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D-Maximal_Primal wrote:So I don't think I got to finish my SS deluxe review, so here is the 3rd one: Barricade.

Barricade to me is the disappointment of the wave. He looks so darn good in both modes true, but the robot mode is so limited. no waist, they really needed to add a hip swivel and not just have it on a ball joint. He needs more leg movement, and he can't get any! He can't really pose much good! I also think he really needed his weapon modified or his arm modified for it, it looks a bit too goofy being held. And that backpack needed to rest closer to his body, it sticks out too far brazenly with nothing really between it and his body. And all that translucent plastic is a disaster waiting to happen.

Not sure what you mean with the backpack thing. It seems quite close to his body on mine. Moreso than some other figures. Only issue I've had with mine was that the waist didn't peg into the upper body properly and so lifting him by the top half, caused the bottom half to flop down all loose. I fixed it with a bit of nail polish to make the tab thicker. Yeah I wouldn't mind a bit of waist articulation but I'm pretty happy with my figure and yeah he does look great in both modes.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Not even close. He may be just a repaint, but that mold is one of the best movie molds ever, no what getting it again is totally that bad

I dunno. I've had Thundercracker for ages now and he just hasn't really done much for me at all. He's on the list of possile sales if I need to cut down the collection or make some money or something. All that jet tail kibble coming down the back of robot mode bugs me.

Anyone interested in the UK at the Entertainer they're selling of SS-09 Thundercracker for about £20 shelf full in my local store

If you wondered what Ironhide looks like without the front bumper.


Bit of a skinny waist. I just did it to learn how to remove pins and it was easier than I thought. Means installing the DNA Design upgrade kit with the foldable bumper is gonna be simple. Anyone can do it. I used a precision screwdriver to push it out and you get a suitable tool included with the kit if you don't have one. Can't wait til April when it's released.

KSI Boss is actually starting to grow on me. I haven't gotten ahold of the Nitro mold yet, and while Thundercracker is still the main one I'm looking for, the silver paint on the new one looks pretty sweet. If I did get him though, it wouldn't be as one of the KSI bots since my SS collection is just movie 1-3 bots. . . maybe add some red highlights and call him Ramjet? Use the Thundercracker backstory that he was one of cons from DOTM that we didn't see on-screen.

Still super pumped for DOTM Optimus, I've started looking at renders/photos and planning how I'm going to paint him and that trailer. I also did some digging and someone did manage to swap the lower legs from SS-05 and SS-32, but I'm not sure exactly how.

Just got o/p, sideswipe, and barricade today; man, barricade is a disaster of clear plastic waiting to happen

edit: got him into car mode - never again, this thing just does not want to do the whole 'transforming' thing, his car door sections are horrible to try and align; I'll get it done once right, but, as the one I was actually looking forward to, I am really let down

Man, there is some nonsensical stuff going on with o/p, rotf prime has nothing on how daunting it was when I first exploded prime into panels

I am in actual awe with how elegant his transformation ends up being

Jetfire-Prime is an absolute beast, I have a lot of nostalgia looking at the art for the movie characters, and this one was particularly enthralling, and to see it now, carried out so flawlessly is really something, I feel so many things, it's... it's an amazing figure

Come oooooon tax refund.. I need my geewuun style movie Optimus.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Not sure what you mean with the backpack thing. It seems quite close to his body on mine. Moreso than some other figures. Only issue I've had with mine was that the waist didn't peg into the upper body properly and so lifting him by the top half, caused the bottom half to flop down all loose. I fixed it with a bit of nail polish to make the tab thicker. Yeah I wouldn't mind a bit of waist articulation but I'm pretty happy with my figure and yeah he does look great in both modes.

See, mine holds together just time at the waist. The backpack though, it's almost sticking out as far as his faux wing-windows. it's a bit obnoxious and I think they could have made it better, the same way I think the leg posability should have been far better and he needed less clear plastic.

Also got the Leaders tonight on my way home, quite a surprise. Will open them at some point in time this week to look at. Just need Prime and Bonecrusher, and I will be caught up until the next releases, which won't be out till probably June!

I've been a bit out of it with the Dreads... Crowbar and Crackcase are just repaints of each other ala Ratchets right? It looks like the older TLK Berserker fits in with them? No confirmation on any third one? (Hatchet?).

I got to say that Bonecrusher was better than I was expecting. Still on the fence with leader Megs.

Was there ever any confirmation on a Voyager (or leader?) movie 1 megs?

SpikeyTigertron wrote:I've been a bit out of it with the Dreads... Crowbar and Crackcase are just repaints of each other ala Ratchets right? It looks like the older TLK Berserker fits in with them?

Crankcase should have used the Berserker mold because Berserker pretty much reuses Crankcase's CGI model anyways and nobody knows why Hasbro chose to redeco the Crowbar mold instead.

Was there ever any confirmation on a Voyager (or leader?) movie 1 megs?

Not yet. Just the Masterpiece.

Picked up Barricade and WW2 Bee the other day. I like bee quite a lot but he's a bit loose in the hips, it's fixable but still a tad annoying. Barricade I have mixed feelings about. Both modes look pretty good but the transformation is a nightmare. It took forever to get his thighs properly aligned with the doors and I found the whole back section just really clunky and annoying. Plus the side windows don't click in so if you push on it wrong when trying to get the door tabs in then the window folds down and you have to start all over again.

steals_your_goats wrote:Picked up Barricade and WW2 Bee the other day. I like bee quite a lot but he's a bit loose in the hips, it's fixable but still a tad annoying. Barricade I have mixed feelings about. Both modes look pretty good but the transformation is a nightmare. It took forever to get his thighs properly aligned with the doors and I found the whole back section just really clunky and annoying. Plus the side windows don't click in so if you push on it wrong when trying to get the door tabs in then the window folds down and you have to start all over again.

Try aligning the legs and the doors without folding down the light bar section

Ig89ninja wrote:

steals_your_goats wrote:Picked up Barricade and WW2 Bee the other day. I like bee quite a lot but he's a bit loose in the hips, it's fixable but still a tad annoying. Barricade I have mixed feelings about. Both modes look pretty good but the transformation is a nightmare. It took forever to get his thighs properly aligned with the doors and I found the whole back section just really clunky and annoying. Plus the side windows don't click in so if you push on it wrong when trying to get the door tabs in then the window folds down and you have to start all over again.

Try aligning the legs and the doors without folding down the light bar section

That was the only way I was able to finally get it lol. Still was not difficult than I think it should've been.

These two are great, the combined mode is such a presence


Only problem is that o/p’s arms are just not designed to hold the mega cannon; it was a nice nod that they made his body turn into the cannon, but it cannot be held, not that it can maintain its form thanks the the panel issues on jetfire

Hellscream9999 wrote:Only problem is that o/p’s arms are just not designed to hold the mega cannon; it was a nice nod that they made his body turn into the cannon, but it cannot be held, not that it can maintain its form thanks the the panel issues on jetfire

What do you mean by it cannot be held? He can attach his hand to it (though took me a while to figure out how). If you mean the whole gun is too heavy for his elbow joint to support, so flops down, then yeah but I fixed that with some nail polish in Prime's elbow til it was stiff enough that he lifts the gun fine. I've still not had any panel issues with Jetfire so far. By the way I've seen someone 3D print a lighter thinner dedicated gun and also panels that cover the bottom of Prime's feet in combined mode too so that might be worth picking up if they make that available for purchase.

There is nothing you can do to make barricade a half-decent figure, he has way too many things holding him back; if you want a good barricade, do yourself a favor and just buy the mp version

I'm tired of fighting his transformation, his car doors don't fit into the tab so he can't actually go into car mode; he can't pose at all due to having no ankles, or thigh swivel, he can't even open his hands. This figure is pathetic

Hellscream9999 wrote:There is nothing you can do to make barricade a half-decent figure, he has way too many things holding him back; if you want a good barricade, do yourself a favor and just buy the mp version

I'm tired of fighting his transformation, his car doors don't fit into the tab so he can't actually go into car mode; he can't pose at all due to having no ankles, or thigh swivel, he can't even open his hands. This figure is pathetic

You get a maybe on the pose ability, but I think the other photos are a checkmate

Ig89ninja wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:There is nothing you can do to make barricade a half-decent figure, he has way too many things holding him back; if you want a good barricade, do yourself a favor and just buy the mp version

I'm tired of fighting his transformation, his car doors don't fit into the tab so he can't actually go into car mode; he can't pose at all due to having no ankles, or thigh swivel, he can't even open his hands. This figure is pathetic

You get a maybe on the pose ability, but I think the other photos are a checkmate

Good for you, you didn't get one with f-ed up tabs, hope you're proud of yourself

Hellscream9999 wrote:There is nothing you can do to make barricade a half-decent figure, he has way too many things holding him back; if you want a good barricade, do yourself a favor and just buy the mp version

I'm tired of fighting his transformation, his car doors don't fit into the tab so he can't actually go into car mode; he can't pose at all due to having no ankles, or thigh swivel, he can't even open his hands. This figure is pathetic

I agree mostly. He definitely is a disappointment to say the least.

I really wish they had worked his legs more. Those are where almost all of my problems are with him. He needed more, and I don't see why he couldn't have had more.

Ig89ninja wrote:but I think the other photos are a checkmate

Great photos.

Hellscream9999 wrote:I'm tired of fighting his transformation, his car doors don't fit into the tab so he can't actually go into car mode; he can't pose at all due to having no ankles, or thigh swivel, he can't even open his hands. This figure is pathetic

I didn't expect him to have ankle tilts. It's uncommon for deluxes to do so I thought. Some do, some don't. Can't pose at all?

Ok hi, Barricade.



Strike a pose, Barricade

Not my pic but I like it.


That's some degree of posing. He's not one of those huge 5 point articulated figures clogging up stores in the past few years. He can turn head, elbows, double jointed knees, feet, open/close hands (What do you mean can't open his hands?), be made to squat or sit. Not sure what else you need from a lil brute like Barricade really. Certainly not Spider-Man like flexibility. Ok thigh swivels and waist swivel might be nice but he can certainly do some posing rather than none at all.

Hellscream9999 wrote:Only problem is that o/p’s arms are just not designed to hold the mega cannon; it was a nice nod that they made his body turn into the cannon, but it cannot be held, not that it can maintain its form thanks the the panel issues on jetfire

Here he be holding the cannon.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Here he be holding the cannon.

Seriously? What do you think I am? Some sort of f-ing moron? I know the handle goes in the hand, I know how to make the cannon, and I also know his arm joints will never be able to support the cannon without it being supported, it's disgustingly heavy; seriously, you can stop being so insufferably condescending and smug anytime now

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Here he be holding the cannon.

Seriously? What do you think I am? Some sort of f-ing moron? I know the handle goes in the hand, I know how to make the cannon, and I also know his arm joints will never be able to support the cannon without it being supported; seriously, you can stop being so insufferably condescending and smug anytime now

I was just trying to be helpful. You said the cannon cannot be held. When it can. Say what you actually mean next time so folk actually know what the heck you're talking about. I'd be suprised if I ever felt smug, that would suggest some kind of self-confidence of which I have very little of.

He thought he could hold it all