Thanks toa combination of a birthday gift card and Target price-matching Big W, I managed to pick up ROTF supreme class Devastator for $47.
Picked up Rotf Autobot Gears...such a nice mode and finally a Transformer that has movable fingers..if they can do it on such a simple mold why cant they do it on all.
Isn't Gears just a repaint of Stockade? As for opposable fingers, they're nice, but not without their limitations. First of all it would mean more moving parts which would make it more costly (remember that Hasbro budgets every last drop of paint!). Stockade may have opposable digits, but he doesn't have any accessories/weapons. And speaking of which, I find that to be the greatest weakness of Transformers with movable fingers -- they don't have "kung fu grip." i.e.: none of them can hold onto a weapon adequately enough and they tend to drop their weapons when you play with them. One way to compensate for this is to use a peg-hole like they do with Binaltech/Alternators... but I find that this system still doesn't provide a grip as strong as a solid hand. It's a moot issue with Stockade since he doesn't come with any accessories to hold, but I can understand why HasTak wouldn't want to do this with every Transformer toy.
Yep gears has a different head mold only from what Ive seen in Pics.... but then sometimes wihth a new paint apps those "alien" head molds look the same to me .
Wanted AM partner Vanguard, Myclones Dirge, G1 Victory Leo, e-hobby Dark scream ( the black version), e-hobby Magnificus
Parts- AM partner Basher-side guns, G1 Actionmaster Elite Windmill's blades[I][B]
nah same mold, same with amourhide/blue truck 2 pack. as in all the molds from first movie go into this moive line up unchanged because enough time has passed between the lines sort of thing i believe
3rd gears, good paint apps..finally
Last edited by Autocon; 22nd November 2009 at 02:48 AM.
Wanted AM partner Vanguard, Myclones Dirge, G1 Victory Leo, e-hobby Dark scream ( the black version), e-hobby Magnificus
Parts- AM partner Basher-side guns, G1 Actionmaster Elite Windmill's blades[I][B]