Out of curiosity, how does IF's Elita One compare to their Arcee?
That’s kind of hard to answer–mainly because Elita One is a simple redecp and retool of their Arcee. So, their articulation and such are the same. (Sorry, this is a long post.)
Retool wise, Elita One′s difference are her shoulders (they now have a upper protrusion that’s colored silver and different over all shape), her head, and her chest.
A side view.
And their backs.Other difference are how you get them and what comes with them. Unfortunately, IF-EX16A Alleria (Elita One) is only sold as a bonus with their IF-14 Ultimate Commander (Optimus Prime). Iron Factory does not seem to be making any attempts to give her her own release, either.
Something you don’t have to worry about with IF-EX16 Pink Assassin (Arcee).
Now onto what they come with.
Elita One comes with one translucent orange rifle, and two translucent orange axes as seen below.
Arcee on the other hand comes with a variety of items: 2 blue translucent swords, 1 blue pistol, 1 Windblade sword (this one has the blade in a translucent purple), and and a display stand (it composes of 5 parts. I only have 4 parts on the one below, it’s adjustable and allows for a fair range of movement. The hole on the mold’s back is utilized to keep her up) as seen below.
Arcee comes with way more stuff. But that’s mainly due to Elita One being a simple bonus figure.
Here’s a picture of Elita One in her Altmode:
And a sideview of Elita One’s altmode:
Exactly like Arcee’s, save for the weapons.
And a side view of Arcee’s altmode:
I like them both. I know a lot of people are iffy on their faces–I was in that camp for the longest time. But they’ve kind of grown on me.
For Elita One, I quite like her. She has enough of a retool on her to kind of own the mold in my opinion, and her colors are very well done. I quite like her head sculpt. To me, it seems a bit more mature and less cute than Arcee’s. Overall. I think she’s a pretty neat redeco. But that’s the thing–she’s simply a slight retool and redeco of their Arcee.
The only thing that bugs me about their Elita One is how they didn’t give her her own individual release. (I could also talk about how they could have done a beefier mold on her to fit her character more–but that’s a different talk altogether.)Whether or not you want to get her should boil down to:
a) Whether or not you have someone lined up to get her by herself, or if you’re willing/looking to buy their IF-EX14 Ultimate Commander. (If so, be sure that the listing talks about a bonus figure/Alleria because many sellers just/also sell Optimus Prime without her. )
b) If you liked their Arcee mold.c) Whether or not you stand redecos/mold sharing. d) A legend class Elita One is something you’d like to have.
e) Whether or not you think this mold is appropriate for Elita One as a characterI hope this was decent! And thank you so much for the ask! If I completely missed the point of this ask/did a crap job of answering, I greatly apologize and would be happy to hear any and all complaints.