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So I picked up Armada Megatron today. It's a great figure overall. Shoulders should probably be locked into place in robot mode, but it's honestly not too bad.
What I find myself loving/being frustrated by is that he's such a faithful sculpt of the original, and I LOVED that original toy. So when I'm holding him my muscle memory of the original kicks in and I end up trying to activate features this new guy just doesn't have. And on one hand that's fine. He's a different figure trying to do completely different stuff. And he pulls off what he sets out to do well. He's a full-sized transforming Armada Megatron who can pose in ways the original never could. And I'm not expecting firing weapons really, but the lack of spring loaded bits, including his knife hand, just leave me feeling like something was lost in all of this.
What I find myself loving/being frustrated by is that he's such a faithful sculpt of the original, and I LOVED that original toy. So when I'm holding him my muscle memory of the original kicks in and I end up trying to activate features this new guy just doesn't have. And on one hand that's fine. He's a different figure trying to do completely different stuff. And he pulls off what he sets out to do well. He's a full-sized transforming Armada Megatron who can pose in ways the original never could. And I'm not expecting firing weapons really, but the lack of spring loaded bits, including his knife hand, just leave me feeling like something was lost in all of this.
I blame the joyless grumpy people who derided Armada back in the day. People actually complained about the knife not being very impressive looking.
Being impressive wasn't the point. The point was that Armada Megatron never runs out of weapons. Just when you think he's out of ammo- *stab*
Being impressive wasn't the point. The point was that Armada Megatron never runs out of weapons. Just when you think he's out of ammo- *stab*
Armada Megs was a great toy and the knife was perfect. The final scene between him and OP in the show more than justified it as-is.
Honestly? I would have taken Armada Megs But With Knees. Which is sort of what we got? I'm happy for it, but I miss all the fun stuff we lost.
Armada was brilliant. It's still my favorite Prime and Megatron designs ever.
Only thing to come close since was Titans Return.
Seeing it in action, this is pretty clever: this one, single Jolt isn't too yellow for Hot Shot, and not too red for Powerlinx Hot Shot, since he falls in the middle.From the front page!
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And I don't say that just because I love orange.
Idk, much as I like having Jolt in an all new color, I still would've preferred getting two Jolts (one red, one yellow) packed in, even if it meant not getting the guns and blast effects. That might have gotten me to backtrack and get regular Hot Shot.
It's because Jolt was colored orange-ish in the cartoon, so Hasbro opted for show-accuracy.
Oh. Huh.
Neat.
Neat.
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Energon's up there, too, IMO-- mix-and-match Autobot combiners, Decepticons with ridiculous flipout weapons, and the Energon weapon/5mm business.
But, yeah, Armada was fantastic. Posability suffered some, but there were still figures like Red Alert.
Personally, I like the red Hotshot better, and much rather have the extra guns and blast effects. Mainly because I am planning on making a TF diorama soon, and those will come in extra handy.
I really wished that they had given the new to the little black knife. Even it was just a separate accessory.
"Sir! We have reports of that old man on the hill again."
"Again? He does know that hill is just a pile of unsold Armada Scavengers right?"
Seriously though, I am glad that you liked it. The initial concept had some great potential and some of the toys really showed off what the line could do, like Cyclonus and Demolisher. However, the rest of the line was mostly a disappointment to me. Coupled with the low quality of the tv show, I just don't have the fond memories of that line. Although I do love the Unicron repaints we got in the armada line.
That was a fun line! Not only did we get a ton of great TFs, we got Trypticon and Fort Max, we got spare heads for obscure characters, We got freaking Overlord in the US for the first time. And all the vehicles had cool little places for the little robots to pilot them.
Also, we got this:
I've said it before and I'll say it again. The Transformers brand is currently being run by fans / fellow nerds, and that has made the world a better place to live in.
I want to start by saying BBTS is a class act, but it's beyond coincidence now with Hasbro Q.C.
I just dropped over $100.00 on Transformers last week at BBTS. Package arrived today and the first one I open, (and have been looking forward to), I get this.
BBTS refunded no problem, and I re-ordered...but damn, Hasbro.
I just dropped over $100.00 on Transformers last week at BBTS. Package arrived today and the first one I open, (and have been looking forward to), I get this.
BBTS refunded no problem, and I re-ordered...but damn, Hasbro.
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