Buy Or Not Buy: Legacy Year 1
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2024
- In today's video I talk about weather or not you should buy Legacy.
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I completely don't understand your logic. You criticize Legacy Elita One for not matching other portrayals of this character (even though it's clear that she is trying to reinterpret the overall image), but at the same time, you praise Legacy Cyberverse Chromia, even though she doesn't come close to the established portrayal. It would be one thing if the figures differed significantly in quality, but they don't-both figures have generally decent articulation, fairly weak transformations, and not-so-great alt modes (although, in my opinion, Elita's is much better). I'm not saying you're wrong in how you see these figures; after all, everyone has their own tastes. However, I don't understand how, according to your logic, one of them is good while the other is not.
Coherence is not PerspectiveEnd's strongest suit
it’s on brand with the occasional mishaps of the series he focuses on
Elita-1 is a bad toy whilst Chromia is based off the great Animated Drift.
He’s basing it off how fun the toy is not how accurate it is (that’s what “What’s the best?” Is for).
@@kaih_the_viewer In this video, as well as in the previous ones, the main criticism of this figure was focused on its overall appearance and fidelity to other character designs. However, Legacy Chromia somehow did not face similar criticism, even though it has more issues in terms of matching the original image. And I wouldn’t say that Animated Prowl is such a great mold; at the very least, it’s not significantly better than Elita.
This is just extra weird too since it's just a retread of his already covered what's the best on...all of these? We're on year 3 at this point... wheres the what's the best/whatever this vid is for the newer things xD
"Second verse same as the first"
...holy shit dude that took me back
EMGO
Honestly, I like this format more than what's the best for entire lines.
In fact, I'm thinking about changing my own ranking for my figure reviews
Oh, absolutely, This is MUCH easier to get into than his line-wide WTBs for the WFC trilogy.
Buying Blitzwing for $27 is an absolutely amazing deal. I like the figure so much more at Deluxe Class pricing.
A video like this for Evolution would be pretty interesting because i think most figures out of Evolution were awesome.
damn did we go to the same walmart? i just picked up legacy blitzwing for 27 bucks this weekend
@@Lunar_Atronach i actually got mine at a Target a couple months ago.
@@braydenpage1808 got mine for 20 cuz the box was demolished
3:31 what's even better is that based off his realistic looking design, Bulkhead actually doesn't look too bad being put next to any of your Live Action Transformers, especially the ones from the Bumblebee or the Rise of the Beast movie
I was thinking of buying piss-cycle only because that design was supposed to be jazz at one point.
How is that Jazz?
@@PerspectiveEnd the original toy was going to be named jazz in the g2 line
@@PerspectiveEnd there was a moment where they just wanted to save names and trademarks and were just putting names on random toys and designs. This was supposed to be jazz but it was canceled. You can find a picture of the old toy concept with jazz name below it
Blitzwing is one of my favorite leaders
Dude Legacy year one was pretty banging, and thank for the awesome vid about a year of figures! Love these kinda vids!
Can we get more love and appreciation to the studio series line like fr, always seems to be overshadowed by the other mainline
heck yeah, I got mentioned at 9:32!
and yes, the joint freezing up completely almost happened to me. I honestly spent too much time on it, but in the end, it actually elevated this Starscream above the Siege one as my "definitive chug screamer", so, I'm not really complaining.
Indeed you did. It's great that it worked out for you cause it so easily could have gone wrong.
Per wonderwagon's favorite figure: fall of cybertron optimus poses like a champ for what was $12 at the time. Maximum knees, single joint elbows that get near maximum, unimpeded hips in all directions, ball jointed ankles for some okay all around, a waist joint that can untransform for an arching back, okay head range, and its only glaring design flaw is the shoulders can't assert dominance.
Damn 12 Bucks. That's crazy to me now.
That does sound like an amazingly articulated old figure.
I sold my foc prime in a lot a while back. It just didn't fit what I was going for in my collection, which will be true for a lot of people. A figure can pose like they're in jojo all day long, but how a figure looks is half the sale. And there's nothing wrong with that.
The only problem with core shockwave is that his legs are sometimes very uncooperative
I did mention the falling over.
@@PerspectiveEnd I meant more in transforming it can sometimes just not work
My purchase mistakes are going to resurface
My first sin from this list? Armada starscream
Sir you paid full price didn't you??
Deluxe price would be a fairer amount to buy considering qc of him. Jet mode not tabbing is my real grievance however
I really like this concept! I hope to see a Legacy Evolution video next!
My only true disagreement with this list is not talking about just Menasor by himself with the Stunticons. Because a good amount of people, even people I know, don't give a shit about the individual limbs and just care about the combiner.
I bought Tarantulus 100% based on your recommendation. You have never steered me wrong. Can't wait for it to come in the mail.
Hope we get more of these buy or not buy vids. They are like mini reviews and almost throwbacks to the videos where PerspectiveEnd would review the entire toyline.
Nice to see someone respecting Legacy Bulkhead, he's so fun to transform and he's just such a brick of a robot in the best way. Also, I'll throw in some defense for Lasercycle: while it looks like that in robot mode, it looks *amazing* in alt mode, where the yellow fade works wonders and doesn't have terrible implications. It's $12 at Walmart right now, but they'll probably be gone soon.
Also it is a complete mystery why no one is buying Tarantulas. I just bought my fourth one (second of the original version) because it was clearanced down to $9 on Amazon a week or so ago. This should have been the most bought-out figure of Legacy but just like TM2 Megatron, everyone is apparently too stupid to recognize greatness so it ends up constantly discounted to voyager price.
Metroplex is pretty good, not $200 good, but that's the perk of this one: it's not unheard of to find it on sale somewhere for half of that; I got mine for $80. His alt mode makes for a fantastic backdrop with its scale and specific form, much moreso than the other titans, as cool as they are.
Legacy Bulkhead gets way too much crap. It captured the vibe perfectly, if not the exact look.
To be fair TM2 Megatron got MAD votes in my "What's the best Leader of the Last Decade"
I've never seen a Metroplex for anything less than standard prices. I swear they don't make things cheaper near me EVER.
6:00 Perspective channeling his inner NSYNC
I'm watching this in as the video released 2 minutes in. I might buy all the beast characters and some other that you recommended. Please continue to make your awesome videos. 🥺
I have been waiting for this for almost 3 years. It's funny that he released this long after all of these figures are off shelves
love this video concept, we should do something like this on the podcast!
Stealing my ideas huh. For shame.
This format works way better than Whats The Best. I’d say you should make more of these types of videos when trying to dictate if a toy is good against other toys rather than character vs same character.
NEW PERSPECTIVE VIDEO LETS FUCKIN GO
NEW SHITTY OPINIONS VIDEO LETS FUCKIN GO
@@bigconvoy9850 well not shitty but
@@Truittwhitesgoblingang veeeery shitty
0:53 I would collect him. 1:17 he's good too. 1:29 skywarp is another cool figure of the core class. 2:02 I like the clear parts. 2:18 how? Don't call me a psychopath if I buy it. 2:52 kickback doesn't suck. 3:14 I love Skids and retool. 3:35 Bulkhead is cool character from TFP. 4:11 I wish to even win one in a giveaway. 4:32 I was so close to winning that one with complete set. 4:55 Megatron and Optimus is okay with me. 5:24 wow it's got a dish. 5:41 nothing wrong with her. 5:53 I like the car mode. 6:03 that has some good colors. 6:30 I like him. 6:50 cool looking variant. 7:12 no I want. 7:17 7:30 why? He's transforms into a train right? 7:43 I like the pretenders. 7:55 he's cool. 8:05 he's cool too. 8:26 no I like him. 8:55 why the hate? 9:10 I've never had a BW Inferno. 9:26 some more retooling. 9:47 I love this version too.
That is a SAVAGE number of Time Stamps you've thrown at me.
You made my dog tilt his head at the “buy buy buy” for tarantulas, so thnx for making my morning a bit funnier :)
to buy or not to buy, that is the question
I actually have a tip for making kingdom rodimus look decent.
Basically you have to take all of the kibble off, rotate the backpack, and put the windshield on his back, both halves splits and at an angle facing away from each other.
Got Arcee II, Elita-1, Pointblank, and DK-2 Guard/Ironhide quite the while back. (And I don't regret it.)
(I guess half-qualifiers I could include is Kingdom Soundwave, 35th Anniversary Soundblaster, & Generations Selects Galvatron.)
(Ya seen the 2nd trailer for transformers one?)
You don't regret any of them, or just the DK-2?
And I have. I hate that trailer, not because it makes the movie look bad but it gives too much of the movie away.
@@PerspectiveEnd Any of them.
(And any of the "good ones" that you consider that I have come from Legacy Evolution.)
I liked Elita-1 for what she was, a perfectly fine car lady that didn't wear the car as a backpack. I also thought it was a decent to good reinvention of the character. I don't need it a second or third time, but I like her enough to say I was happy with it and got enjoyment from the figure.
Laser Prime I did buy all three versions and I'm still holding out for Magnus and Movie Prime colours as it at least feels more complete than Reveal the Shield Laser Prime. You can't stop me, I will buy that toy 5 times and still not be satisfied because the 90s toy is better. I need to buy the Takara Reissue of Laser Prime...
I’ve been binge watching some of your reviews and i realized you’d make a solid voice actor for Deadpool lol
I might be able to pull that at least a little.
Transmetal 2 Megatron when I got it was definitely the best figure from the year, especially since the joint tolerances were perfect for once. Then I realized the transformation wasn't working, because they had assembled his shoulder backwards on my copy. It was easy to fix, but I still think about that every time I see him.
Thank you for the great advice! This video is good idea and I think you could do it for other toylines.
About Leader Blitzwing- after seeing how FansToys’ mold actually turned out, I think we should be a little forgiving of the alt modes. I think the jet is quite good and the tank “ain’t bad”. Of course the robot mode is very good, so I’d consider it a buy, IMO of course.
Legacy Matroplex is amazing tbh
Since making this video a few people have messaged me that.
I already not only have every figure on this list, I have multiples of some of them because I have two full sets of Menasor, one set to stay in combined mode, and one set to stay separate.
I love all of the figures from year one of Legacy, just not necessarily equally.
I’m extremely happy with Tarantulas, he such a fun figure to handle. I also don’t mind Knockout as a figure, even if the robot mode has…. Zero resemblance to the show model
Just so you know, the kingdom hot rod is also a repackaging of the kingdom. Both him and blaster were pushed forwards into kingdom and then released in legacy.
Megatron bought, can confirm it is the best leader if all time.
It does some major mass shifting when it gets into dragon mode.
I got Dragon Megatron like under a week ago and I have been having the MOST fun fiddling with him. He's fun to pose, engaging to transform, and now I also have a fire blast effect to use with Legacy Sideburn. Idk if he actually has flamethrower abilities but man it's just so silly I have to
I bought iguanas cuz of this review for 5 bucks at a comic shop and I'm not disappointed it is a good core class figure
I would recommend Motormaster. If you don't want him combining with the Stunticons, he would be worth it by himself to have a super mode.
3:31 i'll never forgive whoever stole the right shoulder wheel from my copy
WHAT
Truly a person with out heart or conscience.
I ended up with 2 copies of Flamewar and I think the Legarcee mold is ok. Nothing impressive by any metric but the black and red look solid and it’s always nice to get an obscure character.
On an unrelated note, if you’re in the market of a Flamewar I know someone who might be able to hook you up.
This idea is pretty good, but I think that for future lines, i think creating some sort of graphic (like a tier list) would be helpful. I also think that knowing the criteria you are using as a grade to also be a worthy addition. For something like g2 core megatron you said the the mold was good but you didn’t like the colors overall leading to a pass. I think maybe something like “good mold if you like the colors regular recommend but if like myself you hate it, it looks worse in person skip and get the original”
Perspective I have an idea to fix the arm problem of the gamer edition. The hand goes inside the arm (similar to the transformation of other figures). And you have two options for the guns. One for over the arm and it clicks into the stud of the hand. Or a normal one for the hand.
I like Armada Starscreams look, and I got lucky on my rng and got the good hips version. Had him almost a year and haven't had any issues.
I Bought armada starscream, he’s an interesting figure. The QC in the thigh swivels and waist swivel are garbage (legacy wave 3 QC moment 💀) but he’s still a fun figure and he’s next to my legacy united cybertron hotshot right now as I’m writing this.
Hey perspective ! im hoping you can do a buy recommendation video sometime soon as i see that your lastest video was a few months ago and i really value your objectively correct opinion on figures and which to buy , especially with all of these figures that have realesed , please and thanks !
(p.s in the chance you see this and don't know what the criteria is , any size scale / price except masterpiece, thanks ! )
@@_HON3Y_13_ I wouldn't call myself objectively correct. I'm just trying my best here. And yeah I'll see what I can cook up in that vein.
@PerspectiveEnd Thank you ! and while I have you maybe if the universe for once agreed with you , hasbro put back in stock both seige jetfire and PotP Optimus and having seen most of your videos (including that specific video) Thank you so much for hooking me on some dope figures can't wait to mess with them !
@@_HON3Y_13_ I just hope you continue to think that they're dope when you actually do mess with them.
To be fair in knock out’s case, he’s absolutely someone who would sacrifice their bot mode to make the car better
9:32 I actually rolled that dice, and luckily for me, both legs are ok, neither have fallen off in the year or so I've had it
I think Elita One is a good figure and represents her G1 form very well and as for the laser g2 Optimus Prime I have the Nemesis Prime legacy and the Target exclusive version with Bullseye but it’s a pass on laser Optimus Prime unless I can get him cheap
"piss cycle"?! oh my god thats a perfect name, that's friggin hilarious
I don't know what they were thinking with that colorscheme.
I would've bought core shockwave, but for some reason he just never appeared in my area. Instead, I managed to find his combiner wars figure in a retro shop, and he's honestly pretty good
3:43 he looks good like this though. It's like a mix between Prime Bulkhead and Bayverse Hound
I have all 3 of the core figs and combined the weapons, I'm calling it the Immobilizer.
I've actually had to pick and choose what I've gotten most of the year as Ive started a new collectiing journey this year and NECA stuff ain't cheap. Especially when ALL of the cartoon TMNT stuff is multi packs excluding the stuff in VHS style boxes.i think I only got 2 commanders. Skipped Menasor, all the Core dudes except Soundwave. Ignored the multi packs. I did buy everything Armada. Tidal Wave is the only Titan I got this is go round.
Thanks for the list. I love the concept.
I bought Armada Starscream before ei knew about QC issues. I got the 5% luck, thankfully
Legacy Galvatron and Soundwave definitely improve upon the past by ditching the battle damage. The only reason I can think to pass on them is if you already have the Selects Galvatron in toy colors or waited for "Leader" Soundwave.
Foc prime has bad knees, but hes a fun sized prime with an addicting transformation.
4:14 I don’t usually buy redecos that I don’t need, but I saw Scourge for $15 one time and then found out about how much better the head and qc was (at least on mine)
7:34 as someone who has this metroplex, *buy*. He is AMAZING
Legacy (Year One) is pretty worth it in my eyes, wave 2 felt like the strongest in the line. I loved the majority of the deluxes and voyagers.
Here’s my list:
*Buy*
Bulkhead (best build quality in Legacy year 1)
Tarantulas (simple, elegant, excellent)
Siege Soundwave reissue (really not that bad of a figure; plus, I think the dropship mode is neat)
Jhiaxus (mainly for G2 diehards, but him pose and transform good)
Crankcase (best version of Skids this side of this year’s Cannonball)
Inferno (he’s fun)
Armada Starscream (he’s really not that bad)
Dragon Megatron (him big and cool)
Velocitron Override (she’s lovely)
Velocitron Hauler (if only to have a version of Grapple with good QC and a hehe funny screaming face)
Not Buy
Laser Prime (Toxitron’s deco is prettier)
Arcee (ugly robot mode; clashy transformation)
Knock-Out (he shouldn’t be mid)
Velocitron Blurr (a bit clashy)
The Stunticons (why I never buy combiner components before knowing the quality of the gestalt as a whole)
This is a fantastic idea, a rundown of deciding "yes" or "no" on which Transformers figures are great and which ones are unfortunately terrible, it will save time and money for collectors!! Bravo PerspectiveEnd!!! 😎👍
After watching this I had to check my Armada Starscreams legs.
Without forcing it I could not get either of the legs to pop off. Big win for me I guess?
So glad I returned my laser prime mold, I hate the shoulders so much
Man i wish they would do gs blue dragon cryotek. It would be so amazing in that new mold.
I’m so glad I waited to see if the other Stunticons were any good before getting Motormaster, especially since Dragstrip is the only one I really care about anyways
The Jihaxus is nearly half-off everywhere. It's such a weird, wonderful action figure, it's fun for that alone. Man, I get very apathetic very quickly when the alt mode is merely "meh."
Not much to add. Legacy was what I expected overall: a big toy box where you tossed in the other continuities of Transformers only this time they are the same size/roughly in scale. That was the big thing for me. From Beast Wars to Prime, deluxe class was all over the place. Bulkhead I give more grace than the others. He's doing double duty in Prime and Animated. This seemed like the best split the difference. Elita-1 and all the fembot remolds, it reminds me of the Homer from that 1 Simpsons episode. I imagine a Hasbro exec screaming 'I'm ruined!' in Danny Devito's voice. Arcee: I don't know why they can't refresh the mold from Prime and use that design. I'd have bought 7-8 cycles of that mold. But it's as you said, buy the one in the color you like.
5:36 do not buy? She's a good Elita-1 to give Optimus Prime a girlfriend, and especially for those who missed out on the WFC version of Elita-1
I got lucky with my armada starscream, watched the review you made a while after i got and was worrying a bunch, but up till niw no legs have fallen off.
So my legacy Armada star scream has no problems with the legs
Either you got a truly rare type of copy, or they eventually fixed the issue with one of their later runs.
Apparently I'm part of the 5% with Armada Starscream and I've never realized 😂
I've never had his hips pop off and if I ever did it was my own fault
Apparently I was struck by lightning because my armada starscreams legs actually stay on
0:43 Damn, had to replay it to hear properly 💀
My copy of T2 Megatron I absolutely adore
i remember wave 1 coming out and NOT being impressed as the first i saw was skids and i did not like him.
but there was some absolute curveballs in the line .G2 Jhiaxus blew me away, i never thought we'd get one of those and this was the line that got me started on core class figs to populate my titans. that iguanus is great !
all in all the last 3yrs of figs have been some of the strongest ever. right now im this close to finishing off the leader dinobots who scale wise are just amazing.
I’m gonna get a motor master and four drag strips to make his combined mode
Hopefully the next prime line can better balance the line, deluxes as legacy are hit or miss, voyagers are good with a few rough spots, Leaders kinda the same most good some blitzwing. There are some rumoured characters in the line that really need solid figures
I like the idea of this since most of these are available for dirt cheap now. I hate the idea that chugs should be bought en masse with no thought since I've seen photos of hundreds of toys that are likely touched once a year. Buy good stuff you'll use.
5:58 well you can just buy him, keep him in his alt mode and get the RED Knockout for a more show accurate design
This was Greta video and I agree with the Soundwave figure , he definitely not a buy
Thank you so much!
Honestly I think transmetal 2 beast war megatron may be the best legacy og leader mold form the whole lines so far
There's a skullgrin at my local target that hasn't sold since wave 1 because it has 1 of his horns missing. And it isn't even discounted 😆
Man im lucky, i have the solid armada starscream, his leg only fell out once, and thanks to that hes a solid figure
If Hasbro would ever get off their butts and release TM2 Megs in those icy blues I’d love to get him. I still can’t believe we’ve gone this long and no Cryotech.
I am still thinking about buying Transmetal 2 Megatron and Laser Optimus Prime. Megatron looks really good (except face) but he is too small for me, he should be bigger while Laser Optimus Prime have strange proportions and just doesn't looks as good as he could but I doubt we will get another Laser Optimus Prime in the future (still waiting for proper G2 Megatron) so I guess this is the best I can get in this scale
9:25 Im glad i got one of the last 5. My starscream doesn't have that issue.
I like to think that Scourge is just a title and boat Scourge's real name is Marius, dragon Scourge's real name is Pyrosaurus, and truck Scourge's real name is Blacktron.
Earthspark Deluxe Elita is just a retool of the Warrior class one. WHICH IS REALLY AWFUL SINCE SHE DOESN'T HAVE A THIGH SWIVEL.
Why are you saying that Legacy Elita is bad? I think she's a great step in the right direction WHICH LEGACY WINDBLADE ISN'T TAKING.
Was Legacy Armada Starscream with perfect QC a buy? I got him for like 27 bucks too.
I bought 86 Scourge for 18 bucks. And I love him.
Do you think G1 Scourge is a good rival for Seaspray? I want to make Scourge an aquatic Transformer.
Should I get Legacy Menasor with Combiner Wars legs (I don't mind Dead End's issues),
wait for a new Menasor,
or just buy Animated Motormaster, a future Prime Breakdown, and Legacy Dragstrip and never have Menasor?
In what order should I buy these? I need more villains, but my Autobot roster's nowhere near complete either.
Decepticons:
-Legacy Dragstrip $21
-Siege Flywheels $17
Autobots:
-Kingdom Inferno $27
-Kingdom Pipes $19
-Kingdom Tigatron $13
-Takara TR Blurr $22
-Deluxe WFC game Optimus $22
Neutral (good):
-ROTB Mainline Airazor $11
Neutral(evil):
-POTP HunGurr $11
-POTP Blot $23
-POTP Rippersnapper $14
What boat?
I don't even know what warrior class is.
She's just not a ton of fun, and the face is terrifying.
Yes he'd be a buy with Perfect QC.
Nice, Scourge is a really solid figure.
I feel like he's a bit out of Seasprays league.
That can work, it looks a little disproportional but not terribly so.
If you want a combiner a non combiner wont fix that itch.
Go for Siege Flywheels
I'd say Kingdom Tigatron and Deluxe WFC game Optimus are the best values there.
All the PotP figures are worth that money, so if you want those guys go for em too.
I did bought jhiaxus a year ago And I noticed that figure got issues And it's not the looks this is a very Is controversial opinion But I don't like that figure That figure have q c issues the plastic feel cheap Has loose joints, especially from the head. And few pieces feels like they're going to break in any second And the alt mode im just Not feeling it. The Robot mode And the Posability is probably the best part about the figure But I really wanted to like jhiaxus But with those QC issues i just don't so im sorry it could be mines idk
I absolutely only care about Dragstrip. Was excited to build all of Menasor but yep 3 out of 5 figures were trash. I only ever saw Dragstrip in stores anyway since distribution is terrible.
I don't really care about Laser Prime himself because I feel the colors don't fit Optimus but I like the mold enough that I bought both RID Scourge and Toxitron.
First of all, this is an amazing format idea, hope you continue covering the next years of legacy and potentially future lines to come.
What sucks absolute ass is that I NEVER, EVER saw a legacy figure in person. Apparently we’re not goof enough to get recent figures. Apparently, here in Italy at least, Hasbro distribution sucks so hard that transformers toys are REALLY hard to find, you’re lucky if you even see a tf figure, nevertheless one of the newer ones.
And to add insult to injury the only figures the nearest toy-ish store were some Rotb weaponizers and ERCEE.
So I pretty much gave up on getting figures locally.
( And even if I did my tf collection isn’t that big it’s like 2 figures from CW and TLK each and the Bumblebee and starscream reactivate two pack. Plus an mpm4 ko I absolutely love. Mostly stuff I got as an 8yo way back when but the stuff I got recently has been a pleasant re-entry into this franchise at least.)
It would be really funny when you get to combiner wars and have to repeat the same thing for 3/4 of the video
9:40 guess I got struck at one time in my life, TWICE. Because I got mine second hand with horrid paint chipping so I think that a little kid had it before me and both legs still work fine
I was one of the lucky few who have an armada starscream with no leg problems and perfect tolerances. A rare breed indeed.
9:26 I hate to say it, but Armada Starscream was just your personal figure having really bad qc, mine is perfectly fine.
I hate to say it but it was not. THE VAST majority of people I have talked to have had this issue.
For every 1 person like you who confirms theirs is fine, I've easily talked to 20 people who say theirs leg falls off.
I mean that without any hyperbole. I even talked to a guy in VC who said his didn't have the problem went to prove it and had the leg fall off.
@@PerspectiveEnd Then I guess I got lucky then with my copy
The good copies exist, like you got but I just don't trust the figure enough to tell people to buy it when odds are they won't get one.
I'm a huge Hot Rod simp, and I'll buy any G1 Hot Rod even if it's bad. I've discovered that one of the secrets to appreciating that Core class figure is to forget that it's Hot Rod, and pretend it's a generic nameless guy. The other secret is in the removable spoiler. If you unplug the spoiler from his back and place it in his hand in a certain way, it kinda-sorta resembles a shield which goes nicely with the sword. It's still a very mid transformer; but how often do you see one with a sword and shield?