Transformers: Generations: Power of the Primes Deluxe Dreadwing

Click here to read about how Hasbro ruined the Power of the Primes line before it even started.

Dreadwing is something of an oddity. Dreadwind and Darkwing (now called Blackwing), presumably for trademark issues with Darkwing Duck) combine not into a larger robot, but into a larger vehicle. Dreadwing is not bad, but he has a few serious flaws. The main flaw is with how the two jets hook together. There is a single peg, which makes for a flimsy connection, and Darkwing’s wings don’t attach to the back of Dreadwind’s wings, which would have stabilized the single peg connection. Also, Darkwing’s head is sitting right on top of the jet, which looks kind of stupid.

Overall: I give Hasbro credit. They could have just done these two as minor remolds without the ability to combine. It’s just unfortunate they didn’t put a little more thought into it.

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