12/7/2023 0 Comments Autobot springer triple changer![]() But there’s nowhere for the marine radar on it, or you stick the weapons together to form…well, take a look. Unfortunately, the weapon storage is just plain daft There are tabs for the swords and plenty of gun ports, yes. Works far better than the original did of convincing me that this is a third mode and not something the designers pulled out of their arse. The legs pretty much flip horizontal and fold in and themselves and you reposition the shoulder and flip and push the weapon mounts in to make it more compact while moving the front wheels further forward. Joking aside, this is actually a pretty good Cybertronian car mode for Springer and there are more steps to get to this than you think. I mean yes I prefer the Thrilling 30 design which looks more like an actual helicopter (if you squint) but this is a really good modernised version of the G1 design. ![]() Hell, there’s even grooves on this wings/weapon mounts to allow the gun that has weapon tabs for the swords to sit flush (which I’m fairly sure I didn’t in the photo above but can’t be bothered taking it again). If a flying box can look “great” everything fits together well and there’s a place for every one of his accessories to go. In fact, when going to helicopter form you kinda have to try and line up everything as well as possible and just squeeze it all together and pray something doesn’t break.Ĭhopper mode is my favourite for a lot of reasons. No matter which mode you go to there’s a lot of lining up tabs, and hoping said tabs don’t break because some of those fuckers are tight. Transformation to both modes is on the one hand, really fun, and on the other, terrifying. ![]() That said you can have him going with duels words which is always fun. Doesn’t help that the backpack doesn’t really tab in anywhere either so it can flop off and hang off his arse like some kind of heavily armed remora fish. He’s covered in ports so the guns have places to go, and there are even some tabs that you can (loosely) put the swords on his back, but this has nowhere to really hide it without it being a bit daft. This is dumb and there must have been a way to do this better, even if you wanted to have two swords rather than the T30 guy’s brilliant splitting sword. Described as a “turret” by the instructions, it’s the bit you shove the swords in to become the helicopter rotors. You can balance him on them, but don’t be surprised if he tips forwards or backwards once or twice until you find the sweet spot.Īccessories wise he comes with some nice guns, two swords…and a thingy. They’re the main piece of articulation that the T30 guy did not have and it’s nice to have them, but these ankles seem to have a lot of trouble holding him up, even in a basic standing pose. While the rest of him can hold a pose fine, his ankle tilts are a bit hit and miss. He’s gotten pretty much everything we’ve come to expect from the Siege guys and can do all the poses…to a point. Speaking of which, Siege Springer manages to have far more articulation than the G1 toy or the T30 voyager (just). I mean his car and helicopter modes were distinguished by one being longer than the other and having a sword attached to it or not. He was one of the few complete Transformers I had and I was fascinated by the triple changer concept…even if he was probably the worst example of its problems. So while I will be occasionally referring to Thrilling 30 dude, I’m going to try and assess Siege Springer on his own merits.Īnyway, so Springer gets only his third toy where he is actually a triple changer, and it hearkens back to his routes and is based on the original toy, which I had as a kid. To me, thrilling 30 Springer beats it in pretty much every category except one. So originally, I was going to do another comparison review like my recent Optimus Prime one, comparing this new Siege Springer toy to his previous Generations counterpart…but honestly, that’s a bit unfair to the new guy.
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