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BigTransformerTrev
10th September 2013, 07:06 PM
AM32 Stunticon Wildrider
Based on the TFPrime Wheeljack mold, Stunticon Wildrider is essentially the same figure but with redone colours and a retooled head to look like his G1 counterpart. And they have done a fantastic job indeed! Even with the little horizontal anteneas that come out of the sides of his head like he had in the cartoon. And he’s got a truly evil looking face! To my mind, the best official Wildrider figure we’ve had to date! When you look at him it makes you realize just how lazy they have been when they resued the mold for TFP Dead End, just making him some creepy looking thing.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b615/BigAngryTrev/StuntWildrider72_zpsb6be7c1f.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/BigAngryTrev/media/StuntWildrider72_zpsb6be7c1f.jpg.html)

Vehicle mode looks great as well. The stickers you need to apply really round out the G1 homage and the big Decep badge at an angle looks fantastic – just make sure you apply the stickers correctly as it comes in three parts and if you missapply them your badge is out of kilter. What I also thought was a nice touch was that he comes with two ‘Stunticon’ stickers that you can apply wherever you like, and follow the design and colour scheme used for the Botcon Stunticons logo a few years ago.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b615/BigAngryTrev/am32-2-600x600_zpsbc5abcfc.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/BigAngryTrev/media/am32-2-600x600_zpsbc5abcfc.jpg.html)




Ozu
An odd Arms Micron partner. To my mind looks more like a warthog than a mammoth but who am I to question (especially since neither animal is a cyclops anyway ;)). His Transformation of a grenade launcher is not bad, makes a difference from just the usual rifle shaped guns, but the handle is too long, and overall it is too bulky and pulls Wildrider’s arm down. Haven’t combined him with other AM’s yet, am going to get Rumble out tonight and then combine.

http://i1294.photobucket.com/albums/b615/BigAngryTrev/TAK11559_zps44f86f30.jpg (http://s1294.photobucket.com/user/BigAngryTrev/media/TAK11559_zps44f86f30.jpg.html)







Overall I am immensely pleased with this toy package! After opening him and my Jet Vehicon General I completely sold on this line of figures. I hope Rumble stacks up as well tonight. If you like the Stunticons, I highly recommend this figure for your collection :)

Paulbot
10th September 2013, 07:15 PM
I have this, still sealed along my few other Arms Micron toys, due to lack of patience with stickers. What did he look like "naked"? Could you get away with only a few stickers applied (Like just the hood stickers) or would he be too bare?

Omega Metro
10th September 2013, 07:22 PM
Stickers are irritating but its a nice figure.

BigTransformerTrev
10th September 2013, 08:15 PM
I have this, still sealed along my few other Arms Micron toys, due to lack of patience with stickers. What did he look like "naked"? Could you get away with only a few stickers applied (Like just the hood stickers) or would he be too bare?

There isn't that many stickers, in fact you put almost as many on Ozu as you do Wildrider. He only has one for his robot mode (the gold one around his torso) and in vehicle mode you can prob get away with just his hood stickers, and then without putting the others on that might leave you room to put the 2 'Stunticon' stickers on wherever you like for a bit of personal detailing :) .

Sinnertwin
10th September 2013, 08:33 PM
Best official use of the mold :D There, i said it. :p

MayzaPrime
11th September 2013, 06:38 PM
Best official use of the mold :D There, i said it. :p

I agree... love the mold, and Wildrider's head is the best of the lot!

BigTransformerTrev
11th September 2013, 09:48 PM
Ozu
His Transformation of a grenade launcher is not bad, makes a difference from just the usual rifle shaped guns, but the handle is too long, and overall it is too bulky and pulls Wildrider’s arm down.

Solved, was playing round with him tonight then realized the obvious, he's designed to be held in both hands (I'd forehead slap but still damaged from last night :p )! Just turn Wildriders other hand sideways and it hangs onto the handle on the side of Ozu - looks fricken wicked! :D Very rare they give you a gun designed to be held in both hands, it's usually a sword at best.


Best official use of the mold :D There, i said it. :p


I agree... love the mold, and Wildrider's head is the best of the lot!

Yeah, loving this guy! :D TFPrime Wheeljack looks good, but pales in comparison to Generations Wheeljack, and the less said about TFPrime Dead End the better :rolleyes:

MayzaPrime
12th September 2013, 07:02 PM
Yeah, loving this guy! :D TFPrime Wheeljack looks good, but pales in comparison to Generations Wheeljack, and the less said about TFPrime Dead End the better :rolleyes:

I love TFP G2 Dead End :D

Quickstrike
12th September 2013, 09:12 PM
I can't decide whether Wildrider or Dead End is the best version of this mold. Every version of this mold is cool though so it doesn't really matter.

BigTransformerTrev
12th September 2013, 09:20 PM
I love TFP G2 Dead End :D

Is he supposed to be based on G2 Dead End? :confused: Didn't know that. There are some very vague colour similarities if you squint your eyes I guess. I have TFP Dead End, but only because it was 'buy 1, get 1 half price' and there were no other toys in the shop I was after :p;)

Jim_jim
12th September 2013, 09:44 PM
In Prime, Deadend is also a remould of Wheeljack anyway...

I've got it by the way. The car front sticker looks wonderful and nice. overall, for this mode, I have all of them:

Wheeljack
Deadend
Wildrider
Energon Wheeljack

crankcase76
13th September 2013, 09:51 PM
This is a good mould and a great use of it in wildrider, would have been better if they had made a gestalt mode of this figure. But overall it is just the wheeljack mould. I did buy this figure when i had the chance and he looks good in my collection but i think they over used it a bit with deadend.

Jim_jim
14th September 2013, 01:45 PM
TFCC is going to use it for the TFCC exclusive and repaint it as Chromedome with a micron.

Sinnertwin
14th September 2013, 10:27 PM
This is a good mould and a great use of it in wildrider, would have been better if they had made a gestalt mode of this figure. But overall it is just the wheeljack mould. I did buy this figure when i had the chance and he looks good in my collection but i think they over used it a bit with deadend.

Can you imagine? :D There are enough automobile molds in the line up for it to be possible.

crankcase76
15th September 2013, 08:21 PM
Can you imagine? :D There are enough automobile molds in the line up for it to be possible.

Would have been nice....:eek:, Agreed, there are enough of them to have come up with it. Also a TFP Menasor would have been way cool....:D:D

Paulbot
13th November 2013, 09:25 PM
Great head on this one, but he does need the stickers. Both Wheeljack and Wildrider (and the others) do need slightly smaller arms but this is a cool Stunticon toy.

Jim_jim
18th November 2013, 12:47 AM
The one thing I like the most is the large deceptacon logo!