It is…Tank’s motor cover.

 

Again obvious but still don’t t distract from the way they have handled it making it look like a household radiator cover shoved on the back

 

Like i said before I'm not taking anything away from this version it looks good. I've even stated that I will be purchasing this because it does look good. But i personally prefer FT approach with the more heroic aesthetics, but I definitely can appreciate the hyper toon look as well

 

Definitely see elements of their starscream in it. Not a fan of the parts that have to be forced past each other.

 

If both are trying to be as close to the animation model as possible, then every aspect should be considered, not just the backpack.

I'm not questioning your preference, but by what metric is it better? Accuracy is at least something that can be objectively judged, thus be considered better or worse.

 

The subtitles should be fairly understandable, but if anyone has any questions about something that they don't understand from reading the subtitles, let me know.

I'm really impressed with this figure. Especially the transformation. It is complex, but not that complex seeing as how it's a triple changer! I am blown away by the fact that the tank's cannon is well hidden underneath the jet! I think this is the first figure that did that. Also, credit to the G1 art for being bulky enough to let this translate well into a toy.

That said, the 1 piece hip skirt is a shame. Makes any leg pose awkward with the entire thing lifting like that. I think they can definitely make the hip skirt into 3 separate pieces and still work with the transformation.

Which part is that? I just watched it and I didn't notice it. The review just mentioned the intakes in the front needing a tool to help align the pegs into the hole, but otherwise, he says the transformation is very good.

 

I think the only part where, I think he says where parts have to forced past each other, is when moving the planes tail fins in tank mode. I think you have to slightly bend them over a peg or something like that.

 

Not bad, but not amazing, it's ok... I think I will wait for Berserk

 

He will be my placeholder until I see what Berserk actually looks like.

 

I figure ST is pretty good overall and will most likely actually release soon after CNY. He will work just fine for me, then if Berserk is that much better (if it ever gets released), I’ll wait for the KO and be happy to have a MP BW on my shelf in the meantime.

 

Eh, the more I see of this the more I think I'm in. Robot mode looks a little flat and too-toony, but definitely better than Ditka or Gewalt. The other two modes are pretty much exactly what I want in a Blitzwing. I don't see much point in waiting for Fans Toys anymore- I just have to check a few more boxes in the MP category and I'm done.

 

This shits all over the other 3rd party Blitzwings. Good thing these guys have come to the party

 

Fans Toys happen to like to design a little details in their figures, which have a military vehicle alt mode.

I can easily understand and I think it's quite natural that if the eye is used to seeing these characters more as they are in animated drawings, then such details that differ from the drawings catch the eye.

Maybe when we get to see a colored test version of Berserk, those details might not irritate the eye so much anymore. And even those details may still change during progress, such as the locations of those grilles or what they look like.

I'm not a big fan of those calf nozzles. I personally would like Fans Toys to design those nozzles so that they turn 180 degrees inside the calves. Although they bring a more futuristic look to the figure, but I personally don't want that for Fans Toys figures.

 

True Blitzwing figure should have his turret sticking out of his head.
This figure isn't accurate at all!!!


Also handy-dandy fun fact when people keep arguing about the inaccurate backpack.

 

It's almost impossible to match everything, but the solution isn't to give up and make things worse.

 

Pretty happy with this.

Bot mode: It leans back which sucks. KFC Ditka leans back about the same (once you replace the ratchets in the legs with the replacement parts). Of course, this is comparable to KFC after replacement ratchets, so hopefully, this with replacement ratchets will be great.
Looks beautiful and clean and glossy, Has a nicer glossier finish than DS Blaster to my eye.
Waist rotation is fine, Back is a little unsightly with the honking big tank tracks but it's the back so ...whatever.

The transformation looks fine. It's modern MP, so Transformation almost always (and should IMHO) takes a back seat to getting the figure looking amazing in as many modes as possible. This transformation seems no worse than anything else I've seen in the last few years. Plastic looks nice and solid, with thick panels that don't seem to want to bend or flex unnecessarily.

Jet Mode: Just wow. It's so gorgeously toony it's kind of scary. Ditka's selling point always was that it was the only one really making any effort at all to be toon accurate, But this blows it away. So good. I genuinely couldn't care any less about missing horizontal stabilisers if I tried. It's an unabashedly Toon design, so the stabiliser's are 100% unnecessary.
The colour breakups are amazing, it even captures the grey band at the root of the wings, the top and bottom purple/tan split along the side intake ports, and the thin tan strip where the front of the jet meets the rear.
The only thing that Ditka has over this in jet mode is the optional parts forming turret: You can choose to detach the tank turret from the underside of Ditka's jet mode (or leave it in place throughout transformation and display). If you choose to do it, it cleans up some of the bulky underside. For all the rage against partsforming, KFC where really clever in making it an optional choice. Would have been an awesome little touch to add, but Star nonetheless cleaned up that turret with square panels to hide it somewhat.

Tank mode is the weakest of the three. It has a nice toony flat top surface but it's destroyed by lots of exposed large flat pin heads, screws, slots, and gaps. For all the toon accuracy of other modes, they missed the exposed canopy at the front of the tank.
I like the colour breakdown from the side in the tread mechanism, and it's unique in actually having the right number of wheels inside the tank treads. However, on the whole, I think I prefer KFC's take on the tank mode... except for the damn dark brown.

All up, this is a winner and destroys KFC's and Fanstoys for the Toon accurate collector. (DX9's was never even in the game).
I have a KFC which I guess I'll put in tank mode, and it looks like two of Star Toys - one for bot and one for jet - need to be bought.
FT... unusually for me, who generally rates their stuff top of the pile, their current design misses the mark for me in all three modes.
The real struggle will be to resist the urge to dump the baby vomit brown Ditka and get three of these!!

 

Looks really cool, even the transformation looks fun.

Usually don’t buy many new MPs because of the overuse of paneling technique. Transformation is a key part of a Transformers toy, it can’t take a back seat in favor of toon accuracy (particularly considering all G1 toon inconsistencies), always try to find a balance.

 

Which was an animation error...

 

An animation error would be if the cockpit was never a part of the toon character model and they accidentally drew it in one or two scenes but it usually wasn't present.
This was an element of the toon character model that was always different from the toy design. Just as the absence of horizontal stabilisers in jet mode is a difference between the toon character model and the toy.
Galvatron's colour or Ironheads head are not animation errors. Nor is the cockpit in tank mode being at the front. Yes, the design of the character model was based on a mistransformation of the toy. This does not make it an animation error.

More importantly, the lack of a visible cockpit at either end of the tank makes it a noticable inaccuracy in a toon based design.
The turret spins 360 degrees, so the front is whatever end of the figure you want it to be. Neither end has a cockpit.

 

I love me some toon accuracy, but this is definitely one of those instances where leaving out the cockpit is a good choice.