In-Hand Images: TFSS Slipstream

10/10 would repurpose as Generation One Slipstream.

Absolutely love Slipstream. She and Scourge are the winners of this year's TFSS group.

That is much cooler than I feared she would be. I'll be keeping this one on my shelf beside Lockdown and Lugnut.

Post-op Slipstream
I hope we eventually get a real Slipstream.

my god her face is hideous

Needs more "lipstick".

I wanted to like this figure, i really did; it's slipstream for god's sake, but this, this is just terrible. Funpub really just painted themselves into a corner on this figure. As horrible as it sounds, I dare say the FE starscream is seriously misused in its use for the figure, due to it's physique. (buy your torches and pitch forks here.) Although FE starscream has stilettos for feet, his willowy physique doesn't necessarily translate to femininity. No i'm not one of those who thinks all gynoids should have double D's, however a slightly more feminine structure is more suited for slipstream. Prime starscream isnt actually that feminine, his shoulders are high, he's hunched over, he's built like a willowy man, rather than a willowy woman. Granted it wouldn't be possible for a club figure to completely remold a figure, which is why I wish Has/Tak actually made a new figure for the character, but i digress. Also the new head sculpt manages to make her look more masculine compared to TF primes starscream's gaunt features. Also her face looks like it keeps doing this -3-

SW's SilverHammer wrote:I wanted to like this figure, i really did; it's slipstream for god's sake, but this, this is just terrible. Funpub really just painted themselves into a corner on this figure. As horrible as it sounds, I dare say the FE starscream is seriously misused in its use for the figure, due to it's physique. (buy your torches and pitch forks here.) Although FE starscream has stilettos for feet, his willowy physique doesn't necessarily translate to femininity. No i'm not one of those who thinks all gynoids should have double D's, however a slightly more feminine structure is more suited for slipstream. Prime starscream isnt actually that feminine, his shoulders are high, he's hunched over, he's built like a willowy man, rather than a willowy woman. Granted it wouldn't be possible for a club figure to completely remold a figure, which is why I wish Has/Tak actually made a new figure for the character, but i digress. Also the new head sculpt manages to make her look more masculine compared to TF primes starscream's gaunt features. Also her face looks like it keeps doing this -3-

Hahaha @ -3-. But yes, you hit the nail on the ugly head.

MINDVVIPE wrote:Hahaha @ -3-. But yes, you hit the nail on the ugly head.

I guess Slipstream had allot of botox and half it wore out on one side.

There's something off about that as a female, and I can't quite place it. I can accept Strika out of Warpath and Crasher (Fracture?) out of Mirage, but there's something missing out of Slipstream here. I think it may have something to do with the face, like too long of a chin or too awkward of an expression or still looking to similar to Starscream or something.

From Allspark.com, a Photoshop that shortens her chin, widens her head overall, and gives her black lips:

Sabrblade wrote:From Allspark.com, a Photoshop that shortens her chin and gives her black lips:

See if that were the head sculpt, i would start to consider shelling out 100 bones plus for this figure, but alas it's not.

Sabrblade wrote:From Allspark.com, a Photoshop that shortens her chin, widens her head overall, and gives her black lips:

That is a million times better. But the body still doesn't click for me. She needs to have a chest thats angled outwards from the neck. Starscream's chest is too caved in. I dare say that even with the old (current) head, if the chest was a bit more lady-like, it would help a ton. It's why I think Fracture(Mirage) doesn't work, but Strika (Warpath) does. Even Rip-claw; There's nothing really female about her at all, especially in the face, and yet I can buy that she's a she, and I attribute that to her having some form of chest... and a narrow'ish waist doesn't hurt much either.

MINDVVIPE wrote:That is a million times better. But the body still doesn't click for me. She needs to have a chest thats angled outwards from the neck. Starscream's chest is too caved in. I dare say that even with the old (current) head, if the chest was a bit more lady-like, it would help a ton. It's why I think Fracture(Mirage) doesn't work, but Strika (Warpath) does. Even Rip-claw; There's nothing really female about her at all, especially in the face, and yet I can buy that she's a she, and I attribute that to her having some form of chest... and a narrow'ish waist doesn't hurt much either.

This better?



There were more pics from the TFW2005 thread not mirrored here.

Sabrblade wrote:This better?

Aye, thats much better. If it had that photoshopped head, my complaints would be reduced to 0.

Even though I would still prefer more bustiness.

$99 on BBTS. Kinda of expensive for me but I would like one

MINDVVIPE wrote:Even though I would still prefer more bustiness.

Ain't that true for most men?

Mkall wrote:

MINDVVIPE wrote:Even though I would still prefer more bustiness.

Ain't that true for most men?

My answer is... http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b201/ReyReyM/psc/Bouncy.gif

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:From Allspark.com, a Photoshop that shortens her chin and gives her black lips:

See if that were the head sculpt, i would start to consider shelling out 100 bones plus for this figure, but alas it's not.

Here's hoping some 3rd party makes that head a reality.

To make the Slipstream I REALLY want, however, Hasbro needs to expand the trend of enlarged Legends that just started with Beast Hunters and give us a 3X of Activators Starscream repainted into Animated Slipstream. Well, they'd have to remold her head and wings too, but it'd at least be different enough from the Voyager mold to start with.

SW's SilverHammer wrote:I wanted to like this figure, i really did; it's slipstream for god's sake, but this, this is just terrible. Funpub really just painted themselves into a corner on this figure. As horrible as it sounds, I dare say the FE starscream is seriously misused in its use for the figure, due to it's physique. (buy your torches and pitch forks here.) Although FE starscream has stilettos for feet, his willowy physique doesn't necessarily translate to femininity. No i'm not one of those who thinks all gynoids should have double D's, however a slightly more feminine structure is more suited for slipstream. Prime starscream isnt actually that feminine, his shoulders are high, he's hunched over, he's built like a willowy man, rather than a willowy woman. Granted it wouldn't be possible for a club figure to completely remold a figure, which is why I wish Has/Tak actually made a new figure for the character, but i digress. Also the new head sculpt manages to make her look more masculine compared to TF primes starscream's gaunt features. Also her face looks like it keeps doing this -3-

Pretty much sums it up for me.

Although, I would like to add how confusing it is to use SS body as both "male" and "female". He already looked somewhat feminine... making him into Slipstream just begs for a cross-gender fanfiction!

I get they're "robots" and not anatomical... but I'd still like to jump on the "let's make em a little more female, please" bandwagon. It's not giant boobs that make a bot feminine, so let's not let disagreements turn stupid.

I still want the toy, regardless. Why? Because the mold itself is GLORIOUS! I LOVE the FE Starscream mold. I even bought it six times over as the same character (so, no Arms Micron Skywarp or Thundercracker... yet) just to use as Starscream and his five one-episode clones.

Metrosuplex wrote:I get they're "robots" and not anatomical... but I'd still like to jump on the "let's make em a little more female, please" bandwagon. It's not giant boobs that make a bot feminine, so let's not let disagreements turn stupid.

My thought is that TF gynoids at the least should be "shapley" or "curvy" compared to male TF's



credit Uwall of deviant art

This...could have been better.

She's still one of the three that I'm keeping.

I can certainly see the complaints of a TF being too gender neutral (wait, what?) but Slipstream is the reason I haven't touched a Prime Starscream. Had the chance, but gave one to a friend as a gift because I was waiting for Slippy. Now, I only have to wait for another six months!

C'mon, you don't think she'll really be next, do you? people'd be dropping the subscription right and left, no one really want's Circuit or Jackpot as much as they did Slipstream and Scourge. One of them to whet our whistles, and the other will be used to make us stick around. mark me on this. Funpub might be dumb on occasion, but they ain't stupid.

Flashwave wrote:C'mon, you don't think she'll really be next, do you? people'd be dropping the subscription right and left, no one really want's Circuit or Jackpot as much as they did Slipstream and Scourge.

...actually, Jackpot IS one of the ones I'm waiting for (to go with my custom Hubcap), but I get your point. Personally, I'm assuming Ultra Mammoth will be the final one, since it's the only non-Deluxe in the bunch.

Somehow, she looks even more masculin than Starscream ...

Yea, that photoshoped head would be much better, but it would also need a new chestpiece to look more boobish, SS is just to flat.
It's kinda sad, but also hilarious how most heads by them look horrible, especially this, Counterpunch and Nightbeat.

I'll save my criticism on the head sculpt for when I get it in hand. Pictures don't do all figures justice. It may not be as bad as it looks. But even if it looks the same, I still think she looks pretty good.

ILL-Star wrote:I'll save my criticism on the head sculpt for when I get it in hand. Pictures don't do all figures justice. It may not be as bad as it looks. But even if it looks the same, I still think she looks pretty good.

OOHH my poor friend in denial.
j/k You are very right about pictures not doing figures justice though. Best of luck with your buyer's satisfaction.

Well I've already got 5 versions of this mould, I might as well make it 6!

I would love for a 3rd party to redo the head-sculpt, here's hoping

That's one sexy toy!

Also from the HK-TF forum was have some additional in-hand images of the TFSS figure Slipstream, a retool/redeco of Transformers Prime First Edition Starscream. The figure should ship out from TFCC at some point between now and the end of the year. For now enjoy the images mirrored below.

I see what they're trying to do, but this mold just strikes me as still being too masculine for a Slipstream.

They had the perfect mold.
They had the perfect deco.

And then someone passed that head sculpt. WHO thought that was a good idea!

Also, it just occured to me that Slipstream has DUCK LIPS. WHY?

RAcast wrote:Also, it just occured to me that Slipstream has DUCK LIPS. WHY?

You ever see the Dolan meme? That's what her her head sculpt looks like to me.

Is she sniffing his nipple?

LOST Cybertronian wrote:Is she sniffing his nipple?

That would be silly, [Prime] Starscreams don't have noses.

RAcast wrote:

LOST Cybertronian wrote:Is she sniffing his nipple?

That would be silly, the majority of Prime characters don't have noses.

Fixed.

IMHO I don't think this head sculpt is all that bad really but to each their own. If the people at Dr.Wu are seeing all this maybe they'll deliver us a more accurate Slipstream head sculpt. After all they did one for Optimus.

Mindmaster wrote:

RAcast wrote:

LOST Cybertronian wrote:Is she sniffing his nipple?

That would be silly, the majority of Prime characters don't have noses.

Fixed.

Urrmm yeah they do. The noise is the bump-thing in the middle of their face coming out of their helmets, so this thing.

Yweggo wrote:
Urrmm yeah they do. The noise is the bump-thing in the middle of their face coming out of their helmets, so this thing.

here let me lay down this beat, see if you pick it up. While it's debatable as to whether or not TFP character models have noses, a majority of them don't. (the majority of autobots come to mind). Those that have "noses" are dubious at best because they can look like part of the brow, or are barely noticeable. Slipstream is one of the latter, her "nose" look more like it's part of the bridge and mostly her brow.

El Duque wrote:

"May I have this dance?"

These pics are better than the ones from the other day. Her face actually looks quite a bit like Arcee's I think. And I believe Arcee has even made that duck lip expression from time to time. Definitely fits in with the Prime line very well.

Eh this is a very easy pass for me. That face......... That face.

Best figure for this mold. EVER! This mold(and it's voyager counterpart) has always been fembot material, so Slipstream is the perfect character for it.

njb902 wrote:Eh this is a very easy pass for me. That face......... That face.

Nothing wrong w/ her face as far as I can tell.

BTW, no, she has no nose and she does NOT have duck lips, RAcast.

Manterax Prime wrote:Best figure for this mold. EVER! This mold(and it's voyager counterpart) has always been fembot material, so Slipstream is the perfect character for it.

njb902 wrote:Eh this is a very easy pass for me. That face......... That face.

Nothing wrong w/ her face as far as I can tell.

BTW, no, she has no nose and she does NOT have duck lips, RAcast.

It's deceptively less bad from angled shots (which most of these are), but find a shot of the face straight-on. It's horrifyingly bad with her mouth-half-open-duck-lips. I honestly don't know why they didn't just go with a regular smirk, as it would have look so much better.

[Third picture on the first page is a straight-on picture]

I like her, but I wish they had used the Voyager mold. With the exception of Transmetal 2 Blackarachnia (and the repaint into Arcee) I can't think of a single female Transformer bigger than a Deluxe.

Ah well, kitbash time I supposed!