Video Review - Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Sky Lynx

Hasbro got too cheap with the wings. Otherwise it's a nice figure. But its true strength lies in torso mode. Unfortunately the Lynx head is an acquired taste, and I have not acquired it. Yet...

Hellscream9999 wrote:The dragstrip mold, as an arm, has almost no articulation at the shoulder as the shoulder chunk gets obstructed by the kibble on the menasor/o/p mold and hotspot/onslaught mold thus making it a very poor arm mode

What you see as a problem with dragstrip, I instead see as a problem with the Menasor and Defensor/Bruticus torso.

Joe-Prime77 wrote:So since you own both have you tried swapping hip joints? or are the molds slightly different to not allow a hip replacement?

I haven't as yet. I prefer BC Prime with the good hips and don't intend to ever combine OP, so the hips are good in that fashion. I don't see why it wouldn't work, though.

By the way what is SEIBERTRON CIVIL WAR??

Joe-Prime77 wrote:By the way what is SEIBERTRON CIVIL WAR??

seibertron-civil-war-t106161.php

I quite like the wings actually, it may have been a cost cutting measure but the blue visible through the white wings looks quite good

Chefatron's Sky Reign review went up two hours ago. I was concerned regarding the stability of Sky Lynx as a torso. Now I know the figure is a floppy mess. Poses great but plays poorly. Oh well, more money saved for me.

Hellscream9999 wrote:The dragstrip mold, as an arm, has almost no articulation at the shoulder as the shoulder chunk gets obstructed by the kibble on the menasor/o/p mold and hotspot/onslaught mold thus making it a very poor arm mode

Really? I have no issue with him as an arm hindering shoulder movement...maybe we transform him differently in arm mode?

And Sky Lynx as an individual is cool but not totally wow, but combined mode HOLY SCRAP THAT THING IS BEAUTIFUL!!!!

I wish there was a way to separate the two parts like on the old toy. Doesn't look there would've been too much work involved. Just some pegs and holes between the Bird and Lynx. The Bird doesn't even need leg pieces to work.

I'd really like to see Sky Reign scrambled differently. Maybe with Mirage, Prowl, or Ironhide in the mix. I'm used to asymmetric colors on combiners, but there should be some colors shared back and forth, and there's really nothing there that ties Trailbreaker and Hound in with the rest of the team, and given that it looks like a good bit of Sky Reign's stability issues come from Hound being especially heavy compared to the others, I don't see much point in using him there.

Caelus wrote:I'd really like to see Sky Reign scrambled differently. Maybe with Mirage, Prowl, or Ironhide in the mix. I'm used to asymmetric colors on combiners, but there should be some colors shared back and forth, and there's really nothing there that ties Trailbreaker and Hound in with the rest of the team, and given that it looks like a good bit of Sky Reign's stability issues come from Hound being especially heavy compared to the others, I don't see much point in using him there.

Sky Reign's floppiness is due to the shoulders not locking into place and the hip ratchets being useless. According the video. Changing the limbs isn't going to solve those problems.

This is the best look that I can do adding Groove to Skyreign. Groove essentially hangs on to the side of the torso but with no dedicated pegs to hang on to, he will fall out at the slightest movement.

Replace Groove with Wreckgar and Skyreign gets a yellow-orange crotch. Lol.

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Still undecided. The torso mode didn't interest me other than having a Lynx head that could be used in a fan-mode Lynx form (and the torso mode seems quite useless to those who did want to use it if it's that unstable). If I see it in Toys R Us in the UK I may pick it up, moreso if in a sale. Like others I really would have preferred a seperate Lynx mode. That was part of the fun of the original toy.

Carnivius_Prime wrote: That was part of the fun of the original toy.

Along with it being huge!

Generator_G1 wrote:This is the best look that I can do adding Groove to Skyreign. Groove essentially hangs on to the side of the torso but with no dedicated pegs to hang on to, he will fall out at the slightest movement.

Replace Groove with Wreckgar and Skyreign gets a yellow-orange crotch. Lol.

Anyway to attach him to the back somehow?

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Generator_G1 wrote:This is the best look that I can do adding Groove to Skyreign. Groove essentially hangs on to the side of the torso but with no dedicated pegs to hang on to, he will fall out at the slightest movement.

Replace Groove with Wreckgar and Skyreign gets a yellow-orange crotch. Lol.

Anyway to attach him to the back somehow?

Nothing to hang on the back, I'm afraid.

damn thats one jaded reviewer

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Still undecided. The torso mode didn't interest me other than having a Lynx head that could be used in a fan-mode Lynx form (and the torso mode seems quite useless to those who did want to use it if it's that unstable). If I see it in Toys R Us in the UK I may pick it up, moreso if in a sale. Like others I really would have preferred a seperate Lynx mode. That was part of the fun of the original toy.

christ! we'll have a wait til it comes to the UK won't we?(in physical stores) even Kapow have it penned in for Feb/March release.

I just saw photos of this guy who owns him where he took Legion Groove and had him in Sky Lynx in torso mode and attached him to the most uncomfortable & inappropriate place, his crotch. He says that Groove will fall off with a little jingle.
I mean, that's just sick.

Survivefan23 wrote:I just saw photos of this guy who owns him where he took Legion Groove and had him in Sky Lynx in torso mode and attached him to the most uncomfortable & inappropriate place, his crotch. He says that Groove will fall off with a little jingle.
I mean, that's just sick.

Yeah, considering we have seen nary an official picture of them combined (like all the others) and the fact that those who do have him cannot seem to combine him, I'm pretty sure hasbro straight up lied to us about wreck gar combining with sky reign in order to get us to buy yet another wasted repaint.

And I agree, that is a very jaded reviewer

Also, very sad to here that hasbro skimped on the designing of Sky Reign too, the amount of respect that I have for them is now approaching negative numbers