I've been waiting for a Civic also (I had a 97' Civic Ex.... dark green though...) close enough! Where are a couple places to pre-order him?
Huh? The pictures clearly show knees, hips that move in all directions, and articulated ankles, all with plenty of clearance to move. The pics also suggest a strong possibility of thigh rotation just above the knee. What are you talking about?
I love him in red.... cartoon notwithstanding, red fits Rumble better than blue IMO. He's a hothead, after all! I also couldn't care less about the lack of hands. Rumble is notable for his piledrivers... not to mention the only other real toy of him had hands, but NO piledrivers, which always bugged me. I don't mind at all that they traded them up for his signature weapon. Another thing I really like about this figure that I don't think I've seen anyone else mention is the dark grey face under the light grey helmet. I love it it any time they break away from the standard silver BT/Alt face, especially when the face is actually DARKER than the helmet. Great figure, can't wait to get him.... though after being burned by a few Alts, I do fear for the quality control.
Bot looks very cool, but no elbow articulation??? (i don't mind no hands, but totally non articulatable arms isn't cool) Too bad the car model and color aren't so hot.
I know they are both really different but I guess that is what I find appealing about this Rumble and the new Ravage. I can't wait to get both of them.
I still hate the look of this guy. From appearances, he's got the least complicated transformation of any Alternator by far. His arms are ugly. His articulation is minimal. And there's no good reason, from what I see, that they couldn't have given him hands that transform into piledrivers instead of just the piledrivers. C'mon, guys, open your eyes. This is the ugliest Alternator with the least effort put into his design made to date. If he wasn't the last mold being made for at least a year, you wouldn't even want him in your collection.
Even if he had hands I know I'd always have his piledrivers equipped so I'm not losing any sleep over his lack there of. I just really wish we were getting a blue repaint at the same time, Why hasbroseems to be afraid of of Frenzy is beyond me.
I like him. I respect your opinion Mblase, but I think it's one of the ones that has had a lot of effort put into the design. It's the first Alt. originally designed to be a Decepticon with the only viable repaint being another Decepticon. Sure they could have done this or that to make it a little better but the same could be said for any Alt. to date.
I love all the little G1 touches they put on him. The chest design, the back guns, the pile drivers. That said, I dont like the way he's looking out the back window in car mode. And can he actually bend down enough to be posed hitting the ground with his pile drivers?
No. That's called lighting! There is an angle on his face that makes it look like a smirk, but that's not his mouth. Older test shots showed this clearly and confirmed that he's pretty neutral iirc. Come on Alts, onward to my BBTS pile-o-loot!
Aww. If any alt should be smirking it's Rumble. If concentrated smirk decided to take on physical form it woulda looked exactly like that little guy.
I'm really warming up to him. I doubt he'll ever be my favorite Alternator, but I like him better the more I see him. It's a safe bet I'll add him and Ravage 2 to my Alt collection. Best part, of course, is that they got the color right.