Yeah Nightbird was a pretty big disappointment for me. I’m still excited for her and Mirage though since those alt modes look nice

I feel like it's more of a character design problem. If ROTB Mirage didn't have movie magic (with, you know, the magic panels that come out of nowhere whenever a bot transforms), he'd look like a dude trying to pose in a way to vagely take the shape of a car. What I want to get to, is that his bot design is as easy to turn into a car as AOE Optimus and Lockdown.

This movie was delayed for over a year. The toys that were supposed to be released at that time were also delayed to avoid spoilers. Those are the figures that are now being called "mainline". None of the previous figures that have been released the same time as the previous movies have never been movie accurate because they are based on the concept art. It's not that they "dont have to be accurate". They work with what they have at that time. It's only AFTER the movies are released that they then have a final design that they can now be more accurate. This delay only made it possible for the "mainline" AND Studio Series figures to come out at the same time.

I would still buy the SS version instead of this mainline deluxe class because the mainline deluxe class version looks bland

Exactly what I'm thinking. Like take the head, paints, ankle joints and wheels at the back from the SS, and that would be a perfect deluxe mirage. I don't like how the legs look at the SS.

Nah the lack of paint is a massive problem

he’s not ment to be serious he make jokes almost all the way through the movie

I know he isn’t. But this figure looks like a more serious version of mirage that’s outside of rotb to me, and that’s what I like about it

I know I come from the “G1” generation, and many masked robots are in the original line, but I would have liked this one without a mask. I probably would consider now, unless customizing, but then that would be a few dollar, and for a few dollars more, I could just get the Studio Series one.

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Ohhhhhhhhh Right hand poseableity two red bumps there 2:26 You can see them better at 3:01 when he moves his hand

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and the SS toy is mostly clear plastic so its a CPS bomb basically

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@@BRproductions6173 No I am telling the truth, the arms and backpack are clear plastic, and maybe the main mechanism for the chestplate too given it appears to be silver painted as well. SS86 Jazz, Beast Machines Hammerstrike, and litterally any Clear Plastic special release are good examples at what to look at for what I mean by explode too: SS86 Jazz is a tame side of the example where it cracks apart and snaps rigidly, not disolving likd CPS but Pressure causing the crackage be it from a 5mm port or the pins themselves. Beast Machines Hammerstrike is an example at what I mean by exploding because of how that toy is designed, if a part breaks it will build pressure until you move it in the right way and it will shatter in your hand quite violently. the SS toy for ROTB Mirage is likely to be in that latter category idea of things given how it appears to transform, a movement could snap the arms off, and a transformation could possibly cause the full chest to implode, that toy is a time bomb akin to the Phantoka wave of Bionicle with Toa Lewa being the lime green plastic, where it is going to break and the plastic will assure you of it.

How does he look anything like Wheeljack besides being a car and having a faceplate?

Because the figures are designed years before the finalized art in order to be released near the movie's launch, can't just have the ROTB toyline released 3 years after the film's release, doesn't make sense.

Why?

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