>>6247870There is a lot more retooling than I was expecting on him. I thought it was mostly going to be just remolds, but the crane's transformation is entirely new, his hips were completely overhauled from Inferno's and the legs now sport half of the crane assembly on them.
The most interesting thing being the retooled hips. They don't articulate any better or worse but because of the changes he's a good 2-3mm shorter than Inferno, which does a pretty cool job of distinguishing these two molds. (In this picture they're posed identically below the waist).
>>6247874No terrible quality control issues, unless there are some I haven't noticed yet or don't have on mine. In terms of how well he's made, I find the paint on him to be a little too thin though I haven't had any chipping issues yet, but joint tightness/tolerance is kind of a worry for me. A few joints (mostly the pesky rivet joints in his elbows) are pretty damn tight, but what takes the cake is the extendable hydraulic piston used for the crane arm. It is absolutely rock solid and takes TREMENDOUS amounts of force to extend and retract. It can actually be really hard to transform him out of robot mode because folding the crane into his back involves sliding it into place while retracting the piston. Pulling it back out afterwards is really difficult.
I tried to lubricate it slightly but it didn't help much. I might try to disassemble it later to see if I can loosen it properly, but it's one of those instances where you have to disassemble everything around it to get at it and I have shit to do later.
