Video Review - G2 Aerialbots and Superion

Hilarious review, I cannot wait for your review of the much more garish G2 Menasor - especially under black light

I only got about 2 minutes in before I stopped watching. I realized the "review" was going to be more about the reviewer's shtick and gimmicks than about the actual toys.

Death Reviews manage to be both entertaining and informative. Bravo!

I'm a little worried that the fist broke off, but are there any signs that the plastic is otherwise weaker than on the regular release? Maybe it was just a fluke.

Also, personal nitpick, these are not "repaints'. They are "redecos". The color of plastic they are molded in is not paint.

That Bot wrote:Death Reviews manage to be both entertaining and informative. Bravo!

I'm a little worried that the fist broke off, but are there any signs that the plastic is otherwise weaker than on the regular release? Maybe it was just a fluke.

Also, personal nitpick, these are not "repaints'. They are "redecos". The color of plastic they are molded in is not paint.

I picked these guys up earlier this month on a business trip to Canada. I've had no problems at all and they all seem just as sturdy as the originals. The colors are fantastic. The shoulder joint that moves down in jet mode on Skydive is incredibly tight on my G1 version, to the point I was afraid it would break. On the G2 version it seems more normal.

Skylynx with his wave mates....

skyreign front by Rye Saldivar, on Flickr

skyreign back by Rye Saldivar, on Flickr

check out my review of the toys here. All in 4k ultraHD video
pretty straightforward reviews.

Generator_G1 wrote:Skylynx with his wave mates....

skyreign front by Rye Saldivar, on Flickr

skyreign back by Rye Saldivar, on Flickr

Would it be too much to ask for a picture with Trailbreaker and Smokescreen as arms, Wheeljack and Hound as the legs (as that's how I'll be displaying him), and with the swords combined?
Also, are the legs and torso as loose on yours as they were on Chefatron's?

EDIT: And he does look awesome, especially with the PE hands and feet.

Bounti76 wrote:I only got about 2 minutes in before I stopped watching. I realized the "review" was going to be more about the reviewer's shtick and gimmicks than about the actual toys.

A fair criticism, foul mortal

Normally I spend more time doing stuff like going over the individual transformation steps. But I deemed it unnecessary this time since there is a glut of reviews for each aerialbot figure (due to them being out and reviewed in their G1 formats quite extensively).

So I focused on what I thought were the important aspects of this set. The paint jobs, the overall appearance, the features, strengths and weaknesses of the set in general.

The G2 Aerealbot set puts reviewers in a bit of a fix. If you spend too much time going over all that stuff that has already been reviewed to death (me), then they say it was boring. If you don't, then they say the review 'wasn't about the toys'. Given the choice, I didn't want anyone to accuse Death of being boring

As to the snapped hand, I suppose the plastic for Silverbolt did have a different 'feel' to it than the normal G1 version. The plastic felt somehow 'softer', like it had been diluted, just a little. It may only have been the one that I got, but the plastic on those hands simply had a greasier feel to them than on Cyclonus or Silverbolt G1. You know that feel - the kind that you get with plastic of lesser quality. Maybe it had too much 90s paint mixed into it or something.

It is fair to warn anyone who has the G2 box set to 'test' their silver bolt figures' hands before tilting them back for the change to Superion's torso. With mine, the metal pin that forms the hinge seemed to somehow only allow rotation on one side of the plastic hand. So when I tried to swivel it, only one half would rotate, and that stressed the other side to the point where the hand broke off completely. So be careful, mortals!

Generator_G1 wrote:Skylynx with his wave mates....

How well does your Hound hold together? Apparently Swindle might have some issues, and if those problems are apparent in Hound, as well, that might be quite telling.

Another thing I noticed between G1 and G2 Superion, at least on mine, is that the antennas on G2 Superion's head move into place much easier than G1 Superion's.

I just got the G2 Superion last week as well. I am leaving it unopened for now, but I too, like the Death toy review, was a bit surprised at how light in weight the box was overall. I am hoping to get UW-01 Superion soon. I wonder if there will be any significant weight difference, (if Takara uses heavier material for packaging?) even though the G2 one has a 6th figure.

That Bot wrote:Death Reviews manage to be both entertaining and informative. Bravo!

I'm a little worried that the fist broke off, but are there any signs that the plastic is otherwise weaker than on the regular release? Maybe it was just a fluke.

Also, personal nitpick, these are not "repaints'. They are "redecos". The color of plastic they are molded in is not paint.

Well observed - the plastic itself on the figures is a different color, not just the paint. I'll remember that (foul mortal)... I take refuge in that there was, in fact, different paint on them as well, so 'repaint' is still technically correct...

Wait this isn't fair, Bridgemagnet Toys was the first to post reviews! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkFi6s ... HwA/videos

SillySpringer wrote:Wait this isn't fair, Bridgemagnet Toys was the first to post reviews! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkFi6s ... HwA/videos

He had not posted them for all members when you sent them and you knew that. We never got word hat he had completed the set (if he even has) and Death sent us his full review which covered all members. If Bridgemagnet Toys wanted his newsed he should have:

1. finished them all
2. told us about it

I agree with comments above.

While it is a cute and funny concept, the video quickly derails into comedy material with fake commercial, etc. Maybe by putting some of that material at the end or cutting it down it might flow better (?) End scene with the Loony Toons style credits was the funniest to me. Props for some grins there. I also enjoyed the vintage commercials (and had never seen the terrible G2 ones.) I'd have just appreciated those un-altered. Quite interesting.

Hearing the negative talk about the color scheme, I think the reviewer misses the point that the set is directly aimed at the niche fans who lived through the 1990s and G2... people who want to relive that day-glow magic without breaking their gold plastic Slingshot into pieces. For those fans, the wild color scheme really strikes a chord and brings back great memories... not to mention the set will display really well with G2 redux offerings from Botcon and Masterpiece (G2 Bee and Sideswipe)

Lastly, the reviewer does address articulation, paint apps, and quality control issues. Glad all that is in there. I expect that of any action figure these days. (I also like some comparisons with current line and vintage figures, though I know that's not always possible.)

Really glad Hasbro is cranking these out. They are clearly paying attention to both old G1 fans, and younger fans who got their start in the 1990s. I really appreciate that. Props to Hasbro.

It's true the other reviews were out first - full props to them for their hard work. In fact I saw them at a rival TF related website (which I won't name). It was for that very reason that I didn't send any official emails to seibertron saying 'hey, please headline my review'. I simply posted the link to my youtube channel (which everyone should subscribe to, by the way ) in the seibertron forums along with everyone else's. So even though I am Death, I neither requested, nor received any special treatment. The good people at Seibertron did nothing out of malice or favoritism, and as such I shall delay any personal visits to their offices

PS: I wouldn't say I missed the niche that the G2 Aerialbots fall into. I thought I zinged them rather shrewdly They got 8 deaths up in the end. Besides, I'm Death - I don't 'miss'...

william-james88 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:Wait this isn't fair, Bridgemagnet Toys was the first to post reviews! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkFi6s ... HwA/videos

He had not posted them for all members when you sent them and you knew that. We never got word hat he had completed the set (if he even has) and Death sent us his full review which covered all members. If Bridgemagnet Toys wanted his newsed he should have:

1. finished them all
2. told us about it

I told you that he had finished all of them before DR even posted his. He did his review of Silverbolt last. Seems when I notify people of something like that, I lot of times people do not notice, and it goes down the past comments drain. I do not have any malice towards anyone here, I just think it's only fair to include Bridgemagnet Toys' reviews too in the news post.

DeathReviews- Just watched a few of your toy reviews. As the Tick would say- "Fun and Educational!" -I was just curious -in your review of Legends Shockwave, you state he is designed to work with CW Bruticus (which I know is correct)...However you state because Bruticus has no other Big Gun? ----I have not seen CW Onslaught yet.... But I would assume he would come with a Big Gun in the fashion that G1 Bruticus did?... I know a few folks out there have CW Onslaught....any comments are welcome. Thank you.

o.supreme wrote:DeathReviews- Just watched a few of your toy reviews. As the Tick would say- "Fun and Educational!" -I was just curious -in your review of Legends Shockwave, you state he is designed to work with CW Bruticus (which I know is correct)...However you state because Bruticus has no other Big Gun? ----I have not seen CW Onslaught yet.... But I would assume he would come with a Big Gun in the fashion that G1 Bruticus did?... I know a few folks out there have CW Onslaught....any comments are welcome. Thank you.

Sadly, he has the same guns as Hotspot.

SillySpringer wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:Wait this isn't fair, Bridgemagnet Toys was the first to post reviews! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkFi6s ... HwA/videos

He had not posted them for all members when you sent them and you knew that. We never got word hat he had completed the set (if he even has) and Death sent us his full review which covered all members. If Bridgemagnet Toys wanted his newsed he should have:

1. finished them all
2. told us about it

I told you that he had finished all of them before DR even posted his. He did his review of Silverbolt last. Seems when I notify people of something like that, I lot of times people do not notice, and it goes down the past comments drain. I do not have any malice towards anyone here, I just think it's only fair to include Bridgemagnet Toys' reviews too in the news post.

What notice? The only email we (news staff) received had links for 5 of the 6 aerialbots and Superion. It was decided that we wouldn't news it until he released the last video, and, by notify, you mean a random comment left somewhere in the thread, you'll have to do better than that, it should have been sent to us as news. I checked his channel all day on the day we got the email - 'til 1 in the morning in fact, in case he got it up late. I'm sure by the time he did get it up we had already moved on to covering the news that needed to be dealt with at that point, please stop taking this personally

william-james88 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:DeathReviews- Just watched a few of your toy reviews. As the Tick would say- "Fun and Educational!" -I was just curious -in your review of Legends Shockwave, you state he is designed to work with CW Bruticus (which I know is correct)...However you state because Bruticus has no other Big Gun? ----I have not seen CW Onslaught yet.... But I would assume he would come with a Big Gun in the fashion that G1 Bruticus did?... I know a few folks out there have CW Onslaught....any comments are welcome. Thank you.

Sadly, he has the same guns as Hotspot.

Which, while excellent at emulating the cannons on his back, are little more than pathetic water guns in combined mode

Hellscream9999 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:DeathReviews- Just watched a few of your toy reviews. As the Tick would say- "Fun and Educational!" -I was just curious -in your review of Legends Shockwave, you state he is designed to work with CW Bruticus (which I know is correct)...However you state because Bruticus has no other Big Gun? ----I have not seen CW Onslaught yet.... But I would assume he would come with a Big Gun in the fashion that G1 Bruticus did?... I know a few folks out there have CW Onslaught....any comments are welcome. Thank you.

Sadly, he has the same guns as Hotspot.

Which, while excellent at emulating the cannons on his back, are little more than pathetic water guns in combined mode

I like to use Galvatronus's gun for him.

Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:DeathReviews- Just watched a few of your toy reviews. As the Tick would say- "Fun and Educational!" -I was just curious -in your review of Legends Shockwave, you state he is designed to work with CW Bruticus (which I know is correct)...However you state because Bruticus has no other Big Gun? ----I have not seen CW Onslaught yet.... But I would assume he would come with a Big Gun in the fashion that G1 Bruticus did?... I know a few folks out there have CW Onslaught....any comments are welcome. Thank you.

Sadly, he has the same guns as Hotspot.

Which, while excellent at emulating the cannons on his back, are little more than pathetic water guns in combined mode

I like to use Galvatronus's gun for him.

I'll be using Menasor's beat stick, the sad thing about most of the combiners and shockwave, is that the extra molding along the sides of the hand keep them from holding shockwave as a gun, or other kibble (blast-off's tailfins)

o.supreme wrote:DeathReviews- Just watched a few of your toy reviews. As the Tick would say- "Fun and Educational!" -I was just curious -in your review of Legends Shockwave, you state he is designed to work with CW Bruticus (which I know is correct)...However you state because Bruticus has no other Big Gun? ----I have not seen CW Onslaught yet.... But I would assume he would come with a Big Gun in the fashion that G1 Bruticus did?... I know a few folks out there have CW Onslaught....any comments are welcome. Thank you.

You're correct - in fact, I'll be posting my Bruticus/Combaticon reviews in a couple weeks. CW Bruticus does have the same guns as Hot Spot, but they're kind of made to plug into his back for that G1 look, so he can't 'carry' them in his hands when in gestalt mode unless you pull them out of his back. And I just couldn't live without that G1 look in the end (heh - 'live' - you see what I did there?). So Legends Shockwave wound up being the 'only' gun he could carry the way I have him configured.

My Combaticon reviews are a bit late so they likely won't be headlined. But they will have that boring stuff which some folk look for in review vids, though I can't promise there won't be any 90s rapping commercial clips.

Glad that many are amused by my reviews. I may change my signature as a result:

"I'm Death, and ironically, my reviews are the FUNNY ones!"

Hey guys, can't remember if it's been reported yet, but has anyone found Onslaught at regular B&M retail yet?

Thanks.

Cobotron wrote:Hey guys, can't remember if it's been reported yet, but has anyone found Onslaught at regular B&M retail yet?

Thanks.

I believe he has been found, maybe somewhere on the west coast, not sure

Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:DeathReviews- Just watched a few of your toy reviews. As the Tick would say- "Fun and Educational!" -I was just curious -in your review of Legends Shockwave, you state he is designed to work with CW Bruticus (which I know is correct)...However you state because Bruticus has no other Big Gun? ----I have not seen CW Onslaught yet.... But I would assume he would come with a Big Gun in the fashion that G1 Bruticus did?... I know a few folks out there have CW Onslaught....any comments are welcome. Thank you.

Sadly, he has the same guns as Hotspot.

Which, while excellent at emulating the cannons on his back, are little more than pathetic water guns in combined mode

I like to use Galvatronus's gun for him.

If you're lucky enough to still have G1 Onslaught, I've seen others actually using that one....

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:Wait this isn't fair, Bridgemagnet Toys was the first to post reviews! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkFi6s ... HwA/videos

He had not posted them for all members when you sent them and you knew that. We never got word hat he had completed the set (if he even has) and Death sent us his full review which covered all members. If Bridgemagnet Toys wanted his newsed he should have:

1. finished them all
2. told us about it

I told you that he had finished all of them before DR even posted his. He did his review of Silverbolt last. Seems when I notify people of something like that, I lot of times people do not notice, and it goes down the past comments drain. I do not have any malice towards anyone here, I just think it's only fair to include Bridgemagnet Toys' reviews too in the news post.

What notice? The only email we (news staff) received had links for 5 of the 6 aerialbots and Superion. It was decided that we wouldn't news it until he released the last video, and, by notify, you mean a random comment left somewhere in the thread, you'll have to do better than that, it should have been sent to us as news. I checked his channel all day on the day we got the email - 'til 1 in the morning in fact, in case he got it up late. I'm sure by the time he did get it up we had already moved on to covering the news that needed to be dealt with at that point, please stop taking this personally

I said that his last review would come up soon. I am only trying to be fair but whatever. nvm.

Caelus wrote:

Generator_G1 wrote:Skylynx with his wave mates....

How well does your Hound hold together? Apparently Swindle might have some issues, and if those problems are apparent in Hound, as well, that might be quite telling.

Hellscream mentioned something about that. I bought Swindle the other day and he is just fine. Everything fits together perfectly, and when I placed him as an arm, I found him to be one of the most stable limbs in that mode.

Ironhidensh wrote:

Caelus wrote:

Generator_G1 wrote:Skylynx with his wave mates....

How well does your Hound hold together? Apparently Swindle might have some issues, and if those problems are apparent in Hound, as well, that might be quite telling.

Hellscream mentioned something about that. I bought Swindle the other day and he is just fine. Everything fits together perfectly, and when I placed him as an arm, I found him to be one of the most stable limbs in that mode.

Yeah, my Swindle is very stable in all modes.


And Death, I wasn't even alive until about 15-20 years after the release of G1 Onslaught, so no chance of that lying around.

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:Wait this isn't fair, Bridgemagnet Toys was the first to post reviews! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkFi6s ... HwA/videos

He had not posted them for all members when you sent them and you knew that. We never got word hat he had completed the set (if he even has) and Death sent us his full review which covered all members. If Bridgemagnet Toys wanted his newsed he should have:

1. finished them all
2. told us about it

I told you that he had finished all of them before DR even posted his. He did his review of Silverbolt last. Seems when I notify people of something like that, I lot of times people do not notice, and it goes down the past comments drain. I do not have any malice towards anyone here, I just think it's only fair to include Bridgemagnet Toys' reviews too in the news post.

What notice? The only email we (news staff) received had links for 5 of the 6 aerialbots and Superion. It was decided that we wouldn't news it until he released the last video, and, by notify, you mean a random comment left somewhere in the thread, you'll have to do better than that, it should have been sent to us as news. I checked his channel all day on the day we got the email - 'til 1 in the morning in fact, in case he got it up late. I'm sure by the time he did get it up we had already moved on to covering the news that needed to be dealt with at that point, please stop taking this personally

While I appreciate what people contribute to the site, sometimes I think the constant bickering over "news credits" is excessive. If there was money involved, I could understand. But its not like you can take those news credits to a bar and exchange them for a beer. Just my opinion.

Rated X wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:Wait this isn't fair, Bridgemagnet Toys was the first to post reviews! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkFi6s ... HwA/videos

He had not posted them for all members when you sent them and you knew that. We never got word hat he had completed the set (if he even has) and Death sent us his full review which covered all members. If Bridgemagnet Toys wanted his newsed he should have:

1. finished them all
2. told us about it

I told you that he had finished all of them before DR even posted his. He did his review of Silverbolt last. Seems when I notify people of something like that, I lot of times people do not notice, and it goes down the past comments drain. I do not have any malice towards anyone here, I just think it's only fair to include Bridgemagnet Toys' reviews too in the news post.

What notice? The only email we (news staff) received had links for 5 of the 6 aerialbots and Superion. It was decided that we wouldn't news it until he released the last video, and, by notify, you mean a random comment left somewhere in the thread, you'll have to do better than that, it should have been sent to us as news. I checked his channel all day on the day we got the email - 'til 1 in the morning in fact, in case he got it up late. I'm sure by the time he did get it up we had already moved on to covering the news that needed to be dealt with at that point, please stop taking this personally

While I appreciate what people contribute to the site, sometimes I think the constant bickering over "news credits" is excessive. If there was money involved, I could understand. But its not like you can take those news credits to a bar and exchange them for a beer. Just my opinion.

What Sillyspringer is trying to argue is that Bridgemagnet Toys had uploaded reviews for all of the G2 Aerialbots before Death did.

Rated X wrote:But its not like you can take those news credits to a bar and exchange them for a beer. Just my opinion.

hmmm....now that would be an idea

or maybe use them to buy transformers

Caelus wrote:

Generator_G1 wrote:Skylynx with his wave mates....

How well does your Hound hold together? Apparently Swindle might have some issues, and if those problems are apparent in Hound, as well, that might be quite telling.

No issues with Hound. His joints are tight all around. Pegs solidly thru like Rook.

Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:Would it be too much to ask for a picture with Trailbreaker and Smokescreen as arms, Wheeljack and Hound as the legs (as that's how I'll be displaying him), and with the swords combined?
Also, are the legs and torso as loose on yours as they were on Chefatron's?

EDIT: And he does look awesome, especially with the PE hands and feet.

Ok. I'll try to take a pic of that configuration later today (stored him for the night already).

One of the hip ratchets (the left) on mine is looser than the right ratchet but nothing too bad. He's not gonna do a split if you put him on the table.

His shoulders do not lock so if you want to move the arms, you have to hold the shoulder first when moving the arms to avoid it moving back. His wings do block it from behind but since they also move to facilitate transformation, they won't stop the shoulder from moving.

Can anyone with Trailbreaker confirm if the barrel of his right arm cannon/force field generator is a 5mm peg hole? Would love for him to be able to put his handfootgun in there like Rook.

Crosscheck wrote:Can anyone with Trailbreaker confirm if the barrel of his right arm cannon/force field generator is a 5mm peg hole? Would love for him to be able to put his handfootgun in there like Rook.

Yes. You can put the HFG there for one armed Hulk hand goodness.

Generator_G1 wrote:

Crosscheck wrote:Can anyone with Trailbreaker confirm if the barrel of his right arm cannon/force field generator is a 5mm peg hole? Would love for him to be able to put his handfootgun in there like Rook.

Yes. You can put the HFG there for one armed Hulk hand goodness.

Yes! Megaton Punch Hands for everyone!

Hulk handed Trailbreaker!!!! YES!!!!! My favorite TF ever is now a combiner and a hulk hander!

By the way, for people having issues with CW Brawl having a floppy waist or unhappy with the gap, rather than misassemble your Brawl and make him look stupid with the production stamp right on his groin, transform him as normal and flip the combiner peg down. It will keep the weaker of his connection points from disconnecting, but not obstruct his ability to turn his waist. It also helps reduce the gap in between his chest and waist. While not perfect by any means, it sure beats giving him a crotch tattoo of random numbers.

Generator_G1 wrote:

Caelus wrote:

Generator_G1 wrote:Skylynx with his wave mates....

How well does your Hound hold together? Apparently Swindle might have some issues, and if those problems are apparent in Hound, as well, that might be quite telling.

No issues with Hound. His joints are tight all around. Pegs solidly thru like Rook.

Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:

Ironhidensh wrote:

Caelus wrote:

Generator_G1 wrote:Skylynx with his wave mates....

How well does your Hound hold together? Apparently Swindle might have some issues, and if those problems are apparent in Hound, as well, that might be quite telling.

Hellscream mentioned something about that. I bought Swindle the other day and he is just fine. Everything fits together perfectly, and when I placed him as an arm, I found him to be one of the most stable limbs in that mode.

Yeah, my Swindle is very stable in all modes.


And Death, I wasn't even alive until about 15-20 years after the release of G1 Onslaught, so no chance of that lying around.

So I guess mine is just another in a long string of qc middle fingers to my desire to enjoy these figures, not surprised

Got my combaticons, and I am happy. Brawl has floppy arms but the group is good. Swindle is properly done with mine Screamer. And honestly, don't hate me, but for some reason I am feeling Blastoff is my favorite. The colors and his nice mold make him really awesome to me. Swindle is very close but something about Blastoff is just catching me

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Got my combaticons, and I am happy. Brawl has floppy arms but the group is good. Swindle is properly done with mine Screamer. And honestly, don't hate me, but for some reason I am feeling Blastoff is my favorite. The colors and his nice mold make him really awesome to me. Swindle is very close but something about Blastoff is just catching me

Blast off would be mine, but his canopy section just won't stay down in vehicle mode, and the thighs on vortex are messed up, they don't move very well whatsoever, so I guess the whole wave is a wash and I will be replacing all of them as soon as they show up in stores, or maybe I'll pull a magnus and forget they exist b/c with my luck it probably wouldn't matter if I replaced them

I still have to replace my Motormaster. Oops.

By the way, anyone know what the slit in brawls hfg is for? Did hasbro just use part of the offroad mold for it? It doesn't fit onto offroad/ih, but first-aid can sport a nice set of cannons... medic with car cannons confirmed?

Generator_G1 wrote:No issues with Hound. His joints are tight all around. Pegs solidly thru like Rook.

Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:

Ironhidensh wrote:

Caelus wrote:

Generator_G1 wrote:Skylynx with his wave mates....

How well does your Hound hold together? Apparently Swindle might have some issues, and if those problems are apparent in Hound, as well, that might be quite telling.

Hellscream mentioned something about that. I bought Swindle the other day and he is just fine. Everything fits together perfectly, and when I placed him as an arm, I found him to be one of the most stable limbs in that mode.

Yeah, my Swindle is very stable in all modes.

This is very reassuring, thank you. I found the other three about a month ago, now, and have since been searching for Swindle. I'd hate to think that my search would likely end in disappointment.

Hellscream9999 wrote:So I guess mine is just another in a long string of qc middle fingers to my desire to enjoy these figures, not surprised

Yes, it does sound like you got swindled.
I'm sorry, I shouldn't make light of your misfortune, but it was all but killing me that no one had said it.

Crosscheck wrote:By the way, for people having issues with CW Brawl having a floppy waist or unhappy with the gap, rather than misassemble your Brawl and make him look stupid with the production stamp right on his groin, transform him as normal and flip the combiner peg down. It will keep the weaker of his connection points from disconnecting, but not obstruct his ability to turn his waist. It also helps reduce the gap in between his chest and waist. While not perfect by any means, it sure beats giving him a crotch tattoo of random numbers.

Yeah, that's been my approach - I don't trust my skills as a plastic surgeon. I ratchet his combiner peg down to about a 45 degree angle, and I plug his hand/foot in under his turret, hanging down over the back of his legs as a sort of kama. The peg keeps him from rocking forward, and the hand/foot keeps him from rocking backward (and it stores the hand/foot somewhere, which is a plus).

Caelus wrote:I'd hate to think that my search would likely end in disappointment.

Hellscream9999 wrote:So I guess mine is just another in a long string of qc middle fingers to my desire to enjoy these figures, not surprised

Yes, it does sound like you got swindled.
I'm sorry, I shouldn't make light of your misfortune, but it was all but killing me that no one had said it.

It's fine, I'm used to it, sure magnus hurt - twice, and swindle kinda made me lose hope in hasbro, but this means that if I ever do find him at retail, I can hopefully get one that doesn't make me want to kill myself

But I'm not holding my breath

Hellscream9999 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Got my combaticons, and I am happy. Brawl has floppy arms but the group is good. Swindle is properly done with mine Screamer. And honestly, don't hate me, but for some reason I am feeling Blastoff is my favorite. The colors and his nice mold make him really awesome to me. Swindle is very close but something about Blastoff is just catching me

Blast off would be mine, but his canopy section just won't stay down in vehicle mode, and the thighs on vortex are messed up, they don't move very well whatsoever, so I guess the whole wave is a wash and I will be replacing all of them as soon as they show up in stores, or maybe I'll pull a magnus and forget they exist b/c with my luck it probably wouldn't matter if I replaced them

If it makes you feel better, I also have the canopy issue with Blast Off. And while I don't remember Vortex having bad thighs, he does have a problem where, since the waist is very tight, the ball joints pop out whenever I try to put him in arm mode.

Generator_G1 wrote:

Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:Would it be too much to ask for a picture with Trailbreaker and Smokescreen as arms, Wheeljack and Hound as the legs (as that's how I'll be displaying him), and with the swords combined?
Also, are the legs and torso as loose on yours as they were on Chefatron's?


EDIT: And he does look awesome, especially with the PE hands and feet.

Ok. I'll try to take a pic of that configuration later today (stored him for the night already).

One of the hip ratchets (the left) on mine is looser than the right ratchet but nothing too bad. He's not gonna do a split if you put him on the table.

His shoulders do not lock so if you want to move the arms, you have to hold the shoulder first when moving the arms to avoid it moving back. His wings do block it from behind but since they also move to facilitate transformation, they won't stop the shoulder from moving.

Thanks mate!

Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Got my combaticons, and I am happy. Brawl has floppy arms but the group is good. Swindle is properly done with mine Screamer. And honestly, don't hate me, but for some reason I am feeling Blastoff is my favorite. The colors and his nice mold make him really awesome to me. Swindle is very close but something about Blastoff is just catching me

Blast off would be mine, but his canopy section just won't stay down in vehicle mode, and the thighs on vortex are messed up, they don't move very well whatsoever, so I guess the whole wave is a wash and I will be replacing all of them as soon as they show up in stores, or maybe I'll pull a magnus and forget they exist b/c with my luck it probably wouldn't matter if I replaced them

If it makes you feel better, I also have the canopy issue with Blast Off. And while I don't remember Vortex having bad thighs, he does have a problem where, since the waist is very tight, the ball joints pop out whenever I try to put him in arm mode.

Yeah, I had a similar problem with blades and a/b, it seems that the cup for the thigh is molded in such a way that it does not allow for simultaneous x/y/z movement, and the torso sits really low that it also interferes... glad to know we've got two more of these coming for victorion

DeathReviews wrote:

That Bot wrote:Death Reviews manage to be both entertaining and informative. Bravo!

I'm a little worried that the fist broke off, but are there any signs that the plastic is otherwise weaker than on the regular release? Maybe it was just a fluke.

Also, personal nitpick, these are not "repaints'. They are "redecos". The color of plastic they are molded in is not paint.

Well observed - the plastic itself on the figures is a different color, not just the paint. I'll remember that (foul mortal)... I take refuge in that there was, in fact, different paint on them as well, so 'repaint' is still technically correct...

Well the term "deco" encompasses both the plastic colors and the paint apps, and "redeco" similarly refers to changes to both of them. A literal repaint would be a figure molded in the exact same plastic colors as its initial release, but with altered paint apps. Again, just a pet peeve of mine.

Hellscream9999 wrote:By the way, anyone know what the slit in brawls hfg is for? Did hasbro just use part of the offroad mold for it? It doesn't fit onto offroad/ih, but first-aid can sport a nice set of cannons... medic with car cannons confirmed?

Oh, I thought that was just a goof on mine, especially since I got a First Aid WITHOUT the slit (I'm still annoyed at that, maybe I should contact Hasbro for a replacement). I didn't realize it was a more widespread problem. Anyway, I guess they probably put the wrong plate in the hand mold, resulting in Brawl's HFG having a knuckle slit.