Legacy Evolution Deluxe Animated Prowl & Junkion 2 First Look

DriftsEdge

He is no replacement for a G1/Earthrise Prowl.

Oh he was definitely isn’t.

DriftsEdge

I would call this guy Ricochet if I ever get him for Generations bunch.

I dig it, and call the actual Ricochet, Stepper (his other name).

Oniconvoy

A “bit better?” She’s a bike. Prowl is a poorly played game of Tetris on wheels.

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I don’t despise it but yeah it’s not great. Don’t hate it but still not very good.

It seems to mostly all come down to the waist down area, and how the arms fold.
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Since this thread was “revived”, if anyone needs a size comparison with a figure let me know. If I have the figure I will try and do it.

But one I did for the review thread.
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Whovastron

I could, but I’m not going to, if anything I’d make G1 prowl the new character. I’m too connected to Animated prowl as a character to do that, and the design just screams TFA Prowl

Fair also hard to beat black and gold.

Tetratron

Animated Prowl is my second favorite version of Prowl but Animated came out just I was getting "too old" for Transformers, so I was pretty happy he was the first Animated character revisited in Legacy.

I have to say I think in terms of Deluxe Bike Bots, Arcee is a bit better in alt-mode and transformation but robot mode I'd give the slight edge to Prowl. Both are about comparable in terms of "G1ification" redesigns imo.

Ironically it came out when I was too young. But interestly enough he was the only Deluxe and non-activator toy I had from Animated.

Whats left of it.
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But yeah he came out good also in addition to the head looking better in hand, he doesn’t look as bulky as some photo’s portrayed. The bike is weak but it doesn’t kill it for me. And for G1-ification the best of the Legacy figures.
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Omegaclaw

I doubt that, because the image shows the head on a ball peg. They took off the head, which has no modular abilites, but left the arms on the body. Why?

It's indeed a mystery.
Pretty weird photography decision, if I'm being honest.

GokaigerSamurai7

Saw this thread get bumped and I thought Axelgrease got leaked lol.

I find it funny how Crashbar's head is not detachable in the way of Paleotrex even though the back of box shows it being detachable in the way of Paleotrex. Guess there were some last minute changes

I doubt that, because the image shows the head on a ball peg. They took off the head, which has no modular abilites, but left the arms on the body. Why?

TF Hot Rod

Could just use him as a brand new character with a new name.

I could, but I’m not going to, if anything I’d make G1 prowl the new character. I’m too connected to Animated prowl as a character to do that, and the design just screams TFA Prowl

Whovastron

I’m in a similar headspace with this guy. I don’t like having multiples of characters (not counting reformatted versions like Rodimus or Twincast or super Megatron) but I realllyyy want this guy as I adore animated, I think I may just have him as TFA Prowl that’s found his way into “my” universe

Could just use him as a brand new character with a new name.

TF Hot Rod

Apart from the head crest and being a police vehicle they look completely different. And personality wise they could not be more different.
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He havs even less in common than ER/Seige Barricade, Smokescreen, and Bluestreak. So if you consider them different characters, just use them as different characters.

Good point. If the first 2 leaked photos it looked big, but the last set looks better. And in hand, even better.

Agreed.

I would agree, of the Prime updates last year she was done the best.

And he does look good with Bulkhead.
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It's a great looking figure but I'm fully expecting to see the mold again as Road Pig or something, so I'm not sweating the different body types. I'd also be happy if they ever released this dude in G1 colors although I'm not sure why they would. If they truly never use this mold again, I'll consider swapping my ER Prowl for this one.

Optimus1138

If you can rationalize different bots existing with the same body type I don't think two bots with similar heads but totally different body designs, colors, and alt modes are that much of a stretch. I'll just call him Nightprowler and say he's a ninja who trained with Drift.

I respect that you like to headcanon and repurpose figures, but I'm personally not really into doing that. I like the characters to represent who they're intended to. Between the two Prowls there's just a little too much shared DNA for me to justify them as wholly different characters.

BBJazz

Agh. I really want to support Animated in Legacy and get this guy, but he has just barely enough in common to his G1 self to where I can't see them as different characters.

Apart from the head crest and being a police vehicle they look completely different. And personality wise they could not be more different.
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He havs even less in common than ER/Seige Barricade, Smokescreen, and Bluestreak. So if you consider them different characters, just use them as different characters.

mx-01 archon

99% of the time, if you think the head looks too big in leaked in-hand previews, mentally try to shrink it by 10-15%. That's a specific side effect of cell phone photography, how most people looking for their ten-second internet clout take those pictures.

Good point. If the first 2 leaked photos it looked big, but the last set looks better. And in hand, even better.

HereticalHeresy

Honestly the only things I feel Prowl has in common is the head crest and turning into something police related. So Animated Prowl and G1 Prowl have about as much in common as G1 Prowl and 07 Barricade.

Agreed.

VVa

My collection of BikeBots slowly grows.
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While I also have Junkheap and Core Class ROTB Arcee, I wanted to just show the Legacy bots because unpopular(?) take, I think they did an excellent job of G1-ifying these guys. Prowl gets all the praise he deserves but Arcee, while not ideal, gets all the shit she doesn't deserve. At least I think so. But here's my tin foil hat theory;
Maybe they released an Arcee R.E.D. figure because they knew not everyone would take to the Legacy version. They did the same for Knockout. Don't like the G1-ification? Get a fully screen accurate and not terrible looking figure from R.E.D.
Who knows, maybe TFP Megatron and Optimus will follow the same path, they got their R.E.D. figures, we'll see if they get Legacy'd.

ANYWAY,
I love the way the resident BikeBots of their respective universes look!
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When Legacy Arcee was revealed I joked about how there would be a Prowl retooled from her. Surprisingly, he isn't! He only shares the part where the bike seat forms from the arms. And the back kibble forming to connect and stabilize the bike mode.

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Brilliance.

Transformers G1-imated!
View attachment 29873573 I wanted to have Bulkhead cross his arms but…no way is a Bulkhead figure managing that. Lmao

I would agree, of the Prime updates last year she was done the best.

And he does look good with Bulkhead.
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Meh. Symmetry is overrated.

Especially on guys like the Junkions.