RPMs Bumblebee (Commander Series) - um, it's a Hot Wheels-style car with a painted robot mode sculpt embossed onto the undercarriage. Wow. And they even painted his name under the sculpting. Packaging is clever, shows off everything and carries character over well. Vehicle mode is fairly accurate but could be a little sharper and not so tall. Wheels are too narrow. Underside sculpt reminds me of wall sculptings, no pretense of filling the whole undercarriage. Colors are good. Car is from first movie, no hood scoop. Stands on its tail well. No die-cast hurts. Rolls fairly well. Compared to the Hot Wheels Camaro, it's indentations around the midsection are less shapely, and its haunches aren't as bold, the front end isn't as bold, rear window isn't as defined, and it has no interior; its only advantage is the movie-accurate wheels and paint (minus the Autobot logo on the hood).
Rampage01 wrote:I don't think think Rampage is that bad. I can certainly see room for improvements, but from what I see in my short time with it (just found 'em at Wal-Mart), its a neat little toy. Of course, since he seems to be an homage to my namesake, I'm perhaps a bit biased.
Or maybe I just have bad taste.
Or maybe both.
Nah, but what do you think is neat about it?
Dominic wrote:Soooooo.......would this be a bad time to mention that Rampage and possibly the other Constructicons might be troop-builders? No, really. Read the adaptations.
They explained about how
the Constructions can build larger and larger simply by adding more guys
in the Hasbro Sunday panel, it sounded stupid to me.
Sideways is worth getting. I will fiddle and review more later. Beware of paint schmootzing thoug.
I'm definitely holding off for Dead End, the repaint/retool, that thing looked great in the booth.
I have noticed plenty of "left a piece out" trouble with toys I have picked up, across several price points.
I don't understand what you mean.
Chromia: The blue she-cycle does not look like it combines. And, as with the first movie's Arcee, it is way too big. It looks like Hasbro's plan is to release 3 recolors of one toy as the same character and to make people buy them. I Am skipping this one.
Chromia, Arcee, and 3rd bike that's a repaint of Arcee do have a combination system worked out already in the toyline,
but Hasbro said the combiner bike thing has been dropped from the film anyway
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BWprowl wrote:Okay, I'll give it more detail tomorrow, while I let it gestate, but I have to say now that I almost COMPLETELY disagree with JT on Rampage. Bulldozer mode is fine, with one floppy, poorly-designed piece, and the jackhammer mode is a laughable write-off,
So far, you aren't COMPLETELY disagreeing with me on Rampage.
but his robot mode is WORLDS OF AWESOME! He's a kickass, four-legged, spider-beast robotthing, and he rules. His head even has spider elements incorporated into it, and I can easily see them envisioning the tread-whips as web-type things.
Wow, I think there's a serious lack of reality in that claim. He's a kickass
what thing? IMO, he looks like a 2-legged robot that had 2 unrelated legs slapped onto the back because he doesn't have feet. And that spiderweb/whip thing isn't even tenuous, it's all in yer head, me bucko. It kinda reminds me of Dr. Loveless in the Wild Wild West movie, and not in a good way, in a "half a guy slapped onto unrelated legs" way. So what ELSE about this mode do you like besides the spider element which we don't agree on is that solid? What specifically works besides those interpretations stated, is what I mean.
Onslaught Six wrote:Now I'm hearing conflict on Rampage! Time to wait for more people to buy him before making a decision.
Who am I kidding? I'll get him anyway.
Sucker.
Did anyone get Demolishor? I've been wondering if his shovelhands are held on by screws, and if I can undo those and swap it around so his robot mode looks (slightly) better.
His elbows are screws, should be reversible from there. But man, this toy sucks ass through a cock straw. So few parts, so little going on even for a Voyager, just lame as shit. Save your money, especially if you're going to piss it away on crap like Rampage, at least that thing has tons of parts and creative failure, Demolishor is lame and bores.
Seriously though, he's a nifty little robot with articulation in spades for his size class, though he can't make the most out of it. Legs are particularly tricky, as they're digitigrade, with big boat-halve feet that have to splay to the sides to work properly. Arms are good though, with double elbows, hunged thumbs, bicep swivels, ball shoulders, and jointed shoulder armor. Also, the rocket pods are on ball joints to let them aim, which is awesome. The head's really restricted, but the piece it's attached to is a bit loose, meaning his head has a lot of wiggle to it, which is a bit irritating. Still, a really neat little robot mode.
