Toy Review - WfC Kingdom Deluxe Warpath

[snaketales]

Unpopular opinion inbound!
I prefer the Generations H tank to this. I can admire how clever the leg transformation is but at this scale I found it fiddly with panels coming away. Something seems off with the tank mode to me... I think maybe the turret is too small and set too far back for my liking.
The bot mode is a good likeness to the cartoon but as mentioned previously it’s scale makes it hard to fit in... too big for a legends, too small for a deluxe for me.
I don’t regret getting it at Kmart prices and can see how people would like it because it’s more G1 but the universe mold is the one for me.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Unpopular opinion inbound!
I prefer the Generations H tank to this.

I think I kind of understand you're thinking here. Something is off to me. It feels like the turret round thing is too tall, or something. I'll probably get it bacus BLAM Warpath, but it's gonna be a hard jump to pass the Generations one for me.

I kind of like that he is a bit bigger than CJ/BB etc, he IS a tank after all.
Note, I don't have one yet, this is speculation from pictures.

[Skyfire]

I like him and I agree with snaketales, the turret is placed a bit too far back compared to the G1 toy/cartoon, giving him a self-propelled gun look. As for height, well who knows...

[kovert]

It appears Warpath is based on the M551 Sheridan light tank. In real life, the M551 has a flatter turret which is why Kingdom Warpath could look slightly 'off'. To me, G1 minibot toy Warpath's alt mode is more accurate to the shape of the real M551. Regardless, Kingdom Warpath still looks like a great toy.

[Thurmus]

If there is a Takara version, do you think it will have a more grey wheels and treads like the G1?

[kovert]

Takara Tomy appears to have been releasing identical decos to Hasbro recently. It would be nice to have grey wheels and treads, but it is probably unlikely.

[Tha_Phantom]

If there is a Takara version, do you think it will have a more grey wheels and treads like the G1?

Very unlikely. Hasbro and Takara Generations toys have been identical aside from a sticker on the box since brand unification started in 2018. That aside, Takara would be the ones to go for toon accuracy anyhow.

[Jellico]

It appears Warpath is based on the M551 Sheridan light tank. In real life, the M551 has a flatter turret which is why Kingdom Warpath could look slightly 'off'. To me, G1 minibot toy Warpath's alt mode is more accurate to the shape of the real M551. Regardless, Kingdom Warpath still looks like a great toy.

If the turret reminds me of anybody its Omega Supreme.

I am finding the tolerances around the wheel in the foot a little tight during transformation. The joints are a little bit loose. And I am having trouble having the legs stay together without the shield attached. We will see how multiple transformations effect that. The back panel tends to be pushed off, but it seems to have been designed that way to deal with any transformation stresses, so good engineering?

Otherwise its the Warpath I have been waiting for. Generations was good, but it was a H Tank, and I hate H Tanks because they fail basic Tanking 101*. This is now my Warpath.



*Continuous tracks exist to reduce ground pressure. It lets tanks (bulldozers, excavators, etc) travel over softer ground with more weight than wheeled vehicles. With their short stubby tracks H Tanks increase ground pressure obliterating the entire point of why we have tanks in the first place.

[Skyfire]

I hate H Tanks

Me too. They're sci-fi tanks, not real tanks.

[Bidoofdude]

Got my Warpath a decent while ago. Both modes look great, it’s the in between that has the most issues. The panels and leg stuff is a bit too finnicky and doesn’t sit super flush. I wish the shield thingy had somewhere better to sit in robot mode.

Size-wise, I was expecting something a little smaller, somewhat closer to Earthrise Cliffjumper, but I don’t mind this size for Warpath, he can always be the big guy leader of the 85 minibots I suppose. I know Huffer is supposed to be decently sized too, so I am interested to see where they plan on going for these bots.