I am so down with this. I've got the BAF and the TFSS one, too. Now we need a Rampage and Silverbolt for the episode recreations!
It’s really not. It’s just that Beast Wars doesn’t allow for half a dozen repaints of the same mold (Seekers, Datsuns, MiniCars) within GS the way that G1 does. So you need new characters with old molds to satisfy the budget requirement, and this is what you get.
Pre-ordered 4 of them, one as is and 3 of them combined, not sure what to call it yet. Got the idea from a post awhile back.
All we would know is Galvatron, we wouldn’t know his size class like we do. Either way my point still stands
I like the blue it makes it look like she's bleeding energon all over herself which adds to the "my existence is pain" vibe that I get from Transmutate. I'm not trying to argue against or invalidate your point since I agree with it, but I just think it's relevant to mention in this case.
I wound up with 2 Paleotrex by happenstance; plus clear purple and Transmutate will bring me to 4. I hope I can cobble together something as cool as this. Or at least that I can reassemble Transmutate into something vaguely bike-like.
Theres a lot to love here, but also a lot to be a little cheesed about. I know gen selects isnt gonna provide entire retools, and i like that for the most part it seems to be really compelling colorways on existing molds with new heads sometimes, but i really, really would have liked to have seen some more original tooling done here. Some smoother panels where boney spines are, hell just make it a smooth future space dino robot! Its an interesting idea here but i really wish more was done to make it really Transmutate. that being said... I'm pre-ordering for sure. once it goes live at EB games anyway. it may not be the best transmutate, but its still a super neat fig on its own merit. I thought Paleotrex was the unsung hero of wave 1 Kingdom, shes a real blast, so im more than willing to get one with more shocking colors and horrifying robot face!
It crops up every now and again in very rare, very specific instances but for the most part the problem was identified and fixed about a decade or more ago if memory serves me right. Transmutate is very likely going to be fine.
I'm wondering if some of the other modular figures parts can be mix matched for a better result. The only one I have is Sixgun and I can't see anything useful coming off of him to help but maybe the grey Brunt and the Triceratops fossilizer could make it look more show accurate? I think it definitely needs more robotic/smoother parts.
Honestly, even if it looks less like the design it still works conceptually, parts that don't fit forced together into a patchwork monster robot.
It’s definitely an inspired choice for a selects figure, wonder if transmutate will pop up in the new comics
Somehow more nightmarish than the original tbh. That said while I probably won't get it it is still kind of a neat take. I'd dare say it feels like a funpub figure.
I\'m more interested in this than the purple version. She wears the messed up skeletal look well, and reworking the helmet gimmick into her scream is inspired.