Post Pictures of your Transformers: Autumnbots and Halloween Horrorcons!
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Its ACME, they are prefectly good products, its the user who fails to read the instructions fault for everything going wrong!
My Sky Report came in, so I finally have a fully powered up Optimus to battle my Megatron.
It also allows me to create Predacon-Armor Megatron:
Honestly, as much as i do love new characters and don't always like when they're co-opted into ill-fitting homages, I wouldn't say "no" to a stateside Hasbro release of all the Animal Tribe beasts in Predacon colors and all the Dinosaur Tribe critters in Dinobot colors. I'm a weak man.
It also allows me to create Predacon-Armor Megatron:
Honestly, as much as i do love new characters and don't always like when they're co-opted into ill-fitting homages, I wouldn't say "no" to a stateside Hasbro release of all the Animal Tribe beasts in Predacon colors and all the Dinosaur Tribe critters in Dinobot colors. I'm a weak man.
Is Megatron trying to dress up as GaoGaiGar for Halloween?
"Hmmm..." he says, looking in the mirror. "Needs more train."
I smell like a feather duster. A burning feather duster.
"Land, sea, and air, Elita Force is there!"
That yellow-gold looks REALLY good on that boat. In a different line with a different budget some more white to break up the pink in altmode would be appreciated, but I'm pleasantly surprised at how nice that looks.
That jet is still my favorite take on the character. Terrible stickers aside, it really stands out and fixes a lot of things that made the Starscream mold unappealing.
That jet is still my favorite take on the character. Terrible stickers aside, it really stands out and fixes a lot of things that made the Starscream mold unappealing.
Jet Elita is best Elita by my estimation. And really an ingenious use of retooling. I don't think anyone in the fandom had "Elita" as a retool option from Starscream, but I'm glad it happened.
I don't even mind the mould, even with its flaws as one of the less strong CW/PotP toros attempts.
It's really just let down by the stickers. Which would normally be where ToyHax comes in... only their stickers for Elita aren't cut properly. They overlap with transformation joints and hinges and are functionally useless.
The subpar Hasbro stickers really are the better option. At least they don't get in the way of transforming the thing.
And yeah, I agree about boat Elita's colours. The yellow just pops, and seems very fitting. You see boats and lifeguard gear with that bright yellow all the time, and it helps add some visual interest.
I'd forgotten until now, but I actually did get the Toyhax stickers for it, and it's been a while but I think I did notice that. Made some cuts where I could, and just didn't use the entire sheet (I find myself doing that more and more since they started doing windshield stickers, sadly). It's not a terrible torso, especially in some of the fanmodes, but it isn't great. I do wish she'd gotten better molds for the limbs, rather than one kinda plain bar-shaped mold four times. Fanmodes with the wider cars and helicopters bring more visually interesting shapes to the combiner, as opposed to the "triangle with stick figure arms and legs" vibe that can come with Orthia depending on the posing.
It's just such a pleasant surprise of a mold overall, especially after the early-wave-malaise of clunky, chunky Starscream. Although I would have liked a less warm pink (Legacy Elita has a nice shade). Same for Cyberworld Elita, which thanks to your pictures I can see seems to have the same warm pink (Hasbro may be going "but not TOO pink, okay" with these).
Shame about Cyberworld Elita's head seeming a bit narrow/pinched, but I suppose that comes with the wide helmet protrusions. I hadn't really planned on getting this one (for Cyberworld I mainly plan on Sky-Byte and maybe Chop Shop?) but it looks pretty neat.
It's just such a pleasant surprise of a mold overall, especially after the early-wave-malaise of clunky, chunky Starscream. Although I would have liked a less warm pink (Legacy Elita has a nice shade). Same for Cyberworld Elita, which thanks to your pictures I can see seems to have the same warm pink (Hasbro may be going "but not TOO pink, okay" with these).
Shame about Cyberworld Elita's head seeming a bit narrow/pinched, but I suppose that comes with the wide helmet protrusions. I hadn't really planned on getting this one (for Cyberworld I mainly plan on Sky-Byte and maybe Chop Shop?) but it looks pretty neat.
I absolutely love that Elitascream mold. I have had countless hours of fun cutomizing mine, trying out different options (she is currently being piloted by a female Diaclone Reboot pilot in an all-white deco to match, and she has a Gundam sword and shield, which integrates fully into her transformation). Hasbro's deco choice was...inspired!
Sad that Toy Brawn doesnt have his legs extended.
That forest green is just so, so good. As someone who spent too much time looking at the keychain Brawn in specialty store windows when that was the most G1 we were getting in the then-modern day, I'm strongly leaning toward getting this.
I do kind of want Alpha Stachio, too, though, so I may need to plan things out a bit...
I do kind of want Alpha Stachio, too, though, so I may need to plan things out a bit...
Young AT "By Primus, I'm going to look like that in a few cycles?"
Old AT "By Primus, what on Cybertron was I thinking back then?"