Rodimus Prime wrote:Autobot N wrote:Wolfman Jake wrote:Yeah, that's just called being a triplechanger Transformer.
Yeah, it seems really hard to make Triple Changers that have 3 good modes (like T30 Springer and Sandstorm)
Yeah, I think they caught lightning in a bottle with that mold. I never owned any of them until I got Springer recently (thanks
Zelda!) and now I want all the others, Sandstorm, Battletrap and most importantly Cloud Rodimus.
You're welcome!
Rodimus Prime wrote:As for comparing Hoists, I think it's important to take into account the purpose for the figures. T30 was more like a reimaging for G1, just like Springer was. But the ER figure is a direct homage to the G1 figure itself, so it has to adhere to the original's design, whereas T30 didn't.
But even compared to the G1, the WFC versions have had refinements or even reinventions in their transfomation design while retaining the basic look - or coming closer to the cartoon's version of it (for example, SIEGE Springer's car mode has the fenders move past the hood like in the cartoon; really helps that mode).
That includes Apeface and Snapdragon: they've undergone serious limb consolidation that means neither of them has their robot legs hanging off their beast mode chests (immensely proving both robot and beast modes, although it does mean that Apeface lost his jet mode's sloped intakes because they'd restrict the movement of his gorilla shoulders), and gotten more articulate better-proportioned beast heads because the Titan Masters only complete the beast noggin rather than form its entirety. Snapdragon also has a neck that looks more like a neck and his head is mounted on it at a better angle, and his T. rex arms are actually attached to his dino torso instead of to panels that are part of his robot legs.
So it bugs me to see people talking like there haven't been substantial improvements.
Rodimus Prime wrote:It's the same reason why Metroplex was the way he was, and didn't look exactly like the G1. I hope Warden really does take his own shot at him.
Well, T30 Metroplex may not
look exactly like G1 but he sure
transforms almost exactly like G1
So that shot might be as simple as a re-shell.