New In-Hand Images of Legacy Evolution Deluxe Junkion and Animated Universe Prowl

Oof, those are some wide thighs on the meant-to-be lean ninja Prowl. Looks like they also kinda add to the chunk of the bike mode.

While I have often asked for G1-ification of characters, it was always to incorporate non G1 characters to the G1 aesthetic (RTS Lugnut is a great example). The G1 version of animated Prowl is G1 Prowl, so I have no need for this new animated Prowl they are giving us.

I like that Junkion bike though

Oof, Prowl is stout. I'm still excited for him, but those thighs really could have done with being skinnier to make them look longer, or flat out being longer to look better with the shin length. Junkion 2 looks good, but I thought the point was the limbs were interchangable, and thus would be the same length? Not a dealbreaker, but odd

Sabrblade wrote:Oof, those are some wide thighs on the meant-to-be lean ninja Prowl. Looks like they also kinda add to the chunk of the bike mode.

That was my initial reaction to the thighs as well, but the more I thought about it and looked back at shots from Animated, the more I realized that the chunky thighs flaring out actually kinda mimics the baggy tucked-in bike pants on his holographic driver/human avatar, and now I'm cool with it. I'm also waiting to fully judge the bike mode until we've seen it transformed correctly for certain, I find that hole in the side-view too suspect to believe that it's actually intended and the front view of the bike definitely looks to me like parts aren't aligned right, everything above the wheel/leg is angled wrong.

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Oof, those are some wide thighs on the meant-to-be lean ninja Prowl. Looks like they also kinda add to the chunk of the bike mode.

That was my initial reaction to the thighs as well, but the more I thought about it and looked back at shots from Animated, the more I realized that the chunky thighs flaring out actually kinda mimics the baggy tucked-in bike pants on his holographic driver/human avatar, and now I'm cool with it.

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I'm also waiting to fully judge the bike mode until we've seen it transformed correctly for certain, I find that hole in the side-view too suspect to believe that it's actually intended and the front view of the bike definitely looks to me like parts aren't aligned right, everything above the wheel/leg is angled wrong.

Hmmm, yeah, it does look like a possibly intentional homage. That has a sense of fun to it, appropriate for Animated.

BUT, that ironically makes me want this even less now. Because mashing up Animated Prowl, G1 Prowl, and Animated Prowl's hologram driver/mustache man homage makes this 4 different things smished together that could instead get 4 different and deserved updates (not that we need another G1 Prowl toy immediately, unless it's SS'86 Shuttle-Death Prowl), so this is an even greater compromise, accurate to even fewer of its elements. That bugs the heck out of me, so as much as I've wanted official Animated update figures ever since the line ended, NO. If I encounter this case in store, any Junkion I could army build with would be an infinitely better use of the money that could theoretically go to Prowl. LOVE the long overdue mix'n'match gimmick.

But Legacy Prowl does look cheerful enough that I can practically hear him calling out to 3rd Party toymakers, telling them to start cranking out new, show-accurate toys of Animated characters, since Hasbro apparently can't within the parameters of the unified Legacy line. Guessing APC is most likely to respond, as they started doing show-accurate Prime characters long before Legacy Bulkhead, Arcee, and Knock-Out asked them to.

Of course, every official Airachnid toy has been begging for Night Countess since they hit the shelves.

I'm not bashing Hasbro by saying some of their toys are asking for it, since the whole point of the 3rd party market is to fill every nook and cranny that official product can't.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Both bikes looks perfect for me. I'll be getting both for sure.

Forgot to mention the Junkion, but he does look fun, wonder if there's a Combiner head hidden in one of these?

I got Legacy Inferno for Christmas and I'm loving the figure but he needs his flamethrower. I'm looking at "upgrade kits" and the only one that seems decent is linked below. Anyone gotten this or should I hold off until a more reliable kit maybe comes out?

https://www.tfsafari.com/products/tim-h ... 9022442609

Bumblevivisector wrote:... (not that we need another G1 Prowl toy immediately, unless it's SS'86 Shuttle-Death Prowl)...

I also NEED a SS86 "Shuttle-Death Prowl(tm)" NOW Hasbro!

I really, really like the Junkions, especially the tow truck.

As for "Animated" Prowl, the only major letdown is the absence of the samurai armor/sidecar. His face reminds me more Smokescreen (G1) btw.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:
Not the biggest fan of Animated in the world. But the Prowl face looks off, even to me. The rest looks good for a Bike Bot.

They made the visor/eyes WAY too big.