Transformers Toys Generations Legacy Deluxe Decepticon Dragstrip Review (With Unite Warriors Dragstrip comparisons)

 

The cases are not rising. More media nonsense!

The first of the Legacy Stunticons arrives! Aloha and welcome to another edition of me just casually reviewing G1 inspired figures. How does the first of the Stunticons fare? Let's get started!

Boxing

Here's your packaging and as usual, you have no clear plastic window in front of the figure. What's slightly new is the top and back of the box now includes a numerical indicator of Dragstrip being part of the Menasor line-up. 

Here's a link to his bio

https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/bios/drqrinld#viwgvd

Standing tall

Joined rifle

Dragstrip comes with a purple backdrop. He also comes with two mini-rifles that can be combined. DS does have a waist swivel, tight joints, ankle tilts, and a few gaps here and there. I did try to do some take-a-knee poses in the beginning, but his hamstring section prevents him from going down all the way. You can, in a sense, have him take-a-knee but you need to open up his legs which defeats the purpose in doing so. He can do an array of poses with his dual blasters. You can also plug his weapons wherever you can peg it. However sometimes, when I try to bend or cross his arms, his arms would pop off literally.  He does look like his G1 animation counterpart I give him that despite having shoulder blades now. Don't let his forehead color fool you. It looks dark sometimes from afar but it is actually purple like the toons. 

Team Drag (w/Unite Warriors Dragstrip)

Team Drag at your service. I definitely prefer Legacy for the looks and overall re-playability. But UW Dragstrip isn't so bad either. He seems to have more of an orange tone so he isn't as accurate to the show as I once thought, but for a time he was my Dragstrip. I do still find UW/CW's head funny looking; almost clownish. Both can swap each other's weapons. 

Alt mode and comparisons

Who you like best? I prefer Legacy DS for the most part but I still think UW/CW looks nice. Not to mention, I dig the car seat on UW/CW. Both are easy to transform into and back to robot mode. What is irksome about the Legacy one is that Hastak decided to use the mushroom peg wheels! Nothing a little 3rd party can't fix. Sheesh, you waste so much money for one figure these days. 

Legacy thus far

Well, this is my Legacy wave one complete. Once again mainly G1. 

Menasor formation?

I was curious in how people were popping this guy in half. Thanks to PrimeVsPrime on Youtube, this is how you do it. I circled the green part for reference. Make sure you have something thin enough to poke this slim rectangular button. While this is a cool feature, this can also be terrible if you don't have any tools thin enough to do so. Sometimes I like to just do everything on the get go. 

Conclusion

This marks the end of my Legacy wave one. Can't wait for the rest of the Stunticons to arrive. I wonder if the rest of the limbs will use the same push feature DS uses. Anyhow, DS is a nice figure that is worth playing and getting. He just got the pop-off arms and the mushroom pegs you have to contend with. Otherwise, enjoy. 

Transformers War for Cybertron Earthrise WFC-E6 Wheeljack review!

Today is the next Earthrise figure Wheeljack. I used mainly shutter speed for my shoots so results weren't so great, so please bear with the photo noise when you see it. Anyhow, let's get started.

Boxing (shot with Hoist):

 

 

You got the whole decoder thing again. I think it reads Anttila. I'm not good at this once again so if someone could tell me how this decode thing works, that be great.

The figure:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Impressive figure thus far. His Slender frame is mainly proportionate to that of the G1 toon. He does have some differences such as smaller shoulder blades and smaller gun/shoulder cannon. Not sure why they couldn't have given him another gun though. He handles nicely and it appears that WJ does not have any battle damage. WJ also does not have his original 539 race number and now sports #638. I'm not too familiar with this so I won't comment much. He has lots of race car sponsor labels on the side of his leg. Also it reads Cybertron on the back of his right shoulder blade. I'm surprised I retained some of my Japanese reading skills. Then again, the internet is at your disposal.