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Might end up buying some non-dinosaur figures out of the animated line. That Soundwave figure is pretty rad; I don't really care about the character, so the face sculpt isn't a big deal. I do hope the "voyager" Prime has his face shield on, however.
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Might end up buying some non-dinosaur figures out of the animated line. That Soundwave figure is pretty rad; I don't really care about the character, so the face sculpt isn't a big deal. I do hope the "voyager" Prime has his face shield on, however.
Last edited by YellerDog; 01 Aug 2007 at 11:18 AM.
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Check the pics Bacon linked to, you'll see that he does, as well as get a much better look at the overall sculpt.Originally Posted by YellerDog
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Review of Leader Brawl:And check the attachments for something awesome Japan gets and we don't, yet again.Wednesday, August 1st, 2007 11:58AM CDT
Our own megatroptimus has just received Transformers Movie Leader Class Brawl and has decided to share a review of the figure. Now megatroptimus' review is only part of the excitement to come. Seibertron is putting something special together for latter this week! Until then enjoy megatroptimus' review:
Just got it this morning. I'll review as I play with it...
ROBOT MODE
Pretty big, like the other leader class toys. About the same size as Megatron, but more bulky. Detailing is great all over (although nowhere near as good as that custom we have recently seen on Ebay - there's only so much Hasbro can do for that price!). Gimmick are pretty cool : slide a lever forward on the right forearm to extend the cannons. On the left forearm, slide back the black plate to move the claws forward. Pushing down on the upper chest assembly will trigger lights and sounds (shoulder cannons + main cannon). The shoulder cannons light up green, the main cannon red. You hear a sequence of 3 different sounds (various cannon sounds) with lights flashing. Pretty cool. You can also activate the lights and sounds by pushing on the main cannon (it activates sounds #1, similar to the one found on Armada Megatron). Poseability is pretty good : head, shoulders (full range), upper arms, bicep swivel, elbows, poseable claws (all 3 fingers), hips, knee swivel, knees, feet and toes to some extent. Nice use of click joints too. Lower back leg kibble gets a bit in the way during extreme poses, but I don't think it's that bad. You get him to take very dynamic poses.
TRANSFORMATION
Holy crap, that wasn't easy! It requires a lot of manipulation to get from robot mode to tank mode. Automorph gimmick hides the head as push down the upper chest assembly. Arms cannons end up being stored in the lower legs through hinges and tracks and sides of the tank are spring loaded (as are the 2 cow catchers). The most difficult part was to fit the arms flush against the body to close the sides of the tank. Took a bit of massaging, but I guess it'll become easier after a few transformations. Moving the main cannon into place is also a challenge : you have to hold a spring-loaded panel on the side of the turret while you open a second one and move it over the main cannon while you swing it into place. Hard to explain, you'll see when you get it.
TANK MODE
Pretty much the size of G2 Megatron. Big and heavy! Turrets move independantly, main cannon moves up and down (at last!). You can activate the sounds and lights by pushing on the main cannon or by rotating the upper turret (the left side triggers a different side than the right). The tank rolls on 5 little wheels. There's even another twin cannon located on top of the 2nd turret. Brawl is armed to the teeth! Again, a lot of mechanical detailing all over. Too bad it gets a bit lost in the green. Also, the plastic feels a bit soft. Thick but soft.
Overall, it's an awesome figure and it has everything I'm looking for in a quality Transformer : size, complexity, electronics, gimmicks. DLX Brawl can burn in hell, Leader Brawl is immensely better. Is this the best movie figure? I don't think so, but it's quite close.
Overview of the features :
-lights (green for auxiliairy guns, red for main gun)
-sounds (3 different ones)
-automorph : head/chest, arm cannons, upper turret (minor)
-spring loaded cow catchers
-spring loaded tank tracks (front portion only)
-spring loaded turret panel
Meh, doesn't seem that awesome too me.
But I'll still buy it to mock you all. :P
You sir, are a hideous hermaphroditical character which has neither the force and firmness of a man, nor the gentleness and sensibility of a woman.
Nice. I love this new line. It's like a cross between the Gorillaz vinyl toys and Transformers.
replace Gorillaz with "foster's home for imaginerary friends" and you probably have exactly how this show was pitched.
"Ok, we got like this new movie out, right? And we got this new CN cartoon out, right? So, like, lets combine the two!?!?!?! Best show ever. Am I right!?! Am I right!?!"
".....BRILLIANT!, get on that STAT!"
Last edited by Fe 26; 02 Aug 2007 at 06:28 PM.
Foster's is rad, Transformers are rad, I approve of this course of action.
Soundwave with a guitar is what I was getting at, Gorillaz-wise. They kind of have a vinyl toy look to 'em in the prototype.
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Actually, you know, it dawned on me recently that its industry practice today that pretty much every kids show today HAS to have a kid as the main character, and I think that's a lot of the reason most people past their teens seem to hate them. I mean, honestly, who can really stand kids aside from other kids?
Most of our popular toons had older protagonists, action stuff like GI Joe, Transformers, Batman, and X-Men consisted of almost entirely adult/early adult casts; even lighter fare like Rocko's Modern Life and the Smurfs had few characters that seemed to be kids. Now look at the recent incarnations of these; the new Transformers has this stupid 6-year old girl, Batman is a high-schooler in the latest series, ditto for the X-men, the new series by Rocko's creator is about a bunch of kids at camp, and other original stuff is chock-full of grade-school protagonists; Billy & Mandy, Fairly Oddparents, Foster's Home, Avatar, El Tigre, the list goes on and on.
It's vexing. Our generation handled adult protagonists just fine, and one would think that inspiration would give rise to creators that would continue in a similar fashion. I guess it's just something borne of focus group testing, but as Poochy taught us, kids don't know what the hell they really want and should never be trusted to make decisions. Really I think it actually hurts in the long run, as I'm absolutely certain that toys and licensed product of adult characters historically sell much better than items featuring kids. Not many kids would go for a Codename Kids Next Door figure over a Batman or GI Joe one.
Last edited by Bacon McShig; 03 Aug 2007 at 01:56 AM.
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