So I found Grimlock at the Family Mart here in Taiwan the other day. He's just a redeco of Transformers Prime Rippersnapper (I think, never bought any of the Abominus figures), but he's a neat little figure. The colour scheme looks pretty sharp. The orange/copper is a shade or two lighter than the Voyager, but it works. Dino mode is a bit of a mess, no two ways about that. Poseability in bot mode is pretty much limited to the shoulders and hips, with some forwards/backwards on the head and the ankles can rotate up and down, thanks to the transformation. For the price of the figure, $249 NTD (roughly $8 USD), it's not a bad little Grimlock. Oh, just something I thought was pretty funny…on the back of the package, they have big bold lettering claiming a 4-step transformation…yet when you look at the instructions, it lists 12. Got a bit of a chuckle out of that.
Nope, none of them come with accessories. There was also Optimus (as you can see), Bumblebee and Stinger.
The hips can move up a bit higher in beast mode: Does the bot mode head have a habit of falling off? It was like that in the original, I'd like to know if they fixed it. I'll get Grimlock if I see him, not as himself but as another Terrorcon. I love those little guys and wouldn't mind having multiple Abominuses worth of them. Grim's nice and distinct from Rippersnapper, unlike how Cindersaur was.
I dub thee 'Grimmersnapper'. I guess one could name it after Pretender monster Slog, based on colors, but in AOE the Sludge-wannabee Dinobot grabbed that name.
Pretty cool. Now, review that exclusive powered up Optimus Kreon you got at the expo yesterday! Do it. Do it NOW!
It's a Cyberverse monsterbot with really nice colors. This was a guaranteed purchase for me from day 1.
Not too shabby. Honestly might get that Prime, though. Really can't wait until the Scout/Legends 2-packs... the Grimlock from Cruellock and Strafe from Terrorsaur look excellent.
I bought the black and brown color scheme yesterday for £3. I had seen it before but I didn't want to pay £5 for it since I already had Rippersnapper and Cindersaur. Still a cool little mold. I don't care about the lack of a weapon since I never liked the ones the Beast Hunters releases came with anyway. I prefer this color scheme to the orange AoE Grimlock which I don't have yet. Although that release does mix up the areas painted while the black + brown Grimlock just has the same areas painted as Rippersnapper and Cindersaur.
