CHUG Appreciation Thread

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by Scaleface, Feb 22, 2012.

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    Slag was never my favourite Dinobot when I was a kid, despite him appearing on one of my favourite Transformers covers ever.

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    In fact he was probabaly at the back of the queue with Sludge. But he was still a Dinobot so back of the dino queue was still miles ahead of everyone else.
    I never actually owned any of the Dinobots but my friend’s had Grimlock, Sludge, and Slag and whenever I’d go round their house I’d almost always go straight for those three and play with them. Jetfire? Who cares? Give me those sweet, near perfect G1 dino toys. They really did seem so much better than all the other figures. Not only did they have the best alt modes, their bot modes seemed to avoid many of the compromises that other Diaclone era bot modes suffered. I vividly remember playing with Slag, transforming him over and over, posing him, just drinking in all the detail.

    And he stands the test of time. Slag is an excellent looking figure in both modes. Massive, massive feet aside his proportions are great. And to be honest, I always liked his massive feet. Same with all the Dinobots. They all looked like they were wearing fuck off Doc Martens or something. Quite fitting for the Autobot bully boys.

    There’s loads of little details I Love about Slag’s bot mode, from the way his triceratops jaw folds down into his chest and reveals his face, to the way his hind legs collapse in. If this guy had better hands and an elbow joint he’d be a contender for best G1 bot mode.

    The Triceratops mode is no slouch itself. Those red horns and the neck crest always made him stand out a little from his team mates. He’s satisfyingly compact and mean looking. He looks like a wrecking ball. A fire breating wrecking ball. I think I used to be mildly disturbed by the fact his eyes were transparent. It is an odd detail. I could never quite get my head round why the Dinobots had clear plastic round their heads (or neck’s in Grimlock’s case). Just looked cool to the designer, I guess?

    They’re really drip-feeding these Studio Series Dinobots, aren’t they? At this rate it may take nearly 3 years to get the full complement. Will I really have to wait until I’m 45 until I get Snarl and/or Swoop? Perhaps I’ll have given up by that point. After all, I’m hardly being wowed by these guys.

    Straight out the box I’m disappointed. The dreaded red face of cartoon accuracy. Can the world be as sad as it seems? I admit I’m being a drama queen. It’s Studio Series. It’d be folly for me to truly expect them to deviate from the animation model. They’re owning the remit right there in the title. But all expectations aside, I just don’t really like the figure. I mean, silver horns? C’mon man.

    Deco aside, it’s the proportions that really make me squint. Those arms seems…stubby. Like they’re far shorter than yer G1 Slag’s. And then there’s that weirdly wide chest. And gone are one of the most iconic and satisfying features of the characters: massive, massive feet.

    And there’s an unpleasant simplicity to the figure which doesn’t sit right with me. The most glaring example is the hollowness behind the ‘bot head in the Triceratops’ mouth. Even the PotP version managed to avoid such a shoddy result.

    Another thing that’s a bother is the QC on my one. Having bits suddenly fall away, be that his ‘wing’, a horn, or his hand seems to be this poor fucker’s lot in life. It doesn’t inspire confidence.

    I’m more torn on the triceratops mode. It has vices and virtues. Before I get to those, though, I’d like to share my confounded dismay as I discovered that the overly wide chest collapsed in. The implication being that this overly broad chest was a choice, rather than some necessary byproduct of design. We could have had a smaller chest. I might be the only person gnashing my teeth here.

    Ok, straight up. No messing. I like everything about the dino-mode but the head. I feel like they’ve got the detail and greebling just right on the torso. It was a design choice I was expecting. I really thought we’d wind up with something far blander. Bad me. But I don’t love the head. We’ve covered the silver horns, but I also hate the bland ‘gold’ paint. Again, PotP got it better not only with the clear layer but also a better tone of gold paint. The frill is also far too fussy, and often doesn’t quite tab together neatly. I like the tail gun. That’s satisfying.

    I really hope that something changes in the design aesthetic going forward with these dudes. It’s the fucking Dinobots. I should love this. But both Grimlock and Slag have been underwhelming. Not massively so. The ways they let you down are those sort of niggling things that seem fixable. But falling short dramatically when you’re so close might be even worse than barely getting off the finish line.
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    I present to you: His teammate! (Or brother Idk)
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    Springer, still probably my favorite all time voyager figure
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