Skyquake87 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 26, 2019 8:20 pm
This is great. I've liked the Siege toys I've bought, but I've not been totally sold on it because of the focus again on the '84/'85 characters who, in the main, have been well represented already.
My take as well. The line's been good but the character selection for the first few waves couldn't have been more vanilla. This wave actually illustrates that perfectly for me -- Crosshairs, Spinister and Apeface just needed to exist to get me interested, since none of them have gotten proper new toys since the 80s. Astrotrain (the unaligned wheels that Tantrum mentioned aside) looks to be as good or better than the lot them, but thanks to the Classics and TR figures and a bevy of third-party offerings, he's definitely the least-interesting of the bunch.
Denyer wrote: ↑Fri Jun 28, 2019 1:32 pmAstrotrain being leader class does would reduce interest, although leader class these days probably just means the same sort of size as the ToyWorld one I've got.
I'm having a hard time judging how big he'll be. I think most people are hoping that he'll be the same size as TR Blitzwing and Octane in robot mode? The other Siege leaders are so small, but Astrotrain doesn't seem to have a pile of add-on armour parts like they did. Does that mean he's bigger? Or does he have armour-up parts that we just haven't seen yet?
Denyer wrote: ↑Fri Jun 28, 2019 1:32 pmApeface and Spinister, still the same reaction as initially -- the club/con Spinister redeco approach would have worked but getting a new mould sells it even more. Apeface has lots of character, clearly someone had fun designing.
At first glance, Apeface seems like he's one of the more well-rounded Triplechangers we've gotten in modern times. All three of his modes are solid, and like you say, he's got lots of personality. Hopefully the final product turns out to be a lot of fun.