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Wow. How is Hound suddenly so damn exciting? I didn’t get a G1 hound for 20 years after it was released, now I’m looking at adding this one to the collection along with Universe Hound, Alternators Hound and soon, MP Hound. It’s a great time to be a fan!
0:55 Do I detect a RVB reference? This line looks great, so far. This figure and Sideswipe especially. I haven't been big on collecting, as of late, but the Siege series is just too good to pass on. I'll have to pick them up when they come out. Can't wait to mess with the deluxe weponizers...
D Gray I hope we get all three Lamborghinis though even though CW sunstreaker(cause I’m a loser who didn’t start collecting until the tail end of titans return ;_;)
I got a Roadbuster vibe from him more than anything else. Perhaps not in a wide retail release, I can see it being done with minimal retooling for an exclusive giftset.
Unlike some of the figures seen so far in this line, the battle damage/weathering makes perfect sense. It's an off-road military vehicle that would be, due to Hound's typical nature explorer/defender personality, being driving through a lot of brush, rock and other rough terrain. Or walking and fighting in it. So it makes sense that it would be mainly the front bumpers and what would be undercarriage that also makes up his legs, that would show all the wear and tear. This is how you do weathering effects right. Also such lovely homages to the original. The mortar/shoulder launcher IS his G1 weapon, just with a barrel instead of a spring-loaded (and nerfed) missile, the extra magazine for the rifle stows on the back the same as G1's jerry can, and just the general sculpt and details of his chest and head. A definite pick up from this line.
This was probably the one figure I was excited for the most in this line because of design and concept. A Cybertroian army vehicle, sign me up ! Now I can't wait for iron hide to come out
So far this line has to be one of your favourite lines ever, l don’t l have ever watched any of your reviews for a line with this much praise! Great stuff.
Whoa, I see a sleeping woman in the battle damage paint on Hound's torso and I can't can't unsee it. Anyways, this figure looks awesome! I'm digging the Siege line a lot. Can't wait to find these in stores!
Even Balt is predicting that this figure might be remolded into a M12 Force Application vehicle (Warthog)... While I'd love that to happen, it's more likely that Super Link Roadbuster and Cyberton Defense Team Hot Shot would be used from this mold...
Ugh. I was prepared to sit out most of this line...that may need to change. My wallet is not happy right now. Tho i do kinda wonder where in the world you're managing to get these figures. Didn't think they were due out til next year.
Dude I was just getting Cog and Flywheels but after seeing this Hound review and the Sideswipe review, it looks like I may be getting the whole wave LoL. Yeah I think they are starting to trickle out in the U.S. a little bit. I remember finding PotP Voyagers, Deluxes, Legends and Primemasters at Toys R Us in late December. I'm on the East Coast and we always get everything last. I am hoping to see them around here by late December/early Jan.
I'm in the midwest and desperately hoping they'll show up soon AND not be noticed by scalpers. I saw a guy walking out of the toy section a few months back with 6 Grimlocks and had to stop myself from yelling at him.
i just got this figure and found alternate ways to store the weapons. you can take the long rifle and put it in the hand underneath and rotate it with the barrel pointing towards the front of the vehicle. take the blaster and put it in the hole under the trunk section (it also makes it a thruster on the back of the vehicle.
I just saw a Toyhax add-on roof that comes off in robot mode and becomes a shield for his arm. I've never gotten a Toyhax add-on but the pics looked good with this figure.
Thankyou Baltmatrix for uploading this, Hound was the Siege deluxe I was looking forward to seeing the most, will definitely be picking him up now that I've seen your review
From the first pictures on I saw SIEGE Hound he was my favorite toy of this line so far. I love his vehicle mode. I love his robot mode. His weapons are cool. And will go very well with the Battle Patrol Team and Pteraxadon. AND I don't have a Hound yet (except of AoE Hound but he's actually Bulkhead). I've been looking for a good and not overprized CHUG Hound for a couple of years now but this one is waaay better.
Funny thing is, I was not into most of these until I saw Hound. He was the one that peaqued my interest in this series. Hahah. I'm probably going to just order these as the waves come out, so I am definitely not going to miss him. I'm also glad they went light on the weathering with this toy.
Man what lit this fire under the Transformers design team? The cancellation of the live action movie-verse? The diminishing returns from the last toylines? Maybe the acquisition of the Power Rangers license made them fear TF would no longer end needed? Whatever it was, I’m just genuinely excited about Transformers again.
The bicep popping off means the mushroom peg is a little too big in diameter. You can probably fix this by sanding down the mushroom peg ever so slightly.
This is probably my favorite of the deluxes and unlike Sideswipe I'd consider replacing my Universe 2.0 Hound with this guy. That guy was already smaller than the other figures so he's only a tiny bit taller than this figure, and even though I think from an engineering standpoint the 2008 Hound is a bit better, the headsculpt and the color of this one I like way more.
This line is a fricken home run, no doubt about it. Amazing paint apps, great articulation, G1 homages galore, good scaling, tight joints, etc. Makes me forget all about the overpriced garbage of Cyberverse.
Just realizing this now for some reason, but because you said the alt mode looked like something from HALO I realized that hound kind of looks like Master Chief
Chewpa-thingy "its red vs red and blue vs blue" or the more fitting song from the soundtrack being "gunmetal green, pretiest that I've seen, I have nothing to hide, you have nothing to hide"
So yeah now Hound is 2nd fav of the wave... (Sorry, Cog moved from 4th to 1st, Skytread 2nd to 3rd, Hound 1st to 2nd. I didn't even want Sideswipe and Cog) I would love to have this mold as an idw prowl.
The legs transform like TR Kup, which is still clever. I'd be sold on this figure but the alt mode is too chunky and greebly. If it looked more like a real army jeep I'd be impressed.
Man, this line is shaping up to be sort of amazing... I can't wait/I'm a bit scared to start seeing toys of characters I'm actually interested in. This could get exciting/expensive.
Hound was always sort of a generic "redshirt" Autobot who never really was that interesting, but honestly that's his appeal to me. He's just a normal everybot sort of Transformer with a heart the size of a small moon.
