Since I was so very impressed with the Kickback re-issue, I decided to collect more of the Legacy Insecticons. It didn’t hurt that I already had named computers after all three of them. I found Bombshell at a Meijer, which surprised me, because their Transformers stock has been very thin for the last year or two. I thanked the collector gods for their die-cast and plastic goodness, and took Bombshell home with me.
Again, this transformation was smooth, straightforward, and not fiddly at all. I had worried about the beetle legs, but I didn’t end up having a reason to. They could have gotten in the way, but they didn’t. This figure didn’t come with the energon accessories like the last had, which I noticed, but wasn’t a deal breaker. Unlike most transformers, I felt that moth modes were equally good, and would be great for displaying the figure. I went with the robot mode for display, because of the greater articulation available. MonkeyLinkMega likes to come up with cool poses for my figures, and that’s something I can’t pass up!
Like Kickback, this Bombshell re-issue is both faithful to the original, and an improvement upon it. The basic modes, transformation, and look are all still there, but the new figure has more articulation, more detail (without having to apply stickers!), and more show accuracy.
Finding Shrapnel is going to be a chore, because it seems sold out everywhere. Fingers crossed for stumbling on one like I did this one!
