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Got my Armada Nemesis Prime and Air Defense Team in; not much to report that I didn't already cover in my Armada Optimus review ages ago, so I won't go into a lot of detail here. Nemesis has a cool new head sculpt (apparently, his face is supposed to be in the middle of regenerating, though my camera is being shitty again and you can't really see it too well) and comes with a Matrix that's been repainted to look like his Doomstone. He's got the same big cannon and two wrist blasters as Armada prime, and is more or less identical except he's missing the latter's trailer. He's molded in a deep navy blue with black, red, silver, and metallic turquoise accents, though again, my camera is deciding not to cooperate today, so everything looks way darker here than it actually is.
As for the Air Defense Team...well, they kinda suck. Runway absolutely refuses to stay attached to Jetstorm (I ultimately ended up using a clear rubber band to hold the two together), and their Star Saber mode really doesn't look all that great in-hand due to everyone's kibble being a bit too noticeable; this extends to their individual vehicle modes as well, where their arms and legs are all sticking out far more than they were on their original toys. I didn't bother trying to transform them after both hearing about the defect on Jetstorm as well as realizing how much of a fuss it is to get them back into Saber mode, so they're staying as-is; my FansHobby version of the team is far less finnicky and does the job while looking a whole lot better anyway.
