Review - TF2 ROTF Mindwipe

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Just excellent all-round. Looking at his spring-loaded chest plate, i think the only thing missing is SPD, STR & INT tampo's inside

A removeable head and any other kind of relation to G1 mindwipe is missing as well.

Honestly, I see nothing, except the bat-ness in this figure that has any relation to Mindwipe. I reckon it would be better off as a War Within style Ratbat rather than Mindwipe.

It is a very cool figure and I do like both modes quite a lot, I just don't feel and "Mindwipe" vibe off this at all.

GAH! Finally managed to get Skystalker in there! Looks pretty good. If it was designed this way, I see why they didn't include it, Hasbro instuctions would have made it impossible to understand whats going on....

[Kyle]

I have the same feeling too. He doesn't look much like G1 Mindwipe nor have the same alt-mode or the headmaster gimmick. G1 Mindwipe transforms into a giant bat while this new toy transforms from a stealth fighter jet into a bat-like robot. That's about the only similarity. With that said though, most of the other ROTF toys have a vehicle alt-mode and look nothing much like their G1 counterparts, so I can't imagine Hasbro would give us a giant movie bat and maybe this ROTF representation is about as Mindwipe as we can get.

[GoktimusPrime]

Read ROTF Mindwipe's tech specs. He has the ability to hypnotise, although Optimus Prime has been rendered immune ever since he was ressurected by the Matrix of Leadership.

The Mindwipe toy is more similar to his G1 counterpart than say, Skystalker... or Jolt (vs. the original G2 Decepticon!)

[Kyle]

I read the tech specs when I first got the toy. But both the name and tech specs could have been finalised long after a toy has been designed.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

I read the tech specs when I first got the toy. But both the name and tech specs could have been finalised long after a toy has been designed.

Ditto. I still feel that the homage should be in the form/look of the toy, not the bio. IMO.

[GoktimusPrime]

I think a _lot_ of the movie Transformers look nothing like their original counterparts. Part of the fun I had with making the G1/Movie Comparison thread was looking at how many of the movie characters look so different from their originals! e.g.: Jetfire, Barricade, Wheelie, Blackout, Rampage, Demolishor, Skystalker, Fearswoop etc. There's lots of movie TFs who look entirely different from their original counterparts -- why suddenly single Mindwipe out?

[Gutsman Heavy]

why suddenly single Mindwipe out?

indeed what about, Blackout, Skids, Wheelie, Ironhide, Ratchet or any of the bots who aren't Optimus or Bumblebee?

[Kyle]

With that said though, most of the other ROTF toys have a vehicle alt-mode and look nothing much like their G1 counterparts, so I can't imagine Hasbro would give us a giant movie bat and maybe this ROTF representation is about as Mindwipe as we can get.

I actually had no issue with ROTF Mindwipe not looking like G1 Mindwipe and have been perfectly happy about it. If I didn't like the toy, my review in this thread would have been very different. Just simply stating my opinion that the two toys physically share very little in similarity, no matter how much I like the toy or how much homage was written into the tech specs.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

There's lots of movie TFs who look entirely different from their original counterparts -- why suddenly single Mindwipe out?

Coz Mindwipe was my first and Favourite Headmaster. I have emotional investment into him. I am not "Suddenly" singling mindwipe out, its just the first time I have mentioned it on the board.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Just crusing some blogs and found another combination option with MW and SS.
http://mizuakuta2.seesaa.net/article/143915122.html