>>6270233Well, I got in delivered yesterday afternoon, and he's great!
He's nice and hefty with the diecast feet, and he feels quite solid. I also love the detailing and paintwork used to replicate the original toy and cartoon model (his robot face), while taking certain liberties (namely the gorilla face, jet mode, and the gun's color). Veyy good use of metallic paints (especially in the green eyes and accents, and the gorilla's eyes, and other
circuitry details).
The transformation at certain points are really entertaining to use, and can be ingenious at times (the unfolding of Gorira's root arms to form gorilla arms, to name a few)
There are a few criticisms I have, though:
- His shoulder wings do kind of get in the way at times.
- His transformations are kind of finicky with all the hinges and joints. You need to align certain pieces in certain ways, or else it'll complicate transformation. This is especially evident when trying to deal with his giant backpack, which needs to tab to complete the transformation, but if other pieces get in the way, or if something's misaligned, the backpack won't sit flush on the tab.
- The forearm armor (or forearmor) is kinda of loose (especially when place further close to the hand in vehicle modes), and can sometimes pop off. Same kind of thing with the gun; it'll peg in fine, but does come a bit loose when touched.
- It's also kind of a pity he has no real waist swivel, and his waist is connected to the backpack to keep it in place. If disconnected, the waist is very loose with no ratchets.
Overall, very decent figure. It has its issues with precision transformation and loose parts, but I quite like him alot. The sculpt and quality is top notch, imo.
I'd definitely go for him if you were a big fan of Beast Wars back in the day, and have the money for him (I spent nearly $300 CAD on him plus shipping).
Also, the boxart is pretty dope.
>Sorry if camera capture is potato. 
