Nonnef Transformer upgrades for Siege Hound, Sideswipe, Red Alert, and Earthrise WheelJack.

 

Something always felt off about some of these characters that Hastak released. They were missing something basically. Let's find out what it is and let's get started!

Hound

What Nonnef did here was reproduced the G1 imagery of Hound's shoulder missile and his Holo gun.

For reference: look here:

https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hound_(G1)

I really love his missile.

Sideswipe

Sideswipe no longer needs to take off his shoulder cannon to use as a gun. Nonnef supplies you a shoulder cannon that can be leveled to various degrees and a extra rifle. 

Red Alert

Ditto for Red Alert on the shoulder cannon shortage issue.  Now Red Alert has an array of weapons to fire at his disposal.

WheelJack

Extra accessory if you prefer to mount WJ's shoulder cannon to his left shoulder.

You can stick it to the left shoulder if you choose to stick the right shoulder cannon assembly piece but you can see it's a tight fit for him. He can freely move his head if you put it on the other side. Vice versa if you choose to change out the assembly piece, but you have to keep popping the base open which I didn't want to due to wear and tear over time. But for accuracy purposes, it will stay on the right. My only complaint is that I wish the wrenches were adjustable. The Generations version had this feature which allowed WJ to store his weapons more properly. His spoiler allows him to have longer shoulder wings which is a nice touch. I just putted his original spoiler in the back of his legs. 

Perhaps, the most improved in this category. The original WJ design showcased smaller shoulder wings/spoiler and mini shoulder cannon gun. Now he has longer wings, bigger shoulder cannon, an extra smaller gun/repair weapon, and 2 wrenches. 

Here is his reference:

https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Wheeljack_(G1)

Alt mode:

Now these guys are ready to go all out! Hound wins in this category in storing the most weapons wherever you have a 5mm port. WJ has the best redesign though this disables him from storing more weapons. But Hound did him a favor and carried his gun. Funny thing was that I found out you can store his wrenches as exhaust ports. Use your imagination here.

Alternating weapons and final words

Use your imagination again. Overall, a vast improvement over the nearly barebones accessories Hastak gave us. To sum this up, the quality of the custom weapons are great though it took me some time to put some of the pieces together. The characters with their extra weapons look much cooler and are more fun to play around with. Enjoy. You won't be disappointed by the upgrades if you choose to get them.

Check out the site:

https://www.nonnef.com/

I agree

 https://news.yahoo.com/michigan-gov-whitmer-slams-trump-132409779.html

https://wbckfm.com/governor-whitmer-refuses-to-accept-michigan-supreme-court-ruling/

That the Michigan residents should rise up. The Michigan Governor has defied a supreme court order stating that her lockdowns are illegal and she continues to abuse her power here. Some people will look the other way simply because it was a "Trump" advisor/doctor. Just because you don't like Trump doesn't mean you should let it cloud your judgement. Overall, what the governments are doing all over the world is illegal! Sometimes you may have to work with the people you don't like to bring forth a better solution. You may not like it but it it's better than what the government is offering. 

Seek God, Repent, and the rest will fall in place. We all need need him more than ever. The government and their cronies aren't even hiding their satanic agendas anymore.  

I bring this up because this could happen near you. Don't let it happen!

Yeah, I said I wouldn't try to post politics here anymore but enough is enough!  

Toy Review: Transformers War for Cybertron Earthrise WFC E-20 Smokescreen and Wal-Greens exclusive WFC E-32 Bluestreak quick!

 

Aloha. Today we have two Datsun brothers to review from the ER line; the mass retail release of Smokescreen and Wal-Greens exclusive Bluestreak, whom the latter I actually got online from a seller in Hong Kong thanks to a local TF friend of mines that gave me the ebay link. To clear this up, in the west, Bluestreak, is indeed, a Wal-Green exclusive. However, in Asia, most figures end up as retail releases. Why they do this in the west? I dunno. I ended up paying a little extra to snag Bluestreak instead of going to the stores for the hunt. I did this with Siege Ratchet as well. Without haste, let's get started! 

*Note: Some of the pics didn't turn out well.*

Boxing

Nice artwork from the duo. The map pieces are displayed for your completion viewing pleasure.

Smokescreen (Robot form)

Bluestreak (Robot mode)

The duo together plus alt mode

My take:

Positives:

• Both bots look much closer to their G1 cartoon counterparts then the classics version. Neat design. Colors are nice as well.
• Bluestreak really looks awesome here.
• Shoulder cannons can be detached to form one weapon or be used as forearm cannons
• Fairly easy to play with and semi-easy to transform to alt mode and back though the legs can get a little tricky.
• Has waist swivel for some decent posing.
• Weapons are inter-changeable between the two and I'm pretty sure the rifle can be gripped by other Siege/ER members as well.
• Joints are tight.

Negatives:

• Smokescreens head looks cheaply made. Very nitpicking here but Bluestreak's sculpt looks a whole lot better. I know SS looked like that in the cartoons but better detail was given to Bluestreak.
• Despite having black shoulder cannons on his boxing and renders, Hastak decided to release blue cannons for SS's final release. Why? I dunno but this wasn't the cartoon colors and black wasn't either, but I take it over his already mainly blue color scheme. At least the black does add some color, don't you think? 
• Also his cannons are heightened/stacked in his G1 portrayal. His shoulder cannons here look so small.
• Big feets. Not only that but it seems like they are riding a pair of huge ice skates. It's good and versatile for posing and all but it really looks funky .
• Maybe it was mine, but I kinda of had to jam the rifles for both of my figures into their 5mm hand ports. Taking it out was really tough as well. 
• Smokescreen's number is changed from 38 to 80. Mostly likely due to copyright reasons.

Overall: The positives outweigh the negatives. The duo are still good figures for what they are worth. Though I wish you folks luck in getting Bluestreak for $40 or less. I paid almost 60 and I don't think it's a 60 dollar toy but I didn't want to do the hunt so you pay extra I suppose. 

Buy or no buy: Buy. The negatives I mentioned here are minor. They will fit and scale well to your Siege and ER collection. Laters folks. 

Been busy - Sky Lynx on vacation, Outfield Winning it all Tribute

 Lots to review but been busy and sometimes too tired to do anything. I was in Waikiki for a staycation a few weeks earlier so some pics of Sky-Lynx (Earthrise) should keep your attention for now. Just found out that Tony Lewis from the band Outfield had passed away. I didn't know this group so well, but they were famous, imo, due to having the official ending song: "Winning it all" in the NBA finals circa 92-96 each year. So here's the song for those who interested to know. Those were the cool NBA days.