Toy Review UW Bruticus & Combaticons

[TAAUBlaster]

How's the overall combined mode? One of my friends said when combined, all the joints are quite loose and floppy

[DELTAprime]

Got mine today. The legs of Blastoff don't peg together well, any thoughts?

[prjkt]

How's the overall combined mode? One of my friends said when combined, all the joints are quite loose and floppy

usual forward lean with that torso mould, but nothing's loose apart from Blast Off's legs, in fact a lot of the joints are tighter, Onslaught especially.

[TAAUBlaster]

usual forward lean with that torso mould, but nothing's loose apart from Blast Off's legs, in fact a lot of the joints are tighter, Onslaught especially.

Shame about Blast Off's legs, but hearing the rest of them are tighter puts my mind at ease a little.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Blastoof's legs in shuttle mode seem to stick together fairly well for me.

I got a replacement set because my Onslaught had a fused knee. As a bonus, the replacement blastoff is sturdier than mt reviewed one. Onslaught is fine, but my Vortex has some slightly misshaped helicopter blade holder hings. Like they've not been glued well enough. I can't be arsed replacing the set again, but I reckon I can fix it myself easily enough.

Also helps that Vortex is the one I like the least.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Got mine today. The legs of Blastoff don't peg together well, any thoughts?

I found with blastoff, some fine adjustments to the ball jointed hips and his swivel thighs as you plug them together manages to get his legs stuck together a bit more effectively.

Video review #2, Vortex.
Once again, please check out the intro
Vortex is next and while I like him more than Alpha Bravo, I still don't like the Helicopter mode all that much. Still can't put my finger on it. The civilian style nose? The length of the body? The squareness of the back? The arms off the side? The missiles? No idea. Luckily the rest of the toy is fairly solid, but I wish he had a bot more to differentiate him from the other helicopter bots on the CW/UW line.

[philby]

just got mine today! i don't have the CW version but I do have CW Defensor. I've gone through the instructions and seen a couple of videos of Hot Spot and Onslaught now and I just can't figure out what I'm doing wrong with his knees. There just doesn't seem to be anything that looks secure or peggy or tabby or whatever. I think I'm gonna have to meet up with someone and watch them do it So Blast Off and Brawl are new and this is my first Swindle. My Brawl seems a little loose in places also, especially that sort of abs/torso area. I haven't tried combining yet, that will wait until tomorrow. The colours on Blast Off seem a little...clashy, like the tan/mustard/light brown bits are too bright and don't match the rest. I dunno. If I find one still around I might even be tempted to get the Hasbro one. So far overall my early impressions are just positive, but not amazing. I will have to keep playing and posing and combining in the future to see how it goes.

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

Anyone else have the heads of Blastoff and Vortex pop off all too easily?

Lovely looking combined mode, but Takara's QC is terrible! Okay, not as horrid as paint chipping on Ratchet, but it's enough to make the set less fun...

What happened Takara? You used to be cool!