D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Do you mind giving me a Voltron lowdown? I am putting serious thought into hunting him down, but I'd like some opinions
Sure I would love to. Do you have some specific questions?
The individual lions are very well articulated and you get a lot of toy for your money (with missiles and added giant cannons, that are show accurate). You even get small diaclone like pilots to store in each lion. So on an individual level, they give you quite a bit, and one would argue they give you more than your standard deluxe TF which costs the same (they transform, have diaclone pilots, big accessories, fireing missiles, and are bigger than deluxe TFs).
Transformation is fun, especially with sounds since they say they are docking in as you connect the lions. And at anypoint you can press the same button to know which lion you havent plugged yet.
The fully transformed voltron is big. Between the height of a scramble city combiner wars combiner and Devastator. You get a sword and I love how the wings are fully modifiable. My main problem with him is how he has no waist or head articulation. he has great leg poseability but you cant get a ton of poses since his head is always looking at one direction. You can lift it up though (with a double jointed neck) so that you can create a superman flying pose.
Also, I dont like the headsculpt. Its doesnt look robotic enough. That is the one aspect where you can see that this is based on a cartoon. If you are ok with the headsculpt on Animated TF toys then that should be fine.
Anyways, in the end, this is a hot series and we all know that toys are only on shelves for so long. Unlike TFs and Power Rangers, there isnt a ton of voltron to go around, so this toy will be hot regardless and surely command a high aftermarket price just like all other voltron toys do.
I think we are getting an amazing deal for $100. I mean think about it, even Devastator doesnt have electronics, missiles, as much paint, springs, as much accessories or individual bot articulation and was priced at $50 more (granted, I am well aware that he was one more bot, but then does one bot make that big a difference when considering all the extra stuff you get with Voltron?).
So thats my take on it: get this great deal while you still can.