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Planning on picking up some DOTM figures. Who should I get? There's so many to choose from...

Voyager Megatron is very cool, you should get him, Crankcase is awesome too, I don't know about Sentinel I was going to get him today but I couldn't find him he looks too cool to not get lol

sentinelprime1234 wrote:Voyager Megatron is very cool, you should get him, Crankcase is awesome too.

I agree. Haha, I swear (when I saw the thread title) I was thinking the same thing! I'm really liking Crankcase so far. Megatron is better than I expected too.

sentinelprime1234 wrote:Voyager Megatron is very cool, you should get him, Crankcase is awesome too, I don't know about Sentinel I was going to get him today but I couldn't find him he looks too cool to not get lol

Thanks alot! I was planning on getting Megs and Crank, I just wanted to make sure they were worth picking up.

Galvatron X wrote:

sentinelprime1234 wrote:Voyager Megatron is very cool, you should get him, Crankcase is awesome too.

I agree. Haha, I swear (when I saw the thread title) I was thinking the same thing! I'm really liking Crankcase so far. Megatron is better than I expected too.

I love the cowl on him. Really makes the figure I think.

"Got cowl?"

Megatron. Megatron, Megatron, Megatron. If there is 1 figure you get, let it be Megatron. Even if you decide to not like the robot mode, the truck mode is pure WIN. There should be a Leader class figure just for that. It would be in scale with Voyager Prime at least.

The one that appeals to you the most while fitting in your budget.

My DOTM toys that i must buy on sight list.

1: Leader Sentinel Prime.
2: Leader Ironhide.
3: Voyager Shockwave.
4: Deluxe Crankcase.
5: Deluxe Barricade.
6: Three deluxe Topspin.
7: Deluxe Sideswipe.

I think you can choose some figures from this list of mine.

1: Leader Sentinel Prime. -Hell No
2: Leader Ironhide. -Hell yes
3: Voyager Shockwave. -No
4: Deluxe Crankcase. -Maybe
5: Deluxe Barricade. -Maybe
6: Three deluxe Topspin. -No
7: Deluxe Sideswipe. -No

Deluxe Roadbuster. Pulling out his rocket launchers in vehicle mode looks fraggin' awesome, and his robot mode is well proportioned (I think anyways).

skyhammer,megatron thats all i can think of

robofreak-s-thoughts-on-dotm-figures-t76198s100.php

I'll be making an update in a bit and add another 5 reviews to the list. Hope it helps.

robofreak wrote:http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/robofreak-s-thoughts-on-dotm-figures-t76198s100.php

I'll be making an update in a bit and add another 5 reviews to the list. Hope it helps.

Thanx!

1. Leader class Sentinel Prime [so far, the only new primary character to get the LC treatment, and is actually THE RIGHT APPROXIMATE SCALE.]

2. Voyager Megatron [In case you don't expect a leader class of him to show up.]

3. Deluxe Roadbuster.

Transformers Fanatic wrote:

Galvatron X wrote:

sentinelprime1234 wrote:Voyager Megatron is very cool, you should get him, Crankcase is awesome too.

I agree. Haha, I swear (when I saw the thread title) I was thinking the same thing! I'm really liking Crankcase so far. Megatron is better than I expected too.

I love the cowl on him. Really makes the figure I think.

"Got cowl?"

I made a real cowl out of a brown pair of tights I found, he looks way cooler with it, he looks really creepy, but it is a pain in the ass to put on because I put like 100 holes in it to make it look ripped and old so It's hard to find the whole were his head goes

Transformers Fanatic wrote:Planning on picking up some DOTM figures. Who should I get? There's so many to choose from...

Get shockwave and skyhammer.

For me in this current wave:

Deluxes
1. Crankcase
2. Roadbuster

Voyager
Skyhammer
Shockwave

Leader
Sentinel Prime

Future plans:
Leader Ironhide
Ultimate Prime
Voyager Prime (Takara)

Cyberverse: Powerglide and Blackout. Both are really fun figures and Blackout's transformation is pretty neat for such a little guy.

HA Scouts: Sandstorm with Pvt. Deadclif. Great in robot and dune buggy mode; don't really care for weapon mode. Best of the four released atm.

Deluxe: Lot of people really like Crankcase but I was disappointed with him. I think it has to do with his tiny stature in vehicle mode. It seems too small. Robot is nice but his dreads are a pain to put away when transforming (they go behind his chest plate but they fight back!).
I would recommend Roadbuster for his fun transformation and he looks great in vehicle, robot and fan-made attack modes. I would also recommend Bumblebee too. I was initially going to skip him but he turned out to be really likable (might be due to the extremely low expectations I had of him at the time). Transformation is fun and complex enough to keep him interesting and looks a lot better than Cannon BB from ROTF. I also like the slimmer arms than those of BBBB (Battle Blades Bumble Bee).

Voyager: I am waiting for Shockwave and Skyhammer to arrive from hts.com but from what I've read in other interviews, these two are supposed to be really good.

Leader: Sentinel Prime is a great figure. Looks very regal in bot mode and has some G1 influences in the design (kinda reminds me of Alpha Trion; a "Bay"sterdized version of him). Vehicle mode looks great. Transformation from robot to fire truck is a b*tch the first few times so if you are the type who is easily flustered and tends to throw frustrating toys against the wall then this toy may not be for you...

I would say none, save your money and buy older ones from when Hasbro used better plastic

alternator77 wrote:skyhammer,megatron thats all i can think of

meant to hit edit get roadbuster and topspin theyve got a really nice paint job for a movie line and their asthetic has me putting them on my neo g1 shelf pretty good figures.

NightGlider wrote:I would say none, save your money and buy older ones from when Hasbro used better plastic

The plastic on the DotM figures seems to be a lot tougher than what they used on RtS and Generations. Those guys have stress marks all over them and I don't use much force at all. With Crankcase I really have to force the hood down to transform it and there are no signs of stress.

Back on topic, I'd recommend Backfire. Even though his robot mode is pretty bad his BFG mode more than makes up for it. This is one of those few figures that I'd buy multiple repaints of.

I've only opened Crankcase and Ratchet so far but I also have voyager Megs in prison. I totally recommend Ratchet. If you get Ratchet and Crankcase I'd recommend swapping their weapons over cos I think it looks better that way.

I've only picked up 4 so far, my favorite of which is Skyhammer, a fantastic heli-bot. Sentinel and Shockwave seem to be those either you'll "love'em/hate'em" types(I quite like them), and Powerglide is boss for such a tiny figure, a great G1 homage to boot.