Black Hat wrote:For all three people out there who wanted another Windblade figure...Here's another Windblade figure!
On the one hand the facesculpt is alright, the jet mode is OK, the swords are kinda cool (though why they have a seat on them...) and the robot mode looks pretty good in general. Plus, whilst she's no BM Blackarachnia, she does have some rather wonderful thighs.
On the other hand, something seems...off about her. I can't put my finger on it, but she seems slightly weirdly proportioned.
I think it's her legs. They really are weirdly giant, and then having the wide upper calves shrink down to tiny ankles and twiggy feet just makes the whole thing look off balance. Plus she's pulling a Pat Lee with that whole invisible-chair shtick she has going on in that photo.
She can't be a Highbrow or Triggerhappy retool though - even though we can't see her TM fully, those sloped shoulders on it are a detail neither Highbrow's nor Triggerhappy's had. Makes me wonder what her retool will be - possibly, as Silly suggests, Slugslinger since a few of the details seem to match up - but also if perhaps Nautica would have worked better as a retool from her? Admittedly I haven't read IDW so I don't know the character or her appearance that well, but slightly more feminine proportions (even moreso than Blurr's), being able to have the fans on her back and an actual non-windshield chest may have helped the figure significantly to look less... underwhelming.
Nothing could save that face on Nautica though. It reminds me of Cybertron Scourge or Overhaul but without the fangs - not the best face-sculpt for a character like this.
EDIT: So while I was writing this we had a whole page of evidence that Windblade is either a retool or at least a parts-share with Highbrow. And yet, her TM is clearly different.
...What?
EVERYTHING IS A LIE THE WORLD IS COLLAPSING AROUND US