Next up in our coverage of the Combiner Wars Legends Wave 5, we’ve got a look at Pipes!
Pipes is destined to be that unfortunate member of the assortment who gets overlooked in favor of his brethren. We’ll get the bad bit out of the way first, yes, Pipes is a straight up redeco of Huffer, with no new head, and as Huffer was a remold of Optimus Prime, this one is Pipes in name and being a blue truck only. On to the good points, Pipes is a very nice blue truck. The deco is nicely done and looks good, bringing out all the details of the mold. The mold also has great poseability, and great balance for holding those poses. The inclusion of a rifle – a rarity in the Legends size class – just adds to the posing options. He’s overall a nicely done little redeco, and the red face is different and striking among Transformers. It just does not look much like the Pipes we know.
Check out this destined to be underrated Autobot’s gallery at the link below:
Autovolt 127
Oh my god Pipes getting squished yet again.
You sir are cruel. ;_;
Novaburnhilde
"Puffer"
Hopefully a 3rd party group comes up with a mod of some kind for this little guy, its unfortunate that they didn't even give him a new head.
Sol Fury
And henceforth, he shall be Puffer in my collection. Good catch!
FigureGunplaFan
A little trivia: Legends Class Pipes being redecoed from Huffer is (coincidentally) a nod to Puffer, which is a straight repaint of Huffer.
Neo Tallgeese
I think I just might get this guy. (Especially if his price eventually drops on Amazon Prime). Not so much because he makes a good "Pipes" but as a stand alone blue Autobot truck, he actually looks really good.
optimusmegas
I still use that cybertron armorhide as my pipes stand in. I like this mold but not for pipes
rosewater
I don't think they can die.
G1Prowl
Get a Nemesis Prime and do some part swapping, it'd be pretty damn nice as Powered Convoy's cab.
I was actually thinking Blackjack's head would work well if it fits on the same mounting. Just paint it blue.
Dinobot Snarl
It's not bad, I like the colors here but one day, for the reason I wanted a space ship BlastOff, I want pipes with arms that turn into huge exaust pipes….its one of the reasons he's named pipes I'm sure
Tarphedon
This is an opportunity for a legends scale diaclone powered convoy/ultra magnus trailer/armor.
MWG
If they would just commit to doing a little more remolding on these legends (like how some deluxe remolds get like 90% new parts) some of these would work more. Just change maybe the feet and chest for Pipes & Huffer so they don't seem so much like Optimus. Same thing for Brawn & Outback if they are made from Swerve/Gears, at least give them new legs… But Pipes could've benefited from being a darker blue, and Huffer could've got black windows and they would be slightly better gap fillers.
+-MWG-+
Lody666
Didn't they die ?
shadowfall1976
When you have other Legends made with G1 style in mind, even if it's a mix of G1 / IDW G1 then I think it's not too much to ask for such a thing to be done for Pipes and Huffer, doesn't need to be the 1:1 Geewun BS that gets always tossed out just because someone wants something that at least looks like the character, it just should have some characteristics of the original character…this does not. That's what I'm saying.
I don't care about the truck looking like another truck thing especially when it's bot modes I'm referring to, and this still looks nothing like Pipes, not even as an update, it's a Blue (even too light a blue) IDW Prime with a new head. That is my opinion on it.
shamanking282
The blue is really close to the blue on Prime. One could probably chop the ears off, strip the paint, and paint the eyes red and swap it with Pipes.
artiepants
I guess he works as Micromaster Overload. A nice repaint, but Not even close for Pipes.
PredaConvoy
I'd have liked his blue to be a tad darker, but I do like this mold on Huffer so I'll probably get Pipes too. I may kitbash him a faceplate if 3rd party doesn't do him a head, and I'll be painting his front bumper and top cab lights. I really like the minibots in legends scale, they're lots of fun.
Windsweeper II
Too true, bring him back Roberts and Trailcutter too !
He looks great, but why on earth didn't they use Prime's head ?
At least it has a faceplate.
rosewater
Bass X0
Nothing to do with gang-molding. Just that Hasbro isn't willing to give every new toy a new head. If Pipes got a new head then Chop Shop would have to keep Skrapnel's head. I think Chop Shop is more deserving since the Optimus Prime mold already received one new head, while the Skrapnel mold had yet to do so before Chop Shop.
YoungPrime
This figure gets a lot of hate but I like Pipes and Huffer in this mold. The Head reminds me of G.I.Joes Beachhead for some reason.