by ExciKaiser » Wed Jul 19, 2017 4:52 pm
Aww, it's review time ? Can I join ?
Titans masters :
- Loudmouth : Not a lot to say, I would rate it average. OK titan master, ok vehicule mode, poor second vehicule and wepon mode.
- Nightbeat : Terrible, at least. Nothing works,skip it.
- Apeface : Cool vehicle mode, cool monkey mode. My only problem is the too much painted face (I guess it's all black under the purple), it doesn't really fit the bodies. Get it.
- Brawn : mitigated. Too much yellow to me, which kill details and prevents the 4x4 mode to works.
- Clobber : Near perfect. The Dino mode is purely genius and the bird works ok.
- Skytread : I like the colors more than terribul, that's why I got this one. Unfortunately there's an inexcusable issue with it : the headsculpt is different from terribull and too much top heavy to fit correctly the plane mode. I can accept that some titan masters cannot fit properly all vehicules, but the one sold with ? seriously. Too bad because other than that the vehicle is nice. Get Terribull verison of the mold instead.
- Fangry. Get it. Period.
- Overboard. I prefer Grimlock head over Overkill, but other than that, the repaint mades it better. If you hesitate between the 3 repaints of this mold and are not really attached to one of the head, get this one.
- Ptero . Mitigated at least. The pterodactyl works, but I'm not unable to see something else than a reversed pterodactyl for what is supposed to be the vehicule mode. the head suffer the same problem as apeface : too much paint, which hides all details.
- Sawback . I've been deceived. I think it's mainly because of the plastic, which is very very cheap. added to the bright colors, for me it's a Meh, at least. The head is not too bad however.
- Repugnus. You can copy/paste my sawback advice. I like the beast mode a lot however, it helps a little.
- Shuffler. GET IT.
Everything works perfectly, plastic is nice, head is nice, and beast and vehicule mode works fine even without the titan master.
Legends :
- Rewind : I like him despite two lame modes. Sometimes there's no explication. The robot mode is probably too much cool so it cancels the other issues.
- Wheelie. What a mess. Nothing holds fine, he doesn't even stands correctly. I guess people like him because of cartoon representation, but for me it's a no. Pass.
And you know the worse part ? I paid more in order to get the takara version. Money badly spent here.
- Bumblebee : Meh. No extremely bad, not extremely good.I suppose it’s for people who want the minibots cast in the same legends size. For the other, just stick with the Classics Bumblebbe, this one add nothing.
- Brawn : Simple, effective, everything works fine. And bonus, the titan master can stay inside in robot mode.
- Seaspray : I’m still not sure about this one. Technically it’s fine, it’s a nice bot, everything works.
But man, this design, it’s so 80’s, with propellers and stuff. If you place him next to let’s say, cybertron Shortround, you know who will win.
Deluxe
- Hardhead : Just perfect. Can be the symbol of the line. The vehicule works perfectly, with the small cockpit + the hidden cockpit in the canon, the robot mode is perfect. Just get it.
- Brainstorm. Retool from Blur, yes, but which in my opinion works beter than Blurr. It works even better than the T30 voyager that I removed from the shelves to replace it by him.
- Chromedome. Lazy design ? maybe. But it works so well. You can’t pass on him because of the « same design as CW». Believe me, I made this mistake (I got it only very recently).
- Highbrow. I don’t understand why some people don’t like him. Except for his loose neck, he is very nice. Not the best in the line, but definitely worth the money.
- Wolfwire. I got the broken hinges issues, but it’s not enough to give a bad advice on this one.Cool robot mode, Fantastic wolf mode. Get it.
- Hot Rod. Hm.. I think I’ll get ennemies here, but I don’t love him. I don’t dislike him, he is quite ok, but these long plain arms really prevent me to consider him as a must have.
- Triggerhappy. What to say ? I start to hate him. Because of issues ? no because it should not be allowed to be so damn perfect. Get it.
- Twinferno : Like rewind, I’m a bad judge .This toy has ton of issues, but I like him. Leave me alone about this.
- Nautica. I know nothing about the comics or character, but it’s a very nice resue of Blurr’s mold. It works surprising well to a fembot body. Well played Hasbro, well played.
- Topspin. One which can compete with Triggerhappy. How the company who made Hotrod arms were able to made Topspin ones ? Looks like two different companies.
- Kup. Sorry, I tried, but I definitely hate him. 50% because of the terrible head from the worst period of armada (big lips, terrible grin.), 50% because of the plastic, the same as Sawback. Hasbro, please stop with this new crappy plastic.
I ordered and I’m waiting the Orion Pax repaint, I hope it’ll cancel these issues, because other than that, it’s a nice vehicule, robot and transformation.
- Krok. This neon green.. this neon green… I love it. He is missing proper heels to be a perfect one. I would recommend to get him instead of Skullsmasher, but it would not be honest as I don’t own Skullsmasher.
- Twin Twist. Not a lot to add from Topspin as it's 90% the same. Except I prefer Topspin.
- Windblade : On the overral look, the generations Windblade looks better. But for everything else, TR Windblade is a better toy. Everything holds and tabs perfectly, easier to transform etc.. (in fact, it could be the description of the whole TR line compared to Generations from the previous years).
Voyager
- Sentinel Prime. Debatable train mode, just-okay shuttle mode, Everything shouting « Astrotrain »… But I just love this robot mode and this head. Some people complain about the color scheme (and I understand why), but it’s very Fire guts Ginrai for me. I can’t get angry if you pass on him, but I’ll continue to love him on my side.
- Alpha Trion : I don’t know well the character from G1 cartoon, so I can’t complain like what I’ve seen here. For me it’s a very good toy with two ok transformations.
Until …
- (Takara) Lio convoy. This one just cancels what I said about Alpha Trion. A fantastic paint scheme which completely changes a toy. If like me you’re not especially attached to a character and just want the mold, get this one.
- Megatron. I have difficulties to admit it’s the same company which commited the Thrilling 30 Blitzwing 3 years ago, and which created this. Sincerely. This mold is close to perfection, especially considering the Titan master get a different cockpit for each mode. The only thing I can complain are the poor stickers. But if you get the reprolabels set, you get a fantastic Megatron. Better than the CW on my opinion.
I don’t care the mold screams « blitzwing ». So much that I’ll probably not get Blitzwing, in order for Megatron to keep his uniqueness on my shelves.
- Optimus Prime. He has issues, yes. The plane mode is meh, the truck mode just ok, and the cockpit solution is just lame, especially if you compare it with Megatron.
But this robot mode, oh man, he is fantastic, badass, extremely well detailled. It’s my new fave Prime, despite all his issues. And like for Megatron : sorry Octone, you really look cool, but this mol dis Optimus Prime for me now.
- Laser Prime. There’s nothing more to say, as it’s only a repaint. But such a good repaint that’s I’m completely unable to choose between the regular and this one. I had to put both of them on the shelves.
- Broadside. After an intial deception, you know what ? I start to like the plane mode. Yes, really. Ok, it’s a very stupid and unable to fly plane mode, but if you see it as some spaceship.. We got worse. Also I recommend to place the gun on the bottom, it helps a little bit the overral look. But yeah, he is a bit difficult to recommend.
The new remold policy/technology is very nice in most of the cases, and I’ll continue to defend it, but here, for Broadside, wanting to reuse Alpha Trion legs is what definitely ruined the toy in my opinion.
Leader
- Blaster. Personally, not being a G1 hardcore fan, the life object transformation always looks lame for me, and he is not exception. I got it only for the base mode, for my TR guys to have a base. And that’s all.
- (Takara) Ginrai. I cancelled my preorder of PM Prime when I saw the first pictures, and I’m not deceived. Ok, I’m a bit deceived of the base mode, which is, we all know it an afterthought and does not works at all.
- (Takara) God Bomber. Like everybody, I’m a bit Meh on him. The toy by itself is quite ppor. The combination with Ginrai ends up with a very god looking figure, but quite unstable.Hard to recommend. Difficult to pass. Yup, I still can’t give an advice.
- QuickSwitch. I saw hate on this topic, and I’m sad for people who are so G1-framed that they can’t appreciate this toy. They don’t know what they miss. Yes, it’s Sixshot body, but it works so well. Deco is better, paint apps are better.. zero regret here.
As always, English is not my native langage, sorry if errors/mistakes on some expressions/sentences.
Not english-native speaker. Thank you for being cool on my typos.
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Looking for the claw-shield-gun which comes with Magna convoy.
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is it a repaint 
that would be nice if Broadside is a good use for non-common bots 
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