snaketales
27th March 2012, 03:47 PM
http://i40.tinypic.com/20rlqmt.jpg
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!)
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!)