How do I intro this guy?
He almost made it into Wreckers month.
He's been punched by his allies more than the enemy lately.
He's famous for flipping tables.
He almost made it into Wreckers month.
He's been punched by his allies more than the enemy lately.
He's famous for flipping tables.
If you haven't worked out who I'm reviewing by now you're probably not reading any of the IDW comics at the moment.
It's Combiner Wars Prowl.
Love him or hate him it's who I'm talking about this week.
Part of Wave 4's limb selection CW Prowl is a new head and a new paint job on Wave 3's Streetwise.
He transforms from a car, to a leg, an arm and then a robot. He comes with the standard Hand/Foot/Gun that all of the CW deluxees come with and a triple barrel shotgun.
The shotgun is pretty awesome. I'll have three versions of it by the end of Combiner Wars and it wont be enough! The H/F/G has some nice sculpting on it but it's pretty standard for the line.
He's cast in the standard white and black plastic with mostly black paint apps, a splash of metallic blue and the red needed to finish of his Autobot symbols and his head piece. The colours. It does a good job of making him look like everyones least loved Police bot (and I'm including Barricade in that list). I want to make sure I mention the fact that on both Prowl and Streetwise I've trimmed down the joint that swings the hood back and forth. That thing is tight unless it's trimmed you don't have to do it but I recommend it.
It's Combiner Wars Prowl.
Love him or hate him it's who I'm talking about this week.
Part of Wave 4's limb selection CW Prowl is a new head and a new paint job on Wave 3's Streetwise.
He transforms from a car, to a leg, an arm and then a robot. He comes with the standard Hand/Foot/Gun that all of the CW deluxees come with and a triple barrel shotgun.
The shotgun is pretty awesome. I'll have three versions of it by the end of Combiner Wars and it wont be enough! The H/F/G has some nice sculpting on it but it's pretty standard for the line.
He's cast in the standard white and black plastic with mostly black paint apps, a splash of metallic blue and the red needed to finish of his Autobot symbols and his head piece. The colours. It does a good job of making him look like everyones least loved Police bot (and I'm including Barricade in that list). I want to make sure I mention the fact that on both Prowl and Streetwise I've trimmed down the joint that swings the hood back and forth. That thing is tight unless it's trimmed you don't have to do it but I recommend it.
As a car Prowl is pretty much what you'd expect. He looks like a sports car on indeterminate model (Yeh for no legal reprucussions!). He looks pretty good in this mode the only visual issue I have are the two parts of "un-paintable plastic" that are on each side. I'd love to know why they used this plastic on the mold. The two parts are right on the sides of the vehicle and they really break it up. Whats made worse is Prowls "Highway Patrol Police" paint app and his badge are squeezed onto the panel. Streetwise suffers the same issue but he only has "Police" on there and it doesn't look half as bad.
Weapon storage is a bit iffy in car mode, the H/F/G pegs onto the roof but the hole it sits in isn't very deep so the H/F/G doesn't sit very well on there. Prowl has peg holes in his sides for storing the gun. It isn't a great place to store the gun, it looks out of place there.
Transforming the car to foot mode is really simple. Unclip the hood, swing the windscreen over, follow it with the hood and head, swing out the combiner peg and stick the H/F/G into the hole at the back of the car.
Some people swing the hood and head up to for a knee cap. I think it looks better as I don't like the combiner joints being on view when I can avoid it.
It's nothing overly special, it's a leg just like the other leg modes. It works.
Some people swing the hood and head up to for a knee cap. I think it looks better as I don't like the combiner joints being on view when I can avoid it.
It's nothing overly special, it's a leg just like the other leg modes. It works.
So like the other CW limbs Prowl turns into an arm. Much like Ironhide last week it's a simple enough transformation to arm mode and it all clips together tightly. There aren't any loose joints/connections with Prowl. Just like leg mode I put a personal twist on arm mode. I swing the hood up and posistion it as a shoulder spike of sorts. I think it looks better, it covers the joint better and I prefer how it looks. I look forward to having my Sky-Reign with Prowl and Smokescreen as his arms with the hoods up!
So how does the old table flipper rank in robot mode then?
I'm fairly familiar with the body of this figure before since I own Streetwise, It has some problems but overall it's not bad. It has a good range of movement for his arms because of all of the joints. Due to how he transforms you do get a little bit of wrist articulation but I've never really used it for much.
Prowls feet are designed so that he stands in the "A" stance, he doesn't have any kinf of articulation below the knee but you have to expect that with how he transforms. He has standard knee, hip and waist articulation that the CW limbs have.
I like how the car type CW figures have the panels that flip over to cover the combination joint. One complaint I have about some of the CW figures is that the combination joint is out on full display. Having the chest piece sit over it helps break it up. It's obvious that the joints there but at least it's hidden a bit.
Sometimes with the CW deluxes I have real problems with what to do with the H/F/G. Not everyone looks good with a massive H/F/G in their hands, Streetwise was really easy to sort out, Rook needed two hands for his "Hulk hands" and all of the other protectobots had passable uses for theirs.
On Prowl I use the shoulder pegs to store it. I like how it looks on Prowl but I don't on Streetwise, it's weird how a new head and paint job can change my opinion on a figure.
Prowls head sculpt is really nice, I'm afraid my amateurish photos wont do it justice. It's got a nice amount of detail on there and it does a great job of evoking Prowl. He looks stern, serious and ready to qoute your crimes at you (Ask Violator about it, well you could if he hadn't killed himself to avoid listening to Prowl listing, EVERY. SINGLE . ONE. of his crimes).
Robot mode does a lot of good things which help erase the memories of the Classics figure, He doesn't have the traditional hood chest and door wings that Prowl has but I strangely don't have a problem with it.
In last weeks review I complained that CW Ironhide didn't do enough to look like Ironhide but this week I'm OK with the same thing on Prowl. Yeesh I'm a terrible person.
So would I recommend CW Prowl? Whole heartedly yes. It's a cool figure and a nice update for Prowl. If you've already got Streetwise I'd maybe think twice on it, it's the exact same figure apart from the head. I'm OK with it but I can see why people wouldn't be.
I'm happy with Prowl even with a Streetwise and I'll be picking up Smokescreen when that Wave lands.
So that's this weeks review wrapped up. I have no idea what I'll be reviewing next week so no hints today.
I'm fairly familiar with the body of this figure before since I own Streetwise, It has some problems but overall it's not bad. It has a good range of movement for his arms because of all of the joints. Due to how he transforms you do get a little bit of wrist articulation but I've never really used it for much.
Prowls feet are designed so that he stands in the "A" stance, he doesn't have any kinf of articulation below the knee but you have to expect that with how he transforms. He has standard knee, hip and waist articulation that the CW limbs have.
I like how the car type CW figures have the panels that flip over to cover the combination joint. One complaint I have about some of the CW figures is that the combination joint is out on full display. Having the chest piece sit over it helps break it up. It's obvious that the joints there but at least it's hidden a bit.
Sometimes with the CW deluxes I have real problems with what to do with the H/F/G. Not everyone looks good with a massive H/F/G in their hands, Streetwise was really easy to sort out, Rook needed two hands for his "Hulk hands" and all of the other protectobots had passable uses for theirs.
On Prowl I use the shoulder pegs to store it. I like how it looks on Prowl but I don't on Streetwise, it's weird how a new head and paint job can change my opinion on a figure.
Prowls head sculpt is really nice, I'm afraid my amateurish photos wont do it justice. It's got a nice amount of detail on there and it does a great job of evoking Prowl. He looks stern, serious and ready to qoute your crimes at you (Ask Violator about it, well you could if he hadn't killed himself to avoid listening to Prowl listing, EVERY. SINGLE . ONE. of his crimes).
Robot mode does a lot of good things which help erase the memories of the Classics figure, He doesn't have the traditional hood chest and door wings that Prowl has but I strangely don't have a problem with it.
In last weeks review I complained that CW Ironhide didn't do enough to look like Ironhide but this week I'm OK with the same thing on Prowl. Yeesh I'm a terrible person.
So would I recommend CW Prowl? Whole heartedly yes. It's a cool figure and a nice update for Prowl. If you've already got Streetwise I'd maybe think twice on it, it's the exact same figure apart from the head. I'm OK with it but I can see why people wouldn't be.
I'm happy with Prowl even with a Streetwise and I'll be picking up Smokescreen when that Wave lands.
So that's this weeks review wrapped up. I have no idea what I'll be reviewing next week so no hints today.
Stu "Darkageis" Murray is a founding member of The Old Oilhouse, a lifelong transformers nut and collector of Sentai and Kamen rider in most of it's forms.
He sometimes takes epic trips and tells tales of these sagas often.
When not watching people in spandex fight each other he paints miniatures, go HERE to take a look.
He sometimes takes epic trips and tells tales of these sagas often.
When not watching people in spandex fight each other he paints miniatures, go HERE to take a look.
