by Autobot032 » Fri Apr 10, 2015 7:09 am
- Weapon: Switch Blade Tail
That peg sticking out of Rook makes me think I can use it to affix Groove to him, somehow, and if that's the case, great. I really don't like Rook, at all. I find him ugly and way too blocky, he's rather ridiculous looking, I think. I'll use him as a Defensor limb, only and nothing else.
As for the current, finished combiners as of now, here are my thoughts:
Superion's a bit more solid than Menasor and while I do like Alpha Bravo, a lot, he does throw off the set for me. I get why people like him, he's a solid figure and I do enjoy him, but in vehicle mode you've got four planes and all of a sudden, a helicopter. It just doesn't flow well for me and I think Slingshot will fit better, even though he's just a repaint with a new head.
As for Offroad, mine's less than stellar. He's quite a bit floppy and his parts don't want to lock together tightly, which sucks. I'm getting Wildrider because Offroad didn't do it for me, but I'm seriously disappointed in HasTak for making him a straight up repaint of Dead End with no remolding. (The only reason I'm letting Slingshot slide, aside from making the team more cohesive, is that Fireflight's mold IS Slingshot's actual alt-mode...) Now, if Offroad had been more solid and the color scheme had worked a bit better, I'd be glad to keep him and skip Wildrider.
I don't mind having Offroad in the team because you've already got a truck mixed in with cars, so a pickup with a killer engine strapped to it's bed is nothing terribly out of place and even adds some oomph to the team, but the same just doesn't work for Alpha Bravo, with me.
That doesn't mean Offroad and Alpha Bravo have no place in a collection, quite the opposite, but it is nice to be able to make both teams feel like old school G1 without much added cost or effort. Plus you end up with two new figures on top of Slingshot and Wildrider and that's even better.
NOTE: Realize that I am not a perfect Christian, nor do I profess to be. I apologize if anyone's ever offended by me, I'm not perfect. Don't hold my posts and opinions against other Christians.
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