Animated Wave 1 toys - comments and poll.

[jaydisc]

Nice one. I noticed the same thing today. Additionally, even if you forgot to fold it on the way to robot mode, when going back to car mode, with the bumper out of site, you can flick the lever on the opposing side to get it into position.

[STL]

I -hate- Animated Starscream with a vengeance. Absolutely. The goddamn legs never stop falling off and it makes poseability which is a pain to begin with even worse b/c the legs are so hopelessly loose. I've developed the ability to meticulously transform him such that the legs don't fall off but when that type of precaution has to be taken it ruins the fun of the toy and the transformation sequence.

About the transformation sequence, pretty damn easy. The automorph is very cool but it takes out a lot of steps and makes the rest of the transformation absolutely boring. The arms can also fall off at the elbow in transformation too and then there are those two clips at the back. A very irritating "Transformer" if u want to call it that. You might as well treat it like Omega Supreme. Rip him apart and stick him back together for robot mode! Voila! Problem is, Omega holds together 100 times better than Starscream ever will.

Articulation in the arms is great but the legs are crap, the head doesn't even rotate. Nice lightpiping but this is the first TF since Armada toys/moulds that I've bought that doesn't have that point of articulation. Bleeping lazy. But that could've been overlooked if he doesn't crumble apart so easily. As much as I look forward to completing the Seekers here as I always do, it'll only be b/c they're Seekers. It's going to be a pain.

This is a terrible TF. Sure, BB's yellow is fugly and those blades don't go in, but Starscream takes the cake for being a sh*t toy. For everything I've seen in Animated so far this toy drops the ball on so many levels.

[Paulbot]

Activator Starscream is quite nice though. Collect the seekers in that size?

[STL]

Activator Starscream is quite nice though. Collect the seekers in that size?

I'll buy them either regardless.

I shld mention I just discovered the head articulation. My bad. Still a terrible toy though.

Can anyone explain to me the cannon gimmicks again where the arm panels pop out? I remember Jaydisc showing them to me and thinking neat but now I'm just asking myself WTF?

Found a great pose here while looking for how dodgy they generally are or if it's just mine:
http://forums.tformers.com/talk/inde...post&p=1244513

But mine falls flat on its face as soon as I try it.

[kurdt_the_goat]

It doesn't always work, but they're somewhat linked... pushing one forward generally moves the other one back. You should try one of the fixes for the legs.. luckily mine is fine and i think he looks great in both modes... although the transformation is a bit simple and messy.

[griffin]

STL, I think your SS's leg issue is probably just a QC problem that doesn't affect everyones. My problem toy is the 2-pack Megatron, in that one of its legs just doesn't stay on. It just sits there loosely, and falls off whenever I touch it or transform it. Other people don't seem to have the problem, and it all it took was probably some variance in the cooling of the plastic when released from the mould/toolings to warp it just a couple of micrometers (the difference between a too-stiff and too-loose connection).
The plastic feels less dense and cheaper than a few years ago, which is probably why parts are warping more often in the production process, and causing a lot more quality problems.

[STL]

STL, I think your SS's leg issue is probably just a QC problem that doesn't affect everyones. My problem toy is the 2-pack Megatron, in that one of its legs just doesn't stay on. It just sits there loosely, and falls off whenever I touch it or transform it. Other people don't seem to have the problem, and it all it took was probably some variance in the cooling of the plastic when released from the mould/toolings to warp it just a couple of micrometers (the difference between a too-stiff and too-loose connection).
The plastic feels less dense and cheaper than a few years ago, which is probably why parts are warping more often in the production process, and causing a lot more quality problems.

I like that explanation. Everything's always about me.

[Robzy]

I -hate- Animated Starscream with a vengeance. Absolutely. The goddamn legs never stop falling off and it makes poseability which is a pain to begin with even worse b/c the legs are so hopelessly loose.

My Starscream's legs are fine - they never come off!

Articulation in the arms is great but the legs are crap, the head doesn't even rotate.

Man - you got a REALLY crappy one didn't ya?! The head on my rotates fine! I'd be taking it back and asking for a refund if I were you!!!

STL, I think your SS's leg issue is probably just a QC problem that doesn't affect everyones.

Yep!

My problem toy is the 2-pack Megatron, in that one of its legs just doesn't stay on.

My "problem" with that particular Megatron, is that he's the same friggn height as Bumblebee! What a JOKE! It's for this reason that I'm probably gonna pass on the 2-pack, just like Voyager Bulkhead! ...Too small!!

[jaydisc]

STL, I think your SS's leg issue is probably just a QC problem that doesn't affect everyones.

I'm confident it's not the QC, as my Starscream was fine until STL came over and had a look, and somewhat bizarrely, it's been fine since he left