Grahf: Wow what a deal! A whole ten dollars off for an absolutely crippling to both modes breakage. I sure am kicking myself now for having purchased the Transart figure the other day at full price when I could've waited just a few more days and landed this beaut.

I've heard bad things about this one but is this a standard thing for this one? I would still like to get this one too as it does do a few things I do like.

Robogeek1973: I'm still hoping for a Gigastorm version of this guy to come out, but I'm not sure if it's going to happen if this guy sold poorly.

YodaKYA: What's the weird walking whale mode? Is that from something?

Grahf: This is the parts from DK-46 along with the Scourge parts from DK-49 but without the claw arm.

Owning these pieces I can safely say that I don't think this isn't worth it. Especially for the price they're charging for this without the claw arm. I really couldn't care less about the little disc thing that he shot at Airazor but that doesn't come with this either as it works with the claw arm.

The neck piece doesn't seem to want to connect to the ball peg of Scourge. Also the head is way too loose on its own neck joint. My usual way of using water based polyurethane to thicken up the joints didn't help either of these.

The mask doesn't stay on well either. Water based polyurethane did help here.

The shoulders are a bitch to get into position for truck mode.

The thigh fillers fall out easily but this can be fixed easily or just glued down.Water based polyurethane did help here.

The new inner chest with rib cage pieces sucks. Those rib cages pieces get in the way of transformation. The one on the figure's left side really gets in the way when moving the wheels and front bumper around. It can and most likely will just pop off the flat headed pin it's on as well.

You lose weapons storage with this kit. And their blade also has nowhere to store.

I doubt this will come with the bonus translucent blue right hand, blue sword and especially red claw. Those pieces are insanely stupid anyway.

Also, since the tabs those new front pieces connect to are prone to breaking, you might have to straight up glue those new pieces on.

This kit is listed at $55 other places. I feel that it's too much for what's here. Getting both sets normally isn't a great deal either though. While the parts aren't bad, I feel these are overpriced for what little is actually being offered especially without the claw arm. There's not one but two knockoffs out there that come with built in upgrades for only around $25. You're probably better off just getting one of those instead...if they're still available. This is coming from someone who has the Hasbro version and all three knockoff versions as well as most of the upgrades for them. Yes that's right, I have four Scourge and every one of them has some sort of aftermarket piece on it.

Oh and be warned, this new neck won't fit on the Black Mamba KO. The rest of the kit works fine on it though. The BMB neck ball peg is larger than stock and is one of the few things they changed for their version.

There was also something wonky with the left arm peg for one or two of the KOs compared to the original. I remember having to modify one of them to use the cannon arm on one of the other ones. All I did was cut off the "key" on the peg to turn it into a standard 5mm peg though. So nothing major. It's just that little rectangle on the side of the peg was too big to use some of the KO arms with.

Grahf: Seems I didn't actually review it last year so here we go.

Today is round up day by the way. So this would be a 2.5 stars even though I marked it at 3.

This isn't going to be as detailed as normal but I wanted to put this up as there's a reissue coming soon.

So first things first. DO NOT JUST BEND THE SPIDER LEGS AS THEY WILL BREAK. The plastic isn't as durable as it should be and the paint on the legs has locked the joints up a bit. If you do bend the legs either heat the joints up or "choke up" on the leg as you bend. Actually do both the first time. You need to put the pressure on the parts nearest to the actual joint . This is the most logical thing to do but apparently dozens of people didn't have Shockwave as their senpai. Don't be that person who grabs the legs at the furthest parts from the joint to bend the legs and then complain when physics takes over and breaks the legs.

Should this much care be taken or should the joints be THAT tight? No. But that doesn't mean that you're not at fault for not taking basic joint manipulation logic into consideration either.

Regardless, be careful of the spider legs and bending them at the hinge for the first time.

Care should also be taken with connecting the legs to the ball pegs as well. Even being careful, there's a chance that the ball socket on the spider legs can crack during installation. This isn't so much user error as it is the material used for the ball pegs. So just be aware that this is also a point of easy breakage.

As for the rest of the figure:

It's not great but it's not horrible hence the 2.5 star rating. It does many things well but as is almost standard for Transart and even APC toys, when it comes to mostly original designs like this (this is nothing like the original TMII figure), they tend to not be as sturdy as their offerings that are mostly or entirely based on an original figure.

I wish TransArt didn't use a magnet for the "bra" feature. It's one of the weakest magnets ever and it will barely stay on even just standing there still. It's not even accurate either. The original toy had a bra over the bra that could come off via a screw. This is trying to replicate that I think but failed in that this is just the basic bra and not the piece that was added to the original toy that could come off. So not only does it fail the homage, it just fails in general.

I also wish that they maybe tried more to integrate the alt mode into the robot mode better. It's just a shell that gets put off to the side. While it can be attached to the figure, it doesn't really do even that well. I know it's more screen accurate this way but it would've been so much nicer if they at least tried to do something more with the shell pieces. They almost look good as the skirt pieces in robot mode but they didn't quite do it well enough for it to look really good or even just natural. A giant skirt like Animated Red Alert would indeed be cool but this is not that.

Overall the figure feels very light and somewhat brittle in places like the spider legs. It looks great and even plays and poses great but the kibble is a literal huge letdown. It's very middle of the road due to the positives mixed with the negatives. It's not horrible but it's not great. Good enough to look nice on a shelf and to fiddle with but not good enough to endure for long or to be a fiddle with transformer as it's a shellformer with a stupid magnet piece that never stays on.

I'd glue the damn chest piece on but it's now in a different spot than the figure due to the fact that it fell off and got put somewhere else.

For the price, I'd expect better.

Damn, maybe this is round down day. I forgot to factor in the price. So while this is still a 2.5, I'm going to mark it as 2 stars so people don't get the wrong idea in the average rating. Oh boy, I'm going to be the first 2 star review!

But man, some of those 5 star reviews be like: we fully acknowledge all the faults that everyone else is bringing up but I love it so 5 stars. That shit doesn't help anyone.

I just want people to know that this isn't all sunshine and rainbows despite me liking the figure. My opinion shouldn't affect the figure objectively.

The materials are objectively on the cheaper end compared to other TransArt figures. The figure is objectively prone to breakage one way or another careful or not. The magnet is objectively a stupid choice and annoying. The shell forming kibble is objectively poor design.

The figure is objectively fun to pose. The figure is objectively better than the original. The figure is objectively more screen accurate due to the partsforming kibble.

I subjectively ignore the faults and average in the positives. for my score of 2.5. I put 2 stars to try and balance out those comical 5 star reviews. NOTHING is "perfect". Especially figures with glaring issues.

Grahf: Okay there's a few things that need to be addressed right off the bat.

1: This is NOT so called legends scale.

2: This is NOT meant to scale with Siyang Culture's Metroplex.

3: I fucking love this figure.

So if not so called legends scale what is this supposed to be? It's literally in the name of the company. Gi One. Get it? G1.

When I opened the box and got it out of the tray a few days ago I was flooded with memories of when I was a kid. This is almost the exact same size as G1 Trypticon. While I sold mine a few years back and I can't be 100% certain, I'm pretty sure this is G1 toy scale. Think of this as a sort of "Missing LInk" figure. Judging by pictures online of Titans Return with G1 and TR with Gi One Trypticons, Gi One and G1 look to be just about the same sizes.

Onto the actual review though.

Nothing is stressed on mine nor do I have any parts splitting. However may joints are loose and are especially noticeable in the knees. I don't think the plastic is cheap or whatever else others are calling it.

The figure doesn't feel too light either. People seem to be forgetting that TR Trypticon was intentionally hollow throughout the entire figure to accommodate the Titanmaster eating gimmick. While this doesn't have that feature and has closed off most of the spots internally, it's still hollow on the inside intentionally as a result. I was expecting this. The actual TR Trypticon is much lighter than it's size would suggest but not in a cheap way and this is no different. In fact, this would actually be heavier than a complete 1:1 undersized TR Trypticon would be as this has more plastic on the inside due to neutering the gimmick and this also has metal used in several spots. This is all a long way of saying that this figure weighs about as much as I would've expected. I would expect a figure of this size to be picked up by one hand and not be too heavy. I mean, it's barely bigger than a commander class now and you can do that with those so why wouldn't this feel about the same?

There's not much to say about the transformation that hasn't already been said as it's just a smaller TR Trypticon. The parts mostly do the exact same things and move in the exact same ways. The main difference is in the lack of the chest components. So not only can't you hook up a Full Tilt here if there was one but you also can't form the central tower for city mode. And again, it can't "eat" any Titanmasters or other small figures.

I mentioned metal before. The only spots I noticed it in was the purple walking stabilizer cannons on the sides of the feet that no longer serve either function. and then the green armatures the hips are on for transformation.

City mode is city mode. Other than the lack of a central tower, it's the same as the original's.

Crawling dragon mode is what it is. It's a "fourth" mode that the Takara designs "found" and later made canon in the Legends Manga. The tail was designed to look like another head and mouth and has eyes so that's how it all came about. It is what it is as it's basically just a fan mode made somewhat official.

The spaceship mode is good. Being this size you can pick it up and swoosh it around. Which is exactly what I was expecting and wanted. TR Trypticon is so cool but it's just too big and heavy to do anything with. Same with all the titans really. I'd love to play with them all more but I can't. They just stand around stoically regardless of their articulation or aftermarket parts.

The robot mode is fine other than the loose joints. Not only the knees but also the arms and tail. I took things apart to see what I could do about it. I used some water based polyurethane (Kiki) to tighten up the knees and the "mouth" part of the tail as well as the shoulders, elbows, wrists and cannons. For the base of the tail I didn't do anything to keep it from drooping but I did notice that there's a ratchet piece on the inside that might have been engaged incorrectly at first. I didn't do anything to the tail at the base but take it apart and put it back together but it's now no longer droops at the tail base. The opening part of the tail no longer droops now that I tightened up those joints too. The knees can now hold poses for days on end (I've been testing it and is why I didn't review sooner). The arms are still a little more loose than I'd like but it's not like the arms need to do anything that needs the tighter joints.

I can't wait to see if they do more titans at this size as it would be perfect for most of them. Roughly Marvel comics sized Fort Max and Scorponok would be amazing. Omega Supreme would be mostly scaled to Legacy Menasor too. Tidal Wave would be the proper height.

Putting this next to Magmatron and either BW Megs as well as the one picture posed next to miner Megs shows exactly why I love this figure. This is BWII Gigastorm sized! I will buy another if they do make him. Change a few colors and add a horn and done.

I got what I was expecting here.