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Scout Shadow Striker look like she at least transform into something.
That Soundwave look decent too.

I don’t know why but I really like Scout class Ratchet. I might pick him up.

It's amazing how Bumblebee seems to consistently get the worst toys in every size except One-Step (and even then it's the second-worst) even though he's the main character.

Having the scout class only transform halway is still the worst idea Hasbro's had in a long time. And since it's the cheapest price point (and thus most likely to be bought as an impulse buy or by parents for their kids), I can't help but think it'll hurt sales of the toyline as a whole. Shadow Striker at least manages to look kinda like those toys they used to put in happy meals with the character's head and shoulders sticking out of a tiny car, like she's driving herself, but that may just be because we're not seeing her from the front.

Interesting how these one-steps have autotransform AND action gimmicks. And how it doesn't make them look any worse than previous one-steps (faint praise, I admit). Prowl and Wheeljack look adequate, and Megatron actually looks pretty nice. Hot Rod doesn't look quite as good but having a big buzzsaw still puts him ahead of Prime and Bee in my eyes.

The standard sizes seem to be getting their articulation back, Most of these seem to have knees, elbows, and turning heads. Nice that Slipstream's getting a new mold, gives me hope that future seekers could at least have some retooling to better reflect their individual character designs.

I might be in the minority here, but I like that they've gone back to individualized action gimmicks like they used to have before the DotM toyline, rather than building each size around a single gimmick for everyone. It offers more variety, and in theory it allows better integraion with individual figures (though in practice it seems they might be a little out of practice with doing that). Obviously, some are better than others; Prowl's shoulder guns seem fairly natural an intuitive, but Prime slapping on a giant Autobot symbol in vehicle mode looks kinda stupid, and I'm not entirely sure what Slipstream's is even supposed to be other than a big spinner thing that amuses me for no good reason. Soundwave's is probably the best, it's certainly a clever way of working Laserbeak into a toyline that doesn't have a place for accessories, and the only thing that would make it better is if he launched as he opened up like BW Scorponok's bee or Polar Claw's bat (not that those necessarily were particularly reliable or went very far, but the spirit was there), or at least could be detached, but that seems highly unlikely.

My initial reaction to this line what the why?! Hasbro as done some amazing and incredible jobs with their gimmick lines in the past (with a couple okay wells in the past). But then I remember how much seven year old me loved my first toy. And how stupid it seems now. This line will be fine for the audience it goes for. It's perfect, in fact.

Wheeljack looks cool but I feel like he needs a little more detail. Same with Ratchet. Glad his arms and legs are red because that breaks up the white which the RiD Ratchets had too much of. I'd probably buy and paint 'em as I see fit.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Has anyone else mentioned the fact that Warrior class figures don't have any ties inside the packaging? No need for plastic nips!

Oh yeah, when unpacking my first one, Starscream, I was pleasantely surprized.

i gotta review for ya
ITS GARBAGE

admittedly
less garbage than Starscream
if only for its uniformity of color
in vehicle-mode

but
garbage, non the less

thank you
u give with one hand
(SIEGE, STUDIO, BUMBLEBEE)
and
crap in the other

Z3ROhour wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Has anyone else mentioned the fact that Warrior class figures don't have any ties inside the packaging? No need for plastic nips!

Oh yeah, when unpacking my first one, Starscream, I was pleasantely surprized.

maybe realizes that they are so bad
they don't care if people shoplift em.

People will shoplift ANYTHING. Serously, it's pathetic. Just look at the toy section in any Winners or Marshall. And the worst thing is those destroyed packages with missing parts still sell at full price. Be cause reasons.

adamage1 wrote:It’s kind of shocking how awful this line is. RID looks like a masterpiece line by comparison. Hollow, limited-to-almost-no articulation, gimmicks that intrude on transformation and cause floppiness on various parts, goofy or just plain bad designs, all at exorbitant price points. The excuse that these are aimed at children doesn’t fly either, as it can’t be justified with these price points. I certainly wouldn’t lay that kind of money down on such poorly made toys for any child I know. Hopefully this line fades away fast. At least WfC: Siege looks like a home run in almost every respect.

I agreevwith a few points but The price point argument is nonsense since the leaders in Cyberverse cost the same as Seige voyagers.

william-james88 wrote:

adamage1 wrote:It’s kind of shocking how awful this line is. RID looks like a masterpiece line by comparison. Hollow, limited-to-almost-no articulation, gimmicks that intrude on transformation and cause floppiness on various parts, goofy or just plain bad designs, all at exorbitant price points. The excuse that these are aimed at children doesn’t fly either, as it can’t be justified with these price points. I certainly wouldn’t lay that kind of money down on such poorly made toys for any child I know. Hopefully this line fades away fast. At least WfC: Siege looks like a home run in almost every respect.

I agreevwith a few points but The price point argument is nonsense since the leaders in Cyberverse cost the same as Seige voyagers.

I am saying that price point is still too much. Every one of these figures is far overpriced for what you get.