Am I the only one getting hauls recently?
Anyway, got a few fun things.
First from my local geek store is Beast Wars Fuzor Noctoro! He's really bad-ass in bot mode and beast mode, but that spring-loaded gimmick make the transformation really annoying. Not sure it was worth the full 35$CAN with taxes, but for all the previous deals I had at that store before, it's forgivable.
Next are two Dinobots Adventures two-packs. Each are 21$CAN plus taxes at Walmart. They are reissues/repaints of the Rescue Bots one-steps, plus dino "targetmasters" that came with previous larger bots.
Pretty neat sets. The bot themselves are great looking, but they have ZERO points of articulation. Total, and complete bricks. That's unfortunate.
One more flaw: The weapons cannot fit at all on the bots due to weight imbalance. Bee barely stand on his own and Optimus have a weak spring-loaded arm.
One the positive side, they transform in two seconds and the dinos are pretty cool. Plus each have a fun "jaw action" gimmick where you go "wawr" by pressing a panel on the back of their head. Optimus stand firm on his stompy feet, but Bee can fall flat on his nose at the slightest touch due to most of the weight being on the first half of the dino. The little friends in beast mode are adorable and they transform in one second.
Overall, those sets are not the best thought out things, but they can be loads of fun for little kids. Plus the price is relatively fair. And for a collector, it's fun to have these characters in a small format. It add representation on these weird altmodes without taking too much space.