Death's Head
12-08-11, 07:19 AM
Fracture was something of a suprise, popping up as she did in 2007. Although perhaps more suited to the Classics/Universe line, the toy (a repaint of Classics Mirage) was slipped into the movie line as retailler demand for LAM Transformer product was high. Fracture was shunted into this line as an exclusive for US retailler Wall-Mart (owners of our very own Asda).
The figure is a homage to the Gobot Crasher, whom Hasbro own the character rights to, if not the actual mould following the acquisition of Tonka in the early 1990s (Tonka having imported Bandai's Machine Robo line as Robo Machines / Gobots to western markets in 1983).
The mould, as seen with Universe Drag Strip, is capable of reuse without getting tired. Unlike Drag Strip, a better job of decking out Fracture with a decent paint job has been done. A stylish black/white/red deco brings the mould to life and gives it a bit of pizazz (arguably moreso than Mirage). It's a really crisp and dynamic scheme and looks suitably F1. Best of all, Hasbro have given Fracture (which, by the way, is a fricking awesome name) a cracking paint job on the face. Its largely pink, but matches Crasher's original Hanna-Barberra character model by featuring yellow eyes and a black mask around the eyes.
Fracture being female, its suprising that this mould works as well as it does for her. Maybe it's because the vehicle and robot modes are all aerodynamic sweeps and curves, but it does have a feminine quality to it that fits Fracture so well. That probably says a lot about Mirage and Drag Strip too, but we wont go there (although Mirage, with his haughty behaviour seems quite camp to me...).
Posability for the toy is superb and she can be put in loads of poses without toppling over. The transformation remains slick, and unlike Drag Strip, she's nice and tight (get your minds out of the gutter) and just feels much more of a quality product. Maybe its the materials used for Drag Strip, but he feels a little cheap (ironically, for a 'limited edition' fancy pants toy) by comparrison.
The vehicle mode is excellent, a suitably futuristic version of a typical F1 car that screams speed - doubly so with Fracture whom has a proper racing livery going on. It looks lovely with that crisp white broken up with those black stripes and that red body. Awesome. Only some poor colour matching slightly spoils things - one half of the rear is a slightly deeper shade of red to other for some reason.
Although Mirage is great, Fracture probably just nudges it for me, being a rare instance of a largely forgotten character getting a deserved second chance to shine. She also boasts a sharper colour scheme and makes better use of the mould than either Mirage or Drag Strip.
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The figure is a homage to the Gobot Crasher, whom Hasbro own the character rights to, if not the actual mould following the acquisition of Tonka in the early 1990s (Tonka having imported Bandai's Machine Robo line as Robo Machines / Gobots to western markets in 1983).
The mould, as seen with Universe Drag Strip, is capable of reuse without getting tired. Unlike Drag Strip, a better job of decking out Fracture with a decent paint job has been done. A stylish black/white/red deco brings the mould to life and gives it a bit of pizazz (arguably moreso than Mirage). It's a really crisp and dynamic scheme and looks suitably F1. Best of all, Hasbro have given Fracture (which, by the way, is a fricking awesome name) a cracking paint job on the face. Its largely pink, but matches Crasher's original Hanna-Barberra character model by featuring yellow eyes and a black mask around the eyes.
Fracture being female, its suprising that this mould works as well as it does for her. Maybe it's because the vehicle and robot modes are all aerodynamic sweeps and curves, but it does have a feminine quality to it that fits Fracture so well. That probably says a lot about Mirage and Drag Strip too, but we wont go there (although Mirage, with his haughty behaviour seems quite camp to me...).
Posability for the toy is superb and she can be put in loads of poses without toppling over. The transformation remains slick, and unlike Drag Strip, she's nice and tight (get your minds out of the gutter) and just feels much more of a quality product. Maybe its the materials used for Drag Strip, but he feels a little cheap (ironically, for a 'limited edition' fancy pants toy) by comparrison.
The vehicle mode is excellent, a suitably futuristic version of a typical F1 car that screams speed - doubly so with Fracture whom has a proper racing livery going on. It looks lovely with that crisp white broken up with those black stripes and that red body. Awesome. Only some poor colour matching slightly spoils things - one half of the rear is a slightly deeper shade of red to other for some reason.
Although Mirage is great, Fracture probably just nudges it for me, being a rare instance of a largely forgotten character getting a deserved second chance to shine. She also boasts a sharper colour scheme and makes better use of the mould than either Mirage or Drag Strip.
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