EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Munkky wrote:After a while of putting it off, I decided to buy the 2007 Movie 15th Anniversary box set. The package is due to arrive on Wednesday, for those who have this set, what am I in for? Are they better or worse than the originals, or a mixture of the two?
I sold a lot of my Bayverse Studio Series toys on Ebay a while ago, as I was working out my new downsized "Less is More" Transformers collection, so now the Movie shelf now consists of only DOTM Optimus and Bumblebee, ROTF Megatron, and 2007 Starscream, Blackout, Brawl and Barricade. I intend on adding the Ironhide, Ratchet and Jazz from the box set to complete this shelf, and maybe display the Optimus and Bumblebee on my writing desk or book shelf. I still haven't decided if I'll get any ROTB figures, most likely not, but we'll see.
It varies between figures, Jazz and Ratchet are upgrades from their originals, Ironhide and Prime are probably sidegrades (about the same amount of paint, but the paint apps are different), and Bumblebee is unfortunately a downgrade with respect to both paint and QC (missing paint, brighter gray plastic, and door wings cracking more frequently)
The set arrived today and I've been fiddling with each figure, you're right about Bumblebee being a downgrade, the main problem on mine is the feet don't connect to the ankles very well and they flop around a lot. The only other issue I have with the set is Ironhide has some stray flecks of orange paint across the vehicle mode's hood, someone in the factory must have messed up while painting the side lights, and I'm hoping I can get that off with some light scrubbing. Other than that, I'm happy to have all five 2007 Autobots again, and I'm now satisfied with my reduced Movie shelf.