Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 5, 2010 18:23:47 GMT
Drift
So who is this Drift character I find in my Generations toy assortment ? According to TF Wiki he's an IDW character (There's a decent pic of the toy on the same page, large version found here). Comic characters are good. That means we might get Staxus, Impactor and other stars of the Marvel series. (Staxus *is* coming soon as Darkmount).
Drift is a white sports car similar to the Nissan Silvia S15. Or at least that's what the TF Wiki page says. I'm not a complete petrolhead so I'm not good with my cars. So I look at Drift and think his car mode looks quite a look like Jazz: both are white sports cars with spoilers. Drift however has some red Kanji on his doors reading "Samurai" (the original design had the Katakana for "drift" on the doors). The whole of this mode is white plastic save for the light blue used for the headlights, side & front windows and a sort of dark grey (almost purple) used for the wheels.
Transformation: Separate the bonnet down the middle and fold the halves of the middle section out to the sides covering them up, which in turn reveals the robot's head. Pull the back of bonnet's side panels out to the sides. Move the windscreen forward. Fold the card doors and side windows down to the sides. Fold the roof and the rear of the car backto form the legs then separate them. Fold the feet up & forward till they meet the shins. Fold the arms out from the front wheel arches and rotate each wrist through 180 degrees. From the inside of the doors fold up the sword handles and fold back the windows. Fold the doors down to the sides of the legs as sword sheaths. Swing the arms forward.
Drift's robot mode reveals more of the grey on the hands, upper limbs and body with the chest being covered by some of the car roof and windscreen. His head's great, good proper Transformers style completely unlike the Bayformer stuff that's been served up the last few months. It closely resembles Cheetor so if you look at Tigatron you'll see something very much like and coloured the same as what we have here. The only real difference is that Drift's head is lightpiped in the same pale blue plastic used for his windows. He's well armed in this mode - there's a sword running down the entire length of his back - a 10cm blade and 2cm hilt - that can be removed and held in either hand. Be careful though it's *very* bendable. On each hip he has a sword sheath holding a shorter 4cm sword made of the same bendy plastic. The articulation on the toy is excelent: Ball jointed wrists that rotate and bend inwards, double bending elbow (these are becoming more and more common), a bicep swivel, a shoulder that bends up inside the shoulder pad - this allows you to raise the shoulder pads - formed from the car front wings - up to give Drift tall shoulders. The shoulders themselves are mounted on ball joints which are on a strut that allows them to raise up at the shoulders. The ankles move but that's more part of the transformation, the knees bend, there's a thigh swivel and ball jointed hips. Finally the head can turn and lean backwards.
overall: I'm not held by any comic related prejudice towards the character so I think the toys is rather nice. Decent vehicle, decent articulation and some nice weapons. Well worth a look.
Blurr
Drift already has a repaint on the runway. Actually it's a remould - he's going to be Blurr. See here for some pics of the new version. The swords are gone on this new version and he gets a new head which is moulded in pale blue like most of the car's body work. The upper limbs and hands are now a darker blue with the wheels and shoulder fronts now looking black. He gains a new black rifle which he can use both hands to hold. He would also - see the pictures TFW2005 took @ Botcon seems to come with two smaller guns to replace the smalled swords with the scabbards on the hips becoming holsters.
Bought on site !
So who is this Drift character I find in my Generations toy assortment ? According to TF Wiki he's an IDW character (There's a decent pic of the toy on the same page, large version found here). Comic characters are good. That means we might get Staxus, Impactor and other stars of the Marvel series. (Staxus *is* coming soon as Darkmount).
Drift is a white sports car similar to the Nissan Silvia S15. Or at least that's what the TF Wiki page says. I'm not a complete petrolhead so I'm not good with my cars. So I look at Drift and think his car mode looks quite a look like Jazz: both are white sports cars with spoilers. Drift however has some red Kanji on his doors reading "Samurai" (the original design had the Katakana for "drift" on the doors). The whole of this mode is white plastic save for the light blue used for the headlights, side & front windows and a sort of dark grey (almost purple) used for the wheels.
Transformation: Separate the bonnet down the middle and fold the halves of the middle section out to the sides covering them up, which in turn reveals the robot's head. Pull the back of bonnet's side panels out to the sides. Move the windscreen forward. Fold the card doors and side windows down to the sides. Fold the roof and the rear of the car backto form the legs then separate them. Fold the feet up & forward till they meet the shins. Fold the arms out from the front wheel arches and rotate each wrist through 180 degrees. From the inside of the doors fold up the sword handles and fold back the windows. Fold the doors down to the sides of the legs as sword sheaths. Swing the arms forward.
Drift's robot mode reveals more of the grey on the hands, upper limbs and body with the chest being covered by some of the car roof and windscreen. His head's great, good proper Transformers style completely unlike the Bayformer stuff that's been served up the last few months. It closely resembles Cheetor so if you look at Tigatron you'll see something very much like and coloured the same as what we have here. The only real difference is that Drift's head is lightpiped in the same pale blue plastic used for his windows. He's well armed in this mode - there's a sword running down the entire length of his back - a 10cm blade and 2cm hilt - that can be removed and held in either hand. Be careful though it's *very* bendable. On each hip he has a sword sheath holding a shorter 4cm sword made of the same bendy plastic. The articulation on the toy is excelent: Ball jointed wrists that rotate and bend inwards, double bending elbow (these are becoming more and more common), a bicep swivel, a shoulder that bends up inside the shoulder pad - this allows you to raise the shoulder pads - formed from the car front wings - up to give Drift tall shoulders. The shoulders themselves are mounted on ball joints which are on a strut that allows them to raise up at the shoulders. The ankles move but that's more part of the transformation, the knees bend, there's a thigh swivel and ball jointed hips. Finally the head can turn and lean backwards.
overall: I'm not held by any comic related prejudice towards the character so I think the toys is rather nice. Decent vehicle, decent articulation and some nice weapons. Well worth a look.
Blurr
Drift already has a repaint on the runway. Actually it's a remould - he's going to be Blurr. See here for some pics of the new version. The swords are gone on this new version and he gets a new head which is moulded in pale blue like most of the car's body work. The upper limbs and hands are now a darker blue with the wheels and shoulder fronts now looking black. He gains a new black rifle which he can use both hands to hold. He would also - see the pictures TFW2005 took @ Botcon seems to come with two smaller guns to replace the smalled swords with the scabbards on the hips becoming holsters.
Bought on site !
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