got my thundershred today.
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got my thundershred today.
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and...???Originally Posted by kaiden
How is he? Does he make a good Shrapnel update? The anticipation is killing me
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and...???
How is he? Does he make a good Shrapnel update? The anticipation is killing me
He's great, looks good, fun to play with. highly recommended
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http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showth...1496#post61496
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He looks badass!!
I am waiting for all 3 to be in stock before I commit to purchasing. One at a time is just too painful.
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I wanted to play with him a bit more before committing to a proper review...and...???
How is he? Does he make a good Shrapnel update? The anticipation is killing me
the first thing i noticed was that his head seem a tad bit too small for his body. the neck is a normal balljoint and because of the shrunken head makes it look longer (hopefully igear will make a 3rd party head to fix this like they did with kup... j/k :P) i don't have the original/reissue insecticons so would not know if they're compatible enough to swap heads.
its hard to say if the head is bad or not without the other 2 insecticons to compare to - as thundershred looks to be the big badass close-combat ninja which would explain the small head big chest+shoulders design.
the shoulders are an interesting new design. connected to a balljoint to allow 360 rotation but the shoulder is actually split in half and hinged together to allow almost 90 of movement. it does looks a little odd at first.
there's hip swivel and all-round excellent articulation in the legs.
the weapons are nice. a pair of claws for both arms which can be taken apart and made into a giant shuriken. the only problem is its really tedious to change it back and forth between the weapon modes.
alt mode is where the toy fails. the insect head looks really stupid and the arms are a pain to fold into the legs and the right leg wont tab correctly into the pelvis during transformation as well. i dislike the alt mode.
its a good toy marred by design and maybe a little QC but i give it a 7/10.
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Funny you should mention that...
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/radico...-shrapnel.html
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bleh i need to register to that forum to see the pics. i also forgot to mention that the shuriken can be stored on his back and if you take 2 of the blades off and turn 1 of the remaining blades around you can make it sorta look like a g1 shrapnel.
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Sorry, I forgot that as well, here's a pic of what he will look like.
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Oooh glossy plastic and rich colours, i LIKE
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