Transformers Toys Generations War for Cybertron: Kingdom Deluxe WFC-K26 Autobot Tracks review Comparison with United Tracks

 

Tracking 

Aloha folks, today we are back with another Kingdom TF review. This has been a long time coming. I held out on this guy for sometime but finally decided to pull the trigger. By the time I got this figure, I realized all the negative reviews posted by lots of TF fans online. So I pretty much bought this figure to see how true it is. Without delay, let's get started! 

Boxing

So Amazon shipped my figure in a clear plastic wrap. The box on one side was still bent but it was probably bent prior to shipping. He looks like a different character on his character artwork depicted on the side of the box possibly due to the lack of his hood and missile launchers extended above his head. I got the Ark trading card here. 

Standing tall

Tracks is show accurate for the most part. He looks fantastic torso wise. His missile launchers don't quite fit the G1 representation. In the show and original G1 toy, the missiles are more attached to both sides of his hood. Not to mention, it was much bigger looking. This one is removable and it can be used as a hand weapon. If that floats your boat that is excellent. But going by visuals once again, if you flip him to the back, you will notice that his feet seemed to be detached from his legs; you can see this from the side as well. This was bizarre to look at. The grey shins on the front of his legs somewhat obscured this feature but if you analyze that area close enough, you can see the gap in between his feet and legs. Tracks feels very light for the most part. There is pegs on the both sides of his forearms where you can stick a weapon, but in the mean time you can see through the gap on the other side. This makes it feel as if sometime was meant to be here but it makes this area feel incomplete at the present time. For a deluxe figure, he feels the most lightest of the entire Kingdom line. Waist swivel included. 

Posing

If you are doing standing poses with Tracks, he works out decently. However, this is where everyone is complaining about him and it is his legs. First off, his legs are very loose. Possibly the loosest of all the Kingdom figures I've own so far. The blue flaps on the side of his legs will not stay attached for the most part so sometimes they start flapping out like crazy especially when you do knee posing. Tracks is also double-jointed. His leg bends more than it has to. Very awkward indeed. Not sure what Hastak was aiming for here but something up with his legs. 

Team Tracks ( with United Tracks)

For your viewing pleasure. Who looks or does it better? United Tracks was dusty so if you see some dust, forgive me. For me, I prefer Kingdom Tracks. United Tracks is kind of pudgy and can't really pose much but he was good for what it was 10 years ago. Kingdom Tracks can grapple United Track's weapons, however the latter can't do the formers. The Legs, however, are done better on the United version.

Alt mode with United Tracks

 Kingdom Tracks was a frustrating and difficult transformation. Instructions were definitely used. It was already bad enough about his legs and yet his transformation wasn't an easy process. Overall, which one is better in this mode? If you are going for the weapons route, it is Kingdom but all in all I still prefer United. The metallic blue is shiny and it brought back old times for me. He looks better as a car in whole. I know the Kingdom version is show accurate but I really dig the United flame decal. Man, that decal is so beautiful to look at this very day. Kingdom Tracks do feel a whole lot lighter but he plays ok in this mode. 

Flying 

Easy to get to and this is Track's signature flight alt mode. Probably the only flying car on the Autobot team. The Kingdom version does it better here for me. It was here that I remembered you could stick the United missiles under the United version though I found a spot where you can stick it on the Kingdom version. This mode will most likely look good if you have a toy stand. 

Conclusion

Not recommended if you are into myriads of leg posing. Not to mention, it already looks jarring if you stare at his feet from certain angles. If you need a G1 (classics) looking Tracks where he is going to stand in the background and do simple poses, then he will do really the job here just fine. I know there are upgrades to help with his situation and maybe down the line I will get them to test them out. I don't think he is a terrible figure overall but comparing to his other Kingdom brothers, his shortcomings make him the least re-playable of them all. But I came in knowing his problems, so my expectations was diminished. Thank you for visiting and have a good day folks. 

G1 1984 Jazz toy review! All that Jazz! Jazz comparisons with United, Reveal the Shield, and 86 Studio Series.

 Thank you to Heath, my brother from another mother in Washington state. This is an exclusive quick look and review on the original Jazz mold. 

1984 Jazz G1 style! Robot and alt mode

G1 Jazz, die-cast and all. This is a 2nd hand figure plus he was very loose, stickers peeling and all, but I'm not really complaining and this guy is the original Jazz of all Jazzes. You can start to see some yellowing behind his legs otherwise the paint everywhere else is still a decent finish. His alt mode looks fantastic and easy to transform. It took the 86 studio series line to match that and it pales simply because that line is missing decals and some paint. This is 84 where you had heavy plastic (metal), decals, and metallic finish guns and missiles. Speaking of missiles, the launcher came broken so I couldn't attach it on his shoulder. On the last pic in this category, I just had it sitting on his right shoulder. The spring works well though... a little too well. 

Because this is 84 Jazz, he doesn't do much posing. I remember them as blocky toys that, well, was Transformers back in the day and that was it. 

All that Jazz

Take your pic. I included United Stepper in this pic simply because he was the same mold as RTS and United Jazz (Meister). The United Jazz paint job is still amazing after all these years. I really disliked how Hasbro used a pre-yellow paint job on the RTS version though. 

Conclusion:

I'm going to leave it here. If anything, this was more of a comparison of the Jazz figures I owned. It was nice to see how this all started. 84 Jazz really looks impressive for his time and you can still see the influence he gave to his future self figures. Thank you Heath once again and I'll see you folks later. 

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