Saw the Sunstreaker. Did my eyes deceive me or is he actually all one shade of yellow?
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yeah cuz it's a repackage of that one generations selects multipack version that swapped out the transparent plastic parts that had to be painted over in yellow with opaque yellow plastic (that instead just paints the windows blue)
Not at the moment. They keep rereleasing the normal SS86 Jazz with the transparent plastic.
Gotcha, thanks.
Its been a good week for finding things in the wild.
Soundwave....LOVE him. Not a fan of the cassettes in this one. I feel like they missed the mark. Cassette bots from Earthrise / Netflix are better IMO. When I have more time I want to get my Netflix Soundwave and cassettes out and do more side by side looks.
Astrotrain....What up slim? Skinny torso, skinny legs. Helmet covers up his eyes too much. I flipped the chest piece out, took me about 5 seconds to be tired of the gap now in his stomach. I think if he was upscaled to a leader or commander size, bot mode would look better. The lower leg / feet dont do it for me either. The more I look at him, the more of a generic Decepticon grunt I see. Honestly, kinda wish I had not bought him just based off of bot mode. I was excited when I saw him in the store and FOMO took over.
Sunstreaker. Obviously have not opened him yet. I just got the Target reissue a couple of months back but had not opened him yet because I was sad of the different shades of Yellow. Think Ill be very happy with this version. my first thought is his head looks a little small.
Soundwave....LOVE him. Not a fan of the cassettes in this one. I feel like they missed the mark. Cassette bots from Earthrise / Netflix are better IMO. When I have more time I want to get my Netflix Soundwave and cassettes out and do more side by side looks.
Astrotrain....What up slim? Skinny torso, skinny legs. Helmet covers up his eyes too much. I flipped the chest piece out, took me about 5 seconds to be tired of the gap now in his stomach. I think if he was upscaled to a leader or commander size, bot mode would look better. The lower leg / feet dont do it for me either. The more I look at him, the more of a generic Decepticon grunt I see. Honestly, kinda wish I had not bought him just based off of bot mode. I was excited when I saw him in the store and FOMO took over.
Sunstreaker. Obviously have not opened him yet. I just got the Target reissue a couple of months back but had not opened him yet because I was sad of the different shades of Yellow. Think Ill be very happy with this version. my first thought is his head looks a little small.
Isn’t Astrotrain already Leader class?
Oh yeah, he is. Maybe commander then for a better fit to the body? After handling him a bit more, I def think he was designed more for alt mode vs bot mode.
This Astrotrain looks terrible. I'd love to chat with whoever designed it, because I have a long list of designs I'd like him to try next. Like, I'm tired of designers trying to make Broadside cool. That's just not who he is. I want a proper dorky toy style Broadside. I have complete confidence that this designer could nail it.
Hasbro, if you want an answer to Missing Link, put this designer in charge. He was born for this assignment.
Hasbro, if you want an answer to Missing Link, put this designer in charge. He was born for this assignment.
I think for train or shuttle mode it might be worth it.
Very cool that you found that haul in the wild, @Darth_Prime. It's always such a nice dopeamine hit when I find something I want while I'm out and about.
I don't fault you for wanting to snag Astrotrain but yeah, that bot mode is just a page-one re-write, IMO. Soundwave looks great, but the cassettes are either a lateral move or a full step down for me.
I feel like design compromises have always been inherent to our hobby but of late, it feels like there are a lot of compromises being made. These coupled with the increasing cost/value scale are frustrating and disappointing to experience.
I don't fault you for wanting to snag Astrotrain but yeah, that bot mode is just a page-one re-write, IMO. Soundwave looks great, but the cassettes are either a lateral move or a full step down for me.
I feel like design compromises have always been inherent to our hobby but of late, it feels like there are a lot of compromises being made. These coupled with the increasing cost/value scale are frustrating and disappointing to experience.
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Interpreting this literally brings to mind the Blitzwing mold in Astrotrain colors.
The steam engine altmode is also an improvement.
Triple Changers usually have to sacrifice one mode to make the concept work. SS '86 Astrotrain might be the first time I've seen the robot mode draw the short straw.
it's because they know trains are better than lame robots. robots aren't even real. trains are real.
Every train transformer my nephew has is in train mode hanging around his Sodor stuff, so I'm not sure how to accurately counterargue that...
Maybe they're just REALLY good at disguise?
Maybe they're just REALLY good at disguise?