TFA/Animated Comments thread

[jaydisc]

I'm totally with your top five Sky Shadow. I just had a play with Wave 3 and 4 deluxes today at Griffin's and am VERY impressed by Sentinel Prime. Yeah, he's tiny, but his transformation is original and solid. I love him! While I do prefer Voyager Bulkhead, both Leader Bulkhead and Leader Megatron are awesome toys too.

[jaydisc]

I completely forgot about Activator Bumblebee, who is quite probably the greatest smaller-than-deluxe toy I've ever experienced.

[Sky Shadow]

I'm totally with your top five Sky Shadow. I just had a play with Wave 3 and 4 deluxes today at Griffin's and am VERY impressed by Sentinel Prime. Yeah, he's tiny, but his transformation is original and solid. I love him! While I do prefer Voyager Bulkhead, both Leader Bulkhead and Leader Megatron are awesome toys too.

I just got Leader Bulkhead and you're right, Jay. He doesn't edge out his Voyager form from my top ten, but he'd definitely be in my top four - just after Ratchet and before Lockdown. And I love the fact that he can do his 'chair' mode and that he comes with The Headmaster, who I can also use on Magnus (although it's more fun sticking it on Sentinel or Starscream). Everything locks in place too - the only minor issue is that I can't 'action pose' Leader Bulkhead's head (which is because of the electronic gimmick, so that's hardly a quibble.) Overall, an outstanding toy. Overall I'd give it a rating of:

"Pwnage! Total pwnage!"

So... would I be as pleased if I get Leader Megatron? What's he got going for him?

[jaydisc]

Glad to hear you like Leader Bulkhead. He grows on me daily too (he's the only toy I brought to QLD with me on my holiday)

So... would I be as pleased if I get Leader Megatron? What's he got going for him?

I think Leader Megatron is the weakest of the three Leaders, but still worthy of association with them. I think he's leagues ahead of his other two incarnations (Deluxe and Voyager Cybertron Modes). Both of his modes are awesome, and he has that same overall solid feeling that I think the other two Leaders has too, but his transformation is quite simple, and his knees are a bit weird... very similar in articulation to Ratchet's. Right before I came on holiday, I bought him and Bulkhead, and he didn't come with me, so I've only had 15 minutes with him, but I enjoyed that 15 minutes.

Kurdt's given us a great, thorough writeup here.

[STL]

I got myself Animated Snarl Slag over the weekend. Not impressed one bit. I felt a sharp pang of enthusiasm as I removed him from the bubble but that quickly dissapated as I transformed him to bot mode. Very flimsy and I can barely see his head. He's fat and stubby and the arm and leg articulation are pretty poor in comparison with Prowl or Cybertron Prime. Combine that with the lower torso's inability to stay clipped, he's a very poor toy. I was devastated and my enthusiasm for the line dims with each moment.

I've still Swoop, Jazz and Sentinel Prime to open and I can only pray it gets better b/c other than the few shining lights of this line, its been riddled with nothing but flimsy QC-ridden toys.

[jaydisc]

I found both Deluxe Dinobots a bit disappointing. Sentinel Prime! Sentinel Prime! Sentinel Prime!

[i_amtrunks]

Animated Leader Megatron is worth a purchase, I rank him equal with leader Magnus as a good solid toy, he isnt the best figure of the line (Ratchet, Prowl and Lugnut are the best figures of the line) but he is certainly top ten material.

He is also streets ahead of the other 2 crappy toys he has had released thus far.

[STL]

Had a play of Jaydisc's today

I rate Lugnut heaps. I played with Jaydisc's today and it was a treat.Love the automorph as well as the clever use of the mini-con port. Sure, scale is bad but if you didn't watch the cartoon, he'd be very cool. Thinking of him made me rethink the issue of scale entirely. I remembered back to the Cybertron series where b/c I never watched any or much of the show, scale of the toys mattered nothing to me at all. It makes me think that scale is a fiction imposed criteria. As if I had never watched the show, Lugnut's size would not have mattered at all.

Jazz is also another win but very hard to get right in alt mode. Only Golden Phoenix was able to get it right. I'll have to break mine open.

Sentinel Prime though took the cake as easily the best figure of the lot. Great transformation, love the window folds especially. My only annoyance is that the head is exposed underneath.

Swoop has a very unconvincing alt mode. All the Dinobots have disappointed thus far though Grimlock was a purely QC issue for me which has since been remedied. The robot mode for Swoop though is excellent for poseability. That's the toys saving grace as I am a massive fan of good articulation.

I have to say, today went a long way to restoring my interest in Animated. I'd just about given up on the line after the disasters of Blitzwing, Lockdown, Voyager Prime, BB, Slag and so on.