You're welcome. I have the FE Vehicon and RID one. Once I got my RID one I was surprised, most FE figures are better than their RID counterparts but the RID Vehicon stuck out. It's very impressive.

Loved Universe Cyclonus, dug how the Targetmaster could be handheld or turned into an armgun

 

Universe cyclonus was okay, but I still think that they could come up with a perfect CHUG interpretation. It was cool that they did a voyager version recently, because Cyclonus should be a voyager.

But hampering him with the combiner wars gimmick really did a disservice to how cool he could have been in both modes. I am so tired of gimmicks ruining what could be fantastic Transformers, which is why I'm excited for Siege.

 

There are a lot of G1 inspired Cyclonus figures when you include 3P stuff. I want a decent and accurate IDW-inspired one that isn't that add-on kit.

 

Universe Cyclonus was one of my favorite molds at the time. In retrospect it's articulation is a bit hampered in the arms but that transformation and the bot mode are still stellar. I'm still trying to get every version of that mold along with Classics Rodimus to pull as many sets of Rodimus vs. Cyclonus as possible (though United Rodimus Prime ruins everything there by not having an extra Cyclonus to go with.)

 

I'm talking about G1 CHUG scale though. The 3rd party stuff is all Masterpiece scale.

I agree 100%. The only thing missing is an awesome vehicle mode, one that is as sleek and aerodynamic as he was in the G1 days.

 

...but at the end of the day, Kunihiro is still an employee of the company. Regardless of his "vision", if management decrees he accomplish said design with the "compromised" constraints, he will have to do it.

 

No kidding. For as much as we tend to put specific designers on a pedestal around here, they are still working on bringing someone else's vision to life. I adore Hasui, Kobayashi, and Kunihiro but I know they weren't responsible for coming up with G1 Prowl, G1 Starscream, or movie Barricade.

 

Seems like a great guy who loves our hobby as much as we do, as they all do. He also seems to get it, like their team generally does. His hard work is appreciated.

 

Blasphemy, we all know blackapple is better than those hacks at tt.