Shuttershock wrote:Here's a thought for your weapons dilemma:
1. Get Bee
2. Give his Sword to Grimlock before he hurts himself
3. Slay Bee and crown Grimlock Once and Future King
That sounds great in theory, but I just cannot stomach the thought of giving Hasbro $16.00 for that figure. If he was someone else, I could probably do it, but it's just not Bumblebee to me. He looks so douchey.
Shuttershock wrote:I agree, Grimlock is rock solid in both modes (the legs must peg better on mine). His Dino kibble is there, but doesn't feel as vestigial as other entries, and he feels chunky for his size.
Also, you can flip out his stumpy dino arms in robot mode to look like IDW Monstructor:
Mine has loosey goosey beast parts when forming the legs, which I've seen in video reviews, but the tabs don't secure themselves into the slots well enough to make it a really solid connection. I've seen video reviews where they shook the figure a bit and it showed that all the parts held fine, while mine will actually come apart in robot mode with a good shake.
The kibble size is nice, I must admit. He uses it very well to his advantage, and it impressed me that it steals most of the G1 transformation, but freshens it up enough to make it likeable.
The dino arms work for Monstructor, but Grimlock looks like that horrible Kayak commercial where the two guys are sharing a sweater to use the computer. I know, what's seen cannot be unseen. Trust me, I tried. lol
william-james88 wrote:You're referring to this right?
I don't find it that bad. It's not worse than other transformers when we look below, like this guy for instance:
Her? Yes. That's exactly it.
Him? I love Sentinel Prime. You no can pick on him.
He might be a shellformer, but his engineering is some of the best on a figure that I've seen in quite some time. He goes from boxy vehicle with a curved windshield to a pointy, hard edged humanoid form in robot mode. Pretty impressive how they incorporated the shell into the robot mode and hid everything from sight in vehicle mode. Ugly underneath, sure, but all of the parts go somewhere or do something. Strongarm literally has the windows and roof of her vehicle mode hanging off of her back like a basket full of sadness and fail.
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