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I could've sworn that the one shown at toy shows was a deeper, more sparkly, purple? ...and describing that mold as advanced is just plain misleading.
Ugh. Still among the ugliesst Transformers I have ever seen. And still perpetually on my "pass" list.
Elita looks nice. Not great, but nice. I'd buy that. In retrospect, I regret bitching about her not being an Arcee repaint back in February... Arcee was hell on earth to stabilize and transform. Chromia was a great figure.
Huh, not much discernible difference between the US and Japan releases for Hubcap and Brimstone, eh? Is Hubcap's shade of brown a teensy bit browner? Any major differences I'm missing? Part of me was almost tempted to order the AA Hubcap, because I love that little mold so much and it would be nice to have an excuse to get a second one. But it's so similar it seems dumb to do so. I'll just hold out in hopes of a nice repaint.
Oh.... well, that explains why they don't look any different. Although if Breacher is anything to judge by, the differences will be pretty negligible anyway.
This isn't a matter of mistranslation or some error. The name is given IN ENGLISH right there on the package! Also, Blimstone is a grave insult in my region, fucking Hasbro.
It always made me mad that elita 1 never got her own mold,considering hasbro had more than a year to come up with designs after the movie came out. Hasbro needs to step their game up when TF3 comes out.
I wonder if Hubcap's going to get any other decos? He's a pretty cool little guy though, but the Orange seems to get a little boring after a week. Also it seems like he's unarmed. I bought him about the same time as I bought Backfire, and they look good together (Backfire's a little bit shorter at the head, although his wheels on his shoulder are taller) and so I posed them together for about a week or so. Back fire's got his little gun arm (and Nepoleon complex) but Hubcap just kinda sits there. If only they hadn't put a little bend at the end of the exausts, he could have a pair of arm mounted guns (like the Seekers). But in a fight pose he comes up short. Also the head on mine barely moves.
I'd like Hubcap in black with flames up the sides. Actually, the Hubcap mold would make a nice little Optimus Minor as he's got the grill and headlights on his chest, a mouthplate, and the blue and grey parts of his limbs would be completely hidden inside the red shell of his alt mode.