Animated Wave 1 toys - comments and poll.

[jaydisc]

Thanks Zed & Tibby. I'll take it back and swap it this week.

As for the line itself, I was looking at the bot modes and thought: "These are really cool action figures. They actually look like they can do things, without any obvious "block" parts to stop them".

Happy, despite the QC.

I couldn't agree more. Pardon the cheesy phrase, but it's such a revolution as opposed to an evolution.

I can't wait to put them behind glass.

[kurdt_the_goat]

Check out the Lockdown review by peaugh on youtube (i can't link atm), he details how you can fix the QC issue - seems pretty simple.

[jaydisc]

Awesome. I've seen it (and all his reviews), but I'll go back and look.

I love his reviews because they're so concise. There's another reviewer that starts each review with the matrix, prime helmet and some stupid quote and he just waffles for 10 minutes every time. I can't take it.

[Kyle]

I can see why people might like them and wanna collect the whole set, but I can't understand those fans on the American boards who think there the greatest thing since G1.

I like these as much as I like Classics...

[Lord_Zed]

Originally Posted by Tiby
As for the line itself, I was looking at the bot modes and thought: "These are really cool action figures. They actually look like they can do things, without any obvious "block" parts to stop them".

Yes, but at least from my experience with Lockdown, there not actualy anymore articulated than my favourte Movie or Classic toys. They do have a action figure look in bot mode though, but If I was after an action figure Id rather buy one based on a character I like.

Like I said My main problem with Animated is the cartoon series, the toys themselves are fine I don't think there any better or worse than the last 2 years of TF's, I just don't have a huge impulse to buy them all cause I haven't gotten into the show.

Nonetheless I want to get a few samples.

[Paulbot]

I have to disagree, at least partly! Of the toys i've got, by far the worst paint application is Bumblebee. The more i look at it, the more i don't like it, there's some serious shade difference between his roof (painted) and the rest (plastic yellow).

Plastic painted yellow and plastic that is yellow is often a hard thing for toymakers to match. Classics Sunstreaker has the same problem, and the Henkei one is likely to have it too.

[Pulse]

As you guys have mentioned, The hands of my Lockdown don't want to swing the full 180 degrees either - 150 degrees or so is all they'll go .

Oh well, If his hands don't wanna swing open the full way - I'm not gonna force them.

[STL]

Awesome. I've seen it (and all his reviews), but I'll go back and look.

I love his reviews because they're so concise. There's another reviewer that starts each review with the matrix, prime helmet and some stupid quote and he just waffles for 10 minutes every time. I can't take it.

Oh yes, I hate that joe too. Can't stand him

Courtesy of Paulbot, I was fortunate enough to have a play with Deluxe BB today. He -is- an amazingly good figure. They really amaze me from a technical point of view. I do agree his paint apps are poor though. Heck, the Activator BB that Paulbot today had better paint apps then him.

Though I'm getting more excited about TFA, I must concede I do hope they stay away for a few more weeks so I can sought out a few necessities.

[i_amtrunks]

Played with Bumblebee the 2 pack figures and Lockdown last night, and I am overa-ll very impressed. The transformations are simply, yet not overly so.

Bumblebee is the weakest of the line thus far, and I think he will remain there. The feet, stingers and paint apps are not up to par with the rest of the figures I have.

Bulkhead is still my favourite though, but 2 pack Prime is mighty spiffy, only that stupid rotating waist gimmick ruins him, but twisting him around a few times seems to unlock the punch action. Same with Megatron. His Cybertronian mode is very weak, but he is a very nice looking figure otherwise.

[jaydisc]

So has anyone figured out what the traffic light with Prowl is all about?