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Editorial Review Thundercracker. If the sound of that name sends chills to your very soul, it's with good reason. Thundercracker is a cruel robot warrior with the capacity to transform himself into a flying machine. He works alongside Megatron, villainous leader of the Decepticon cause…otherwise known as The Bad Guys. Thundercracker's main claim to fame is an ability to force super-compressed air vibrations through his engine intakes, giving him surges of acceleration and generating a focused sonic boom that wreaks havoc on his enemies and their machines. Fans of the fictional Transformers Universe won't rest until they get their hands on the nefarious Thundercracker. This die-cast metal figure stands six inches tall and changes, with a few twists and flips of his limbs, into a fierce looking fighter jet, the better to spread death and destruction en route from Cybertron to Earth. --Emilie Coulter
Product Description This loyal DECEPTICON works under the command of STARSCREAM for the recovery of the Planet Key on Earth. THUNDERCRACKER believes that the most effective way to defeat an enemy is to terrorize and demoralize him before attacking. The mere sound of his focused sonic boomsaudible for more than 200 milesis enough to frighten many other TRANSFORMERS.Change up! THUNDERCRACKER is blasting through the atmosphere to threaten Earth! Change from jet plane to evil warrior with awesome missile launcher! When Earths greatest heroes threaten to strike back, convert to fighter jet. . . the Earth Planet CYBER PLANET KEY reveals a firing drone rocket to buy him time to slink away!
thins is a f%^&kin pice of crap!!!!!!!!March 21, 2006 0 out of 2 found this review helpful
i got this on my b-day i was so excited i opend him out of the box and his head broke off! i put it back on it kept on falling off its no fun no way and if u do move it to much all the joints will fall off and when you put them back on they will fall off
my philosphy is if you shake a action figure and its joinsts mave you now its time to start saving up again to get a new action figure
A descriptive reviewFebruary 16, 2006 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is my 3rd review so i'll make it good. The transformation is a bit frustrating because you'll think you have it all right until you notice a piece not just right. The reason I rated the educational value a 3 is because it will teach you some engineering skills.Now onto the body. The legs: one of the more difficult parts of the transformation.You have to pull some parts of them in some interesting positions.Not to terribily hard but a bit frustrating.The arms: The one thing I do not like is the arms get separated too easily.The cannon arm especally proves my point. Everything else is just fine.
Jet mode: Now this is where the frustration kicks in. Like I said earlier, you just never seem to have it right. If you mess up here,whatever you do, do not throw it down on the floor and start screaming mad. Just do the best you can and leave it at that. The end
breaks easily...February 5, 2006 3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I agree with the reviewers who mention that it breaks easily. It broke about the second time that my son transformed it. He's 5 and not hard on toys. We managed to glue it so that it still transforms, but it definitely isn't the easiest/best quality of his Transformers.
Ugh!January 13, 2006 My son is big into Transformers right now, and he was oohing and ahhing over Thundercracker for Christmas. I was really disappointed when it broke in 2 not more than 20 minutes after the box was opened. The transformation is a little much for the kiddies I think, and they lose interest in it after a short time. I am being more than fair with my scoring of this item, as any toy that breaks the same day it is opened shouldn't even be on the market.
Thundercracker Is Not LameNovember 12, 2005 6 out of 6 found this review helpful
The Thundercracker toy has been getting a bad reputation, but there's really nothing wrong with him. His jet mode is a cool look, and unlike other people I think the robot mode is pretty nice looking as well. I needed a bad guy for my "good" transformers to fight, so I bought this Decepticon. I play with this bad boy every day and he has not broken ONCE. That is probably because I do not throw my toys at walls.
His only weak points are the flimsy rubber wings and missles. also, his HUGE cannon arm does not stay in place to well. His Earth Cyberkey power is basicly useless in robot form, since you can fire the missle even when the key hasn't opened it. In jet mode, it makes Thundercracker even more awesome since when the key is put in, the cannon pops out of the top of the jet and can even shoot VERTICALLY, a function which I think is so he can fly under other jets and blast them from underneath.
In summary, Thundercracker is awesome. His Pros in Robot are: awesome poses and huge sword/cannon/shield. His Cons in Robot are: cannon arm is hard to stay in place. Pros in Jet: Awesome looking jet form, orange cockpit, cannon that pops out...etc, etc, etc. His Only con in Jet: flimsy plastic for missles and vertical wings. Despite contrary belief, Thundercracker is an awesome toy.
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Video Review of City Commander Upgrade Resident Transformer reviewer Peaugh has posted a nice, detailed review of the recently released City Commander upgrade set created for the Classics Universe Ultra Magnus figure.
The video goes in the great step by step detail on how to convert and attach the new addition along with nice video angles showing off the impressive attachments.
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I was able to spend about a week with the game, wasting many precious hours, staying up until the wee early hours of the morning as I played the addicting game, and tried to experience as much of it as I could before I had to send the demo back....
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Everybody should want to get Sentinel as soon as they can...
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Gallery and Review of Club-Exclusive Nightbeat Figure Philip S. has posted a detailed photo gallery and review of the upcoming Official Transformers Club exclusive deluxe figure Nightbeat.
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Video Review: McDonalds TFA Optimus Prime Resident Transformers video review master Sean Long has done it again. This time, Sean reviews the upcoming Mc Donald's Happy Meal bonus figure, Transformers Animated Optimus Prime. Sean gives us a good look at the figure, with comparison shots of it next to Movie Legends Optimus Prime, TFA Bumblebee, and TFA Deluxe Battle begins Optimus Prime.
This figure appears to be leaps and bounds better than previous Mc Donald's figures that were available in the past.
To view the complete review of this surprisingly nice figure, click here.
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New pics and a mini review of Transcanning BB by FatGuy Fatguy has updated his blog with new pics of his recently acquired Transcanning Bumblebee figure. Pics so BB in all modes including, Protoform, Robot and car modes. FatGuy says BB has great poseability, as does Transcanning OP previously mentioned here, and that Robot and Car modes look great.
You can view all the pics of Transcanning Bumblebee, and the full mini review by FatGuy here. Video Reviews - Universe Classics 2.0 Tankor & Animated Activator Starscream Sean Long has provided an in depth video review of Universe/ Classics 2.0 Tankor. Triple Changer Tankor (ahem...Octane) is a Deluxe figure and features two alternate modes - a military plane and refueling truck. He will be issued in colors that are similar to his G1 figure.
You can also check out a video review of Animated Activators Starscream. The Animated Activators are poseable figures with relatively easy transformations and feature a spring loaded action.
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Transformers the game is narrowly beaten by Spiderman 3, which was also made by Activision, with 3.4 million sales, WWE Smackdown VS Raw 2008 at 3.8 million and the number one selling game Call of Duty 4 at 8.4 million copies.
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