Coming to us from several sources from the internet, we have our possible first look at alt modes of the new Legacy Blanker (aka Pointblank) & Dead End.
These are very small pics which seem to be Takara Tomy promotional images. While these figures were officially revealed during Habro’s Transformers Panel at San Diego Comic Con, only robot modes were shown. We have our first look at Legacy Blanker (Pointblack) futuristic car mode and his Targetmaster partner Peacemaker. Dead End’s alt mode seems vert faithful to his classic G1 car mode.
See the images after the jump and then join to the ongoing discussion on the 2005 Boards!
Kenneth Robertson
I didn't think they would regress any worse than the battle masters for the target masters. This makes me glad that I got Takara Legends Peacemaker
Bass X0
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GizmoTron
I can personally vouch for the shoulders being a little loose, but flat out cracking and breaking I'm not sure how that would even come about.
Robogeek28
Yeah, all I've seen are a couple of reports of some shoulder looseness, not cracking.
T-Hybrid
Off the top of my head, G1 Jazz comes to mind. But he's the only one I thought of as I was writing about it. Could be he was an exception.
troglodyteman217
cant remember any examples off the top of my head but would not be surprised. would take that any day over the legs of any datsun
Foster
That's rumor mill stuff – my Cosmos is fine and so is every one I've seen photos of.
T-Hybrid
Weren't there some that took it a step further and simply didn't *have* windows of any sort and just had empty gaps?
troglodyteman217
never liked transparent windows on any transformer unless there is an actual interior or cool decals. so much for robots in disguise
T-Hybrid
Which is fine, but then the result is more transparent plastic.
…or even more expensive figures so those windows are molded apart from the rest of the alt.
Fenrys
Yea, this thread is the first I'm hearing of that
Fafnir72
Can't wait for Breakdown!
Q Prime
Example?
fartsniffer42
Oh, those were separate, but there HAS been issues with Cosmos's shoulder cracking even though it's opaque plastic
Optimus1138
At least nowadays though, unstable figures are usually just because of loose joints due to mold degredation. Back in the earlier days of CHUG and Movie lines lots of figures simply were not designed with balance or poseability in mind at all and due to a combination of poor weight/kibble distribution, small or oddly shaped feet, and, yes, loose (often ball) joints, some figures would be almost impossible to get standing on their own at all and others would have maybe one or two semi-stable poses and could still be knocked down if you took too hard of a step halfway across the room.
And some of us definitely do.
T-Hybrid
Gotta wonder if Spindle isn't already a victim of mold degredation given how many iterations Paloes been through already.
No, it's being used to produce transparent windows on alt modes.
The reason it seems "overused" is because they can't mold the windows as their own piece and mount it to a piece molded in the other color without adding to costs of the figure (see Override as an example of a figure who actually did it to have transparent wheels without having transparent hinges). So now they mold the windows as part of the larger alt and then paint it to match.
HasTak must think people want transparent windows more than painted ones. Because doing that would potentially remove transparent plastic altogether in most figures.
Robogeek28
I haven't seen anything about Cosmos having cracking shoulder issues.
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Dann86
Theres no clear plastic on Cosmos. Dunno how people have been cracking his shoulder, mine took a nose dive off the cabinet due to something else falling and hes totally fine