Been killing myself trying to find a 2nd Grimlock to keep MISB, now listed on ToysRUs.ca after I finally found one on Friday.
Anyone else have a hard time getting him out of the plastic tray? I actually tore both legs out of the ball joint trying to get him out. Imagine my horror when I realized I was holding Grimlock minus both legs (both were still firmly locked in the tray) lucky for me they popped back in ok.
Was really excited about this toy, but after opening one up, honestly got to say a bit of a letdown. I think my expectations were so high that anything less than perfection would be a letdown.
Anyways a few quibbles:
Autobot symbol on robot chest about 80% visible, just mine or is there an easy fix?
Very loose/floppy (fists, hips, legs etc. except the shoulder ball joints) maybe I got a dud.
Paint chipping after 1 transform and back (chrome shoulders), not sure if I caused this or it was like this out of the box.
Too many unnecessary gimmicks, I'd trade them all in for a bot with tighter controls
Speaking of gimmicks:
light up sword works well enough (cool but unnecessary)
light up gun works very poorly (should have kept it all black)
tail-moves-head gimmick works but unnecessary
Bite gimmick ok
Press down-head-pops-up (either mine is broken or it never worked)
I think the designers wanted to justify the MP price on a relatively simple toy and went gimmick overload. Seriously lose all gimmicks, add more die-cast and I think the toy would have been better off.
8/10 for me, but before opening one I would have probably given it a 9.5 out of 10 simply out of all the hype.
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