Thursday, May 28, 2020

Toy Review: Transformers BotBots Cackle Corn (Series 3)


Review:  #557
Name:  Cackle Corn
Brand:  Transformers
Allegiance:  N/A
Line:  BotBots
Year of Release:  2019
Size Class:  BotBots (Series 3)
Mold Status:  new

ALTERNATE MODE:


Cackle Corn transforms into a bag of popcorn, and while it doesn't quite fit the theme of an arcade (popcorn is more of a cinema thing), it's still quite a novel alternate mode and pretty cool.


As a BotBot, Cackle Corn is very small.  Above is a comparison against Legion Barricade.


An excellent alternate mode and instantly recognizable.  It fits perfectly within the BotBots range of having robots transform into everyday objects.

TRANSFORMATION:

Transformation is extremely simple.  The arms pop out from the sides, you pull the top up to review the mouth, and then you extend the legs.

ROBOT MODE:


Robot mode is pretty good, although the lack of proper eyes is a downside.


He looks almost exactly the same from behind as from the front.


The head sculpt is effectively just a painted mouth.  Despite this, Cackle Corn carries a lot of charm as you can instantly tell that he is a lot of fun and loves to laugh.


Again, he is very small in this mode, about half the size of a standard Legion figure.


Poseability is limited to swinging the arms forwards and back.  A good robot mode nonetheless.

OVERALL:

Cackle Corn is yet another great little figure in the BotBots line.  He has two charming modes, and while the lack of eyes is a little bit weird, the figure works well overall.

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