Transformers War for Cybertron: Earthrise top 5 figures

 Today I just pick my War for Cybertron: Earthrise top figures. Like Siege, there were a couple figures I still haven't opened so my list may be updated down the line. This is only on the figures I've opened, played and examined thus far. Without delay, let's get started!

Trailbreaker

Bluestreak, Smokescreen, Prowl.

Thundercracker, Skywarp, Starscream

Ironhide and Ratchet

Runabout and Runamuck.

For once I'm going to say there is no order for the most part in whom I liked better. I was really wowed by the Siege line after a fairly average Power of the Primes line. I really had difficulty picking someone I really liked in this line. I had an easy time with Siege however. 

I guess what made this list a bit intriguing is that half of the guys on this list were exclusives. 

What was also striking was that I liked most of these guys halfway through the season. I remember not caring too much when we initially got Cliffjumper, Hoist, and Wheeljack etc... They were great figures but Cliffy was too overpriced for a deluxe figure, Hoist felt basic comparing to Trailbreaker, and Wheeljack felt incomplete. 

I think this all started to change for me when it hit the Target 2 pack exclusive of Skywarp and Thundercracker. At first I saw that these guys were just upgrades of the classics versions a few years back, but all too soon, I truly saw how these guys were the new seekers in the house and more respectively closer to their G1 anime counterparts. The only real complaint here was they had no waist swivel. They did look and played better than their classic counterparts overall. Oh don't forget Starscream. 

Trailbreaker was a vast improvement over Hoist mainly due to the extra backpack and shoulder canon giving him extra arsenal. He was more fun to play actually because of this. 

The Datsun brothers Smokescreen, Prowl and Bluestreak turned out to be fairly entertaining in some areas. I was amazed how they captured Smokescreen's likeness from the cartoons, Prowl looking decent with the nice translucent shins, and Bluestreak looking the best imo of the trio. The only drawback was they did feel light, had huge skate looking feet, small shoulder cannons for SS and BS, and a brittle rifle which came with Prowl (though some fans had issue with SS and BS's rifles as well). My Prowl also chipped parts of his plastic as I transformed him a 2nd time. My TF buddy Darkonnen said the Earthrise line did use lighter plastic and you can clearly feel it in these guys. 

Iron-hide and Ratchet grew on me weeks after I opened them. Initially wasn't impressed by their Siege make over. However, I started to like their G1 do-over thanks to that glass re-do on their chests. I just wish they weren't too much of a partformer and maybe they could had done something about the feet on alt mode. It kinda throws the whole van mode off. Also, its probably just my Ratchet, but I can't complain enough on how his flaps and even his shin pops off easy. Mold over-use at this point? 

Surprisingly, Runabout and Runamuck made this list. They were impressive figures and something about Runabouts red translucent parts still amaze me till this very day. Perhaps they would had been my actual number one in this list if it wasn't for their shoddy alt mode. I, like, some other fans got really disappointed as some of the configurations don't lock in place. The Battle Chargers are definitely a force to be reckon with... in robot mode that is. 

Oh well, on to the rest of 2021. Take care folks and let God take control. See you. 

*Update 1/4/22*

I guess this is no longer a top 5 but Allicon is definitely an awesome ER figure. He belongs in this list as well. 

Toy Review: Transformers War for Cybertron Earthrise WFC- E41 Runabout Target Exclusive!

 

The battlecharger duo are complete. Today we look at Runabout, the color palette swap of Runamuck. Is he an improvement over Runamuck? Especially in alt mode? We'll find out. 

That's your packaging. Included in this pic was Runabout's map piece (once again I don't care for this but for pictorial completion purposes) and his instruction (Not used here too).

I added these two pics here to show that Hasbro got lazy with the artwork. One was just color swapped over the other. The explosions and details are the same for both. Just real lazy. 

Standing tall (With Runamuck)

Runabout handles and plays just as well as his brother Runamuck. Color-wise I really like the translucent red on his windows and shoulders. I think his color scheme stands out a little better in comparison to RM. However, his head was a little stiff for me. It swivels and all but I don't know if it is just my copy or not. His figure also comes with two pistols that can connect as one longer rifle. Since you can split it, you can use both pistols as a duo shoulder cannon. The cool thing is that you can also connect RM's pistol to form and even longer weapon. It becomes a novelty at this point, but it's still great to have. Also realized that Runabout had a slightly different head sculpt to Runamuck.

Alt mode (With RM)

If you are familiar with RM's transformation, then you will have no problems here. Unfortunately, at least for me, my RA's transformation isn't looking so hot either. Whereas RM's jigsaw gaps was showing lots, RA's front window didn't want to stay pegged in. If I was able to peg the left side in, then the right side didn't stay on and vice versa. He didn't suffer the gaps RM had, but still had issues overall. Or at least it was my copy. Yeah, the Battlechargers suffer bad alt modes despite a brilliant and awesome robot mode.

Same mold here. I like the red stripes for RA but I also dig the gold/bronze details RM promote on his alt mode. RA also has the fake chest as RM did. 

He still does not have his security pass

Fans of the show would know what this meant.

Conclusion:

I'm just a completionist here. Runabout is a good figure in robot mode just like Runamuck. If you get them for alt mode, then you will sorely be disappointed. He is a Target exclusive but thank God he is fairly easy to get. Anyhow, have a nice day folks until the next review.

The Runamuck review here