Revenge of the Fallen Toys comments/discussion

[jaydisc]

Got Depthcharge yesterday, my first ROTF scout, and I like him a lot.

The back of the boat mode is a bit loose and sloppy in alt mode. I need to see if that's a general issue, or just my instance.

His feet are a bit bizarre. The boat's cockpit folds all the way behind his legs as shown in the instructions, although there is a midway point with a little clip that the feet can clip into. Any figure out the purpose for that?

[Autocon]

opened starscream - i can see the mech alive gimmick braking whos with me? felt sticky stiff from the get go overall liked it lots

dead end - look on the back of the box they cant even get a decent paint job for the promo photo on the back!! HA not the best scout

sidways feels better than sideswipe more solid. having trouble with sideswipes tyres back in alt mode. good match up i can see sideways v sideswipe, swerve v dead end (swy repaint)

FABs jetfire - is hopeless in alt mode, big block underneath no landing gear. goods bot mode, long haul also good though only has punch attack lame, sideways good but lack articulation in the arms cool shooting saw weapon that they didnt include with sideways del why?

note: what is the spare tyre on sideways arm for? what can you do with it? also i find it hard to get the panels back in precise position once ive transformed the bots back to alt mode

ironhide - how much different transformation does he have compared to movie one mold?

yet to open mixmaster and leaders

[Paulbot]

note: what is the spare tyre on sideways arm for? what can you do with it?

Spoilers? I think it's supposed to be one of the front tires, the other becoming the bladed weapon, and they are on the arms to make the toy look more like what Sideways looks like in the movie

[Gasaraki]

note: what is the spare tyre on sideways arm for? what can you do with it? also i find it hard to get the panels back in precise position once ive transformed the bots back to alt mode

ironhide - how much different transformation does he have compared to movie one mold?

yet to open mixmaster and leaders

Sideways is sooo Barricade... it's almost like a redesign rather than a new character. And that goes right down to the wheels on the arms. I think the wheel is there because the movie model's transformation scheme makes the front wheels end up on the arms, but because they couldn't quite manage this with the toy, they came up with the (rather smart) compromise of hiding away the front wheels and bringing out a different tyre/saw combo in robot mode.

From vides I've seen, Ironhide is pretty much the same as movie one, with the exception of a few items:
1. The weapons, obviously. If you have the original mold, it looks like you can clip the old weapons onto the new figure (or the new weapons onto the old figure).
2. The colour... again, rather obviously. I prefer black.
3. The head, which appears to be a new mold.

[SilverDragon]

I got Ransack today. Holy crap, he is really, really, really awesome. Aside from the uniqueness of the biplane mode, the plane itself lacks major undercarriage junk (aside from the folded up arms), and looks very good. The robot mode looks appropriately movie-esque, like it's a biplane that bent itself into a humanoid form. It's poseble to a good degree, looks great (especially with the cape-wings), and for once the battle mode doesn't look too much like a midway point in the transformation.

[lcz128]

From vides I've seen, Ironhide is pretty much the same as movie one, with the exception of a few items:
1. The weapons, obviously. If you have the original mold, it looks like you can clip the old weapons onto the new figure (or the new weapons onto the old figure).
2. The colour... again, rather obviously. I prefer black.
3. The head, which appears to be a new mold.

Does it have a new head? Anyone else able to confirm this!?

[Deceptic_Optic]

Does it have a new head? Anyone else able to confirm this!?

More movie accurate

[STL]

Got Ransack and Depthcharge over the weekend. Love both of them. The 1st wave of scouts was mediocre at first but these guys blew the others out of the water. Depthcharge's transformation despite being a shellformer for that most part really intrigues me.

Ransack though is the surprise packet. So much detail and complexity on a small toy. It's quite mind-boggling how they could come up with this in such a size class but make it seem just right. The transformation is great fun and all the clips and pegs give it a wonderful sense of completeness and solidity.

Does it have a new head? Anyone else able to confirm this!?

Check.

My own question

[jaydisc]

Played with Krayt's Desert Brawl today, and was pleased to find that the shoulder problem has been completely fixed. I'm tempted to get one myself just to fix my original Deluxe Brawl. I tested it out to see how badly the colors stuck out, and it's not that bad. Not sure if I'll do it though.

[Vector Sigma 13]

That shoulder problem on the first incarnation still gives me the S$%t's.