At long last, I finally decide to let Smokescreen out of his cage...after 8 years to be exact! Without further delay, let's get started!
Boxing
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| Taken at 2010. Lol! |
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| Creased at upper right. |
Well, I was cleaning my room and found that the box was creased. I decided why not let him out already? Comes with an instruction manual. Was pretty cool for its time.
Alt mode guest starring Universe Prowl and Henkei Streak (Silverstreak or Bluestreak)
How I went about on getting Universe Smokescreen was that I prefered his dark blue colors over the light blue the Henkei version had. Plus Universe Smokescreen was only $10 at the time. However, the Henkei version is more consistent on his paint scheme and more G1 anime accurate. The Universe one is just colors everywhere it feels. It's the same mold as Universe Prowl and Henkei Streak so hope you enjoy the comparisons. For an odd reason, I had trouble putting their weapons underneath their car bellys. I just couldn't seem to put them on. Though Hasbro is famous for not painting their rims, I liked how Hasbro just out of the blue decided to paint SS's wheels bronze. Nice!
Robot mode
Universe Smokescreen is a decent updated look of his G1 self. However, even in this mode, his colors scream all over the place or "clownish" as someone from the Transformers board once mentioned. Too much red imo. Not much replayability like his Prowl and Streak counterparts. His small stomach area just leaves a lot to be desired; just the side of these molds spell disappointing. He was probably a good figure for his time, but now we have a Combiner Wars version, most people would probably look at that direction. Anyhow, still a decent figure. Joints are tight and easily transformable to robot to car and back.
Conclusion:
If you do need a classics Smokescreen, you don't have much options to choose from. If it was up to me to pick one now, it probably be Henkei Smokescreen (click on link):
I also realized that the Henkei version is a little more G1 cartoon accurate but mainly G1 toy colors accurate. Then again, some people these days go the masterpiece route and you probably be a bit more satisfied in obtaining a masterpiece version of Smokescreen whose appearance is even more G1ish. Anyhow, if you can pick up Universe Smokescreen cheap I say go for him. He is not bad but if I was able to digress today, I would had picked up Henkei Smokescreen instead.
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