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No. What it actually is is that the Scouts are compatible with the drone Minicons from the $20 sets.

That's it, I'm out. I'll probably return the set I have for something better. Is Jetblade any good?

Did you like Dirge? I don't have him, managed to miss it, pissed at myself.

I missed him too, otherwise I'd probably have a good idea about Jetblade. Looked pretty good though.

I might be able to get behind these if there are any Cybertronian looking teams in the works. (Out of scale Earth vehicles annoy me enough on their own, even without the other problems this line seems to have.)

I really wanted to be more enthusiastic about this line.


Dom
-25 years, and still no good merge teams.

I miiiight get the dinosaur merge team, just out of misplaced love for dino-related TFs. Not promising anything, though.

Also, Dirge is pretty okay. He's not amazing, but is not half bad. I mean, I liked Thrust more, but I get the feeling I liked Thrust more than most people. Robot mode's a little clunky, especially with the tailpiece kibble, but he's got a fun transformation and a neat-o robot mode. If it's a choice between Jetblade and the Power Core guys, I'd say go with Jetblade, but I don't think that mold's cool enough for me to get two of.

Just a quick jump in late in the thread. I have 2 of the basics, they range between lame and ultrasuck. The minicons in the 2packs are crap, they don't peg together, they don't turn into anything, you just reposition limbs and you have some random trashy cheap-looking thing. Of the 2, Caliburst has some value in his other modes thanks to his kibble gears, while Backwind is possibly the worst TF I've ever had.

As for the figures themselves, Huffer is lazily done but isn't too terrible even in core mode, just not particularly good (especially at the pricepoint). Searchlight is unbearable though, a helicopter only from the sides and front, the back and bottom visually are just robot bits folded around. Bot mode has a lot of big kibble and shoulders that just appear from more kibble, not tied into the chest, and not locked down. Awful awful awful. Both figures suffer from the PCC blue combiner blocks showing, Huffer it's not too bad while Searchlight all 4 of them are right in your face in both modes sucking more life out of this turkey.

I might get 1 of the multipacks on sale, but I think PCC is really more Zzz.

Dominic wrote:I really wanted to be more enthusiastic about this line.

You and me both. It infuriates me that I'm more excited about the line that's just GI Joe-ing the same 20-odd 1984 guys again, instead of the line that's giving us a ton of brand-new characters and unexplored concepts. Your execution has failed my dreams, Hasbro!

Dom
-25 years, and still no good merge teams.

This is the obligatory part where I go: Liokaiser, Magnaboss, Tripredacus, Build King, JR-fuckin-X.

ROTF Legends Devastator was okay too.

JRX/Railracer is pure win. I really think that was the perfect combiner. It had actual hands and feet and a head and did it all proportionately without parts forming. On top of that, it was sturdy and poseable as hell.

Shockwave wrote:JRX/Railracer is pure win. I really think that was the perfect combiner. It had actual hands and feet and a head and did it all proportionately without parts forming. On top of that, it was sturdy and poseable as hell.

If only the center piece could have been more than the waist and hip armor! Still, I have to agree. Great combiner.