Transformers War for Cybertron Earthrise WFC-E5 Hoist review!

Hola! Today we venture off the unfinished Siege line reviews as we have a special: Earthrise Hoist! Without delay, let's get started!

Boxing:

With Earthrise WheelJack

Ditto

New artwork

 

Galvatron

 

 

The boxwork is pretty much inspired by the Siege line. The side art features past Siege characters with some upcoming Earthrise figures. Making their return is Siege Hound and Sideswipe. The upcoming characters are : Arcee, Wheeljack (review coming next), Trailbreaker, Quintesson, Optimus Prime (Earthrise version?), and possibly Earthrise Megatron. Megatron is most likely going to be recycled from the Siege line with some new features. Shockwave and TR Bumblebee (most likely, could be wrong through) make an appearance here as well. I'm not too familiar with the character in between Shockwave and the Quintesson. Looks like Refraktor in some ways but I wouldn't hold my breath.

You also get to decode a message using a red decoder. Mines is Junkion but I'm not sure what to look beyond this. I never got into the whole secret message thing from the Siege line. I tried this for a few minutes but I really didn't know what to look for once again.

Hoist the figure

As he came out of the box, so this pic was taken.

 

Use it like a gun

 

 

 

 

 

Hiding the handle

 

 

He has an arm cannon! I made two (3 in a sense) categories here because his arm cannon can either go on his left or right hand though I prefer his right hand for this review.  It may look awkward to see the handles in some pics if you were attempting to make some poses in his default hand packaging. That handle popping out can be weird looking from time to time. Thank God Hastak made his fists swivable. That way in the 2nd category, you can see that annoying handle is hidden from view. 

And last but not least, the third hidden category: peg his weapons in any hole you see. Use your imagination.

Following Siege tradition, Hoist has battle damage in his front bumper or his stomach area.

As for the figure, he has a waist swivel and he handles nicely. No qualms here. His G1 dark green colors stand out well here. 

Transformers War for Cybertron Siege WFC-S43 Mirage quick review

Welcome! It's been awhile. Without delay, lets get started with WFC-S43 Siege Mirage!

 

 

Letting him out ( Plus Santa Cruz pics)

 

 

 

 

Wow. Mirage is G1-looking heavenly! He has three weapons to be exact.  A rifle, a shoulder missile and the missile itself can be grappled as a weapon. The only problem with my Mirage is that his left hand can't seem to handle weapons too smoothly especially the missile. You sort of have to jam it in if you want to peg a weapon with his left hand. He has pegs on the side of his biceps and knees to plug the weapons, but I didn't fiddle with it this time. As for battle damage, I couldn't seem to find any. He appears to be the only Siege figure I owned so far, or at least of the autobots, not to display any battle damage. Kind of makes me wonder if Hastak just gave up on making damage details all of a sudden. Also I took him a on quick trip to Santa Cruz back on March 3rd. He had fun in Natural Bridges State Park.

Best of Travel 2019

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Transformers Mechanic Studios MS-16 Rocke (Not-Gears) quick review

Season 1 Ark Autobots complete! At long last, the missing puzzle is found and that is Rocke- Not Gears. Without further delay, let's get started!

Boxing

 

 

 

 

The box art also features not- Swerve or Spiale. The box art makes it look as if he comes with Rocke but he doesn't. To make sure you get the right figure, you look at the bottom of the box and if the white box is check next to the corresponding color, then you got that figure. In this case, blue = Rocke and red = Spiale. Rocke also comes with a blue bomber. Not Megaman but I decide to call him that for this review.

Standing tall

 

 

 

In the robot flesh. Rocke looks like his G1 incarnation. The colors and looks are really impressive. However, he feels blocky for the most part and despite having a head swivel, his shoulder arms get in the way from time to time. His hands are connected to his forearm despite having elbows to give him some posability. He ends up getting dual pistols, one from what I heard is supposed to be Spiales, but you get both. The weapons on my figure though does not peg in completely. Bummer.