He comes packaged in bot mode. I recommend doing his transformation at least once. It’s very clever and his alt mode looks terrific. I find it particularly impressive how his bot mode is 70% purple and 30% gray but in alt mode the percentages swap. Like the engineers performed some kind of color swapping sorcery.

The joints are all painfully tight the first time you do it though. I have found that many DX9 figures are kind of like baseball gloves that way. They are overly stiff out of the box and have to be broken in a bit before they function optimally. Mightron, Tyrant, Gewalt, Gabriel, Montana, Capone....all fall into this category.

 

You're right I'm just rewatching also other videos,in alt mode destroy FT. So unless is a bad copy, I can transform easily hands without knife.
Thanks again.

 

I have both Tyrant and Sovereign and also Sovereign M and Tyrant’s alt mode is so good, it absolutely obliterates Sovereign’s. I consider Tyrant a must own just for that reason.

 

Anyone have an extra matrix?

 

Saw this guy is up for preorder on ShowZ with a release of “2022”. Anyone know anything about this - price or timing? Really thinking about grabbing him to go next to Sovereign in alt mode.

 

I still have it, it's a solid figure that doesn't get credit for being predominantly purple in one mode and gray in the other. Also the way his back piece threads through the torso is awesome.

 

His alt mode gets heaps of credit for the transformation of the back half having some nice "masterpiece moments" that are so neat, but it's unbelievable that the gun doesn't aim upwards at all. Great fig tho. I love the purple finish on Sov but hate its grey plastic.

 

If one were to go for an alt mode display next to the G1 toy, would you go with DX9 Tyrant (assuming it's ever re-released) or FT-16T? Alt mode on DX9 is better overall, but just haven't seen it displayed next to the G1 for comparison.

EDIT - should have just checked Emgo obviously. Now thinking I may want to go with FT-16T. Bummer.

 

I have Tyrant and Sovereign and can't imagine a reason I'd want to use Sovereign's pushup alt mode over Tyrant's for anything.

 

Even compared to the toy mode?

 

You mean FT's toy version?

Yeah, either way, FT's alt mode is awful, JMO.

 

Yeah, I agree with you on the design but the decor (obviously) matches better with 16T. Luckily I have time because I have a feeling more FTs will pop up in the next few months and hopefully I’ll have more info on DX9 someday…

 

Since DX9 has done some reissuing and recoloring recently with Hanzo, I'd hope they would continue the trend with a marvel / Galvatron II recolor.
I would dig a metallic paint job like this expert work on Dx9 tyrant. Ft-16TM maybe.
Heavy/Scratch: - Marvel UK Galvatron