would it be possible to take Arcee's head and split it into two pieces, thinking of trying to put one of those impossible toys diaclone drivers into the head. Making it a headmaster :)
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would it be possible to take Arcee's head and split it into two pieces, thinking of trying to put one of those impossible toys diaclone drivers into the head. Making it a headmaster :)
It's a pretty small head. I doubt it.
You'll be telling a psychologist about this one day ;) :pQuote:
Originally Posted by autobreadticon
Rofl! Not what I expected to read.Quote:
Originally Posted by 5FDP
Bought two, gave one to my daughter so we could open it up and play with it. Love the simple transformation. Sure, she's a bit of a shell-former with heaps of back kibble, but everything tucks away so nicely underneath the car mode. They couldn't have designed her any other way and retained that sleek robot mode which is true to the animation model. A great figure (no pun intended) and well worth the wait. A++
I'm just amazed by the awesomeness of Generations Arcee and how close HasTak managed to get the toy to the original G1 model. Bear in mind that in the G1 cartoon, Arcee transforms from car to robot with almost all of the vehicle parts disappearing into thin air. While it's true that Gen Arcee carries about half of her vehicle kibble on her back, they've done an impressive job in incorporating it with the robot mode as well as compacting it. I'm impressed with how they've actually used some of the backpack kibble to form the pylons that sit behind Arcee's shoulders in the cartoon model. We typically see these sorts of feats being achieved with Masterpiece Transformers, but Arcee manages to achieve this with relative success at a Deluxe Class size and budget/price point! Furthermore, we know that this toy has to be intuitive to transform, as well as fun and durable to play with. Considering that this is a mass-produced toy for the general market, I think that this is one EXCELLENT toy. :D The backpack kibble is unfortunate, but also unavoidable, but I think that they've done a pretty good job in trying to work around it.
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"Anyway, all things considered you did an amazing job lad. Amazing."
- Kup (The Transformers: The Movie)
Highly recommended. :)
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Agree with everything you said Goki.
Got the Legends version of Arcee this week. Finally. She's pretty cool, but what a backpack.
Looking at it tonight I realised that with the flesh coloured face and arms, she's storybook accurate!
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haha! is that the wheelie book? i think i had that and the insecticon one when i was littleQuote:
Originally Posted by Paulbot
Mine got delivered today and gotta say, I was intially unimpressed when I opened the box. The vehicle mode is tiny and so much robot underneath. But Transforming is rather fun and very clever. Some nice (cute) touches that I noticed on my forst go, ut will have to play with a bit more to se if it really is what I think it is.
I have about 2 complaints though, The guns don't quite fit into the leg holster holes on mine and you can't slot the guns into her hands properly. Aaaargh.
She's not the greatest transformer in the world but is definitely by far not the worst.
I am in love the bot mode on this fem, its very articulated, beautifully sculpted and despite being a 'backpack' former, she is incredibly easy to balance in many poses. (Which would have been the case with Windblade too if not for those darn inadequate heels)
I also love that she comes with no less than 4 accessories. The attention to detail here makes her feel like a real collectors item.
All that aside: It's about damn time.
The leg holes have way too much sideways play in them, with a wiggle you should be able to get things to peg in properly. The hands thing bugs me too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tetsuwan Convoy
Finally got my mitts on an LG10 Arcee today. From a G1 fan's POV, this version is absolutely fantastic as it's gorgeously accurate to the G1 cartoon model. G1 bias aside, the Hasbro version uses more blacks to break up the monotony of the all the pink and white that otherwise dominates this mould. The metallic blue also looks really nice on the bottom of the chest panel and vehicle headlights. However, the TakaraTOMY version also uses grey to break up the otherwise monotonous white belly on the Hasbro version, as well as painted taillights which the Hasbro version lacks. So both versions have added and reduced paint ops in different areas, but overall the Hasbro version has more paint ops. Whether you think that this is a good or bad thing is most likely a matter of personal opinion. On one hand, I can see that the Hasbro version does generally work better in breaking up the pink and white, but on the other hand, one could argue that TakaraTOMY's is an example of "less is more." The pink rifle on the TakaraTOMY version does just look daft though. :p
To me, Hasbro's Arcee works better as a representation of IDW's psychopathic killer Arcee, whereas TakaraTOMY's works better as a representation of G1 Arcee. :o
Anyway... pics!
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with those red lips and soulless eyes I feel as if TakTom's is the psycho
for me i think the white/pink scheme of the TT version hides the thunder thighs a bit, it just seems to flow more naturally. I think the black parts make them stand out more and breaks up the visual overall, not just breaking up the colour. I pretty much went for the TT version just because of that hehe.
Always thought the TT version was a little plain as there is not a great deal of contrast overall but I have to agree with you there; it works in looking a lot more natural in bot mode. The black however does make the alt mode more striking, although at the expense of G1 colour accuracy.Quote:
Originally Posted by philby
There are so many places (9 in total) where she can hold her weapons, that she gets me thinking about the most advanced toys from the Unicron Trilogy in terms of how many minicons they could hold.:cool:
Only that Arcee isn't a poorly articulated brick that's overcompromised by gimmicks like many Armada toys. I was recently playing with my Micron Legend Shockwave (Armada Tidalwave) with some of my CHUGUR toys as I was playing out something based on Sins of the Wreckers. When you play with an Armada toy alongside other contemporary toys, it becomes abundantly clear just how badly engineered they are... and Tidal Wave is what I would consider to be one of the better toys from Armada! :eek:
Badly engineered is pretty harsh. I think Armada simply had a different design philosophy, one that was more G1-esque where many bot modes were still statues with wiggly arms. This design philosophy didn't really get shaken off until the Galaxy Force/Cybertron revolution! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
Hear Hear, I reckon Tidal Wave might even earn the title of best toy from Armada (Unicron excepted!)
The philosophy was very simple, but produced a few fun toys.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lint
Blurr's flip out wings was genius; catered for two very important playability factors - zooming and swooshing.
Also, loved Sideways' double headmaster that combines into a rider. As a race of robots in disguise, you'd imagine that there are a whole lot more spies around. With such an awesome gimmick, the fiction left much to be desired.
The problem with Armada is that it went backwards from the previous series (Beast Wars) in it's engineering. Beast Wars achieved articulation that previously could only be expressed in the G1 cartoons.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lint
People complained about the G1 toys being bricks without articulation, which lead all the way up to the redundant non-transforming action masters, then beast wars went mental with articulation at the expense of everything else.Quote:
Originally Posted by shockNwave
Articulation on articulation on articulation.
Didn't care for beast wars toys when they came out. Some (not many) have grown on me since. Only one I have is transmetals rhinox, his articulation is minimal and he reminds me of G1 slag, I even keep them together as they look cool together.
I'm glad Beast Wars went mental with articulation, and those experiments led to better overall toys down the line, but to me overly articulated shellformers are not my kind of transformers. Many of them look more like Digimon or pokemon to me than anything I would call transformers.
Much preferred toys from the Unicron trilogy lot, particularly Cybertron line, which was one of the best lines ever imo.:cool:
Discussion regarding BW v. Armada continued here.
I wouldn't say they're like Digimon or Pokemon because they don't have the cute and comical factor.Quote:
Originally Posted by Batfan007
Although I definitely agree 100% on the last line. Cybertron is the best because of how it takes the best of the previous two series.:D
Sorry to bump but wasn't sure where to ask, just wondering if anyone could post a picture of either Hasbro/Takara version with some of the recent deluxe Titan Returns deluxe class figures. I'm interested to see how she looks with these headmaster figures ;)