I saw 1 Animated Blitzwing today at Wal Mart. They had obviously just put out a fresh assortment. Also in 1's were Universe Powerglide and Onslaught. I can't believe how they only get one of the good figures. I had to bypass them all though, just couldn't justify the money. But, the Animated Blitzwing is VERY promising looking. The many faces option is a winner in itself.

And still no discussion of the actual figure??
you guys are killing me!

I got this fig two months ago at fairly decent price.

Me >>>> You guys...

The spinning triple face head is the biggest incentive I've seen yet to buy this guy. I'm still so unsure about it though. I don't have any real attachment to the character, so there's no influence there.

The stop motion video that someone posted actually showed the figure off fairly well, and has tempted me to want to potentially grab it more so than before.

I want to see a gallery or bunch of pics of this guy. A must-buy for me, but I still want to see him.

With what you said about the "only 1 of each good figure" I agree. Every store I've been to has only had one Voyager prime, or one Soundwave, and today, I saw the same results you stated.

Well, last time I saw Animated Prowl, I got Animated Lockdown. Haven't seen him since... And, I just found Bumblebee today! I'd say that the statement has some merit.

This is easy enough to explain when you look at the assortments, at least for Voyager.

Blitzwing currently only comes in 1 wave, a wave that has 1x each of Optimus Prime, Grimlock, Lugnut, and Blitzwing. In other words, there is no verifiable way to know for sure whether or not you got the Blitzwing wave...

WHEN, someone else get's this guy I need a little bit of help/reseach and discovery: His forearms contain these purple "buttons" on the side exterior..... They are spring loaded, don't seem to serve a purpose in alt mode(s)..... I can't figure out what they're for. The instructions don't even show them.

If we knew what purpose those thingys served, we would have more insight to how the universe works than we do now. My guess? To add some detail, though I'm in the dark on why they're spring loaded.

Still no luck in finding this damned guy, even when I went one city over and found a whole lot of his assortment-mates!

Seriously. They're not just there to add some detail. When was the last time they did that? Take movie Megs, he's missing a spring for his flail. Blitzwing has two of them that are just for looks? And missing paint apps on figures, etc, etc.

They're functional, just not overtly so.

~Matt Booker

Well, I don't personally have Blitzwing, so I had to take a guess. And as it turns out, it was wrong!

Thanks for the answer Booker. I clearly noticed thier function after I read that I spent a little time with him.

Here are some pics for closing the gap:






And some of the original Transformation.







The draw backs: the rear of the jet is nolonger pegged down however, it's only easily jostled if you rotate him completely upside down. Instead of a top gap you actually wind up moving it to the sides but it's less noticable because of the wings.

The positives: obviously, the gap is closed. You can now fold awway the feet for 0 robot kibble in this mode. I left them out in the pics for the purpose of showing how much space is between them and thrusters/launchers in each positioning.

No worries. Lots of people have been suggesting that.




Yeah, his jet mode is one of those where you've got about 3 different options. I think each person will probably come across them while just trying to figure the darn thing out.

I keep the feet out and lock the jet's back end onto the feet but I also push those two gray tabs down so they're at a bit of an angle.

Yeah, that makes the gap worse, but I think the two tabs look kind of like vents so I prefer them at an angle and I've come to terms with the gap. For some reason, Blitzwing having a large gap in jet mode bothers me less than a small one that is ALMOST how it should be. Then again, even if the tabs were longer I think it would still look like crap from the side. So, uh, I guess I still prefer them down.

I would've been nice if they'd somehow found a way to hinge the whole top/front of the jet forward and down. It'd make for a flatter jet, and they could conceal the now even bigger gap with some paint applications on the back of the arms and whatever else was exposed.

But I'm not sure how they'd do that, so I'm not going to complain too much.

Also, it hasn't been mentioned on here that I've seen, but the video review that I linked to in the Blitzwing sighting thread mentions it... Blitzwing is grabbing his own ass.



~Matt Booker

Not just grabbing but flat out groping it!

If only it was from the sides. Transformer Goatse.

Also, my mod for his wings should be done by tomorrow. Looks easy, too!

~Matt Booker

Sorry, I was merely letting people know that these figures are out there. I for one used to feel that my city got all the good figures AFTER everybody else. And I do get tired of the "one good figure in the case thing." With this said, is there a shortage of plastic in the world?

Actually? Yes. Have you seen the price of oil compared to when the TF movie was in theaters, let alone when Cybertron was on the air?

^ That's inflation, not a lack of fuel. Granted, we'll run out sometime soon, but I think that's 50 years away.

Regardless, the price of oil is up, and thus Hasbro is buying less of it and using less of it. Same net effect -- Hasbro either makes its products more expensive (I'm looking at you, Fin Fang Foom build a figure), makes them smaller, makes them out of inferior plastic, or a combination of all 3.

have you noticed that there's nothing really tabbing or otherwise holding his head/nosecone in place in jet mode, aside from the friction of the joint? That in combination with the turret having a deathgrip on whatever it's connected to is making me pick up a second one to see if it's just my bad luck.

yaaaaay receipts + Walmart = second chances.

I got the same thing, nice figure, strong joints(suprizing for Animated), but way to floppy, especialy in the alt mods. Also, how come anything will move his faces except the dial thats supose to?

Not loving him, but not hating him either.

Have you noticed on yours that the head can lean one way or the other?

I mentioned this a while back, and was going to touch on it in my mod but I procrastinated wanted to investigate it further, but Blitzwing's head has a rotation that I don't think it should have. At least mine does, anyway.

Blitzwing's head consists of a post with a ring on it, and attached to that ring are his three faces. The ring rotates around the center post so his faces can change. That's fine, but the center post also rotates. That would be fine too, but for some reason the post sits off center when rotated to certain positions.

Rotate the post one way, and Blitzwing's icy face can have his chin embedded in the black base of the head.

That's possibly why yours doesn't rotate very easily, as that's what mine does. It also makes his head kind of lean off center.

If you pop his helmet off (it sits snugly on a peg at the top of the helmet) you'll be able to move the center post easily and should be able to see what I'm talking about.

The post should either stay stationary, or if that off center rotation is because it has to sit funky in alt-mode then the post should be glued to the helmet.

I'm wondering if it's the latter, as why would they even have the center post rotate if it wasn't for something in particular? It's just another moving part to mold.

If nobody knows what I'm talking about, I'll get off my lazy arse and investigate / take pictures.

~Matt Booker

It does seem like his head isn't completely on a vertical axis. it's a little difficult to tell b/c his helmet is a soft plastic. Could be the edges of the helmet not lining up quite right, or his skull being a little tilted.

It's most noticeable when he's in jet mode, and no matter which way you turn the helmet, it never seems quite symmetrical with the body of the jet.

Yeah, I rotated that center post. It looks better now.

I got off my lazy arse and investigated this a few days ago, but I was saving the results for something. No matter, the quick run down is that the center post is designed to rotate with the helmet. It doesn't sometimes, and this is where the problems start.

There are two positions for the post. One lines up great in the alt modes, and the other lines up great in bot mode. If you pop off the helmet while the post is in the 'good for alt modes' position and put it back on facing the other way (as if it were in bot mode), the helmet sticks out and leaves a big gap between it and the torso.

A little experimentation proved that the metal part of the center post pivots along with the plastic around it, so it was safe to glue the helmet down.

The tricky part is not getting glue dripped down on the faces.

Now mine works great and the faces turn easily.

I have a few other things up my sleeve in regards to Blitzy. Okay, so one big thing. But you'll have to wait on that.

~Matt Booker

I may have to keep this in mind for when I get Blitzwing.