Henkei Decepticon Specialists Galvatron, Astrotrain and Octane

[Bidoofdude]

Well, pics are up at RK of the new Decepticon henkei set. Definite pick up for me, Astrotrain looks perfect and Galvatron's paint scheme is great.

RK order page: http://www.robotkingdom.com/tftcstpde.html

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Packaging (https://www.flickr.com/photos/68801062@N05/13145486193/) by Bidoofdude (https://www.flickr.com/people/68801062@N05/), on Flickr

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Galvatron (https://www.flickr.com/photos/68801062@N05/13145657004/) by Bidoofdude (https://www.flickr.com/people/68801062@N05/), on Flickr

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Octane (https://www.flickr.com/photos/68801062@N05/13145487093/) by Bidoofdude (https://www.flickr.com/people/68801062@N05/), on Flickr

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Astrotrain (https://www.flickr.com/photos/68801062@N05/13145368255/) by Bidoofdude (https://www.flickr.com/people/68801062@N05/), on Flickr


EDIT: Turns out they're under the Generations line now. Goodie. :)

[Lint]

I have to admit those are some darn pretty colours

[Jinto]

Yeah they are, but... those 3 moulds are just so dated. I have the Galvatron mould and frankly he's atrocious. Those legs, especially the knees, yikes. his arms aren't much better. All he really has going for him is the torso and head sculpt.
Astrotrain is ok. Could be improved upon, certainly. Octane is a bit of a mess too; so hodge-podge and jumbled.

Turf the lot and start fresh, I say.

[Omega Metro]

Yeah they are, but... those 3 moulds are just so dated. I have the Galvatron mould and frankly he's atrocious. Those legs, especially the knees, yikes. his arms aren't much better. All he really has going for him is the torso and head sculpt.
Astrotrain is ok. Could be improved upon, certainly. Octane is a bit of a mess too; so hodge-podge and jumbled.

Turf the lot and start fresh, I say.

Agree........Thank god! Saves me some money.:D

[Bidoofdude]

Yeah they are, but... those 3 moulds are just so dated. I have the Galvatron mould and frankly he's atrocious. Those legs, especially the knees, yikes. his arms aren't much better. All he really has going for him is the torso and head sculpt.
Astrotrain is ok. Could be improved upon, certainly. Octane is a bit of a mess too; so hodge-podge and jumbled.

Turf the lot and start fresh, I say.

They look good enough for me, though Octane looks quite a bit derpy and awkward. Not the best looking truck mode. I'm willing to give these moulds a chance, seeing as I haven't even seen any of them IRL. I'll reserve judgement.

[Soundwarp]

Loving the colors

[Defcon]

They really nailed the purple on Galvatron, the others are great as well. Galvatron always did have a terrible transformation though. I could see a possible revisit of Astro-train and Galvatron in the future, in the form of new voyager molds. Todays deluxes just aren't up to scratch for these characters, dated molds maybe, these are the best you can get.

[BigTransformerTrev]

I have to admit those are some darn pretty colours


Loving the colors


Agreed - Astrotrain looks good but Galvatron in particular looks awesome! I already have the Hasbro version of these 3 so won't be picking them up. Certainly wouldn't blame others for grabbing them though :)

[MayzaPrime]

Two of the worse in molds the Generations line

They look good but it is an easy pass for me

[GoktimusPrime]

Interesting to see that they've replaced the chromes and added metallic coloured plastics. Galvatron looks better... Octane I don't think looks really any better or worse (I personally prefer the chrome on Henkei, but I don't think the metallic purple looks bad either). For Astrotrain, the colours look lighter here than on the Henkei, and I prefer the slightly darker colours. But this one looks nice too.

Great for people who skipped the previous versions, but yeah, easy pass for me.

[Lint]

Interesting to see that they've replaced the chromes and added metallic coloured plastics. Galvatron looks better... Octane I don't think looks really any better or worse (I personally prefer the chrome on Henkei, but I don't think the metallic purple looks bad either). For Astrotrain, the colours look lighter here than on the Henkei, and I prefer the slightly darker colours. But this one looks nice too.

Great for people who skipped the previous versions, but yeah, easy pass for me.

I think these are the best colours we've seen on the Galvatron mode and I'd trade my Universe one up in a heartbeat if not for:


The fact that I have to buy the other two, who aren't bad but aren't that much improved over their predecessors.
Me knowing how bad this mold is in terms of joint tightness and tolerances. I shudder to imagine what its like now

[liegeprime]

It's good for people who missed out on these figures to finally get a second chance to get them ... in more palatable colors. Astrotrain is the best of the 3. There is nothing we can do now with the molds for galvy and Tankor (Octane) though I do wish they make an updated Voyager version for Octankor and Astrotrain. Though an u[sized version of this mold for Astrotrain is acceptable for me as I like this mold, just needs to get bigger.

[GoktimusPrime]

It's good for people who missed out on these figures to finally get a second chance to get them ...
Third chance. ;)

Lint: I do agree that these toys would be more tempting if they were sold individually. I initially got Classics Astrotrain, but then bought Henkei Astrotrain when it came out 2 years later and sold off my Classics one. So I suppose if they did come out separately, I might be tempted to get Galvatron and sell off my Universe Galvy... though less likely as I'm not as big a fan of the Galvatron mould. :o

[liegeprime]

Third time's the charm then ;P

I wonder what Galvatron's specializing at? Since it's called a Decepticon Specialists pack - Astrotrain - Troop Transport I guess, Octankor - Fuel Transport, again Im guessing... Galvy? a maniac on the battlefield? hehehe:p:D

[Lint]

I wonder what Galvatron's specializing at? Since it's called a Decepticon Specialists pack - Astrotrain - Troop Transport I guess, Octankor - Fuel Transport, again Im guessing... Galvy? a maniac on the battlefield? hehehe:p:D

He is pretty kookoo, hence Special-ist :p

[Sky Shadow]

He is pretty kookoo, hence Special-ist :p

Clap clap clap. :)

[liegeprime]

He is pretty kookoo, hence Special-ist :p

mwahahahah, now that's special indeed! :D

[Gouki]

The Astrotrain is gorgeous (though I wouldn't mind new, larger (voyager?), more poseable mould by now) and I do like Octane, but I just really don't like Galavtron. He never should have been a deluxe and I really don't like what I've seen of the mould, or heard of it.