Here's my take on Nightbeat.

 

Umm, sorry, he's still Dead End in Hungary.

I love the toy, and would accept him as my Classics Nightbeat - but the head simply kills it for me. It's so... bird-like and there are those teeth collars. I guess it's a nod to the Real Gear Nightbeat who had a silver head and was a bird, but it's just not very good.

Maybe I'll try to mod him a new head from some KO toy...

 

Yeah, I'd understand he might not be everyone's cup of tea. Although that can be said of every ROTF toy. There's quite a few I'm not keen about.

That said, Night Beat is still tops in my book. I for one, like the avian head and feral jaws.

 

I just picked him up, They've added paint apps and took away some. The rear of the car looks much better as does the front. The lack of a dark stripe on the robot mode head takes away a lot of the deviousness which is good. The Nightbeat tag was a neat touch. This is my favorite scout!

 

The only thing I don't like about this guy is his lack of head articulation. Even a little head swivel would make this guy flawless.

 

After seeing him in person, I actually like him a bit better than Delaserbendour.

Guess I will get this guy after all.

 

Dead End here in Blighty too.

Saw this guy today and I prefer the red and black version I already have. Maybe if it had a new head I might've bitten if I had cash buring a hole in my pocket, but then again probably not.

 

don't forget to pull the trunk up over his chest!

 

I went to Wal-Mart this morning HOPING to find an Arcee with no luck, but I took a plunge and got Nightbeat.

The first thing I did was remove the yellow flames as I hated them. Absolutely hated them. The next thing I did was work on some detailing in his robot mode as it was a bit bland. I should have some photos soon enough (if all goes well) showing how different he looks now. I dry brushed on some silver and gold details on him to make him look more worn.

As for the toy itself (other then the flames) I wish he had some lateral head articulation. That's it. He is a very solid figure and fits in well with my Autobot-only themed collection (with a few RARE exceptions). I like his overall car mode as it could fit in with the other 1:32ish ROTF vehicles as the Lotus Tesla is similar to it and it is a SMALL car (Tesla Roadster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia). I would definitely recommend this new scout, but after Ejector. I mean, who can beat a transforming toaster in overall coolness? Until there is a transforming Chuck Norris figure NOTHING can.

 

Does this one have loose wrist ball joints? My Dead End has pretty loose joints there but the plastic is weird and I wasn't sure what nail polish might do to it.

But what would Chuck Norris ever need to transform into? Except maybe another Chuck Norris.

 

Everytime I see him at Walmart, he just stares right through me with those allspark eyes(which the silver/grey had contrasts perfectly.)