Great looking alt mode.
Yes
Only if...
Not worth it
Not even interested
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Great looking alt mode.
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Overall I love the way all of them look together as Superion.
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Bought this on a whim just now because hey it's my birthday and everyone is out of the office and I'll do what I want okay.
Same comments as above - jet mode is more or less a writeoff. A crouching robot wearing a jet cape basically.
Robot mode is fantastic though. There's almost a TF Animated feel to it with the super slim hips and torso + ridiculously wide shoulders, and super bright popping colours. Lots and lots of character, and I really like the weapons as well.
Managed to get it for 25 (Toyworld have dropped their prices when I wasn't looking apparently) - it's just about worth that.
Would have liked to have seen what could have been done with a Universe 2.0/early Generations budget on this figure - the feet could have folded up, we could have actual rear landing gear (the hatches for them are unpainted and molded in), perhaps even a clear canopy.
I'm really just here for the free food and open bar.
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Granted, the Stunticons are better for hiding robot bits in their vehicle modes, but vehicles are blockier, so it's easier to work with cars than jet forms. And I'm sure that underneath them, there would be robot bits like under the jet modes... so that the top of the vehicle/jet mode is not ruined by robot bits.
Considering that these Deluxe toys have to become a flexible elbow and a solid leg, in addition to their robot and jet modes (four different modes)... I think that if they added in more moving parts to the transformation, it would weaken its ability to stay intact in combined mode, where it needs most of its load-bearing strength... or end up adding more kibble to one of the four modes.
At the moment, I think that the balance is as good as it is engineerically possible for a 4-mode toy. The robot arms are indeed the worst kibble in two of the modes (jet and Superion arm modes), but I find that when you are dealing with the jet mode, most Transformers toys have kibble "hidden" underneath, and the arms on this one are able to push in a little so don't stick out as much as some other jet toys.
I'm slightly biased though, as these Deluxes have been the best toys for me since the early Classics and Animated...
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