Don't you just love the heroic good guys in the Movie-verse :rolleyes: :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Stompy
Printable View
Don't you just love the heroic good guys in the Movie-verse :rolleyes: :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Stompy
And he's an Autobot? Curious. Here's his bio (taken from tformers.com):Quote:
Originally Posted by Stompy
"There are a lot of Autobots who think Blaze Master is just a little haywire. He likes to hover over Decepticon squads, letting them notice him, and relying on his defensive system to protect him from their fire. It isn't until his targets notice him that he drops his payload of corrosive gel right on their heads. Watching a bunch of Decepticons break into a panicked sprint while their armor smokes and melts is what he lives for."
What a little psycho! :D
Not much different from G1 Blades really. ;)
From my first sighting of this assortment (Myer Sydney CBD, although someone posted it before I got a chance), there were roughly equal numbers of them. But yeah, I can see the ice cream truck selling out quickly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Doubledealer
He's a toy based on a filler character... :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Doubledealer
Picked up Stratosphere and I was a little dissapointed.
Alt mode is rather simple. and no-frills. there is a ramp on the rear that houses the mini-optimus that comes with him. The ramp folds down via spring when you tilt the rear fins backwards. There are retractable front wheels ont he base of the nose and two smaller wheels in the bulky hull underside. Paint apps are nice for the cockpit and autobot insignias. Also the letters "C.G.R.D. 6-77" tampo'd on the side. There's orange highlights for the turbines. Seams are visible and tend to "crack" a open a little in this mode. The tail fins on mine is a little loose.
Conversion is a little dissapointing. Not really a voyager sized conversion, more Scout like conversion. There's a gentle auto-morph when the arms are converted out and that's it.
Bot mode is kibble-tastic. The feet is just huge connected to chicken walker legs.His arms show a lot more orange to highlight the figure and the headsculptis not too bad with lightpiping for the eyes and forehead. Nice bit on orange paint apps under his eyes and neck to frame his head better and attract the eye. There is the plane wings and tail fins as back kibble but they are arranged neatly to form a pseudo-jet pack if you want to give the kibble some excuse of being there. Unfortunately the lack of detail or curves ont he leg, coupled with the awful flat feet gives the figure a slightly rushed feel and imbalanced look. The top half looks great with plenty of curves while the legs are boxy and uninspired.
Articulation is great at least, with all the necesarry articulation for chicken walker legs. The arms have all the right articulations too with the bonus of a few extra hinges for the hands. Luckily the feet is large enough to avoid the obvious balance issues that the backpack kibble will have.
The mini-Optimus Prime is very tiny. The robot mode is 5cm tall with the only articulation being the arms on an elbow joint. The legs are stuck together. Conversion iis simple and consists of of 7 folds. The alt mode though is absolutely tiny at 4cm long 1.7cm wide and 1.8 cm tall. This is smaller than WST Prime and fits perfectly inside Stratosphere's rear hull.
Prime completists would want the mini one in this but Stratosphere himself is nothing worth writing home about. But also not a bad figure by any means. Just average really and only for the completists.
Out of my new toys I got from BBTS I've played with...
the Ice Cream twins (who are just pure love)
Jolt (I really love him. Probably because he is the only ROTF deluxe figure that I haven't had trouble transforming:o)
Ejector (A little dissapointing but I love him because he's a toaster:D)
Scalpel (A total dissapointment:()
sold Blazemaster to The_Damned as I have no interest in this toy. Still to open deluxe Dead End and scouts Reverb and Dune Runner.
Sounds (and looks) like Stratosphere was a late addition to the toyline, based on the more simplistic engineering of it. If it really is inspired by an early scene in the movie, then it would have been started a lot later than the other movie toys.
Although considering Prime tends to just fall out of aeroplanes in RotF, maybe they should have made the gimmick spring loaded.
...might just wait for a Legends Stratosphere perhaps. I'm skipping most of the non-movie cast toys in RotF ('cept the Scouts) mainly because I'm just running out of shelf space and for me the cast characters take priority. Unless I can get hold of some more shelving soonish, I might even consider selling off some of my non-movie toys from the first movie. Hrmmm...