Was finally able to pick up the wolf of wires.
Spoiler: I love the hell out of him
The robot mode is pretty decent. I was mostly buying this for his wolf mode so while I knew the robot mode was good I thought I wouldn't care about it much, but I'm really growing attached to it. Very well proportioned with a very impressive amount of articulation.
Only real problem is that due to his Magnus shoulders, his articulation there is a little bit more limited than I would've liked. Not a dealbreaker though - it certainly makes some poses difficult, but makes very few impossible.
I had no toy on hand that wouldn't fall over from a kick, so here Wolfwire his venting out his frustration on a box of ritz crackers.
Extremely impressed with his weapon loadout too. The sword is beautifully well-detailed and they found a way to make it interesting without ruining it as a tail, while the not-fusion cannon is bulky but fun enough to really have him go to town on a few dudes.
Anyway onto the reason you should REALLY buy this toy.
Look.
At.
This.
God.
Damn.
WOLF MODE.
It's so good, every positive thing I've heard about it is true. Beautiful detailing and styling with enough articulation to really get across some menace.
Admittedly, I do have a couple of negatives with it. Nothing too big though, mostly minor quibbles. The wolf tail... doesn't really have any articulation at all. This isn't much of a problem as it's in a perfect place and pose and I can't imagine where I'd move it to, but in-hand it doesn't feel very natural when the rest of the wolf can move. The second thing is that the robot mode shin panels just sort of... sit at the top of the hind legs. I'm sure this does help it's appearance but they just sort of feel there rather than naturally integrated and they can get in the way of articulation. Still, these don't take large points off; they're more or less just a few things stopping it from being perfect.
One feature I'm really digging is the weapon ports. Don't have a lot of guns on me at the moment so I just gave him CW Legends Thundercracker's null rays for now and they look very nice on him. The weapon ports' placement also make me very excited for a certain something...
This cockpit part where the big fusion cannon thing pegs in btw is very nice, I absolutely love it and it's very clever how it works with the transformation. But in tandem with those aforementioned weapon port placements? They kinda make me think of
a certain other wolf. Shoulders have ports for those shoulder pads? The top of the wolf mode has a placement for a special weapon/equipment to go? Juuuust saying... just saying
All in all I'm really glad I picked him up as he's an amazing figure, and if that thing I hinted at in the last bit happens I'll pick that up too - that's how much I love this dude. Sorry if I clogged up the thread too much I just can't help but gush over him