Generations Voyager-class Rhinox
Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2014 12:37 am
I figured put this in the Beast Era forum just to keep it interesting.
This figure comes mistransformed in robot mode, the waist is out of position and the upper arms aren't fully telescoped out. Instructions are pretty bad, missing key features like locking the lower jaw tab into the inside of the rhino head to keep it from falling apart, and the hips flipping all the way around in transformation.
Robot Mode
Pros:
- very good likeness
- decent range of motion, expressive
- good use of bulk
- mirror-twin, spinning chainguns of doom
- pretty good paint
- fairly show-accurate transformation
Cons:
- loose leg joints lead to flopping issues
- some restrictions on range of motion
- a bit more kibble than I prefer
- semi-open hands aren't ideal
- some of the character's flaws are still present here
Beast Mode
Pros:
- pretty decent size
- chaingun storage is clever
- lower jaw opens
- upper jaw & head opens one click, complete with secondary panel
Cons:
- deco is simple
- legs are immobile
- panel gap in a few spots, not major but noticeable
- all-black eyes might be accurate to the animal, but not this BW character
- backs of legs all show bot parts
- limbs have a specific orientation, but don't quite meet it or lock to it
All in all, this is a really good interpretation of Rhinox, but it does still suffer some of the mistakes that newer BW figures have, so your mileage may vary to a degree, but I think overall it's a good figure and a good homage.
This figure comes mistransformed in robot mode, the waist is out of position and the upper arms aren't fully telescoped out. Instructions are pretty bad, missing key features like locking the lower jaw tab into the inside of the rhino head to keep it from falling apart, and the hips flipping all the way around in transformation.
Robot Mode
Pros:
- very good likeness
- decent range of motion, expressive
- good use of bulk
- mirror-twin, spinning chainguns of doom
- pretty good paint
- fairly show-accurate transformation
Cons:
- loose leg joints lead to flopping issues
- some restrictions on range of motion
- a bit more kibble than I prefer
- semi-open hands aren't ideal
- some of the character's flaws are still present here
Beast Mode
Pros:
- pretty decent size
- chaingun storage is clever
- lower jaw opens
- upper jaw & head opens one click, complete with secondary panel
Cons:
- deco is simple
- legs are immobile
- panel gap in a few spots, not major but noticeable
- all-black eyes might be accurate to the animal, but not this BW character
- backs of legs all show bot parts
- limbs have a specific orientation, but don't quite meet it or lock to it
All in all, this is a really good interpretation of Rhinox, but it does still suffer some of the mistakes that newer BW figures have, so your mileage may vary to a degree, but I think overall it's a good figure and a good homage.