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Thread: Classicsverse Silverbolt: just a dog or a complete turd?

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    Default Classicsverse Silverbolt: just a dog or a complete turd?

    I wish to register my deep disappointment with classicsverse Silverbolt. I love the original toy, which, despite its simple transformation, neatly hid the wings at the robot's sides and folded the nose-cone behind the robot out of sight. I was hugely excited to hear about the character's inclusion in the new universe lineup. But in the new version, the wings appear rigid and the nose of the plane bobs up annoyingly above the robot head. The result is the one of the worst examples of 'robot superglued to underside of plane, just fold down my legs and we're done' in tf history. To be fair, the alt mode looks ok from above -but a terrible mess from side on - and the paint job looks very nice. But unless he was woefully mistransformed at Botcon, this mould is laziness robotified.

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    I was wondering if anyone else would notice how the Universe Silverbolt is just a two-peice jet with the robot bits hidden underneath. Similar to Targetmaster Needlenose.
    So much hype on this figure with AU Toyfair, and a really nice jet mode, but the conversion and robot mode are disappointing.
    Will still get it though...

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    I too was pretty psyched about this toy when it was first revealed, as I had all the Aerialbots when i was a kid! But, apart from the colours like you said, i'm not a big fan so far.

    With the original, you're right that his wings folding back was kind of distinctive - this one has it reversed i think? In the original, doesn't the nose end up pointing down, not up? I really don't like his zig-zag style wing! Perhaps the zig-zag effect is to simulate a lightning bolt zig zag? Lame if so :P

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    It's hard to judge a figure based on just photos.

    When you look at Classics Silverbolt's Alt & Bot mode:





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    The transformation does look pretty simple with his "Jet Shell" seemingly sitting on top of his bot mode

    Compared to his G1 toy Alt & Bot mode:







    & to his G1 Cartoon Alt & Bot mode:







    & his G1 Comic Bot mode:



    His Classics figure looks very dissimilar to any G1 incarnation of him.

    Oh well, all this comparison stuff won't stop me from picking him up

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    I was dissapointed too but was also expecting it. Hasbro sucks at making large toys as they stuff them with sound and light gimmicks that occupy a lot of space in the figure and hinders its complexity as it leaves no room for packing away kibble.

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    But to be fair they've been incorporating gimmicks into large 'formers for years.
    G1 had plenty of large bots with lights and sound gimmicks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by griffin View Post
    Will still get it though...
    Quote Originally Posted by Pulse View Post
    Oh well, all this comparison stuff won't stop me from picking him up
    nod nod
    Last edited by Kyle; 4th May 2008 at 02:47 PM.

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    Mind you, from the top the altmode looks pretty damn sweet. If there was a way to ditch all the undercarriage junk and simply have the top half be a Transformer (Silverbolt or not), I'd be sorely tempted to pick it up.

    But yeah, the backpack-altmode effect is a real disappointment.

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    Looks close to that comic one to me.

    Also is it just me, or does it look like they forgot to fold the outside wings back? Looks hinged to me there.
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