pluv wrote:
I like the figure alright. Female body molded in white. Heck you practically have a Buck Roger's Wilma Deering right there. But I don't like that head on that body. Too long of a neck. However, kutos to the club for bringing out that character. They know a cross-over sale when they see one.
I would have loved to get a new head sculpt for this figure, but I suppose the Cover Girl head works fine for the figure.
pluv wrote:
The bike is crap. Any Transformers bike would have worked. Ashiko cycle could have worked. Retaliation bike clearanced off in very similar colors just isn't a "collectible" to me.
The Ashiko cycle seems like it would be a good thematic fit. But, based on what I hear about it, I wouldn't actually want one. I do think it is strange to include a bike that nobody wanted at retail and closely matches the color of the retail release. I think the best approach would have been to not include a cycle at all. I've only read the first issue of the new "season" of Robots in Disguise so far, but I don't think Afterburner is closely associated with Marissa anyway .
pluv wrote:
From what people are saying this will be like the HAVOC mk II. You will have to be a member of the TF club (with a different email then your GIJCC membership) in order to get one, but it isn't the membership figure. Just an add on through their club store.
Yes, it is definitely a member add-on rather than the "free" member toy. However, I think there is a chance that they may make this particular exclusive available to both clubs - I certainly hope they do. I think it is a cool idea, but more of on the spectrum of "I'd get it as a Joe exclusive" rather than "I'd join the Transformers club to get it." In fact, I feel like this exclusive works better as a Joe club offering even if it is based on a Transformers character - it's Joe tooling, it is a character tied directly to two Joe characters, and the actual toy isn't in scale with anything Transformers (the last being a complaint I've seen from some TF collectors).
