We’re back with another gallery from the Titans Return line, and this time, we’re taking a look at one of Blaster’s minions, the Autobot Cybertiger, Stripes!
Stripes is one of the new minions for Blaster, based on an E-Hobby exclusive. He’s got three modes, tiger, aeroplane, and tablet, and he’s getting a remold into Ravage later, so this one is a good indicator of what to expect from Soundwave’s minion. It’s a fun toy to fiddle with, though the three modes mean each mode has compromises. The tablet mode is solid, but doesn’t do much. The plane looks okay until you get to the back with the exposed animal legs folded up. The tiger is nice with some good poseability allowing for some catlike poses, but let down a bit by exposed vehicle mode bits including the exposed nose of the jet mode. The foil stickers look nice, but like Buzzsaw they crumple on the edges very easily.
Overall, Stripes is fun, but I’m not sure I’d recommend him over his wavemates. Don’t dismiss him, though, because he is a very good fiddle toy – just don’t go over the odds in trying to get him for your collection.
AnnoyedRobot
(About #67) Some kind of weird Keyboard Cat mode?…
transmasterc
Looks like Steeljaw got a replacement.
Cal
I still don't like the mold for Stripes and Ravage. It looks incredibly boxy from the top and unbecoming of a feline form. I think the transformation could be a bit more compacted.
YoungPrime
Great! Buy 5 of them so that the wave 3 legends class Kickback and Gnaw can arrive that much quicker (to which I'm likely to buy 5 of them).
Novaburnhilde
Very nice, a great addition to Blaster's cassette-bots.
QLRformer
He looks very nice. One day I'd like him to be an actual member of Blaster's minions.
I've had to accept that there's not really an easy way for a tablet, or any other device with a screen, to make for an effective Transformer since the screen has to split up. When I got over that, I found Stripes very cute.
Blot
Yeah, but for better or worse they appear to intend to pay homage to the original.
Death333
The call out in the review of his jet mode nose being visible in cat mode is incorrect. The nose folds underneath and the landing gear becomes a tail so the only jet mode bits to be seen are the "wings". Jetmode itself is better if you just fold the feet down flat but it's still silly. He's honestly got two solid modes with the jet mode itself being passable at best and easily ignored.
This toy is fun to fiddle with and looks great when you paint him up- find my thread in Radicons. The only thing I don't like are the position of the wings. I wish they had designed him with those wings between his shoulders instead of his hips.
jestermon
Looks fine to me.
YoungPrime
So is that company as well as the figure in question, life is balanced…..
nobleboivin
tbh I think he's better than FOC Steeljaw. All of the Tablet-bots and tablet-cons are better than the FOC ones.
The pegs break too easily tbh. Not that I broke the pegs on mine.
Starscream 91
I really like this guy in hand. Yeah most pics make him look terrible but having him in hand he is not as bad. He is really fun and I love trying to get him in cool hunting like poses. Really excited for the Ravage repaint.
WhiteMocha
You know, people (including me) have been making fun of this guy since his reveal. And yeah, he is awkward-looking. But honestly, in hand he's not so bad. He's actually, dare I say it… kind of fun. The lion mode has a decent amount of character and posability (the mid-body joint helps with that). He's certainly not a great figure, or even a good one, but I own MUCH worse figures than this (haha, although maybe that says more about my collecting tastes than anything).*
I bet once he's Ravage and more people pick him up, his stock will rise a little. Though I do hate the way the sticker edges get tattered by regular use.
*EDIT: For instance, this guy is miles better than those horrid springloaded disk-bot minions from the FOC line.
Soundwinder
Okay, I get you're bitter but… "F@rtcon"? That's just weak.
YoungPrime
Likely the worse looking Generations figure this year. Hasbro's getting paid way too much these days to be making these "Happy Meal Recalls".
For all this they should've went throw with releasing Reflector out of that Legends Shockwave mold instead of letting F@rtCon have the okay to charge us triple..(Yes I'm still bitter, let me vent!)
tunaflash
I get it now. They're getting kids to design these things. Toys for children by children. Smart.
megatroptimus
Yeah, he's mistransformed. Jet nose folds under the belly and there's a tail that swings around.
payres
Sol, shouldn't the yellow thing you've used as a lower jaw under the jet nose be folded in in plane mode? Yes I know it makes him look like Sky Lynx.
In turn the plane nose should be folded in in beast mode and the lower jaw folded out behind him: it's his tail!
payres
Absolutely certain he should have been yellow & Steeljaw.
I await a yellow Takara version with the correct name and paired with Lione.
Underlord
I think he's pretty cool, although the titan master pegs are shorter than other figures, so the little guys don't stay on as well. Plus his tablet mode looks like something Del Boy would use!