Toy Review - Cyberverse Deadlock

[GoktimusPrime]

DEADLOCK
Series - Cyberverse
Sub-line - Power of the Spark
Size/class - Warrior
New/remould/redeco - New
Wave - IV
Released here - August 2019
Approximate Retail Price - $29
Approximate Size - 12.5cm
Allegiance - Amputeecon^Decepticon
Alt-mode - car
Main Features/Gimmicks - flip out swords
Main Colours - white with blue and red highlights
Main Accessories - none

https://i.ibb.co/3FymDWj/cyberverse-deadlock.jpg

It's better than most other Cyberverse Warriors but that's not saying much. The transformation is bit more involved but overall still really ordinarily underwhelming. This toy sports all the sparse paint ops of a Happy Meal toy. The arms have sacrificed having elbows for the sword gimmick. The swords out from under the arms instead of over like a Triggerbot/con. This is fine if the spring is tight, as it is on the left arm of my Deadlock, but if the spring is loose like on my Deadlock's right arm then the sword is floppy and cannot be "held" properly. The swords are also permanently sculpted with "swoosh" effects but coming from the reverse side of the blade which only makes sense of the blades deployed from above the arms like a Triggerbot/con! Deadlock can do something that I haven't seen any other Cyberverse Warrior do -- turn his head! :rolleyes: Oh, and thanks to further QC issues on mine, the right arm on my Deadlock is prone to just falling right off. Yaaaay. :rolleyes:

https://i.ibb.co/Fnh69wk/meme-crap.jpg

[Bemblebuu]

It's telling when the best thing about the Cyberverse line is the packaging.

[Autocon]

Are you sure its an autobot? I can see a dcon logo

[shockNwave]

Are you sure its an autobot? I can see a dcon logo

I believe this is Drift going by an alias before he converted to the autobot side.

[GoktimusPrime]

Are you sure its an autobot? I can see a dcon logo

I believe this is Drift going by an alias before he converted to the autobot side.
Autocon is correct. Deadlock is a Decepticon, even if he's Drift's pre-Autobot alias. I was trying to be "clever" and it fell flat. :p Shall amend. ;) Previous attempts at "cleverness"...
https://i.ibb.co/ngW4K9d/temp.jpg :p

I went and exchanged my Deadlock for another since the right arm was dodgy... and the second one has a dodgy arm too! The left arm also pops off but not nearly as easily as the right. Indicative of a QC issue that is affecting this entire batch, or maybe I'm just super lucky like when I got Animated Blitzwing and each one kept on having a defect (I gave up after the second exchange (i.e. my third Blitzwing)). :rolleyes:

I think Deadlock may be the worst Transformer toy for 2019. I'm struggling to think of any that's worse.

[Autocon]

Oh im not following cyberverse so didnt know. Kodak moment is good :p

[Maruten]

Been waiting for a Deadlock that's more affordable than the last one, but... this is not the winner.

[GoktimusPrime]

Been waiting for a Deadlock that's more affordable than the last one, but... this is not the winner.
:confused: Previous Drifts have typically been Deluxes... (excluding Voyager AOE Drift) :confused:
(I'm missing something here, aren't I?)

[Maruten]

Yeah, there was an E-Hobby exclusive Deadlock repaint of the original Drift Deluxe, which seems to be going for over $200 now: https://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=transformers+deadlock+e-hobby&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_osacat=0&_odkw=transformers+deadlock

I super want it, but I don't $250 want it.

[GoktimusPrime]

Yeah, there was an E-Hobby exclusive Deadlock repaint of the original Drift Deluxe, which seems to be going for over $200 now: https://www.ebay.com.au/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=transformers+deadlock+e-hobby&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_osacat=0&_odkw=transformers+deadlock

I super want it, but I don't $250 want it.
Aaaaaaah right. Wow, that's nuts. Mandarake is selling them for about $90 (https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1118203839&ref=list&narrowDown=%E3%83%87%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%AD%E3 %83%83%E3%82%AF%00Tag) which is still a ridiculous price for a Deluxe but at least it's less ridiculous than $250 (and postage from Japan should be cheaper than postage from USA).

[Maruten]

Jeez, why didn't I think to look there? That is a lot more reasonable. Ta.