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Showing posts with label reflector. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reflector. Show all posts
Friday, May 29, 2020
Scrapface Turns Into Fitness
While I was at Walmart getting that mystery box I've been talking about, I also picked up Scrapface. The seemingly only new character in the Netflix Siege figure line (so far), Scrapface is a repaint of Refraktor. While you can combine three into the camera, I was happy to just get one. I haven't seen the show yet, so I don't know who Scrapface is. It might be safe to assume he's the generic Decepticon trooper similar to generic clones of Reflector in the original show.
Scrapface is clearly a homage to Scrap Iron from GI JOE. That's a pretty nice touch that they didn't have to do, but I'm glad they did. I've always liked it when generic soldiers in Transformers are treated as individual characters in the toy line. You can either own one specific dude, or an army of many. Scrapface turns into an artillery hovercraft. That's a fancy way of saying they kinda sorta came up with something. This is a way of selling an individual figure on it's own outside of the camera combination mode. It's not terrible, and makes me think of those things Skeletor rode on when he attacked Charlie's store.
Transformation is pretty basic as you just move things around a little. In this mode Scrapface is doing planks with his accessories creativity placed. No wonder his abs are so tight. The metallic blue looks really great on the mold. So does the red. He's clearly a combiner as the toy is a little basic on it's own. There's a pleasant amount of articulation, not a lot. If you didn't know he was part of a camera, however, you could probably just go on never knowing it. Not too shabby.
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
MC05- Looking at You
I've been slowly building my Siege Reflector/Refractor, buying a figure once a week. I've got two so far, just need one more and boom. I decided to buy the retail version as the sculpt is decidedly based on the Reflectors classic cartoon appearance as is the retail colors. The Amazon set is pretty tempting as it's based on the original toys colors, but I think I'd much rather have an original set in those colors. I've never had a G1 Reflector and with so many of the knock offs floating around the internet, I'd like to get one of that. Though in the end I'll probably just get the Amazon set, but still.
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