Dagon wrote:Easy Tiger wrote:Silverbolt seemed a weird mold choice at first, but...
If you turn him around in jet mode and stick guns in his hands, you've got the beginnings of a vaguely lobster/crawfish silhouette.
I wonder, given what they've done with Ram Horn, if this is the angle they'll take. If so, then
It doesn't seem a little stupid to turn a toy around or use a fan mode as the alt mode for a convention exclusive figure? The fandom that often freaks out over mistransformed figures in stock photos thinks it would be acceptable to half transform a fire truck or turn a jet backwards and have that count as an official transformation?
Generally speaking, I agree. I'm sure I'd have found the fan modes suggested for the Hot Spot mold very off-putting if FunPub had used them. Sometimes, it works, though.
Indeed, I still prefer the alternate "hooded" transformation for Runamuck and Runabout over the official transformation that give both characters Wheeljack's wings, which don't suit the characters.
(For those who haven't seen that transformation, here: http://blackrockstoybox.blogspot.com/20 ... rmers.html )