Title:
Elita-1 Netflix
Description:
Autobot Elita-1 (Deluxe Class, 2020)
TakaraTomy ID number: WFC-10
TakaraTomy release date: January 20, 2021
Accessories: Blaster, hoverboard/vehicle rear
War for Cybertron Trilogy Elita-1 is a retool of Earthrise Arcee, transforming into a Cybertronian car, sporting a new head, torso, shoulders, and car front. Like Arcee, she is a true shellformer, as the entire humanoid body folds up underneath a vehicle mode shell, which becomes a backpack for her robot mode. Part of the backpack (the rear half of her car shell) can detach to act like a hoverboard that robot-mode Elita-1 can ride, by pegging her feet onto the 3 mm posts on the board designed to accommodate the War for Cybertron Fire Blast effect parts. Elita-1 has notably few such posts for her size, and has a similarly small number of 5 mm C.O.M.B.A.T. System ports, with none on her backpack in either configuration.
In vehicle mode, Elita-1’s blaster can be attached to either of her front fenders or stored out of sight beneath her hood. In robot mode, it can be stored on a port on her rear, or plug into the fender ports on her back once the hoverboard is removed. Though the figure has standard 5 mm fist holes, the blaster’s handle is molded in the same flattened shape compatible with the hands of the Thrilling 30 Arcee mold. Much like Arcee, fans have taken it upon themselves to knock out the pin holding the backpack joint together in order to have a complete vehicle mode separate from the robot mode.
The figure’s final deco greatly differs from the CG render initially shown. Rather than the render’s red, pink, cream and white deco, which visually resembles her depiction in the G1 cartoon, the released figure uses an orange-red and salmon deco, with her face, biceps, waist, hands and shins colored khaki-tan with her thighs being prominently white. To add further confusion, the renders showcased on the back of her packaging showcase the figure’s actual colors, but uses the deco pattern featured on the original CG render. TakaraTomy’s stock photos also feature Arcee/Lifeline’s shoulders instead of the new ones. Additionally, unlike most of her line-related compatriots, Elita-1 lacks any battle damage.
Strangely, a number of Elita-1s have been reported to be shipped without the wheels for their vehicle mode. Some figures also have their shoulders swapped due to misassembly, with the flathead of the pin facing forwards rather than backwards. Due to Elita’s torso being glued together in addition to secured with two screws (one of which is covered by the pinned backpack assembly), this error is almost impossible to fix without breaking the figure in the process. Elita also features no white plastic, meaning her thighs are completely coated in white paint, which leads to overly-tight swivel joints which can crack over time.
Attaching the blaster from Red Cog that allows her to combine with the weaponizer may scrape the paint off her torso, and the additional paint on the peg makes this connection uncomfortably tight.
This contained a portion of a cardstock background of Teletraan I. Elita-1’s part has tabs A and I, and slot B.
Like most of the War for Cybertron Trilogy toyline, promoting the Netflix-original series of the same name, Elita-1 is exclusive to Walmart in Canada and the US. Elita’s wave promotes the Earthrise season of the cartoon.
TakaraTomy ID number: WFC-10
TakaraTomy release date: January 20, 2021
Accessories: Blaster, hoverboard/vehicle rear
War for Cybertron Trilogy Elita-1 is a retool of Earthrise Arcee, transforming into a Cybertronian car, sporting a new head, torso, shoulders, and car front. Like Arcee, she is a true shellformer, as the entire humanoid body folds up underneath a vehicle mode shell, which becomes a backpack for her robot mode. Part of the backpack (the rear half of her car shell) can detach to act like a hoverboard that robot-mode Elita-1 can ride, by pegging her feet onto the 3 mm posts on the board designed to accommodate the War for Cybertron Fire Blast effect parts. Elita-1 has notably few such posts for her size, and has a similarly small number of 5 mm C.O.M.B.A.T. System ports, with none on her backpack in either configuration.
In vehicle mode, Elita-1’s blaster can be attached to either of her front fenders or stored out of sight beneath her hood. In robot mode, it can be stored on a port on her rear, or plug into the fender ports on her back once the hoverboard is removed. Though the figure has standard 5 mm fist holes, the blaster’s handle is molded in the same flattened shape compatible with the hands of the Thrilling 30 Arcee mold. Much like Arcee, fans have taken it upon themselves to knock out the pin holding the backpack joint together in order to have a complete vehicle mode separate from the robot mode.
The figure’s final deco greatly differs from the CG render initially shown. Rather than the render’s red, pink, cream and white deco, which visually resembles her depiction in the G1 cartoon, the released figure uses an orange-red and salmon deco, with her face, biceps, waist, hands and shins colored khaki-tan with her thighs being prominently white. To add further confusion, the renders showcased on the back of her packaging showcase the figure’s actual colors, but uses the deco pattern featured on the original CG render. TakaraTomy’s stock photos also feature Arcee/Lifeline’s shoulders instead of the new ones. Additionally, unlike most of her line-related compatriots, Elita-1 lacks any battle damage.
Strangely, a number of Elita-1s have been reported to be shipped without the wheels for their vehicle mode. Some figures also have their shoulders swapped due to misassembly, with the flathead of the pin facing forwards rather than backwards. Due to Elita’s torso being glued together in addition to secured with two screws (one of which is covered by the pinned backpack assembly), this error is almost impossible to fix without breaking the figure in the process. Elita also features no white plastic, meaning her thighs are completely coated in white paint, which leads to overly-tight swivel joints which can crack over time.
Attaching the blaster from Red Cog that allows her to combine with the weaponizer may scrape the paint off her torso, and the additional paint on the peg makes this connection uncomfortably tight.
This contained a portion of a cardstock background of Teletraan I. Elita-1’s part has tabs A and I, and slot B.
Like most of the War for Cybertron Trilogy toyline, promoting the Netflix-original series of the same name, Elita-1 is exclusive to Walmart in Canada and the US. Elita’s wave promotes the Earthrise season of the cartoon.
Theme:
Netflix
Manufacturer:
Hasbro
Year:
2021
Country:
United States
Date Added:
2023-08-20 09:19:48
Automatic Estimated Date:
2024-01-25
Date Added:
2023-08-20 09:19:48
