Death's Head
12-08-11, 07:22 AM
Incinerator was one of a handful of decent new mould toys put out to little fanfare during the course of the original Live Action Movie toyline’s life. Unlike Wreckage and Arcee, he seems to have gone relatively unnoticed. Strange really, as he’s a surprisingly good toy, easily the superior of the clumsy Blackout toy.
As with a lot of Voyager scaled aircraft based figures, Incinerator isn’t much bigger than most Deluxe toys in robot mode. He has a bit more presence thanks to those awesome and ridiculous forearms of his. Whether you go for the Gobot-like propeller hands is a matter of taste, but it adds some much needed variety to the various robot forms Transformers have these days. It also marks him out as someone not particularly given to delicate tasks, much more likely to turn up and start slicing into the enemy (that might just be me, though).
Design-wise, Incinerator has loads of lovely etched details all over his robot parts. A good choice of colours and some quality plastics (unlike the slightly waxy stuff used on Blackout) give him a veneer of quality not really associated with the initial Movie line. There’s good articulation and movement in both the arms and legs, plus the use of those nice clicky-clicky ratcheting joints, which means posability isn’t a problem. Plus it puts less wear on his limbs, unlike with ball jointed figures, meaning in a played with condition figure will still feel fairly stable and tight.
Transforming to aircraft mode is very straight forward. To assist younger fingers, Hasbro put in an ‘Auto-Morph’ feature into most of the 2007 Movie toys. It’s not something I’m particularly fond of, being an incredibly fragile mechanism. Here though, the Auto Morphing is very smooth, with the jet folding up very nicely. All you need to do is spend a little bit of time fiddling with the legs to get them in place. The arms fold up smoothly and rotate into place at the end of those wings. Pushing the radar dish on the back activates the rotors, which is a cute feature – something that cheeringly also functions in robot mode. The helicopter mode is a nice, solid bit of kit with some good detailing. The clear cockpit is a nice touch and he feels nice and weighty in your hand.
As with a lot of movie toys, Incinerator is easily the superior of a lot of his on screen brethren and well worth seeking out over and above them. Recommended.
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As with a lot of Voyager scaled aircraft based figures, Incinerator isn’t much bigger than most Deluxe toys in robot mode. He has a bit more presence thanks to those awesome and ridiculous forearms of his. Whether you go for the Gobot-like propeller hands is a matter of taste, but it adds some much needed variety to the various robot forms Transformers have these days. It also marks him out as someone not particularly given to delicate tasks, much more likely to turn up and start slicing into the enemy (that might just be me, though).
Design-wise, Incinerator has loads of lovely etched details all over his robot parts. A good choice of colours and some quality plastics (unlike the slightly waxy stuff used on Blackout) give him a veneer of quality not really associated with the initial Movie line. There’s good articulation and movement in both the arms and legs, plus the use of those nice clicky-clicky ratcheting joints, which means posability isn’t a problem. Plus it puts less wear on his limbs, unlike with ball jointed figures, meaning in a played with condition figure will still feel fairly stable and tight.
Transforming to aircraft mode is very straight forward. To assist younger fingers, Hasbro put in an ‘Auto-Morph’ feature into most of the 2007 Movie toys. It’s not something I’m particularly fond of, being an incredibly fragile mechanism. Here though, the Auto Morphing is very smooth, with the jet folding up very nicely. All you need to do is spend a little bit of time fiddling with the legs to get them in place. The arms fold up smoothly and rotate into place at the end of those wings. Pushing the radar dish on the back activates the rotors, which is a cute feature – something that cheeringly also functions in robot mode. The helicopter mode is a nice, solid bit of kit with some good detailing. The clear cockpit is a nice touch and he feels nice and weighty in your hand.
As with a lot of movie toys, Incinerator is easily the superior of a lot of his on screen brethren and well worth seeking out over and above them. Recommended.
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