What does Death think of the coming offerings (besides
"where the heck is leader Swoop")?
Terrorcon Novakane: Looks like a repaint of that... other Rise of the Beast figure whose name I can't recall. Pass!
Core 86 Frenzy (Red): Repaint of Core 86 Rumble (Blue). I'll pick one up, just because I have all the other Micromaster cassettes. Good thing he's not hugely expensive!
Core Noah Diaz Exo Suit: I never saw RotB, so I presume this is a character from that film. I have no attachment to the character, and don't see anything that tempts. Looks like a flip-forming G1 Aerialbot throwback. Pass.
SS Deluxe Nightbird: More of the movie-verse figures, which I generally eschew. Pass.
SS Voyager 86 Ratchet. NOOOO! After demonstrating they knew how to NOT use clear plastic with the Ironhide/Prowl "Dead" Pack - they show with this that they've learned
nothing! And once again they wimped out and didn't use medical crosses on the shoulder. So it will never be 'accurate'. Most likely a pass.
SS 86 Commander Ultra Magnus: Interesting. I'll have to see more of this before I make any decision. The proportions seem a bit off in robot mode.
Shattered Glass Sideswipe/Rodimus Pack: I don't have any of the SG figures, and I don't see anything in THIS set that makes me want to break that record. Pass!
Powerlinks Hotshot/Jolt: Didn't care for Legacy Hotshot and never bought it. So I'm not planning to get it even bundled with a Jolt minicon. Pass!
Decepticon Four Pack: They're all based on the SS Bayverse figures. I didn't get them when they were separately sold, and even if these have new paint and some altered sculpting, it's still a hard pass.
Kaskade & Javelin 2 Pack: Siege Moonracer returns, and a heavily resculpted SS Bumblebee movie Arcee. Pass.
Nacelle: It's based on the Siege mold, and I divested myself of all those quite a while back. New colors doth not a new figure make! Pass.
Nova Prime: I admit, the wings look pretty boss. But it's still Siege Ultra Magnus with modified sculpting. At leader prices, a repaint/remold becomes harder to justify because of all the space they take up. Pass.
Menasor Five Pack: I've already got Legacy Menasor, and even if they did some tweaking with this set, it would be hard to justify paying full price for the same figures. I'll have to see if they've done anything that makes this set worth selling the original Legacy figures and replacing them with these.
So, in the end? Not seeing much that makes me want to line up and put any of them on pre-order. Most of them are passes, with a couple of tentatives. And you would think, when setting up the photos to show off these figures, that SOMEBODY would have taken a little more care to make sure they don't look....
weird. Even the G1 Megatron figure is laughing at this one....
hope it doesnt have QC issues right out of the box.
