by Grahf_ » Thu Dec 31, 2015 3:56 pm
- Motto: "I am the seeker of power."
- Weapon: Razor Tipped Wing Swords
Something isn't enough like the original G1 figure/character so I'm going to complain about it.
Something is too much like the original G1 figure/character so I'm going to complain about it.
Blaster was always shown to be taller than the standard Autobots and was always eye to eye with the likes of Ultra Magnus, Megatron and Soundwave. If anything, Jetfire is the one that's out of scale as he should be much taller than even Ultra Magnus and Blaster as he towered over Optimus Prime who's roughly the same size as those others. Also, while we would all like seekers that scale with the standard Autobots, they used to tower over them just like Megatron, Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, Soundwave and Blaster used to. The standard Autobot is supposed to be smaller than the standard Decepticons and later Autobots and Autobots that were rebuilt to be larger like Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus. I understand not liking that as I too would like my figures to all scale with each other better in robot mode regardless of any preconceived notion of what things used to be. However, I'm just trying to point out the hypocrisy of some people with things like this. They want certain things to follow the G1 scale and designs to the letter but then when they do it with other things, some of those same people then complain about it.
So how the hell is Hasbro supposed to know what to do if people complain about things NEEDING to be exactly like G1 and then when they give it to us, people (oftentimes the SAME people but also many different people) complain about things NOT needing to be exactly like G1.
Yet all I care about is if the figure is "good" or not overall. Does it look "cool"? Does it have an acceptable amount of articulation? Does it transform well? Do I like the alt mode/modes? Are the gimmicks intrusive? Are there any glaring flaws with the design that can't be fixed and if so, do I even care? Is it a character that I need again even though I already have an acceptable one and if so, can I use one as a different character or do I even care if I own both versions at the same time? Sure, I would absolutely love it if all the robot modes scales "properly" with each other but really, what exactly IS the proper scale that they should adhere to? There isn't one as nobody will all agree on just one.
If you don't like Blaster being an ultra class figure then you have options. Use or keep using the FoC voyager version. There's also the Device Label version which is roughly voyager sized as well. Not to mention that there's the Universe redeco of Cybertron Soundwave that is also a voyager. Those might not be ideal to what you're looking for in your Blaster but if the ultra class isn't either then you're out of luck.
Yes I said ultra because that's what they are. I have ultra class figures that are larger than the current leaders and all of my older leader figures are like twice the overall size/bulk and weight of the current ones. They're just ultras with the electronics ripped out and the plastic thinned and stretched out to make slightly taller figures in robot mode but are overall the same size as ultras.
For the record though, despite the leader seekers meeting most of my criteria, I haven't exactly tried to get them as I don't like how tall they are. Well that is to say that I really don't like the price of them more than anything. If I could get them at a good low price then I'd buy them up real fast so long as there wasn't something else I wanted that was more important. They look really cool and I really like the Jetfire mold overall. Also, while I don't like how much taller they are than then a lot of others, I do actually like that too. So yes, I'm a hypocrite as well. I'm just not crying about it and have moved on.
's in Leader and then went and made Soundwave a Voyager, thus making them out of scale.
