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"I do not think anyone liked Chomedome as a character enough to want a $150 version of him."

Someone hasn't been keeping up with IDW's 'More Than Meets The Eye'

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Posted by Clashbomb on 18 February, 2013 - 12:59
Haha, no I haven't. I've

Haha, no I haven't. I've never really enjoyed Transformers comics for some reason. I've heard that Chromedome has been getting some love in IDW's books, but the new design looked pretty bad to me when I looked it up.

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Posted by Prometheum5 on 18 February, 2013 - 20:29
sterile = boring?

Boring? Really? IMHO, I think he looks great. He's one of the most well-executed and cleanest third party (or official) bots I've seen to date. Maybe his perfection isn't for everyone.

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Posted by ivanko on 18 February, 2013 - 20:40
He's bit too clean for me.

He's bit too clean for me. Not that I can't appreciate a clean design like say, the Victory Gundam, but he feels incredibly bland and uninspired. There's nothing that's distinctive about him at all.

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Posted by evaunit01 on 19 February, 2013 - 02:52
I'll give you that the

I'll give you that the transformation is nearly perfect. It is immensely satisfying using a novel solution. The car mode and mini figure are even quite fun. I just find robot modes to be wholly forgettable. It's only defining feature is that it has no defining features. It almost feel as like a blank body that one would then add kibble and detail to in order to make something identifiable as a Transformer. I agree that it is an odd complaint. We have wanted clean transforming figures for so long, but now that we have one of doesn't seem right.

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Posted by Prometheum5 on 19 February, 2013 - 09:30
I don't understand why his

I don't understand why his head is all the wrong colors.

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Posted by VF5SS on 18 February, 2013 - 21:00
Naming

By background, Chromedome was a computer programmer... hence 'Code' I guess. 'Quadruple U' is two double-u (ww) or Wierd Wolf. And, Smart Robin is an anagram of Brainstorm. I think that these fall into the category of 'trying way too hard to be smart, and instead being clunky' names.

I am a huge Chromedome fan, but honestly the aesthetics for this guy just dont work for me. That, coupled with FanProjects ridiculous distribution (he has yet to see a release anywhere in the UK, and was under-produced generally) and the price that he goes for as a Deluxe sized figure, have meant that I dont have him, and dont really intend to pick him up unless he becomes a lot more available and about $15 cheaper. He seems to be technically great, but lacking in the character that the original G1 Headmaster just had in spades.

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Posted by CyberShadow on 19 February, 2013 - 12:33
I don't think they even got

I don't think they even got that creative with "Code." Chromedome...every third letter.

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Posted by Heavyarms on 25 February, 2013 - 21:10
Neat! I know nothing about

Neat! I know nothing about him, but I like it as a robot toy. And hey, an affordable third party TF! I may have to add this to the list. I think I may have found my very first third party TF.

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Posted by Alexx on 22 February, 2013 - 20:23
Nice review. I love the fact

Nice review.
I love the fact that the head becomes the pilot. I'm not familiar with head masters or if this was done before, but very cool idea.
I have to agree with Adams comment in the show, there def need to be a fetish section for cockpits (with removable pilots). One of the things I also like about Meca Works project.
I don't mind the color scheme but wish the head and weapon blended a little better.

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Posted by Demonseed on 23 February, 2013 - 14:49
I like this

The ne defining features, clean bot form, are just what I like. I might just get this :D

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Posted by The Castellan on 1 August, 2014 - 21:37