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That never appealed to me personally; besides the flip-changers, I didn't bother with the whole Machine Wars franchise. I can appreciate how it could be of interest to folks over in the States, however, not having recieved any of the Turbomasters or Predators the first time around. 3nodding

Overhaul is one of the figures I most want, but I don't think much of his rather mundane repaint... As far as I know, the only repaint option I'm considering is Swindle, as I have mentioned before. Oh, and Galvatron, of course. Bring 'em on, I say! biggrin

After planning on buying either the Vector Prime/Starscream two-pack or Optimus. I finally went to Toys R Us today and... didn't buy either?
Instead I bought Leobreaker and Mudflap, for $30, which last I heard, isn't a bad deal. I figure I'll wait a while on the two-pack, see if they begin shipping any where Vector Prime's sword and wings aren't bent out out of shape.

Mudflap is... pretty good! Epic? Eh, not yet. But he's certainly a good figure in his own right. With two Key features: A normal missile launcher and the longest blade weapon thing since Energon Starscream. He's blocky though, really blocky, I mean he looks like a G1 Animation model which leads to his vehicle mode being really compact. He has a neat symmetry thing going on in both looks and transformation. And when was the last time you saw a $20 Decepticon with an alt mode close to being this realistic?

Leobreaker I heard was pretty dissapointing. Well, he is. Okay, not entirely. His transformation is about an uninspired as they come, but that said, he's fun enough in his own right. His robot mode has rather undetailed legs, but in his lion mode they aren't as visible from the front. Regretably, he can't lie in the traditional Public Library fashion. He Giant Arm mode, well it's big... but... okay, it pretty much sucks. And sadly he's the only arm in the line. Well, he and his recolor.
I'd really rather a deluxe that can turn into an arm for either of the leaders, or maybe a $20 figure that turns into a pair of arms. But Leobreaker just seems like he was a last minute construction so there would be -somebody- to turn into an arm.
Hey, he's got long hair coming out of his head in a kind of akward fashion, but long hair is cool, right? Not going to both installing batteries in this guy, though. Could use some light piping, I know I say that about everybody but on him it would be especially great because they could also have his mouth glow. His claws? yea, whatever, they're Snikt, but I gotta wonder why, asidde from the fact they they make it hard to type, would he ever bother to retract them? Anyway, when I bring him home, he's getting Overhail's key so he can use both of them,

If Prime has a socket to attacha a new arm, then I certainly think the line should include a new arm to plug into it. I mean is it any sillier than dedicated pants modules?



Because of the way he's packed, the wings and his sword as curved in a rather nasty fashion. And.... I shoud have researched this first!

Fair enough - I don't yet own 'Cybertron' Optimus (or any of the figures from this line, incidentally), so I wouldn't personally know about the arm attachment component. That said, does it actually have to be an arm that attaches to this; couldn't it equally be made to suit a cannon, or some such? Seems more plausable to me...

I'll have to keep an eye out for these warping issues when I go to pick up my Starscream/Vector Prime 2-pack - thanks for bringing this to my attention. Question; what is implied by "other defects"...?

And doing a pretty pathetic impersonation at that... stare

Sonic Bomber, also known and soon to be released as Wing Saber here in the U.S.