Mini Omega???

 

My first Siege figure ever and possibly the last Tformer I'll have bought before the new decade sets in.

 

Function: Gunner

 

MS-11 Mini Sentry

 

I hate it when I take a picture and you can't see some of the stuff I spent 10 minutes setting up...

 

Astrotrain compliments Omega Supreme quite well

 

Yes, even though I’m late. Hopefully you’re sitting at the pharmacy or photo counter waiting on something

 

Waist swap with siege prime?

 

Meanwhile in a alternate universe.

Spinister: Scavengers combine....

 

That scale is killing me

I like the large autobot lables the best

 

Nice reference to one of the best episodes of My Hero Academia!

 

Despite everything else that I have gotten since, Jetfire remains my best and favorite Siege figure of all.







I'm just afraid that nothing in Earthrise will come close to how awesome this guy is.



Of course, he's my favorite Transformers character, so I might be biased just a bit.  

 

Do Astrotrains arms actually fold out like this? And if so, do they look this weird in real life?

 

I prefer just the way it came. But that's just my opinion.

 

Got this yesterday and modded last night. A few legos later and.... Head over to radicons to see more.

 

So I promised a picture of all my Decepticons some time ago...it took quite a while to dig out all of the terrain and props I needed...
Then I realized that even with all the room on my "large stage", there's not enough space for the Burt!


And a few quick "behind the scenes" shots:

 

I think Mirage is gonna turn out to be one of the more underrated figures of this line, mostly just because of his faux chest, which put many fans off the figure. Also how his arms fold up as the spoiler on the car. But, in hand, Mirage turned out for me to be a standout figure.

I mean I’m not really into racing, but I’d take Mirage out on the track. To me, this just looks super cool.


Everything holds together nicely after a very unique transformation with a couple clever tricks (love how the rear wheels fold into his back). I would’ve preferred solid plastic to the translucent blue, but I won’t deny how appealing it still looks contrasted with the whites and silvers and the very nice Autobot symbol on the nose. Only drawback for me to this figure is that I don’t like how his weapons store on the fins of the spoiler. Oh well, they look good on him in robot mode.

I still may get the Toyhax label set for him because I’m not really a big fan of the Cybertronian writing. Aside from needing maybe a bit more blue on the sides of his chest (labels), Mirage looks like he jumped right off the screen. There’s some good design aesthetics and engineering going on in this figure. And I think that’s gonna help Mirage linger in your memory. The computer renders of this character did not do him justice, I was so worried about his legs being so awkward. I don’t have that worry anymore. Especially when he can pull off poses like the one above.....

....and a crazy overhead attack stance and still stay balanced, deal sealed. Mirage deserved his fan vote win, even if I didn’t vote for him, because he turned out to be better than expected, at least for me. That is a true testament of a good toy.


“Now you see me!”




















“Now you don’t.”

 

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