Great characters with sub-par figures
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 12:11 pmYou ever been watching your favorite show/reading your favorite comic, finding a character that intrigues you to no end, and then end up wanting figure of said character? Then when you get it, you find you're...underwhelmed. I'll start off with two:
Samurai Prowl:
Animated Prowl was a very cool character. And when I saw they were making one with the armor, I knew that was the version of the character I wanted. And when I got it, I felt it looked cool, but couldn't do much. It has quite good leg articulation, but it's top heavy, hard to balance. The arms have a good range too...that are nerfed by the shoulder pads. And the helmet, at least on mine, never seemed to sit right. Why Hasbro felt the need to have everything connected to the main backback instead of snapping/sliding over the shoulders and head is beyond me.
Beast Wars Inferno:
Inferno was a figure I missed back during Beast Wars initial run, and when I read it shelfwarmed I found that hard to believe. Inferno was a very memorable character, and could be hilarious at times too(Yes my Queen!!!). Then last year I finally got around to acquiring the figure, and...hmph. Yes, I will grant you mine is incomplete, I don't have the silver gun, true missile legs(I found a couple decent stand ins), or an actual antennae(black twist tie works just fine though), it's still not that great to me. The insect mode doesn't stand well, and the front and back legs are just so obviously part of the robot mode. The robot mode itself is very red, not real exciting. Articulation is fine, but the hands are molded in that weightlifter/gorilla style(the first for Transformers?), and the gun looks nothing like the show. Oh, and the gun can only be positioned on the other side of the arm, making for a lame arm cannon. Overall, yeah I kinda see why kids didn't want it.
So those are a couple of my personally opinionated picks, do you have any?
Samurai Prowl:
Animated Prowl was a very cool character. And when I saw they were making one with the armor, I knew that was the version of the character I wanted. And when I got it, I felt it looked cool, but couldn't do much. It has quite good leg articulation, but it's top heavy, hard to balance. The arms have a good range too...that are nerfed by the shoulder pads. And the helmet, at least on mine, never seemed to sit right. Why Hasbro felt the need to have everything connected to the main backback instead of snapping/sliding over the shoulders and head is beyond me.
Beast Wars Inferno:
Inferno was a figure I missed back during Beast Wars initial run, and when I read it shelfwarmed I found that hard to believe. Inferno was a very memorable character, and could be hilarious at times too(Yes my Queen!!!). Then last year I finally got around to acquiring the figure, and...hmph. Yes, I will grant you mine is incomplete, I don't have the silver gun, true missile legs(I found a couple decent stand ins), or an actual antennae(black twist tie works just fine though), it's still not that great to me. The insect mode doesn't stand well, and the front and back legs are just so obviously part of the robot mode. The robot mode itself is very red, not real exciting. Articulation is fine, but the hands are molded in that weightlifter/gorilla style(the first for Transformers?), and the gun looks nothing like the show. Oh, and the gun can only be positioned on the other side of the arm, making for a lame arm cannon. Overall, yeah I kinda see why kids didn't want it.
So those are a couple of my personally opinionated picks, do you have any?
My point is made.
