Transformers Toys Generations Legacy Deluxe Autobot Skids Action Figure - Kids Ages 8 and Up, 5.5-inch

This figure looks amazing: it's a step up from recent past transformers in the WFC line: they do an excellent job at hiding holes and hollowness, yet the figure looks like it fits right in with the rest of them: Skids looks great next to Legacy Silverstreak and Earthrise Bluestreak: same height, same esthetic. The Play value is top notch: wonderful articulation and 3 weapons that can attach together or be used seperately with several holes spread over the body as attachment points. Skids even has a gun blade. This is a step up from the deluxe classes of the last several years of the wfc lines as many bots had few accessories. My daughter loves play with these in robot form so that's what the review is about and she likes it thus far. I'll update as the kiddos and I play more with Skids Legacy Skids is a step up from G1 Skids. Legacy is a wonderful homage and then some: Legacy is taller bulkier and more solid. Legacy Skids is also the last of the Deluxe scale cars to come out in the last few years (not counting mini-bots). With Skids: I finally have the G1 Autobot "larger" cars complete and what a way to end, on a bang! Phenomenal job Hasbro. Highly recommended!

This figure is great! for a character that only appeared for like 30 seconds in the g1 cartoon they did a great job with this figure!

Skids is one of those characters that barely had screen time on TV. He was seen only in two episodes of season 2 Transformers: Quest for Survival and Triple Takeover. Skids is one of those obscure characters that didn't get a lot of character development. He does have more to say and do in the various comics. The toy, itself, is a little hard to transform from robot back to vehicle. The roof of the vehicle tends to not hold firmly and looks slightly open. Hasbro eventually released several molds of the same figure: Burnout, Medic, Crosscut, and Crank Case. They all have the same quality problems. Skids comes with three weapons: Two guns and one plastic translucent blade. The guns look great on skids, but not the blade. Skids, like many figures, are hard to find because of scalpers and collectors who grab the toys off the shelves, and then sell them for rip-off prices. I bought mine under twenty dollars. This would be hard for little kids to play with. It took me a while to change it from robot to vehicle. I had to watch some YouTube videos for the instructions. The paper manual, like many Transformers toys, sometimes, tends to be a little confusing. I miss the old days, when toys could easily turn from robot to vehicle and back. While I like having the Skids toy, I wouldn't buy it again. Hasbro will eventually make a new mold of these toys, like they always do. Hopefully, they'll make a better skids toy, that's easy to transform, without the quality issues.

He came in a box so his beautiful, ethereal, and gorgeous packaging was shielded from the terrors of damage. Which is great, because Skids was one of the most important characters in the series. He appeared in nearly every episode in the first 2 seasons, and made a tragic and heroic sacrifice by getting killed by the Sweeps in the movie. He even returned for season 3, in the episodes “Skids’ Apparition” and “Phantom in the Electronic Contraption”. One standout moment was in “Auto Bop”, where after Blaster was knocked out by Soundwave, and Tracks was chasing Starscream in the skies, a missed blast from Starscream landed near Skids and sent him soaring. He landed on rubble, flattened his tires, and dented his vehicle, but was knocked up to the air again and skidded into a Decepticon nightclub that Blaster and Soundwave were fighting in, driving into the main sound system and crashed into it, with both him and the sound system exploding to pieces. He was fortunately restored to life, but since he was melted by lasers in the movie it didn’t last long. But his spark prevailed using the power of friendship, and it was inserted into the Matrix to defeat Unicron before his return in the two season 3 episodes. Truly a Skids moment.

This is a solid figure. Despite this character appearances in the G1 cartoon, he looks great. As for the transformation of the figure, we all know the dreaded plastic which can break. But if you're gentle and patient enough, you can get away with this clean while transforming. Robot and vechicle modes are an excellent representation of the character. The color and paint job is well done.

Very fun collectible, exceeded expectations

Happy son

Guess Amazon listened as mine came in a box and was completely undamaged. I was hesitant to buy this Legacy Skids as I've already got the Masterpiece Skids and Reboost. Decided to buy this anyway because I simply love the design of him. Pros: He's pretty straight forward when it comes to transformation so it's very easy. I didn't see anything that was cheap or capable of breaking when transforming. Cons: Now, for the flaws, the first one is, his head keeps popping off every single time I transform him, regardless of if it's robot or alt mode. His head just pops offs very easily. It's a good thing it pops right back in without much effort. This very well could be my copy only. 2. Now, this is a big one as this is a design flaw that nobody's talking about so I'm going to mention it and that is the roof didn't close all the way down. There's a circular thing on top of the roof that holds his weapons in place in alt mode. Well, because of where his legs are in alt mode, that circular thingy comes into contact with the legs and prevents the roof from completely closing. A couple of my friends both have this same problem. Anyway, it's an easy fix as well as you'll just need to file it down on all sides with a filer, I used a nail filer for mine. After several minutes of filing, my roof now closes shut completely. It's something that shouldn't have to be done but you'll going to have to do it if you want the roof to close properly. Kind of like Grapple where the two notches had to be file down or else it'll break when transforming.