Love him!!
Near perfection.
Yes
Only if cheap
Only if something else
No
Not even interested
Rank 6 - Dedicated Member
Love him!!
Near perfection.
Rank 8 - Deluxe Member
"Only if ..." you want the whole set of matching, super-poseable and cartoon accurate Insecticons. Looks really nice but such a simple transformation. For about double the price of the last one it's a bit hard to recommend.
Rank 6 - Dedicated Member
yet...Originally Posted by Paulbot
Surely out of the two scenarios a simple transformation is best?
It a figure looks good and faithful in both modes, I don't care if the transformation is simply folding them in half.
Rank 6 - Dedicated Member
Agreed. I feel that some figures are overcomplicated for the sake of it and it's not appealing, especially when it increases the risk of stress/breakage over time.
In the case of Legacy Shrapnel, I'm not sure what else the transformation needs to do when comparing with the G1 source material. Is there something in particular you feel that it's missing, Paulbot?
Looking to buy lucky draw Armada Prime and Diaclone Marlboor Wheeljack.
Rank 8 - Deluxe Member
I think it's mostly the cost vs simplicity that bothered me, double the price of the last one that did the same thing. A couple of little steps wouldn't have hurt, like maybe fold away the robot head, an opening chest, some sort of compression of the arms? But yes I wouldn't want to see Tarn style arms that didn't make any sense to me (until I saw some photos of the toy online).
Still as I said, he's super-poseable and cartoon accurate and since I've added him to my Studio Series 86 display he fits in nicely.
Rank 6 - Dedicated Member
Fair point, however the last one was legends scale, not to mention, the price of everything has gone up significantly since then.
Like I said, I love the figure. If Bombshell and Venom retain the faithful aesthetics (in both modes) and add in the poseability, I'm going to be over the moon.
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote