Ladies & Gentlemen, Boys & Girls, Robots & Fembots! Welcome to that final part of this Humongus Event of Stellar Proportion!
The Larger than Life confrontation you've all been waiting for happens tonight! But First, we still have the last 2 face off
"Not-Desvastator" legs parts individually, in a VS comparison.
But yes! Afterward, the main event is happening, for real!
TFC Hercules VS
Maketoys Yellow Giant!!!!
The 2 remaing Pre-Matches are:
Mad Blender VS
Mixer
Structor VS
End Loader
Let's start off with
Structor VS
End Loader
The Vehicle Mode:
There is not much to say about these two in Vehicle mode... they both look great visually!
Structor looks bulky, like it's a larger than usual truck, while
End Loader looks much more realistic, just like all of his fellas. So let's go direcly to the problems I see in both of them. It's nit-picking, I know... but I feel like I have to share. First I think the only 2 things that bothers me about
Structor is the arms, the way they "tuck in" on the sides.. doesnt feel tucked in at all... they kinda feel like they dont belong on the truck mode... and the second thing is the cab... there's an "attach pin" on the top of it... and it serves nothing... I really feel like cutting it off... there is no transformation (robot, vehicle, Hercules limb) that the cab plugs somewhere that utilize that pin. As for
End Loader my only main problem is the shovel that has no articulation. On
Structor the shovel goes up and down and there's a sweet piston action... but there is nothing on
End Loader. The cab also somewhat bothers me on
End Loader but much less. The cab never feels like it tabs, or sticks where it goes... feels loose but also during transformation to either Leg or Robot mode the cab kind gets stuck on everything, it gets stuck on the head, the shovel's bars, the piston behind it... oh and a third thing that somewhat bothers me is the big piston looking thing inside the cab. It serves nothing. In vehicle mode... its hidden, in robot mode, it sticks in the back, and in Leg form, the piston Barely shows out... I guess it suppose to look like a "real" piston for the leg articulation, but in Leg formation it barely shows and anyway its not a real piston, it's not attached to anything. But on the plus side, if you remember I was talking about the trailers that came with the Set A that never attached to any of the vehicles of set A or B... well the Set C, both
End Loader &
Mixer has attachement hooks for the trailers. Finally!
The Robot Mode:
Again like all of they're counter parts buddies...
Structor is the Easy transforming fella, while
End Loader is much more complicated... a lot is happening during
End Loader's transformation. If you know me, you know I LOVE complex transformation. My fingers ache from
End Loader's transformation. But there is a Huge Paradox with
End Loader. From the front,
End Loader looks incredible... he is Slick, complex, and looks so damn FINE! But here is the Major problem and where
End Loader lose a LOT of points for me:
The Back pack... correction... it's not a back pack... its an ASS PACK... the connector of the Knee and the metalic piston that serves nothing is all in the back, and sticks out of his ass... it looks TERRIBLE... that figure... if you display him not in combined... make sure his ass doesnt shows. It's Butt Ugly. I mean
Structor also has a huge backpack, but it looks like a back pack... the shovel part of
Structor's back is huge and sticks out way too much for my taste. To me, both figures are great, but they have huge ugliness in their backs. I will add one last nit-picking on
End Loader's behalf, his chest, made by the cab, sorta blocks his face a lot... not that much really but still... it feels like the cab covers almost half his face.
Recap:
Structor:
Bulky looking, simple transformation, articulated shovel is nice,
but ugly way to tuck the arms in vehicle mode, and Big back pack... Huge shovel sticking out way too much in the back.
End Loader:
Complex transformation that I really love, realistic looking vehicle mode, nice looking robot mode looking from the front, but looking from the side or back, the huge "ass pack" sticking out of his ass looks terrible
Its hard to pick a winner about these 2... they both look good in both modes, but in robot mode they both look terrible with their huge back pack... but I'm going to give a close win to
End Loader because of his Much more complex transformation and slick robot mode, and the fact that in vehicle mode he can attach the trailer... but I'm really feeling bad for his back pack sticking out of his ass in robot mode.
Next up is the face off between
Mad Blender VS
Mixer
Vehicle mode
Mad Blender is just superb in vehicle mode, altho
Mixer looks more realistic, I love that
Mad Blender's barrel spins.
Mad Blender kinda looks like a "not so distant futuristic" mixer truck,
Mixer looks more like a small realistic mixer truck. they both looks great but
Mixer's barrel doesnt spin... I think its sad... Maketoy could've make it spin... there's no reason they couldnt... just like all the articulations of the other limbs, shovel, crane, etc... but he got a hook that can attach one of the trailer (fore arms). On the nit picking side,
Mad Blender's waist in robot mode can swivel from side to side, and this is a necessary for Leg mode, but in vehicle mode, that waist swivel sort of... swivel too much, like the cab is independant and feels like the mixer barrel is a trailer... I personally dont like it. Although
Mixer also share that same waist swivel, due to some lock for transformation, it really doesnt swivel as much...
Mad Blender feels like he can swivel about 30 degrees from side to side while
Mixer swivel about 5 degrees.
Robot mode:
This is where the fun is, both of them look so great. Here for once, TFC's
Mad Blender is the more complicated one to transform while
Mixer is the simple one to transform.
Mad Blender's barrel also splits into a gazillion guns & canon.. it's Awesome! As for
Mixer, he has a big top hat, but it doesnt look bad at all... there's even a little door that opens up and makes up a visor for
Mixer and it looks pretty nice. One thing worth mentioning is the fact that both of them doesnt have much of a back pack:
Although
Mixer has a complete barrel on his back it doesnt stick out at all. Pretty amazing really.
Highlights:
Mad Blender:
for once a TFC that is more complex to transform, a LOT of options to play around with his mixer barrel that makes a lot of weapons, no back pack, but the waist swivel is the only thing bothering me in vehicle mode.
Mixer:
look great in his both modes, even if the barrel remains on his back in robot mode, it doesnt create a big back pack look which is very nice. And a little Bonuses of the visor and he can attach the Trailer (forearm) in vehicle mode is sweet. But the barrel that doesnt spin kinda suck in vehicule mode and I'm disapointed at how simple he is to transform unlike pretty much all of his other buddies.
Final Verdict:
I'm going to give those 2 a tie... they both look great in both modes, they both have very nice features that are unique to both of them.
Don't Go anywhere, the final, most anticipated Faceoff is coming up next!
