Toy Review - GEN-15 Legends Powerglide

[griffin]

(Please post comments, photos or even a fully comprehensive review - these are just some brief details to start you off)
Impressions of the group or a combiner as a whole can be posted here or in the pre-existing group review topic here (http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?t=19989).

POWERGLIDE
Series - Generations
Sub-line - Combiner Wars
Size/class - Legends
New/remould/redeco - New
Wave - 1
Released here - scheduled for March 2015 (out in Asia & America December 2014)
Approximate Retail Price - AU$?? (probably about $20) US$10
Approximate Size - 10cm
Allegiance - Autobot
Alt-mode - Military jet
Main Features/Gimmicks - Combiner accessory
Main Colours - Red, light grey.
Main Accessories - none

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/transformers/2015/gen15a02.jpg
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[BigTransformerTrev]

Powerglide

Robot Mode - awesome looks exactly like he did in the cartoon - so well done! I thought DOTM Powerglide was good but he eclipses him easily :D

Alt-Mode - so glad they have stuck with the A10 Thunderbolt model over the years, it always suits the character right down to the ground (odd for a jet but anyways). He feels a bit more elongated than the G1, Universe and DOTM versions (and a helluva lot more than the Bot Shots one ) but overall not too bad. The main downside I found is that the missile racks in his arms face inwards instead of down, they should have been able to make the forearms rotate so this could be fixed.

Targetmaster Mode - nah - looks weird. Looks like the Targetmaster partners we've been getting with the little 2014 Generations dudes. A very futuristic multi-function blaster yes - but give me something that actually looks a bit more like a gun. :rolleyes:

Overall though - a great shout out to the G1 character :)

[Dimi194]

A lot of fun, but I've found the alt mode tail has a tendency to pop apart. The gun is a little bizarre, but cool to have as an option!

[prjkt]

A lot of fun, but I've found the alt mode tail has a tendency to pop apart. The gun is a little bizarre, but cool to have as an option!

Yeah he has a little trouble keeping his legs together....


Otherwise he's the Powerglide I know and love from the original cartoon.

[koolkollectibleskhai]

Here's my first review of the 2015 Combiner Wars Legends class figures with Powerglide. Probably my favourite out of the wave 1 figures along with Bombshell (review up next!)

Great aesthetic in both modes that really pays homage to the original G1 toy and cartoon! The transformation isn't too overly fiddly either (unlike Windcharger!).


Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Powerglide - YouTube (http://youtu.be/-chVKipc6yk)


Hope you can check it out, subscribe, like, and comment with your thoughts on this line so far!

[5FDP]

I thought DOTM Powerglide was good but he eclipses him easily :D

Exactly the reason why I will be picking him up also ;)

[Sutton]

Personally don't have much trouble pegging the legs together, but there's little tabs that the wings have to be securely swiveled into before they'll stick firmly.

This guy is pretty cool overall. My only gripe is that they may have sacrificed some transformation complexity for the gun mode, which I'll never use. But oh well.

[Robzy]

I thought this guy was a no-brainer, and while I do like him a lot, I just feel that his design and overall appearance has been compromised in order to cram in a (in my opinion) pointless "targetmaster" gimmick. I would have preferred a straight G1 powerglide homage/update - like what they did with Leader Megatron - rather than making him a Targetmaster/honorary Aerialbot. The "gun" mode looks silly anyway, and I don't like the resulting "flap" when in robot mode. I'm being ultra picky of course, I just feel like this guy deserved better. Having said all that, from front on, Powerglide looks amazing. Definitely not a Masterpiece substitute, but a good figure.

[ProphesizedFunk]

Here's my review of Powerglide http://youtu.be/VZmosOpjl4w

[Trent]

Great little figure :)

[Bidoofdude]

Bought this one today and he's fantastic, like he walked out of the cartoon. He's nearly MP like in accuracy. The huge Autobot logo is great and alt mode works. My only complaint would be that his legs like to part a little bit.

[Lord_Zed]

Got mine today, he's pretty good, the bot mode IS the Generations Powerglide I've been waiting for, Jet mode is ok, but seem it's aesthetics are compromised a bit by the bot and gun mode. Gun mode is, "NO"!

I've noticed the Deluxes have gotten a bit taller of late, I wish they applied that to this class too, Powerglide looks pretty damn weedy compared to the rest of his team. It's kind of silly that this Powerglide has a far more accurate version of an A10 than the Ultra one from years ago, yet he is so tiny.

One day I'd like to see a new character who is big AND turns into a proper A10.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Had a play with Valks' Powerglide the other day. Robot mode is 100% win. The vehicle mode though... Why are his thighs grey, which totally breaks the colours of the jet, and then then the legs making the tail. They just flop around all over the place.

Haven't seen any pictures of the weapon mode, but the flap hanging off his arse is a bit odd. I like. But He'll be staying in robot mode....