Pictorial and Video Review for Transformers Titans Return Grotusque with Fengul and Scorponok
Monday, October 9th, 2017 1:26pm CDT
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For the official Seibertron galleries, you can check out the reveal gallery and the display gallery. You can also view G1 Grotusque for comparisons to his original form.
We will start with the bot mode, and I apologize now for the lighting of the images.
Bot mode is gorgeous, and very well painted. The bot mode is fun to look at, with the puffed out chest area complete with the beast mode lower jaw area proudly standing front and center. The colors are really loud and great on this figure, with the shoulders getting some surprisingly good attention to detail. He even has that little triangle dead center of his chest.

The head sculpt is pretty good, though I wish it was a little closer to the G1 toy's flirty/pouting face, but it is still nice regardless. He still does look grumpy though!

Now this mold is a retool of Titans Return Twinferno, his fellow deluxe Monsterbot. The retool is very obvious in the lower part of the body, with everything from the waist down being the same as Twinferno, just in new colors. The wings are also the same, as are the guns. The arms, head, and upper chest area, however, are new, and it really helps him stand out from his Monster-mate. The Titan Master's body is also the same, though the head is new (to be seen later).


Now up first for comparisons, here we have the Monsterbot trio together at last! While it is a bummer that Repugnus is not a deluxe as well, he still looks cool enough, and you can always play musical chairs with the heads!


Transformation on the lower body is the same as Twinferno, but the upper body has some nice new tricks. The arms are pretty basic, rotating 180 degrees at the bicep and having some flip out beast claws, but the new beast head is where the transformation shines. the lower jaw folds out of the upper chest while the upper beast head flips up over from the back.
And the result is a pretty great beast mode! Now anyone who likes Monsterbots will remember: they are supposed to be ugly as sin, it's part of their thing. They are supposed to be ugly monsters that scare people, and this guy does it very well. His beast mode is great in it's ugliness, looking so good yet so bad all at the same time. A great beast mode, the mode where he really shines!



Also of note, the beast head has tabs on the side for his guns. While they can store on his back like Twinferno, you can also mount them on the beast head. This is more for robot mode storage, but it's a really funny thing you can do in beast mode!


Here we have the Monsterbots in beast mode, and all 3 shine together here. They are a perfect team, and I am really glad I got to complete the team.



Lastly, we'll take a brief look at Scorponok, who finally got his release, and Fengul! The robot mode for Scorponok is the same as Ultra Magnus and Thunderwing, and is once again diecast. It looks pretty nice, and I enjoy the colors. Fengul is based on Daburu, Twinferno's Titan Master, but with a new head based on a saber tooth tigers, which is yet another battle beast reference! The paint work on Fengul is really good too, the best of the line.
Below, you can check out Fengul, and then a comparison with the 3 Monsterbots and Scorponoks Titan Master robot modes.


And finally today, Scorponok in head mode. It's a nice head, yet feels a bit too small, like this was a head that really needed the voyager treatment with the things deploying on either side to beef it up. The Head looks really funny on Grotusque, but really works with Tidal Wave!


In conclusion, this whole set is a great pickup. Grotusque is the best of the Monsterbots here, and is really one of the best deluxes of the whole line. I really enjoy this figure, everything about him is dumb, fun, ugly, beautiful, and he should be a figure people actively hunt down.
Scorponok is pretty cool too. While he is not my favorite Titan Master, he is still really cool, and will be a great addition to his larger generations toy when we finally get one.
While this set was only available for about an hour on HasbroToyShop last Thursday, it will be available again online soon, much like Arcee, so keep your optics tuned for all the latest Grotusque and Scorponok news here!









Also, thanks to Stuartmaximus, we have word that Peaugh uploaded his video review for the Grotusque set, if you would like to check that out as well.
Credit(s): D-Maximus_Prime @Seibertron
This article was last modified on Monday, October 9th, 2017 1:44pm CDT
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Posted by Flashwave on October 9th, 2017 @ 1:36pm CDT
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:"...Grotusque Review..."
Firstly, thanks for a lovely picture eview that I can read and stufy at my leisure instead of videos.
Still waiting on my Grotusque, (Am I the only one who opted for he cheap shipping?

Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on October 9th, 2017 @ 1:38pm CDT
Flashwave wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:"...Grotusque Review..."
Firstly, thanks for a lovely picture eview that I can read and stufy at my leisure instead of videos.
Still waiting on my Grotusque, (Am I the only one who opted for he cheap shipping?) does he have the floppy hip diaper thing going that Doublecross does? And does the tail want to peg together or is that still a problem?
I just went with whatever shipping was default. And I live only 2 hours from the HTS center, so I get things quickly.
the diaper and tail are zero issues. there isn't a flaw with my figure at all
Posted by blackeyedprime on October 9th, 2017 @ 1:39pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on October 9th, 2017 @ 1:45pm CDT
blackeyedprime wrote:does the Geotusque have a fake spark mechanism wheel like twinferno did? Not sure why they try to put faction symbols over a pin either but it's still looks a decent figure and Scorps head does look good on tidal wave.
The only thing on his clear plastic chest panel is a small hole, no sparker thingy. Probably had to sacrifice it for the chest to work transformation wise
Posted by Randomhero on October 9th, 2017 @ 1:54pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on October 9th, 2017 @ 1:57pm CDT
Randomhero wrote:The arms are mistransformed for beast mode. You're suppose to lift the should panels, lift the arms by the bicep like he's got both arms over his head and turn the entire arm from the shoulder 180 degrees instead of just rotating that bicep around.
I'm honestly happier with them as they are. the shoulder rotation really doesn't make much of a difference. Plus you said that, I skipped over that part in the instructions, and I have him right now with me and tried it
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on October 9th, 2017 @ 2:03pm CDT
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:blackeyedprime wrote:does the Geotusque have a fake spark mechanism wheel like twinferno did? Not sure why they try to put faction symbols over a pin either but it's still looks a decent figure and Scorps head does look good on tidal wave.
The only thing on his clear plastic chest panel is a small hole, no sparker thingy. Probably had to sacrifice it for the chest to work transformation wise
Worth noting is that G1 Doublecross bucks the trend by having his sparker gimmick in his chest, whereas Repugnus' and Grotusque's were inside the mouth. That said, the plunger detail is absent from the Titans Return version.
Posted by blackeyedprime on October 9th, 2017 @ 2:17pm CDT
Posted by Randomhero on October 9th, 2017 @ 2:22pm CDT
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Randomhero wrote:The arms are mistransformed for beast mode. You're suppose to lift the should panels, lift the arms by the bicep like he's got both arms over his head and turn the entire arm from the shoulder 180 degrees instead of just rotating that bicep around.
I'm honestly happier with them as they are. the shoulder rotation really doesn't make much of a difference. Plus you said that, I skipped over that part in the instructions, and I have him right now with me and tried it
I just figured Id mention it. I honestly I didn't do the arms. Before I said "it's a shame there's nothing to do with the arms really" then I noticed the panels and went back to stock photos and said "oh there is something!"
Yeah they don't go all the way down but I like they have some form of transformation other than ratatong the bicep
Posted by -Kanrabat- on October 9th, 2017 @ 3:21pm CDT
There's much love and effort in this figure.

Posted by o.supreme on October 9th, 2017 @ 3:31pm CDT
Posted by megatronus on October 9th, 2017 @ 3:49pm CDT

Posted by Emerje on October 9th, 2017 @ 3:56pm CDT
While the figure doesn't have the spark button it the original design art we were shown does. Just a casualty of the design process.
Emerje
Posted by Relic0037 on October 9th, 2017 @ 4:25pm CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on October 9th, 2017 @ 5:59pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:Well the design team at NYCC stated the figure had some extra detailing, but is it all in the TM head , or does the figure itself look more detailed? Mine doesn't arrive until Friday that's why I'm asking...
I don't know what figure you are referring to but if it's Grotusque you are talking about, did you miss the news with all the pictures?
https://www.seibertron.com/transformers ... ase/39773/
Posted by o.supreme on October 10th, 2017 @ 9:15am CDT
Posted by MECHdirge on October 10th, 2017 @ 9:58am CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on October 10th, 2017 @ 10:00am CDT
o.supreme wrote:Yes I'm talking about Grotusque, and the news is what I was referring to. They said it has extra details, and all the photos in the world don't compare to actually having the toy in your possession and seeing it with your own eyes, thus why I was asking.
I don't really notice too much extra paint work on the figure. The titan master is where the extra paint really shines out. But the paint work Grotusque has is really good and used in the right places, so he does look pretty good with that regard
Posted by Kurona on October 10th, 2017 @ 10:16am CDT

Posted by -Kanrabat- on October 10th, 2017 @ 6:10pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:Yes I'm talking about Grotusque, and the news is what I was referring to. They said it has extra details, and all the photos in the world don't compare to actually having the toy in your possession and seeing it with your own eyes, thus why I was asking.
What do you mean by "extra details"? Based on what? Compared to what? TR Twinferno?