by Evil Eye » Fri Jan 08, 2016 5:47 pm
- Motto: "Don't be a goddamn coward."
- Weapon: Acid Spray Gun
Watched Skullface's review on their not-Grimlock.
I have to say, I'm not hugely impressed. Aesthetically he's good for sure, but functionally he's a mess. Between that colossal hunk of junk pretending to be a "shield" that forms most of the combiner torso mode, the hugely finicky transformation, the QC issues and the fact he has to partsform going between robot and dino modes...no.
What I really don't get is why GCreations and ToyWorld decided to create arguably the most G1-accurate 3P CHUG scale Dinobots, and then throw in the combining gimmick resulting in a mess of partsforming and compromises. Either keep the combiner gimmick and take liberties with the designs to get a better end product, or keep the G1 accuracy and ditch the combiner gimmick.
I would like to see someone else have a stab at a Dinobot combiner, though. If any 3Ps are reading this, if you're going to do a Dinobot combiner then for Primus' sake don't try and make them hyper-G1 accurate. The G1 Dinobot designs just don't work as combiner parts.
Ha ha Transformers go brrrrr