Beast Hunters DLX Smokescreen & Bulkhead

[griffin]

From Wave 2, we see two more Deluxe Class toys - Smokescreen and Bulkhead.

Both are new moulds, and feature the Beast Hunters spikey armour theme.

With these two figures being number 7 & 8, and Ripclaw being number 6, we still don't know who number 5 is yet... but with 4 new figures in wave 2 on top of the 4 in wave one, it will mean a much larger range of characters on shelves quickly. (provided Hasbro and the Retailers don't over-supply the first wave again)

[Bowser The Second]

Smokescreen looks like his spikes can be removed. That's a big plus.

[ILikeSoundwave]

Smokescreen is a get for me, but not sure about BHead

[SharkyMcShark]

I'm trying to remember a time when transformers actually bothered transforming in accordance with their design instead of having the vehicle mode become humanoid in shape and then plastering fake car bits all over.

(am aware that 'vehicle mode becoming humanoid' is a transformation)

[GoktimusPrime]

I'm trying to remember a time when transformers actually bothered transforming in accordance with their design instead of having the vehicle mode become humanoid in shape and then plastering fake car bits all over.

IMHO it was the good old days when Transformers were designed as toys for the sake of being toys, without needing to conform to any animation/movie model. Back then, artists had to "translate" a toy into a cartoon model. Now toy engineers have to "translate" cartoon models into toys. I prefer the old method.

[Gouki]

IMHO it was the good old days when Transformers were designed as toys for the sake of being toys, without needing to conform to any animation/movie model. Back then, artists had to "translate" a toy into a cartoon model. Now toy engineers have to "translate" cartoon models into toys. I prefer the old method.

I far prefer poseable action figures to ugly bricks (excluding the Diaclone stuff, they tend to be pretty, small bricks), nostalgia aside.

[Pipesqueak]

IMHO it was the good old days when Transformers were designed as toys for the sake of being toys, without needing to conform to any animation/movie model. Back then, artists had to "translate" a toy into a cartoon model. Now toy engineers have to "translate" cartoon models into toys. I prefer the old method.

Agreed. I hate fiddly transformations and floppy figures that won't stand the test of time for the sake of trying to mimic anorexic character designs. Give me bulky, sturdy, robots that are destined to become the collectors pieces of tomorrow, not next week's broken trash.