Animated Prime’s pretty good as a figure but he could have been more. Like, his fists are attached via ball joints but get locked in place instead of benefitting from the articulation. The narrow hips and the way his feet attach also make standing him in action poses more awkward than it has to be. His axe is cool in concept but he lacks the articulation to wield it in cool poses. The ball joint wrists or butterfly shoulders would go a long way. Transformation has some great tricks to reduce kibble and is smooth overall. All yellow not the headlights are custom, as are the rims.
Recommended.
Decided to buy a Magnus. Articulation is decent but his bulkiness makes him look doofy if you do take full advantage of the jointing. Hasbro packaged the blast effects with the guns which melted some of the paint off the guns. I can fix it but i doubt most buyers could. Bad choice there Hasbro, at least wrap them in a different sheet of paper if you insist on making the accessories look at home in a garbage bin. Transformation is the MP but refined, pretty fun to change back and forth. Headlights and smokestacks are custom, guns are repainted but close enough to the actual product.
Recommended with caveats.
Magmatron’s pretty good but is hampered by his own design. Good articulation on paper but his parts get in the way of himself way too often and his accessories are masses of kibble. Can't really expect too much out of the shield but there was no reason to tack all of the giganotosaurus belly and crotch onto the sword. The giganotosaurus can’t open his mouth for crap which is the selling point of large theropods. Elasmosaurus neck is unwieldy in combined mode and not posable enough in beast mode, not to mention all the visible gaps. Quetzalcoatlus can't assume a decent non-flying pose and has weird bug eyes. The bendy sword sucks but I don’t mind it enough to buy a replacement. Crappy packaging strikes again with the blade being crazy warped out of the box, but a couple minutes with a hairdryer and a few more with my textbooks fixed that. The stupid blast effects are useless since there are barely any ports on Magmatron and he doesn’t have a gun or blaster. Transformation is relatively simple but very finicky. Have to push and swueeze stuff into just the right spot to get everything to fit just right. Skysaur claws and Magmatron fingernails custom painted.
Recommended with caveats.
Recommended.
Decided to buy a Magnus. Articulation is decent but his bulkiness makes him look doofy if you do take full advantage of the jointing. Hasbro packaged the blast effects with the guns which melted some of the paint off the guns. I can fix it but i doubt most buyers could. Bad choice there Hasbro, at least wrap them in a different sheet of paper if you insist on making the accessories look at home in a garbage bin. Transformation is the MP but refined, pretty fun to change back and forth. Headlights and smokestacks are custom, guns are repainted but close enough to the actual product.
Recommended with caveats.
Magmatron’s pretty good but is hampered by his own design. Good articulation on paper but his parts get in the way of himself way too often and his accessories are masses of kibble. Can't really expect too much out of the shield but there was no reason to tack all of the giganotosaurus belly and crotch onto the sword. The giganotosaurus can’t open his mouth for crap which is the selling point of large theropods. Elasmosaurus neck is unwieldy in combined mode and not posable enough in beast mode, not to mention all the visible gaps. Quetzalcoatlus can't assume a decent non-flying pose and has weird bug eyes. The bendy sword sucks but I don’t mind it enough to buy a replacement. Crappy packaging strikes again with the blade being crazy warped out of the box, but a couple minutes with a hairdryer and a few more with my textbooks fixed that. The stupid blast effects are useless since there are barely any ports on Magmatron and he doesn’t have a gun or blaster. Transformation is relatively simple but very finicky. Have to push and swueeze stuff into just the right spot to get everything to fit just right. Skysaur claws and Magmatron fingernails custom painted.
Recommended with caveats.
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