Toy Review - Generations Combiners & group reviews/comments

[FruitBuyer]

Good to see the positive reviews for Superion. I've held back from getting the Hasbro release just to see what Takara were offering. Ended up pre-ordering it right away and can't wait to get them.

[philby]

dumb question, but how do you get superion to hold powerglide? is it the landing gear or something?

[griffin]

The front wheel landing gear is the post he holds.

[prjkt]

Here we go...


The Stunticons are back together again



He's a big one in comparison to Superion.

[G1Optimal]

superion is awesome

[Megatran]

Looks as though someone or something gave Menasor an atomic wedgy.

[prjkt]

ok, quick thoughts, more photos to come later.

Huffer: First exposure to this mould, pretty articulate, though a little smaller than I expected. Not exactly G1 design, but hell, he's cool enough, I'm OK

Blackjack: New character to me, pretty cool little guy. Weapon is kinda useless in bot mode, but I can see the Hot Rod reference in vehicle mode. Otherwise nothing special.

Air Raid: Lower half is nothing new, same legs as Skydive, just a different colour. Same goes for his weapon and hand/foot/cannon thingy. I like the head sculpt, and the play value with the wings is pretty cool. Articulation is about the same again. A good, solid final addition to the Aerialbots.

Dead End: I like the red colour, so that's a good start to begin with. Vehicle mode is a sweet looking sports car, something you'd see on the streets at night or on a racetrack. As with many of the original G1 combiners, the whole front end ends up on the back as a backpack, though fairly low, out of sight in Dead End's case. Articulation is on roughly par with Drag Strip.

Breakdown: Probably my least favourite of the Stunticons, especially as his leg mode looks pretty small in comparison to Offroad (more on this later) - though having said that, he's not a bad figure at all. Strangely, his foot articulation makes him a little less stable to stand, and there's some weird hip articulation, but the vehicle mode is pretty sweet.

Offroad: Like Alpha Bravo with the Aerialbots, for some reason he seems to be my favourite Stunticon. Again, the plastic used for him feels different to the other deluxe figures, again like Alpha Brave (conspiracy?) but otherwise quite solid. Huge backpack with the front end of the 4WD mode sticking up over his shoulders.

Motormaster: It's Optimus, in a new skin. Completely remoulded chest, shoulders, vehicle front end with a new head. Otherwise, no difference in articulation or design. Strangely, his head seems more proportionate to his body that Optimus' does.

Menasor: He's big. Much bigger than Superion. I think it's due to the size/thickness of the limbs, and the larger torso. In fact, the whole thing's just that little bit bigger. Though that suits a bruiser character like Menasor. Like Ultra Prime, his legs are a little too akimbo based on a slight design flaw, unless careful when placing, he tries to pull the splits.

[Trent]

Picked up Dragstrip today. Very sexy alt mode. Bigger than I expected too. Not a fan of the bleeding eyes though.

[doublespy]

Wow that was lightning fast postage from rk

I like the bulkiness of the motormaster mode that makes Menasor bigger. Scramble city combiners back in the day didn't have much variation in size


Prjkt the way you put the combiner part on back of Breakdown reminds me of Sunstreaker. Hmmm wonder if it's intentional

Thx for the quick shots and hopefully will get mine real soon

[prjkt]

yeah I was expecting Wednesday at the earliest, only left HK on Friday. Something else that left on the 24th (SG Thundercracker from Chimungmung) arrived today as well.

And yeah, with the rumoured Sunstreaker coming soon, and Breakdown being the design he is, though I'd give that a little shot