New Galleries: Minicon Deployers Fracture with Airazor and Drift with Jetstorm
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New Galleries: Minicon Deployers Fracture with Airazor and Drift with Jetstorm
Drift, the Samurai and Fracture, the...well, random nasty Decepticon (voiced by none other than Kevin Pollak!) compete head to head with their Mini-Con partners in tow. Each bot is dangerous on their own, but deadly when together!
The Deployer figures do fully transform from robot mode to vehicle and back, although it tends to be heavily simplified and is built around the launcher and it's gimmick. What gimmick, you ask? Well deployment of the Mini-Cons, of course!
In vehicle mode, Drift launches Jetstorm out of the nose of his car form to send him blazing (literally, I might add!) into battle! Because of this, Drift's car mode tends to suffer visually, where as Fracture wins this round because of his altmode being that of a hoverbike, he comes with a sidecar that doubles as his deployment launcher!
While the articulation and transformations are simplified, it is the first Deluxe Class sized Fracture we've received in the toyline, so far and much like Drift, you have to buy him to obtain the Mini-Con he's partnered with. (They're worth it. Fun little buggers!)
That's not all! Collect the entire waves of Mini-Cons for form Energon beasts using their translucent armor pieces! Wave 1 creates what seems to be an Energon tiger, while bits of wave 1 and most of the armor from wave 2 creates a shark! Who knows what wave 3 has in store, but it's going to be fun to see! (I personally cannot wait. These are fun little gadgets, both the Deployers and the Mini-Cons. Throw in the extra of Energon build a figure and you're in for a treat!)
Enough from me, on with the show! Click on any of the images below to be taken to each figure's respective gallery:
Transformers: Robots In Disguise (2015) Drift
Transformers: Robots In Disguise (2015) Jetstorm
Transformers: Robots In Disguise (2015) Fracture
Transformers: Robots In Disguise (2015) Airazor
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Posted by RhA on August 21st, 2015 @ 5:42am CDT
Posted by Henry921 on August 21st, 2015 @ 6:21am CDT
As is, saddened by missed opportunity.
Posted by Yweggo on August 21st, 2015 @ 7:45am CDT
Fracture I like a little bit better, still want him more for the Mini-Con.
Also, shouldn't Slipstream be the one packaged with Drift? I seem to remember Jetstorm not like Drift that much.
Posted by Sabrblade on August 21st, 2015 @ 8:44am CDT
Bounty hunter.Autobot032 wrote:Drift, the Samurai and Fracture, the...well, random nasty Decepticon
Then again, so too was Drift a bounty hunter as well.
Posted by Noideaforaname on August 21st, 2015 @ 8:48am CDT
.... and Drift STILL doesn't have his 'stache in the right color.
Posted by Yweggo on August 21st, 2015 @ 10:02am CDT
Noideaforaname wrote: But truth be told I think it's more damning the little guys can't plug into the big bots' arms.
It really is. I thought both Drifts should have tabs on his arms for Mini-Cons. I mean really, that's basically how Slipstream and Jetstorm travel. Same with Airazor and Divebomb. With Fracture that might be slightly harder to pull off though 'cause of the way they designed him. But with the Drifts? No excuse. Its a pair of small tabs on his fore-arms, that look to me like they end up as his car doors. At least on the deluxe figure.
I heard somewhere that any Mini-Con is compatible with either deployer, can any verify that?
Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 21st, 2015 @ 2:25pm CDT
Posted by RAcast on August 21st, 2015 @ 6:11pm CDT
Would it be nice if they had at least basic arm swivels? Yeah, but I knew what I was getting when I grabbed it, I just wanted to snag one to check out. It's won me over on the mini-con portion of the line for sure.
The deployers on the other hand... well they're kinda terrible. I don't plan to pick up either of them, but I sincerely hope we get a proper deluxe Fracture at some point down the line.
Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 21st, 2015 @ 6:18pm CDT
RAcast wrote:I (finally!) found wave 1 yesterday on my way home from work, and I picked up Divebomb on a whim. He's so cool! Not only are the colors fantastic, he's just a fun little guy to fiddle with. The clear energon bits are a big win for me, the effect is great in both modes.
Would it be nice if they had at least basic arm swivels? Yeah, but I knew what I was getting when I grabbed it, I just wanted to snag one to check out. It's won me over on the mini-con portion of the line for sure.
The deployers on the other hand... well they're kinda terrible. I don't plan to pick up either of them, but I sincerely hope we get a proper deluxe Fracture at some point down the line.
They're not just 'kinda', they definitely are terrible. It would have been cool, if it had been a slot launcher in they're chest, and were also satisfying voyager class figures; but, as they are - definitely garbage
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 21st, 2015 @ 9:09pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on August 21st, 2015 @ 10:12pm CDT
Transformers Adventures Drift
Transformers Adventures Sideswipe
Transformers Adventures Jazz
Posted by william-james88 on August 21st, 2015 @ 10:16pm CDT
Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 21st, 2015 @ 10:37pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:I mean come on!
Transformers Adventures Jazz Gallery
Transformers Adventures Jazz Gallery
Oh, I'm right there with you. This is straight-up garbage (just remember, all that paint was sacrificed for all of those easy-change pieces of $hit)
Posted by william-james88 on August 21st, 2015 @ 10:39pm CDT
Hellscream9999 wrote:
Oh, I'm right there with you. This is straight-up garbage (just remember, all that paint was sacrificed for all of those easy-change pieces of $hit)
I am still not over that heavy retooling spent on those 3 step changers.
Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 21st, 2015 @ 10:49pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:
Oh, I'm right there with you. This is straight-up garbage (just remember, all that paint was sacrificed for all of those easy-change pieces of $hit)
I am still not over that heavy retooling spent on those 3 step changers.
Yup, just remember that every time you wonder where all the 's are
It may be a little vicious (yet, probably true), but between these easy-things, and the existence of a superior simple series, I just think the rid'15 easy-things have 'corporate suit decision' scribbled all over them
Posted by Seibertron on August 21st, 2015 @ 11:05pm CDT
Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 21st, 2015 @ 11:18pm CDT
Seibertron wrote:Sideswipe and Drift are also significantly different. Different shades or "oranges" on Drift and "reds" on Sideswipe. Sideswipe also has different text and the black in his vehicle mode is replaced with red on Takara's version. Sideswipe's wheels are also different. Drift has red paint on his vehicle mode doors, plus his goatee is painted.
Yeah, TT's Drift is staggeringly better on all accounts (especially his face)
Posted by Sabrblade on August 21st, 2015 @ 11:23pm CDT
Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 21st, 2015 @ 11:35pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:How are the shoulders on Adventure Sideswipe? Did Takara fix them?
Doubtful, apparently some of the 'clash' sideswipes' shoulders hold
Posted by Seibertron on August 21st, 2015 @ 11:52pm CDT
Hellscream9999 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:How are the shoulders on Adventure Sideswipe? Did Takara fix them?
Doubtful, apparently some of the 'clash' sideswipes' shoulders hold
The shoulders seem the same on Takara's version. Haven't opened my Clash of the Transformers Sideswipe yet. Will update you guys when I do his gallery in the next week hopefully.
Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 21st, 2015 @ 11:53pm CDT
Seibertron wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:How are the shoulders on Adventure Sideswipe? Did Takara fix them?
Doubtful, apparently some of the 'clash' sideswipes' shoulders hold
The shoulders seem the same on Takara's version. Haven't opened my Clash of the Transformers Sideswipe yet. Will update you guys when I do his gallery in the next week hopefully.
I think the most noticeable feature of TT's sidswipe are the blue tron rims, they just add so much to the figure for some reason.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 22nd, 2015 @ 12:06am CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 22nd, 2015 @ 12:06am CDT
Seibertron wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:How are the shoulders on Adventure Sideswipe? Did Takara fix them?
Doubtful, apparently some of the 'clash' sideswipes' shoulders hold
The shoulders seem the same on Takara's version. Haven't opened my Clash of the Transformers Sideswipe yet. Will update you guys when I do his gallery in the next week hopefully.
Mine held and are still holding well, so hopefully yours is as good
Posted by william-james88 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 12:10am CDT
Hellscream9999 wrote:Seibertron wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:How are the shoulders on Adventure Sideswipe? Did Takara fix them?
Doubtful, apparently some of the 'clash' sideswipes' shoulders hold
The shoulders seem the same on Takara's version. Haven't opened my Clash of the Transformers Sideswipe yet. Will update you guys when I do his gallery in the next week hopefully.
I think the most noticeable feature of TT's sidswipe are the blue tron rims, they just add so much to the figure for some reason.
I love how Takara did that on a few of them and I would have loved if they did it on Jazz. The metallic blue in the wheels on TAV 21 Prime is really awesome.
Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 12:15am CDT
william-james88 wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Seibertron wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:How are the shoulders on Adventure Sideswipe? Did Takara fix them?
Doubtful, apparently some of the 'clash' sideswipes' shoulders hold
The shoulders seem the same on Takara's version. Haven't opened my Clash of the Transformers Sideswipe yet. Will update you guys when I do his gallery in the next week hopefully.
I think the most noticeable feature of TT's sidswipe are the blue tron rims, they just add so much to the figure for some reason.
I love how Takara did that on a few of them and I would have loved if they did it on Jazz. The metallic blue in the wheels on TAV 21 Prime is really awesome.
Yeah, it would have really fleshed him out as a figure more, or really, colored rims on all of them, either the tron circle, or silver rims. I don't care that it may not be show accurate, but, really, I hold that as a fault of the show, rather than the figures.
Posted by Va'al on August 23rd, 2015 @ 4:56am CDT
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Transformers Adventures Toys'R'Us Prime
Transformers Adventures Roadblock
Transformers Adventures Targetmaster
Transformers Adventures Fixit
Transformers Adventures Underbite
Posted by Emerje on August 23rd, 2015 @ 5:57am CDT
Emerje
Posted by RAcast on August 23rd, 2015 @ 6:51am CDT
Posted by Stuartmaximus on August 23rd, 2015 @ 7:14am CDT
RAcast wrote:I can't believe how much I like that silly Optimus redeco.
I know
& it's in giraffe colours
Pity it doesn't have a long neck! lol
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 23rd, 2015 @ 7:25am CDT
Posted by Va'al on August 25th, 2015 @ 8:32am CDT
Clash of the Transformers Optimus Prime
Clash of the Transformers Bumblebee
Transformers: Robots In Disguise (2015) Sideswipe
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 25th, 2015 @ 9:20am CDT
Posted by Va'al on August 25th, 2015 @ 11:31am CDT
Clash of the Transformers Megatronus
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 25th, 2015 @ 2:24pm CDT
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on August 25th, 2015 @ 2:28pm CDT
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Still waiting on a good and proper Megatronus figure
Same here.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 25th, 2015 @ 2:31pm CDT
SillySpringer wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Still waiting on a good and proper Megatronus figure
Same here.
I know the warrior was announced, but it needs to be revealed and come out. I am notoriously impatient
Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 25th, 2015 @ 2:48pm CDT
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:SillySpringer wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Still waiting on a good and proper Megatronus figure
Same here.
I know the warrior was announced, but it needs to be revealed and come out. I am notoriously impatient
They've already done the reveals for the rest of the year, so next set of reveals will be later at some point
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 25th, 2015 @ 2:50pm CDT
Hellscream9999 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:SillySpringer wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Still waiting on a good and proper Megatronus figure
Same here.
I know the warrior was announced, but it needs to be revealed and come out. I am notoriously impatient
They've already done the reveals for the rest of the year, so next set of reveals will be later at some point
Yeah I remember. i just want it to happen. Impatience
Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 25th, 2015 @ 2:57pm CDT
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:SillySpringer wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Still waiting on a good and proper Megatronus figure
Same here.
I know the warrior was announced, but it needs to be revealed and come out. I am notoriously impatient
They've already done the reveals for the rest of the year, so next set of reveals will be later at some point
Yeah I remember. i just want it to happen. Impatience
Oh, yeah, I need me an awesome Thunderhoof, like, last week. If I never get one, tables will be flipped so hard, Prowl will be impressed
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 25th, 2015 @ 3:00pm CDT
Hellscream9999 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:SillySpringer wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Still waiting on a good and proper Megatronus figure
Same here.
I know the warrior was announced, but it needs to be revealed and come out. I am notoriously impatient
They've already done the reveals for the rest of the year, so next set of reveals will be later at some point
Yeah I remember. i just want it to happen. Impatience
Oh, yeah, I need me an awesome Thunderhoof, like, last week. If I never get one, tables will be flipped so hard, Prowl will be impressed
Prowl ain't got nothin on the table flippin I will do if thunderhoof and others do not come out
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on August 25th, 2015 @ 3:01pm CDT
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:SillySpringer wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Still waiting on a good and proper Megatronus figure
Same here.
I know the warrior was announced, but it needs to be revealed and come out. I am notoriously impatient
They've already done the reveals for the rest of the year, so next set of reveals will be later at some point
Yeah I remember. i just want it to happen. Impatience
Patience is a virtue good sir.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 25th, 2015 @ 3:03pm CDT
SillySpringer wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:SillySpringer wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Still waiting on a good and proper Megatronus figure
Same here.
I know the warrior was announced, but it needs to be revealed and come out. I am notoriously impatient
They've already done the reveals for the rest of the year, so next set of reveals will be later at some point
Yeah I remember. i just want it to happen. Impatience
Patience is a virtue good sir.
One I tend to ignore. I do not practice the patience that I preach sometimes, like right now
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on August 25th, 2015 @ 3:31pm CDT
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:SillySpringer wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:SillySpringer wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Still waiting on a good and proper Megatronus figure
Same here.
I know the warrior was announced, but it needs to be revealed and come out. I am notoriously impatient
They've already done the reveals for the rest of the year, so next set of reveals will be later at some point
Yeah I remember. i just want it to happen. Impatience
Patience is a virtue good sir.
One I tend to ignore. I do not practice the patience that I preach sometimes, like right now
It's okay, I'm kinda the same way right now about UW Devy.
Anyways I think it would be cool if Takara made a Megatronus in the same class as that giant Optimus Prime they made.
Posted by X3ROhour on August 26th, 2015 @ 1:06am CDT
no knees?
no poseablity?
no accuracy to scale or show?
weaponry is a joke.
did the makers just say "who gives a crud? kids don't notice anyway."
what the eff?
Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 26th, 2015 @ 1:09am CDT
Z3ROhour wrote:WHAT'S THE FRIGGIN DEAL!?
no knees?
no poseablity?
no accuracy to scale or show?
weaponry is a joke.
did the makers just say "who gives a crud? kids don't notice anyway."
what the eff?
That's basically it, some corporate guy thought that to counter 'overly complex' transformations, was to remove them altogether
Posted by Madeus Prime on August 26th, 2015 @ 12:01pm CDT
Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 26th, 2015 @ 12:07pm CDT
Madeus Prime wrote:So much more potential in this mold then is utilized. I really dig this design and was planning on getting the Warrior version- Oh wait a second, that never existed despite being listed.
That should be the tag line for this series: 'You like that character? Forget it, their not gonna get a figure'
Posted by Madeus Prime on August 26th, 2015 @ 12:29pm CDT
Hellscream9999 wrote:Madeus Prime wrote:So much more potential in this mold then is utilized. I really dig this design and was planning on getting the Warrior version- Oh wait a second, that never existed despite being listed.
That should be the tag line for this series: 'You like that character? Forget it, their not gonna get a figure'
That would explain why we've got so many toys of characters I dislike immensely. I'm looking at you 'Bee.
Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 26th, 2015 @ 12:31pm CDT
Madeus Prime wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Madeus Prime wrote:So much more potential in this mold then is utilized. I really dig this design and was planning on getting the Warrior version- Oh wait a second, that never existed despite being listed.
That should be the tag line for this series: 'You like that character? Forget it, their not gonna get a figure'
That would explain why we've got so many toys of characters I dislike immensely. I'm looking at you 'Bee.
It wouldn't be half as bad, if they would just scrap that easy-junk line
But, imagine, we're getting to a point where we can say 'when I was your age, we only had one bumblebee figure, and that had a waverunner!'
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on August 26th, 2015 @ 2:36pm CDT
Hellscream9999 wrote:Madeus Prime wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Madeus Prime wrote:So much more potential in this mold then is utilized. I really dig this design and was planning on getting the Warrior version- Oh wait a second, that never existed despite being listed.
That should be the tag line for this series: 'You like that character? Forget it, their not gonna get a figure'
That would explain why we've got so many toys of characters I dislike immensely. I'm looking at you 'Bee.
It wouldn't be half as bad, if they would just scrap that easy-junk line
But, imagine, we're getting to a point where we can say 'when I was your age, we only had one bumblebee figure, and that had a waverunner!'
I like Bumblebee, but he's overrated. Personally I think characters like Blurr should get more love.