william-james88 wrote:Oh man, I wish it so much for you that you get a Gelshark.
ha! dont worry bout me. ill buy a MISB one if i have to.
william-james88 wrote:Also, I wanted ot post here because I am looking at reviews of Hasbro's Generation Skybyte and they are resoundingly negative. Granted, the deco on Takara's is insanely better especially for that asymetric chest). But there are problems said that I simply dont see. I will agree that the right arm is odd and lazy and awkward. But, the complaints about him looking down and being unstable don't hold any water. He has amazing balance due to the way the feet are made (also seen negatively). And this allows for a nice curvature of his spine which makes it really easy to place him in a pose where he looks straight.
he did get a bad wrap. and i initially had issues with him, but he's really grown on me.
the right arm is actually my only complaint now. but if you think about it its not that big a deal since he doesnt have anything to hold or reason to point the arm (ala classics megatron). so the fixed wrist aint no thang
incidentally, i really like the other arm because the fin/claw/pincer thing can actually open and close this time around.
as for the instability, i might be able to shed some light (just a theory though). when transforming his legs, theres a part where you snap the shins into the knees, making the legs quite solid. but when i opened mine (he's obviously packaged in bot mode) and his legs are not securely snapped together properly. so assuming the he was TF'd right, i thought "damn those are some awkward unstable legs". but then i TF'd him to shark, then back to bot, and i figured it out.
so... maybe people arent transforming him correctly...? either way, he is rather solid and is a pretty great figure.
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