Toy review - Generations Chromia (Deluxe)

[Bidoofdude]

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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.

[The Scream Man]

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:

[Tober]

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

[Omega Metro]

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

[The Scream Man]

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

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

[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.

[BigTransformerTrev]

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?

[SMHFConvoy]

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.

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

[philby]

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.