Elita, she's pretty clearly intended to be MinervaRodimus Prime wrote:That Elita is still a huge swing and a miss, IMO. She's too short in robot mode, the vehicle mode looks like a clown car, and her headsculpt is just off-putting. She should have been a tall deluxe like Siege Ironhide is, the vehicle mode could have been accommodated. And I didn't care much for the PoTP voyager, but at least it had a better looking head.
Rodimus Prime wrote:Then Hasbro shouldn't call her Elita.Autobot N wrote:It's because she's not designed to be Elita, she's pretty clearly intended to be MinervaRodimus Prime wrote:That Elita is still a huge swing and a miss, IMO. She's too short in robot mode, the vehicle mode looks like a clown car, and her headsculpt is just off-putting. She should have been a tall deluxe like Siege Ironhide is, the vehicle mode could have been accommodated. And I didn't care much for the PoTP voyager, but at least it had a better looking head.
Rodimus Prime wrote:Then Hasbro shouldn't call her Elita.Autobot N wrote:It's because she's not designed to be Elita, she's pretty clearly intended to be MinervaRodimus Prime wrote:That Elita is still a huge swing and a miss, IMO. She's too short in robot mode, the vehicle mode looks like a clown car, and her headsculpt is just off-putting. She should have been a tall deluxe like Siege Ironhide is, the vehicle mode could have been accommodated. And I didn't care much for the PoTP voyager, but at least it had a better looking head.
Sabrblade wrote:This is why I want to get RED Knock Out instead.First-Aid wrote:As a TF Prime lover, that Knockout is just a$$. Yes the original toy was also, but Geewunning that figure is a horrific insult to the animation model. If it were, say, a new character or even Prowl/Bluestreak/Smokescreen it would be infinitely better. But as a TFP figure, it's just insulting.
And I also know what a high profile character is. Elita deserves better than being a pretool. See my (and Sabrblade's) point about PoTP Elita. If both Elita and Minerva just had to share a mold, it should have been designed with Elita as the focus and Minerva as the pretool. My opinion only, of course.sol magnus wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Then Hasbro shouldn't call her Elita.Autobot N wrote:It's because she's not designed to be Elita, she's pretty clearly intended to be MinervaRodimus Prime wrote:That Elita is still a huge swing and a miss, IMO. She's too short in robot mode, the vehicle mode looks like a clown car, and her headsculpt is just off-putting. She should have been a tall deluxe like Siege Ironhide is, the vehicle mode could have been accommodated. And I didn't care much for the PoTP voyager, but at least it had a better looking head.
You know what pretools are, man.
Rodimus Prime wrote:And I also know what a high profile character is. Elita deserves better than being a pretool. See my (and Sabrblade's) point about PoTP Elita. If both Elita and Minerva just had to share a mold, it should have been designed with Elita as the focus and Minerva as the pretool. My opinion only, of course.sol magnus wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Then Hasbro shouldn't call her Elita.Autobot N wrote:It's because she's not designed to be Elita, she's pretty clearly intended to be MinervaRodimus Prime wrote:That Elita is still a huge swing and a miss, IMO. She's too short in robot mode, the vehicle mode looks like a clown car, and her headsculpt is just off-putting. She should have been a tall deluxe like Siege Ironhide is, the vehicle mode could have been accommodated. And I didn't care much for the PoTP voyager, but at least it had a better looking head.
You know what pretools are, man.
Rodimus Prime wrote:And I also know what a high profile character is. Elita deserves better than being a pretool. See my (and Sabrblade's) point about PoTP Elita. If both Elita and Minerva just had to share a mold, it should have been designed with Elita as the focus and Minerva as the pretool. My opinion only, of course.sol magnus wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Then Hasbro shouldn't call her Elita.Autobot N wrote:It's because she's not designed to be Elita, she's pretty clearly intended to be MinervaRodimus Prime wrote:That Elita is still a huge swing and a miss, IMO. She's too short in robot mode, the vehicle mode looks like a clown car, and her headsculpt is just off-putting. She should have been a tall deluxe like Siege Ironhide is, the vehicle mode could have been accommodated. And I didn't care much for the PoTP voyager, but at least it had a better looking head.
You know what pretools are, man.
-Kanrabat- wrote:TF-fan kev777 wrote:First-Aid wrote:Okay, did anyone else notice that we all get a wonderful shot of Starscreams crotch anytime he sits in that throne? That's unnerving. Couldn't they have put n extra flap in there? It's....weird.
Its kind of like Basic Instinct, but not in a good way...
Goddammit, now I can't unsee it.
First-Aid wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:And I also know what a high profile character is.
Yep, 6 minutes of TOTAL screen time in a single episode of a series that ran 4 seasons and was never seen again after that. Totally high profile. It's like naming the Underminer the a main character of the first "Incredibles" movie.
First-Aid wrote:[quote="Rodimus Prime"And I also know what a high profile character is.
Evil Eye wrote:To be fair, Elita's cartoon model, being as it is without even Arcee's shoulder pods, is completely unworkable as a transforming toy (it doesn't even have an onscreen transformation!). Now personally I feel like a new Voyager scale Elita that turned into a streamlined Cybertronian truck would be cool, but this one doesn't look half bad.
RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:And whats with the h-2-228 on Elita? Looked it up and it's https://www.google.com/search?q=h+2+228&oq=h+2+228&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i546l3.2769j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
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