Great review, but I think I'll pass on the figure. An irritating character in the cartoon and background fodder at best in the comic.

He does do an impressive job of making Jetfire look even more awesome though ^^

 

I think the following:

1.) He should NOT have been taller than Prime or Jetfire in robot mode.
2.) The Little heart under his chest armor is a great little homage to the G1 cartoon( nothing a little red/pink paint cant fix either ), and may be a solid reason to pick him up.
3.) He DOES look cool, but hopefully the Japanese versions' color scheme will be more g1 accurate.


All that said...yes , I will be getting him. He looks better than that Deluxe Galvatron anyway...

 

http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/The_Girl_Who_Loved_Powerglide

I always dug how Powerglide took on the coneheads and then Megatron pretty much solo in this episode, for freedom and a chick. He's like a Transformer James Bond.

 

I might get him. I have to say he sure has changed since G1.

 

Definitely getting this figure. Very nice pictures Draven!

 

That's the first Transformer episode I watched when I was a kid.

 

The comparison photo with Jetfire was rather shocking. I had no idea he looked so different.

Does anyone else think the head looks like a Protoss from Starcraft?

 

He has breasts - what in the blue hell!

 

I'll need to find a suitable figure to represent Astoria for him to beat.

 

Someone over at the Allspark asked for a pic of the modification for Powerglide's hip, so here it is:

The hip is held together with 2 screws, one small & one large. As you can see, I opened the hip up and simply cut away the first "tooth" on the bottom of the ratchet.

 

Does he have any minicon pegs at all?

I want to pair him with Steelwind or whichever one from the Clear Skies Team was the A-10.

 

 

Awesome review dude!

Though I think I will heed your warning about this toy not being for everyone as even seeing him at Botcon I was pretty wary of him so I will probably be giving this toy a miss.

 

Why did you modify his leg joint what was it doing?

 

The position of the ratchet meant he could only stand with his legs either RIGHT together, or WIDE apart.

 

PiCZ for eyeZ to Zee

http://www.toysdaily.com/discuz/thread-68338-1-1.html

 

I've pretty much lost any interest in this figure (including the repaints of it). I was interested when I first saw pics of it, but there's several things about his design (as in sculpt, not paint) that just rub me in the wrong direction.

 

Draven, in jet mode, is it possible to slide his knee caps back to cover up the gap seen from above?

 

Nope; they only rotate.

 

GREAT idea, I'm going to do that with Marvel Crossovers Iron Man.

 

i like mine but he is a little too top heavy