Death's Head
03-09-11, 08:51 PM
Ravage and Rumble! The last two Spy Cassettes to be released in the UK, back in 1984. Rumble is a straight, but rather funky, recolour of Frenzy whilst Ravage is a nice new figure to play with.
Rumble’s Dennis The Menace colour scheme is excellent. A nice mix of red and black, along with flashes of silver and gold. Lovely. As he’s the transformation sequence and design as Frenzy, he carries over the same flaws (the springy head, decals that come off/ develop wear) but is still a good little toy. He has some decent articulation at the arms, thanks to those joints, and can move his arms out in front of him, put his hands on his hips and... well, that’s it, really. It’s not bad for the time. His legs do have a little bit of movement, being able to turn out to the side a little, but it’s not really something that will give you an amazing dramatic pose. A good little figure, whose bright colours are nice to see amongst the blacks and blues of the 1984 Decepticons, whom collectively look like a bruise.
Ravage is perhaps the most recognisable of the Spy Cassettes, and chalked up a couple of starring roles in the comic before falling foul of Skids. His Cassette mode is nicely done, but the gold robot legs stick out like...well, gold robot legs. A nice transformation sequence gives you the jaguar robot mode, with the legs folding out from the bottom of the cassette mode, and the head and tail rotating out of the top. Even with adding his missiles, Ravage is kind of flat looking, and best viewed from three quarters on. His legs give him superb balance and also allow for some nice ‘stalking’ poses. Not the best of the Spy Cassettes, but not the worst either.
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Rumble’s Dennis The Menace colour scheme is excellent. A nice mix of red and black, along with flashes of silver and gold. Lovely. As he’s the transformation sequence and design as Frenzy, he carries over the same flaws (the springy head, decals that come off/ develop wear) but is still a good little toy. He has some decent articulation at the arms, thanks to those joints, and can move his arms out in front of him, put his hands on his hips and... well, that’s it, really. It’s not bad for the time. His legs do have a little bit of movement, being able to turn out to the side a little, but it’s not really something that will give you an amazing dramatic pose. A good little figure, whose bright colours are nice to see amongst the blacks and blues of the 1984 Decepticons, whom collectively look like a bruise.
Ravage is perhaps the most recognisable of the Spy Cassettes, and chalked up a couple of starring roles in the comic before falling foul of Skids. His Cassette mode is nicely done, but the gold robot legs stick out like...well, gold robot legs. A nice transformation sequence gives you the jaguar robot mode, with the legs folding out from the bottom of the cassette mode, and the head and tail rotating out of the top. Even with adding his missiles, Ravage is kind of flat looking, and best viewed from three quarters on. His legs give him superb balance and also allow for some nice ‘stalking’ poses. Not the best of the Spy Cassettes, but not the worst either.
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