![]() ![]() While IDW Drift was somewhat ninja-influenced but had the design cues from many a Japanese anime robot, AOE Drift is a straight-up robot samurai complete with dual daisho armament and a kabuto helmet. It’s also a bummer that you do have to remove the swords when converting from mode to mode, especially since Crosshairs pulled it off with his guns. It’s not a complex figure my any means, but it’s not quite as simplified as you’d expect. It’s a lot of making sure panels are out of the way before moving anything too much. Not to say there’s anything wrong with it, but you do have to do things in a specific order or else things get frustrating. In one of Hasbro’s Designer Desk videos, the lead designer described Drift’s transformation as “elegant” to match his “elegant fighting style.” It’s a neat idea, but I’m not seeing any excessive elegance in this conversion. Despite that, Drift looks like a sleek car and has all the paint apps he really needs, though some engine detailing would be cool. I’m not sure if I’m just doing it wrong or my figure is somehow defective, but it’s very irritating and makes him unable to story his long swords underneath the car without them lifting the vehicle up. One major issue I have with this mode is that no matter what I do, I can’t get him in car mode without having robot mode parts (specifically his thigh armor) scraping the ground. The high-speed spoiler is deployed and sadly can’t be pushed down, but that just means Drift is going really fast all the time. The car is fully licensed and as such looks a lot like a Bugatti Veyron. Both are a far cry from the namesake’s white-and-red, but I like it because the Transformers films need more colorful robots. The actual vehicle in the film is a very, very dark blue, while the toy sports a brighter royal blue. Admittedly, Blurr would be a better fit for the car, but I think it works fine for Drift. Sure! The Veyron is the car that people only know about because it’s really fast, and why it was heavily rumored that the Veyron would be Blurr back when set pictures were leaking. ![]() Shane would be so proud.ĭrift the Japanese samurai robot turns into the French-designed, German-owned Bugatti Veyron. He’s now one of the core Autobot cast in the new movie, voiced by big-name actor Ken Watanabe. Drift was mainly ignored after McCarthy’s writing tenure ended, until the character was picked up by writing god James Roberts for More Than Meets the Eye and caused many of the Drift haters to do a complete 180. ![]() Also, the character was hyped up quite a bit as “super awesome,” and his Japanese ninja motifs, as well as his backstory of being a turncoat Decepticon trying to atone from his actions, made Drift more or less a stereotypical Mary Sue fan character. McCarthy was already garnering disdain from the fandom due to the questionable quality of AHM, primarily for ignoring much of the previous IDW “-ations” series by Simon Furman in favor of a more G1 cartoon feel. While Drift himself was primarily a background character and didn’t really do or say much, a few aspects of his introduction made fans less than happy to welcome him. Drift made his first appearance in the IDW comic series All Hail Megatron as an original character by writer Shane McCarthy. Toy revealed when a list of upcoming product was accidentally posted on Hasbro's customer services website.ĭrift (Deluxe) Parts Information Drift (Deluxe) parts information.Diving into wave 2, we start out by looking at a new version of a character whose introduction to the franchise was… controversial, to say the least. Original has the date code 40941 stamped into the cardback and the toy itself, variant has 41641. The variant apparently ships with wave 2.5 (Lockdown's wave) and has the vents painted over in black. The original version that shipped with wave 2 has the front vents in the same colors as the surrounding areas (dark blue/purple for the upper vents, light blue/teal for the lower vents). Movie Advanced Drift, Age of Extinction Drift (Autobots United), The Last Knight Drift, The Last Knight Japan Drift, Studio Series Drift, Studio Series (Japan) Drift Generations Age of Extinction Deluxe Wave 2 ![]()
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