Sly Strike: Review
Finally I got both Heavy Noisy and Sly Strike. Very happy and could not wait to get them out of the very nice boxes they came in. Sly Strike is very impressive figure. However Sly Strike sinister grin is a signature con man betwixt I did something bad and I don't give damn about it, flare to him. His guns I like, the purple on his primary widow maker does not bother me like most people who own Sly Strike. His secondary pistol is very detailed, in opinion it goes well with Sly Strike, hell it fits his personality. Duel weapon using S.O.B. Without anymore talk let's move on to the review.

Durability:
Sly Strike is one solid piece of plastic. To be specific he's one beefy figure. However Sly Strike does raise some red flags with me, mainly when I first got him out the box I noticed stress marks near screws and hinges.

By all means I am not griping, just pointing this out good points and bad ones on this figure. With that being said I am going to be honest here. The reason why I am being critical on this review along with any review I do in the future. 3rd party companies are showing no mercy when it comes to the prices we pay to own these bad boys. Now if there's stress on plastic and gouges on plastic I spot on any new figure I am going to say something about it in my reviews.
No disrespect to Warbotron staff if I am paying 80 to 100 bucks a figure I expect an error free figure. But I will take this is Warbotrons' first, swing with masterpiece combiners. I will cut them a little slack.
When I first transformed Sly Strike into his vehicle mode I was extremely careful when it came to the door panels. As you can see on the photos below, stress marks near the hole, on the joints and I am cautious when I handle tabbing in the panels in their slots. In my opinion the plastic here should've been sturdier. Or Warbotron should've dropped the rich detail on the door panels all together.
Unfortunately stress on the plastic is on both doors. I am not freaking out I inspected it; the stress on the left panel hinge does not show on the other side. This means it gives no indication that it's going to break no time soon, unless I really try to break it. Highly unlikely I'll do such a thing like that.




On the door picture below, issue on the left door panel arises again. It doesn't peg in well. When I gently forced it the first three times, the damn thing popped out of place. However I leave it be, no need to force an issue...Unless your Chris Brown forcing you apology to the chick that sings that umbrella song.

Overall Durability:
On my scale of 1 to 10 I give Sly Strike an 8 for durability and here's why I gave this figure the extra 2 points for it.

( The back picture I am referring to) Look people how many figures have we seen sport back pack kibble like this? Warbotron made this work with the Sly Strike, instead of making him a shell bot. Also you have the option to sport this back pack any way you damn well please. I prefer to have Sly Strikes Junk on the Back neatly tabbed into place for clearance reasons/ my taste.
Paint Apps
A++ All around the paint job for Sly Strike is Bold and meticulous. My pictures may not give it justice at all. This set along with Master Mind Creations Feral Cons has this true it factor about them, which is. You'll see how kick ass the paint job is once you have the figure in your hands. But hey I did my best taking these pictures outside to give Sly Strike the pop effect so anyone viewing this can see for themselves on how good the paint job is.
Posing:
A++ So far I can get some killer poses out of Sly Strike! I plan on making some special effects for each individual figure on adobe 12, too bad I can't post them on here. Also Sly Strike can stand one leg, not many figures can pull that off. Here are some poses I got him in, such as...Walking, running or kicking over my coffee. ( pictures below.)

Light pipe:
I am going to be honest here again. This light pipe work for Sly Strike captures emotion, if you're an artist you know what I am talking about. If you're not an artist, oh well just let me be me. And here are some pictures that made the cut to show off the light pipe work.

Overall:
I am digging Sly Strike right now. To be fair and completely unbiased in some areas, specifically the plastic should've been stronger. Overall Sly Strike is kick ass good job Warbotron staff. However Sly Strike has the title of for the best figure so far. Until I receive the Airburst and the not Onslaught and not Vortex, I will make a final decision on best looking member out of the team.

Note: I thought I could paste pictures in between the paragraphs here. Unfortunately I could not. Had to post them to the boards rules ect..Sorry if the review seems like: hmmm was I suppose to see something here.