Revenge of the Fallen Toys comments/discussion

[Doubledealer]

...I always thought there was a certain Heath Ledger about Long Haul. There was just something about the way he walked...It's always how I imagined Heath would walk if he weighted 1000 tonnes, was covered in green armour and could turn into a big dump truck. My instincts were right on!

[Lord_Zed]

They're not axes; in terms of usage hook swords are like a hybrid between a sickle or scimitar and a sword; a very _unusual_ combination which is really hard to use! I think any Transformer equipped with a hook sword (especially _twin_ hook swords) should have a minimum skill rating of 8.

I don't think Long Hauls look that much like any earth weapon, and as you say with a skill of 2 he'd be better of with a simple peasant weapon than something wielded by a master.

[GoktimusPrime]

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[Paulbot]

I played with EZ Devastator last night. Generally I like it despite a few minor issues.

The combined mode looks great and is about the size of a bulky scout. It really captures the look and feel of Movie Devastator. It is not very poseable though. You can kind of move the legs around a bit and the head but that's about it.

The individual legends are all quite nice and work well as figures on their own without the combining gimmick. They have nice vehicle modes and although the robot modes are a little plain they look generally right.

The minor quibbles are minor. For instance. Mixmaster's barrel is a bit of a pain to twist into the right position for truck mode. Rampage's arms seem to want to pop out. Overload's tray looks a little uneven.

I also tried transforming Voyager Long Haul into the same leg mode as Legends Long Haul to see if the existing larger Constructicons could be made to combine but it doesn't really work.

[griffin]

EZ Constructicons are fun little toys. Haven't combined them yet - just into their vehicle modes so far. As well as it might work for this small size, I couldn't see these being upscaled, as they would make a very clumsy set of toys if done larger.

Scout Scalpel - was a bit lost with it when taken out of packaging, but then realised that the toy and packaging photo on the card is significantly wrongly transformed. And going by the photo on the instructions as well as the first drawn image on the instructions, you have a totally different 'robot' mode as to what is packaged and photographed on the cardback. It also makes it a lot more stable when properly transformed (having the 'neck' under the body instead of sticking out the front and over-balancing the figure). Really weird the way they did that... it's almost like 2 different teams working on the figure, resulting in two completely different 'robot modes' on the packaging and instructions.

[Robzy]

Scout Scalpel - was a bit lost with it when taken out of packaging, but then realised that the toy and packaging photo on the card is significantly wrongly transformed.

Crazy!

BTW - which version did you get? Apparently there's a variant with longer antenna.

[Kyle]

Scout Scalpel - was a bit lost with it when taken out of packaging, but then realised that the toy and packaging photo on the card is significantly wrongly transformed. And going by the photo on the instructions as well as the first drawn image on the instructions, you have a totally different 'robot' mode as to what is packaged and photographed on the cardback. It also makes it a lot more stable when properly transformed (having the 'neck' under the body instead of sticking out the front and over-balancing the figure). Really weird the way they did that... it's almost like 2 different teams working on the figure, resulting in two completely different 'robot modes' on the packaging and instructions.

Have you noticed any "cracks" or splitting on any of the ball joint sockets on his legs? There was a complaint on the Hong Kong forum and this fan had multiple ball joint sockets splitting. After I read about it I noticed there was a crack on one socket on mine too.

[griffin]

Mine has long antenna. Not that I'm too fussed about something so insignificant...

[griffin]

Have you noticed any "cracks" or splitting on any of the ball joint sockets on his legs? There was a complaint on the Hong Kong forum and this fan had multiple ball joint sockets splitting. After I read about it I noticed there was a crack on one socket on mine too.

Mine seems fine, so far...

[Gutsman Heavy]

the front leg on my scalpel falls off due to a huge crack in the socket.