Kapow have been kind enough to send me the DX9 Coneheads to review. Legends-scale is a bit of an unknown for me, but yeah, I see the appeal for sure. Have had these since last week but have been super-busy with some long overdue unpacking at home. I promise I’ll get around to the review ASAP!
Rey is so going to be my favourite Jedi. I can just tell.
Things I love about this poster:
Sooooo, the big one! I’m trying to recall if I’ve ever been as hyped for a release as I am for this. It was the lure of a ‘proper’ Masterpiece Megatron – Apollyon, in that instance – that drew me back into Transformers collecting. MP-10 had survived the purge, and I just knew I needed Apollyon to stand alongside him.
Of course, as it transpired, Apollyon was shambolic. In the time that has followed, however, two worthy MP Megatrons have been released. DX9 Mightron was very decent, but Maketoys Despotron was the one that stole my heart. He got 5 Stars from me just last week. Could Takara ever hope to better such a mighty fine figure? Well, let’s be honest – the early coverage of MP-36 wasn’t promising, was it?
Not my words, I should add. But I love this piece on TFSource from Maz on his MP Megs dilemma (featuring a pic and a few words from yours truly). Pic below from Sixo.
Scenes from both Transformers: The Movie and cartoon episode More Than Meets The Eye Part 2.
I can see myself spending a lot of time recreating the fight scene from Transformers: The Movie…
I don’t know when it dawned on me. I think it was when I was bigging up Maketoys AGAIN in one of my reviews. I’m kinda desperate to award my first 5 Star review, and I found myself trying to remember what score I’d given my Maketoys figures. Then the cold truth struck me – I’ve not reviewed any of them! And in the one semi-review I did, a Spotter vs Visualizers write-up, I ruled in favour of Fanstoys!
My experience with Toyworld until now has been limited to the recent not-MP10 Primorion, which arrived in my early 2017 downtime and thus avoided review. But I’ll tell you now, I wouldn’t have been especially kind. Both modes look great, but the transformation is just horrendous, and there’s an inherent awkwardness to the bot. He would have been 3 stars, max. If he were any character other than Optimus he’d be off my shelf. So it probably goes without saying that my expectations for Spaceracer were tempered at best.
ben parfitt 