Transformers Generations War for Cybertron: Kingdom Deluxe WFC-K32 Autobot Pipes Review

 

Power by the elites are a pipe dream at best

Hello folks and I am back. Today we have Kingdom WFC-K32 Pipes. How does he fare? Let's find out and let's get started!

Boxing

Pipes has a pretty good box art cover due to the fact I love the running into battle poses. I ended up getting Dinobot for the trading card and his weapons came in the back of the packaging. The latter which I thought came missing at first.

Pipes

Pipes is used off the mold of Kingdom Huffer. You can modify the roof (his back) to whatever position you crave. I prefer it tilted diagonal like how the box displays him. But once again to your pleasing. He comes with two pipe weapons which mimics his signature look to the cartoons and toys. You can place it pretty much where you see the 5mm pegs whether its his forearms, knees (side), and shoulder etc... He can also use them as guns though its a bit loose on that part. I do like the bright white and his blues. I don't know much about his character except remembering him in the cartoon where he helped install Metroplex's cog, and recently my TF buddy Darkonen mentioning him being flattened by Overlord. Of course, I had to look this up and man I guess it was time for Pipes to pay the piper. As for versatility, Pipes does an array of poses nicely. He pretty much poses the same as Huffer. All in all, Pipes plays well here.

Alt mode

Same transformation as Huffer. Fairly easy if you already dealt with Huff. Use your imagination here in how you wanna place his pipes. Seriously, the word pipes can almost be used as a joke here. That aside, I felt this mode was ok like Huffers. The problem I felt on both figures is that I feel the front wheels don't exactly touch the ground too well so therefore it doesn't spin competently. But it is what it is. Like I said a while back that I don't find most alt modes appealing. No lost here really.

W/Huffer

Pretty much the same mold as I mentioned earlier. Differences besides color were the head, the two metal bars on Huffer's forearm, chest piece, crotch and some mini-dots present on Huff's wheels. Both can exchange each other's weapons. It was here where I looked at Huffer and realized man he looked good here. His colors are outstanding and vibrant. I wasn't too thrilled when I first got him but he is starting to grow on me now. However, I do feel Pipe's weapons are more fun to employ then Huffer's Shield and rifle. 

*note* I transformed Pipe's hood wrong though it matches with Huffers.

Ultimate Pipes

G1 Toon accuracy update: 1/31/22

You just need to pluck out the wheels hidden in his back. Just be careful as usual. Credit to the user from FB. Sorry, I forgot to get your name. But credit goes to that person. I claim no credit but to use this for info purposes.

Conclusion

Overall, Pipes is a good figure. No qualms if you already enjoyed Huffer. Pipes fits well to the G1 classics line up. I do like his blues/whites though it is somewhat overshadowed by a more colorful Huffer. Pipes does have the better weapons and it can be toggled and placed in however you choose. That it's for now. See you next time and take care folks. Mahalos. 

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The narrative is falling apart and these companies are still trying to cling on to this nonsense. Hopefully, most of the employees will say no and the higher-ups will be forced to rescind this madness. Just say no. 

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Why mandate something that doesn't work? It's not about health you can see. 

Credit to Cra-zay truth. 

My favorite 86 Studio series Transformers so far.

My Top 3 

Note: I do not own 86 Kup or Blurr.

1) Scourge/Sweep

2) Grimlock

3) Hot Rod

See you soon folks. 

The best Transformers of 2021

 Another dreadful year of higher up control. But let's recap this year of my favorite Kingdom, 86 Studio series, and whatever figures I opened up this year. This year was a little different due to the fact Kingdom consisted mainly of Beast wars figures (I'm not into BW), so to make a top 5 out of that category was going to be fairly slim and difficult. Same for the 86 line since I didn't get everyone. I do have a Sharkticon 86 review but he will have to settle for a 2022 post and possibly a re-edit "best of" post if the character warrants such a change. 

Transformers Kingdom

Inferno

The mold was made for him. Colors are vibrant. He looks good and plays well overall. An improvement over Grapple. 

86 Studio Series

Grimlock

Sweep

Grimlock is a 86 masterpiece done well plus Sweep whose lighter colors doesn't detract any value from the original Scourge figure. In fact, the wings are tightened and not loose as in comparison to Scourge. Despite being a repaint of Scourge, Sweep is still a pretty good figure. 

Legends and Netflix

Topspin and Twintwist

Octane

Megatron

Soundwave

I started to open up some of my figures late. Topspin and Twintwist were simply amazing figures. Lots of replay value for Octane thanks to the ghost Starscream gimmick. Megatron with his nicely painted scheme is a robust looking figure (thanks to Darkonen for supplying me this bad boy). Lastly, Soundwave, immaculate as always stands out in this category as the true last years release (my version is the Japanese NF released that year). 

Honorable mentions: Improved outlook







Sunstreaker who is arguably the blandest looking character in the ER line from 2020 had the most improved look thanks to the upgrades Nonnef supplied. Not to mention, he also supplied Smokescreen's shoulder canon stacks making the figure more G1 looking accurate. 

Thank you folks. 2021 turned out pretty well. Most of the figures were great. Don't get me wrong but these were the ones that stood out to me. Anyhow, thank you once again and I'll see you next time. 

Update: 5/5/22

Kingdom Rodimus Prime

Despite the fact I opened him up earlier this year, he was released back in 2021 so I'll give him that much. Although I feel he is overpriced due to his trailer, he is made with high quality plastic. Fun to play with overall. 

Transformers Toys Generations War for Cybertron: Earthrise Deluxe WFC-E19 Quintesson Allicon Review

 

As long as I'm eating, the virus disappears.

Aloha folks, I am back and finally after a year, I decided to release the Allicon from his packaging. How does he fare? Let's get started!

Boxing

Your boxing folks. Not into the whole map thing so not going to delve into it. 

The guard

Finally, let this guy out of the bag and he is.... fun to play. His tail comes detached but rest assured, he is no parts former. It's just that his tail had to be packed apart from the figure because he be too wide to fit in the box. He comes with a spear which he poses with just fine. Loads of fun on this part really. He also comes with a blade which is a part of his tail. So two weapons come with this guy. If I had to make a minor complaint it would be that the fin on his head is rubbery. It feels kinda awkward when everything else is hard plastic on this fella.

I'm not too familiar with his character except this guy and his look-alike buddies were responsible for dragging off Kup and Hot Rod to prison in the 86 film to await trial for the Quints . They did appear in the series for a little bit too but it wasn't as memorable as they were showcased in the movie. And I'm being too kind here because their appearance in the movie wasn't saying much either. Remember folks, the universal greeting doesn't work on them. 

For those who are wondering why it took me so long to review this guy, it was only because I was waiting for the Quintesson Pit of Judgment to arrive to review the Quints and their armies all together; I got the 2nd release. The plans fell through simply because other figures came along the fray. 

Alligator!

There is something about his mode. It looks amazing and plays fantastic! This mode is fairly easy to transform into. You can let him stand up to make him look more like a human alligator or you can bend him downwards to give him more of a traditional Alligator look. It's already freakish that this guy could become an Alligator, and if that isn't enough, he can blast you and stab you with his weapons in this mode. Ain't that cool? It's not everyday you get to see a human Alligator-like figure chasing after you to either bite your head off or stab the living daylights out of you. 

If any complaint, it would just be that it looks a little peculiar to see fists sticking out on the side of his waists. 

Note: This mode actually reminded me of Wheel Gator aka Wheel Alligates from Megaman X (Rockman X) fame. 

Conclusion

I love this guy. Once again, I don't really know him too well, but he is an darn good ER figure. Totally  one of the better figures of this line. I didn't troop build on him unfortunately and people in the mainland of USA was lucky to get this guy dirt cheap in some wholesale/retail stores. Possibly one of the figures, like the Dinobots, where their effective replay value comes from the alt mode. If you can get this guy below 30 bucks, he is well worth the money.