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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Windcharger is awesome!, May 14, 2005
Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars
I'm just a sucker for red figures. And when you compare the G1 original Windcharger (a very weak bad-looking robot) to this, it is light-years behind this wonderful figure. First off he comes with two hoods. A covertible mode (which looks better) and a full hood which can be used as a shield in robot mode.
While not being too impressed with the car mode (just isn't my type) his robot mode if very impressive and great to look at. His transformation is relatively easy with a catch. I had a bit if a struggle to transform the front end on my Windcharger. Sometimes it's just a matter of being patient. If you force things they can break.
Windcharger did not have any pieces come off in transformation (unlike Grimlock, Silverstreak, Smokescreen & Hound). That's a big plus even though the pieces that come off can be put back together easily (unless really broken).
I highly recommend Windcharger. A great figure.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Now, this guy was a surprise, March 23, 2005
Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars
I'm a big fan of the Alternators line, I have all of them up to Battle Ravage, with the exception of Tracks (Lucky people, the ones who found him), I have to admit, I was kind of unsure about WindCharger, he didn't look good on the pictures, specially on vehicle mode, man I was wrong, he is so full of detail, and easy to transform compared to the others, his pieces stay in place on both modes, my only complain would be about his gun, is not complete, the "cannon-exhaust pipe" was cut off, if you want this wait for the binal-tech version (Named Overdrive).
Bottom line is that Windcharger is a great addition to any collection, and fun to play with too.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
An improvement over the original, but..., July 15, 2005
Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars
Since its debut in late 2003, the Alternators line has been producing some of the consistently best Transformers figures the franchise has seen in quite some time by combining classic characters from the 1980s with the newest and most viable cars of the present time, including 2004-2005 models of the Mustang, the Camaro, the Viper, and the Honda S2000 -- the basis for this figure. As was mentioned in a previous review, Windcharger was a character from the original Transformers series with an abysmally bad-looking toy. Never having been one of the more popular characters from the original series, the choice of Windcharger for this car seemed a little strange to me. However, the first Alternator figure -- Smokescreen -- was really a rather forgettable character as well and I still believe that's one of the best Transformers figures ever.
One of the nice features about Windcharger's vehicle mode is the inclusion of a removable convertible top, although I was not particularly impressed by the fact that a separate piece was included to represent what the top would look like when it was down. This piece, actually, is rather annoying in that the figure can do absolutely nothing with it in either mode when it is not attached. It just sits off to the side somewhere, waiting to be lost behind a desk or accidentally thrown out. This is a comparatively minor complaint, however, since the vehicle mode is otherwise quite accurate and is impeccably detailed, all the way down to the inclusion of a visible emergency brake "inside" the front part of the car.
The transformation from car mode to robot mode is nothing spectacularly difficult, which might take part of the fun out of it; it's good to have a challenge with these figures. But then again, other recent Alternator figures have been frustratingly difficult to Transform the first few times (yes, I'm looking at you, Grimlock) so maybe this isn't entirely bad.
The robot mode is, of course, the real attraction. Windcharger bears a passing resemblance to his 1980s cartoon counterpart, but not so much of one that it would prevent the Japanese from making him into an entirely different character (Overdrive) over there. The face-sculpt is nice but does not look like Windcharger - or perhaps more appropriately, it looks suitably vague enough to pass for any number of characters with a little bit of creative interpretation on the part of whoever happens to be looking at it. Other than that, the figure is aesthetically nice, although the nonexistent gun is sort of silly-looking since it's quite obvious something was intended to be attached to it but subsequently was not.
From an engineering standpoint, though, this has got to be the weakest of the Alternator figures yet released. The arm joints are articulated only at the elbows and the legs have no articulation whatsoever, rendering any sort of posing impossible. The result is any incredibly stiff figure that recalls one of the least beloved aspects of the original Transformers line: that is, the virtually universal non-articulation of the figures. This is particularly annoying when compared to very well-articulated Alternators like Smokescreen/Silverstreak, Meister/Shockblast, and even Grimlock/Wheeljack. While this figure still outclasses many other Transformers figures in terms of its appearance and vehicle accuracy, the lack of articulation and certain "personality" issues prevent it from being as good as it could have been.
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