Actually.. you know.. if you swapped Grimlock and Snarl and turned them backwards, I think they might actually look better on the combined form. Grimlock would at least look like a foot then.
Turning Grimlock and Snarl around means their robot arms would be on the backside, which is how it works on the original Monstructor/Dinoking. I have to wonder if that was the plan at some point.
why is Grimlock of all things the most compromised when all he has to do is form a rectangle?
Don't forget the delivery option where the packaging is damaged en-route and the contents fall out of the delivery truck without being noticed by the delivery driver.
They see me scrollin'. They hatin'.
Just got L.E. Armada Megatron this week.
Concerning not just the figure but the line itself, my critiques are that while the overall products feel great in-hand, I've experienced some serious quality control issues. At the premium I pay to collect...I'm at a point in my life where I just think there should be more. Megs, (and the Skids I bought this week too), are great examples.
Aesthetically, the Megatron sculpt is faithfully and beautifully represented. He also feels not just solid, but downright "chonky". I would have waited an eternity for this character to have proper hips and ankles, but not at the expense of losing his shoulder mobility. I realize that there is articulation at the shoulders, but this new version does a worse job than the original and, at the price, it should be a better design. There should also be better attention to detail with paint apps throughout the production process. The half-painted faux track on Meg's right shoulder is inexcusable...especially when the picture on the box I couldn't see through was painted correctly.
The lack of accessories is also inexcusable. However, concerning the Skids I bought, he was missing the rifle he was supposed to come with. I don't know if this is because at some point it slipped out through the open-window package, or it just wasn't put in, but it is really disappointing for the price. I have the receipt...If I can find another at Walmart, I guess I'll exchange him. ( Was also missing the Golden Disks from my Ark...but that is a crisis for another time.)
Back to Megs. For $60, If Hasbro isn't going to include the gimmicks and accessories that made the original so great, It kind of feels like I'm buying the character incomplete. It shouldn't be unreasonable to get Leader-One, eight to ten 5mm Minicon port plugs to make the new play pattern retro to the old line, some launching missile effects for the turret launcher, and a clear energon blade accessory for Meg's left-hand port. IMO, this shouldn't be something collectors have to go searching for as expensive, obscure pack-ins or 3p add-ons.
This is all feedback...I'm not bitching. I want Hasbro to excel. I also WANT to love this new version of my favorite Megs, and so I DO.
I know there are finely-tuned budgets that Hasbro has to stay within, but it is the same for overly decadent collectors as well, and even more so for the single mother of three who somehow still found a way to put food on the table and make sure I had a Fort Max for Christmas. For my money, it's time to be as accountable to the consumer, Hasbro. Make it happen on what you have to work with, it can be done. T3h power is yours.
Ending on a positive note, here's my Megs upgrading himself with Construx-Armor before Armada Unicron's hunters detect his temporal anomaly and come looking for him. Who needs a Dark Saber, right?
*Edit: The turret launcher also needed to be 5mm so it would fit on Meg's hand port as well....but that's just icing on the cake at this point.
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I've got to say, Armada Megs is just . . . disappointing. Like, all I wanted was the original with proper articulation. But not at the cost of every gimmick, accessory and for a frankly lazy and disappointing transformation sequence.
It's a solid figure. Nothing is terribly wrong with it, but there's just not much to it. He needs something.
It's a solid figure. Nothing is terribly wrong with it, but there's just not much to it. He needs something.
I'm fine with ditching some gimmicks but the knife is badly missed.
Whoever designs the shoulders like that needs to get fired
Probably the same guy who over-complicated Legacy's Laser Prime.
If they're different guys, fire them both.
I've not yet seen a case where it was necessary to design the shoulders that way. Some designer just personally likes it.
Or told not to do that sort of thing again, Legacy Laser Optimus has the same problem, they nail the general look but then, do something stupid with the arms thinking its cool and all they really had to do was just copy the original and make a few changes to the feet and install a matrix chamber while having the head store differently for vehicle mode!
I do wish the desginers would engage with fans a little more, just so that they can get a sense of how to update a character, I know they taken the feedback from the legacy Prime desgins into consideration which is why legacy Prowl looks much more closely to his animated counterpart, the legacy Acree has become the new Sideswipe, where they try to milk the mold as much as possible
OR just not bother with a Matrix chamber all together.
ALL they had to do was downsize the original figure, include no LEDs (helped by the downsizing), and add ankle tilts and wrist swivels.
But NNNOOOOOOOoooooo. They just HAD to increase the parts count, over-complicate the transformation, add a Matrix, and give him stubby arms, a chest Astrotrain could land on and legs longer than some Supermodels.
Plus, savings on the figure could've be passed on to the trailer so they could have done....something.
I HATE this mold, and hate even more the fact I'll soon own 3 of them. We finally get a Toxicon (Botcon notwithstanding) and he has to come out like this.
ALL they had to do was downsize the original figure, include no LEDs (helped by the downsizing), and add ankle tilts and wrist swivels.
But NNNOOOOOOOoooooo. They just HAD to increase the parts count, over-complicate the transformation, add a Matrix, and give him stubby arms, a chest Astrotrain could land on and legs longer than some Supermodels.
Plus, savings on the figure could've be passed on to the trailer so they could have done....something.
I HATE this mold, and hate even more the fact I'll soon own 3 of them. We finally get a Toxicon (Botcon notwithstanding) and he has to come out like this.
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Eh the matrix chamber doesn’t affect too much overall. I won’t use it more than once but I can take it or leave it.
Now, the floating shoulderpads design looks godawful when raising the arms more than 30 degrees, restricts articulation and is just plain silly with the flap at the front trying its best to pretend to be a cohesive whole. There’s a reason the myriad robot franchises have shoulders that don’t work like that.
Now, the floating shoulderpads design looks godawful when raising the arms more than 30 degrees, restricts articulation and is just plain silly with the flap at the front trying its best to pretend to be a cohesive whole. There’s a reason the myriad robot franchises have shoulders that don’t work like that.
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I am very excited for both of the Origin sets. They are exactly the kind of thing we used to get from BotCon in the most delicious way.
I'm a little frustrated by them because I love Senator Shockwave and like Ratbat but Orion and Megatron would absolutely end up in a box never looked at or thought of again,
-ZacWilliam, Mostly I'd just like the Shockwave for the colors.
-ZacWilliam, Mostly I'd just like the Shockwave for the colors.
Yeah, the Senators are neat but not must haves and I already have one Orion Pax, so these sets are primarily about Miner Megatron, who looks fantastic and is going to look so good next to the War Dawn guys.