Last of the "street date" TF reviews

[dvandom]

Leader Optimus Prime and Megatron. Prime good, Megatron not. And I mean crappy, not evil.

Comments

[loki-liesmith.livejournal.com]

The instructions seem almost deliberately vague when it comes to
"combining" the arms into fusion cannon mode. The only real guide is the
inset picture of the cannon on the back of the box, which shows that the
right forearm piece just stays folded out of the way. There's no attempt to
make it line up with the left forearm piece, which is what becomes the cannon
"barrel".

I figured it out:

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=136464

Also, totally switch the spring into the claw arm. MUCH nicer all around.

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

Aha! All I was missing was the slider joint. How much hassle is the spring swap?

[loki-liesmith.livejournal.com]

Not much. Just unscrew the forearms and swap it. Just be careful with the folding gun arm, so pieces don't get lost. The trigger in the claw arm even has a tab to install the spring on.

(http://photobucket.com)


Also, depending on how yours turns out, you may want to apply a little nail polish or superglue to tighten the joints on the folding cannon afterwards. Some have said their cannon stays nice and tight, some say it's way too floppy. Mine was somewhere in the middle and a tiny bit of polish worked wonders.

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

Okay, spent a while trying to find the spring when I dropped it on the floor, but it works pretty well now. It can't actually drag the chain out, though.

[loki-liesmith.livejournal.com]

Huh. How are you placing it inside the arm unit? Mine fires all the way to the end of the chain, even with I've got it stored inside the module.