Friday, February 28, 2014

Glacialord Part II - Tailclub

Ah, the Doedicurus.  As a kid, I always wished that I could have a toy Doedicurus.  Sadly, it never happened.  Thankfully, Fansproject has answered my prayers and made this a reality.

Who wouldn't want to play with this?
The idea to create prehistoric mammals as robots is really a stoke of genius.  Dinobots are pretty nifty and all, but we could always use more. 

Being a Doedicurus, Tailclub has an appropriately squat alt-mode.  I really like the gray and orange colors; they're really striking together.  He looks so adorable.  Definitely G1-styled, I feel as though I could've picked him up at a Roses or something.  It would've been nice to only pay $3.99 for him...
As with Fangro, the pilot is able to stand up in the slot on the beast's back.  I'm not really sure how I feel about this functionality, to be honest.  I think that it would look better if they had designed a way for the figure to actually sit.  The standing looks tedious.
Heres is Tailclub in robot mode.  The foot/backpack attaches to his shoulder as a shield and the tail and head combine to form a club.  I'm not really sure how a shoulder mounted shield is helpful in a battle, but it's nice to not have to worry about finding somewhere to store it while he's in robot mode.  Since he's G1-styled, articulation is limited to his arms at the elbows and the shoulders.  He is truly a combiner limb.
The shield can also be held in his free hand, which gives a better look, to me.  Now he looks like a Roman warrior.  If I had more of them, I'd do a Phalanx. 
Here's Tailclub in his limb mode.  As you can see, he forms a leg.  It looks sturdy and it's reminiscent of one of Predaking's limb, with the animal head facing out. 

2 comments:

  1. They perfectly nailed the Scramble City styling on these, didn't they?
    And I love that they integrated the combiner kibble as accessories. That's the one weakness of the original Scramble City guys, in my opinion.

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    1. Agreed. It's fun not losing parts so easily anymore. I could chalk that up to being mature and responsible, but I really think it's the integrated accessories. There's no way I'm responsible.

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