Automorph Tech

I had the opportunity to transform movie OP and BB. I must say that I really like the automorph gimic especially present at the feet.

For those of you who have had the opportunity to try these figures out, what are your views on the automorph technology??

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Transbot90210

Ironhide's armor plates from the truck bed. That's my favorite so far.

It's a great gimmick in general. It doesn't seem to work so well on Blackout, but on Starscream it's very cool. Ratchet's is quite subtle, but Ironhide's is fantastic. Back end of truck - robot leg in seconds.

I've only picked up Jazz, Brawl, Bonecrusher and Barricade so far.

Barricade's was so subtle I didn't even notice it until it was pointed out to me.

Brawl's is freakin' awesome the way his upper torso all rolls into place along with his tank tread shoulders.

Bonecrusher doesn't seem to have one IMO. Unless you count the lever that you move to make the mine sweepers go up and down, but that seems more like an action feature to me.

Jazz... I like the way his feet automorph when you turn the lever on the sides, but for some reason his cheast doesn't automorph when his head automorphs like it's supposed to and I always have to do that part manually. Can't figure out why it would be screwing up though either.

So far I'm about 50/50 on the feature and I'm hoping that future figures will make it more enjoyable.

I'd have to agree on Ironhide (tis' the only one I have, wait, Power Up VT6 has it too) I can't stop transforming his legs, it's so much fun watching all the pieces shift!

Make sure you lock the back windshield into place. Keep pushing on it until it clicks. If you just lower it softly, you'll only succeed in getting the head up.

Wreckage's gimmick is really cool as well. His shoulders swing up, his chest folds down, and his cannon slides out, and a guard that hides the cannon swings out of the way in one smooth motion. Only problem with him is that he's got no pegs to lock everything into robot mode position, so sometimes when you go to position his shoulders, his chest starts transforming on you, and you've got to reset it.

Overall, though, I really like it. It's not quite the same as autotransforming, you still get the satisfaction of transforming the figure yourself, but it offers up an interesting degree of visual complexity to the action, and mimics the movie's visual style pretty well. It also does away with those little fiddly bits of the transformation you always wind up forgetting to do, by doing it on its own.

So far, it also seems they've managed to make it a fairly unobtrusive gimmick. It doesn't seem to really hinder any of the figures that have it, which is good.

I didnt know barricade had one, what is it?

Auto-morph is the best gimmick since firing-missiles, and I'd prefer this over them. Whenever I transform a TF in front of anyone that's not a fan, they make fun of the fact that it takes me 5 minutes to do it. I try to explain that that's half the fun of TFs, but they don't get it. With automorph they don't even question why it's impressive or fun to do it. They instantly get Transformers more.

Yeah. I didn't lock it into place the first time I transformed him until I realized that his head wasn't up at the proper level. Did it the second time though and the chest still needed adjusting a little, but it seems to be working for me now.

A friend of mine told me that his knees move slightly when you're transforming his legs. Personally, I tried it a couple of hours ago and it's not working for me so I'm guessing he's either full of it or my Barricade is flawed in some way. But either could be the case seeing as the only figure whose automorph worked for me 100% on the first try was Brawl's and my friend at work tends to make shit up from time to time just to sound "cool".

What's Blackout's?