Apologies no bonecrusher and scrapper combining as I don’t have them
Huge thanks to Indemand toys and Hasbro for this opportunity.
These aren’t my toys. I have been officially allowed to do the unboxing and reviews from official channels and will be returning these once the review is done.
Till-all-R1 wrote:Seems as if next year we'll finally get Sunstreaker reissue, and it's nice to see Windcharger on that list to complete another minibot. Also Kranix, that one ought to be interesting given the design and covers another obscure Cybertronian. Definitely will be getting two of these, but am unsure on Sunstreaker until I see the final product.
I am surprised to see Skywarp and Thundercracker sooner than Thrust being that those two were easier to locate. Cliffjumper too in a way, I'll only consider him if he's got the opaque windows.
Voyager Shockwave will depend on his deco, I sold of the Siege figure because I just didn't like it.
Leader Soundwave too will depend on what it has going on.
And I'm curious about Capsule Hound.
Sowndwave76 wrote:Soundwave is supposedly a new mold, which I believe will happen.
Totally passable then.Sowndwave76 wrote:Cliffjumper will surely be a retool of SS86 Bee.
Sowndwave76 wrote:Hound could be retooled, but maybe not... May depend on how Hastak thinks they can re-use a retooled mold.
I'm betting Sunstreaker is just a re-release of the 5-pk mold.
We'll see about Astrotrain. I have the Dramatic Capture set preordered, but who knows, the SS86 version could be an improvement.
Till-all-R1 wrote:Leader Soundwave w/Laserbeak but who's the second tape? $55 possibly $60 by then is too much for a Voyager with one tape. IMOSowndwave76 wrote:Soundwave is supposedly a new mold, which I believe will happen.
Hopefully it's new.Totally passable then.Sowndwave76 wrote:Cliffjumper will surely be a retool of SS86 Bee.Sowndwave76 wrote:Hound could be retooled, but maybe not... May depend on how Hastak thinks they can re-use a retooled mold.
I'm betting Sunstreaker is just a re-release of the 5-pk mold.
We'll see about Astrotrain. I have the Dramatic Capture set preordered, but who knows, the SS86 version could be an improvement.
Hound might perk my interest if he's the right shade this time, I felt the five pack version was too light in color. I held of waiting to see if they'd do better on Astortrain, seems I'll be waiting even longer, if it ever comes at all.
Rodimus Prime wrote:This is making me reconsider getting the Constructicons. They just seems too small.
Ironically, the CW Titan scales very well with the Dinobots. They could've just reissued the CW/UW figures in SS86 packaging.
Roadbuster wrote:Scaling by the cartoon, the Constructicons are supposed to as tall as Soundwave and the seekers... or much smaller, if we go by a certain G1 episode where everyone was toy-scaled.
But I look at the Stunticons. The individual members are a bit shorter than they should be as well. And the Insecticons are supposed to be Minicar sized in robot mode. I mean, look at Rodimus Prime and Galvatron. Depending of the studio, they're supposed to be either the same height or Rodimus is supposed to be taller. The scaling isn't going to to perfect.
Well I guess I didn't mean to say they were horrible, just less than what I expected. They could probably still work on my comics figure shelf, but imagine getting SS86 Devy together and he's only head and shoulders above Grimlock and Sludge.Sowndwave76 wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:This is making me reconsider getting the Constructicons. They just seems too small.
Ironically, the CW Titan scales very well with the Dinobots. They could've just reissued the CW/UW figures in SS86 packaging.
It is unfortunate, because assuming the others are roughly the same height as Scrapper, they are definitely too small.
So Scrapper being a voyager is extra annoying. No combination of his part count/amount of plastic, engineering, or paint apps justify $37.
Compare him to Jihaxus... Who does have some clear plastic. But also has more paint, two weapons and the detachable piece on the shoulder part, forearm covers, wrist swivels, articulated hands, multi-joint wings, good height, a good amount of molded detail, decent engineering, and at least average overall articulation...
So maybe he's a one-off as a super-rare voyager. But compare Scrapper to Kingdom Cyclonus, and Scrapper still comes off like a deluxe figure.
For me, if all of these Constructicons were the exact same figures but increased in size, I'd like them more. And I don't think needed to match the size of the CW versions, but right in-between would have been nice.
This also doesn't mean I think these are horrible figures. It's become clearer what they are and what they aren't. Which I'm okay with.
Rodimus Prime wrote:Well I guess I didn't mean to say they were horrible, just less than what I expected. They could probably still work on my comics figure shelf, but imagine getting SS86 Devy together and he's only head and shoulders above Grimlock and Sludge.
All the CW Constructicons are voyager-sized, they scale well with Soundwave and Starscream, as well as the Dinobots,with whom they shared the most screen time.
They fall under... "Dramatic Capture Series". It's its own Japanese line and that the line's name.Till-all-R1 wrote:I'm curious what the Dramatic Capture sets fall under, Generations Selects or just random exclusives?
It's a redeco line.Till-all-R1 wrote:Was just wondering the likelihood of something like that as it has been a while since those three were last released. Maybe hey could simply retool the existing mold a bit.
Goldbug this thing(not in a multi-figure pack please 
).That, and the fact that the car mode has to look just different enough from a real VW Bug to remain legally unlicensed to avoid infringement from Volkswagen.Hero Alpha wrote:It is hard to complain about it, only nitpick is the rooftop corners are not as rounded off as they should be. Gonna assume its for a remould/repaint, since it looks more like a Cliffjumper roof.
