ALL THINGS TRANSFORMERS!!!!

[bcm77]

I don't know. They show some wear and have places where a price tag has been removed. They're not super mint by any means.

I may be wrong,it was just my first reaction when I looked at Sunstreaker and Trailbreaker as many of the other original G1 toys I've seen on ebay had a lot more wear and tear to the boxes.
If they are legit then so much the better as they are in fantastic condition.

 

[The Craw]

how's that animated prowl working out for you? do those star thingys fold up and clip onto his wheels?

 

[Bonehead15]

Bonehead15,
Are most of the G1 toys you got KO's?
Sunstreaker and Trailbreaker definitely are as the boxes look too good to be originals and they've never had an official reissue as according to Takara their molds are either damaged or lost which is also the case with Wheeljack,Mirage & the Dinobots.
Even if some of them are KO's it's still a nice haul.

Wrong. They are both originals.

There have never been KO reissues of either Sunstreaker or Trailbreaker which is why I had to buy originals.

Also the mold for Trailbreaker isn't "damaged" at all. It's been used several times. First for the TRU Hoist reissue and more recently for the E-Hobby Trailbreaker reissue a few years back. I've been trying to get one of those E-Hobby reissues but they've become rather hard to find so I deceided to just get an original.

I do have a few KO reissues: Gnaw X 5, Outback, Seaspray, and the Dinobots.

They' re great and I recommend them to everyone like me who wants a MINT loose G1 collection.

I own an original G1 Grimlock that I bought 10 years ago MISB and then opened for my loose MINT collection and it's identical to the KO. Same with Gnaw.

Now I wish they'd do a KO Scourge since I only got 3 of them and I need more Sweeps.

Animated and Shattered Glass reviews later today. :chew

 

[Elder_Predator2]

Bonehead, I ^^^^in' hate you sooooo much right now.

I do to!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Bonehead15]

Bonehead, I ^^^^in' hate you sooooo much right now.

same here!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I do to!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[bcm77]

Wrong. They are both originals.

There have never been KO reissues of either Sunstreaker or Trailbreaker which is why I had to buy originals.

Also the mold for Trailbreaker isn't "damaged" at all. It's been used several times. First for the TRU Hoist reissue and more recently for the E-Hobby Trailbreaker reissue a few years back. I've been trying to get one of those E-Hobby reissues but they've become rather hard to find so I deceided to just get an original.

I do have a few KO reissues: Gnaw X 5, Outback, Seaspray, and the Dinobots.

They' re great and I recommend them to everyone like me who wants a MINT loose G1 collection.

I own an original G1 Grimlock that I bought 10 years ago MISB and then opened for my loose MINT collection and it's identical to the KO. Same with Gnaw.

Now I wish they'd do a KO Scourge since I only got 3 of them and I need more Sweeps.

Animated and Shattered Glass reviews later today. :chew

I stand corrected!
A KO Sunstreaker is however mentioned in this link,

https://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=39063

 

[Elder_Predator2]

Hope you don't mind, but that's part of my sig now. I love that smiley thing.

 

[Bonehead15]

As I promised a few reviews.

As always please excuse my crappy camera pics.

I'm no expert critic so please no complaints. This is just my opinion.

I'll grade each character on a scale of 1 to 10.

Blackarachnia:

When I first saw this figure in the promo photos from Hasbro I thought that this figure was going to perfect but now that I have it I hate to admit it but it's a huge letdown.

The spider mode is pretty pathetic. She can't stand on her legs and the small 4 legs don't even touch the ground. Also you can see her robot feet and hands while in spider mode which is just pathetic. In robot mode there also is a rather large hole in her chest just under the Decepticon insignia. Her articulation is pretty good but not as good as the other TFA figures. Some wrist or forearm cuts would have helped a lot to get a decent pose out of her.

Her robot mode though is pretty cool and looks show acurate.

Grade 4. Not really bad but nowhere near good. A few tweaks here and there and Hasbro could have improoved this figure a lot. It almost looks like they got lazy.

Bumblebee

Bumblebee has always been one of my favorite characters so it's nice to get a new figure of him and it's kind of odd that there hasn't been another Bumblebee in any of the cartoons since G1. Armada had Hot Spot which was kinda a Bumblebee-ish character but I can't recall another Bumblebee since G1.

Anyways, his figure is great. The vehicle mode and robot modes are show acurate and both look awesome. Robot mode is very clean and has great articulation. One point I'd like to make on Bumblebee is how cool is transformation is. I was rather surprised just how the toy actually transformed. The way the front bumber and hood flip over the cab and form his legs is neat. If you look at his robot mode it appears that the hood of the cab becomes his chest but in fact it doesn't. His chest area is actually inside the cab and not even a part of the vehicle at all. It's nice that Hasbro can still "wow" me ever once in a while with the transformations even after almost 25 years of buying TFs.

I only found one problem with Bumblebee was his stingers which IMO are rather lame. I was hoping that his forearms would "flip over" like in the cartoon and then pop out but instead they just fold out of his forearms. This really isn't a complaint but I actually wish he was a tad smaller just so that he'd be more in scale with the other deluxe figures but it's not really a problem. He's only out of scale a tad.

Grade 9. Almost perfect.

 

[Bonehead15]

Prowl

Prowl for some reason is the one Autobot that I didn't like immediately but as the show has progressed he's become almost my favorite character. His toy is much like Bumblebee almost perfect. Both modes look cool and show acurate. His robot mode though is outstanding!! His throwing stars I thought we going to be stupid but I'm glad I was proved wrong. They are very cool and fit in his hands rather well. Also they snap on to his wheels and stay in place. In fact it's somewhat difficult to snap them out but after a few times you get the hang of it.

The only problem I found with Prowl was the fact that his arms and legs were easy to see in vehicle mode and I was able to transform him without even reading the instructions.

Grade 9. Like Bumblebee just a few minor problems.

Ratchet

I'll admit Ratchet IS my favorite Autobot character from the new show so my anticipation for this figure was almost double of that of the other characters.

Ratchet ends up being a great figure with only a few letdowns but nothing major. His vehicle mode is cool but nothing spectacular but it's show acurate. Robot mode though is were the figure shines. Robot is well designed and his head is show acurate right down to the broken "wing" on his head to the bumps on his face. His tools feature are OK but nothing special. The flip out magnets though are like Bumblebee's stingers a let down. They spring out but they end up looking like only half magnets and don't resemble the same magnets he uses in the show. He does have another nice feature that I'll mention in the Lockdown review.

Grade 8. The magnets are pretty stupid and I wish they were more show acurate.

 

[The Craw]

great reviews so far bonehead. keep em coming. im looking foward to the prowl and bumblebee myself. but why are bumblebee's boosters grey instead of black and yellow? that bothers me.

 

[Bonehead15]

Now for Lockdown.

First I knew that this guy was pretty big but he's HUGE for a deluxe figure. He's just as tall as Starscream. I'm quite surprised that Hasbro didn't release him as a voyager class figure just due to his size. For $10, MSRP, this figure is a steal.

As for the figure himself, he's perfect. I didn't take pics of any of the other figures vehicle modes just because I'm sure you've already seen the promo photos of them, but for Lockdown I had to just beacuse his vehicle mode is so awesome. No problems with it all.

His robot mode is just perfect. He's huge and menacing like he should be. In the cartoon he was abot the same size as Prime so hopefully he'll be in scale with voyager Prime. His hood transforms into his hook attachment for his arm.



He even comes with the EMP blaster that he stole from Ratchet years ago shown in the flashback in the episode "Trill of the Hunt." One nice feature is that the EMP blaster actually fits of Ratchet's arm. That is pretty cool and it's nice that Hasbro put that much kind of effort into these toys. Kudos to Hasbro.

Grade 10. Perfect no problems!!

Ratchet w/scar.

With EMP blaster

Now a few comparison photos to show scale.

 

[Bonehead15]

Also I'd like to add 2 more points to my Animated reviews. One good and one bad.

Good: I'm probably the only one who'll understand this but Hasbro got all the eye colors right on the figures. All the Autobots have blue eyes while the Decepticons have red eyes. I know it's a minor point but once again it's a nice touch by Hasbro to get this right.

Bad: All of the figures have grey insignias. WTF!?!?

What happened to the red Autobot symbols and purple Decepticon symbols? That's a big "no no" in my book.

 

[DarthNeil]

AICN reporting on the filming of Transformers 2 in Bethlehem, Penn (standing in for a Chinese location) and co-scripter Roberto Orci also let's it be known that (SPOILER slightly) that Soundwave (and possibly Ravage) will appear in the film.

https://www.aintitcool.com/node/36794

 

[Elder_Predator2]

I wish I had those right now.
Great pics Bonehead.

 

[The Ringer]

One question, I have seen these new movie transformers but are labled as premium series. What is the difference? They feel a bit more heavy so I am guessing they are made out of metal or something.

 

[Elder_Predator2]

Wrong, they are repaints of the same movie figs we got last year. It must be your imagination that they are heavier than the one from last year. I know BB comes with a new head, but I think every other "Premium" is a strait repaint.

 

[The Ringer]

Wrong, they are repaints of the same movie figs we got last year. It must be your imagination that they are heavier than the one from last year. I know BB comes with a new head, but I think every other "Premium" is a strait repaint.

Thanks for the answer man. Maybe I am just getting weak.

 

[Elder_Predator2]

I doubt your getting weak.

 

[Ra88]

Wrong, they are repaints of the same movie figs we got last year. It must be your imagination that they are heavier than the one from last year. I know BB comes with a new head, but I think every other "Premium" is a strait repaint.

The only other one to come with remolded parts is Prime, who now has the blade and a more accurate head (though the fins are way to long).

 

[Elder_Predator2]

Yeah, I forgot bout prime.