Toy Review - Generations Darkmount

[griffin]

(Please post comments, photos or even a fully comprehensive review - these are just brief details to start you off)

Toy Review - Darkmount


Series - Generations
Sub-line - (Generation 1)
Size/class - Deluxe
New/remould/redeco - New
Wave - 2
Released here - Sept 2010
Approximate Retail Price - $25-30
Approximate Size - 15cm
Allegiance - Decepticon
Alt-mode - Half-track, (weapons unit)
Main Features/Gimmicks - Straxus homage
Main Colours - Blue, grey, red, gold.
Main Accessories - Axe, 3 gun-pods.

[griffin]

(haven't got it yet - just played with Justowen's)

Love the homage, and eagerly await the Skullgrin version as well.

[jaydisc]

Better than I expected. Involved transfromation and good articulation in 'bot mode, and of course the homage wins the hearts of many fans.

The blue is very unrealistic, the half-track/tank alt mode is very disproportionate and it has a generally cheap feel to it. I hope that Henkei revives and includes this toy.

[griffin]

Looking at the comic version of Straxus... it seems that there were quite a bit of variance in his brief appearances, which the toy had to accomodate (with the red and gold). But I think it would look nicer in a real dark blue though.
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[GoktimusPrime]

Is the head easily removable? It'd be cool to put it in one of those Gachapon capsules to recreate head-in-a-bubble Straxus!

[Sleeve]

I haven't even transformed him yet and I'm blown away. Loving his alt-mode, and I'm honestly thinking he's one of my favourite CHUG figures.

EDIT:

Transformed him. Turret mode is meh, a little more gangly than it looked in photos, but would still go great with human figures from the HA series. Robot mode.......where's the drooling smiley?

[Stompy]

This is one impressive figure. The alt mode is alright, the battlestation alt mode is ok but obviously forced, but the robot mode is the winner here. Conversion I completely didn't expect, especially what previous tank figures conversions have been like. This breaks the trend and was blown away on what part of the tank became the legs and how everything folds and shuffles around to make a pretty bulky robot mode. The pick-axe is an awesome weapon and allows me to forgive the back pack kibble. JUST. This is a must have.

[dirge]

Excellent toy with a great transformation as Stompy mentioned. Good weapons, poseability & looks quite a bit like Straxus. It's just a shame the name got lost in translation.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Different vehicle mode. Very cool robot mode and a cool weapon plus he can reach across his chest. Instructions are crap, how do I mount his hook for storage? The picture is useless.

[5FDP]

So... this is available locally now?