Legacy Pointblank/Blanker In Hand Preview

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by vproject, Aug 18, 2022.

  1. Bloodhunter

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    I wish they would have retooled Punch / Counter punch... Easy pass.
     
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  2. Ditko

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    Pre-ordered this guy Tuesday.  Loving the look of him.  Little hip gappage but overall another awesome edition.
     
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  3. Boss Borot

    Boss Borot A Pile of Scrap

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    Are the blue backs of the shoulders held on with pins or screws? I could see some 3P replacements being made if they can be easily removed. Give him some bicep swivels and possibly lengthen the upper arms so the red chunks on his lower arms don't interfere as badly.

    Honestly, though, I kinda like him. I like the head sculpt and the weird hips don't look as bad straight on. I just wish he had the swivels and the big fin gun thing to fill in the back of the car.
     
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  4. octobotimus

    octobotimus Bad company ruins good morals

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    Pretty limited arm movement for a figure in 2022.
     
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  5. orangeitis

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    Happy about Pointblank scale, sad about Peacemaker scale.

    Though Peacemaker's scale is the least of his concerns with that mold.


    lol @ Crosshairs with Trenchfoot instead of Pinpointer there
     
  6. Trevor Belmont

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    Damn.. I was never interested in picking this up, but the fact that they greenlighted a design lacking a bicep swivel in Legacy is extremely alarming!

    I don't want to rub anything in the Pointblank loving folk who will pick this up. Please do. I'm happy you get an update albeit a bad one. However, I do hope this figure will blow up in Hastak's faces by selling very poorly and we never see a figure so compromised in the mainline again :( . This is not acceptable and I'm worried that if he does sell well we get more figures lacking thigh swivels or bicep swivels again. I'm all for amazing transformations and I understand budgetary restraints, but they must never ever touch basic articulation (head, shoulder, bicep, ellbow, hip, thigh, knee)
     
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  7. Dire 51

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    This figure looks pretty bad. I would not even pay 10 bucks for it.
     
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  8. OptionZero

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    I am much less forgiving of missing articulation when its a cybertronian alt mode that should give designers alot of weeway to put stuff anywhere they need to
     
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    Sigh, yeah, the arms are gonna drive me crazy on this figure. What a flaw. :( 
     
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  10. BombSquad

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    Including the Targetmaster was always going to mean the main figure was compromised, but people asked for it anyway. We're getting exactly what many people have been asking for since Siege.
     
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  11. Rodimus Prime

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    Someone contact nonnef to fix this.
     
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    If that isn’t a sin in this hobby, I don’t know what is.
     
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  13. JomasterII

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    Ah, I see - the ones that were stolen from that Etsy seller, right?
     
  14. Feralstorm

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    This toy gives off the impression of a design produced several years ago, but only just coming out now, with the way the size, articulation, and transformation design all come together. Either that, or they're training a new employee, and this was their project. :) 
     
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    Personally I’m okay with the lack of articulation in exchange for including Peacemaker, since now it’s much more convenient to get both. Plus, it makes Pointblank feel much more complete.
     
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    I prefer the Targetmaster this figure comes with to anything else made since Universe Cyclonus. The Takara TMs were too articulated and left them feeling flimsy in gun mode due to all the joints. and Siege ones were too bulky and looked more like blocks than guns and were too big and looked awkward in deluxe hands. Why the fuck would I want a figure with so many points of articulation at an inch tall. I much prefer this simple three piece TM.
     
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  17. QuintusTheExaltedOne

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    Even those figures had biceps swivels. That’s a standard figure feature.
     
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  18. JazzAlert13

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    Lack of bicep swivel is disappointing. Not a huge fan. That being said I’m still hyped as hell for him. Though more of a 95% hype than 100%.
     
  19. Bass X0

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    Pointblank is still missing his spoiler he originally had.
     
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  20. weevil

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    Hoping for Sureshot.
     
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