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Originally Posted by BlackZarak
I don?t get all of the hate for this guy. His alt modes aren?t really worse than the G1 versions. His tank has the cockpit sticking out like the G1 version, and his jet has a tank on the underside, just like the G1 version. The designers are trying to be as slavish to the original design as possible, for good or bad. And the Robot mode is great. My biggest beef is the worthless gauntlets to justify leader cost. In that sense, Astrotrain was the better value for the price point. Although that was criticized at the time also.
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I think people like GotBot have explained quite thoroughly the problems. Now, if you like it, awesome! If you are happy with the price you paid, ok! But "I don't get all of the hate" when folks are quite clear on why.
Tank has cockpit sticking out --- sure, but the G1 didn't have it sticking out SO far. It's silly. There is clearly room for it to compress further. It doesn't have to fully hide, but it's ludicrously extended.
Jet has a tank on the underside? G1, actually, only had the turret on the underside (which could be removed). This literally has half a tank hanging underneath. That's what ANIMATED Blitzwing did and it was fine, becuase he was meant to be silly. But that was a 20 dollar toy. Titans Return Blitzwing is far from perfect, but it compressed the jet mode better. Thrilling 30 has a major design flaw, and it did it better. If the goal here was slavishness, they failed.
Ultimately it's at a leader class price point and doesn't come close to justifying it. If it was a voyager, fine. I have a lot of time for the restrictions forced upon the designers by numbers people, but this is a major miss. At *least* Astrotrain came with an addition to his train mode and four cool guns.
Seems like we just can't get a truly excellent generations Blitzwing.
