My sets of the Kre-o combiners Defensor showed up today! They were on sale on Amazon.com for only $3.00 each, so I got 2 sets. They're tons of fun! Since this is my first time actually getting any Kre-os, I'll just do a mini-review of them, to share what I think about them in general. They're DEFINITELY not as good as Lego, but the minifigures are tons of fun. My favorite one is probably Blades since he requires little-to-no taking apart to transform. Hot Spot is amazing; I love the printing on him; he's so G1 accurate.
(btw picture is taken by me.)
Now I kinda wanna get that Kre-o Groove... Idk. Since I have two sets, I actually was able to make a Groove leg out of the spare parts, and make Defensor mode WAY more G1 accurate. I had Blades as the right arm, First Aid as the left arm, "Groove" as the right leg, and Streetwise (Streetsmart) as the left leg. Also I did a LOT of modification in the building process, and I didn't even hardly look at the instructions to put him is gestalt mode; I built it my own way. Maybe tomorrow I'll post an update pic of him after I rebuild him as Defensor. I actually used Hot Spot's helmet, and Streetwise's face for Defensor mode, just to be more g1 accurate.
There are a couple parts though from this Kre-o set that don't fit together, and they just pop off on their own just sitting there, so I wasn't even able to build Streetwise 100% according to the directions, and had to modify it a bit. That is DEFINITELY knocking off a couple points. It's okay for me in particular though, because since I'm hugely into Lego, I have plenty of replacement pieces.
Over all, I'd give this set a 6/10. If you actually want to make the gestalt mode PROPERLY, then you will at least need two sets; the way they put Defensor together is below my building skills, and g1 accuracy preferences. Since he is only $3.00 on Amazon at the moment, I'd definitely recommend picking a couple of this set up! I'd just advise you once again to at least get two or three, because you may also need a couple spare parts, cuz one of mine came with a couple defective pieces.
I'll try to post a pic soon of my own take on his Defensor mode, and how I like to build him. Bye bye for now!