BWprowl wrote:Well, I liked the claw and the axe. Really, all the problems you mentioned could mostly be fixed with paint. I'm just saying, I rather like him. I'm not saying you have to, but I do. Not enough to plunk down for the ROTF version, mind...Onslaught Six wrote:The giant, non-movie-accurate legs, with absolutely no paint on the robot detail bits? The crappy claw-grabber thing? The lack of a gun? The shitty axe? The way the face is moulded so it doesn't actually look a thing like the movie model's face? The screwholes in his shoulders? The nerfed thumb articulation? (And, actually, his whole hand.)
Everything about this toy screams out Mediocre, Could Have Been Way Better, and in the much crappier ROTF colours, he's a definite pass. Should've waited, Sparky.
I don't think such a thing exists. The regular flavor Insecticon is a pretty clear homage to Barrage though, which is awesome.You mean Shrapnel!Chromehorn Forest Type.
Ah, that's a lie, the Insecticon repaint as Shrapnel that I always wanted was primarily black and had purple and yellow details.
I like Ratchet too. Got the Premium version from the last movie, definitely the best release of the toy thus far. It definitely is pretty average (I recall Dom liking it a lot), and does suffer from inaccuracy and shoddy gutted gimmicks, but I cannot call him a bad toy, as he's better than many of his contemporaries by sheer merit of not sucking as hard. Heh. Not ''exciting', but an acceptable purchase.
Also, I heart Forest Chromehorn, he's snazzy. The Barrage homage of the original wins me over more, though. Insecticon is the only Terrorcon I really wanted to troopbuild, I have this epic mental image of a diorama full of them bursting out of the ground and marching slowly across a hillside, chainguns blazing.
Anyway, I got stuff:
ROTF Mixmaster
Mixmaster is a horrible fucking mess. I like vehicle mode, it's a nice chunky size and has good accurate cement pouring bits, but the transformation is horrible, vague, and no fun at all, the robot mode is a kibbly unsatisfying mess, and I swear there's a proper third mode in there somewhere but damned if I can find it. onslaught86 does not recommend this toy.
Seriously though, how long have you fiddled? Cause I didn't think much of him on my first attempt either (although, my first attempt was to put him in G1 foot mode and... actually that went well and now that I think about it, that was why I liked him out of the box). Anyway, everything actually does lock or peg down so there is a definate robot mode there. So keep fiddling, you may warm up to him. I wasn't actually that successful or that impressed with his actual robot mode first time out, but then I hadn't pegged everything down properly either. Also, totally get Long Haul. He's a good toy.
