In-box image of Animated Jetfire and Jetstorm
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008 6:39PM CDT
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Posted by Zeds on October 2nd, 2008 @ 6:45pm CDT
Posted by Omega Charge on October 2nd, 2008 @ 6:52pm CDT
Posted by Jaz-Zen on October 2nd, 2008 @ 6:58pm CDT
Posted by ACIDSTORM on October 2nd, 2008 @ 7:07pm CDT
Posted by DavidT on October 2nd, 2008 @ 7:12pm CDT
Still Looks like Poo!
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Posted by Solrac333 on October 2nd, 2008 @ 7:25pm CDT
Posted by Bumblethumper on October 2nd, 2008 @ 7:31pm CDT
Safeguard is a bit... I dunno. I guess maybe the idea is that individually they represent 2 extremes, but together they balance each other's craziness out. Or maybe their mission is to 'guard' a 'safe'. Or protect the allspark or something. Other than some reason like that, it'd be a bit ... weak.
Posted by StryderPrime on October 2nd, 2008 @ 7:44pm CDT
Posted by HighPrime on October 2nd, 2008 @ 7:47pm CDT
Bumblethumper wrote:I thought Firestorm would be a much cooler name for the combined form of Jetfire and Jetstorm(get it?).
Safeguard is a bit... I dunno. I guess maybe the idea is that individually they represent 2 extremes, but together they balance each other's craziness out. Or maybe their mission is to 'guard' a 'safe'. Or protect the allspark or something. Other than some reason like that, it'd be a bit ... weak.
Or maybe Hasbro is getting ready to trademark the name again since it was last used quite a while ago as the name of Vector Prime's mini-con.
Or maybe they really like Safeguard soap.. these guy kind of look like a bar of soap when combined.
Posted by muswp1 on October 2nd, 2008 @ 8:24pm CDT
Posted by ayenlou on October 2nd, 2008 @ 9:48pm CDT
I messaged Derrick Wyatt at his blog regarding the Jetfire and Jetstorm figures. And here's what he had to say about it...
"I wouldn't rush to judgment on the Jetfire and Jetstorm figures yet. Those are some pretty terrible pictures that are out there right now. The pictures I saw way back of the grey prototypes looked really good. And yes, of course they have hands! In both robot modes! The promo pics are just mistransformed. Once they are properly transformed and posed out, they should look pretty cool. "
SWEEET!!!!
Posted by Counterpunch on October 2nd, 2008 @ 10:03pm CDT
Posted by Autobot Firestorm on October 2nd, 2008 @ 10:30pm CDT
Fail.
Posted by Autobot032 on October 2nd, 2008 @ 11:31pm CDT
Posted by Firebird on October 2nd, 2008 @ 11:40pm CDT
At least the comic gives me more of a reason not to pick this up.
Posted by Autobot032 on October 3rd, 2008 @ 12:17am CDT
TF Fail: Makes Baby Primus Cry.
Posted by Menbailee on October 3rd, 2008 @ 12:20am CDT
Posted by Bumblebeast on October 3rd, 2008 @ 12:34am CDT
Posted by shortround on October 3rd, 2008 @ 12:41am CDT
Posted by Prowl1529 on October 3rd, 2008 @ 3:27am CDT
Posted by Autobot032 on October 3rd, 2008 @ 5:25am CDT
shortround wrote:I have to say it would be more fun to stand in a hockey net and take nut shots than get these figures.
Um...by the end of it, people are gonna wonder...which one's the puck?
Posted by Mykltron on October 3rd, 2008 @ 6:46am CDT
shortround wrote:I have to say it would be more fun to stand in a hockey net and take nut shots than get these figures.
You mean you'd rather get hit in the balls repeatedly with hard, fast moving objects than lose $25? Man, you're a real miser!
Yeah these two are disappointing, although I like they way the robots combine - I've not seen it done like that before. But they should have at least given them more differences in the mold. And putting one jet on top of the other doesn't constitute 'combining' in the transformers style for me.
Posted by TFBuyer on October 3rd, 2008 @ 8:14am CDT
Posted by Cyber Bishop on October 3rd, 2008 @ 8:32am CDT
Posted by Dachande on October 3rd, 2008 @ 9:12am CDT
Sadly, these fail to meet any of my expectations. My opinions are as follows:
-First off, the fact that they combine is a let-down. There's no need or purpose. The only excuse is that maybe they have polar opposite personalities and even out when combined. Prozac works (and looks) better.
-Secondly, these figures are more gimmick than worthwhile. Automorph and sound chips are fine with me (as long as they work, which so far, all of the figures I've purchased with these features have worked), but to make a combiner just for the sake of making a combiner makes this less than appealing.
-Last of all, the names. There is nothing here that says Jetstorm or Jetfire. I guess until they're in the series, there really won't be a noticable tie to their namesakes.
I've felt left-down by Shockwave, and now these. If it weren't for some of the other really great figures from this line taking up the slack, I might re-think some future purchases.