Clearer Images of Revenge of the Fallen Deluxe Hoist

Dead Metal wrote:Why are they so obsessed with light gray plastic? A darker gray would have made this look 10 times better but it still looks pretty good.

Agreed. So close on this one Hasbro. Takara will probably get it right.

Blurrz wrote:Not even the gigantic sniper rifle/rocket launcher poised on his shoulder pose? Damn.

Movie faces. They put me off.

Plus the gun ain't big enough.

Hell, I love the look of this, although i do agree a darker grey would have been better, but still OMG!

The gray plastic just makes it look cheap. It doesn't bother me though because I plan on painting those parts anyway.

I for one will be getting this one. The light gray doesn't phase me at all. I loved the longarm figure and think this homage is not only an appropriate re-paint, but recall people actually wanting this figure done when they saw it the first time.

Yessssssssssss.... I am going to be all over this..
will unscrew that big ass gun so the fig has better poseability while in bot mode.

I never got movie Longarm the first time 'round, mostly because in my travels I never once saw one for sale, and the drones of him in the game pissed me right off... So there was a certain rage factor in every package... Worse still, I never really liked G1 Hoist all that much, and yet it's funny... If I see this figure, I will get it. It just works for me.

I can't wait for this figure to be released! The mold looks like a perfect fit for a movie style Hoist.

Like others, I'm not a fan of the light grey plastic. It does make the toy look cheap. For me, the reason is that it's flat. There's no depth to it. The green on the body panels are fairly plain but it does resemble a standard paint job for a vehicle. The green on the torso in alt mode and the orange both have a metallic look to them, a sheen over darker colouring that gives depth and at least my eyes/brain interprets that as a more "realistic" looking material.

I noticed a similar problem with Jungle Attack Ironhide where a very light and flat looking grey is used for the toy.

Getting it simply bc of G1 homage repaint.