Toy Review - CW Sky Lynx

[prjkt]

picked up mine from the post office today

First example of Sky Lynx I've owned and while I would have preferred leader class, still quite happy. Haven't bothered to set him up with some combiner limbs yet, but I probably won't do that for a while.

[M-bot]

First example of Sky Lynx I've owned and while I would have preferred leader class, still quite happy. Haven't bothered to set him up with some combiner limbs yet, but I probably won't do that for a while.

+1. Would love this guy to have been upscaled, even with the current level of engineering. Very nice little mould.

Mine will be Sky Lynx, not used as a combiner.

[prjkt]

Agreed there, he's on my shelf as himself (I suppose it helps that I skipped his limb bots entirely)

[SMHFConvoy]

Got him today from Premium Collectables. I like him, but I have a few ideas for mods

[GoktimusPrime]

I haven't been able to find this toy yet but I had a fiddle with someone else's CW Sky Lynx today. The engineering behind it is pretty neat. Having no electronic gimmick really frees up the designers to be able to utilise the "Lynx" faux-component (which is just a block in the G1 toy). Overall it's a really impressive homage to the G1 figure, although I'm still not entirely sold on the horns. Looks neat enough in robot mode, but weird in shuttle mode. My main criticism of this toy are the blue wings in robot mode which are really floppy and don't seem to be able to lock into position.

Still, I'm gonna buy this toy on sight if I can find one!

[5FDP]

Would love to contribute to this review but I'm also having difficulties finding one

[1AZRAEL1]

I bought 2 from Penrith Kmart. Give it tome, he'll show up. Haven't had a good chance to play with him yet, but I have to tighten up some joints it seems

[M-bot]

I haven't been able to find this toy yet but I had a fiddle with someone else's CW Sky Lynx today. The engineering behind it is pretty neat. Having no electronic gimmick really frees up the designers to be able to utilise the "Lynx" faux-component (which is just a block in the G1 toy). Overall it's a really impressive homage to the G1 figure, although I'm still not entirely sold on the horns. Looks neat enough in robot mode, but weird in shuttle mode. My main criticism of this toy are the blue wings in robot mode which are really floppy and don't seem to be able to lock into position.

Still, I'm gonna buy this toy on sight if I can find one!

The blue wings on mine were a bit floppy as well, I tightened the 2 screws on the underside of the shuttle wings (top of the wings in robot um... beast thingy mode) and that mostly resolved it. They're not absolutely firmly in place but are not swinging in and out when I don't want them to.

[snaketales]

I took out the shuttle tail fins and flipped them so they're the right way around in shuttle mode. They're now upside side down in Sky Reign mode but I think it's acceptable. The original position in shuttle mode bugged me more.

[aching878]

The blue wings on mine were a bit floppy as well, I tightened the 2 screws on the underside of the shuttle wings (top of the wings in robot um... beast thingy mode) and that mostly resolved it. They're not absolutely firmly in place but are not swinging in and out when I don't want them to.

The screw won't do much as the blue wing part is not actually pressed held together by the White plastic the screw tightens, you kinda have to open it up and can see what I mean

But once open up the best way would be to take out the blue wing part then polish / thicken the blue wing inner circle slot so that when it's plugged back into the peg on the White part, it's fits more tightly thus not flop around like crazy