Video Review - Transformers Age of Extinction One-Step Changer High Octane Bumblebee

Hmm...not bad.Weirdly better than the 2014 camaro one step Bumblebee

Burn wrote:

Lockdownhunter wrote:*Sighs* Another non transforming Transformer??Very weird.

How is it weird? We've had non-transforming Transformers since 1990.

Oh,I did not know about that.Anyway, thanks for the info.

Lockdownhunter wrote:

Burn wrote:

Lockdownhunter wrote:*Sighs* Another non transforming Transformer??Very weird.

How is it weird? We've had non-transforming Transformers since 1990.

Oh,I did not know about that.Anyway, thanks for the info.

Do you self a favour and check out Action Masters

I see everyone is conveniently forgetting that Hasbro and Takara have been making non-Transforming TF figures since 1985.

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decoy

GuyIncognito wrote:I see everyone is conveniently forgetting that Hasbro and Takara have been making non-Transforming TF figures since 1985.

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decoy

But those were made as tokens for a board game, I would not really count them

i had that decoy megatron as a kid, and could never understand what was up with his arms. its obvious (first time ive seen it since childhood) but i JUST figured it out. its his strange chrome gun and sword he never actually used.

william-james88 wrote:

GuyIncognito wrote:I see everyone is conveniently forgetting that Hasbro and Takara have been making non-Transforming TF figures since 1985.

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decoy

But those were made as tokens for a board game, I would not really count them

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Decoy

The board game came AFTER the figures. Also...

"Naturally, Takara were not so unwise as to limit themselves to releasing these figures with the game alone: three large box sets were also released encompassing all fifty-three figures that made up the series."

The game was essentially nothing more than "Compare the numbers. Higher number wins." Very similar to Bot Shots, but with no transformation.

"The figures were also available individually, through "gachapon" capsule machines, in a variety of different colors including red, blue, yellow, green, orange, sky blue, pink, tan and white."

"In 1987, Hasbro imported the figurines and branded them as "Decoys", randomly packaging them with the smaller carded toys of the time."

Spin it any way you want, the fact remains: Takara has been making non-transforming TF figures since 1985, and Hasbro's been selling them since 1987.

Lockdownhunter wrote:Hmm...not bad.Weirdly better than the 2014 camaro one step Bumblebee

I wouldn't say better just different as the 2014 Camaro has slightly better articulation.

2014 One step bb


That looks ugly.


High octane bb



Slightly better.

Could someone please comment...regarding Evasion Prime and voyager Grimlock set is that an exclusive somewhere or what?

Nemesis Destron wrote:Could someone please comment...regarding Evasion Prime and voyager Grimlock set is that an exclusive somewhere or what?

Kmart.

Lockdownhunter wrote:2014 One step bb


That looks ugly.


High octane bb



Slightly better.

The 2014 is miss transformed. The arms flip out more giving a bicep and wrist swivel. Like I said not so much better than different.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Lockdownhunter wrote:2014 One step bb


That looks ugly.


High octane bb



Slightly better.

The 2014 is miss transformed. The arms flip out more giving a bicep and wrist swivel. Like I said not so much better than different.

I know he is mistransformed because I have him.I am talking about the overall look not poseability.If you count the poseability, then yes he is better than high octane.Other than that, no, not really.

Sabrblade wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:Could someone please comment...regarding Evasion Prime and voyager Grimlock set is that an exclusive somewhere or what?

Kmart.

Thank you Sir.

ive just opened up my SDCC dinobots and had my first experiences with snarl and voyager grimlock. while theyre really nice looking, and decent toys, i feel there enough of a precedence now for an official name change of "age of extinction".

i propose:
Transformers 4 - Gorilla Arms

......

...

seriously.
does every figure in this line have gorilla arms?

most of the dinobots have them, though the vehicle-based guys all have normal arms if i remember correctly.

Does Snarl have them too?

yes he doesn, though you can work around it a bit due to the design of his wrists

We have additional in-hand images of the Platinum Edition Dinobots Unleashed set thanks to blogger Blacklai. The Dinobots feature translucent plastic. You can see many of the images mirrored below and you can click any of the images to see many more.

As interesting as these repaints may be, I just dont find them desirable. I think there's just too much going on with each figure.

they are cool but i think they are just boring.

So much for being movie-accurate.

I guess Takara's Black Knight redecos are the most movie-accurate ones, though why Strafe still has yet to be given one is beyond me.

Wow. I was so excited for better looking dinobot figures. This is disappointing.

While Slug, Strafe and Scorn look pretty good (aside from the fact they're supposed to have blue eyes) Grimlock and Slog look really bad. There's way too many translucent pieces and in the wrong spots too. Grimlock is the worst looking figure here. Why the yellow? It's like someone messed up and said "ohhh... the yellow was for the G1 repaint... oops" Slog looks like a hot mess and I REALLY don't like his neck being so transparent when in dinosaur form. I guess I could buy this set for the 3 Dinobots and sell the other 2.

You guys are impossible to please. I find this set to be totally awesome looking, moovie accuracy be damned.

I'd still have to pass because of budjet and space restrictions. I now have a new rule. To avoid repaints of molds that I already own as much as possible. And because I only need one voyager and one deluxe to complete my fruity dinobots set, I'll have to pass.

-Kanrabat- wrote:You guys are impossible to please.

All I want are toys that look like the Dinobots that were in the movie. I fail to see how this is too much to ask for.

These all look SO good! Especially Scorn! Grimlock looks alright, but that yellow makes it look like someone spilled mustard on him. Also: While I like Scorn, I must ask why him and not Snarl?

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:These all look SO good! Especially Scorn! Grimlock looks alright, but that yellow makes it look like someone spilled mustard on him. Also: While I like Scorn, I must ask why him and not Snarl?

Cuz he was in the movie? It's the movie Dinobots plus Slog.

Sabrblade wrote:

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:These all look SO good! Especially Scorn! Grimlock looks alright, but that yellow makes it look like someone spilled mustard on him. Also: While I like Scorn, I must ask why him and not Snarl?

Cuz he was in the movie? It's the movie Dinobots plus Slog.

Hm, I figured they were going for a G1 group with the fact that the "correct" ones were there, except for Scorn. Eh, again, not that I mind, Scorn is awesome.

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:These all look SO good! Especially Scorn! Grimlock looks alright, but that yellow makes it look like someone spilled mustard on him. Also: While I like Scorn, I must ask why him and not Snarl?

Cuz he was in the movie? It's the movie Dinobots plus Slog.

Hm, I figured they were going for a G1 group with the fact that the "correct" ones were there, except for Scorn. Eh, again, not that I mind, Scorn is awesome.

The SDCC set plus Amazon Slog was the G1 group.

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:You guys are impossible to please.

All I want are toys that look like the Dinobots that were in the movie. I fail to see how this is too much to ask for.

I agree. Though I wonder if the point of this set was to provide us with more movie accurate decos. Was that ever mentioned anywhere officially? because if not, then I do not understand it's purpose.

Sabrblade wrote:

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:These all look SO good! Especially Scorn! Grimlock looks alright, but that yellow makes it look like someone spilled mustard on him. Also: While I like Scorn, I must ask why him and not Snarl?

Cuz he was in the movie? It's the movie Dinobots plus Slog.

Hm, I figured they were going for a G1 group with the fact that the "correct" ones were there, except for Scorn. Eh, again, not that I mind, Scorn is awesome.

The SDCC set plus Amazon Slog was the G1 group.

Bah! It would be nice if we could get ONE set at retail instead of it being an overpriced convention exclusive. Oh well, at least I can get that Autobots United set. That's a BBTS Exclusive, right?

That smoky clear plastic and weathered chrome is just ~~dreamy~~

Scorn looks the best by far. Grimlock's odd mustard yellow looks a bit weird, TBH, but the rest of him is great. Slug and Slog suffer from the soft rubber- I really wish they could have painted it, or even just weathered it a bit.

I want them so much, but I will never have them...Oh well, more money to spend on the "vanilla" versions of the molds + Leader Grimlock to mod into the Extincticons.

I don't get all the complaints about the Dino Sparker toys. It say in big print "4+". Can't you guys take a hint? Of course they're crap, they're for toddlers.

For some reason, these guys look really brittle to me. I don't know why, the originals didn't.

RazorSlash92 wrote:For some reason, these guys look really brittle to me. I don't know why, the originals didn't.

It might be due to their having translucent plastic and chrome paint.

These all look really nice! If I was to get any of the dinobots (which I have none so far), it would probably be this set.

Hm. Well the dinobot set looks neat, but did they do that scuffing of the chrome parts on purpose to give them a 'battle scarred' appearance? I like my chrome scratch-free

i love the tarnished/weathered look these guys have aside from grimlock. i wonder if amazon will give us the dinobot missing from this set...

I prefer the regular AoE releases over this set. I really like the different, more vibrant colors the regular ones utilized!

While I think the Platinum Edition Dinobots are disappointing I am very excited for this.

http://www.allspark.com/content/2014/09 ... -dinobots/

Anyone have any more information on this yet?

crimsondeception wrote:While I think the Platinum Edition Dinobots are disappointing I am very excited for this.

http://www.allspark.com/content/2014/09 ... -dinobots/

Anyone have any more information on this yet?

im confused... your link leads to pics of the platinum set.

the "black knight" dinobots are takaras deal and are being released seperately, not in a multi-pack.

crimsondeception wrote:While I think the Platinum Edition Dinobots are disappointing I am very excited for this.

http://www.allspark.com/content/2014/09 ... -dinobots/

Anyone have any more information on this yet?

That's just the Platinum Edition set. They put the wrong title on that news post.

Fellow Seibertronian chuckdawg1999 brings us another Transformers: Age of Extinction video review, taking a look at one of the later additions to the One-Step line of figures with Helicopter Drift. Check out his thoughts and review below!

When I first saw the promo pics I was really excited to see a helicopter Drift figure. First it's better detailed than the car version and the overall design of the helicopter is closer to what we saw in the movie. Unless there's a power battler version coming of this design I can see no reason not to recommend this figure.

Sabrblade wrote:

crimsondeception wrote:While I think the Platinum Edition Dinobots are disappointing I am very excited for this.

http://www.allspark.com/content/2014/09 ... -dinobots/

Anyone have any more information on this yet?

That's just the Platinum Edition set. They put the wrong title on that news post.

Really? They looked so much more cooler than the Platinum edition. But the more I look, the more I can see the similarities. Darn it! Well maybe the set won't be so bad after all if only they weren't translucent which they seem to be in that link.

crimsondeception wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

crimsondeception wrote:While I think the Platinum Edition Dinobots are disappointing I am very excited for this.

http://www.allspark.com/content/2014/09 ... -dinobots/

Anyone have any more information on this yet?

That's just the Platinum Edition set. They put the wrong title on that news post.

Really? They looked so much more cooler than the Platinum edition. But the more I look, the more I can see the similarities. Darn it! Well maybe the set won't be so bad after all if only they weren't translucent which they seem to be in that link.

I don't mind terribly that they're translucent, I just hope that it's more of the cloudy-grey kind of translucent instead of straight up clear.

Fxfranz already did a review of this guy several weeks ago, but I guess you only give a shit about a review of these 1-step changers when your old pal Chuck reviews them.

Good review!!!!!!!!!!!

KirbyForce1 wrote:Fxfranz already did a review of this guy several weeks ago, but I guess you only give a **** about a review of these 1-step changers when your old pal Chuck reviews them.

As we have said more than once, we are unable to cover all reviews unless users send us a notification at news@seibertron.com. Chuck sends us notifications whenever he uploads one, and if it's new to our news feed, it goes onto the front page.

Please do send us more news whenever you come across it, we're only (stupidly busy) humans volunteering our time as staff!

I will admit that this one step Drift is nifty. Im not a fan of this simple stuff but that works pretty well, though not really one step.

KirbyForce1 wrote:Fxfranz already did a review of this guy several weeks ago, but I guess you only give a **** about a review of these 1-step changers when your old pal Chuck reviews them.

are you really that upset about getting your 1-step figure review a week late?