I love this figure when I was younger. I’m an Apache Native American, and I’ve always loved the tribal warrior aesthetic that the robot mode had along with the combination of the two animals my culture primarily features
Beast Wars writers and voice actors: "How do we characterize this new character with massive Native American vibes?" ......................... "What if he was a valiant paladin of righteousness?" "YES!" Scott McNeil's actual description of Silverbolt: "Strong, proud, brave, and smart as a sack of hammers."
I love fuzors, such a by kids for kids concept. Silverbolt is the perfect posterboy for the idea too, just so well executed. Try to track down Sky Shadow too, that is also a great figure.
In europe you can find a complete sky shadow without any problems. so it shouldn't be difficult to find a copy on one of the many marketplaces on the internet?
Interesting figure. Creature mode feels like a Gryphon with a wolves head. The wing feature is pretty nifty. The only real redeeming factor of that Ironhide other than being a static elephant is he makes up most of Magnaboss which would be great if Silverbolt didn't suffer from GPS. Other than that he's a kibbletastic mess in robot mode. Maybe if Magmatron does super well they can update this guy as well.
Silverbolt's design did grow on me, and I quite like his character. What I still don't get is the swords... that are also missiles, that just seems like a bad idea.
Someone else pointed out the native American design. In the show he used them as missiles and throwing weapons. Design wise I think they're supposed to be tomahawks.
Like..... I'm gonna get the Legacy one. Because Silverbolt and Rattrap are my favorite Transformers of all time. And Silverbolt has gotten NO love from Hasbro or 3rd party. But I'm gonna be real here, I NEED that Transart figure. (FYI Transart is also doing a Quickstrike.)
I still dont get why everyone is more unto quickstrike then anything...but okay.. to each its own. (and if it really comes as core class, then i really don't care, and rather hunt the original toy) From what i saw on legacy silverbolt photos, it seems "don't fix what ain't broken", because it looks like the same engineering transformation. If i had this silverbolt back then, today, i might not really wanted legacy silverbolt. Some beast wars toys do age good , and look good with kingdom ones, like Cybershark. I was so happy in getting that new release... which was also my first beast wars toy ever. (that damn awesome painting.....)
@@bradensmith8682 I'll be honest, Retrax is not so good now, and i believe it was really fund back then. But that translucent body of his, is just incredibly amazing to look at . i still don't know if i want him or not, despite the articulation being so... not good. But the paint job, the overall idea of it, is pretty awesome, to me. I manage to get tigatron (to make up for my yelowed kingdom tigatron), and he is so much fun-
New one will transform completely differently. The beast will just stand up on front legs, back legs will spread apart to reveal the head, wolf head will fold somewhere inside and back rotates 180 so wings are on top and beast chest will open up for lioncoth piece. It's much simpler.
i decided i am going to wait for TransArt announced silverbolt, instead of hasbro one. I am not gonna risk waste money on him and having it yellow. My toxitron is yellowing on those same grey parts silverbolt hasbro has. No way i am risking my money on that. i was scared shitless and on the fence if yes or not, because yellowing is STILL not F***** fixed. If someone else is doing it, i will take my chance with someone who has better customer service then hasbro if something goes wrong. I'm out. I too tired of this time bomb yellowing crap.
Yep. I still had the original silverbolt in good condition and I'm not gonna change him for the new one, legacy one looks almost the same so no need to buy it
I found a copy of this original with its missiles. I always wanted it as a kid and honestly, I cannot stop handling it. For every issue I have its just too damn cool. Excited to get the new one.
I want silverbolt only because I have blackarachnia and she's really impressive, but who I really want is rampage. he was my favorite character back in the day
i don't really collect beast wars stuff much because they are impossible to position right with their kibble but i want this not to pair with blackaraknia( hope i spelled that right) that thing ain't the best but to see if its as good as it looks and same for Tigarhawk but less cause he's leader and thats alot of my money on beast wars stuff that will destroy shelves when removing them still trying to get snarl so its gonna be though next year
Loved this guy when I was a kid, I still have him but somehow I've lost his robot arms so he looks super goofy in robot mode. Really looking forward to grabbing the new one
This was a grail for me up until the legacy one was revealed. Now I'm just waiting that because it looks STUNNING. q Also this design reeks of 2010s fursona lmao
Have you tried thickening the pegs on the crotch? I’ve handled a copy before from Universe 1.0 that didn’t have that issue, so it may be case-by-case or age.
I hate Quickstrike, he is so horrible and offensive character. Unfortunately, he's necessary evil if one wants to complete whole cast. Probably it will take 10+ years anyways for Hastak to release all characters from show (including proper Transmutate), by that time they will shuffle scale at least once (and make Kingdom BW characters obsolete). Not to mention that I've read somewhere that Takara is against Transmetals.
