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I’ve got a little tradition these days of certain friends gifting me completely random Transformers. It’s something I love, because I get to check out figures like Wasp here, which are slightly outside of my collecting sphere.
Seen here formulating plans.
We all know and love Waspinator, the unlucky, frequently-blown-up goon from Beast Wars (here’s my review of his Kingdom figure) but this car-forming version of him’s actually from Transformers Animated, the three-season Transformers show from the early 00’s. I usually describe the show as “Teen Titans (the Cartoon Network one) but it’s Transformers,” since that kind of nails the art style and vibes it had.
Two of our leads, and the token human kid.
I really enjoyed Transformers Animated when I watched it back in the day, though I’ll admit that I haven’t revisited it since it first aired. That said, while I enjoyed the story, characters, voice acting, all that stuff, I didn’t actually care for the exaggerated art style of the show, and so I never really collected the figures from it, beyond a Shockwave/Bumblebee versus set they did. I’m definitely in the minority there, though, as Animated’s one of those Transformers shows that has a really diehard segment of super-fans, most of whom still pine for a Season 4 of some kind, which is definitely never going to happen. The show ended! Move on!
Look! It’s the ending! Soak it in, and accept it.
What IS happening, though, is that Legacy, and now Age of the Primes are making new figures of some of Animated’s cast, while also giving them minor re-designs to make them slightly less exaggerated. In Wasp’s case, he’s a retool of Legacy Bumblebee.
Animated Bumblebee’s new Legacy figure.
Wasp’s Age of the Primes release, meanwhile, represents an important little gap being filled for Transformers Animated collectors, since the original was actually an unreleased toy. They did put out a figure of Animated Waspinator, with his insectoid altmode back in the day, but on the show, he only got this body (and the full name Waspinator) in the back half of his final appearance, and he actually spent most of his multiple episodes of screentime as a normal carformer (designed on the show as a retool of Bumblebee, ready to make as a toy). They were going to make that toy, too, but it was part of the final, cancelled wave of Animated toys.
The toy that did get released…..
…And the toy that didn’t, which wasn’t even going to have a new head.
So, this Age of the Primes version is something a lot of oldhead Animated fans are probably clamoring for. Me, I didn’t really get into the new Animated figures, due to focusing on other Transformers (and also, like, money), so getting a chance to take a look at this guy’s a fun little novelty. By the way, his name’s Wasp, but the packaging gives him the full Waspinator name, due to Marvel having a legal lock on the shortened name.
Robot Mode
A tiny little problem.
Okay, so, let’s get the big, obvious problem out of the way. Or rather, the little problem: Wasp is really, really small for a Deluxe.
Just compare him to his Beast Wars iteration.
Now, I’m no stranger to Transformers being smaller than their pricepoint, because it usually means the money’s getting spent on partscount, engineering, accessories, all that good stuff. There’s even a whole little category of “Deluxe Minibots,” like Netflix Bumblebee, Earthrise Hubcap and Legacy Gears, who are a bit short and small, but have obvious tradeoffs for their smallness. The thing is, Wasp’s smaller and skinnier than any of them. Heck, he’s only a tiny bit larger than a Core-Class.
Deluxe Minibot on the left, Core-Class on the right, here I am, stuck in the middle with you.
To get one more easy bit of scaling out of the way, he’s nearly the exact same size as a Cyberworld Cyber Changer, and those guys are about 12 Canadian dollars, not the 36-ish of a modern Deluxe.
They haven’t noticed he’s in the wrong toyline yet.
To be fair, firstly, this is mostly so Wasp can scale with the rest of the new Legacy Animated figures, since Bumblebee (and Wasp) were tiny guys on the show. And the operative idea behind making undersized figures is that the budget gets spent on engineering, partscount, paint, accessories, and so forth. Still, seeing this tiny guy in the box, it made me relieved I didn’t pay the full price for him.
“Elbows? You’re three times the price of us, and you’re bragging about having ELBOWS?!?!?”
There’s basically two kinds of Car Robot Transformers body plans most of the time, Hood-Chests and Roof-Chests, and this guy’s a Roof-Chest, with the car front forming his legs and feet, and his rear wheels on his shoulders. It’s a sensible design, and it’s executed well here, with the combination of thick car parts, and skinny limbs and waist suggesting the cartoony dynamism of the show he’s from.
He stands on the shoulders of giants.
Uptop, he’s got a very well-done, very clever headsculpt, in that he has the shapes of Beast Wars Waspinator’s insectoid face, but none of it is technically organic bug details, it’s all robotic lines that approximate that bug face. For example, his “antenna” are actually a head-crest.
Gormless. Zero gorm. Sans gorm.
Something about his small size, his kind of servile-looking headsculpt, it makes him feel like some kind of Igor-like toady to the bigger villains, even if that’s never been his role, save for an extended Frankenstein homage in an episode of Beast Wars.
Time to repurpose him as a Cybertronian Empire minion.
He’s decently screen-accurate, too, from what I can tell, just a little more blocky, and a little less streamlined, which makes sense as something that has to exist in the real world. Unlike some of these new Animated figures, it doesn’t feel like there was an effort to de-Animated the design, though he doesn’t really need it.
In the spirit of his Beast Wars iteration, his arms come pre-broken.
The biggest problem on the sculpt, though, is his arms. His shoulders attach to his body on these weedy little struts that can find themselves in awkward positions really easily, and his elbows are…odd. He has double-elbows, but there’s a lot of space between the two joints, and kind of a gap between where the upper joint attaches to the car panel on his shoulder, and his actual shoulder. You can rotate his arms so this gap vanishes, but still, it’s an odd visual, and something I’d expect them to engineer out on this tiny-but-sold-for-a-Deluxe figure.
It’s not easy being green…
The colors, meanwhile, are interesting, and very nice. See, it’s not exactly Waspinator’s colors. There’s no yellow, and he’s a lot darker in general. He’s mostly a drab, dark green, with a more lime green as a secondary color, some black accents, translucent purple highlights, and some opaque purple for his eyes and badge. I’ve never associated these kinds of colors with Synthwave (well, except the purple), but it’s giving Synthwave, and I really dig it because of that.
Surprisingly stable, considering his mental state.
In terms of build quality, he’s mostly rock-solid, none of his translucent bits feel like they’re in danger of breaking, and he stands perfectly well. My biggest problem is just that he feels small and light. Usually, when they do undersized figures like this, you can feel the extra mass and density to them, but not so, here. He feels about as weighty as the Cyberworld figures he’s the same size as. Meanwhile, I have stability issues with his thighs, which love to detach from the mushroom pegs that they’re on. They pop right back in easily enough, but it’s a bit irritating.
There we go, there’s the Waspinator in him.
His articulation, meanwhile, is pretty good! Going top to bottom, he’s got forwards-and-backwards ankle rockers, and a tiny bit of sideways ankle tilts. Going up, he’s got swivel knees, thigh swivels, universal hips, a waist swivel, and a balljointed head. His shoulders have three swivels that make them functionally universal, and let him shrug a bit, and while his double-elbows are oddly constructed, at least they’re there. Finally, he’s got wrist swivels.
He can run away with the best of them.
He doesn’t actually have an ab crunch, but I’ve found that you can fanmode one by detatching his hood from his torso, and his torso itself from his back panel, though it’s involved enough that you’re basically transforming him into a hunchback mode.
“Yezzzzz, mazzzzzter….”
Generally, he’s nice and expressive, and makes for a good little minion. But again, this is the part where I say that it feels like he should have had some kind of bonus articulation to justify the small size, and the technical ab crunch doesn’t count.
“Zzzcrew thizzz, Wazzzp izzz outta here!”
For accessories, Wasp has a pair of translucent purple rockets, with silver paint to highlight the details, based on a pair of accessories from the original Animated Bumblebee. He’s also got a pair of pyramid-shaped stingers that can plug into the backs of these rockets on very small tabs.
He’s having that big freakout from the penultimate episode of Beast Wars.
I understand that they’re basically combining two different features that Animated Bumblebee had, and people were a bit miffed at this accessory setup, but honestly, when divorced from context on Wasp, they’re plenty fun.
And surprisingly dynamic!
Time for the Revenge of the Wasp!
He’s got a total of six 5-millimeter ports on him, perfect for mounting the rockets, especially since two are on his back, and two are at his ankles.
Now that he’s won, is he going to engage in a nonsensical identity-swapping scheme with no clear end goal?
Nope, he’s just gonna steal Bee’s stuff.
Wasp’s stingers kind of need to hang out on the rockets, though, since those tiny tabs that they’re on aren’t really compatible with anything else, or else you’ve just got to chuck them in a bin. Or, you can use them with his other feature.
Once again, say it with me, “they took my haaaaaands!!”
This one’s neat to me. Basically, he’s got an “attack” mode where you transform his forearms a bit, and flip away his fists. You then plug the two stinger halves into tiny holes where his hands were, and clap them together to make a single drill-shaped weapon.
*Smack!*
One case where his shortness might come in handy.
It’s literally the 2007 Movie Megatron’s “Join them in Extinction!” combined arm attack, which is funny, since I just got the Blokee figure of him that can’t actually do that (in fact, most 2007 Megatrons can’t).
“That’s UNFAIR!!!”
The big complaint here, apparently, is that the way his wrist-stumps are offset to facilitate this means that he can’t mount the separate stinger halves there in a way that looks good when they’re not attached (because they’re offset a bit), but, like…that doesn’t bother me, I just have him hold them attached to the rockets.
“What’s the problem?”
Transformation
This is one place where you actually can see where the money went, because Wasp’s got a complex conversion going on. While the basics of it are easy to understand (legs become hood, chest becomes roof, arms become doors and rear wheels), there’s a ton of little panels that flip, rotate, twist, and peg together. This is the challenging kind of transformation where parts fight for space, and the order of operations gets persnickety, in order to keep things out of other things’s ways (here’s a protop, the arms go in place last). It’s also the kind of transformation where I forget how it goes every single time, and have undo and redo bits as I figure out what went wrong. Remember how I said his thighs like to separate during transformation? It almost always happens at this point.
Getting all this stuff together’s harder than it looks.
It’s not exactly a difficult or impossible transformation, but is maybe too complicated for its own good, and might have been easier if the figure were larger, and everything just had more space. Shout out to the way his lower legs morph into the front of his car, though, there’s a bunch of neat flips and rotations in there.
Vehicle Mode
If nothing else, his fuel efficiency’s probably pretty good.
Okay, I’ll admit, this is pretty cute. Wasp changes into a tiny little compact car with a single police siren on top, and the whole thing reads as a bit chibi-fied, and a bit stylized, like Animated’s art was. I can see this car zipping along frantically, nearly falling over as it takes sharp corners. There’s a funny clash of styles here, too because this is the kind of design I’d expect a simpler gimmick toy to have, and this is anything but that.
The obligatory scale photo.
He does look like he should be hanging out with the Cyberworld guys, though, both because of his design, and the fact that he’s still nearly as small as they are.
He really does feel like a lost member of the team.
His sculpt’s riddled with seams and 5-millimeter ports, but the show was set in the Space Future of the 22nd Century, so I can buy them as techie detailing.
He’s still willing to take on Bumblebee.
For colors, Wasp’s mostly that darker, interesting shade of green, with the light green hidden, except for a couple unpaintable patches near the back of the car. He’s also got a slick black stripe running down the side of his roof and hood, a red police siren, yellow headlights, and silver paint on his tire rims. It’s a very complete-looking car, save for his totally unpainted back panel, though the fact that there’s very little sculpted there means I don’t read it as incomplete.
Just hideously unsafe to drive with.
It’s still a good color scheme, and I appreciate how it’s different, yet evocative of Waspinator’s colors.
Imagine his windshield after this collision.
I griped a bit about his stability in robot mode, but once you get him all pegged together, this is a compact, solid car that stays together nicely, and rolls along the ground in a pleasant, toyish way.
And really zooms along if you equip his rockets. That’s why it’s blurry, you see.
His other features are his six 5-millimeter pegs, perfect for mounting his rockets on (well, not the ones on his bumper) for a boosted flight mode, or an attack mode.
Just try cutting him off in traffic now.
The stingers have absolutely nothing to do in this form other than go on the ends of the rockets, though.
But who cares, when you can load him up with pilfered Bumblebee accessories?
Overall
The least threatening multiversal teamup ever.
Okay, here’s the thing. Wasp is actually a really fun little figure. He looks good, he poses well, he makes for an endearing little car, he’s got personality. In fact, he’s had a very long tenure now of hanging out in my saddle bag as my Transformer that I take places. I think his transformation’s a bit too fiddly for its own good, his robot mode arms are a little odd, and he’s got a couple joints that like to pop out, but these are all relatively minor gripes. Fundamentally, he’s good.
“The critizzzism is coming! Get uzzzz outta here!”
But I just can’t shake the fact that he’s not worth Deluxe prices. I’ve reviewed a few of these smaller-than-their-size-class Transformers over the years, and more often than not, I don’t mind that they’re undersized, because you can see obvious other areas where the budget went. Here, I guess it went into his transformation? But it also doesn’t feel any more complicated than, say, Legacy Shadow Striker, and if anything, is made more fiddly by his small size. He’s just…really tiny, and doesn’t feel worth what they want to charge for him. I’m grateful that he was gifted to me, he makes an excellent random Transformer to give to a person, but I have to say that he’s only worth getting if you can find him on sale, or clearance, or get some kind of bargain on him. Which is a shame, because I do legitimately like him, I just have to acknowledge, at the end of the day, that he’s bad value, despite the fun.
Well, now I’m in for it.
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Well! Another year’s come and gone, so it’s time to look back at the highlights, bot-wise, as I did in 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2020, if you want to take a stroll down memory lane.
Last year’s top bots, plus a Samus.
Truth be told, 2026 was, as predicted, a slower year of Transformers for me, as adult life and finances meant I mellowed on the collecting, with a focus on the cheaper stuff. TFCon in the summer was really the only time I got a huge haul of things all at once. However, this meant I reflected on my purchases a lot more, and zeroed in on things that I thought were really interesting, or good, or completed a micro-collection. Of course, there was also one very Big Event, which I’ll get into in a moment. If there’s another theme to this list, it’s figures having grown on me. There’s a lot of entries on here that I feel like I gave modest reviews to, only to find that I like them better as time goes by. So perhaps there’s a few revised opinions here.
This year, there were too many big bots to fit in my backdrop.
As usual, I’ll start with a few specific singular entries, before getting to the numbered list, with everything linking back to my longform reviews. One little change I’m enacting, because it’s my blog, and I can do what I want, is that I’m going to include figures that I purchased this year that may have been released earlier than that. But first, let’s get to the extra categories.
Best Non-Bot Figure: Epic World of Action Ghost-Spider
Ballet-dancing into action!
I’m a big booster of Hasbro’s Epic Hero/Epic World of Action stuff, specifically their Spider-Man imprint, as a resource for cheap, yet surprisingly well-made 4-inch figures that kinda-sorta feel like they scale with mainline Transformers. The basic ones are less than 10 Canadian dollars, they’ve all got 9 extremely flexible points of articulation, and at least one accessory.
“You know what? I’m taking this!”
I reviewed a bunch of these figures this year, but I’ll settle on Ghost-Spider, aka Spider-Gwen, aka Spider-Woman as the best of the bunch, probably because she was the only new-for-2025 tooling in a sea of repaints, so it feels like extra effort went into her.
Miles is trying to put in extra effort right now.
Really, any of these figures are great little purchases, and I think everyone should give them a try. They’re all surprisingly poseable, and surprisingly well-made, and can be had for less than a tenner if you’re going for a basic one. Gwen is just the “if I had to pick one” choice.
She destroys the competition!
That said, she’s a little hard to find on store shelves at the moment, probably due to demand. But I have noticed she’s in a newly-released big box set of figures that you can currently buy at Wal-Mart, if you want a bunch of them at once.
It’s a bit pricey, but you get nearly every tooling in the line (except for Carnage) in one go.
Honorable Mention, or, How Do I Even Rank This?: Haslab Omega Prime (Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4)
Comes with even more than what you see here.
As I write this, the combined Omega Prime is sitting on a shelf above my work desk, and I still can’t believe he’s there.
He isn’t in this pose, but he’s in this mode, complete with big sword.
Receiving this crowdfunded set of figures that I never backed, entirely thanks to UPS sending an extra copy to a generous friend, was the highlight of my year in collecting (thanks again to scholar and gentleman Miner Edgar for being the man with the spare). It took me four entire reviews to cover everything in the box, between Bluebolts the Deluxe Weaponizer, Cerebros the Titan Master, the Commander-sized Optimus the Fire Truck and Magnus the Car Carrier, and the big final combined Omega Supreme, with giant sword and stand. Writing about him is basically my magnum opus.
I think he himself qualifies for that title, too.
So, why didn’t I put him on the numbered part of the list? For one thing, it’s really hard to categorize something like a Haslab, because it’s so outside the normal collecting paradigm in terms of size, complexity, and availability. Plus, either you already have one, or you’re an insanely rich person debating spending too much on aftermarket prices. Either way, I felt like it was less of a “should you buy this?” review, and more of a “chronicling the thing” review.
From the tiniest Titan Master, to the biggest bot.
Let’s get one thing straight, though: The whole box constitutes a really good set of figures that I like, and could easily be #1 on the list if I tried to number it. To really, really, *really* boil it down, the thing I appreciate the most about the whole Omega Prime set is that HasTak remembered that Omega Prime was a toy, and toys should be fun, not insanely complex, hostile-to-play-with collector’s pieces, like many other items in this size and pricepoint. At the end of the day, Optimus still changes into a chunky red fire truck, and so forth.
They’re extremely vroom-vroomable, as they should be.
Also, Bluebolts should totally be available outside of this set, as a repaint or something.
She almost steals the show.
I guess the other thing that keeps Omega off the numbered list is the phenomenally bad quality control problem every copy of him suffered from. You’ve got to crack open the Innermost Optimus Prime that’s a part of the set, and repair him with screwdrivers and sandpaper, or else he’s eventually going to break, and that repair job is a complicated, strenuous process.
Me, mid-surgery, trying desperately not to lose the patient.
Official HasLab backers have been sent replacement Optimuses since I wrote my review, but, a) apparently many of the replacements still have the same breakage issue, thanks to the fix being sloppily done, and b) if you’re looking at this guy on the aftermarket, you’re out of luck on that end, anyway.
It’s a shame, because I actually think this inner robot is the strongest part of the set, self-destructing abs aside.
Last time a figure I liked had a defect (Earthrise Grapple), he also made the honorable mention, so I guess that’s where Omega lands.
One more pic for the road.
So, now onto the numbered list!
I’ve seen this exact truck, in red, in real life, which is a big part of the appeal here.
Look, he’s old, but I only got and reviewed him this year, so I’m putting him on here. Anyway, welcome back, Classics Optimus Prime, glad to see you in this mess of slavishly animation-accurate Legacy stuff.
The Letter meets The Spirit.
There’s almost not too much to say about VNR Optimus, he’s just a solid, fun Voyager-class Optimus Prime, with a trailer that I often donate to Legacy Deluxe Optimus, and a cab that’s cleanest truck mode an Optimus has had in a long time, thanks to the Volvo licensing.
Kibble management, from best to worst.
He pairs well with Netflix Bumblebee.
He’s G1-style, but he was allowed to be different in a way mainline Primes usually aren’t, and that gives him an appeal all his own.
Also, forget the haters, the trailer’s fun!
Make no mistake, though, VNR Optimus is not a cultural reset the way last year’s #1, the aforementioned Legacy Deluxe Optimus was, but he’s an Optimus Done Well, in a year that was full of much jankier takes on the guy.
He’s exactly what he looks like.
I do wish he was a bit more available, and a bit less pricey, which stops him from being higher on this list, but for what he is, I had a lot of fun.
Standing tall and proud, even if it’s at the bottom of the list.
9) Transformers Collaborative Party Wallop
“Ey, we’re ‘sposda fit in dis?”
This is an all-around weird figure, but it’s one I dig, and I’m not even a big Ninja Turtles guy. The Leader-class price of Party Wallop made me scoff initially, but handling him, there’s a Leader’s worth of stuff here, and just a lot going on with him in general.
I feel for Leo. He has to get stuck being the unfun one.
Despite how bulky and awkward he looks as a robot, he’s surprisingly flexible. He’s got a van-load of accessories and features, and having dedicated places to store them all will always wow me.
My wife’s favorite.
Plus, him changing into a big, chunky van is always satisfying, even if the transformation is kind of a shellformery-nightmare, which is my only real complaint with him.
It’s a scowl-off.
Party Wallop’s a strange-feeling figure, as though a company other than HasTak made him, but there’s a lot of creativity on display here, and whoever *did* make him clearly had fun with the brief.
Like Mikey’s having fun with those nunchuks.
The resultant figure radiates good vibes, rather than cynical corporate synergy. The sheer scope of the ambition behind him is admirable, and makes him really fun, even if there’s no way I’d buy four of him to make all the turtles, like they probably wanted me to do.
I’d rather buy a ton of these little guys.
8) Blokees Classic Class Megatron (2007 Version)
TFW you want that cube.
2025 was the year I discovered Blokees, and this is another case of “any one of them could have gone in this spot.” They’re all fun little action figure model kits, even if they don’t transform. More importantly, they’re extremely affordable.
He beat them all!!!
I’m picking the larger 2007 Movie Megatron to represent the line, because he also filled my need for a cheap version of the character I got my screen name from.
“Is it Fear or Courage that compels you, fleshling? And I’m talking about the guy, not the two concepts.”
What else is there to say about Blokees in general, or Megatron specifically? They’re fun to build, surprisingly durable for model kits, they have articulation on par with mainline Transformers, and in some cases (like Megatron), have a very cool light-up eye gimmick.
POV: You’re a cube.
As for Megs, he’s about the size of a Deluxe, but significantly cheaper, which helps a lot, and his specific light-up eye gimmick looks particularly amazing.
When you’re about to join them in extinction.
I don’t care what you think of non-transforming Transformers, these guys are cheap enough that you should give at least one of them a whirl.
He doesn’t need an altmode at these prices!
7) Studio Series Deluxe Bumblebee (Bumblebee VW Version 2)
We won’t forget about him.
I’ll say it again: The modern Transformers cycle of perpetual updates of the same characters is something I usually think is bad, except when they redo characters I really like.
They added cuteness in the update.
In this case, they made a newer, better Studio Series figure of a guy from a movie I specifically love!
This never happened in the movie, but you get the idea.
Ultimately, that’s going to trump any individual problems this Bumblebee has, and he’s got a few of them.
No, no, don’t run from them.
To get those out of the way, he doesn’t have a waist joint, or a battle mask, his backpack, while cleaner than the old Studio Series model, is still not as clean as it probably could be, and he’s still a bit tricky to transform.
Same great altmode, though
Honestly, though, the vibes of him make these issues vanish.
Just look at him!
Plus, he *is* an objective improvement over the old one in basically every way, and most importantly of all, he’s just got a certain charm that I can’t resist.
He also pairs well with Animated Charlie Watson.
If you liked the movie, and you liked the character, this guy’s a winner, even if you have the older model already.
She’s helping advertise the 2025 edition.
6) Studio Series Deluxe Megatron (Transformers One)
His deadliest weapon is those gams.
I wasn’t expecting to like this Megatron better than Optimus, but here we are, and that’s funny, because I could say the same about the characters in the movie he’s from.
The real star of the picture.
What we’ve got here is a tightly designed Deluxe-class Megatron for all seasons. He’s *really* solidly built, has more articulation than you’d think, feels good in your hands, and has a surprisingly robust and customizable loadout of accessories.
It’s rare to see an actual good made-up space tank in Transformers.
Him being the guy from a movie I love’s just a plus. Honestly, his only issue is that he’s kind of a poor likeness for the character from the film, especially since he’s got the wrong model of fusion cannon.
The weapon is from this scene, but the body isn’t.
Still, a lot of what appeals to me about him is intangible stuff, he just feels good to pose and transform and mess around with. I’d say he’s worth getting on his own merits, even without an Optimus to fight, and even if you’re not collecting Transformers One stuff.
If you do have an Optimus, though, he’s about to have a bad time.
5) Age of the Primes Leader G2 Grimlock with Wheelie
An important part of this Neo-G2 collection.
It took years for them to release this tooling in a deco I wanted, in a release vector I could actually get, but it was worth the wait, because Grimlock’s just fun.
I mean, just look at that expression!
The figure’s big and simple, but that’s a strength. He’s chunky, he’s solid, and as an owner of Masterpiece Grimlock, I can say that he actually outdoes the MP in multiple ways.
It’s startling how much better the new model is, and the Masterpiece is still a good figure, too!
He feels like a second pass at the design, to iron out the rough patches. Plus, he’s a very fetching shade of Generation 2 Blue.
His deco could have been closer, but they got the blue dead-on.
His weak point’s definitely Wheelie, who, in my opinion, should have just been swapped out for a sword, to complete the G2 homage, but it’s kind of a non-issue.
The G1 Storybook colors are a neat homage, at least.
Bottom line: It’s worth owning some version of this tooling, even if you have the Masterpiece, and this version’s as good a way as any.
One more group shot for the road.
4) Legacy United Deluxe Cosmos
There’s a Star Man, waiting in the sky…
Cosmos was once a legendarily rare scalper-bait Transformer that, mercifully, got a re-release in the Legacy toyline. He turned out to be good enough to prove that he wasn’t just rare because he was shortpacked, he was rare because he’s a really fun figure.
An important part of this Marvel Resistance Cell.
Cosmos feels unique compared to his Legacy brethren, a chunky, cartoony, cute robot that changes into a flying saucer that you can just hear making Jetsons noises.
Plus, he makes for a fetching hat.
And despite being made of blocks, he’s poseable, expressive, has a unique accessory, and is just fun to transform and pose.
A different kind of Race Queen.
At the time, my only criticism of him was that he was just competently made, and didn’t have anything “extra” happening, like other updated Minibots such as Gears, or Origin Bumblebee.
What he thinks of my past opinions.
But over time, his adorable vibes and general charm have won me over, and I no longer see that as a problem. He’s just a fun flying saucer guy! He’s not even rare anymore, you can just buy one! And you should!
Another case of “just look at him!”
That’s another theme a lot of the figures on the list this year seem to have: No special features, they’re just regular figures done well.
To the stars he returns!
On the other hand….
He’s here to mess up your *whole* crew.
…Remember when Transformers toys had lots of gimmicks? I certainly remember.
This group’s never going to forget.
Cyberworld Grimlock is the closest thing to an old Beast Wars Ultra-class figure that I’ve handled since the turn of the millenium, and he carries forward some of Omega Prime’s philosophy: HasTak remembered that these are supposed to be toys, and they’re supposed to be fun.
Since writing the review, this mode finally showed up on the show.
Who needs elbows or a neck joint or a functional waist when you can do a giant pile of fun stuff, you’re as big as a Leader-class, and you somehow only cost a little more than a Deluxe?
You can even split him into multiple pilotable vehicles!
Plus, Cyberworld Grimlock’s a good representation of a character from a show I like. For more fun, pick yourself up a Cyber Changer or two to go with him. Or don’t, he doesn’t even need them, any small figures can be used to access the fun. But consider this a blanket recommendation to pick up a couple of them, as well.
Snarl’s my pick, if you want just one.
And while we’re at it, if you haven’t watched the Cyberworld TV show, you should. It’s all free on YouTube, here’s the link to a playlist. No one expected this show to be good, we all thought it was going to be slop, and it turned out to be surprisingly engaging.
Just like this beastie is.
2) Legacy Evolution Deluxe Beachcomber and Paradise Parakeet
The chillest bot on the list.
Beachcomber is another formerly-rare figure that, fortunately, became common, thanks to a new production run. It’s funny, though, that my review of him was mostly me going “If you have the old Power of the Primes Beachcomber, you don’t need this.”
Two kings.
But, the thing is, the Power of the Primes figure was really good, good enough to make that year’s best-of list (well, on another website that isn’t around, so you’ll have to trust me on that).
Bigger than your average Deluxe Minibot.
Legacy Beachcomber is just the old figure, but bigger, more poseable, and with some actual accessories, including a tiny little bird important enough to be in the figures name.
VIB: Very Important Bird.
Basically, the new one is even better, with my only issues being that the bird’s got a weird, gummy texture, and Beachcomber’s transformation’s a tad bit fiddly.
Unlike Sonic, it’s not as fast as it could be.
Like Cosmos, there’s no X-factor, Beachcomber just does everything right. He’s poseable, he’s expressive, he’s got a fluid transformation, and he’s been a constant desk toy for me ever since I got him. Plus, the Skybound comics made me more fond of the character than I already was, bumping him up a few points in my estimation.
The start of an extremely compelling character arc.
If you don’t have the Power of the Primes version, I’d call this figure an absolute must-have. And even if you do…honestly, I think he’s worth the upgrade. He’s just that good.
A bot who’s secure in his #2 status. He’s got nothin’ to prove, maaaaan.
1) Age of the Primes Leader Megatronus The Fallen
We move on from the chillest bot, to the hottest one.
Listen, Leader-Class Transformers are expensive, and a lot of the time, can feel not worth the cost, especially as budgets shrink, and prices rise.
Large and in charge.
The thing is, this guy feels worth it, because of how full-featured he is. Usually, Leader-Class Transformers have to pick something to sacrifice to make the rest of the figure great. Maybe they’re really small, or don’t come with a lot of accessories, or are really simplistic, in the name of beefing up the other categories.
Could a compromised figure do this?
But The Fallen somehow manages to hit all the marks of a good figure. He’s big, incredibly poseable, comes with tons of accessories, and is just totally uncompromised. Plus, he just looks really really cool, and is based on a relatively obscure Dreamwave Comics design that I both love, and never expected to get a figure of.
Never thought I’d be recreating this shot in plastic form.
He just does everything right, while looking absolutely amazing. Literally the only thing I don’t like is the dumb “Megatronus” name they saddled him with, but hey, I tossed his box in the recycling months ago, I can call him whatever I want.
The other Primes won’t call him an ally after this.
So, yes, if you can swing a Leader-Class figure, this guy’s one case where it’s well worth getting one, and because of that, he’s my favorite figure of 2025.
He looms large over the competiton.
One last look at this year’s winners, who still can’t fit in my backdrop.
So, what’s happening in 2026? For one thing, I expect my reviews’ll continue on two-week cycles, as it’s a groove I’ve been enjoying (funny enough, I don’t own a Groove). This year, I think I’m going to be focusing less on newer figures, and more on older stuff. Honestly, it’s mostly because I have a backlog of slightly older bots I still want to talk about, and I’m keeping my new purchases modest, anyway. Either way, I’m looking forward to Studio Series, Age of the Primes, more of the Cyberworld show and toyline, and more of the Skybound comics. My most anticipated thing, though? That pink repaint of Studio Series 86 Hot Rod with the new accessories that just got leaked.
I think I’ve looked at photos of it every day since they came out.
I’m calling it now: It’ll be shocking if that isn’t next year’s #1, just based on pedigree. I’m putting a little bookmark here, and I’ll see you then!
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One of my favourite moments when I first saw Transformers One in the theatres with my wife was when the screen went black, a voice started talking, and she said “…..is that Steve Buschemi?” She’d had no idea he was in the movie, and when the scene faded in, and she saw that he was playing Starscream, she started cackling maniacally, because it was a really, really good casting choice.
90 percent of his screentime is in this one scene, though.
On one hand, maybe if Transformers One hadn’t spent a pile of money on expensive celebrity voices, it would have actually made money. On the other hand, what an unexpectedly great choice he turned out to be for the character. Granted, Starscream was a fairly small part of the film’s proceedings, but still had a bunch of interesting moments, including codifying his status as a perpetual traitor, and facilitating one of Megatron’s biggest scenes. It was really odd when he injured his throat so they could pitch his voice up, though, especially since it was already a great performance. Anyway, you know how it is with me by now. Good character, good media, means I get what is hopefully a good figure.
Robot Mode
I’m not going to pepper these captions with Stevie B. quotes, that’s the Transformers Wiki’s job.
You know, more than anything else, this Starscream design feels like a lost Unicron Trilogy body, or like his Titanium design revisited.
He’s a way better figure than his Titanium version, not that it’s hard to be.
I think it’s a combination of the pointy cockpit-abdomen, and the bulky folded-up wings. He’s like a half-step between Energon and Cybertron Starscream. Either way, I’m glad he’s a bit of a departure from his usual G1 self, even if all of the signifiers are still there. He’s also a bit leggy, like nearly every Transformers One design. It manages to be a decently screen-accurate look, too, with the big difference being that his torso is narrower than his bulkier onscreen design. Well, that, and his headsculpt.
Let’s talk about those lips.
Yep, for some reason, they really cocked up the head on this guy. The whole thing’s thinner and taller than the onscreen model, but the big thing is his face, which gives him a strange set of pursed, plump lips, like Sunbow Cartoon Silverbolt. It’s not what he looked like onscreen, and it’s just…an odd choice overall.
Exhibit A.
I think my weirdest opinion here, though, is that it doesn’t sink the figure. It’s a strange choice, but it’s not horrible on its own merits, just on “matching the screen design” merits.
Usually, it’s the older model that yellows.
For colors, there’s a very definite hue-shift going on here. You’d expect his base color to be white, but it’s actually a very light beige. His reds and blues are similarly a bit darker than Starscream normally has. I don’t know if it’s screen-accurate, but it matches the hues and tones of the movie, and feels of a kind with Studio Series Transformers One Optimus and Megatron.
He’d kind of like to replace Megatron.
As for the rest of him, he’s got bits of plastic and painted dark metallic gray, a bit of yellow-gold on his chest, and some silver for his face. He looks very complete, and like his wavemate, Elita-1, manages to hit nearly every detail of his onscreen model, minus some red stripes on his biceps, and some gray details in the towers behind his head.
Not that it’s a competition (it’s totally a competition).
One thing he doesn’t share with Elita-1 is her rickety handfeel. He’s not the most solid figure I’ve ever handled, but his joints and construction are a lot tighter than hers. Perhaps a little too tight, in the case of his bicep swivels, which I didn’t even notice were present at first because of how much force is required to move them.
Initially, I thought he couldn’t do this, due to the tightness of his biceps.
Around back, meanwhile, his wings don’t tab into anything, just hang on ball joints, which doesn’t feel great, even if it gets them out of the way for poses. One unique-to-me issue, though, is that he can’t pass the “can he stand on one foot and kick?” test that I tend to give all my figures (it’s a good test of stability, articulation, and joint strength).
Try to stand him one one foot, and this happens.
This is because he doesn’t have any ankle tilts, and feet are sculpted at a bit of an offset angle, to let him naturally settle into an a-stance at rest, and those offset angles make him instantly topple over the moment one of his feet leaves the ground.
Fortunately, he doesn’t have to be standing to replicate this moment.
He can stay standing fine when he’s got both feet planted, though.
Also, I feel like his neck pops out a bit too easily. Maybe it’s a threat display.
So, as mentioned, he doesn’t have any ankle tilts, because of his transformation. It turns out that he also doesn’t have a waist joint, for the same reasons. A modern figure lacking that’s always a bummer, even if it’s for engineering reasons. Oh, and he’s got no wrist swivels, either. Still, outside of that, he’s decently articulated.
He makes for a good drama queen.
Bottom to top, he’s got knee swivels, thigh swivels, balljointed hips, balljointed shoulders, swivels for his elbows and biceps, and a balljointed neck.
Importantly, he sits well on a throne.
Perfectly cromulent, even with his limitations.
“You call these null rays? They’re barely pea shooters!”
For accessories, Starscream’s got an unusually tiny pair of dark gray null rays that stay mounted on his shoulders. You can always pop them off, though, and turn them into handheld pistols, since they’re small enough. They’re on 5-millimeter pegs on his shoulders, and I’ve found that Studio Series 86 Coronation Starscream’s spare set of null rays can work on them quite nicely.
“That’s more like it!”
His other two accessories are a strange-looking pair of guns, formed out of different altmode parts.
The Worst Guns ™.
One is cast in beige, with a little bit of red paint, and it’s all handle, no barrel (what little is there is painted gray). The other one’s a big, misshapen blue mass, with multiple gray barrels. He can duel-wield them as another set of pistols, though the blue one’s odd handle makes it a bit tough to get it into his hand.
POV: You made fun of his guns.
The instructions also suggest combining them into a larger, equally misshapen gun thingie, which does sort of look better.
Deadlier, at least.
Honestly, I don’t even think he used this at all in the movie, I think they just invented it out of altmode parts for him.
Using every part of the Starscream.
Wait, hang on… (types in “Transformers One Starscream All Scenes” into Youtube) yep, they made them up for the toy.
They also stash right here, on his back.
So, kinda ugly weapons, but I can’t ding them too hard.
And you can always give him other people’s weapons, anyway.
Transformation
This is one of those transformations that seem simple in broad strokes, but the devil’s in the details, because there are *so many of them.* Basically, it’s the classic jetformer “flip up the cockpit, and fold in the arms and legs beneath the wings, as he does a belly flop.” Cyberworld Mirage has the same basic set of steps, even. The thing is, there’s like ten thousand little panels on him that need to be flipped, folded, and clipped together, sometimes in very unintuitive ways. I’ve got it now, but it was really difficult to figure out for a long time.
When you’re in the thick of it.
It feels like he needed to be a Voyager, and I don’t mean in terms of partscount and budget, I mean “he needed to be larger in size,” because then navigating all these tiny parts would be easier. Getting the weapons array underneath his cockpit in order is especially fiddly, since you’ve got to transform it while keeping his null-rays and blue gun popped into place.
This whole assembly here’s a miniature pain.
It’s doable, and it’s not as tough as, say, Studio Series Carformers like Last Knight Hot Rod, or Rise of the Beasts Mirage, but still feels way too complicated for what he is. One thing that tripped me up for some time is the fact that his folded-up robot legs don’t actually sit straight beneath him, but are actually on an angle, so it turns out I actually was folding them up enough.
Jet Mode
Not a Tetrajet ™.
Starscream’s alternate mode seemed familiar to me, and not because of the film, in which it barely appears. It’s not an F-15, it’s not a Tetrajet, it’s something else, with its long nose, and curved wings.
Nope!
Also nope!
I think he actually resembles Energon Megatron, of all things, which makes sense, given the whole “he feels like a Unicron Trilogy design” thing he’s got going on. Either way, it’s nice, and a little bit different for the character. Of course, there’s basically no attempt to hide his folded-up legs and arms underneath him, but that’s par for course for Cybertronian modes in general, and Transformers One’s alternate modes, specifically.
Just look at the vehicle mode.
See what I mean?
For colors, he’s largely the same as his robot mode, though I really like how the reds, grays and blues crisscross in little lines all over the jet mode’s body, all futuristic and stuff. Really, between the shape, and the color layout, it’s a little bit X-Wing-esque, or at least some kind of Star Wars Expanded Universe type vehicle.
I’d say these two are about even in this form.
For build quality, he’s stable in a macro sense, but unstable in a micro sense. I feel like I’m constantly squeezing flaps on him shut, because a bunch of them tend to be a millimeter or two out of whack, though it’s only really noticeable if you squint.
You’ll have to squint when he’s up in the air.
For features, his null rays, and the blue-handled gun all mount beneath the jet mode, and the null rays are a bit too snugly packed in for the 5-millimeter ports they’re on to be usable. On the other hand, you can pop the very top of the jet off (it’s where his other gun stashes, as a part of the jet body), and access the 5-millimeter port there, if you like.
What Decepticon Leadership looks like in altmode.
Overall
There’s nothing hugely wrong with Starscream, just a ton of little things. Fundamentally, he’s a fairly well-put-together figure, and there’s a lot of stuff here I like, but it’s a death of a thousand cuts situation.
As opposed to this situation, where he threatened Orion and company with death by a thousand cuts.
He’s got that weird-looking face, which, if that’s a dealbreaker for you, fair. He’s also got those weird weapon accessories, a bunch of missing robot mode articulation, a transformation that’s way too fiddly, and a jet mode that’s mostly just a folded-up guy. There’s plenty I like here, like his overall design in both modes, and generally, my feelings towards him are pretty positive, but I’ve got to admit that just kind of middling, overall. Not horrible, but with a ton of little flaws. I think I rate him about the same as Elita-1. He doesn’t have the same kind of big problem as her generally poor handfeel, it’s just a lot of little things. Ultimately, there’s way better Starscreams, and way better Deluxes out there, so this is strictly a “if you’re trying to complete the movie cast” type of mild recommendation, and everyone else can probably just skip him.
“At least I’m less irritating than the yellow one, right?”
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It’s kind of weird how the Studio Series is chronically bad at actually getting the cast of each big new movie out onto shelves around the time of the actual movie’s release. Case and point, Transformers One came out in 2024, and only now, over a year later, are we seeing the release of the film’s leading lady, Elita-1. I’d call it gender bias, were it not for the fact that the rest of the cast is also still being delivered at a slow trickle. I’m definitely frowning at how she only had one singular other gimmick toy in the Transformers One mainline, though.
At least it was a Robot Battler, which were really fun.
Okay, despite my grousing, I actually don’t mind the slow, gradual release of the cast like this, because it gives me the time and money to slowly collect them. Plus, coming out later like this means the designers aren’t just working with concept art, as seemed to be the case with Studio Series Transformers One Optimus and Megatron (check the reviews). So, with all that in mind, here’s a belated look at the movie’s Token Girl Character. Okay, maybe that’s a bit mean to her. She got lots of good action beats, and fun lines.
She also had to give the leading man a pep talk. Ugh.
Robot Mode
Legs (and arms) for miiiiles.
Elita’s a lanky robot, all arms and legs attached to a smaller torso. It’s a design choice I’m fond of, making her read as a lady without being too exaggeratedly feminine. They could retool her into a lanky guy, if they wanted.
Her lot in life is, unfortunately, to keep this guy in check.
One benefit of this figure coming out so far after the movie is that she gets to be pretty screen-accurate, compared to Optimus and Megatron. The only real differences in her design are a “frame” around her torso, for the sake of the transformation, and a pair of huge altmode panels on her forearms, which, I guess, had to go somewhere. Okay, they’re really big eyesores, and get in the way of her crossing her arms normally. Maybe the big spikes they give her elbows are to keep annoying people away.
Like so.
Other than that, though, she’s nicely screen-accurate, and it was a good design to begin with, though that “other” is a big one.
Cursed to not be able to express her annoyance.
Uptop, her headsculpt fits in nicely with Optimus and Megatron, in that it manages to thread the needle, and make me not automatically read it as being in the movie’s specific art style. That means I can pretty much pair her with any mainline Transformers, as an all-purpose Elita-1.
Ehh, close enough.
Elita’s got a pleasant shade of purply-pink as her main color, supported by bits of light gray, dark gray, and black plastic. She’s got hits of silver paint, and blue eyes on top of that. Not only does she look good on her own merits, but they actually seem to have hit basically every bit of color that her actual movie design had, which I was not expecting from a mainline Studio Series release, so, kudos to them for that.
And now we get to the bad part.
Sounds good so far, right? But then, we get to the build quality, which immediately gave me a bad impression out of the box, because her shoulder joints just love to pop off when you move them a little too enthusiastically.
This is too easy to do.
Similarly, one of her heel spurs keeps coming out on my copy, despite my best attempts to secure it. Meanwhile, the front plate of her upper torso is supposed to plug into the folded half-wheels inside of that torso on some tabs, but said tabs are way too loose. The torso itself stays in place on friction, but move or pose her, and it’s going to start flipping out of place.
It really wants to do this, which also makes those half-wheels spin freely.
Plus, just generally, her joints tend to feel like a combination of too loose and too tight, like none of the fits are quite correct.
She’s stable enough to stand on one foot, though!
That said, I do think I’ve managed to get the figure “broken in” as time goes by. That, or I’ve gotten used to the trouble spots. The arms don’t pop off now, I can keep the torso in place, and it’s been awhile since the heel spur went flying. But still, it’s not a great set of problems to have, and it makes her not feel as good in your hands as, say, a modern Legacy or Age of the Primes figure.
Anyway, onto the poseability.
Her articulation, at least, is really good. She’s got ankle tilts, and the rare double-knee joint, thanks to the transformation.
She’s about to Mario Jump.
Above that, she’s got universal hips with swivels for the thighs, a swivel waist, and old-fashioned ball joints for the elbows, shoulders and head. So, she’s a bit crummy to handle, but at least she poses well.
She’s about to give me a piece of her mind over that remark.
Elita’s first accessory is a big, curved gun, of the sort the Death Trackers (a.k.a definitely-not-Vehicons) used in the movie, included with her because of how many times the heroes would steal and use them themselves.
I’ve never played Halo, I barely know anything about Halo, but it reminds me of Halo, for some reason.
It’s cast in gray, has some dark gray paint, and oddly, a handle with a joint that lets it raise and lower very slightly, for no obvious reason, since it tends to bump a figure’s arms because of its shape. Since this was a mass-produced generic weapon in-universe, it feels designed to be shared with the other Studio Series TFOne guys.
Like so.
Her other accessory’s a jetpack that you can stick onto her back, based on the flight packs that she and her fellow miners would wear in the film’s first act.
It doesn’t look very jet pack-y, but that’s what they looked like onscreen!
Now, I don’t think anyone actually used one after they got their cogged forms (I’ll need to give it a rewatch), but it’s still a good thing to include here.
Up, up and away!
It’s a shame it’s really hard to actually tab the thing onto her back. I think the holes are either sized a bit wrong, or the details on her back bump the backpack. Either way, I get it on there by unfolding the panels on her back, and squeezing them together with my fingers. At least it stays on once it’s in there.
How I make it fit.
The really impressive thing about the jetpack, though, is that it’s also designed to be shared with Studio Series Transformers One Optimus and Megatron (and B-127, whom I don’t have).
Primus forbid a woman have anything for herself.
It’s impressive, because the jet pack has a bunch of different bespoke tabs on it, specifically designed to fit on Op and Megs’s backs. In fact, I wonder how far back they were planning this functionality, as I can’t find any other obvious use for the slots sculpted into the two faction leaders, and it fits better on them than it does on Elita.
It’s been requisitioned for the revolution.
Lastly, Elita lacks any 5-millimeter ports on her at all, which is a shame. She’s got two circular ports on her shoulders, which are smaller than 5 millimeters, but you can stash her weapon on either of them, through a small tab on its side.
I didn’t take a photo of that, but I did discover that Prime’s Matrix fits perfectly on that tab. That gun’s got some real kick now!
Transformation
I found this transformation tough and complicated the first time, but got used to it really fast. I think it mostly had to do with the instructions being unclear, though. This is one of those transformations where paying attention to tabs and the slots they go in helps you, because they’ll point you to where every part needs to go. That said, I still have trouble remembering what way to fold her robot knees to get them into altmode position, which means it’s time to take a photo for my own reference!
Future me will thank me.
But other than that, this is easier than I was expecting, easier than that first conversion would suggest.
Vehicle Mode
A rolling slab.
Something I found out while researching for this review is that you basically never get a clear view of Elita’s bike mode in Transformers One. There’s an entire action scene based around it, where she drives through a building to catch Airachnid, but the bike’s always got motion blur making it fuzzy.
It looks like this the entire time.
It’s screen-accurate if you unfocus your eyes.
I had to consult a trading card to get a good look!
Turns out, it looks like this.
Surprisingly accurate, actually!
I was so determined to check movie references specifically because Elita’s Cybertronian bike mode felt *off* to me. But what I figured out is that, technically, nearly all the details are here, like the two split wheels in the back, the fins on the sides, and so forth, with only the jet boosters on the back of the bike missing from the plastic version. It’s just the proportions that are way off. The bike seen (blurrily) in the film is a narrow, lengthy thing. This vehicle is wider, and stumpier. Elita’s Robot Battlers figure did a better job of getting the shape of this mode right, but that was a tiny gimmick toy with an inaccurate shellformer of a robot mode. I guess it comes down to the needs of engineering the toy in physical space, but still, it’s no Bumblebee Movie Arcee Bike Mode.
But then again, what is?
For colors, there’s a lot more of the pink and purple, and a lot more silver paint, with the grays fading into the background, and the black wheels a little more prominent, but it’s otherwise the same.
Bikes are a spectrum.
To this form’s credit, it also holds together and feels a lot more solid than the robot mode.
She has to be, to deal with this guy.
The only loose bits are the two shins on either side of the front wheel, they don’t like to stay tabbed in, but they also don’t have anywhere to go, so it’s not a big deal. The bike doesn’t have a kickstand or anything for stability, but the whole vehicle has enough of a footprint that it can stay up while only slightly leaning to the side.
Cybertronian modes are also a spectrum.
For features, first of all, the bike rolls well, if nothing else. Next up, you can attach the jetpack to the back of the bike, and the gun to either side of it.
Nyoom.
Technically, the jetpack isn’t accurate to the film, the actual back of the bike is, but honestly, the whole thing looks better with the pack back there, so I tend to leave it on. Meanwhile, depending on how you’ve got the weapon stashed, you can turn it around for a made-up attack mode.
The blast she hits you with will be very real, though.
Overall
If only her build quality was better, Elita would be great. That’s the only really big issue here. And, to be fair, it’s an important one. There’s entire Transformers that are favorites of mine just because they feel satisfying to pose and handle, so her not having this feeling’s a big red flag. It’s not MLDX Rodimus bad, she’s just noticeably a downgrade from the highs of Age of the Primes and Legacy. Well, that and her bike mode being unflatteringly inaccurate, but that feels like a necessary sacrifice.
She’s had it up to here with all of the macho posturing.
*Whap* “Thank you, Elit-“
*Bash!*
Apart from all that, she looks like the movie character, she comes with a bunch of clever accessories, she’s got a good transformation, she hits all the other “good Transformer” high marks. If she was more fun to handle, she’d be aces.
“I AM THE PRIME NOW!!!”
So, I guess I’ll leave it at this: If you’re not specifically collecting the Transformers One cast, or other Elita-Ones, or something similar, I’d call her a skip. But if you want the lady from the movie, this is a good representation in most ways. Just be prepared to keep your eyes on that heel spur, so you don’t lose it when it falls to the ground.
Three down, many others to go.
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The official Yolopark website have been updated with a gallery of official images and information of the new Yolopark AMK PRO Bumblebee Movie Soundwave & Ravage. This is completely new 20-cn tall mold featuring die-cast
TFW2005 friend and sponsor Big Bad Toy Store brings you their latest update. Click on the newsletter image to get started and happy hunting! New Pre-Orders & New Arrivals
TFW2005 member Protoman expanded the list of officially licensed Symbiote Studios Transformers items scheduled for purchase availability at Comic-Con International: San Diego next month, to include: G2 Snarl Plush and Catnip Bravo
TFcon is very happy to welcome David Kaye the voices of Megatron in Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Armada, Energon, Cybertron, and Optimus Prime in Transformers Animated to TFcon Chicago 2025.
Thanks to user VCyberpunkCybertronian, we have our first sighting of the next wave of deluxes in the US! A lone Crasher was found at a Target in Orlando, Florida yesterday,
Via Yolopark social media accounts we have the official announcement of their new Yolopark AMK PRO Bumblebee Movie Soundwave & Ravage Official Announcement. Soundwave will be released under the AMK
Notes from today’s stream: Nate and Evan abstain from using the word “gun” in reference to SS86 Megatron, opting to use the word “blaster” instead. The figure does have butterfly
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