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snaketales
27th March 2012, 02:47 PM
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Picked up one of these and thought I'd share my thoughts.

It's not one of the best CHMS figures and here's why (based on the figure I have):

The arms swing loose off the shoulder piece, so it tends to do this:
http://i44.tinypic.com/yecfa.jpg

Either the wrist or shoulder joint is on backwards, so either the arm tab or wrist tab is visible (this is more a personal bugbear of mine):
http://i40.tinypic.com/nnw5tz.jpg

I found the wheel-shoulder connections and especially the feet hard to move into position.

There is one spot of bad paint application:
http://i40.tinypic.com/210m1sn.jpg

The face is missing some of the details i.e jaw line so it looks he is pouting (to be fair this does give him some character):
http://i43.tinypic.com/11m3hw7.jpg

The car roof is wobbly and the upper torso in robot mode does not feel as solid as Sideswipe/Red Alert/Sunstreaker

The engine is a very tight fit. The gun won't fit as an exhaust pipe, won't sit in his left hand and has to be jammed into his right.

The hands are a bit loose but not too badly.

So there's nothing irreperably wrong with him, just a lot of relatively minor things, some of which I can probably fix, which add up to a slightly less than enjoyable figure. I don't regret picking it up but it does pale next to the CHMS Seeker figures I have got. It's certainly not the worst (stand up KO Starscream with no elbows and two left hands!)

SuspectimusPrime
9th October 2012, 06:02 PM
Thanks for the review, I've been contemplating this guy for some time. At $47 and issues mentioned, I'm going to move this down my priority list. TBH, I was expecting something closed to the quality level of CHMS Sunstorm/Purple Seeker Clones.

I wonder if CHMS Punch/Counterpunch is any better? I had swinging-arm problems with my TFCC Punch/Counterpunch, as well as a mis-assembled head reveal gimmick (fixed). Given that they used the same mould, and price-wise they seem to do well on eBay.

snaketales
10th October 2012, 02:53 PM
Since my review I have seen new molds have been made of this, so hopefully the issues have been addressed.

SuspectimusPrime
10th October 2012, 03:27 PM
If I pick one up, I'll do a comparison review that parallel's the parts you focused on.

liegeprime
10th October 2012, 04:39 PM
Is that punch/counterpunch you mentioned suspectimus of proper head size? I remember the issue with the original legit one being the head a bit puny. Besides ebay, can you pm me your source pls. Ty

VERT
10th October 2012, 04:44 PM
I have the punch figure and that one. Yeah deep cover has problems. But punch is fine nothing to dislike. :-)