Courtesy of 2005 Boards member Dann86 we can share for you our first in-hand images of the new Transformers Legacy Deadeye Duel 2-Pack (Ascenticon Kaskade VS Senate Guard Javelin).
This Amazon exclusive 2-pack consists of Javelin (redeco and retool of Studio Series Bumblebee Arcee) and Kaskade (retool of Siege Chromia). Both fembots taken from the IDW comics.
See the images after the break and then share your impressions on the 2005 Boards!
Fafnir72
I got a paint blemish on javelin's chin, as in paint scratched off.
Psychoshi
Just opened the set.
My Kaskade has two right hands.
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Whovastron
Just opened these up. They’re both great. Kaskades colours are a little too close to Chromia, but they wear the mould well.
Javelin is amazing, the colours just pop and the headsculpt is brilliant. The rifle is awesome too, lovely metallic bronze. This capsule line is the best in a good few years, which is wild as it’s most characters I have no attachment to, and moulds I don’t even like that much. First time I’ve paid full price for a capsule line in years
DracoPrimal
Just got mine today, LOVE Javelin!
Oh, and more PO stock of these just showed up on Pulse!
Leopard5
Mine got here today
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UndeadScottsman
Given that mug, I kinda want to see her in Judge Dredd colors. Total Dredd scowl there.
Tetratron
Javelin might be the star of this whole exclusive line for me.
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pokemonsdoom
Ah. Seems there's another update
UndeadScottsman
Javelin had a whole subplot about getting PTSD after getting sniped in the head by Kaskade, causing her to freeze up during fights until she finally overcomes it and combines with a weaponizer to go ballistic on some Decepticons.
chaosMonkeyPoo
I actually found Javelin to be a pretty standout character in the later part of IDW2. She has several standout moments of badassery, enough that she was one of the only characters from that continuity I hope will carry over to future continuities.
Bass X0
I don’t think anyone is buying this set on the strength of the comic books. Javelin is a good reuse of the Arcee mold.
I’d like more movie line toys being repainted for the Generations line. But they have to have new clean G1 style heads. I passed on a lot of movie hits just because I don’t like how the head looks.
Robogeek28
That's what I'm counting on since I'm waiting for a sale.
Bass X0
Even if you had read IDW comics, you still wouldn’t know anything about this pair. I read the books and they were forgettable to me; they didn’t stand out at all. They are not main or deep characters.
Pun-3X
Got my set this afternoon. Overall pleased with it, though I'll need to work with how Javelin's neck piece slots out of the chest really easily. Everything else seems to tab tight, but that just has too much play in the hinges, and the tab itself just doesn't lock tight. But the figure itself looks fantastic. Bought the Arcee mold on Target clearance for about $11, and I was going to repaint it custom into some other character if a repaint never came along. This totally solved that for me. Certainly the best of the two.
Kaskade is what I was after in some form for the Chromia mold, as I didn't want that retool of Moonracer, etc. as 'Chromia.' So finally having that version of the figure in a new character is just what I was looking for.
Sadly, I got the prize with mine:
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Can't always get the good figure every time.
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Dann86
Tbh its not far off that lore wise, its the rumblings of the ascenticons starting to go against the ruling senate that are rationing Energon etc so they are uprising as a result and these two are on the opposite sides of the battle.
Napalm
Thanks mate. And don't be daft, ain't nothing to complain about with your shots.
Having never read IDW 2.0, I know nothing about this pair. I like to imagine them as part of the security forces tasked by a corrupt Senate with managing the growing civil unrest in Iacon, their conflicting ideologies forcing both to look at the role they've played in causing it and ultimately turning them against each other.
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DracoPrimal
Totally see it… especially since she came with an optional yellow visor.
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