Toy Review - Generations Red Alert

[SamLoi888]

I happen to agree with you, but can you give us any insight as to _why_ you believe this is the case?

For me:

- the red head
- the "fire chief" details are more G1 accurate

I happen to agree with you!

- the red head....looks better and more cartoony. Red head also differentiates from his mould brothers a lot more.
- the "fire chief" details are more G1 accurate...and the Hasbro version writing looks unprofessional. It reminds me of nothing you'd see on a vehicle in real life.

Overall the Hasbro one feels a little bland. I'm sure I'd like it more if the Henkei one didn't reek of casual superiority.

[Decepticon]

very annoying i must say! body doesnt clip in well in robot mode. and that stupid engine/handgun combination is pathetic! He looks a bit tall/lanky also

[Grievous]

I must say its great too finally own this mold...
but I must say I'm kinda surprised how tall and
bulky the robot mode is...and the "flared trouser"
leg kibble doesn't look too bad in person...

[Sky Shadow]

If they never use this mould again, it will still be too soon.

[5FDP]

Saw Red Alert yesterday at my local Target. Meh! He remains at my local target

[LordCyrusOmega]

Was lookinh forward to getting Red Alert but i must say i'm a little dissapointed.

The Roof came off as soon as i took it out of it's package and had trouble transforming him due to tight joints.

Mind you he looks good standing next to Inferno

[GoktimusPrime]

The Roof came off as soon as i took it out of it's package and had trouble transforming him due to tight joints.

Same thing happened to me!!

[Sky Shadow]

Here's one thing that some people may want to do with this toy:

http://www.reprolabels.com/Classics/redalert.php
http://www.reprolabels.com/Classics/...pcredalert.jpg

[1AZRAEL1]

Here's one thing that some people may want to do with this toy:

http://www.reprolabels.com/Classics/redalert.php
http://www.reprolabels.com/Classics/...pcredalert.jpg

Heh, was already planning on that. I'm gonna make a big repro label order soon, they have alot of classics stickers that will look nice on my figures (Cyclonus, Hot Rod...)

[GoktimusPrime]

I noticed this pretty much as soon as I started playing with the toy, but I keep forgetting to mention it on the board -- this mould is a retooled hybrid between the Sideswipe and Sunstreaker moulds. On one hand it has Sideswipe's body because of the head and hand positions, but it also has Sunstreaker's shoulder joints - as in, the hole where you would place the gun on Sideswipe to make it a shoulder-mounted weapon.

I discovered this when I tried to place Red Alert's gun onto his shoulder, but of course, it wouldn't fit. At first I thought maybe it was mould degradation, but then I realised that I'd never tried putting Sunstreaker's gun on his shoulder either (since G1 Sunstreaker doesn't have a mounted gun like that) - so I tried putting my Henkei Sunstreaker's gun onto his shoulder and lo and behold it wouldn't fit! I then tried putting Red Alert's gun onto Sideswipe's shoulder, and it fitted. Then I tried putting Sideswipe's gun onto Red Alert's shoulder and it wouldn't fit and so on.

So it seems that Red Alert is a retooled (cos of the strobe lights) of a hybrid cross between Sideswipe and Sunstreaker! How odd though... it makes no sense to me. Wouldn't it be easier to do a straight repaint of Sideswipe? (t'would make more sense too considering that it would make the toy a better G1 homage if the gun could be shoulder mounted).

What about Henkei Alert... can his gun be shoulder mounted?