Toy Review - AA Tomahawk

[Autocon]

The piece of art that it's based on is awesome too, I'll see if I can find it.

did u find it?

[SharkyMcShark]

did u find it?

No I tried googling various combinations of comanche and transformers and art and didn't find it. If someone knows the picture I'm talking about please post it (the picture is essentially a robot very similar to Tomahawk, right down to arm pincer and alt mode, on a battlefield).

Also I've not found it now at any of the four Target's I've been to.

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

No I tried googling various combinations of comanche and transformers and art and didn't find it. If someone knows the picture I'm talking about please post it (the picture is essentially a robot very similar to Tomahawk, right down to arm pincer and alt mode, on a battlefield).

Also I've not found it now at any of the four Target's I've been to.

This one?

[SharkyMcShark]

Yeah thats the one! Thanks.

Amazing piece of art. Love it.

[Autocon]

This one?

what movie was that for 1 2 or 3?

i loves it!

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

what movie was that for 1 2 or 3?

i loves it!

IIIRC it's a fan entry (Josh Nizzi) for an art contest, I think (but not totally sure) the same one where the guy who designed Long Haul got picked up by Bay. EDIT-TFWiki entry here.
Just looked it up, it's the same guy who did Long Haul - site here.

Re the toy: Dear Hasbro, please recolor this toy into a modern Rotorstorm. That is all.
-Odie.

[SharkyMcShark]

I was personally hoping for Whirl or maybe even Spinger, but the repainted head looks like BW Quickstrike.

[griffin]

A helicopter mould is bound to have the obligatory redecos over the next few years... Green (Springer), blue (Whirl, maybe Rotorstorm), yellow/orange (Evac), red (Blades).

At least this one started out with a new name/character like Blackout, Blazemaster and Cyb Evac did, before their moulds were redeco-ed to death.

(Blazemaster seems to be an exception though, with redeco Tailwhip being a non-homage redeco).

[SharkyMcShark]

Okay, now I have it. One of my most anticipated figures of 2010.

It's an absolutely cracking mold. Copter mode is really nice, bristling with detail and weaponry (and hey, a poseable sensor pod!). Robot mode is great - poseable and lots of play value with various weapons. It stands well and the rotors on the back don't really flap about (one of my pet peeves about helicopter transformers).

My only criticism is that the colours are different to the packaging - promotional photos have a lot more dark blue and a lot less of the bland brown plastic. Minor gripe though. It's a fantastic figure. Get it. Now.

[SkyWarp91]

As much as I like this guy, like most other movieverse toys he needs a weapon! Having shoulder-pad missiles isn't enough! lol