Whoops!Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev
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So I’ve got the Dinobots, Jazz, Dreadwind and Beachcomber, along with the prime masters currently available from W1. I've checked out the leaders, but can’t quite justify the cost for the trade offs in design yet.
Dreadwind - apart from one wing not tabbing in properly, I like the slightly new take on the first CW deluxe I opened back in the day - new shoulders and wing locations break the silhouette and the new chestpiece helps hide the combined peg a little.
Jazz - I’m kinda disappointed, hip joints are loose, and there’s hardly proper support for the entire front/top section in limb modes. Car mode is pretty sweet.
Slug - screams Dinobot to me, combiner peg well hidden by alt-mode jaw, solid, chunky legs from the back half of the dino and solid limb modes.
Swoop - had high hopes for this guy as I always loved the character as a kid, and mostly delivers. Doesn’t have to have the “prime armour” on his chest, can fit it on his back to bulk him out a little. Due to design, is a rather slim limb mode, though folding his wings in helps, but there’s some flex in his hips in foot mode that can affect stability of the whole combined, so arm mode is the safest.
Slash - awesome bot design, fits perfectly as a Dinobot, but obvious leg chest in Dino mode.
Beachcomber - the classics-verse version of this character I’ve been waiting for. xMaster support in no way affects him adversely, just waiting on the Takara Golden Lagoon exclusive version.
Grimlock - almost great. That TRex head is perfect, the rest less so. Biggest concern is his golden chest in bot mode - just a little too beefy and squared off. Affects Dino mode too as his legs there look a little too widely spaced, and his bot mode legs are just a little too short, probably to keep the combiner height down to a more consistent level with the other CW teams. However, still the best classics-verse Grimlock I’ve seen, and better than I’d hoped to get.
Overall, I like the return to the combiner design - the new hand/foot accessories are a big improvement, and I like that they’re trying new things with designs rather than the same tired old CW bots with obvious chest combiner pegs, but there’s still some room for improvement as always
Still not a fan of legends class figures NOT coming with weapons, which has been an issue for me since CW started
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Agreed, but the clear/colour inserts from the Prime Armour/Hands work great as little 'energy' blasters imho
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Looking at the mixed deluxes in the pic Griffin posted, it does seem a shame that the POTP deluxes aren't Headmasters. These new ones have cross compatibility with the deluxe/voyagers long off the shelf, instead of the ones still on the racks. Would have thought it better for the third series to be both combiners and headmasters, really wrapping up the trilogy.
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So the pretenders are now decoy suits which are the cybetronian and the prime master hides inside like a parasite?
That is some next level body horror right there
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I think the Dinobots look good, but it would have been nice had they been Voyager class, with Grimlock as Leader class.
I know the toys aren't to scale, but I just feel Dinobots should be larger like in the cartoons. Plus someone needs to be able to stand up to Predaking when he's released.
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What is the consensus on the play value of the little Primes? I am trying to decide whether I should chase them.
The Titan Masters were great as they integrated in both robot and alt modes.
The Primes integrate with only the Legions and only in alt mode. Other integration is through the Prime Armor which is of questionable use itself. Detachable beer guts for all.
So thoughts from those who have them?
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