TFA/Animated Comments thread

[i_amtrunks]

So Blitzwing is pretty bad? Thats unfortunate because he is one of my favourite characters on the show

I could be considered a biased one eyed aniamted fan, but I'll level with you, Blitzwing is pretty 'meh' and there have been mpore than a few instances of him having serious QA issues (just ask Goktimus), which is why I didnt recommend him in the first place. he is a fantastic character on the show, but not so great on the toy shelf.

All the awesomesauce was taken out of Blitzwing and dumped into Lugnut and Oil Slick.

Start with the deluxes, like oil Slick, Cybertron Prime and Jazz, they are the meat and potatoes of the Animated Line.

[Sky Shadow]

I could be considered a biased one eyed aniamted fan, but I'll level with you, Blitzwing is pretty 'meh' and there have been mpore than a few instances of him having serious QA issues (just ask Goktimus), which is why I didnt recommend him in the first place.

It's sad because the toy looks so great and has such great gimmicks (triple-changer, multiple faces) but is physically a mess. If there was an empirical 'worst' Animated toy, Blitzwing would have to be it. It was an ambitious failure, and sadly - unlike so many of the other characters - it's the character's only toy incarnation. (Well... unless one bought a Happy Meal in France):

http://tformers.net/g/albums/10409/Untitled-1.jpg

[GoktimusPrime]

GRARGH! Animated Blitzwing is the bane of my existence!! I would absolutely recommend that you do **NOT** buy this toy unless you're a completist.

I bought Animated Blitzwing, its canopy tabs broke and the wing pegs were deformed. So I returned it and got a second one. Tabs broke. Got a third one, deformed pegs. Got a fourth one - canopy tabs are showing signs of stress after I tried transforming it in and out of tank mode a few times with extreme care... I just avoid locking the turret in now (i.e.: I never properly transform it into tank mode) because I'm terrified of breaking the canopy tabs again.

This toy is nine colours of Sugar-Honey-Ice-Tea... do not waste your money on it! Animated Blitzwing would have to be the poster boy for Animated's poor quality control. (T_T)

[jaydisc]

I love Animated Blitzwing. He's always been pretty divisive though. I woudn't rule out buying, I'd just recommend trying first (got any collector mates?)

[shokwave2]

I've never had a problem with any of my TF's and my kids play rough as guts with them. Are you sure you're transforming Blitzwing correctly?

[GoktimusPrime]

Yup. I followed the instructions. I brought him along to the Megatron Club AGM and kup also had a go transforming him really carefully too, like neurosurgical level of care. I was able to transform it a few times that way, but after a few times stress marks appeared so I've given up now.

If you do get Blitzwing do make sure you keep the receipt.

[TheFallen]

Ok, I ended u getting Soundwave and Blazing Lockdown.
I was so excited before I opened them but it just seemed a bit of a let down after I transformed them

Soundwave was pretty good, very short and stocky. No real problems but I just thought it would be better for some reason

Lockdown was the one I wanted more and I think this is the one that was the bigger letdown. The Chainsaw really had to be forced into position on the hood and I thought I was going to break it.

Are the hands supposed to go at a 45 degree angle from the wrists?
I've read there were issues with the hands breaking so I didn't want to force them in place incase they weren't supposed to go

I might pick up another couple of figs just to make sure if I like these or not but at this stage I am not convinced I will

[Robzy]

GRARGH! Animated Blitzwing is the bane of my existence!!

I'm not a fan of this figure either! I love the character, but the toy really let me down. I got this guy for $22 at Target (their mistake!) and I still feel ripped off.

Still, he's a character I really like, so I just keep him standing there in robot mode - like a statue - doomed, never to be transformed ever again!

[Paulbot]

Love the Omega Spreem picture. Actually spoiler it did look like they were building more than one "Guardian Robot" in Transwarped...

[TheFallen]

I decided to give Animated another chance. This time I bought Oil Slick and Grimlock

To be quite honest these are not too bad. Aside from the obvious with Grimlock and his gaping chest wound, his robot mode is very nice. My favourite so far.

Oil Slick also has a good robot mode but I could've sworn his head in the proto pics looked like he had some kind of fluid in his helmet, but it wasn't to be found in the finished product

After some more playing around with all my Animated TF's I have to say I am pretty happy with the purchases I have made (Lockdown, Soundwave, Grimlock, Oil Slick)

I think I will buy the rest of the Dinobots and Swindle and that will just about do it for my Animated collection, unless I find Atomic Lugnut and Sunstorm