Toy Review - LG15 Nightbird

[BigTransformerTrev]

Name: Nightbird Shadow
Series - Legends
Size/class - Deluxe
New/remould/redeco – Redeco of Generations Arcee
Released here - No
Approximate Retail Price - $23/2300Yen
Approximate Size – 14cm
Allegiance - Decepticon
Alt-mode – Cybertronian Car
Main Colours – Grey, Black, Purple
Main Accessories – Rifle, Pistol, 2 x Swords, 2 x Sai’s

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Vehicle Mode
Looks damn good! Takara have as usual done a brilliant paint job and the stark contrast between the silver and the black looks brilliant. I was a tiny bit annoyed to find a tiny black scratch on mine as this is one figure that looks great in both modes so will be changing her back and forth pretty often. There are four different slots to place her six different weapons so very customizable.

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Robot Mode
Even better than the vehicle mode! They really chose the right mould to remake as Nightbird as she looks a helluva lot like the cartoon. The light piping on the back of the head makes the eyes glow eerily above her mask and the got the overall head just right. Here you have8 different slots for her six weapons (hands, wrists, thighs, backpack) so you can muck around to your hearts content. Personally I think she looks better with less armament as it adds to her robot ninja mystique.

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Transformation
If you have Arcee nothing has changed. If you don’t this is still pretty easy.

Overall
I am beyond impressed with this figure! I was so chuffed to get a G1 styled Arcee after all these years and really like it so it says a lot I like this figure even more. They just seem to have gotten everything right here and they have done a great rendition of this characters first official toy. This figure is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! :D



BATTLE MODES

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[Paulbot]

Thing I like best is how the black painted backpack makes it blend into the background to make the visible parts more like her cartoon body.


To the mods: I forgot to tick the 'add poll' option. :o

Can someone add one similar to the one I did for Slipstream? Thanks :)


You can do it. Check "thread tools" and there's an "add a poll" option.

[BigTransformerTrev]

You can do it. Check "thread tools" and there's an "add a poll" option.

Cheers for that mate :)

[SuspectimusPrime]

Easily my favourite of the 3 femme fatales that were released. Great looking paint scheme - the black backpack does a great job at shrinking the size of the Arcee mould's giant backpack, new weapons that's an improvement over the original in terms of fit with the character and fit with the mould weaknesses (tiny bit of supporting plastic under the open fists), and awesome new head sculpt.

Only slight imperfection would possibly be the slightly cheaper feel to the black plastic - a bit like Generations Windblade's red plastic. Not to say that this black plastic is weak, but it feels less premium, compared with say United Magnificus (sorry can't recall another more recent/standard release for comparison) - that feels heavier, a lot tougher, and has a nicer/glossier finish.