Transformers Crossovers Comments/Review thread

[STL]

Picked up Wolverine and Human Torch over the weekend. VERY impressed by both. I think Wolverine has an excellent transformation and gimmicks as well as a solid robot mode. Human Torch is another great jet. Sure, not traditional robot looking but a very solid toy all round with far less of the inherent problems in most TF jets.

The biggest disappointment with the figures I found was the quality of plastic. It to me feels cheaper than standard TFs

[GoktimusPrime]

This is about Star Wars Transformers which has been lumped into the TF Crossovers line with Marvel - so I'm posting it here. If mods feel that it should be in a separate thread then feel free to split.

I got TIE Pilot/TIE Bomber yesterday - my first SWTF with no pilot (yet I paid an additional $1.80 (+-_-)). The toy has no pilot. It has a cockpit in TIE Bomber mode but not in robot mode - so unlike other SWTFs it doesn't appear to have been designed to hold a pilot figurine in both modes. There's a small cavity in the chest that might be able to hold a pilot, but it looks too small and I don't think it was designed/intended to be a pilot's compartment.

Anyway - one complaint that people have had about some SWTFs (e.g.: Jedi Starfighters) is the way that the robot modes and transformations have been compromised to cater for the pilot. So you'd think that when you remove that from the equation that you'd be able to engineer a Star Wars Transformers on par with the standards of most other Transformers - perhaps even on par with Marvel Transformers like Iron Man (using him as a comparison as he's the only Marvel TF I have) - right?

Nope! Despite the greater amount of freedom granted to HasTak engineers by removing the need to house a pilot in both modes, I find TIE Pilot/TIE Bomber to be poorly engineered, even compared to other Star Wars Transformers. Darth Vader/TIE Advanced is a much better toy than this one. There are three panels which don't seem to have any locking mechanism in robot mode, so they just dangle as loose kibble. And the alignment of the elbows/forearms to shields is awkward and one in an unrealistic position.

The vehicle mode is reasonably well done. I can appreciate that it is a very ambitious vehicle to do - we know that aircraft is always hard to do, and TIE fighters are quite difficult. They've obviously chosen the TIE Bomber because it's bulkier than a regular TIE Fighter and thus has more to work with in terms of hiding a robot inside the vehicle - and it does a reasonably decent job. The missile launcher is very... crap.

Disappointed. It's not the worst SWTF - IMO that would still have to be General Grievous/Wheelbike... but yeah, it's below average compared to other SWTFs.

[lcz128]

I'm pretty sure a recent question-answer session revealed that the Marvel Crossovers and StarWars Crossovers are engineered in-house by hasbro...

[STL]

The biggest disappointment with the figures I found was the quality of plastic. It to me feels cheaper than standard TFs

Adding to that courtesy of Gok's post about SWTF, does the quality of plastic on the Marvel toys seem inferior to SWTF? Cos it certainly does for me.

[GoktimusPrime]

I only have the one Marvel Transformer, but Iron Man's plastic quality feels more or less on par with Star Wars Transformers. The missiles are flimsier that SWTFs though.

[The Scream Man]

has anyone got that Ironman/Spiderman combo Ive seen in Hobbyco? It looks kind of cool from what i see there, but i couldnt find any reviews on it.

[Paulbot]

I'm sure someone did get it and posted a big review of it... but I can't find it.

Stompy did a review

[The Scream Man]

ah, much obliged
the leg ratchetng wrecks it for me i think. i didnt like it on the other Marvel TF's either.