Mayhem Transformers Discussion: United We Shelfwarm

[Copper Bezel]

I don't mind the alt mode because it's in the same space as movie Hound and he's also Bulkhead. But yeah, there's no way to get a good Bulkhead out of an Optimus and this toy isn't pulling off any unexpected magic. (And if it hadn't needed to be Optimus, they could have used a version of this kind of vehicle with a rounded cab or a sloped windshield to imply Bulkhead's body type. A military supply truck isn't that big a leap from an APC, but there are plenty of trucks of that kind with cabs that look like a Bulkhead torso and they chose the worst option.)

And the proportions wouldn't bother me as much if they weren't the most boring possible proportions for a robot truck man, like a goddamn Mars Converters. If it was different from Bulkhead but still good, maybe that'd be okay. But it's not, and the fact that this toy is meant to represent a dude with a distinctive silhouette , one that would add welcome variety to a shelf of typical robot men, just sharpens that "boring" into "insulting".

Why are his arms so damn small? X /

 

[unluckiness]

IIRC because they need to fit inside the cab for transformation

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

No interest in it as Bulkhead, but if they can get a decent Pyro out of the mold, I might be down.

 

[unluckiness]

I don’t think there’s enough of a paint budget on an entire wave of retail toys to make a satisfactory Pyro but it’d be cool to see the attempt

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

AlienAttack Toys OPG-01 Optional Girl M3 Version

Must have, this is a must have.

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Ever looked at Bayverse Prime and thought, "You know what this design needs? A rack."

 

[Princess Viola]

At least it makes Bayformers good.

 

[unluckiness]

I've never given thought to animu girl Bayformers Optimus but now that I have, somehow, a flannel shirt and daisy dukes seem more appropriate than... that.

Also, dirty blonde instead of like, Hatsune Miku hair.

Edit: Also, also, wow, that thing's huge, like Hot Toys tall.

 

[Haywire]

Ever looked at Bayverse Prime and thought, "You know what this design needs? A rack."

I actually think Michael Bay himself has thought exactly that.

 

[unluckiness]

Looks good so far but hard to say given how it's clearly a test shot. Looks like they reworked the transformation since the gorilla pecs were clearly the crotch plate in the first prototype.

 

[Sharkshadow]

I thought that was a brave toy for a second.

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

I'd make a "hung like a gorilla" joke but it's too obvious.

 

[unluckiness]

That big gold part on his robot mode chest is most likely Predaking's ass.

 

[Copper Bezel]

That's going to be a good looking monke with paint. Definitely looks like he fits the vibe of the rest of the team.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Not spiky enough. 7/10 - IGN.

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

Not spiky enough. 7/10 - IGN.

 

[unluckiness]

Toyworld: We have a partsforming crotch, head and forearms.
These guys: Hold our entire leg

 

[Blot]

Someone dug up those pre-Combiner Wars era posts of "what if Hasbro made the gestalt a Build-A-Figure pack in with the regular toys since they will never do combiners again" and decided there was a market for it, huh?

 

[CoffeeHorse]

This is what happens when third parties browse TFW2005 too much.

 

[Copper Bezel]

Am I seeing that right that the figure splits in half, with the top half hiding inside the foot and the bottom half plugged into a slot on the combiner shin? Is this like a GoBots Courageous thing?

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

It's good enough for Legacy Menasor, I guess.

I still don't have a modern Devastator, and looking at this, that will continue to be true for the foreseeable future.