Transformers Generations War for Cybertron: Kingdom Deluxe WFC-K32 Autobot Pipes Review

 

Power by the elites are a pipe dream at best

Hello folks and I am back. Today we have Kingdom WFC-K32 Pipes. How does he fare? Let's find out and let's get started!

Boxing

Pipes has a pretty good box art cover due to the fact I love the running into battle poses. I ended up getting Dinobot for the trading card and his weapons came in the back of the packaging. The latter which I thought came missing at first.

Pipes

Pipes is used off the mold of Kingdom Huffer. You can modify the roof (his back) to whatever position you crave. I prefer it tilted diagonal like how the box displays him. But once again to your pleasing. He comes with two pipe weapons which mimics his signature look to the cartoons and toys. You can place it pretty much where you see the 5mm pegs whether its his forearms, knees (side), and shoulder etc... He can also use them as guns though its a bit loose on that part. I do like the bright white and his blues. I don't know much about his character except remembering him in the cartoon where he helped install Metroplex's cog, and recently my TF buddy Darkonen mentioning him being flattened by Overlord. Of course, I had to look this up and man I guess it was time for Pipes to pay the piper. As for versatility, Pipes does an array of poses nicely. He pretty much poses the same as Huffer. All in all, Pipes plays well here.

Alt mode

Same transformation as Huffer. Fairly easy if you already dealt with Huff. Use your imagination here in how you wanna place his pipes. Seriously, the word pipes can almost be used as a joke here. That aside, I felt this mode was ok like Huffers. The problem I felt on both figures is that I feel the front wheels don't exactly touch the ground too well so therefore it doesn't spin competently. But it is what it is. Like I said a while back that I don't find most alt modes appealing. No lost here really.

W/Huffer

Pretty much the same mold as I mentioned earlier. Differences besides color were the head, the two metal bars on Huffer's forearm, chest piece, crotch and some mini-dots present on Huff's wheels. Both can exchange each other's weapons. It was here where I looked at Huffer and realized man he looked good here. His colors are outstanding and vibrant. I wasn't too thrilled when I first got him but he is starting to grow on me now. However, I do feel Pipe's weapons are more fun to employ then Huffer's Shield and rifle. 

*note* I transformed Pipe's hood wrong though it matches with Huffers.

Ultimate Pipes

G1 Toon accuracy update: 1/31/22

You just need to pluck out the wheels hidden in his back. Just be careful as usual. Credit to the user from FB. Sorry, I forgot to get your name. But credit goes to that person. I claim no credit but to use this for info purposes.

Conclusion

Overall, Pipes is a good figure. No qualms if you already enjoyed Huffer. Pipes fits well to the G1 classics line up. I do like his blues/whites though it is somewhat overshadowed by a more colorful Huffer. Pipes does have the better weapons and it can be toggled and placed in however you choose. That it's for now. See you next time and take care folks. Mahalos. 

Toy Review: War for Cybertron Earthrise WFC- E11 Optimus Prime Transformers Toys Generations War for Cybertron: Earthrise Leader WFC-E11 Optimus Prime Action Figure

 

You give an inch, they will take miles. Just say no!

Hello folks, I am back with an exclusive review thanks to my TF buddy Brandon (Aka Transfan84/Darkonen). Without delay, let's get started.

Boxing

Not included in this packaging was the matrix of leadership but that's ok because I used 86 Hot Rod's one as the placeholder. I don't do the mapping locations once again. 

Standing tall

Comes with a blaster that looks like a cross up between his G1 rifle and a canon. It can be folded in half which isn't shown here. I actually didn't like this blaster too much so I kept it away for most of the review. His chest cavity opens so you can pop the matrix inside which I will showcase later. Prime looks great here though I feel his eyes are too small or like some sites said, its a blue head with blue eyes. In other words, an overlapping of blue. His wheels behind his back does look a little funky as well. Something up with Prime's back in most versions I kid you not. I will get into this someday when I compare him with other classic Prime models. One cool thing is that his fingers can open so you could display him handling the matrix or adjust the way you want to hold things with him. 

W/Custom blaster (courtesy Darkonen once again)

The 1st pic reminds me of those animated commercial breaks back in 84. You can also peel the back part of his trailer to use as a shield. 

I wish I had a stand for this

The Autobot leader can do a myriad of poses. The blaster supplied by Darkonen works wonders here and increased Prime's awesomeness tenfold. 

Roll out!

Fairly easy to transform. I feel as if Optimus Prime was always one of those figures that was easy to transform no matter which iteration. Optimus has that "fake chest" syndrome that 86 Hot Rod and the ER Battlechargers had. However, it's his grill that is hiding behind his chest for this transformation. His gun actually can go below his trailer but the extra accessory Darkonen supplied can peg into any 5mm ports here as well. Nonnef has some upgrades to help spice up this mode. Not to mention, Roller is missing in this version which NN shells out.

The trailer expanded

His artillery robot is grey here instead of blue as you seen on the back of the box. It was then I discovered you had to buy the Drone weaponizer pack to get his rifle, roller and a few other goodies Prime possessed in the G1 series. Way to milk the fans out of more money, Hasbro. Prime needs a twin barreled canon like how Kingdom Rodimus Prime has, seriously. 

Huffer Prime

You are a true friend, Huffer

The stock blaster and the 86 Matrix.

Megatron is telling Prime, "Did you know that both of us were sent by Darkonen so that we could lead our factions respectively?" The 86 Matrix fits nicely and I attempted to use the stock blaster again. I hated it seriously. I just stuck it in his back for the remainder of this review.

Hot Rod and Optimus.

I tried to do the 30th anniversary pose (1st pic in this category) but Prime can't hold the matrix chest level thanks to his chest sticking out a little too much preventing him from bending his arms entirely. I stuck with what I could get. Oh well. Don't mind the dirty wall in the background. 

The 84 ark crew updated.

Conclusion:

This is ER Prime in the flesh. Overall, I like him. It is one of the better designs of Prime that is also closer to his G1 form. Besides his difficult to see eyes, OP handled very delightfully and he definitely fits in with the remaining WFC cast displayed above. Anyhow, later folks. Get him if you can, he probably costs a fortune now. 

Can you see my eyes now?