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I'm not sure what to say.
If you look at him by himself on his own
merits, then he's a-ok, ya know?
His dragon mode doesn't seem too
terribly watered down from his TM2
days. In fact, I was impressed by
some of the details that carried over.
But first thing's first.
He's a coke can, let's
get that out of the way. Phil
brought his over, and I didn't notice it
at first because it was lined up with a
bunch of empty Raspberry Brisk Iced Tea,
er, aluminum containers. So, I
pick it up. He really does look
nice, but isn't he kinda small? It
must be my imagination, I tell
myself. I open the wings.
Because he reminded me of a Gundam
(specifically the Deathscythe Hell
Custom from Gundam Wing, Endless Waltz),
I figured that the wings split apart
horizontally, side-to-side. When
they didn't budge, I figured it must
latch on, well, differently, and I
successfully avoided breaking someone
else's toy.
Let me tell you, the
robot mode is terrible. Phil might
sing the praises of the dragonhead arm
that's REALLY an arm, but he probably
forgot to mention that the elbow has the
exact same snapping gimmick as Supreme
Cheetor, a figure that Phil also likes
better than I do. The tail hangs
off the elbow of the other arm with
nowhere to go. The dragon arms,
which become the abdomen, don't lock
into position at all, and that chest...
fictional friggin' chest.
Sigh. I think it would have been a
nice touch if the spark had still been a
Predacon one instead of a Vehicon, but
alas...
So, from here we go to
Dragon mode. The transformation is
irritatingly simple, so much so that
it's really easy to break something, you
get so impatient. Yes, it really
is as easy as it looks. The torso
flips sideways, the hips split apart to
allow the tail to come between the legs,
then the hips lock onto the legs.
The wings fold one way, then
another. Boom, you have a
dragon. On its own, it really
doesn't look that terrible. There
are veins molded onto the inside of his
wing/cloak. The only vestige of
his TM2 asymmetry are the little dragon
claws that peek out over the tops of the
wings. One is organic, the other
mechanical. The legs don't
change. At all. Not a single
bit. Same from mode to mode.
His head stores in a way that reminds me
a lot of Airhammer. Actually, his
ENTIRE transformation reminds me of
Airhammer. He even looks a little
like Airhammer.
...
I prefer to keep him
like a coke can. I suppose he's
more like a model kit than a toy, in
that respect. Well, how you would
treat it, anyway.
The biggest
problem? He's a Deluxe! You
thought you were buying a Mega?
Nope. This sucker is shorter than
your average Deluxe, even. Stand
him next to TM2 Cheetor. Isn't
that sad? It must have been the
wings that did it. They blew their
budget on the wings, which don't even
want to stay still in beast mode.
They keep flopping back on one of the
transformation pivot points.
But, regardless I still want one. Slap me and call
me a bitch, I still want one.
Maybe I'm a closet completist.
Maybe I'm just weak-willed. I
mean, I bought an Ultra Jetstorm and
T-Wrecks after I swore up and down I
would not waste my money on them.
Maybe it was the $6 off that did it.
(NOTE - 10/15/00: After
thinking it over and seeing him everywhere
in stores, my desire to own one dwindled,
but I felt as though I were cheating
somehow by not buying him. I don't
have to worry anymore about that, though,
because I got one for my birthday)
Regardless, taking his
size into account and comparing it to
it's price, you're better off spending
another $5 on a TM2 Megatron, if you can
still find it. Really.
Addendum (16.02.01): I
took off one more point from the original
five because he looks terrible in the
package, and I'm sick of seeing him
everywhere in stores. Give us
Rattrap and Buddha Monkey already!
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