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by **Triggerdick Megatron** » Sun Jul 22, 2018 7:21 am

Has anyone seen an Elita-1 POTP with peach coloured armor or do all of them have black armor? I have seen pics of peach armor online but at retail just black. Im looking for a peach one if possible.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sun Jul 22, 2018 11:56 am

The black on Elita-1's Prime Armor is just paint, the pieces themselves are cast in peach-colored plastic. So some have taken the liberty of stripping the paint off, because well, makes her stand out more against her brethren with black feet aside from Abominus.

by **Triggerdick Megatron** » Sun Jul 22, 2018 7:30 pm

It's a shame really, if they were cast peach why choose to paint them black as peach matches the colour of Elita-1? It may have been a last minute decision.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sun Jul 22, 2018 7:30 pm

Triggerdick Megatron wrote:It's a shame really, if they were cast peach why choose to paint them black as peach matches the colour of Elita-1? It may have been a last minute decision.

They say black goes with anything... ;;)

by **Triggerdick Megatron** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 12:33 am

Black goes with anything? Well then I guess Elita can have black boots lol.

News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 12:22 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Triggerdick Megatron wrote:It's a shame really, if they were cast peach why choose to paint them black as peach matches the colour of Elita-1? It may have been a last minute decision.

They say black goes with anything...

They say orange is the new black, though.

News Credits: 4837 · by **william-james88** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 1:50 pm

Triggerdick Megatron wrote:Has anyone seen an Elita-1 POTP with peach coloured armor or do all of them have black armor? I have seen pics of peach armor online but at retail just black. Im looking for a peach one if possible.

Every elita at retail has painted black armour.

News Credits: 1 · by **Brokebot** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 5:32 pm

After scouring every retail toy department and all of the interwebs, I finally got my hands on an Elita 1, and I have to say, wow, what an unmitigated piece of crap. EVERY joint is so sloppy loose she can barely stand on her own as a combiner. I have to prop her hands on her hips to keep her arms from falling off. Are they all like this, or just this one?

News Credits: 4837 · by **william-james88** » Fri Aug 03, 2018 6:46 pm

Brokebot wrote:After scouring every retail toy department and all of the interwebs, I finally got my hands on an Elita 1, and I have to say, wow, what an unmitigated piece of crap. EVERY joint is so sloppy loose she can barely stand on her own as a combiner. I have to prop her hands on her hips to keep her arms from falling off. Are they all like this, or just this one?

Mine is very loose too. I dont like this figure much

News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 2:25 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Brokebot wrote:After scouring every retail toy department and all of the interwebs, I finally got my hands on an Elita 1, and I have to say, wow, what an unmitigated piece of crap. EVERY joint is so sloppy loose she can barely stand on her own as a combiner. I have to prop her hands on her hips to keep her arms from falling off. Are they all like this, or just this one?

Mine is very loose too. I dont like this figure much

Mine is nice and tight. I don't think loose joints are a systemic problem with Elita One. Sorry yours suck.

News Credits: 33 · by **Amelie** » Sat Aug 04, 2018 2:52 pm

Slightly off topic and I know its not going to be a popular opinion...

But I'd really like the Moonracer/Firestar/Chromia design used for Elita-1 as well. The Elita we got was far too large for my purposes...

News Credits: 42 · by **TF-fan kev777** » Tue Aug 07, 2018 12:50 pm

Amelie wrote:Slightly off topic and I know its not going to be a popular opinion...

But I'd really like the Moonracer/Firestar/Chromia design used for Elita-1 as well. The Elita we got was far too large for my purposes...

To be honest, I wouldn't mind a deluxe size Elita-1, but definitely not from the Moonracer mold. I just don't think it is that great of a mold if the figure is not going to be a combiner limb. Siege Chromia is going to be the first regular release deluxe I skip since before Combiner Wars.

News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Tue Aug 07, 2018 1:32 pm

I think the best bet for a deluxe Elita One would be yet another redeco/retool of the Titans Return/Transformers Legends Blurr mold. Take a look for yourselves:

Of course, Bluur has already been retooled TWICE into different female characters.

You can't argue with the results, though. The mold works well for these characters.