TF Prime Deluxe Deadend Pictorial Review

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  1. Karhukjnsi

    Karhukjnsi Universal Wrestler

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    Nah, he's a "Dia de los Muertos" and/or owl (Meso-American bird of the dead) themed "luchador", all the way. I LOVE IT!
     
  2. Noideaforaname

    Noideaforaname Pico, let's go up to Zuma

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    He certainly has the build for a luchador, though the swords are out of place for that (speaking of which, I really wish those where made of the same sickly green clear plastic as his eyes and windows).
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    Colors EVERYWHERE!
     
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    G2 colors still take the cake for garishness, but Deadend comes awfully close. XD
     
  4. Shark Jumper

    Shark Jumper さあ、お前の罪を数えろ

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    Never saw that way, but very intersting.

    Well he definitely has some sort of gholuish quality to him, but he's no Terrorcon zombie like CJ, that's for sure.
     
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    Shatterpoint Neato

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    Beautiful.
     
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    Review: TFPRiD Dead End


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  7. Shark Jumper

    Shark Jumper さあ、お前の罪を数えろ

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    I found a sweet ride for him.
     
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    Finally having this in hand, I can definitely see the Luchador influence. I think even I like this one even better than "Steve."
     
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    Torque The WORDSMITH

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    I feel like Dead End here would get along with Animated Toxic Lugnut quite nicely lol.
     
  10. Philister

    Philister Teutonicons Rising!

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    Prelude: Dead End here makes the 1,000th Transformers toy review on Transformers-Universe.com. Many thanks to all visitors, members, guest reviewers, and various other people who have supported this site during the last 8 1/2 years. Here's to the next 1,000 reviews. And now on with the show.

    Robot Mode:
    Dead End is a repaint (with a new head) of Wheeljack, so this review will mainly focus on the differences between the two. Dead End has received a wonderfully 90s paint job in dark grey, orange, yellow, and green. He could easily play a part in a 90s cartoon show like Captain Planet (oozing toxic sludge or something). I really like that paint job they gave him, makes him an unofficial Generation 2 homage character to my eye.

    Apart from the new paintjob, Dead End also got a new head, one that looks decidedly evil and has an enormous mouth (or maw, rather) to go with his profile of being constantly hungry for energy. Very nicely done. The rest is the same excellent robot that we already know from Wheeljack, including the swords and very nice articulation. So bottom line: a very cool robot mode.

    Alternate Mode: Naturally the car mode is the same as Wheeljack’s and with the new robot head safely hidden away, the only differences are to be found in the paint. The glaring 90s paintjob is just as prominent here as in robot mode, including transparent green windows and neon green hubcaps. Very nicely done.

    Remarks: Like most toy lines the Prime line features quite a few figures (many of them repaints) that never appeared in the TV series, but only on the toy shelves. Dead End is one such toy. That doesn’t stop him, of course, from being quite awesome. It helps, naturally, if you really like the way they went crazy on his paint job, as I do. If you’re not a fan of glaring 90s-style colour palettes, then this might not be the best of the various Wheeljack-repaints for you, but me, I like it very much. And you should own at least one version of the Wheeljack figure.

    Rating: B+
     
  11. jametron

    jametron Halfway to Heaven, under horsepower of my own…

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    Congrats on your 1000th review!!! Always enjoy your write-ups :) 

    And yes his color scheme screams '90's to me too... Looks like a character straight off of "A Different World" :lol 
     
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    Philister Teutonicons Rising!

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    Thank you, though it's not strictly speaking MY 1000th review, just the 1000th on my site. While I've written most of them (900+), quite a few have been contributed by guest reviewers, too.
     
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    Anybody else army building this guy now that he is showing up at several discount locations ? I just can't help but see him as a dark-energon, zombie-crazed hoard !
     
  14. Dinobot Snarl

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    why didn't they just do Banzaitron WHY!!!