I've ordered the SS86 version but yeah this guy is pretty sweet. Will wait and see if I replace him.

 

One for the s1&2 shelf and one for the 86 movie shelf.
... Hell I might even throw the RTS version on the s3 shelf.

 

Don’t forget the Victory shelf.

 

I don't think there is a 4th variant.
Hey - they brought Wheeljack back from the dead!? That is a bloody victory!

 

As a character, Fangry feels like a missed opportunity. His tech spec bio is just brimming with potential. A mutinous wee terror with serious anger management issues? Feels like classic Furman fodder. Alas Fangry was introduced in one of Budiansky's more flaccid issues. And even then Brisko got more time on page than Fangry. Sure he started to get a little more page time towards the end of Furman's US run, with one memorably awesome Andy Wildman rendering, but there was so much going on then that he was never going to more than a minor plot function.

G1 Fangry's bot mode is great. Boxy but with nice proportions and a great headsculpt. That big green faces really pops. What's funny about the head sculpt is how amiable and amused his expression is. Like, isn't this guy's riff that he's possessed of an uncontrollable temper?

His beast mode is barmy. The wings/shield is just so odd and the detailing on his beast head and arms is just so un-transformer-like and has more in common with the Pretender Beasts. But I adore it. He's a mischievous little wolf that looks like he's doing a wee dance and has pinned a fan to his back.

So I’ve definitely paid too much for too little several times as a toy collector, but I think this takes the biscuit. This may well be the most annoying, scalper-friendly, gash grab scenario I’ve engaged with.

So you’re hip. I know that. I don’t need to explain all this stuff to you. I’m saying it for the benefit of the other guy behind you, ok? Cool. Let’s go. *clears throat* Fangry is one of the four characters release in the Target exclusive ‘Buzzworthy Bumblebee: World’s Collide’ set. A set that’s been particularly hard to get if you live in a country that doesn’t have Target. Which I don’t.

This has led to many of us trying to get whichever characters we were desperate to get from the set from ebay at unavoidably high prices, especially when you factor in shipping in these post-Brexit times. I probably could have bought another Rodimus for what I paid for this guy. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; we are all sluts.

And it’s so dumb. Fangry is, ultimately, a very cheap product. He’s a minor retool (sorry, partial. old habits) of the ol’ Titans Return Monsterbot mold, predominantly Grotusque with Doublecross’s beast feet, and a straight-up reuse of the Titans Return Fangry head with some fancier paint apps. I mean, they gave Repugnus a new head when he got a full size figure. For shame!

The new bits he’s got are interesting. They’ve opted for the clunky ’88 HM style chest display (which I can’t decide if I love or hate), and he’s got new hands, new shoulders, and a new beast head.

So despite my cynical tone, I actually think this all works really nicely. The beast mode is pretty much spot on. He absolutely feels like a modern update of the old beastie, and I love that the jaw has some articulation, limited though its range is. And it’s a really cool beast mode head sculpt. And the TR Monsterbot mode works really well on a character that’s bot mode body is as generic as Fangry’s. Also, I think the paint deco’s are really nice and classy. The TM looks so much better, and a spot of metallic blue on the knees, sir? How decadent!

It must be said the mold feels like it’s starting to show some signs of wear. The knees are far floppier than and of the other uses, and the soft plastic that forms the beast hips and bot ankle is looking way ragged.

I really wish this had been released in a more…normal way. I actually really like the toy. I don’t regret spending the money on him, because I’ve got a lot of love for the character, but I think that I had to pay over the odds is unfortunate. I’m likely to only actually get annoyed if they release an all-new dedicated mold for him. I’ll still buy it, of course. We are all sluts.

 

"Urgh."
From Lost Light#1 'Some Other Cyberton'

 

It would be fair to say I'm having fun with Drac. I will say I do wish they'd kept him a headmaster though. The prospect of a headmaster painted to homage this...

... would have made me a very happy nerd. But I love the goofiness of the tuxedo chest, and the paintwork on the bat mode. I do wish they'd foregone the rubbery bits and went for hard plastic mind you.

But still....

Wake up call


Oooodles of fun. Bring on the Wolfman from Weirdwolf and Creature from the Black Lagoon from Skullcruncher.

 

"I normally love animals."
From 'Lost Light'#13 'Sardines'

 

"I'm surprised you remember me, Orion Pax."
"I remember you ran."
From 'The Death of Optimus Prime'

 

It's worth buying KG for the accessory.

 

Cerebros is great. But don't tell him that. Big-headed bastard

 

Oh No! Where is Chromedome  

That looks perfect. Really wish I had bought that renderform head when it was available. Nice to see the TR cannon can still fit with alt mode KD Galvatron.

 

He’s busy in basemode. Plus I don’t have enough stands to have 4 bots running/flying.

 

That base mode is very cool. Imagination Supreme  

BTW what stands are those?

 

Still love that Renderform head for Galvatron. I'm keeping mine as my default Galvatron, just bought the gap filler set for him. The cannon adapter that comes with it is great and makes the arm cannon sit against his arm in a big improvement.

 

Nice! We can print copies of figures now? - thats crazy!
If only I had a 3d printer. I do think that Cerebros and WFC Zarak are great bots and definitely deserve their own shelf space.
I'd love a stand alone release of the heads maybe a Zarak/Cerebros twin pack would be nice - dreams.

 

Anyone have a set of Powermaster OP shoulder cannons they’d let go?