carytehone wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Prime Beast Hunters Abominus. "Legion class combiners" don't work they say. Well, this one sorta did. Yeah, posing is kinda crap. but it is 6 legion figures. 5. Legion. Figures. We really have underestimated how well some legion combiners work, and that is one
This is not and isn't a figure I've ever been interested in. Seems like a neat concept, but I want more. What makes it work, what are the rest of us missing, pros and cons?
For one thing, that picture does not do him justice. I wish I did have him here to photograph and show off, but here is why I think this figure is underrated.
1) 5 good figures are in the set.
All 5 figures are well worth it in this set. they all look good in robot mode, abomination mode, and transform quite easily but still nicely. Twinstrike in particular stands out do to some fancy work with his beast mode limbs. Same with Blight basically flipping himself over to transform.
2) Combination.
Yes, the limbs are very limited with where they can go, but they do work well with what they do have. Rippersnapper makes an awesome foot with his beast mode arms making up the twin spiky toes. Blight is a very solid foot as well, making the figure actually quite stable. Yes, Hun-Gurr's beast legs make for some very tall shoulders, but to me that makes it feel more of a heavy set pugnacious feel, with the head set lower between tall shoulders. Plus, the connection is very stable and those arms wont go anywhere. Speaking of which. I love having Twinstrike make a fair of toothy hands. And those front beast legs fold up much better along the body than that picture implies, making it a much nicer arm. Windrazor makes a good arm too with the wings adding some heft to it and the beast mode beak is a sharp bladed hand. And the fact that Hun-gurr's head and Abominus' head occupy the same space is quite cool.
3) Combined mode.
for one thing, Hun-gurr's beast mode arms make an awesome second set of hand. for another, Rippersnapper makes a mean spiky kneepad with clawed toes. And for another, he's similar to CW motormaster: every stock picture ever and even looking at him in pictures makes him look awful, but in hand he looks much nicer. This applies to this guy: they can't seem to get it right, and sometimes ignoring the instructions makes him look much better, like the positioning of beast mode kibble on each of the individuals. To simply put it: he's one of those that looks far better in-hand than in pictures.
Overall he comes out to the size of a deluxe or a smidgen bigger, but he still is an awesome figure. He could have been better had Hun-gurr been a commander class (much like how CW fixed FoC) but for what he is and the fact that I got him as a giftset for $12, he is well worth it. Each figure is cool on their own and the combination makes it just a bit sweeter.
and those are the reasons I find Prime Abominus to be underrated
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