harvester wrote:Caelus wrote:harvester wrote:I bet Rampage has an easy time falling over. Looks to be very top-heavy with thin legs. I still totally want it though =p
I think he has the option for four legs though, a la the cult classic Beast Wars Transmetal II Scarem! And also Cybertron Red Alert.
Is there a mode people put Cybertron Red Alert into that has four legs?
I haven't seen it done in a long time but back when he first came out there were a number of pictures in that form. Just pulled out my Cannonball figure and transformed him to make sure I wasn't thinking of someone else. With the legs split lengthwise and at the pelvis, he can stand on the tips of his toes giving him sort of a spidery look. Of course, I couldn't tell you what the point of that would be. Red Alert/Cannonball/Crankcase/Kup doesn't sport enough firepower to suggest a need for an optional high stability mode. I guess it could be an all-terrain mode? Or perhaps it steadies Red Alert while he performs battlefield surgery?
Although, if you leave his arms and head in place when transforming him, stick a gun (e.g. G2 Bruticus's rifle) in his left hand, and active his flipout cannons, he makes a neat sort of walker tank.
P.S. I for one like Rampage and to a lesser extent Demolishor/Scavenger - it's nice to see tractor treads that aren't solid molded plastic with little wheels hidden underneath. I will almost certainly get Rampage. I'm only dissuaded from Demolishor because of the cost. Their monstrous look doesn't bother me, being as they're supposed to be scary villains.
As far as their not combining, I don't see how they could. If the individual robots' parts snapped together tightly enough in vehicle mode to make Devastator structurally sound, we'd be breaking plastic and pinching fingers every time we tried to transform them into their individual robot modes. I'm sure a person could easily kitbash a combined form from these fellows, but it will probably be a look-don't-touch piece.