Legion/Legends Class figures have generally been pretty good for their size/price point, I will agree.I agree that the RiD Vehicon was pretty good, although the FE Vehicon doesn't rely as heavily on shellforming and has more solid arms. The RiD Vehicon's arms are prone to collapsing back into door mode during play (but not nearly as badly as Deluxe Airachnid's arms). Breakdown is nice, but not great value for a Voyager considering that he's the size of a Deluxe. And the obscene amount of stickers... gah (or just stickers in general -- so cheap looking in an age of tampographs).
Okay, so putting your alt mode bias aside, what do you think about that mould on the whole as a Deluxe Transformer action figure? My detailed thoughts can be found here.Originally Posted by FatalityPitt
I personally love the fact that they're hatchbacks because they're just such ordinary looking cars that don't stand out! This makes them far better robots in disguise than transforming into an attention-drawing sports car or military vehicle. When you want to blend into modern human society you want to transform into something reasonably mundane. The TARDIS worked by being an unassuming 1960s police box (which makes sense since the TARDIS scanned one in 1963 England where its chameleon circuit broke down (rendering it incapable of rescanning for new disguises) - but the show has since explained that the TARDIS also has a perception filter which psychically makes it unnoticeable). G1 Bumblebee was the Autobot spy because he had the most unassuming alt mode (Bumblejumper even moreso). Movie Bumblebee sucked at moving about unnoticed except for when he was the old Camaros.
"Will you be wanting the Batpod, sir?"
"In the middle of the day, Alfred? Not very subtle."
"The Lamborghini, then. Much more subtle."
(The Dark Knight)
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