Toy review - Generations Chromia (Deluxe)

Name – Chromia
Series - Generations
Size/class - Deluxe
New/remould/redeco - New
Wave - 5
Released here – Not yet
Approximate Retail Price - $17.00US
Approximate Size – 13cm
Allegiance - Autobot
Alt-mode – Cybertronian Motorcycle
Main Features/Gimmicks – Fembot
Main Colours – Blue and light blue
Main Accessories – gun

DISCLAIMER
I know these are cruddy phone pics, but if you thought I was going to buy a decent DSLR just to do toy reviews...


Robot Mode
The thin body and wheels on the back of the legs are reminiscent of Prime Arcee and Animated Prowl with her front wheel, canopy and cowling hanging behind her back. Her articulation is decent with a range of motion in her arms and legs, approximately 90° at her elbows and 120° at her knees. There is no waist movement but the wrists, hips and elbows are on ball joints. Light-piping for her eyes.

The ball joints are a softer plastic and whilst transforming I thought I was going to break/tear them.

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Cybertronian Motorcycle Mode
Reniniscent of the TRON light cycles, her alt mode is an enclosed motorcycle. Her gun can attach to the side of the bike and there is a kick-stand. And no, I couldn't get Arcee to ride on the cycle by raising the canopy, she's too big.

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Transformation
From bot to alt mode it's rather tricky. And there was that point at which I was worried about tearing the elbow ball-joint by rotating it. Otherwise it takes a bit of fiddling about to get everything lined up correctly. Transforming from cycle to robot was much easier with a auto-transform gimmick connecting the chest and hip pivots.


Overall
I like Femmebots, bikes and TRON, so this is an interesting addition. I haven't read IDW's Dark Cybertron yet, but I think weather or not people will want this figure will come down to their liking of the character.


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Cool review. I have decided to skip it for now, mainly because I need the money elsewhere. The motorcycle mode looks alright, not as cool as I'd have liked. The soft plastic is a worry. She looks really cool though.

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Originally Posted by Tober

I haven't read IDW's Dark Cybertron yet, but I think weather or not people will want this figure will come down to their liking of the character.

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The Windblade limited series is definitely worth a read for Chromia characterisation.

I like mine. I think the bike mode is awesome, but the real draw is the bot mode, which I really like. I never got the RID Arcee, so this is all new for me, and I think it's great.

I guess for me the closest thing to anything being an issue is the big backpack. I actually transformed mine differently to you Tober, which maks the pack bigger but i think cleans up the robot mode more:

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Cool. You've already panel-lined and weathered yours? :cool:

She looks awesome. Hopefully Chromia can persuade Arcee to go to the gym and lose her thunder thighs.:)

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Originally Posted by Tober

Cool. You've already panel-lined and weathered yours? :cool:

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Yeah she was easy. Jetfire took me ages...

Does anyone else leave her weapon in hand when storing her weapon in alt mode? I find it looks less awkward as an exhaust/muffler than pegged into her side.:confused:

I quite like her. I think the colour scheme is really good, the head sculpt is a real shout out to her G1 origins and the fact you can combine her back wheels under her is a good (albeit maybe unintentional) shout out to her ROTF appearance. The instruction manual is as usual freakin useless but she is not too hard to do.

I'm not sure how I feel about her alt-mode, it's kinda cool but I think I still woulda liked something more along her G1 lines. I'm hoping that if they don't do a Combiner Wars Computron that they may at least still repurpose this figure for Afterburner, since I will probably skip the Timelines version of him.

I'll share the reactions of my missus and my mate to the toy


Me: Check it out, a new female Transformer toy
Missus: (trying to feign interest) Oh thats nice, is she like Arcee?
Me: Yeah kinda
Mate: She has big blue metal boobs
Me: Yes, yes she does
Mate: And is that the seat on her arse? Does that mean that Optimus can ride her arse?
Missus: Oh thats just lovely
Me: No, Ironhide is her boyfriend, Optimus is dating Elita
Mate: Does she have a nice cushy ass-seat too?
Missus: Why don't you take your friend and toys out to the shed to play dear?

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Originally Posted by CBratron

Does anyone else leave her weapon in hand when storing her weapon in alt mode? I find it looks less awkward as an exhaust/muffler than pegged into her side.:confused:

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Yep, would've been mighty accommodating if Hasbro had given her a second gun.

what are the main differences between the hasbro and takara versions? pretty sure I want the takara windblade and arcee but don't know about chromia.

Chromia has some lavender highlights, Arcee has more grey, no black
Both more like the G1 cartoons

Windblade looks more like Sarah Stone's artwork, both with colour map and face design.

Personally I have Windblade on order, but am quite happy with the Hasbro versions of the other two

Lovely figure, and a nice surprise as I never paid any attention to Prime Arcee.

Backpack is a little bit too large to be ignored, get rid of the screen and it would massively reduce the size of the backpack. Arms are tiny and hard to pose, but better than I expected.

Nice little figure of what could end up being one interesting character (results of Combine Wars/ Windblade ongoing pending).

i just got this and it might seem like a dumb question but on the back of the card she is photographed with 2 guns, but only 1 came in the box..? am i missing something or is the photo using an extra or spare from someone else?

I'm not looking at the packaging and don't remember it but if it's the image I'm thinking of the 2nd gun was kindly donated by Arcee.

And now that I've looked up the package art, it is definitely Arcee's smaller pistol.

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Originally Posted by philby

i just got this and it might seem like a dumb question but on the back of the card she is photographed with 2 guns, but only 1 came in the box..? am i missing something or is the photo using an extra or spare from someone else?

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I think that is just for promotional purposes. When I got my Chromia there was only one gun too. The shop that sold it also stuck a note on it to say "Please note figure only comes with one gun".

the second gun in the promo shot is actually Arcee's smaller gun

ok cheers :)